Illness, Injury & Treatments

Magazine articles on illnesses, injuries, currently available treatments, drugs, and homeopathy.

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Managed Care March 2004 Martin Sipkoff	Can Transparency Save Health Care? If everyone can see what everyone is doing, we'll have better care at lower costs. First task: Create common standards.
Managed Care March 2004	Smoking-Cessation Efforts Set Cost-Effectiveness Bar The recent 40th anniversary of the surgeon general's report on smoking brought some staggering statistics to the public's attention
Managed Care March 2004	Health care execs say consumers lack information on quality "Consumers are miserably armed right now to make judgments on quality," Humphrey Taylor, chairman of Harris Interactive's Harris Poll, told attendees at the World Health Care Congress.
Managed Care March 2004 Thomas Morrow	Insulin Pumps Buy Time Until Transplant Therapy Arrives Improvements in the features of diabetes pumps have evolved since their original backpack-size days. Managed care needs to evaluate the new bells and whistles.
The Motley Fool March 22, 2004 Seth Jayson	Stent Wars Going Strong New studies show stents do little to stop heart attacks. What does that mean for stent makers?
Science News March 20, 2004 Edna Francisco	Suspected Carcinogen Speeds Through People's Bodies A commonly used but potentially carcinogenic flavoring compound stays in people's bodies only briefly, according to a new study, but scientists aren't ready to rule out health risks from the chemical.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2004 David Nierengarten	Sanofi Slimming Pill Sanofi's new drug, Acomplia, shows promise for weight loss and smoking cessation.
American Family Physician March 15, 2004	Management of Hepatitis C: Evaluating Suitability for Drug Therapy Chronic hepatitis C virus infection is a common and serious disease. Although an estimated 2.7 million persons in the United States have this disease, most have not yet been diagnosed.
American Family Physician March 15, 2004	Alcohol Abuse: How to Recognize Problem Drinking Questions and answers on alcohol abuse.
American Family Physician March 15, 2004	Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome Questions, answers, and recommendations on alcohol withdrawl syndrome.
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