Poor suffer from lack of healthcare information: study
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Poor and often illiterate populations may be saddled with more health problems simply because they are not aware of public health services that are available, a study in India suggests.
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People who use their computers to find information about their chronic disease often wind up in worse condition than if they had listened to their doctor, according to a University College London review of studies on Internet health.
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Disparities in the US health-care system result in up to 79,000 premature deaths each year because of a lack of preventative treatments and care for chronic conditions like diabetes
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Lack of access to routine, quality health care led to as many as 79,000 deaths and $1.8 billion in avoidable medical costs in 2003, according to a new report from a private health care advocacy group.
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The U.S. poverty rate declined for the first time this decade but more people are living without health insurance and the bulk of the nation's poor are children, government data released on Tuesday showed.
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People suffering mental health problems are being failed by poor access to key community services, a watchdog says.
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Women from more deprived backgrounds have a lower breast cancer survival rate, research suggests.
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Rural areas are missing out on healthcare, according to a report by the British Medical Association.
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Two-thirds of chronically ill patients failed to tell their doctors they would have to skimp on their medicines because of cost, according to a new study published yesterday.
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Less than 1 percent of Medicaid  spending went to health care for illegal immigrants, according  to a study that the researchers said defied a common belief  that they are a bigger drain on taxpayer money.
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Requiring doctors and hospitals to report publicly on their performance and tying their pay to the results would dramatically reduce avoidable deaths and costs attributable to poor medical care, says a new report from an organization
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Less than 1 percent of Medicaid spending went to health care for illegal immigrants, according to a study that the researchers said defied a common belief that they are a bigger drain on taxpayer money.
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Sharp drop in economic confidence hitting poorest people hardest, Guardian/ICM research reveals
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MONDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- Many Americans are not taking all their medicines because they can't afford them, and most aren't telling their doctors about it, new research shows.
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A nationwide study has found that the uninsured and those covered by Medicaid are more likely than those with private insurance to receive a diagnosis of cancer in the late stages of the disease.
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An increase in chronic diseases in China is due to poor nutritional knowledge and a lack of educational programs, health officials say.
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Low socioeconomic status is a  strong predictor of poor survival among patients from different  ethnic groups with melanoma skin cancer, new research  indicates.