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Anticipating Growth in Medical Costs, U.S Health Insurers Will Receive Higher Government Payments in 2017

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Publish date: April 21, 2016

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. health insurers that provide Medicare Advantage plans to elderly and disabled Americans will receive government payments in ...

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Climate Change is Expected to Boost the Number of Annual Premature U.S Deaths

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Publish date: April 20, 2016

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Climate change can be expected to boost the number of annual premature U.S. deaths from heat waves in coming decades and to inc...

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Study Finds: Blood Pressure Medication and Stain Cholesterol Fighter Decreases the Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke in Patients with Hypertension and Moderate Risk of Heart Disease

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Publish date: April 13, 2016

(Reuters) - Patients with hypertension and moderate risk of heart disease slashed their long-term risk of heart attack and stroke 40 percent by taking...

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Failure of Promising Treatments for Controlling Cholesterol Leads to More Studies

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Publish date: April 12, 2016

(Reuters) - New ways of controlling cholesterol, including possibly directly injecting "good" HDL cholesterol into patients, need to be studied follow...

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U.S. Hospitals Should Prepare for "ransomeware" Attacks by Cyber Criminals

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Publish date: April 8, 2016

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CDC Released Voluntary Guidelines to Help Lower Opioid and Abuse of Painkillers

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Publish date: March 24, 2016

(Reuters) - Addressing a growing "epidemic" of opioid overdoses and abuse of the prescribed painkillers in the United States, the Centers for Disease ...

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Questions Have Been Raised about Potential Risks from Using Abbott Laboratories' Novel Coronary Stent

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Publish date: March 21, 2016

(Reuters) - U.S. government scientists have raised questions about the potential risks to patients of heart attacks and blood clots from Abbott Labora...

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Not Sleeping Enough Can Cause Serious Health Issues

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Publish date: March 7, 2016

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Did you get enough sleep last night? If not, you are not alone. More than one out of three American adults do not get enough sleep...

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Proposed Payment Raise to Health Insurers May be Beneficial

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Publish date: February 25, 2016

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Experimental Antibody May Reduce C. diff Recurrence

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Publish date: October 5, 2015

An experimental antibody developed by Merck & Co Inc was shown in pivotal studies to reduce by about 10 percentage points the risk that infection ...

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Technology Allows Independent Living for Elderly

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Publish date: October 2, 2015

NEW YORK - Shari Cayle, 75, called "Miracle Mama" by her family ever since she beat back advanced colon cancer seven years ago, is still undergoing tr...