Posts Tagged ‘benefits’
CMS Report: House Bill Will Raise Health Care Costs, Affect Seniors’ Benefits
A new report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finds that the health overhaul bill passed by the House will raise health costs by approximately $289 billion in the next ten years. The report was requested by House Republicans and compiled by CMS’ chief actuary, Richard Foster. The
Zogenix And Astellas Announce Data Published Showing The Benefits Of SUMAVEL(TM) DosePro(TM) Needle-Free Delivery System
Zogenix, Inc. (“Zogenix”), a privately held pharmaceutical company, and Astellas Pharma US, Inc. (“Astellas”) announced that positive results from two clinical studies of new SUMAVEL DosePro (sumatriptan injection) needle-free delivery system will be published in the November 2009 issue of Headache. SUMAVEL DosePro, was recently approved by the FDA to treat acute migraine, with or without aura, and cluster headache.
Opioids For Osteoarthritis: Problems Far Outweigh Benefits
Should you take opioid drugs for hip and knee pain caused by osteoarthritis? Probably not, suggests a new review of the best research on the subject. “We found that pain reduction with opioid treatment was small to moderate. Increasing the dosage did not appear to result in further pain reduction,” said lead review author Eveline Nüesch, a research fellow at the University of Bern in Switzerland.
Largest Clinical Trial To Test Benefits Of Aspirin In Australia
Researchers at Monash University and the United States-based Berman Center for Outcomes and Clinical Research will lead an international clinical trial to test whether taking aspirin contributes to good health in the elderly. The trial, ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE), has been awarded US$50 million from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, the peak health funding body in the United States.
Yoga Benefits Back-pain Patients
People with chronic low-back problems who do yoga also do better at overcoming pain and depression than people treated conventionally for back pain, a West Virginia University study funded by the National Institutes of Health shows. The three-year, $400,000 study, published in the September issue of the journal Spine, showed lifted mood, less pain and improved function in the group that did yoga postures compared with a control group who received standard medical therapy.
Game Day Injections May Have More Benefits Than Drawbacks For Athletes
Game day injections work like a magic pain relief bullet for some athletes but they may also pose complications if not administered correctly or if the individual does not comply with doctor guidelines, reveals a new clinical review published in the September/October issue of Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach.
Antidepressants: Selective Serotonin And Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor Drugs Show Benefits In German Study
Patients with depression benefit from taking venlafaxine and duloxetine, two drugs belonging to the selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor drug class. This is the conclusion of a report published by German researchers. Clinical comparisons with a sham drug (placebo) show that patients respond better to the therapy, suffering less from the symptoms of depression.
Study Warns Of Risk To Retirees’ Health-Care Benefits
A nearly two-decade trend that is stripping away employer-provided health-care benefits for retirees in private business will likely continue and could soon hit an even deeper pool of government retirees, new research by a University of Illinois elder law expert warns. Richard L.
Study Shows That Competitive Bidding Benefits Insurance Companies And Forces Many Seniors To Use Out-of-State Providers
The American Association for Homecare hosted a media conference call yesterday, unveiling a new economic study that exposes severe flaws in the Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment and services. The bidding program is set to re-start this October.
What Is Acupuncture? What Are The Benefits Of Acupuncture?
Acupuncture originates from China and has been practiced there for thousands of years. Although there are records of acupuncture being used hundreds of years ago in Europe, it was during the second half of the twentieth century it began to spread rapidly in Western Europe, the United States and Canada. Acupuncture involves the insertion of very thin needles through the patient’s skin at specific points on the body – the needles are inserted to various depths.
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