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Topic- Economics of aging
$13 billion cost of care for chronic pain
An analysis of data from the US Medical Expenditure Panel Survey showed that, in 2008, an estimated ...
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Prevention could reduce the global costs of NCDs
The World Health Organization conducted a study to help low- and middle-income countries identify low-cost interventions that reduce the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and are highly cost-effective and supported by strong evidence.
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Unchecked, noncommunicable diseases could bill the world $47 trillion
In 2008, the World Health Organization announced that noncommunicable diseases (NCD), such as heart disease and stroke, had overtaken infectious disease, such as diarrhea, HIV and malaria, as the leading causes of death globally (World Health Statistics 2008). The next year the “2008-2013 Action plan for the global strategy for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases” was published to address four shared risk factors (tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diets and the harmful use of alcohol) for four noncommunicable diseases: cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and chronic respiratory diseases.
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People who meditate lower health care costs
Among the people enrolled in a government health insurance program who spent the most on physician visits, ...
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Prevalence and costs of obesity keeps rising
Early this year, an analysis of adults in 199 countries found that, while levels of overweight and obesity varied, an estimated 502 million adults were obese and 1.46 billion adults had a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or higher, indicating overweight (The Lancet, 377[9765]:557-567, February 12, 2011).
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In the US, grandparents are young, educated and spending
It’s time to switch the image of a grandparent from that of a retired person in old-fashioned clothing to one of a younger, still-working group that is an economic engine, according to suggestions in a new report. Besides their own household, grandparents may also be helping to support their children and grandchildren, who generally have lower incomes.
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