Workers who have lost their job will face an even more shocking reality: The cost of keeping their health coverage may exceed their unemployment benefits.
A study by a health care policy group released yesterday showed that nationwide, while the average monthly unemployment compensation for laid off workers was $1,278 a month, the average monthly cost to that worker to continue family health benefits under COBRA was $1,069, or 83.6 percent of the Read the rest of this entry »
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Doctors hope to be able to better predict which patients will respond to traditional treatment for the hepatitis C virus using a new method for identifying slight variances in the virus’ genetic makeup.
U.S. researchers said on Monday that the technique may prove useful for other viruses such as HIV as well. The finding could be used to develop a test that would analyze a patient’s specific virus strain before treatment was started. Read the rest of this entry »
Pfizer earned two distinctions in the world of digital marketing this year, both for Viagra: It launched the first online advergame for a prescription drug, which it pulled earlier this month. And separately, it was the only company sent a “warning letter” for digital marketing by the Federal Drug Administration, asking it to stop airing an online video.
Combined, those two events encapsulate the difficulties drug companies have in leveraging the Read the rest of this entry »
Dunne – fitness check.
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Manchester City manager Mark Hughes will monitor Richard Dunne’s fitness ahead of the Premier League match against Liverpool on Sunday.
Republic of Ireland central defender Dunne was forced to sit out the UEFA Cup victory over AC Omonia last night because of a hamstring problem.
Martin Petrov has recovered from a similar problem and is pushing for a place in the starting line-up after coming off the bench.
Javier Read the rest of this entry »
swag for participating in pool games are over. The cruise line has discontinued its Vitality at Sea rewards program, which was designed to motivate passengers to participate in healthy activities. Effective January 15, 2009, passengers will no longer be able to earn points redeemable for logo goods by taking part in Vitality at Sea activities and offerings.
The line is also in the process of refining the Vitality at Sea program itself; details will Read the rest of this entry »
The Albany County Sheriff’s Department confiscated nearly $2 million worth of drugs in 2008, according to figures the department released today.
That total is comprised of the estimated street value of the 6 pounds of powdered and crack cocaine, 812 bags of heroin and 121 pounds of marijuana recovered over the year by the department’s Drug Interdiction Unit, in addition to $15,000 worth of other narcotics, such as hallucinogenic and Read the rest of this entry »
Greensboro — It’s enrollment season, which means employers will be asking workers to choose their health insurance plans for 2009. If you are considering canceling your coverage to save money, you may want to do some research.
“Patients that are self-paying are sometimes surprised at how much the care actually costs,” said Enrico Jones, M.D. He is the medical director of Friendly Urgent and Family Care. “It can be unbelievable at times.”
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SAN MARCOS: Palomar College's director of communications, Mark Oggel, has resigned because he said his health was interfering with his job. He was hired in 2005.
“The college needs someone there full time to deal with what comes up,” Oggel, 58, said this week. “It's all on good terms.”
This summer, Oggel fell off a horse and injured his arm. He took a medical leave of absence July 1 through Sept. 22. He said he's Read the rest of this entry »
December 20, 2008 12:09 am
Last week President-elect Barack Obama made Tom Daschle, the former Senate majority leader from South Dakota, his choice to implement his ambitious health care plan.
During the presidential campaign, Obama said the Obama-Biden plan would provide “affordable, accessible health care for all Americans,” that it would build on the existing health-care system and it would use existing providers, doctors and Read the rest of this entry »
Friday, Nov. 14, 2008
Charlene Letchford spent 12 years studying to be a doctor. A dream of opening her own practice was the fuel that kept her struggling toward the future.
Letchford, 43, realized her dream 11 years ago when she opened her private internal medicine practice in La Plata, but on July 1 she shaved back the time she sets aside to care for patients at the practice to only one or two days a week to begin working at Calvert Memorial Read the rest of this entry »