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Byline: Poppy Wood, Education Editor Sticky nightclub floors, flaming sambucas, a kebab and a hangover -- this is the characteristic Freshers Week experience. But students heading to university for the [...]

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF, United States has invited tenders for Medical Expenditure Survey Panel (Meps) Household Component (Hc). Tender Notice No: AHRQ-24-10004 Deadline: May 10, 2024 Copyright © [...]

WILMINGTON: Health plans invested heavily on initiatives to meet rising member experience expectations in 2022. This includes member engagement communications and supporting technology infrastructure. More than half (55.0%) of health [...]

WILMINGTON, Del. and BURLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Health plans invested heavily on initiatives to meet rising member experience expectations in 2022. This includes member engagement communications and [...]

Another day, another NHS crisis meting out its effects on women's physical and emotional health. Latest studies suggest there are 110,000 jobs unfilled inside the health service, and the Royal [...]

United States based Research Triangle Institute has secured contract from AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY for Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Medical Provider Component (MEPS-MPC). The contract is valued [...]

BETHESDA, MD -- The following information was released by the National Institute on Aging (NIA): In June 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval of the Biogen-Eisai [...]

2022 MAY 25 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Education Letter -- According to news reporting based on a preprint abstract, our journalists obtained the following quote [...]

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL -- The following information was released by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM): Obesity increases health-related absenteeism by three days per worker per [...]

Byline: Jillian Taylor, editor-in-chief The OU Board of Regents will meet Tuesday in Oklahoma City to approve tuition increases, negotiate the final terms of the OU Health merger and receive [...]

BETHESDA: WellNet Healthcare has issued the following news release: The date in the 10th paragraph, first sentence of release should read: Thursday, January 28 (instead of Tuesday, January 26). The [...]

Most physicians in the United States believe that overtreatment is harmful, wasteful and common. Researchers surveyed 2,106 physicians in various specialties regarding their beliefs about unnecessary medical care. On average, [...]

New Nationwide LTC Rider II can provide flexibility on caregiving expenses COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- As long-term care costs continue to increase, a newly released https://blog.nationwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/LTC-study-pdf-1.pdf shows [...]

Byline: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, Mar 15, 2016 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Although many factors, including company size and team focus, determine medical publications budgets, team output levels have the [...]

Byline: JIM SPENCER; STAFF WRITER WASHINGTON û The medical device industryÆs major trade group says that a new tax on revenue cost the industry 33,000 med-tech jobs in 2013. The [...]

Byline: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, May 20, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- As the pharmaceutical industry embraces increased transparency, medical publications teams require the resources to support a growing demand [...]

Byline: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, Apr 13, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- New research by pharmaceutical intelligence firm Cutting Edge Information shows that European payers are still the most important [...]

HealthMine survey of 561 consumers with sponsored health plans also reveals consumer 'wish list' for corporate wellness DALLAS, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --As http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/03/11/health-care-deductibles-climbing-out-of-reach/ and out of pocket healthcare costs, [...]

Most Georgians want the cash-strapped PeachCare for Kids health insurance plan to be expanded, a new University of Georgia survey reported Tuesday. The survey was taken just weeks after both [...]

Byline: JAMES THORNER Surprise, surprise. Floridians, we of the knee replacements, Botox injections and cholesterol-lowering drugs, are keen on medical research.In fact, 96 percent of Floridians contacted in a recent [...]

Canada's health system can't seem to cast off the built-in complacency that is the mark of the second-rate. Take waiting times for prostate-cancer patients. Canada's health ministers set a goal [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by AdvaMed - Advanced Medical Technology Association: The medical technology industry will have to spend as much as $667 million just to implement [...]

Public Believes Much Aid Is Lost To Corruption MENLO PARK, Calif., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two-thirds of Americans say that the U.S. is spending too little or about the [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 30 (UPI) -- Seventy-five percent of U.S. adults who provide caregiving to a family member say it's hurt their health and 60 percent say it's cut sleep, [...]

American Osteopathic Association Survey Shows People Are Cutting Back on Visits to Physicians and Other Health Care Providers to Save Money CHICAGO, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Making due without the [...]

CHICAGO, IL -- The following information was released by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA): Making due without the latest fashions and preparing meals at home are among the ways people [...]

Dublin, Jul 29, 2010 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fc841f/american_health_d) has announced the addition of the 'American Health: Demographics and Spending of Health Care Consumers, 3rd Edition' [...]

DALLAS, TX -- The following information was released by the American Heart Association (AHA): Concerns about malpractice suits influence how often cardiologists order some potentially unnecessary tests -- resulting in [...]

PARIS, France -- The following information was released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): Switzerland has weathered the economic crisis better than most OECD economies, with a [...]

Calgary AB -- CALGARY A poll suggests most Albertans believe the provincial government has failed to maintain the quality of health care in its drive to cut costs. The poll, [...]

Byline: JANE COUTTS BY JANE COUTTS Health Policy Reporter More than three-quarters of Canadian doctors believe that some privatization is necessary if the health care system is to survive, a [...]

Byline: DIANNE MALEY By DIANNE MALEY Big companies in Canada plan to raise their capital spending by 13 per cent this year to $26.6-billion, more than double the increase they [...]

Byline: VIRGINIA GALT By VIRGINIA GALT Programs to preserve the mental and physical fitness of healthy employees and rehabilitate the disabled are among innovative health benefits gradually gaining favor with [...]