Medicaid, the system for providing medical care to poor people, seems afflicted by an illness itself. It bleeds money.
But in North Carolina, a novel approach called Community Care may have found a cure. One way Community Care saves money is by keeping up with Medicaid patients who have chronic diseases such as diabetes and asthma. By making sure patients are receiving medicines and other treatment, the program cuts down on costly emergency room Read the rest of this entry »
Health care costs hammered Connecticut families during the first eight years of this decade, rising 80 percent while wages increased just 9.9 percent.
“A bad situation is growing worse,” Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, said Wednesday as part of a national tour to discuss the nagging national health care problem in each state.
Families USA advocates for government intervention in the health care sector.
The new study, released Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. health insurer Humana Inc (HUM.N:
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The largest U.S. provider of Medicare plans said third-quarter net income fell to $183 million, or $1.09 per share, compared with $302.4 million, or $1.78, a year ago. Read the rest of this entry »
Living in Humboldt County has many perks, and one of them is that the county has an abortion provider. Approximately 70 percent of counties nationwide don’t, according to Elizabeth Thompson, director of public affairs for Eureka’s Six Rivers Planned Parenthood. Now, a new government proposal aims to cut federal funding to women’s health centers that violate conscience laws. Federally-funded health centers like Planned Parenthood will have to comply Read the rest of this entry »
(high blood pressure) in those people that consume a diet high in salty foods.
suggest that because of the high levels of naturally occurring antioxidants found in black, green and red grapes, the fruits may help
which can lead to heart failure.
Scientists believe flavonoids, a beneficial chemical found in grapes, may be the substance that provides beneficial effects found in a study of lab rats.
For the study, researchers gave rats a powered Read the rest of this entry »
MANILA, Philippines
The Philippine Army accused the communist New People's Army (NPA) Wednesday of using medical missions to smuggle logistics into Negros Occidental province.
Online news site Visayan Daily Star (www.visayandailystar.com) reported that the shipments being smuggled into the province include medicines, ammunition and weapons.
Col. Cesar Yano, commander of the Army's 302nd Infantry Brigade, admitted that it is sometimes Read the rest of this entry »
- Fairfield City Schools will be closed Wednesday. School Spokesman Randy Oppenheimer said it will be the third of five allotted calamity days for the district.
– Madison Local Schools will have school Wednesday, said Superintendent Chris Cline. If the power returns to most households, he said school will start on time. Otherwise, there may be a two-hour delay.
– BAE Systems facilities in West Chester, buildings 100, 400, 500 and 900 will be closed Read the rest of this entry »
U.S. hospitals and long-term care facilities annually flush millions of pounds of unused pharmaceuticals down the drain, pumping contaminants into America’s drinking water, according to an ongoing Associated Press investigation.
These discarded medications are expired, spoiled, overprescribed or unneeded. Some are simply unused because patients refuse to take them, can’t tolerate them or die with nearly full 90-day supplies of multiple prescriptions Read the rest of this entry »
One man was killed and two others injured in a stabbing Saturday night during a birthday party in the farming community of Pajaro near Watsonville, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.
Officers responded to a house at 211 Hudson Landing Road at about 9:45 p.m. where a stabbing at a party had reportedly left three men seriously injured, according to the sheriff’s office.
Watsonville resident Eleazar Figueroa, 29, had sustained a fatal Read the rest of this entry »
A unique line of specially designed orthopedic supports from Lil’ Drug Store Products, a leading marketer of feminine health solutions, can help women of all ages avoid some of the health dangers associated with the national trend toward obesity. Researchers at the
, project that more than 86 percent of adults in the U.S. will be overweight or obese by 2030. Health care problems from the “obesity epidemic” could cost $950 billion a year, but encouraging Read the rest of this entry »