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A Whole Lotta Studies on Small Business and Health Insurance
One new study estimates the percentage of workers at firms with 50 or fewer employees offered health insurance will rise to 86% from 60% after health-care overhaul is implemented.
Link Title: Massage Techniques and Types: Swedish, Deep Tissue, and More
If you’re new to massages, all the types and techniques can be a little overwhelming. WebMD answers common massage questions and explains the different styles.
Rapid TB Test Shows High Accuracy (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- A two-hour molecular diagnostic test detected tuberculosis bacteria, including rifampin-resistant strains, with sensitivity and specificity well over 90%, researchers found.
States And Firms Seek Health Reform Funds While Opposing Law
News outlets are reporting that some states and businesses who oppose parts or all of the health reform law are applying for the financial relief it provides.
The Hill: "About two dozen businesses associated with high-profile oppositio...
Attitudes More than Growth Response Drive Growth Hormone Therapy (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- While a physician's decision to start a child on growth hormone is usually consistent with evidence-based guidelines, continuation or intensification of therapy is strongly influenced by factors other than treatment response, accordi...
Raising Awareness for Pediatric Cancer
Each and every day 46 families in the United States are told their child has cancer.
Weight Loss Pill Meridia Ups Heart Attack, Stroke
People who take Abbott's weight-loss pill Meridia have a higher risk of non-fatal heart attack and stroke, a study sponsored by the drug's maker finds.
Michael Douglas on Having Throat Cancer – Late Show with David Letterman (video)
Oropharyngeal cancer is increasing at a "dramatic" rate, particularly in the male population http://goo.gl/JAkoRelated:Michael Douglas Has Stage IV Throat Cancer; Experts Weigh In. WebMD.Catherine Zeta-Jones's fury at the doctors who missed her husband...
Employers Push Higher Health Insurance Costs Onto Workers
Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz reports: "Workers nationwide, on average, are paying nearly $4,000 toward the cost of family coverage. That's a hefty 14 percent, or $482, more for family health insurance in 2010 than in 2009, according to...
Employers Push Higher Health Insurance Costs Onto Workers
The day after President's Day this year, employees of the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center in Springfield, Ill., got bad news: The hotel would no longer help pay for health insurance coverage for workers' spouses and children. It...
ESC: Novel Agent Blocks Hyperkalemia in Heart Failure (CME/CE)
STOCKHOLM (MedPage Today) -- An investigational potassium binder prevented hyperkalemia in at-risk patients with heart failure, a randomized, placebo-controlled trial showed.
Today’s OpEds: Medicare Private Plans And The Health Law’s Impact On Employer Coverage
Debunking Medicare Myths Kaiser Health News What's needed most today in American health care is innovative change which drives up productivity and value. With the right incentives, that's what the private sector can deliver, even as it's been clear for...
Myths obscure lack of health care for some Asians
A focus on "ethnic disparities" can obscure the fact that racial designations are so broad that the disparities within them are just as great as those without.
The latest example? The paper "Barriers to healthcare among Asian Americans," [press releas...
Botox Maker Agrees To Pay $600 Million For Misbranding
The Associated Press: "Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug. The Justice Department and the company sai...