Health care spending hits new high in 2004
Health care spending rose 7.9 percent to nearly $1.9 trillion in 2004, reaching 16 percent of GDP. Hospitals and physicians drove the increase, while home health surged 13.3 percent and prescription-drug growth slowed to a decade low. Per-person spending reached $6,280.
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Washington
U.S
Federal
Centers For Medicare
Medicaid Services
Paul Ginsburg
Center For Studying
Grady High Puts Veggie Line In Cafeteria
Grady High School in Atlanta started a vegetarian only lunch line once a small club idea, now serving up to 400 students from a 1200 enrollment. It features veggie eggrolls pasta salad vegetarian pizza and tofu sloppy joes drawing meat eaters.
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Miriam Archibong
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American School Food Service Association
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South
Grady High
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Grady High School
Jessica Fortney
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Bird flu not so deadly study offers cautious hope
A study from Karolinska University Hospital suggests many bird flu cases are mild and recover quickly, though transmission requires close contact with sick poultry. Researchers analyzed 45 476 rural Ha Tay residents near Hanoi, finding 8 149 flu like illnesses and that direct poultry contact raised symptom risk.
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Chicago
Anna Thorson
Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm
Archives of Internal Medicine
Turkey
Indonesia
China
Ha Tay
Hanoi
Cough Syrup Advised Against For Cold Cough
The American College of Chest Physicians says over the counter cough suppressants do not work for acute cough from cold and should be ignored. They review studies and note limited efficacy for dextromethorphan codeine and guaifenesin with unclear guaifenesin effects.
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago
American College of Chest Physicians
Richard Irwin
Emergency care system in serious condition study warns
A health care analysis by an American College of Emergency Physicians task force says the U S emergency care system is crowded and deteriorating. Dr Stephen Epstein and Dr Frederick Blum note access to lifesaving care is declining as emergency departments drop 14 percent since 1993 despite rising patient demand.
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Washington
Stephen Epstein
Boston
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Epstein
American College of Emergency Physicians
Frederick Blum
Physicians Group
Prostate screening tests fail to save lives in study
A small study of 1,002 men found that PSA blood testing and digital rectal exams did not reduce mortality. Researchers say doctors should warn patients screening is not perfect and men must decide on testing, as larger trials are anticipated in coming years.
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Chicago
John Coneato
VA Connecticut
Doctors test shorter radiation for breast cancer
Doctors evaluate targeted five day and three five day methods for delivering radiation to the tumor site, aiming to match traditional six week therapy. Canadian researchers push a one day seed implant approach to treat breast cancer during normal routines as patients enroll in an NCI funded study.
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