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Variations in charges for modified radical mastectomies (MRM) and partial mastectomies (PM) were examined in a study group extracted from a 1996 database of over 542,000 hospital admissions covered by MetraHealth group health contracts. Findings revealed that the average total charge for an MRM among 1,049 women above age 29 was $10,000 in contrast to an $8,760 average total charge for PM among 347 insured women in 1996. The West South Central and Pacific areas charged the highest for MRM surgeries while Texas charged $12,890 for PM surgeries, almost 50% above the US average., An estimated 178,700 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among women in the United States during 1998, 1,500 fewer than the American Cancer Society estimated for 1997. [...]

Scope of the Problem The maturation of the AIDS epidemic reflects a trend of an overall slowing in the rate of growth of the disease in the United States. The [...]

CFS exhibits a wide range of symptoms, often causing victims, predominantly women, to be misdiagnosed. CFS advocates are lobbying for more government research funds, and an end to medical indifference about the disease. A patient narrative and a full description of CFS are provided.

Heart disease becoming more common for women 'I'm going to go home and have a heart attack,' Jane Illingworth, 39-year-old Showboat Casino waitress, joked to her maitre d'. She was [...]

We've all laughed at it a hundred times. Fred Sanford's son, Lamont, of the 1970s television show 'Sanford & Son,' hasjust threatened to leave the family business. Fred fakes a [...]

As the traditional caregivers, women are often perceived as having a lot of heart. But how healthy they keep their hearts is another matter altogether. Women tend to ignore their [...]

This article contains some basic information on different disciplines of cancer, its symptoms and methods of treating. Breast, cancer of the lungs, uterus, colon and rectum are some of the [...]

Skin Cancer - An Increasing Concern It was estimated in 1990 that more than 500,000 Americans would develop skin cancer and some 8,000 would die from the disease. Skin cancer [...]

Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women. And while research and medical advances have created more and better ways to treat breast cancer, so far there's no known [...]

According to research in France and the United Kingdom, the use of oral contraceptives could mean a higher risk of cervical cancer in women. This is according to a new review in The Lancet periodical.

NEW YORK -- The total lifetime cost of treating a woman younger than 65 with diabetes is about $233,000 every year and is increasing at a rate of $5,500 annually, [...]

Fannie Mae, in collaboration with Promoting Public Causes Inc, has initiated a major disease prevention program called Osteoporosis Business Coalition, which primarily aims to enhance the awareness of employees about the skeletal disease. The project was launched in April 1998 after Fannie Mae officials found that osteoporosis affects the health of 28 million US citizens, 80% of which are women. The initiative seeks to generate a total of $2 million in a two-year time span, which would be used to promote research and awareness activities in communities, worksites and underserved areas.

Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death among US women, but it has been treated as more of a men's than a women's problem. General information on heart disease in women is given.