By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Even though nine out of 10 nurses are women, men in the profession earn higher salaries, and the pay gap has remained constant over the past quarter century, a study finds. The typical salary gap has consistently been about $5,000 even after adjusting for factors such as experience, education, work hours, clinical specialty, and marital and parental status, according to a report in JAMA,
Germanwings said it was unclear what caused its Airbus A320 aircraft to crash in the French Alps on Tuesday but that there had been no problems with the plane before takeoff. “There were no anomalies on the plane,” the Lufthansa unit’s Managing Director Thomas Winkelmann told journalists at a news conference on Tuesday, hours after the crash. He said Airbus delivered the plane to Lufthansa in 1991, after which it
WASHINGTON (AP) — Responding to pressure from Congress and veterans groups, the Department of Veterans Affairs is relaxing a rule that makes it hard for some veterans in rural areas to prove they live at least 40 miles from a VA health site.
CHICAGO (AP) — Even in an occupation that women overwhelmingly dominate, they still earn less than men, a study of nurses found.
Humana Inc, one of the largest U.S. providers of Medicare Advantage healthcare plans for older people, said on Tuesday that it believes a previously disclosed government query for information is part of a wider review involving many healthcare companies. Humana first said the U.S. Department of Justice had asked it to volunteer information about risk adjustment matters on Feb. 18. “Humana believes that this request for information is in connection
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Survey data from 2001 to 2010 show that lack of insurance kept some people with hepatitis C virus from getting treatment. Recently, more effective and well-tolerated drugs have been developed to treat hepatitis C, removing many of the discouraging side effects of older drugs. The infection is curable and transmission can be prevented, researchers write in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Once they’ve been
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of uninsured U.S. residents fell by more than 11 million since President Barack Obama signed the health care overhaul five years ago, according to a pair of reports Tuesday from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
One of your vices could one day be a little more virtuous: Scientists are today announcing that they’ve figured out how to make chocolate healthier.
Angelina Jolie Pitt last week had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed due to cancer risk. Here’s a closer look at why she made the decision.
There are a number of moves that the best trainers generally refuse to do themselves. Here’s a rundown of the exercises you’d never catch top trainers and fitness pros doing — and why.