MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'health status'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:32:14 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4313961&cid=t_230004_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F05%2Fjournal-of-the-american-medical-association-2011-vol-305-no-1%2F This article aims to evaluate the relationship between gait speed and survival in geriatric patients. Pooled analysis of 9 cohort studies (collected between 1986 and 2000) measured the survival rates and life expectancy in geriatric patients. Predicted survival based on age, sex, and gait speed was as accurate as predicted based on age, sex, use of mobility aids, and self-reported function or as age, sex, chronic conditions, smoking history, blood pressure, body mass index, and hospitalisation. The article concludes that in this pooled analysis of individual data from 9 selected cohorts, gait speed was associated with survival in older adults. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online alternatively contact the Library for a copy of the article. Fi... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4313961 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:45:28 +0100 4313961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4253139&cid=t_230004_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwomens-health-in-the-u-s-gets-an-f%2F2010.12.12 The Oregon Health and Science University has published its fifth report card since 2000. It grades and ranks the United States on 26 health-status indicators for women. In 2010, not one state received an overall “satisfactory” grade for women’s health, and just two states — Vermont and Massachusetts — received a “satisfactory-minus” grade. Overall, the nation is so far from meeting the goals set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that it receives an overall grade of “unsatisfactory.” The national report card uses status indicators to assess women’s health: Women’s access to healthcare services (medically under-served area, no abortion provider, no health insurance and first trimester prenatal care) Wellness... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4253139 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:00:00 +0100 4253139 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4155235&cid=t_230004_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbuzcooper.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fgrand-junction-comparison.png In a high-profile paper in the September issue of Health Affairs, Thorson and coworkers showed that the care at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, CO was superior to that of 20 other unnamed hospitals. Grand Junction is, of course the smal town in SW Colorado that became famous when President Obama visited there during the health care reform debates during the summer of 2009, and here’s what he said: “Hello, Grand Junction! It’s great to be back in Southwest Colorado. Here in Grand Junction, you know that lowering costs is possible if you put in place smarter incentives; if you think about how to treat people, not just illnesses. That’s what the medical community in this city did; now you are getting better results while wasting less money.” So, Grand Junction, a town of 58... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4155235 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:00:35 +0100 4155235 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3993869&cid=t_230004_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2POxws7y4Uc%2F By Michael F. CannonRegarding ObamaCare’s first adverse-selection death spiral, Julie Rovner posts this over at Shots, the NPR health blog: The advocacy group Health Care for America Now was the first to bring the action to widespread attention. “Even for the insurance industry this behavior is surprisingly brazen,” HCAN Executive Director Ethan Rome wrote in a blog entry for the Huffington Post. “They don’t like the rules, so they’re going to take their ball and go home.” But the insurance industry trade group America’s Health Insurance Plans rejected HCAN’s contention that the companies’ refusal to sell to all comers is somehow a violation of a promise made earlier this year by AHIP CEO Karen Ignagni that insurance companies ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3993869 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:00:27 +0100 3993869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2774607&cid=t_230004_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FsQnzXQxW7fE%2F President Obama continues to portray the debate over health care reform as a choice between his plan for a massive government-takeover of the US healthcare system and “doing nothing.”  Those who oppose his plan are said to be “obstructionist” or in favor of the status-quo.  Yesterday, the President again said, “I’ve got a question for all those folks [who oppose his plan]: What are you going to do? What’s your answer? What’s your solution?” Well, I can’t speak for all his critics, but the Cato Institute has a long record of supporting health care reform based on free-markets and competition.  If the President wanted to know more he might have read my recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times or Michael Cannon’s piece in Investors Business Daily.  H... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2774607 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:15:10 +0100 2774607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473159&cid=t_230004_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F12%2Fageing-society-2009-vol-29-no-5%2F This article looks at whether participation in social activities is associated with higer levels of wellbeing among post-retirement age people in England, and, if so, whether these relationships are explained by the reciprocal nature of these activities. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Posted in Journals Tagged: Health Status, Older People, Social Activities (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473159 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:12:02 +0100 2473159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2255997&cid=t_230004_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FSS7WvA9KBbg%2F This time, it’s coming from Reihan Salam at Forbes.com: Choice and Security: Professor John Cochrane’s advice to President Obama Last week, at a White House forum on reforming health care, President Obama issued a challenge to advocates of less government control of the medical marketplace. “If there is a way of getting this done [i.e., reforming health care] where we’re driving down costs and people are getting health insurance at an affordable rate and have choice of doctor, have flexibility in terms of their plans, and we could do that entirely through the market, I’d be happy to do it that way.” More to the point, Obama added that he’d be just as happy to pursue an approach that involved more government control as well, and that seems to be the... 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