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Spending More on Trauma Care Doesn't Translate to Higher Survival Rates, Study Suggests
August 10, 2012 A large-scale national review of U.S. patient records reveals that although survival rates are the same, the cost of treating trauma patients in the western United States is 33 percent higher than ... > full story -
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Psychotherapy Is Effective but Underutilized, Review Shows
August 9, 2012 Psychotherapy is effective, helps reduce the overall need for health services and produces long-term health improvements, according to a new ... > full story -
U.S. Retirement Expert: Medicare Woes Mostly Rooted in Myth
August 9, 2012 Various misconceptions surrounding the continued viability of Medicare can be debunked or discredited, according to an article by an expert on retirement ... > full story -
89 Million Americans Medically Uninsured During 2004 to 2007
August 9, 2012 89 million Americans were without health insurance for at least one month during the period from 2004 to 2007, and 23 million lost coverage more than once during that time, according to ... > full story -
Plain Packaging of Cigarettes Encourages Young Smokers to Heed Health Warnings
August 7, 2012 New research shows that plain packaging (requiring cigarettes to be packaged in standard packages without attractive designs and imagery) may help to draw the attention of some adolescent smokers to ... > full story -
Health Insurance: Those Who Are Covered, Recover
August 7, 2012 Underinsured CVD patients die sooner than patients with private insurance, irrespective of ... > full story -
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A 'Learning Health System' Moves from Idea to Action
August 6, 2012 In the United States, clinicians are struggling to provide better and more affordable health care to more people -- while keeping up with new scientific developments. The idea of a "learning health ... > full story -
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Mothers, Children Underestimate Obesity in China
August 6, 2012 Childhood obesity is on the rise in China, and children and parents there tend to underestimate body weight, according to Penn State health policy ... > full story -
What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
August 3, 2012 Is it possible for a health-care system to redesign its services to better educate patients to deal with their immediate health issues and also become more savvy consumers of medicine in the long ... > full story -
Killer Infections Targeted by Hospital Study
August 3, 2012 A major international study aims to prevent death and serious illness caused by one of the most common infections contracted by patients in ... > full story
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