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Patients With Moderate To Severe Periodontitis Need Evaluation For Heart Disease Risk
Additional research is called for and patients with moderate to severe periodontitis should receive evaluation and possible treatment to reduce their risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a special consensus paper by editors of The American Journal of Cardiology and Journal of Peridontology in the July 1, 2009 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology, published by Elsevier.
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Issue Brief Examines Social Security COLA, Medicare Part B Premium
"The Social Security COLA and Medicare Part B Premium: Questions, Answers and Issues," Kaiser Family Foundation Medicare Policy Project: The issue brief examines how Social Security recipients for the first time in 2010 are not expected to receive a cost-of-living adjustment, with no or a low COLA expected through 2012. The brief examines the relationship between the Social Security COLA and the Medicare Part B premium and the effect that such changes have on beneficiaries of both programs (Kaiser Family Foundation release, 5/27).
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Total Swine Flu A(H1N1) Human Infection Cases Reach 7,447 In The United Kingdom
The Health Protection Agency (HPA), UK, informed yesterday 3rd July, 2009, in its weekly update that the total number of confirmed human cases of Swine Flu A(H1N1) infection has reached 7,447. British health authorities estimate that the figure will be over 100,000 by the end of this summer.
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HELP Is On The Way New York Times Last week the budget office scored the proposed legislation from the Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP). And the news was good. Yes, we can reform health care (Krugman, 7/6). The Painful Side Effects Of Obama"s Healthcare Reform Los Angeles Times There are warnings signs that the president and his allies are looking at government-run rationing of care for the oldest and sickest (Allen, 7/5). Healthy Intentions Cape Cod Times Without a doubt, it was heartening news when Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently acknowledged the deplorable state of health care for many Indians in the U.S. and pledged to do more (7/5). Health Care And How To Pay For It Sacramento Bee As Congress begins to debate in earnest the details of health care reform, the members in Washington would do well to look toward California. The Golden State has the largest number of uninsured in the nation, and our taxpayers bear the burden of providing health care to the biggest population of people on Medicaid, known here as Medi-Cal. We"ve also been pioneers in developing new ways to manage health care and pay for it (7/6). Avoid Rush On Insurance Cures Detroit Free Press There"s much to do, and the Legislature needs to wrap up reforms by year"s end (7/6). Waiting To See The Doc: We Truly Do Apologize Philadelphia Inquirer We are forced to see more patients in less time. Patients expect, rightly so, the best care - but they also expect it to be on time. And that to me, more often than not, is an insurmountable challenge (Rachel K. Sobel, 7/6). Health Care Infectious Losses New York Times With a few small steps, we would no longer have the suffering and death associated with infections acquired in hospitals and we would save tens of billions of dollars every year (O"Neill, 7/6). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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