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Aug 24 2010

New York Times

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Legislators have begun to recognize the medical, humanitarian and economic value of helping terminally ill patients and their families navigate treatment options as they approach the end of life.

Aug 24 2010

Kaiser Health News

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If a patient participates in the trial, their health plan will stop covering all the other doctor visits, hospital stays, tests and treatment related to treatment

Aug 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Researchers are proposing traumatic brain injury be redefined, managed and reimbursed by insurers as a chronic disease to better monitor and, if possible, address those possible after-effects.

Aug 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The new studies, which appear in the latest issue of the American Journal of Hypertension, represent efforts to provide scientific guidance for doctors treating high blood pressure.

Aug 24 2010

Fiscal Times

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Last week’s disappointing news that another Alzheimer’s disease drug failed in late stage clinical trials raises an important question for policymakers: What’s Plan B?

Aug 24 2010

Washington Post

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The surge that worries is Alzheimer’s disease: In 2050, 13.5 million Americans may have it, at an annual health-care cost of more than $1 trillion, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Aug 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Text messages and cellphones are being tested as a way to remind patients to take anti-HIV therapies, get tested for STDs, get some exercise and use sunscreen, among other health behaviors.

Aug 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Some hospital emergency rooms have begun advertising how long the wait time for care will be, using text messages or online billboards

Aug 24 2010

AP News

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“Mark my words, several years from now, you’re going to look back and say, ‘Well, that wasn’t so bad after all,'” Baucus said.

Aug 23 2010

nextgov.net

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Arnold Schwarzenegger celebrated the launch this week of an ambitious “telehealth” system that will use a dedicated broadband network to link hospitals and clinics throughout the country’s most populous stat

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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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