Archive for the ‘Senior Health News’ Category

United Health Proposes Managed-Care Plan For Those Who Get Both Medicare And Medicaid

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

UnitedHealth Group Inc. is proposing a managed-care plan for dual recipients of Medicare and Medicaid. The insurer said the plan would “save as much as $1.62 trillion in the U.S. over 25 years,” Bloomberg reports. “Almost 9 million Americans receive coverage from both Medicare, the U.S. health plan for the elderly and disabled, and the Medicaid program for the poor…

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In Colorectal Cancer, Notable Racial Disparities Revealed In Diagnosis, Treatment And Outcomes

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

CMS Could Save Billions By Changing Payment, Delivery Methods

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

ASA: Pre-Surgical Aspirin Tied to Fewer Cardiocerebral Events

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

Hypothermia predicts mortality in critically ill elderly patients with sepsis

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

Age-related differences in integrin expression in peripheral blood lymphocytes

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

FDA warns makers of chelation treatments (Reuters)

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

Characterization of leukotrienes in a pilot study of older asthma subjects

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

Development of the interRAI Pressure Ulcer Risk Scale (PURS) for use in long-term care and home care settings

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

Oral intake of Lactobacillus pentosus strain b240 accelerates salivary immunoglobulin A secretion in the elderly: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010