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Medicaid expansion could lessen the burden of colon cancers, save Black male lives

Expanding Medicaid in North Carolina could sharply lessen the burden of colon cancers in the state and save the lives of thousands of Black men as well as improving access to care for men of all races, researchers report in the 27 January issue of PLOS ONE.

29 Jan 2020

Study shows link between poverty and suicide in children, teens

Suicide in children under age 20 has been increasing in the U.S., with rates almost doubling over the last decade.

29 Jan 2020

Time to include standard care screenings for diagnosis of pre-symptomatic type 1 diabetes

Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München employed the world's first early detection test for type 1 diabetes in a large-scale population study in Bavaria, Germany, and investigated its effects.

29 Jan 2020

New goals to help all people live healthier for more years of life

Data reported in the just published American Heart Association's Heart & Stroke Statistics - 2020 Update, show heart disease and stroke deaths continue to decline, but that trend has slowed significantly in recent years.

29 Jan 2020

CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder designated with new disease code in WHO medical classification list

The rare genetic disease CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder has been designated with a new disease code in the International Classification of Diseases, the medical classification list from the World Health Organization.

28 Jan 2020

Widespread screening for islet autoantibodies reduces the occurrence of diabetic ketoacidosis

JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes research, today announced new research that found widespread screening for islet autoantibodies reduced the occurrence of life-threatening diabetic ketoacidosis among children with pre-symptomatic T1D.

28 Jan 2020

An attack ad that claims Michigan Sen. Gary Peters supports ‘Medicare for All’ doesn’t hold up

Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), who is running for a second term as Michigan's junior senator, is the subject of an attack ad that takes issue with his position on "Medicare for All."

28 Jan 2020

Weak evidence found on added benefit of asfotase alfa treatment for infants with hypophosphatasia

Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare congenital metabolic disorder. The frequency of severe courses of disease is estimated at 1:100 000: A deficiency of the enzyme phosphatase results in insufficient mineralization of the bones and thus in severe skeletal malformations.

27 Jan 2020

Call for FDA to withdraw preterm birth drug divides doctors and insurers

Doctors fear that the only drug approved to prevent preterm birth, the nation’s leading cause of infant mortality and disability, will no longer be available to expectant mothers.

27 Jan 2020

Medi-Cal benefits eliminated a decade ago, such as foot care and eyeglasses, are back

San Diego podiatrist Dr. John Chisholm recalls the jolt some of his patients felt in 2009 when Medi-Cal, the government-funded health insurance in California for low-income people, eliminated coverage for podiatry care and several other benefits for adults due to a massive budget shortfall engendered by the Great Recession.

27 Jan 2020

Burden of health care payments greatest among households with lowest incomes

Higher income American households pay the most to finance the nation's health care system, but the burden of payments as a share of income is greatest among households with the lowest incomes, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

27 Jan 2020

Data from high-quality registries to be considered in benefit assessment of drugs

Particularly in the case of accelerated drug approvals and drugs for rare diseases (orphan drugs), the evidence available at the time of market access is often insufficient for the early benefit assessment of drugs.

24 Jan 2020

Bloomberg on health care: Translating his mayoral record to the national stage

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent more than $200 million arguing that he should be the Democratic nominee for president, blanketing the airwaves with advertisements.

24 Jan 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: SCOTUS punts on ACA case — for now

The Supreme Court has declined to take up immediately a case out of Texas that could overturn the entire Affordable Care Act. But that is not likely to stop the case from becoming a major political issue in the 2020 presidential and congressional campaigns.

23 Jan 2020

People who care for a family member or friend with disability put their health in jeopardy

People who regularly care for or assist a family member or friend with a health problem or disability are more likely to neglect their own health, particularly by not having insurance or putting off necessary health services due to cost, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association.

23 Jan 2020

Researchers confirm safety of cancer-specific PET probe in first-in-human clinical studies

A group of researchers led by Assistant Professor WATABE Tadashi of the Graduate School of Medicine of Osaka University achieved the stable domestic production of automatic synthesis modules for positron emission tomography (PET) probe F-18 NKO-035, a LAT1-selective amino acid derivative radiolabeled with 18F, confirming its safety in first-in-human clinical studies conducted at Osaka University Hospital in November 2019.

22 Jan 2020

Decline in advanced stage cancer diagnoses following health insurance expansion

Advanced stage cancer diagnoses declined following health insurance expansion in Massachusetts, likely due to increased access to screening and diagnostic services that identified cancers earlier, according to new research led by health economists at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.

22 Jan 2020

Increasing opioid addiction in the US but young addicts being missed

Opioid addiction has been increasing over the last decade or so in the US, with many deaths occurring as a result of opioid overdose. As a result, many programs have been set up to deal with this addiction using medications like buprenorphine. This is one of the three approved drugs that are used for this condition, and the most useful one.

21 Jan 2020

A new framework for valuing health outcomes

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR - the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced today the publication of an article introducing a new framework for valuing health outcomes in cost-effectiveness analyses.

21 Jan 2020

PNHP welcomes ACP’s endorsement of single-payer ‘Medicare for All’

Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) today welcomed the American College of Physicians' (ACP) endorsement of single-payer Medicare for All.

20 Jan 2020

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Medicaid expansion could lessen the burden of colon cancers, save Black male lives

Study shows link between poverty and suicide in children, teens

Time to include standard care screenings for diagnosis of pre-symptomatic type 1 diabetes

New goals to help all people live healthier for more years of life

CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder designated with new disease code in WHO medical classification list

Widespread screening for islet autoantibodies reduces the occurrence of diabetic ketoacidosis

An attack ad that claims Michigan Sen. Gary Peters supports ‘Medicare for All’ doesn’t hold up

Weak evidence found on added benefit of asfotase alfa treatment for infants with hypophosphatasia

Call for FDA to withdraw preterm birth drug divides doctors and insurers

Medi-Cal benefits eliminated a decade ago, such as foot care and eyeglasses, are back

Burden of health care payments greatest among households with lowest incomes

Data from high-quality registries to be considered in benefit assessment of drugs

Bloomberg on health care: Translating his mayoral record to the national stage

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: SCOTUS punts on ACA case — for now

People who care for a family member or friend with disability put their health in jeopardy

Researchers confirm safety of cancer-specific PET probe in first-in-human clinical studies

Decline in advanced stage cancer diagnoses following health insurance expansion

Increasing opioid addiction in the US but young addicts being missed

A new framework for valuing health outcomes

PNHP welcomes ACP’s endorsement of single-payer ‘Medicare for All’

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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