Post-Stroke Depression Undertreated
Friday, 29. September 2006
Title: Post-Stroke Depression Undertreated
Category: Health News
Created: 9/29/2006 2:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/29/2006 2:04:41 AM
Marriage Boosts Parents’ Mental Health
Friday, 29. September 2006
Title: Marriage Boosts Parents’ Mental Health
Category: Health News
Created: 9/29/2006 2:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/29/2006 2:04:42 AM
More Employers Reduce, Drop Retiree Health Benefits As Costs Increase
Friday, 29. September 2006
U.S. employers “are increasingly targeting health benefits as a way to save money,” a trend that has left many retirees with “thousands of dollars” in additional health care costs, the Los Angeles Times reports. [click link for full article]
Editorial, Op-Ed Discuss New Policy On Medicare Part B Premiums
Friday, 29. September 2006
Two newspapers recently published an editorial and an opinion piece on a new policy that will require higher-income Medicare beneficiaries in 2007 for the first time to pay a higher monthly premium for Part B than other beneficiaries. Summaries appear below. [click link for full article]
Infant-Care Company To Pay $25M To Settle Claims That It Improperly Billed Medicaid For Services
Thursday, 28. September 2006
Florida-based Pediatrix Medical Group, which provides pediatric physicians and nursing services to 32 states, last week agreed to pay $25 million to settle a 2002 lawsuit that claimed the company improperly billed state Medicaid programs, the Baltimore Sun reports. U.S. [click link for full article]
Efforts to prevent, plan for pandemic must address needs of the poor: experts
Thursday, 28. September 2006
(CP) – Efforts to prevent a flu pandemic from occurring and planning for one should prevention fail must pay particular attention to the needs of the disadvantaged and the poor, a group of international experts said in a statement released Friday.
Even late antiviral treatment useful for hospitalized flu patients: study
Thursday, 28. September 2006
TORONTO (CP) – A study of patients hospitalized with influenza suggests treatment with an antiviral drug, even if started later than is considered optimal, can substantially increase a person’s chance of survival.
Guidelines from heart device doctors ask industry, FDA to drop term ‘recall’
Thursday, 28. September 2006
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering not using the word “recall” to warn patients and doctors about defective pacemakers and defibrillators at the request of a physicians’ group struggling to deal with a loss of public confidence in the safety of implantable
Efforts to prevent, plan for pandemic must address needs of the poor: experts
Thursday, 28. September 2006
(CP) – Efforts to prevent a flu pandemic from occurring and planning for one should prevention fail must pay particular attention to the needs of the disadvantaged and the poor, a group of international experts said in a statement released Friday.
Fewer Than 100K Medicare Beneficiaries Face Ongoing Premium Glitches, CMS Administrator McClellan Says
Thursday, 28. September 2006
CMS Administrator Mark McClellan on Monday said that no more than 100,000 Medicare beneficiaries have outstanding problems regarding glitches in the payment of drug plan premiums through monthly Social Security checks, CQ HealthBeat reports. [click link for full article]