The uninsured are not responsible for overcrowding in the nation’s hospital emergency departments, despite conventional wisdom to the contrary, a study out Tuesday says.
Rather, insured patients represent the majority of the increased use of the nation’s emergency departments over the past decade, says the article in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Even medical researchers [...]

 Omrix Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (”Omrix”) (NASDAQ: OMRI), a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company that develops and markets biosurgical and immunotherapy products, announced today that the Fibrin Pad U.S. Phase II clinical trial in mild to moderate bleeding was suspended yesterday afternoon to investigate an incident of post-operative bleeding. The Company will provide an update once additional information is [...]

 
“Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Self-Rated Health Status Among Adults With and Without Disabilities,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: The report examines differences in self-rated health status by race/ethnicity and disability. The findings are based on an analysis of data from the 2004 through 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys. The analysis found that the disability [...]

 The American Association for Cancer Research, in partnership with the Kirk A. and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation, is accepting applications for grants supporting innovation in cancer prevention research and international collaboration. The deadline for applications is November 20, 2008. The grant terms will begin on July 1, 2009.
Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for Cancer Prevention provides [...]

WASHINGTON ? Health insurance premiums rose a modest 5% this year as coverage gets skimpier, researchers said Wednesday.
The 5% increase was comparable to last year’s uptick. Overall, premiums for increased to $12,680 for coverage of a family of four and premiums for single coverage increased to $4,704, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation and the [...]

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There is probably no better place than an outdoor swimming pool to
refresh and relax on hot days. A backyard pool is also a lot of fun
for kids who can spend hours playing and swimming in the pool during
summertime.
However, the new study undertaken by Alfred Bernard (Catholic
University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium) and his colleagues [...]

 
UroToday.com - In the August 20, 2008 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Dr. John C. Cheville and associates from the Mayo Clinic proposed a predictive model, that includes genetic markers, for men at high risk of prostate cancer progression after radical prostatectomy (RP).
From 1990-2004, patients treated with RP at the Mayo clinic [...]

 A gene has been found activated in 70% of prostate cancer tumors,
the same gene that has been discovered activated in a majority of breast cancer cases,
report scientists at the George Washington University Medical Center led by Dr. Patricia
Berg, who discovered and cloned the gene, and Dr. Arnold Schwartz. Berg is Professor of
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry [...]

PHOENIX ? Girls often become much less physically active during their teen years, but that’s just when they should move into high gear if they want to control their weight, a new study reveals.
Scientists at Harvard Medical School in Boston analyzed national data on 3,914 females, ages 14 to 22. Information on the [...]

 Guided Therapeutics, Inc. (GT) (Pink Sheets: GTHP) today announced completion of its U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pivotal clinical trial for its LightTouch TM non-invasive cervical cancer detection device.
The GT LightTouch technology systematically and rapidly scans the cervix to identify cancers and pre-cancers painlessly and non-invasively by analyzing the wavelengths of light reflected [...]