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Omega-3 Fatty Acid Deficiency takes 96,000 Lives Annually in the US
DARTMOUTH, NS, June 25 /PRNewswire/ - (Ocean Nutrition Canada) - A new study from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health found Omega-3 deficient diets cause up to 96,000 preventable deaths annually in the United States (US). "The Preventable Causes of Death in the United States: Co...Pre-Diabetes Costs Nation $25 Billion Annually in Extra Medical Care, New Data Show
57 Million Americans With Elevated Blood Sugar Incur $443 Each In Extra Medical Care; Gestational Diabetes Costs $3,305 Per Woman, $209 Per Infant In First Year With Future Health at Risk; Aggressive Intervention Needed to Stem Diabetes Epidemic WASHINGTON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- O...Medical Nurse Training, Inc. discusses training nurses and doctors utilizing expert Geriatric Doctors, the Assistant Director of Nursing at Johns Hopkins, and Patrick Devaney, in an effort to save the medical industry potentially, $200 Billion annually. (PRWEB) April 27...
U.S. Hospitals Waste $12 Billion Annually Because of Poor Communication
Biggest Losses Seen in Patient Delays and Unnecessary Stays COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business put a price tag on the cost of poor communication in U.S. hospitals at $12 billion per year. T...ATLANTA, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- New research estimates that 1500 lives could potentially be saved if U.S. hospitals with the highest risk-adjusted mortality rates (RAMR) for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery performed as well as hospitals with the lowest RAMR. The same study also found t...
TUSTIN, Calif., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMDL, Inc. (Amex: ADL), with operations in Shenzhen, Jiangxi and Jilin, China, through its wholly owned subsidiary Jade Pharmaceutical Inc. (JPI), which is an international biopharma company that engages in the development, manufacture and marke...
Study Estimates Medical Cost of Obesity May Be As High as $147 Billion Annually
N ew C o mm unity R eco mme nda t ions S ho w W ays to Re d uce Bu r den WASHINGTON, July 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The health cost of obesity in the United States is as high as $147 billion annually, based on a new study from Research Triangle...Study: Bath time falls injure thousands of children annually
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) - A new national study finds kids are being hurt in bathtubs and showers at a surprising rate.* You might think scalding or near drownings would be the most common threat in the bathroom, but they're not. Experts at Nationwide Children's Hospital say slips and falls are far mo...Nearly 1 million Californians seek medical care in Mexico annually
Driven by rising health care costs at home, nearly 1 million Californians cross the border each year to seek medical care in Mexico, according a new paper by UCLA researchers and colleagues published today in the journal Medical Care . An estimated 952,000 California adults sought medical, ...LCA-Vision New Excimer Laser Strategy to Reduce Operating Expenses in Excess of $3 Million Annually
CINCINNATI, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LCA-Vision Inc. (Nasdaq: LCAV ) today announced that following a rigorous clinical comparison of excimer laser platform technologies, the Company has finalized plans to reduce the number of platforms at each of its Lasik Plus (R) vision centers from...AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN URGES DETROIT EMPLOYERS TO SEE INFLUENZA AS A CREDIBLE BUSINESS THREAT DETROIT, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Influenza results in billions of dollars in lost wages every year, and recent studies found that an estimated 75 million missed workdays a year, and ab...
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN URGES DETROIT EMPLOYERS TO SEE INFLUENZA AS A CREDIBLE BUSINESS THREAT DETROIT, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Influenza results in billions of dollars in lost wages every year, and recent studies found that an estimated 75 million missed workdays a year, and ab...
U.S. Reported 25,000 Cases of HPV-Related Cancers Annually
Most frequent tumor sites were cervix, head and neck, government study finds MONDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 25,000 cases of cancers associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) occurred in 38 states and the District of Columbia between 1998 and 2003, U.S. officials repor...Major Illnesses in U.S. Seniors Cost $196 Billion Annually
These include lung diseases, heart disease, pneumonia and gastrointestinal woes THURSDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- In 2007, six major illnesses among Americans age 65 and older resulted in medical and lost productivity costs of more than $196 billion, according to researchers who an...New AHRQ Study Finds Surgical Errors Cost Nearly $1.5 Billion Annually
ROCKVILLE, Md., July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Potentially preventable medical errors that occur during or after surgery may cost employers nearly $1.5 billion a year, according to new estimates by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. In a study published in the July 28 issue...'Neglected infections of poverty' in US disable hundreds of thousands of Americans annually
An analysis published June 25th in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases highlights that diseases very similar to those plaguing Africa, Asia, and Latin America are also occurring frequently among the poorest people in the United States, especially women and children. These d...Adults With ADHD Lose 3 Weeks Worth of Work Annually
Inability to concentrate leads to excess days off, poor-quality output, study finds TUESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) miss, on average, more than three weeks a year in workplace productivity, according to a new global recko...Diabetes' Health Toll Hits $174 Billion Annually
Costs have climbed 32% since 2002, study finds FRIDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes-related medical and economic costs in the United States hit $174 billion in 2007, a 32 percent increase from 2002, a new study shows. The research, commissioned by the American Diabetes Asso...New Report Estimates Cost of Low Health Literacy Between $106 - $236 Billion Annually
Experts discuss if improving health literacy is the solution to providing coverage for the nation's 47 million uninsured people STORRS, Conn., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new report released today from the University of Connecticut states that the cost of low health literacy to...New National Medicaid Study: Minnesota Under Funds Seniors' Nursing Home Care $167 Million Annually
Analysis Finds Minnesota's Seniors Face Fourth Highest Shortfall Nationally; Per Patient Day Shortfall is $24.96. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new independent analysis of the nation's Medicaid program by the accounting firms BDO Seidman/Eljay,LLC estimates states are unde...New Study Finds Medicaid Under-Funds Long Term Care by $4.4 Billion Annually
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WHAT: Now that Congress has made important progress toward reauthorizing the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the American Health Care Association (AHCA) is urging leaders on both sides of the aisle to focu...Medical Tourism can Fetch Rs.100 bn Annually by 2012
Medical tourism has a potential of growing by a whopping 25 percent annually to fetch India Rs.100 billion ($2.15 billion) a year by 2012, Tourism Minister Ambika Soni said Wednesday.// "The sector has a huge potential and looking at the response from foreign patients, we estimate that the cou...UK Spends ￡7.3 Billion Annually On Malnutrition Cost
The British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) has revealed that malnutrition costs the country over ￡7.3 billion annually. This is more than twice the cost incurred on obesity. In spite of this, the Government gives a low priority to malnutrition, according to BAPEN. Malnutri...Fat Tax Could Avoid Considerable Amount of Heart Attack and Stroke Deaths Annually
Taxing certain foodstuffs in the UK could prevent up to 3200 deaths from heart attacks and stroke every year, suggests a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health . Value Added Tax (VAT), charged at 17.5%, is already applied to confectionery, ice cream, savoury snacks, and mo...500,000 Chinese Die of Hepatitis B Annually
China has the world's largest population of hepatitis B patients, said an official of the Chinese Hepatitis Prevention Foundation// (HPF) here. Nearly 500,000 people die of liver damage and hepatocirrhosis triggered by chronic hepatitis B, said HPF head Wang Zhao. He said about 120 million ...More Indians Die of Rabies Annually
New Delhi: Beware of stray dogs! An estimated 19,000 people die every year due to rabies in India,//accounting for nearly 35 percent of such deaths worldwide. According to data available with the World Health Organisation (WHO), nearly 55,000 people succumb to rabies mostly caused by dog bite...Jamaica Sees 1000 New Cases of HIV Annually
A recent report by the Ministry in Jamaica has revealed that over 1,000 per-sons develop AIDS annually in Jamaica, in a paper that has now come before the House of// Representatives. Although several people infected with the HIV virus live healthy lives for several years without developing the ...Electronic Health Records Help Cardiac Patients Remain Healthy
...e dramatically among patients enrolled in the service. It is estimated that more than 135 deaths and 260 costly emergency interventions were prevented annually as a result of improved care. Now, the latest study results suggest that once the program has helped get risk factors under control, patients can then...IPC The Hospitalist Company Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results
...s in this large and growing market for a number of years, although in different facilities. IPC expects to add approximately 51,000 patient encounters annually from this acquisition. Guidance Update The Company is updating its guidance for the full year 2009 and now expects revenue to be in the ra......eparate products, with a total price of less than $475. Matrix also will sell the pills together in one package -- a "second-line-in-a-box" -- at $425 annually starting in 2010. These new products and prices will be available to governments that are members of the Clinton Foundation's Procurement Consortium a...
US Oncology Reports Second Quarter Operating Results
...ary electronic health record system, iKnowMed, which is used by approximately 82 percent of our affiliated physicians that treat over 650,000 patients annually demonstrate that we are well positioned to thrive in this new healthcare reimbursement environment. Our continuing objectives remain clear: con...IPC The Hospitalist Company Acquires Tampa Practice
... in this large and growing market for a number of years, although in different facilities. IPC expects to add approximately 51,000 patient encounters annually from this acquisition. Adam Singer, M.D., IPC's Chairman and CEO, said, "The Synergy acquisition presents us with an opportunity to expand IPC'...MedCath Corporation Reports Third Quarter Earnings
...ble for Medicaid, but not eligible for Medicare Part A, and a base formula called the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) percentage, which is released annually by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Based on the updated SSI percentage provided by CMS in June 2009, MedCath has determined that...Nanotechnology Transforms Pain Relief
...ngth of hospital stays. The financial burden of under-treated pain is enormous, costing the United States government an estimated $100 billion dollars annually due to increased healthcare expenses, lost income, and lost productivity (1998 study) (2). The emotional burden is equally disheartening. C......ctions as well as globally. "Health care fraud is a serious problem with a staggering price tag estimated between $67 billion and $226 billion annually in the U.S. alone. Our counterparts in Canada and Europe can also attest to the devastating effects of health care fraud on their health systems. In t...
CryoLife Receives CE Mark Approval for BioFoam(R) Hemostatic Technology
... the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy to support its initial marketing efforts. Based on the number of liver and spleen procedures performed annually in the European Community, CryoLife estimates the annual European market opportunity for BioFoam to be approximately $30 million and more than $100 mi...Leading U.S. Expert Offers Ten Warning Signs and Symptoms of Mental Health Problems in Elderly
...multi-level senior-living communities in the United States and the largest single-source provider of senior housing in Los Angeles. In total, the Home annually serves more than 1,700 seniors through its extraordinary continuum of services. Each year, more than 1,200 women and men are cared for in-residence on...DaVita Only Dialysis Provider Named on EPA's FORTUNE 500 List of Green Power Purchasers
... dialysis provider among the five healthcare companies featured on the list, having purchased more than 10 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually - enough to meet 100 percent of the company's electricity use. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020729/DAVITALOGO ) Accordi...Patients Issue Summer Call to Action: 'We Need You to Donate Blood -- NOW'
...York City firefighter and 9-11 hero, was struck by a bus in 2005 and nearly killed. He received 68 units of donated blood. "I've always given blood annually and never thought I would be a recipient of blood. In the past two and a half years, I've had over 40 surgeries, and I'm sure there was blood on hand......ry of new and more effective treatment options for Lung Cancer patients. Over 450 people die a day of Lung Cancer in the United States and 1.3 million annually worldwide. Lung Cancer surpassed breast cancer as the number one killer of women in 1987. Sixty percent of Lung Caner is now diagnosed in NEVER smoker...
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(Date:12/3/2009)The extinction of plant and animal species can be likened to emptying a museum of its collection, or dumping a cabinet full of potential medicines into the trash, or replacing every local cuisine with
(Date:12/3/2009)PHILADELPHIA Now in its 32nd year, the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium continues to attract the best in breast cancer science and world leaders from industry and academia with the goal
(Date:12/3/2009)Coral reef fish can undergo a personality change in warmer water, according to an intriguing new study suggesting that climate change may make some species more aggressive. , Experiments with two spe
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(Date:12/4/2009)Increasing exercise, water and fruit consumption leads to success, study finds , , FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Increased exercise, reduced soda consumption and self-weighing are among
(Date:12/4/2009)BOSTON, Dec. 4 Substantial progress has been made over the last 15 years in the healthcare community,s ability to diagnose and treat epilepsy and its complications. Yet this progress in epilepsy man
(Date:12/4/2009)Research and surveillance urged for at-risk patient groups , , FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Some childhood cancers, particularly Ewing sarcomas and central nervous system tumors, carry t
(Date:12/4/2009)SEATTLE Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins are among the most prescribed medicines in the U.S. Now a new study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center indicates that statins
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