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New polls highlight the health law's uphill climb

A poll by the Wall Street Journal/NBC News found that many Americans still don't understand the overhaul and don't think it will help them. Also, A USA Today/Pew poll finds that the public view of this sweeping initiative is still very negative.

17 Sep 2013

High exposure to swine manure in crop fields linked with increased risk of MRSA, soft-tissue infection

High exposure to swine manure spread in crop fields and proximity to high-density swine livestock operations appear to be associated with increased risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and skin and soft-tissue infection in humans, according to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.

17 Sep 2013

Health law enrollment: Gearing up to get the message out

Health law outreach efforts are proceeding with fits and starts, as one company returns its "navigator" grant because of the high level of scrutiny, while others vow they will be ready to begin enrolling people in the health law's new coverage.

17 Sep 2013

Patients who receive automated telephone calls are more likely to have controlled hypertension

Patients who received automated telephone calls inviting them to get their blood pressure checked at a walk-in clinic were more likely to have controlled hypertension than patients who did not receive calls, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension.

17 Sep 2013

FDA issues import alert on drug products manufactured at Ranbaxy's facility in Mohali, India

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued an import alert under which U.S. officials may detain at the U.S. border drug products manufactured at Ranbaxy Laboratories, Ltd.'s facility in Mohali, India.

17 Sep 2013

Long-term care panel releases recommendations

Though the panel narrowly approved proposals on Friday, it did not reach a consensus on how to pay for these often expensive services.

17 Sep 2013

First generic version of Xeloda gets FDA approval for breast and colorectal cancers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic version of Xeloda (capecitabine), an oral chemotherapy pill used to treat cancer of the colon or rectum (colorectal cancer) that has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic), and metastatic breast cancer.

17 Sep 2013

SDSU Imperial Valley receives $1 million to support diverse nursing students

Thanks to a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, San Diego State University and the SDSU-Imperial Valley campus are working to create a larger pool of diverse baccalaureate prepared nurses to serve the largely Hispanic population of Imperial County.

17 Sep 2013

GOP keeps health law in political sights as others join in

Republicans continue their drumbeat for defunding and repealing the health law with a menu of political moves -- including taking a page from a powerful conservative group's playbook and making fundraising and radio address appeals.

17 Sep 2013

Final countdown on for health exchange launches

Federal officials are happy with what may turn out to be a soft launch of the health law's insurance exchanges Oct. 1. In the meantime, states are busy readying consumers for the exchanges' kickoffs with informational sessions and campaigns designed at creating a better-informed public.

17 Sep 2013

Smoking-cessation in HIV-positive individuals: an interview with Dr Ellen R. Gritz, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

In the general population, current smoking prevalence is 18%. Persons living with HIV/AIDS smoke at a rate 2 to 3 times higher, up to almost 70% in some studies.

16 Sep 2013

First Edition: September 16, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about new polling indicating that the health law still faces an uphill climb.

16 Sep 2013

Climate change not likely to make malaria situation worse in West Africa, say researchers

As public-health officials continue to fight malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers are trying to predict how climate change will impact the disease, which infected an estimated 219 million people in 2010 and is the fifth leading cause of death worldwide among children under age 5.

16 Sep 2013

Study: Opioid prescribing for non-cancer pain increases

Prescribing of strong opioid medications for non-cancer pain in the United States has nearly doubled over the past decade, reports a study in the October issue of Medical Care, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

16 Sep 2013

Obama blasts GOP efforts to defund health law

About the looming debt and deficit issues in Congress, Obama blasted the ongoing Republican insistence that his signature health care law get defunded as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling. "I think it's fair to say that never in history have we used just making sure that the U.S. government is paying its bills as a lever to radically cut government at the kind of scale that they're talking about," Obama said. "It's never happened before.

16 Sep 2013

Obama administration turns down unions' request on health law

Organized labor had sought to get premium subsidies for workers who get insurance through union benefit plans sponsored by more than one employer, which are common in some industries.

16 Sep 2013

First Edition: September 13, 2013

Today's headlines include stories highlighting how the health law factors into Capitol Hill's current political dynamics.

13 Sep 2013

As opponent presses McConnell on conservative credentials, Senate Minority Leader to offer new bill delaying health law provision

This might come as news to the Obama administration - Mitch McConnell apparently has done nothing in the Senate to thwart the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. At least that's the charge leveled by Matt Bevin, a tea party-backed candidate who claims the Republican leader is not conservative enough.

13 Sep 2013

Report: Rates of sexual abuse of children have declined, but reasons not fully understood

Rates of physical and sexual abuse of children have declined over the last 20 years, but for reasons not fully understood, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. Yet, reports of psychological and emotional child abuse have risen in the same period, and data vary significantly as to whether child neglect is increasing, decreasing, or remaining constant.

13 Sep 2013

SPHHS releases resources on website that help understand issues related to health information laws

Health Information & the Law, a project at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS), released new resources on a website that offers easy-to-understand content on key issues related to the use and exchange of health information and how it affects the transformation of the U.S. health care system to a patient-centered, value-based system.

13 Sep 2013

Health Care News and Research

New polls highlight the health law's uphill climb

High exposure to swine manure in crop fields linked with increased risk of MRSA, soft-tissue infection

Health law enrollment: Gearing up to get the message out

Patients who receive automated telephone calls are more likely to have controlled hypertension

FDA issues import alert on drug products manufactured at Ranbaxy's facility in Mohali, India

Long-term care panel releases recommendations

First generic version of Xeloda gets FDA approval for breast and colorectal cancers

SDSU Imperial Valley receives $1 million to support diverse nursing students

GOP keeps health law in political sights as others join in

Final countdown on for health exchange launches

Smoking-cessation in HIV-positive individuals: an interview with Dr Ellen R. Gritz, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

First Edition: September 16, 2013

Climate change not likely to make malaria situation worse in West Africa, say researchers

Study: Opioid prescribing for non-cancer pain increases

Obama blasts GOP efforts to defund health law

Obama administration turns down unions' request on health law

First Edition: September 13, 2013

As opponent presses McConnell on conservative credentials, Senate Minority Leader to offer new bill delaying health law provision

Report: Rates of sexual abuse of children have declined, but reasons not fully understood

SPHHS releases resources on website that help understand issues related to health information laws

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