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Research before you pick health insurance
It cost about $15,600 to provide health coverage for a family of four in 2008. Some of that was paid for by employers, but increasingly, more of it is coming out of workers’ pockets.
The problem is consumers tend to research more when buying a car or a big appliance than when selecting a health insurance […]
Baucus offers fix for U.S. health insurance
Sen. Max Baucus outlined his plan Wednesday for providing affordable health insurance coverage to every American, lowering health care costs and making Americans healthier.
Baucus, D-Mont., said Americans need health insurance reform now. More and more people are losing their jobs and their health insurance and health care costs are threatening to overwhelm the nation’s economy […]
Scintiest Find More Skin Cancer Vaccination
THE pioneering Australian scientist who discovered a vaccine against cervical cancer is on the verge of creating the world’s first skin cancer vaccination.
Professor Ian Frazer, a former Australian of the Year, has revealed human trials of the vaccine will start next year – and it could be ready for widespread use as early as 2013.
Diabetes centre offers online monitoring
The first dedicated diabetes centre for children opened yesterday, the latest step in the country’s fight to control an illness that is growing alarmingly among young people.
The UAE has the second highest rate of the disease in the world, with the majority of victims suffering from Type 2 diabetes.
Obese kids have greater risk of heart attack, stroke
The arteries of obese children may be aging 30 years faster than normal, new research suggests.
A study of 70 boys and girls found obese children and teens with abnormal cholesterol had thicker carotid arteries, the arteries in the neck that supply blood to the brain.
Family history of ovarian cancer increases its risk
My mother, who was 57 years old, recently passed away from ovarian cancer. Does that put me at risk of getting it? If so, when should I start getting tested for it? I just turned 33. The thought of ovarian cancer scares me. — J.G.
WPS Health Insurance Improves The Claims Experience With Cincom Eloquence
Worldwide software provider Cincom Systems announces that WPS Health Insurance, one of Wisconsin’s largest health insurers (www.wpsic.com), has successfully implemented Cincom Eloquence (www.cincom.com/cds) document automation software and is now realizing significant improvements in the speed, quality and relevancy of correspondence to its over nine million customers.
State Helps Unemployed Find Health Insurance
The increasingly rocky economy and the higher state unemployment rate have pushed Tennessee to expand one of its health insurance programs.
Workers who have lost their jobs now have a reasonable option for health insurance.
Obama victory stokes hopes on health care reform, fears on unions
The election of Barack Obama as president presents small businesses with an opportunity for health care reform but an imminent threat on labor issues.
That was the assessment of small-business leaders in Washington, D.C., who congratulated the Democratic candidate on his victory and pledged to work with him to restore the economy’s health.