Disease relevance of Insurance Benefits

• Only 3.3% of the 1354 cases of breast cancer observed in the cohort arose among women who fell into age-risk strata expected to have statistically significant net health benefits from prophylactic tamoxifen use [1].
• The continuation of digoxin therapy in patients with stable congestive heart failure should be strongly considered, because this strategy is likely to lead to both lower costs and greater health benefits on the basis of available information [2].
• Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG is an industrially significant probiotic strain with proven health benefits [3].
• This potential and the lack of other effective means to slow the progression of macular degeneration have fueled high public interest in the health benefits of lutein and zeaxanthin and the proliferation of supplements containing them on pharmacy shelves [4].
• Although there are numerous health benefits of estrogen replacement therapy, there are concerns over the link between estrogen replacement therapy and breast and endometrial cancer risk [5].

Psychiatry related information on Insurance Benefits

• Official guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention assert that the majority of health benefits from physical activity are obtained by walking 2 miles (3.2 km) briskly most days of the week (the energy equivalent of running 8 to 12 km per week) [6].
• Quitting smoking significantly benefits health, but for highly dependent smokers, unable to overcome their nicotine dependence, the concept of smoking reduction as a method of harm reduction is gaining ground [7].

High impact information on Insurance Benefits

• Substantial increases in HDL cholesterol concentrations were found in women who exercised at levels exceeding current guidelines; higher HDL cholesterol concentrations could provide added health benefits to these women [6].
• Combined androgen blockade is the least economically attractive option, yielding small health benefits at high relative costs [8].
• We calculated the health benefit of nicotine-patch treatment in number of life years that would be saved by stopping smoking at various ages, and used an abstinence-contingent treatment model to calculate the incremental cost per life year saved by GP counselling with nicotine-patch treatment over GP counselling alone [9].
• Very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (VLCPUFAs) such as arachidonic acid (AA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are valuable commodities that provide important human health benefits [10].
• We have upregulated flavonol biosynthesis in the tomato in order to generate fruit with increased antioxidant capacity and a wider range of potential health benefit properties [11].

Chemical compound and disease context of Insurance Benefits

• A variety of health benefits, including protection against breast cancer, have been attributed to soy food consumption, primarily because of the soybean isoflavones (genistein, daidzein, glycitein) [12].
• If further research confirms the base case assumptions about isoniazid toxicity, consideration should be given to increasing screening to every 10 years, which would produce a larger health benefit, albeit at substantially higher cost [13].
• Lifestyle modifications including bodyweight loss and physical activity provide health benefits and functional gains and should be promoted to increase insulin sensitivity and prevent glucose intolerance and type 2 diabetes mellitus in older adults [14].
• This fraction, termed resistant starch type III (RSIII), has health benefits such as pre-biotic effects, improving lipid and cholesterol metabolism, and reducing the risk of colon cancer [15].
• OBJECTIVE: To estimate the societal costs and health benefits of alendronate drug treatment to prevent fractures in postmenopausal women with osteopenia [16].

Biological context of Insurance Benefits

• Emerging research has suggested possible health benefits associated with modest increases in dietary alpha-linolenic acid, including reduced blood-clotting tendency and reduced blood pressure [17].
• Similar or higher mercury exposures likely occur from breast feeding and the health benefit of eliminating thiomersal from a vaccine, if any, is likely to be very small [18].
• The mechanism of vitamin C antioxidant function, the myriad of pathologies resulting from its clinical deficiency, and the many health benefits it provides, are reviewed [19].
• PURPOSE: The application of select microbial strains to increase the host population of good bacteria is called probiotics, a term defined as "live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host." This review was done to evaluate the potential role that probiotic therapy may have in pediatric urology [20].
• Since carnosine has several potential health benefits, evidence of its bioavailability suggests that it could be a bioactive food component [21].

Anatomical context of Insurance Benefits

• Breast milk carotenoids furnish a source of vitamin A and potentially provide immunoprotection and other health benefits for infants [22].
• Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is reported to have health benefits, including reduction of body fat [23].
• Although ergogenic effects and health benefits have been reported for creatine used as nutritional supplement, to date little is known about the mechanism of creatine absorption in the small intestine [24].
• Adhesion to the intestinal mucosa is generally considered an important property of probiotic microorganisms and has been related to many of their health benefits [25].
• The use of antibiotics for preterm premature rupture of membranes has been clarified with the ORACLE I trial, which shows health benefits for the neonate with the use of erythromycin, whereas antibiotics do not seem to play a beneficial role in spontaneous preterm labour without evidence of clinical infection [26].

Associations of Insurance Benefits with chemical compounds

• Adjuvant therapy studies also demonstrate that tamoxifen is well tolerated by most patients and suggest additional health benefits from alterations in plasma lipid levels and stabilization of bone mineral loss in women receiving tamoxifen [27].
• For the U.S. population, however, the potential health benefits and economic savings resulting from wider use of monitored isoniazid prophylaxis are substantial [28].
• There is now mounting evidence that selected probiotic strains can provide health benefits to their human hosts [29].
• Epidemiological and medical anthropological investigations suggest that flavanol-rich foods exert cardiovascular health benefits [30].
• The two largest plans in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program-Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Aetna - have reported benefit payments and the number of people who have used psychiatric services on a state-by-state basis for two decades [31].

Gene context of Insurance Benefits

• Isoflavones made simple - Genistein's agonist activity for the beta-type estrogen receptor mediates their health benefits [32].
• Smoking cessation may slow nephropathy progression; given the additional health benefits of stopping smoking, this advice is an important part of the strategy of diabetic nephropathy treatment and prevention [33].
• They have antioxidant properties and may contribute to health benefits in humans, but little is known about their metabolic fate [34].
• OBJECTIVE: To analyze the health benefits and economics of treating NIDDM with the goal of normoglycemia [35].
• Taken together, these results suggest that CPT and related synthetic analogues target specific pathways involved in inflammation, and hold considerable potential for dietary health benefits as well as for pharmaceutical development [36].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Insurance Benefits

• Evaluation of the evidence for potential health benefits of antioxidant nutrients should include the entire spectrum of available scientific evidence--from cell biology, animal studies, clinical trials, and epidemiologic surveys--and consider the quality, strength, consistency, and biological plausibility of this evidence [37].
• Clinical and research experience with estrogen-androgen hormone replacement therapy, as well as androgen-only therapy, suggests that the health benefit offered by androgen replacement exceeds the potential risk when treatment is properly managed [38].
• PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study based on claims data from the Washington State Medicaid Program (WSMP) and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEP) [39].
• A 3-month home use study comparing the oral hygiene and gingival health benefits of triclosan and conventional fluoride toothpastes [40].

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