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Palliative care often errantly reduced to end-of-life care

Palliative care, a specialized, multidisciplinary team approach to caring for seriously ill people and their families, is often errantly reduced to end-of-life care. This misconception has led to palliative care involvement being introduced late in an illness, often depriving patients and their families of comprehensive symptom control, support and assistance with complex decision-making throughout the course of their illness when it could provide the most benefit.

29 Oct 2013

Questions about medical necessity for some surgeries, screenings

The Washington Post looks at the dramatic increase in spinal fusion surgeries and whether all are necessary, while Kaiser Health News examines screenings for stroke and heart disease, some of which are not recommended for healthy people.

29 Oct 2013

Physiological processes in soft tissue pain explored using PET imaging

Physiological processes in soft tissue pain such as chronic tennis elbow can be explored using diagnostic imaging methods. This is demonstrated by researchers from Uppsala University and the results are now being published in the prestigious journal PLOS ONE.

29 Oct 2013

Republicans eye health law opportunities to make midterm inroads

Republicans are set to pounce on the health law's rollout problems as a way to make inroads in 2014's midterm elections. Among the strategies they are considering is leaving the law out of budget negotiations but voting again in the House to delay the law.

29 Oct 2013

Viewpoints: Sen. Sanders says don't cut entitlements before making corporations pay taxes; Rep. Smith argues that if entitlements are tamed, other priorities will suffer

Instead of talking about cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, we must end the absurdity of corporations not paying a nickel in federal income taxes. A 2008 report from the Government Accountability Office found that was the case with 1 in 4 large U.S. corporations. At a time when multinational corporations and the wealthy are avoiding an estimated $100 billion a year in taxes by stashing money in tax havens like the Cayman Islands, we need to make them pay taxes just as middle-class Americans do (Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., 10/28).

29 Oct 2013

Subtle warning signs of autism may warrant referral to developmental specialist before age 18 months

How early can you diagnose autism? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends screening children beginning at 18 months, but research suggests subtle warning signs may be apparent even earlier, according to Patricia Manning-Courtney, MD, FAAP, who delivered a plenary address at 11:10 a.m. ET Tuesday, Oct. 29, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in Orlando.

29 Oct 2013

Verizon data failure takes down health insurance websites

Computer servers hosting a key part of the health law's infrastructure relied upon by all 14 state-run health websites, as well as by the federal website that serves 36 states, failed Sunday.

29 Oct 2013

Obama to talk health law importance in Boston as Sebelius testifies

President Obama will try to bolster the health law Wednesday when he travels to Boston to talk about the law while HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill about healthcare.gov's problems. In the meantime, the White House is busy trying to rally support for the law from congressional Democrats.

29 Oct 2013

Health law broadens coverage for millions with HIV, AIDS

Stateline reports how the health law will broaden benefits for many of the 1.1 million Americans infected with HIV, especially those who live in the 25 states that are expanding Medicaid. Meanwhile, the Obama administration stresses that information an individual submits to sign up for health coverage cannot be used to enforce immigration law.

29 Oct 2013

So far, health law not hurting insurer stock prices

Health insurance stocks don't seem to be hurt by implementation of the health law. In fact, share prices for the top five publicly traded firms have risen faster than the larger market. Elsewhere, The New York Times examines options for buying insurance outside the federal or state marketplaces, and some coverage is getting pricier.

29 Oct 2013

Delaying coverage mandate not a simple idea

News outlets examine the political and policy issues involved in delaying the health law's requirement that almost everyone have health insurance.

29 Oct 2013

IRS offers preliminary glimpse of how many people were able to use Healthcare.gov

According to the Internal Revenue Service, the federal government has delivered 330,000 premium subsidy calculations to people who have gotten far enough to find out whether they qualify for health insurance subsidies. Meanwhile, CNN looks deeper into some of the numbers currently being quoted.

29 Oct 2013

UCR, CRF initiate PROSPECT II trial to identify plaques that may lead to coronary events

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) of New York, NY and the Uppsala Clinical Research Center (UCR) of Uppsala, Sweden announced today the initiation of the PROSPECT (Providing Regional Observations to Study Predictors of Events in the Coronary Tree) II trial and the PROSPECT ABSORB sub study.

29 Oct 2013

UnitedHealthcare cuts doctors from Medicare Advantage plans

UnitedHealthcare is dropping 10 to 15 percent of its doctors from Medicare Advantage plans around the nation, a move that will force some seniors to find new doctors or change plans.

29 Oct 2013

Scientist wins first Harold Hamm International Prize for Biomedical Research in Diabetes

Imagine how different the lives of so many would be if diabetes were cured and the billions of dollars in annual health care costs that could be saved.

29 Oct 2013

Clemson, Dartmouth researchers launch Amulet project to develop mHealth technology

With a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer Systems Research program, researchers from Clemson University and Dartmouth College launched the Amulet project to develop computational jewelry to support mobile-health applications.

29 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 28, 2013

Today's headlines include coverage of the health law's federal online insurance marketplace -- healthcare.gov -- and its continuing challenges, troubles and the plans to get it fixed.

28 Oct 2013

Pediatricians can play vital role in aiding children, communities following violence and disaster

Pediatricians can play an important role in helping children and communities recover following episodes of school and community violence and disaster, while working to prevent and prepare for future tragedies, said David J. Schonfeld, MD, FAAP, a world-renowned expert on school crisis and bereavement.

28 Oct 2013

Facebook chats provide new venue to get health information about lupus

Using Facebook chats to convey health information is becoming more common. A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City set out to find the best way to boost participation in the chats to raise awareness of lupus, an autoimmune disease.

28 Oct 2013

Combination of three DMARDs more cost-effective in treating early rheumatoid arthritis

Starting with a combination of three traditional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (called DMARDs) for treating early rheumatoid arthritis is more cost-effective long term, with comparable benefits, than using either an immediate or step-up approach with anti-tumor necrosis factor (called Anti-TNFs) drugs and methotrexate, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in San Diego.

28 Oct 2013

Health Care News and Research

Palliative care often errantly reduced to end-of-life care

Questions about medical necessity for some surgeries, screenings

Physiological processes in soft tissue pain explored using PET imaging

Republicans eye health law opportunities to make midterm inroads

Viewpoints: Sen. Sanders says don't cut entitlements before making corporations pay taxes; Rep. Smith argues that if entitlements are tamed, other priorities will suffer

Subtle warning signs of autism may warrant referral to developmental specialist before age 18 months

Verizon data failure takes down health insurance websites

Obama to talk health law importance in Boston as Sebelius testifies

Health law broadens coverage for millions with HIV, AIDS

So far, health law not hurting insurer stock prices

Delaying coverage mandate not a simple idea

IRS offers preliminary glimpse of how many people were able to use Healthcare.gov

UCR, CRF initiate PROSPECT II trial to identify plaques that may lead to coronary events

UnitedHealthcare cuts doctors from Medicare Advantage plans

Scientist wins first Harold Hamm International Prize for Biomedical Research in Diabetes

Clemson, Dartmouth researchers launch Amulet project to develop mHealth technology

First Edition: October 28, 2013

Pediatricians can play vital role in aiding children, communities following violence and disaster

Facebook chats provide new venue to get health information about lupus

Combination of three DMARDs more cost-effective in treating early rheumatoid arthritis

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