Health News from Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.UnitedHealth Group Announces Lower Profit Outlook, Will Restructure To Focus More On Regional Coverage- July 4, 2008 UnitedHealth Group on Wednesday lowered its earnings guidance because of reduced commercial businesses and higher-than-expected Medicare-related costs and said it would restructure the company with a greater focus on regional coverage, the Chicago Tribune reports (Chicago Tribune, 73). The insurer said that profits would drop about 16% from earlier estimates (Forster, St.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113929.php Men, Blacks In Particular, Less Likely Than Women To Be Aware That They Have High Blood Pressure, Study Finds- July 4, 2008 Men are one-quarter less likely than women to know that they have high blood pressure and black men with high blood pressure, are particularly unlikely to know of their condition, according to study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, Reuters Health reports.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113946.php U.S. Health Care System Overhaul Needed To Reduce Costs, Columnist Writes- July 4, 2008 "Health care will become one of the most onerous personal finance issues in coming years unless the system is changed to ensure universal access, cost control and long-term financing," Bloomberg columnist John Wasik writes in the BloombergBoston Globe.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113937.php New York Senate 'Missed Mark' Not Passing Comprehensive Sex Education Bill, Opinion Piece Says- July 4, 2008 The New York state Senate "clearly missed the mark" by not passing the Healthy Teens Act, which would make funding available for schools to provide comprehensive sex education, Claudia Gryvatz Copquin, author of "The Neighborhoods of Queens," writes in a Long Island Newsday opinion piece.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113928.php Wall Street Journal Letters To The Editor Address Recent Opinion Piece On Medicare Bill- July 4, 2008 The Wall Street Journal on Thursday published two letters to the editor in response to an opinion piece about a bill (HR 6331) approved last month by the House that would delay a scheduled 10.6% reduction in Medicare physician reimbursements and reduce funds for Medicare Advantage.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113936.php NGO Leader In Angola Seeks To Mobilize Country's Youth For HIV Prevention- July 4, 2008 Young people in Angola have a poor record of participation in HIV prevention efforts, including voluntary testing and condom use, according to Antonio Coelho, executive secretary of the Angolan Network of AIDS Service Organisations, Angola Press AgencyAllAfrica.com reports.Coelho made the remarks Wednesday while speaking to the Angola Press Agency.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113945.php Number Of Abortions Decreasing Among HIV-Positive Women In Belarus, Official Says- July 4, 2008 The number of HIV-positive women in Belarus who are forgoing abortions is increasing, Svyatlana Shylava, chief ob-gyn for the country's Ministry of Health, said on Tuesday, BelaPAN reports. According to Shylava, about 176 infants were born to HIV-positive women in 2007, up from 52 in 2000 and six in 1996.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113944.php Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council Employees Let Go After Program Authorization Lapses- July 4, 2008 Nearly the entire staff of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council has been let go due to a political disagreement between Gov. Ed Rendell (D) and state Senate Republicans over whether a bill to reauthorize the council should also include an extension of a malpractice insurance subsidy for physicians, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports (Goldstein, Philadelphia Inquirer, 72).http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113935.php USA Today Profiles 'What To Expect' Author's Efforts To Help Low-Income Pregnant Women- July 4, 2008 USA Today on Wednesday profiled the book "Baby Basics," an "easy-to-read pregnancy primer" by Heidi Murkoff, author of the bestselling "What To Expect When You're Expecting." According to Murkoff, the abridged book stemmed from her recognition that the one million low-income women who give birth each year do not have access to the 614-page, $14.95 book.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113927.php Radicals Shake Up Molecules In A Tug O' War- July 4, 2008 Until now, it was commonly thought that colliding molecules get the shakes as the result of energy transfer solely from the smashing of the molecules, but some new research adds a second means by which colliding molecules become vibrationally excited--it is being called the "Tug o' War Mechanism.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113986.php |