Majority of Employers Are Willing to Increase Health, Wellness Budgets Compared With 10 Years Ago
October 14th 2019Eighty percent of employers claimed that they are intending to increase their health and wellness budgets this year, more than double compared with 2009 (33%), according to results from the 10th annual Optum Wellness in the Workplace study.
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Majority of Employers Are Willing to Increase Health, Wellness Budgets Compared With 10 Years Ago
October 14th 2019Eighty percent of employers claimed that they are intending to increase their health and wellness budgets this year, more than double compared with 2009 (33%), according to results from the 10th annual Optum Wellness in the Workplace study.
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Health Benefits Survey Demonstrates Importance of Health Insurance Reform in 2020 Election Cycle
October 6th 2019The 2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Survey results revealed significant rises in annual premiums, setting the context for the role of health insurance reform during the 2020 election cycle.
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Study Finds Pimavanserin May Effectively Treat Parkinson Disease Psychosis
October 5th 2019Pimavanserin may be an effective treatment option for patients with Parkinson disease who develop Parkinson disease psychosis, according to a recent study published by Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment.
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Employers Are Focusing on New Initiatives to Prevent Healthcare Cost Increases in 2020, Survey Finds
September 29th 2019Since healthcare benefit costs continue to rise, large employers are increasing efforts to stem the increases, according to the annual survey by the National Business Group on Health.
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Visuospatial Abilities May Negatively Impact Theory of Mind in Parkinson, Study Says
September 28th 2019Cognitive status may be affected by the relationship of Parkinson disease (PD) and affective theory of mind through the involvement of visuospatial abilities (VSA), a recent study reported.
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Study Examines Cardiovascular Disease Impact in Patients With COPD
September 28th 2019A recent study investigating the cardiovascular contribution to COPD symptoms and their relationship to a patient's diagnostic status found that patients with suspicious echocardiographic findings were undiagnosed and untreated.
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IgG Elimination Diet Plus Probiotics May Be Beneficial for Patients With Both Migraine and IBS
September 28th 2019An immunoglobulin G (IgG) elimination diet combined with probiotics may be effective and beneficial for patients with both migraine and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), according to a recent study,
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Percentage of Private-Sector Employers With at Least One Self-Insured Health Plan Has Decreased
September 23rd 2019While the number of employers who reported they had self-insured at least one health plan had increased from 1999 to 2016, there was a sharp decrease by 38.7% in 2018, according to research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
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Review Investigates Deep Brain Stimulation Treatment Outcomes in Parkinson Disease
September 21st 2019Researchers investigated current evidence linking genetic variation to deep brain stimulation treatment and outcomes in Parkinson disease (PD), finding a promising development where genetic profiling may be important for clinicians to personalize medical and surgical therapy for patients.
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Study Investigates Functional Connectivity of Praxis in Parkinson
September 14th 2019A study investigating the functional connectivity of the praxis network in patients in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease (PD) found that dopaminergic therapy may normalize praxis abilities and related praxis networks during the early stages of the disease by facilitating the propagation of long-term representations of object-related actions to motor execution areas.
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Employers Recognize Need to Improve Employee Health Experience
September 8th 2019Employers are recognizing the need to modernize the employee health experience following research that demonstrates the disconnect between companies’ investment in health benefits and the impact on employee health.
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New Device Advances Glucose Stimulation and Insulin Detection
September 8th 2019The Harvard researchers designed this new device with consideration of the human pancreas, where islets—also known as islands of cells—receive glucose level information from the bloodstream, then adjust their insulin production.
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Study Examines Links Between Weather, Pollution, Migraines
September 7th 2019A study investigating the effects of weather and air pollution on migraine found that higher relative humidity was associated with higher odds of migraines during warmer seasons. Traffic-related pollutants was linked with migraines in colder weather.
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Study Examines Orthostatic Hypotension, Association With Dementia in Parkinson Disease
September 6th 2019A recent study investigating orthostatic hypotension (OH)—a common condition among patients with Parkinson disease—found that the causality between OH and dementia may be bidirectional and early diagnosis is important to improve long-term prognosis.
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Out-of-Network Billing Continues to Increase and Creates Financial Strain, Study Finds
September 3rd 2019Out-of-network billing continues to become more common for patients with private insurance even when seeking treatment at in-network hospitals, which creates a financial strain for many patients, according to study results published by JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation Effective for Treating Chronic Migraine, Study Finds
August 27th 2019A case report of a 35-year-old woman with chronic migraine who had a 2-year history of severe pain that did not improve with medical therapy showed that peripheral nerve field stimulation could safely treat chronic migraine.
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