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Opinions: Controversial view of freedom; a $20,000 CT scan

The most cynical claim made by the promoters of the Halbig lawsuit over Affordable Care Act subsidies is that they're standing up for "freedom."

4 Sep 2014

State highlights: Mass. health spending slows, but for how long?

Two years ago, Massachusetts set what was considered an ambitious goal: The state would not let that persistent monster, rising health care costs, increase faster than the economy as a whole.

4 Sep 2014

Calif. OKs tougher rules on plan networks; Mnsure taps groups to do outreach

News organizations track developments in California, Minnesota, North Carolina and Wisconsin as state online insurance marketplaces gear up for the second open enrollment season.

4 Sep 2014

Robotics engineers demonstrate viability of direct brain-to-brain communication in humans

In a first-of-its-kind study, an international team of neuroscientists and robotics engineers have demonstrated the viability of direct brain-to-brain communication in humans.

4 Sep 2014

Insurers, exchanges gird for next open enrollment

Officials say they are expecting glitches, but most do not expect the crippling technical problems that afflicted last year's open enrollment period.

4 Sep 2014

Neuroscientist discovers new mechanism that can reverse chronic pain

It's in the brain where we perceive the unpleasant sensations of pain, and researchers have long been examining how calcium channels in the brain and peripheral nervous system contribute to the development of chronic pain conditions.

4 Sep 2014

Immigrants may lose coverage due to website, language issues

Immigrants who obtained subsidized insurance through the federal health law must submit proof by Friday that they are in the U.S. legally, but few appear to have responded -- in some cases due to technical glitches with the federal website as well as language difficulties.

4 Sep 2014

CVS stops selling tobacco products

The second-largest pharmacy in the U.S. will no longer sell tobacco products in its 7,700 stores and will now be called CVS Health.

4 Sep 2014

Pacific Edge signs agreement with SCPMG to evaluate Cxbladder User Program

Pacific Edge Ltd, a cancer diagnostics company, has signed an agreement with Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) to research its User Program to evaluate its bladder cancer technology Cxbladder within the clinical settings of Kaiser Permanente's health care network.

3 Sep 2014

First Edition: September 3, 2014

Today's headlines include reports about how insurers and consumers are bracing for round two as the health law's online insurance marketplaces prepare for open enrollment season.

3 Sep 2014

Study: Sexual risk behaviors of young Hispanic people vary with degree of acculturation

A new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health finds that the sexual risk behaviors of young Hispanic people living in the U.S. vary considerably with their degree of acculturation (as defined by where they were born and the language they speak).

3 Sep 2014

Implementing guidelines can improve hospitals' communication during patient care transitions

What happens when you are hospitalized, but your outpatient doctor does not know? Or when you arrive at the office for follow-up care, but your doctor does not have the right information about your hospital stay? Missing or incomplete communication from hospitals to outpatient primary care physicians (PCPs) can contribute to poor experiences and lead to hospital readmissions.

3 Sep 2014

New regulatory component in infectious bacterium helps explain ability to survive in human body

The discovery of a new regulatory component in an infectious bacterium could aid efforts to explain its ability to survive in the human body, report microbiologists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and University of Maryland, College Park, in the journal Science.

3 Sep 2014

Researchers call for implementation of taxes and subsidies to improve dietary quality

In a Viewpoint published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a team of Boston researchers call for the implementation of taxes and subsidies to improve dietary quality in the United States.

3 Sep 2014

State highlights: Mass. health care costs grow smaller 2.3 percent; new rules in Calif. for inmates with mental illness

Two years ago, Massachusetts set what was considered an ambitious goal: The state would not let that persistent monster, rising health care costs, increase faster than the economy as a whole.

3 Sep 2014

Study finds 1/4 of errors made in medical publications

A new Saint Louis University study finds one fourth of errors made in medical publications can change the way data are interpreted.

3 Sep 2014

Viewpoints: Medicaid expansion spreading; 'GOP's woman problem;' praising Medicare

The latest jerry-built effort to destroy health care reform could be defeated in the full federal appeals court in the District of Columbia. In July, a three-judge panel of that court - taking a ridiculously crabbed view of a section in the law - ruled 2-to-1 that tax-credit subsidies are allowed only for those buying insurance on a health exchange "established by the state."

3 Sep 2014

Health Care News and Research

Opinions: Controversial view of freedom; a $20,000 CT scan

State highlights: Mass. health spending slows, but for how long?

Calif. OKs tougher rules on plan networks; Mnsure taps groups to do outreach

Robotics engineers demonstrate viability of direct brain-to-brain communication in humans

Insurers, exchanges gird for next open enrollment

Neuroscientist discovers new mechanism that can reverse chronic pain

Immigrants may lose coverage due to website, language issues

CVS stops selling tobacco products

Pacific Edge signs agreement with SCPMG to evaluate Cxbladder User Program

First Edition: September 3, 2014

Study: Sexual risk behaviors of young Hispanic people vary with degree of acculturation

Implementing guidelines can improve hospitals' communication during patient care transitions

New regulatory component in infectious bacterium helps explain ability to survive in human body

Researchers call for implementation of taxes and subsidies to improve dietary quality

State highlights: Mass. health care costs grow smaller 2.3 percent; new rules in Calif. for inmates with mental illness

Study finds 1/4 of errors made in medical publications

Viewpoints: Medicaid expansion spreading; 'GOP's woman problem;' praising Medicare

No added benefit determined from Mirabegron for mortality, morbidity and quality of life

Obamacare questions: What about Taxes? Will employer insurance last?

Exchange roundup: Mnsure bogs down; Maryland consumers drop coverage

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