2015年5月4日 星期一

2015-05-05 U.S. Health


Washington Times
   
ER visits up under Obamacare, despite promises: Doctors' poll   
Washington Times
A worker is seen behind the registration window of the emergency room at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta on Jan. 24, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE** more >. By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times - Monday, May 4, 2015. Doctors say emergency ...

Urgency in the ER: How long are you waiting?   FOX43.com
ObamaCare Catastrophe Continues As This New Report Confirms Another Lie ...   Western Journalism
ER docs busier than ever since Obamacare, poll shows   National Monitor
Daily Signal   
USA TODAY   
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WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
   
Steps being taken to avoid bird flu in RI   
WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
JOHNSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island's state veterinarian is issuing a warning to anyone keeping chickens or turkeys, saying the bird flu could soon reach the East Coast. More than 200 million chickens and turkeys nationwide have been infected by the ...

Four more outbreaks of bird flu suspected   KCRG
Bird flu virus found in 4 more Iowa poultry operations   Miami Herald
Bird Flu Hits Nicollet County: Million Hen Egg Operation Tests Positive For H5N2   KEYC
Myrtle Beach Sun News   
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Overweight diabetes patients outlive slimmer ones - study   
Daily Mail
NEW YORK, May 4 (Reuters) - Patients with type-2 diabetes who are overweight but not obese outlive diabetics of normal weight, scientists reported on Monday, in another example of the "obesity paradox." Although public health officials issue dire warnings ...


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WOKV
   
8-year-old boy meets bone marrow donor   
WOKV
Grant Berg, 8, met the young man whose bone marrow donation saved his life. (Photo: KABC). Related. More News Headlines. S. Carolina student accused of spitting in roommates' food · 8-year-old boy meets bone marrow donor · Report: Teen who tried to ...

8-year-old boy meets the bone marrow donor who saved his life   National Monitor
8-Year-Old Meets With Bone Marrow Donor Who Saved His Life   ABC News

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Tiny Corbus looks to take on Vertex with experimental lung drug   
Reuters
(Reuters) - Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc's experimental drug for cystic fibrosis, a rare lung-scarring disease, could be a real money spinner and pose a challenge to rival Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc's successful treatment, Kalydeco. Corbus, a tiny ...


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BBC News
   
Blood test 'boost' in ovarian cancer fight   
BBC News
Regular blood tests can detect 86% of ovarian cancers before the point at which women normally would be diagnosed, according to a trial that could lead to national screening. Ovarian tumours are often deadly as they are caught too late. The first results of ...

New screening method may identify more ovarian cancers   Reuters
New Test May Double Detection Of Ovarian Cancer   Sky News
New cancer test 'more accurate'   Belfast Telegraph

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Livemint
   
Delhi among worst places for mothers and children   
Livemint
Healthcare disparity: Only 19% of pregnant women in Delhi's slums are likely to get help from skilled attendants during childbirth, according to the State of the World's Mothers report. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/ Mint. New Delhi: The quality of life of mothers and ...

Washington is the world's most dangerous rich city for babies - charity - TRFN   Reuters
Global under-5 deaths dip; inequality mars Delhi show   Times of India
Income Equality Makes Washington Worst Rich Capital for Infants   swissinfo.ch

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Three-quarters of Britons sunburned last year, study finds   
Telegraph.co.uk
Nearly three out of four Britons suffered sunburn last year, doubling their risk of deadly skin cancer. The risk of developing melanoma - the most lethal form of skin cancer - is more than doubled in people with a history of sunburn compared with people who ...


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TIME
   
US lauds plan to rein in costs of Medicare   
Boston Globe (subscription)
Four Massachusetts health care organizations saved nearly $150 million in Medicare costs by coordinating care for patients and working to keep them healthy and out of hospitals, according to a federal report. Those organizations — Beth Israel Deaconess ...

CMS Touts Pioneer ACO Results   MedPage Today
OVERNIGHT HEALTHCARE: ObamaCare program saves Medicare $400 million   The Hill
Pioneer ACOs save $385M in first 2 years   Becker's Hospital Review
The Australian Financial Review   
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Denver Business Journal
   
DaVita to pay $450 mln in Medicare fraud lawsuit over wasted drugs   
Reuters
(Reuters) - DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc, one of the largest U.S. kidney dialysis providers, said it agreed to pay $450 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit accusing it of deliberately wasting medicines in order to receive higher Medicare payments.
DaVita to pay $450M to settle Atlanta whistleblower lawsuit   Kansas City Star
DaVita will pay $495 million to settle Atlanta whistle-blower case   The Denver Post

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