"Health & Medical News"

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.Thanks for visiting!

Topics include allergy medication, food allergies, cold allergies and more. … Milk Allergies and Lactose Intolerance. Lactose-free Milk. Goat’s Milk …

Food allergy: Risk factors - MayoClinic.com
Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: unranked [?]

Washington — A war of words escalated earlier this month when a group of pharmacy benefit managers increased the pressure on Congress to pass what the American Medical Association warned would be a costly Medicare electronic prescribing requirement for physicians.

The Pharmaceutical Care Management Assn. since the summer has been pushing lawmakers to include an e-prescribing mandate in any legislation to prevent next year’s 10.1% Medicare physician pay cut. Now the PCMA has launched a tough television and print advertising campaign.

Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: unranked [?]

By Bob Curley

Editor’s Update, Oct. 3, 2007:?  Bush Vetoes SCHIP Bill

The children’s health-insurance bill passed by the House and Senate this week not only raises federal tobacco taxes to pay for expanded health care but also requires state programs to treat addiction and mental-health disorders on par with physical illnesses.

Popularity: unranked [?]

By Bob Curley

The children’s health-insurance bill passed by the House and Senate this week not only raises federal tobacco taxes to pay for expanded health care but also requires state programs to treat addiction and mental-health disorders on par with physical illnesses.

The Senate voted 67-29 on Sept. 27 to approve the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The legislation would add $60 billion to SCHIP over the next five years, providing health coverage to an additional 4 million uninsured children. Currently, state-run SCHIP programs cover 6.6 million children who families have incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid but can’t afford health insurance.

Popularity: unranked [?]