Most workers are satisfied with the health benefits they have now and express little interest in changing the current mix of benefits and wages offered by their employers, according to a new survey by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit ...
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ddcad-1'); }); Faced with rising out-of-pocket costs and complex treatment plans and armed with new social media tools and more information, pharmaceutical customers are changing ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Improved healthcare for physical and mental health are linked to a worldwide trend of less Alzheimer's disease or delayed Alzheimer's, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Kenneth Langa of the University of Michigan ...
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Nutrition Dried fruits retain most of the nutritional value of fresh fruits, and so are included with fresh fruit in dietary recommendations by U.S. and world health agencies. The specific nutrient content of the different dried fruits ...
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Switzerland-based food giant Nestlé has opened new laboratories at the Nestlé Research Center in Switzerland in order to study food-borne pathogens. The new facilities feature a high level of 'bio-containment', which means ...
Over the last few years light dimmers have made some very dramatic changes due to the incorporation of new light bulb types. Urban dimmer lighting myths have surfaced and have deterred many prior dimmer users to move into more advanced ...
The Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) has performed an independent analysis of data received from ongoing prospective registries that monitor the performance of the Durata and Riata ST Optim implantable cardioverter defibrillator ...
Related Media Defense of biotechnology is personal Biggest wine hoax in history reveals trade secrets Whiskey is for drinking; agriculture water is for fighting Eating lunch while catching up on the news, the headline “Monsanto ...
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The U.S. healthcare industry is facing an even more significant IT worker shortage than previously thought, and that shortage is slowing efforts to roll out electronic health systems. A new analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Health ...
Virtual colonoscopy is more effective than traditional X-ray tests for barium enema and should be looked at as a treatment for patients with possible bowel cancer. Despite these findings, researchers funded by the National Institute for ...
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Over 80 per cent of patients with suspected cancer are being referred to their GP in the first two consultations. This is according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer, which also found that more than half of those sent ...
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Just in time for Valentine's Day comes this, ahem, uplifting tidbit from our director of health research, who stumbled upon it while looking into the erectile-dysfunction drug sildenafil (Viagra) for entirely work-related purposes. It seems ...
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Screenings for several forms of cancer, such as of the prostate and ovaries, get low marks in our new Ratings of cancer screening tests, because their risks clearly outweigh the benefits for most people. But the decision whether to get a ...
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Researchers at the University of Southampton are undertaking a new stage of a study aimed at improving the health and mobility of those suffering from the common complaint of ‘walking on marbles’ associated with Rheumatoid ...
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Six translational health research centers across the globe have formed an alliance to advance the global international academic and/or not-for-profit drug development. The alliance will also focus on commercializing network, thereby ...