Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 According to a recent report by the Annals of Internal Medicine, an estimated 11.4 million Americans with at least one chronic illness have no health insurance.
Among the uninsured, 22.6 percent had not visited a physician in the previous 12 months, compared to 16.2 percent of insured chronically ill people.
The [...]
A recent study tracking declining medical liability insurance premiums in Massachusetts fails to tell the whole story, physicians say.
The report analyzed data between 1975 and 2005 from the state’s largest insurer, ProMutual Group. It found that although average rates for high-risk specialists such as ob-gyns, neurosurgeons and some orthopedic surgeons increased significantly since 1990, those [...]
Call it Obamacare or call it Clintoncare. But don’t call it “socialized medicine.”
And don’t think that the health care systems that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have promised to put into effect if they get into the White House would be anything like the universal health coverage offered in Great Britain or Canada.
Last week, Sen. [...]
There’s a lot of talk lately about how John McCain might just be the luckiest guy in America, what with the Democrats still fighting among each other, the Rev. Wright proving that friends can be worse than enemies, and Republicans swallowing their doubts about their about-to-be nominee and giving their support to a guy many [...]
A free Muslim-operated health-care clinic here has been recognized for bridging the health-care gap.
The nonprofit Institute for Social Policy and Understanding chose Al-Shifa Clinic at 2034 Mallory St. as one of 10 clinics in four United States cities with a large Muslim-American population that are making a difference.
Al-Shifa, which means “the healing” in Arabic, provides [...]
U.S. stocks rallied in the final 30
minutes of trading, helping the market post its second straight
weekly gain, as speculation bond insurer Ambac Financial Group
Inc. may be rescued overcame concern bank earnings will falter.
American International Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Co.
led the [...]
There comes a time in every business
cycle when things look glum and the future even glummer.
The Federal Reserve, usually slow to realize all is not
well, starts cutting short-term interest rates aggressively. The
real-time economic data offer no sign the medicine is working.
Like clockwork, [...]
While most kids on antidepressant drugs get some follow-up care, only 3 percent of the thousands of Minnesota teenagers taking them get as many face-to-face appointments as they should, according to an analysis by the Minnesota Council of Health Plans.
Four years ago, the federal government warned doctors to check frequently on adolescent patients who take [...]
There comes a time in every business
cycle when things look glum and the future even glummer.
The Federal Reserve, usually slow to realize all is not
well, starts cutting short-term interest rates aggressively. The
real-time economic data offer no sign the medicine is working.
Like clockwork, [...]
Renzo Piano, the architect who
designed the New York Times Building, was chosen to build a
cultural center in Greece that will house the countrys new opera
house and national library.
Piano will develop a 42-acre (17 hectare) property on the
coast near the center of Athens, [...]
