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Urologic Diseases Cost Americans $11 Billion
a Year
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$11 billion a year! That's how much Americans pay to treat bladder, prostate
and other urinary tract diseases, according to a new report from the
National Institutes of Health.
Transcript:
Schmalfeldt: $11 billion a year! That's how much Americans
pay to treat bladder, prostate and other urinary tract diseases, according
to a new report from the National Institutes of Health. Medicare's share
of that burden exceeds $5.4 billion. According to the authors of "Urologic
Diseases in America" — a report funded by the National Institute
of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases — the five most expensive
urologic problems, in descending order, are urinary tract infections,
kidney stones, prostate and bladder cancers, and benign prostate enlargement.
The report described more than a dozen diseases of children and adults — among
them congenital abnormalities, erectile dysfunction, chronic prostatitis,
interstitial cystitis, urinary incontinence, and a chapter on sexually
transmitted diseases contributed by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. You can learn more by logging on to http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov — click
on "statistics" to find Urologic Diseases in America. From the National
Institutes of Health, I'm Bill Schmalfeldt in Bethesda, Maryland.
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| Date: 06/01/2007 |
Reporter:
Bill Schmalfeldt |
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Topic:
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| Institute(s): NIDDK |
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