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Jan 13 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A study published online by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute estimates that medical spending on cancer hit about $125 billion last year and will jump 27% to $158 billion in 2020

Dec 23 2010

Disease Management Lessons from Germany

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Attention to management of chronic diseases is a common feature of health systems around the world. Germany has implemented an approach which is focused through primary care physicians and has…

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Nov 26 2010

medpage

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Half of all cases of invasive colorectal cancer diagnosed in the U.S. among people older than 50 continue to be diagnosed at a late stage — when treatment is more difficult and less likely to be successful

Nov 23 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Diabetes will cost the nation almost $3.4 trillion, with more than 60 percent paid by the U.S. government, in the 10 years through 2020, according to a study released today by UnitedHealth Group

Nov 10 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Prehypertension is emerging as a potential goldmine for drug companies

Oct 30 2010

2010 Potpourri XL

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Is there anything scary about health care? Yes if you have to pay for it! Nothing scary about our Potpourri, just soothing health care nuggets, covering alternative therapies for back…

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Oct 25 2010

nhrp.org

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Without more trips to the gym or a serious shedding of those extra pounds, up to one-third of American adults are on the way to becoming diabetic by 2050.

Oct 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

8% of the 380,000 U.S. kidney patients get dialysis at home rather than at a clinic or hospital

Oct 04 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Home chemotherapy (HC) represents an opportunity to transition care for a subset of chemotherapy patients from the outpatient infusion center to their home.

Sep 30 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Biologic drugs can cost as much as $1.5 million annually and their success can be dramatic, sending diseases into remission that just years ago were terminal – but are also extremely difficult for patients and payers to afford

Sep 29 2010

US News

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“We’re still not using the ‘C’ word, ‘cure,'” cautioned personalized medicine director Jeff Boyd of Fox Chase Cancer Center, but “there is real potential to transform many cancers into chronic diseases.”

Sep 21 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Promotion of the less accurate method of calculating heart attack risk expanded the market share of patients who are eligible for cholesterol-lowering statin drugs.

Sep 18 2010

2010 Potpourri XXXIV

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

On the menu for this week's potpourri--savings from wellness efforts for a large employer; drug reimbursement for Medicaid programs; using remote monitoring in a health plan context; the FDA's regulatory…

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Aug 27 2010

American Cancer Society

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

American Cancer Society: Cancer Facts and Figures 2010

Aug 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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.

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