Mental health worker stabbed to death while visiting client in St. Helens, Ore. Washington Post A man who once pleaded guilty to attempted murder was in custody Sunday after an Oregon mental health worker was stabbed to death while visiting him in St. Helens, authorities said. Brent Redd, a mental health services client, called police at about 8 ... |
 ABC News | Pa. Health Care Company Seeks Gas Drilling Facts ABC News Some people are absolutely sure gas drilling threatens public health, while others are absolutely sure it doesn't. Geisinger Health Systems is looking for more facts on the debate. "Our concern is getting reliable data so we know what to do for our ... |
Health-Care Costs Rise Faster Than U.S. Inflation Rate Bloomberg Doctors, hospitals and drugmakers raised prices faster than inflation in 2010, driving US health costs higher as fewer Americans sought care after the recession. Spending on workers covered on the job grew 3.3 percent per person in 2010, ... |
 Bloomberg | Health Bargain Hunters Use Websites to Cut Doctor Bills Bloomberg “This is about changing the way people shop for health care, and as a consequence, changing the way care gets delivered,” said Giovanni Colella, co-founder of Castlight Health Inc., a San Francisco-based company that helps patients shop for medical ... |
County health struggle moves to Springfield Chicago Sun-Times That is not a healthy business model. “Most of the people we serve do not have private insurance,” said Preckwinkle. “We provide an extraordinary amount of charity care. Some world class institutions in town have less than 5 percent, some 1 or 2. |
 Politico | Data trove may shed light on health-care uncertainties Washington Post And, most significantly, what drives changes in health-care use, costs, and total spending? They are among the most vexing questions in American health care. And a recently amassed trove of data from insurance companies could soon shed new light on ... Study: Higher prices for care may be driving health-care costs Planning for health care costs in retirement Healthcare Business News Rising prices drove higher spending among ... |
 PakistanToday.com.pk | Healthy Memphis: Get handle on high blood pressure to avoid disease Memphis Commercial Appeal Excess calorie intake and weight increase their health risks. Daily stress from poor living conditions also contributes to their risk of hypertension. If a kid develops high blood pressure, it's likely the child will continue to have high blood ... Silencing the silent killer |
 Voice of America | Checklist Improves Health Practices in Childbirth Voice of America (File: AP) More women die in the developing world from complications during pregnancy and childbirth than from any other cause, according to the World Health Organization. But, a group of scientists thinks it can change that with the help of a simple ... |
 Forbes | Putting the 'Insurance' Back in Health Insurance Forbes And yet, when it comes to health coverage, many of us think that it makes perfect sense to wait until we're sick to buy health insurance. If we really want to make health insurance affordable and accessible to everyone, we need to go back to basics, ... |
Are Digital Health Companies Aiming Too Low -- Or Is Incremental Improvement ... Forbes Breathless language about changing the world and disrupting the known universe aside, most digital health companies I know aren't proposing radical new treatments for dreadful diseases – or anything close (see this articulate critique by David Whelan, ... |
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