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Orthopaedic foot and ankle MDs offer tips for diabetic foot care

It's American Diabetes Month, and if you're among the 25 million Americans who have diabetes, you may know that foot care is extremely important. Nervous system impairment, also called neuropathy, is a major complication of diabetes that can cause you to lose feeling in your feet. This means you may not know right away if you have hurt yourself, which could lead to infection.

4 Nov 2013

Some states see enrollment success even as others, federal insurance exchange struggle

Even as the federal and some state-based insurance marketplaces falter, enrollment numbers in some state-based exchanges are exceeding expectations -- including nearly 49,000 in Washington state alone. But some places, like Oregon, are dealing with technical problems that are forcing officials there to hand-process applications.

4 Nov 2013

Viewpoints: Policies being canceled were once considered substandard; that insurance 'was working for people'

The weirdest thing about the ongoing conniption about the cancellation of people's health insurance plans -- supposedly as a result of Obamacare -- is the notion that these are plans people liked, even loved. When did that happen? It wasn't so long ago -- months, even weeks -- when the health insurance companies were being roundly cursed for their ruthless mistreatment of individual health plan customers. Constant rate hikes. Cancellations after policyholders got sick. Endless hoops to jump through to file a claim or appeal a rejection (Michael Hiltzik, 10/31).

4 Nov 2013

State highlights: Patients crowd free clinic event in Calif.; Mass. bill aims at lowering retiree health costs

An army of doctors, nurses, dentists and other health workers on Thursday began providing free care to a steady stream of patients at the annual Care Harbor clinic at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Care Harbor founder Don Manelli estimated that 700 to 800 people would receive free care by the end of the day Thursday. In all, the clinic expects to serve about 4,000 Angelenos--many of whom don't have insurance, or don't have coverage for services like dentistry or vision care (Brown, 10/31).

4 Nov 2013

Ads seek to refocus Obamacare debate; Dems point to GOP's 'sabotage' campaign

Health law opponents are using President Barack Obama's promise that Americans could keep their health plan if they like it against him in a series of new ads. Meanwhile, Politico examines the effect of the long-running Republican effort to derail the law.

4 Nov 2013

ACOEM urges employers to respond to the impact of diabetes on worker health and productivity

In recognition of November as National Diabetes Month, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) is urging employers to identify and respond to the impact of diabetes on worker health and productivity.

4 Nov 2013

Health law policy issues: Abortion and maternity coverage raising GOP concerns

As if the rollout of the federal health law didn't have enough problems, abortion is back in the spotlight. How the various health plans in the exchanges would or would not pay for abortion was one of the very last issues settled before the bill was passed in 2010. Now abortion's invisibility on the federal HealthCare.gov website has some people pretty upset (Rovner, 11/1).

4 Nov 2013

Lawmakers don't have to say which staffers have to use health exchange

Members of Congress can choose who -- if any -- among their staffs go on the health law's insurance exchange.Sen. David Vitter, R-La., objects to the fact that they don't have to announce those decisions.

4 Nov 2013

Firearm injuries in the U.S. cost more than $16 billion in hospital resources

Firearm injuries in the U.S. cost more than $16 billion in hospital resources between 2000 and 2008, according to new research released today at the American Public Health Association's 141st Annual Meeting in Boston.

4 Nov 2013

Insurers seek to explain the factors behind wave of health plan cancellations

The top trade group for health insurers, among others, is attempting to explain the "why" behind these recent developments.

4 Nov 2013

Research roundup: States struggling with Medicaid expansion "complex issues"

We conducted a secondary analysis of data (2005 to 2010) from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. ... Comparisons were made between 2 groups to reflect likely movements in insurance status after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation: (1) the uninsured who will be Medicaid eligible afterward versus Medicaid insured, and (2) the uninsured who will be Medicaid ineligible afterward versus the privately insured. ...

4 Nov 2013

As Healthcare.gov falters, navigators and marketing efforts forced to the sidelines

Navigators, who had planned to be working hard on online enrollments by now, are forced to try paper insurance applications or trying to answer consumers' questions about why they can't enroll. At the same time, a marketing blitz planned by health law advocates is on hold until the website works better.

4 Nov 2013

Johns Hopkins Hospital receives Magnet recognition for nursing excellence

The Johns Hopkins Hospital has once again achieved Magnet designation in recognition of its nursing excellence. The designation comes from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

4 Nov 2013

Study: Single dose of HPV vaccine may be sufficient to protect cervical cancer

Women vaccinated with one dose of a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine had antibodies against the viruses that remained stable in their blood for four years, suggesting that a single dose of vaccine may be sufficient to generate long-term immune responses and protection against new HPV infections, and ultimately cervical cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

4 Nov 2013

Romney says Obama's 'fundamental dishonesty' is undermining second term

Former GOP presidential candidate says Obama did not learn the lessons of the Massachusetts' health overhaul.

4 Nov 2013

A central health law question: Who is getting covered? Who is getting canceled?

The Associated Press reports that some of the newly insured will now become the faces of healthcare.gov, while The New York Times tells three stories about people who won't be able to keep their coverage.

4 Nov 2013

Study in mice may help in the development of more effective treatments for anxiety disorders

Excessive fear can develop after a traumatic experience, leading to anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder and phobias. During exposure therapy, an effective and common treatment for anxiety disorders, the patient confronts a fear or memory of a traumatic event in a safe environment, which leads to a gradual loss of fear.

4 Nov 2013

Stop L.A. Corruption: A new awareness campaign that highlights failures of LA County

Health and public policy advocates from AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) will unveil 'Stop L.A. Corruption,' a new advocacy and awareness campaign highlighting the profound failures of Los Angeles County and its key elected and appointed officials in carrying out their sworn duties to serve and protect the nearly 10 million residents of the County.

4 Nov 2013

Most uninsured signing up on health website are going to Medicaid

The Washington Post reports that nine out of 10 new enrollees are in Medicaid. Meanwhile, White House documents turned over to investigators in the House show only six people enrolled on the day the troubled website launched.

4 Nov 2013

Healthcare-associated infections are less likely to occur in favorable critical care work environments

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are less likely to occur in favorable critical care work environments, according to a study of more than 3,200 nurses in the November issue of American Journal of Critical Care (AJCC).

4 Nov 2013

Health Care News and Research

Orthopaedic foot and ankle MDs offer tips for diabetic foot care

Some states see enrollment success even as others, federal insurance exchange struggle

Viewpoints: Policies being canceled were once considered substandard; that insurance 'was working for people'

State highlights: Patients crowd free clinic event in Calif.; Mass. bill aims at lowering retiree health costs

Ads seek to refocus Obamacare debate; Dems point to GOP's 'sabotage' campaign

ACOEM urges employers to respond to the impact of diabetes on worker health and productivity

Health law policy issues: Abortion and maternity coverage raising GOP concerns

Lawmakers don't have to say which staffers have to use health exchange

Firearm injuries in the U.S. cost more than $16 billion in hospital resources

Insurers seek to explain the factors behind wave of health plan cancellations

Research roundup: States struggling with Medicaid expansion "complex issues"

As Healthcare.gov falters, navigators and marketing efforts forced to the sidelines

Johns Hopkins Hospital receives Magnet recognition for nursing excellence

Study: Single dose of HPV vaccine may be sufficient to protect cervical cancer

Romney says Obama's 'fundamental dishonesty' is undermining second term

A central health law question: Who is getting covered? Who is getting canceled?

Study in mice may help in the development of more effective treatments for anxiety disorders

Stop L.A. Corruption: A new awareness campaign that highlights failures of LA County

Most uninsured signing up on health website are going to Medicaid

Healthcare-associated infections are less likely to occur in favorable critical care work environments

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