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Data on 2,704 adults with diabetes showed about 100% of those age 65 and older had health insurance, compared with only 85% of those 18 to 64 years old. About two million diabetes patients under the age of 65 had no health insurance coverage. Health insurance costs were the main …

Investment firm Merrill Lynch reports that more than 50 companies could benefit. Drug producers, the food sector, diet and related products, and the sport apparel and equipment sectors will benefit the most. A CDC-funded study said that about one-third of American adults are obese and another one-third overweight. The percentage …

A new Commonwealth Fund report shows that US women are in much worse shape, healthcare-wise, than women in 10 nations that have universal healthcare. Even insured American women are more likely to go without needed healthcare because of the cost and difficulty paying medical bills. Published online July 13, 2012 

TV Time Affects Quality of Life See this week’s Item #10, Sitting Less Adds Years to Life.  

Researchers found that a food portion cut into multiple, bite-sized pieces looks larger and elicits greater satiation than the same portion presented as a single, large piece, even if the two have the same caloric value. They gave 301 college students a bagel uncut or cut into quarters. Twenty minutes …

Scientists have found a significant association between polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure and risk of diabetes, in a highly exposed community in the US. The researchers studied 774 individuals living in Anniston, Alabama, an area with PCB contamination from manufacturing. They measured PCB levels in the blood and compared this to …

Within 2 years, more than 75% of newly hired physicians will be hospital employees, according to projections in a new report of physician recruiting incentives while fewer doctors will go into private practice. The demand for primary care physicians remains strong. For the seventh consecutive year, family physicians and general …

OTC Home Test for HIV Infection Wins FDA Nod The FDA has approved the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test, making it the first over-the-counter test for HIV infection that gives results directly to the consumer. 

Psychiatrists who enjoyed free deep-sea fishing and golf at educational forums sponsored by drug maker GlaxoSmithKline more than a decade ago could have hardly known at the time that they were witnessing history. In 2012, however, what happened at those meetings is clear. Federal prosecutors have announced that GSK has …

Ghrelin, a so-called hunger hormone, is the reason why some people have room for a high-calorie dessert after eating a big meal. Study results showed that rats lacking ghrelin receptor gene ate less of a sweet treat after a full meal than did rodents whose ghrelin receptor gene was intact. …