Day: January 16, 2012
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Spend $1 on smoking cessation, save $3 in health costs, Massachusetts study finds
Every $1 spent on smoking cessation in Massachusetts, saved $3 in health costs, a study of low-income Bay State residents found. That could bode well for the impact of a...
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1 percent of population accounts for 22 percent of health-care spending, study finds
Just 1 percent of Americans were responsible for 22 percent of the nation’s $1.26 trillion in health-care costs in 2009, and 5 percent accounted for 50 percent of costs, a...
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Rural women are less likely to complete vaccinations for cervical-cancer virus; study finds vaccine does not increase sexual activity
Women living in rural areas of the U.S. were far less likely to return for their follow-up doses after they get the initial injection of the human papillomavirus vaccine, a...
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Shigellosis cases are on the rise in Louisville
There have been 60 confirmed cases of shingellosis in Louisville in the past three months, compared to an average of 62 per year in the area. About half of the...
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More transparency, accountability needed regarding child abuse, group plans to tell legislators
To decrease the number of children who are killed or nearly killed by abuse and neglect, there needs to be improved transparency and accountability at the Cabinet for Health and...