Economic Woes Are Easing the Nursing Shortage
Many nurses who had given up the nursing field are returning to work filling the shortage.
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Employees Without Health Coverage Outside Work Less Likely To Retire
Older workers without other health care insurance options are more likely to defer retirement to stay covered under their employer's plan.
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People With Mentally Demanding Jobs Reap Cognitive Benefits Into Retirement
Doing a job that is intellectually demanding creates thinking abilities that pay dividends into retirement.
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Avoidable Complications For Revascularization Procedures Cost Hospitals
Hospitals currently cannot recover increased costs of treating Medicare patients experiencing certain complications associated with revascularization procedures.
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Good Jobs Are Safe Jobs
Every day, sixteen workers die on the job, 134 die from work-related illnesses, and thousands more sustain workplace injuries.
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Wall Street Journal Examines Proposals To Address Health Care Costs
Presidential candidates each have announced proposals that seek to reduce health care costs, but it is unclear how many of the candidates' ideas could actually make a dent in the rising cost of care.
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Spend Your Economic Stimulus Checks Improving Your Health
The U.S. government and IRS have announced that the economic stimulus checks from the tax rebates are in the mail and the consumers should start seeing the 2008 economic stimulus checks coming this week. Spending these tax rebates on your health and fitness will not only improve your personal health but also the U.S. Economy.
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Employers Have High Confidence They Can Control Health Care Costs
Key findings from its 2008 UBA Employer Opinion Survey delineates employers' specific health care strategies, health benefits philosophy and opinion, health plan management, and Consumer Driven Health Care.
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Perspective-Taking Makes Successful Negotiation, Empathy Limits
Successful negotiations demand a clear understanding of one's opponent. But what approach should one take to achieve such an understanding of one's opponent in everyday negotiations? How to make successful negotiation.
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Inequality Widens Life Expectancy Between Rich And Poor
Report says the gap in life expectancy between rich and poor, and between those with low and high education levels, is growing.
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Simple Schedule Changes Could Improve Shift Worker Health
Simple work schedule adjustments might promote health and help shift workers strike a better balance between work and personal life.
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Most Employees Participating In Wellness Programs Do Not Stay Committed
As wellness programs grow in popularity, employees overwhelmingly see value in these healthy activities, but don't stay committed to them.
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Baby Boomer Nurses Plan A Career Change
Over one-third of baby boomer nurses plan to retire in the next one to three years, find a non-nursing job, work part-time, or work as travel nurses.
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Help new parents understand family money
Becoming a new parent is daunting at the best of times and money is just one of the balls that families have to juggle. Anything which helps to explain the money that parents and their children are entitled to is very welcome and should help create a deeper understanding of family finances.
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People With Job's Syndrome Lack Specific Immune Cells
Scientists have made another major breakthrough in understanding a rare immune disorder called Job's syndrome.
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Sad Shoppers Spend More
Depressed, sad people spend more money than those in good mood.
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Why Even Momentary Sadness Increases Spending
How you are feeling has an impact on your routine economic transactions and personal financial spending, whether you are aware of this effect or not.
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Health Care Costs Higher For Healthy Individuals
Lifetime health care costs for obese individuals and smokers are lower than those for healthy individuals who live years longer.
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Voters Believe Next President Can Have Influence On Health Care Costs
More than three-fourths of US voters believe the next president can have at least some influence on health care costs.
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Providing Physicians Bonuses For Improving Patient Care
A coalition of large employers is launching a program to give physicians bonuses.
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Online Career Site For BioScience Professionals
Expanding on its goal to provide online job postings and career resources to post-graduate and alumni candidates, BioCareerCenter.com and three major universities have joined forces.
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Media Accounts Of Health Care Spending Study Wrong
Media accounts of Health Affairs study that said drug spending prompted increases in health care costs and overall spending for the program were wrong.
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Telephone Nursing Is Important
As more and more HMOs turn to telephone nursing or telehealth, the practice of appropriate disposition of health-related problems by trained RNs using guidelines or protocols has become a new subspecialty.
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Can Severe Personal Debt Lead To Mental Illness?
Personal debt is a growing problem, but is an even greater problem for those that suffer mental illness for a variety of reasons.
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Debt Concerns And Impact On Mental Health
Due to overspending and debt more people reporting being able to less manage their mental health and stress level.
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Examining Financial Incentives For Physicians
Some health insurers are drawing scrutiny for offering financial incentives as part of efforts to encourage physicians to switch patients from brand-name medications to less-expensive, generic treatments.
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Retirement Savings A Key Concern For Americans
Having enough money to retire and pay for major life needs -- healthcare and education -- are top concerns of Americans facing financial pressures.
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Commentaries Discuss Physician Increases
JAMA commentaries discuss physician increases, assessment of care.
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Extra Specialist Staff To Tackle Hospital Infections
Every hospital trust in England will be able to recruit two infection control nurses, two isolation nurses and an antimicrobial pharmacist with millions of pounds of extra investment.
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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Launches Reward Program For Physicians
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield launched a program to reward physicians for practices that improve the health outcomes of patients.
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Medicare Legislation Would Further Delay Physician Fee Cut
Congress can pass Medicare legislation this year that likely would stop for 18 months a 10.6% cut to Medicare physician fees.
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On The Job, But Out Of It?
As flu season gets under way, employers are gearing up for more sick employees dragging themselves -- and their germs -- in to work.
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Health Care Costs: Top Concerns for Democratic, Republican Voters
Exit polls from New Hampshire indicate that economic issues have overtaken all other issues as the top concern in the presidential election for both Democratic and Republican voters.
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Tips To Protect Employees During Cold Weather
OSHA is encouraging employers and employees to take necessary precautions to prevent and treat cold-related health problems.
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Examining Rising Health Care Costs
New Health Affairs issue examines rising health care costs.
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Maryland Has 16% Fewer Practicing Physicians Than National Average
Maryland has 16% fewer physicians in clinical practice than the national per capita average, a shortage that could become severe by 2015.
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US Health Care Spending Increased In 2006
U.S. health care spending in 2006 increased by 6.7% to $2.1 trillion, or $7,026 per capita.
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Newspapers Examine Use Of Health Savings Accounts
Editorials address health savings accounts.
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Some Doctors, Nurses In Zimbabwe Return To Work On Humanitarian Grounds
Some government-employed doctors and nurses in Zimbabwe have returned to work on humanitarian grounds, but most are still on a strike that began last week and are demanding higher wages.
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Employers Can Eliminate, Reduce Health Benefits For Retirees
Employers can legally eliminate or reduce health benefits for retirees when they reach age 65 and become eligible for Medicare while retaining benefits for retirees younger than age 65.
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