Health Headlines for Thursday, October 27
Health benefit costs rise 2.4%
USA Today
The cost of providing health benefits for employers rose 2.4% nationally this year, one of the lowest increases in decades, according to an annual survey done by Mercer, a benefits-consulting company.
Antidepressants in pregnancy tied to health risks for kids
Reuters
Children exposed to a common type of antidepressant in the womb may be at an increased risk of complications soon after birth and years later, according to two new studies.
Dementia risk may rise in the wake of disaster
Reuters
Elderly people forced out of their homes and separated from their neighbors after a natural disaster may be more prone to dementia than survivors who are able to remain in their homes, a study suggests.
H.I.V. Arrived in the U.S. Long Before ‘Patient Zero’
New York Times
In the tortuous mythology of the AIDS epidemic, one legend never seems to die: Patient Zero, a.k.a. Gaétan Dugas, a globe-trotting, sexually insatiable French Canadian flight attendant who supposedly picked up H.I.V. in Haiti or Africa and spread it to dozens, even hundreds, of men before his death in 1984.
Health Law Tax Penalty? I’ll Take It, Millions Say
New York Times
The architects of the Affordable Care Act thought they had a blunt instrument to force people — even young and healthy ones — to buy insurance through the law’s online marketplaces: a tax penalty for those who remain uninsured.
Roswell Park researchers land $12.7M in grant funding
Buffalo Business First
Safe to say it’s been a good quarter for Roswell Park Cancer Institute.