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AP INDIANAPOLIS -- Workers are paying a larger portion of their health insurance costs as businesses shift more of the burden to their employees to help ride out the economic downturn, an annual study shows. The average employee contribution toward ...
Survey: Employers shift more insurance costs to workers
Family Health Care Costs Will Jump 14% in 2010
Family Health Premiums Up 3 Percent in 2010, Study Finds
![]() New York Times (blog) | Workers bear larger share of health premium costs Chicago Daily Herald AP INDIANAPOLIS -- Workers are paying a larger portion of their health insurance costs as businesses shift more of the burden to their employees to help ride out the economic downturn, an annual study shows. The average employee contribution toward ... Survey: Employers shift more insurance costs to workers Family Health Care Costs Will Jump 14% in 2010 Family Health Premiums Up 3 Percent in 2010, Study Finds |
![]() msnbc.com | People: Zeta-Jones furious over Douglas' late cancer detection Denver Post Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones says she is having a hard time watching husband Michael Douglas battle stage 4 throat cancer and said she's furious with doctors for not detecting his disease sooner. Douglas, the Oscar winner of "Wall Street" and a veteran ... Michael Douglas and Throat Cancer FAQ Michael Douglas Discusses His Cancer on 'Late Show' Michael Douglas Cancer Diagnosis |
![]() CBC.ca | Study: Brain Exercises Delay, But Can't Prevent, Dementia TIME Doctors have been advising us for years to "use it or lose it": that is, to stay as intellectually active as possible into our waning years in order to avoid dementia. But the latest research shows that brain ... Alzheimer's Trade-Off for Mentally Active Seniors Active minds delay dementia but speed decline once it hits Mental 'Exercise' May Only Hide Signs of Alzheimer's |
![]() Kansas City Star | Lineman won't be tackled by flu again CNN A recent survey found that only 32 percent of adults had been vaccinated against seasonal influenza by November 2009. (CNN) -- It was the fifth game of the 2009 Ohio State University football season, and offensive lineman Andy ... Basics: What Should We Know About Flu Just Now? Lake Co. sets flu shot clinics The Flu Vaccine is Available Early |
![]() AFP | Experimental TB Test Called Fast and Accurate BusinessWeek THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental test that can diagnose tuberculosis in less than two hours, making only one doctor visit necessary before treatment starts, is being hailed as a potentially significant advance ... Rapid TB Test Shows High Accuracy Breakthrough test gives fast diagnosis of drug-resistant TB New test can diagnose tuberculosis in under 2 hours |
![]() Smart Business Network | Growth of Employer Plans Forseen With Health Reform MedPage Today WASHINGTON -- Employer-sponsored insurance will not only remain a cornerstone of the American healthcare system, but it will increase in prevalence in the post-healthcare reform environment, ... Insurers predict health-care reforms will increase costs A Whole Lotta Studies on Small Business and Health Insurance Small biz getting lower health care costs |
![]() Baltimore Sun | Maker of Botox pays state in improper marketing settlement Baltimore Sun The state of Maryland will get $152547 for its Medicaid program under a settlement with the maker of Botox for marketing the drug for unapproved uses, the attorney general's office announced today. Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler said the state ... Allergan Pleads Guilty, Settles Botox Investigation Botox Settlement for $600M Reached to Resolve Lawsuits Over Marketing Allergan drops FDA lawsuit as part of off-label settlement |
![]() Kansas City Star | Experimental Novartis drug shows malaria promise Reuters Zambian villagers display a mosquito net in Matongo village, about 60 km (37 miles) from Livingstone, April 23, 2008. By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental Novartis drug can clear malaria infection in mice with a single dose and scientists ... New Malaria Drug Candidate Holds Promise Novartis Experimental Malaria Drug May Yield First Treatment in 30 Years Promising new one-dose malaria drug discovered |
![]() CBC.ca | Organic strawberries are better — in some ways — researchers say Los Angeles Times They have more antioxidants and vitamin C than their conventional counterparts, a study says. But they come up short by other measures — potassium and phosphorus, for example. An organically grown strawberry. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) By ... Organic strawberries more nutritious Organic Strawberries Have More Antioxidants And Vitamin C But Less Potassium ... Organic strawberries given a thumbs up in WSU study |
![]() Genetic Engineering News | Orexigen signs $1 billion obesity drug deal The Associated Press NEW YORK — Shares of Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. surged Thursday after the drugmaker said it signed a $1 billion co-development agreement for its experimental obesity drug Contrave with Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Under the deal, Orexigen will receive $50 ... Orexigen surges on Takeda licensing deal; Vivus gains Orexigen, Takeda in $1 bln deal for obesity drug Orexigen Signs Obesity-Drug Pact With Takeda |