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Estimates Show More Precise Retiree Health Savings Needs

The nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) published a new, more comprehensive set of estimates of the amount of money individuals and couples will need to cover certain health care expenses in retirement. The new estimates attempt to provide more information to allow men, women, and couples to deal with the financial consequences of longevity [...]

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Awareness Grows For Travel Health Insurance Needs

If you are suffering from a serious medical condition during your trip, you will need immediate attention. While visiting the United States, you must take a visitor or travel health insurance plan in order to secure yourself during the trip.
You cannot predict when you might have a medical emergency and may even be in a [...]

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The New Superbug Needs Less Hype and More Research

Recent tabloid hype over the newly emerging superbug, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, is misplaced, say experts in this week’s issue of the BMJ.
Headlines about S maltophilia including %26quot;no antibiotics can stop it%26quot; and %26quot;rising death toll in hospitals%26quot; are unfounded, write Georgia Duckworth and Alan Johnson, from the Health Protection Agency’s Centre for Infections in London. In [...]

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New York City Needs Safer Sex

New Yorkers are not practicing safe sex, which affects the disease and sexual health situation in the city. Reports shows that they need to have a fewer partners and more condomns. We say no sex outside of marriage.
Fewer Partners and More Condoms Would Decrease Risk of Infections, including HIV. More than One Third of Men [...]

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Kids With Special Needs Face Bumpy Transition To Adult Health Care

As medical advances help more children with serious illnesses survive into adulthood, more will make the passage from pediatric physicians and payment programs to adult providers and insurance. A new study suggests that this transition might not always be smooth.
“When they reach a certain age, children with serious medical conditions move to adult care,” said [...]

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