Britain has one of the highest rates of asthma in the world, with about 1.1 million children receiving treatment for the condition. It occurs when the airways to the lungs become inflamed and constricted, making it more difficult to breathe. Over the past 20 years the number of people diagnosed with asthma in the developed [...]
Sleep difficulties are common among older individuals. Typical symptoms for individuals over age 65 include problems falling asleep and maintaining sleep, early-morning awakening, and excessive daytime sleepiness. A variety of reasons keep seniors from getting enough rest.Each year, one-third of Americans over age 65 fall*. Twenty to 30% of those who fall suffer injuries that [...]
Middle-aged men who ate seven or more eggs a week had a higher risk of earlier death, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. Men with diabetes who ate any eggs at all raised their risk of death during a 20-year period studied, according to the study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
The study adds [...]
Finally, the Democratic primary race is over. Above and beyond her persistence and her historic effort as a female presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton’s campaign legacy is health insurance truth.
Forty-seven million Americans do not have health insurance. According to Consumer Reports, nearly half, 49 percent of Americans, are unprepared financially to cope with a costly medical [...]
IN SPITE OF scientific and medical advances in recent years, the AIDS pandemic remains the greatest public health crisis of our time. Each day 6,000 people die of AIDS and there are 7,000 new infections. These statistics are difficult to comprehend until you see the faces of those most often affected - young women, between [...]
Murphy, a veteran of the health care benefits industry, succeeds George Wheeler, who resigned about two months ago.
Based in Kansas City, Coventry Health Care of Kansas covers the national health insurer’s operations throughout Kansas and western Missouri.
Murphy joins Coventry from Mercy Health Plans of Missouri, where he served most recently as CEO.
“We are pleased to [...]
The economy and the Iraq War may be the top concerns of voters this election year, but the cost and availability of health care is close behind.
It’s an issue regularly discussed on the campaign trail, and the next president is likely to seek significant changes in the way health care services are delivered and paid [...]
People in the United States and Western Europe are broadly dissatisfied with their health care systems, a new poll shows, with Americans even more upset than Europeans.
More than 4 in 5 Americans say the U.S. health system needs fundamental changes or even a complete overhaul, according to the poll by Harris Interactive for the International [...]
Call it the law of unintended consequences. When you fix one thing, it messes up other things.
If the Democrats win the election this year, and are able to enact a health care plan that extends adequate coverage to all Americans, the loser could be the Army. Getting enough people to enlist could become a major [...]
While your article points out that I helped draft the principles for universal coverage outlined by the Institute of Medicine in 2004, it may create the impression that UnitedHealth Group was reluctant to support them when faced with a shareholder resolution.
In fact, our company has publicly embraced and acted on its commitment to universal access [...]
