http://goldbamboo.com/ Economics News from GoldBamboo.com en-us © 2005, Gold Bamboo LLC, All Rights Reserved http://goldbamboo.com/news-a223143.html LONDON: Fewer women under the age of 30yrs gave birth to babies in 2005 compared to 1995, according to data from the Office of Health Economics (OHE). Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:11 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a223550.html "We are likely to witness an improvement in the financial security for the currently uninsured" and "increases in health care spending -- quite possibly substantial ones" in states that adopt universal health care systems, Amy Finkelstein, an assistant professor of economics at Massachusetts Instit [click link for full article] Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a221891.html The cost of taking care of America's health is set to double over the next ten years to an annual bill of over 4 trillion dollars according to a new report by federal economics experts. This means that by the year 2016, nearly 20 cents of every dollar earned in the US economy will be spent on health care.The report puts the current spending on America's health at 2. [click link for full article] Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a221133.html A novel experiment conducted by Carnegie Mellon University Professor George Loewenstein and colleagues may explain why people try a drug, such as heroin, for the first time despite ample evidence that it is addictive. The results of the study, which are being published in the Journal of Health Economics, reveal that even longtime addicts underestimate the influence that drug cravings have over their behavior. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a208438.html The Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU), Thailand, will be hosting a scientific seminar in Mae Sot on 28 December entitled "Twenty Years of Malaria Research: Outcomes and Perspectives" attended by internationally-renowned experts and featuring talks and debates on a variety of topics related to malaria, from epidemiology to therapeutics and from immunity to socio-economics. [click link for full article] Sat, 25 Nov 2006 02:00 EST