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Apollo Hospitals to consider listing on US Bourses in 2003

...Hospitals had also firmed up plans to enter health insurance and had initiated talks with some insurance companies to function as a third party administrator. He also added that the revenue this year will...

Uncontrolled blood pressure

...bout it. Surprisingly,these people did have health insurance and did see their doctor quite regularly - so lack of medical attention cannot be blamed for their problem. Given that hypertension is a potent risk factor for both heart disease and stroke, it is important that those concerned, and their doctors, ...

Unsatisfactory Grade On Women's Health Issues

... nothing at all to expand women's access to health insurance and medical services. Neither the nation nor the states have met the challenge of helping women secure better access to key healthcare services and increasing the availability of needed healthcare providers. After the release of the report, four...

Inadequate Drug Treatment For Youth

...ent gap, the government, health-care providers and insurance companies must address funding, insurance coverage, capacity and the stigma associated with seeking help for drug addictions....

Senior drug card saves little

...many older people. Medicare, which provides health insurance to all Americans over age 65, does not cover prescription drugs used outside the hospital. Last year, Democrats and Republicans, including President Bush, campaigned for office with promises to add drug coverage to Medicare. So far no plan has made i...

Arthritis Drug May Cause Liver Damage

...n do if a patient shows signs of trouble. Yet some insurance companies pay only for Arava, not more expensive newer therapies that do not come with the same risks. Rheumatoid arthritis affects about 2 million Americans, the vast majority of them women. It is not the kind of arthritis that plagues the elderly ...

Test tube babies, 25 years later

...cost is another obstacle. IVF is rarely covered by insurance and treatments can range from $5,000 to $8,000, with an additional $2,000 for drug costs.Even so, many infertile couples hoping to have a family are finding it worth the risk....

Viagra Also Found To Be Effective For Treatment of Lung Diseases

...o babies, surprising but true . Some doctors and insurance companies say they have concerns about this use of Viagra, saying it has not been proved effective in rigorous clinical trials, whereas other drugs have. Patients with pulmonary hypertension use the drug every day and in higher doses than men who use...

Doctors' decisions are affected by fear of lawsuits- says a study

... population in the world remains without a medical insurance cover. Reference: Annals of Emergency Medicine, July 2005...

An insight of the small intestine

... lesion. CE is FDA approved and is covered by some insurance companies. The test costs around $2,500 including the capsule and time to read the results....

Popularity Of Homeopathy On The Increase

...omeopathy, according to Steuernagel. Most health insurance policies do not cover homeopathic treatment. "Most of my patients settle the bill out of their own pocket," he says. Steuernagel sees no reason why homeopathy should be sidelined by conventional medicine. "All doctors who offer homeopathy are train...

Chicken Pox Hospitalizations Are Becoming Less

...lees (children and adults) of more than 100 health insurance plans of approximately 40 large U.S. employers. The researchers found that from the pre-vaccination period to 2002, hospitalizations due to chicken pox declined by 88 percent (from 2.3 to 0.3 per 100,000 population) and ambulatory visits declined by...

Smokers Avoid Dental Care More Than Others

...ace, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, location and insurance coverage. The study, reported in the latest American Journal of Health Behavior, analyzed data gathered during a government health care survey in 2000. The researchers had found that 33 percent of current smokers reported having at least one dental ...

Obese Adults Undergo Less Medical Tests And More Vulnerable To Diseases

...stly have a lower income and they have to pay more insurance money. It's possible, he said, that "anti-fat bias" on the part of healthcare workers is playing some role, with negative attitudes toward obesity consciously or unconsciously affecting their responses to some patients. "We don't know that's the ca...

Apollo Hospital to collaborate with US cancer center to open new radiation therapy department

... coming here for cancer treatment than paying high insurance premium in the US," said Kuruvilla. Dr. Ravi Patel of CBCC with the help of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), has been creating cancer awareness in rural India for the past seven years. He has covered more than 600 villages of Kheda and Anand...

Women may not be tested often after stroke

... took into account factors such as age, ethnicity, insurance status, stroke risk factors, stroke severity, blood pressure and atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm condition that encourages the formation of clots in the heart. Source: Newswis...

British Healthcare Mission Explores Partnership Possibilities With Indian Healthcare Sector

... published figures put the annual growth of health insurance premium in the country at 60 percent and above. He said:"Chennai and South India in general have a long-standing reputation for healthcare innovation.” "One of the first female doctors in the English-speaking world, Mary Ann Dacomb Scharlieb, quali...

Changing Trends Regarding Insurance Cover For Weight Reduction Surgery

... revisit decisions about whether or not to provide insurance coverage for the cost of the procedure. Several studies have been conducted on whether an insurance cover for such type of a surgery is necessary. It is estimated that the return on investment associa...

Canadians flocking to India for quick and efficient medical treatment

...Canadians are looking to India for treatment. Most insurance companies cover 80 per cent of the dental treatment costs. With simple procedures such as extractions and root canal treatments costing anywhere between Canadian $1000 to 1500, a visit to the dentist is a nightmare for those not covered by a dental p...

Asthma Patients Under The Care Of An Allergist Report Less Severe Symptoms

...portant data that can be used by patients, payers, insurance companies and providers to improve outcomes for asthma patients. Patients with asthma should not have to miss school, work or recreational activities because of their symptoms. Compared to asthma patients who received care from a primary care physi...

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