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"Employers who offer health insurance coverage could see a 9 percent cost increase next year, and their workers may face an even bigger hit, according to a report Thursday from consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers," the Associated Press reports. Workers concerned about losing their jobs" and their insurance, while it lasts - are using more health care than usual, contributing to rising costs, the report says. As the costs increase, employers are also likely to shift more of the burden to employees. "A total of 42% of employers surveyed said they would increase employees" share of costs," the AP reports.
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Study Finds People Residing In Poor Communities Not Benefiting From Recent Drop In Colorectal Cancer
A new study suggests that a drop in colorectal cancer incidence seen nationwide has not occurred among people living in poorer communities, and suggests that barriers to health care may be to blame. The study appears online in the journal Cancer Causes and Control.
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Parkinson's Disease As A Risk Factor For Compulsive Gambling And Impulse Control Disorders

There is also increasing knowledge about higher frequency of compulsive behavior in patients with PD compared to the general population. "These impulse control disorders such as pathological gambling, hyper-sexuality, compulsive shopping, compulsive eating or compulsive overuse of dopaminergic drugs can lead to monetary losses or worsen social handicap of PD patients," Professor Bassetti explains. A current study from the Czech Republic being presented at the ENS meeting in Milan compared 20 patients with PD manifested before age 45 with 20 control subjects. A computer version of the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) was used for testing. Patients with PD showed a significantly lower IGT-score - defined as the difference between a number of advantageous and disadvantageous choices - compared with the control group. "It is necessary to consider pathological gambling in young Parkinson patients with regards to their treatment and possible clinical and sociological outcomes", the researchers concluded. European Neurological Society


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