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House Republicans promise new efforts to fight health law’s individual mandate

Speaker John Boehner vows to hold a vote this month to remove the requirement that Americans get insurance, and some in the GOP suggest they could attach the effort to bills raising the U.S. debt limit.

11 Jul 2013

Viewpoints: USA Today says 'GOP poisons' Obamacare, McConnell counters, calls for repeal

Making Obamacare work was always going to be hard, which is exactly what you'd expect for a complex new program that affects one-sixth of the U.S. economy. ... That explains - but hardly excuses - Republicans' latest assault on Obamacare. Having lost in Congress and in court, they're now using the most cynical of tactics: trying to make the law fail. Never mind the public inconvenience and human misery that will result. Their assault is under way on several fronts (7/9).

11 Jul 2013

Medicare to propose new doctor payment for managing multiple chronic conditions

Medicare is proposing paying doctors for managing Medicare patients with multiple chronic conditions starting in 2015. In the meantime, a Medicare plan to deny an Eli Lily diagnostic test to patients unless they are enrolled in a clinical trial is decried by some Alzheimer's treatment advocates.

11 Jul 2013

More doctors adopt electronic health records

The nation's top Health IT official is lauding the nation's doctors for more widely adopting electronic health records in the past few years, but he and new studies say more work is needed to help the systems communicate with each other.

11 Jul 2013

Texas House lawmakers give initial approval to abortion restrictions

Following a dramatic, last-minute Democratic filibuster late last week, Texas House lawmakers in a special session Tuesday tentatively approved controversial abortion restrictions after more contentious debate.

11 Jul 2013

State highlights: Disabled at risk at Calif. facilities, audit finds; Advocates push for single policy for kids' medical, dental coverage in exchange plans; Ga. maternal mortality

Californians with developmental disabilities who are cared for at state facilities are being put at risk by outdated policies and inadequate investigations of abuse, the state auditor's office said Tuesday. Allegations that residents have been raped, shot with stun guns and otherwise abused have not been acted on satisfactorily, auditors found. The California Department of Developmental Services cares for 1,480 severely disabled people in five facilities throughout the state (McGreevy, 7/9).

11 Jul 2013

Pharmaceutical companies race for new cholesterol drugs, Roche abandons diabetes drug development

A discovery of a rare mutation that affects cholesterol has ignited hopes of a prescription that can help prevent heart attacks. In the meantime, the announcement by Roche could pose more questions about controversial diabetes medicines. Also a federal report warns Americans of using some Internet pharmacies.

11 Jul 2013

Minn., Texas, Colo., other states adapting to health law in different ways

News outlets covered how various states are ramping up health exchanges, or not, and expanding Medicaid, or not.

11 Jul 2013

Catholic hospital group says it is satisfied with administration's contraceptive compromise

The Catholic Health Association, which has sided with the administration before on the law, said the plan will allow employees to get birth control coverage without the hospitals paying for it.

11 Jul 2013

ELSIP: Integrating personalized medicine into clinical practice

Lynn G. Dressler Dr. P.H. Director, Personalized Medicine and Pharmacogenomics, Mission Health, Fullerton Genetics Center will present: Addressing the Ethical, Legal, Social and Policy Issues Related to Integrating Personalized Medicine into Routine Clinical Care at the 5th Annual Personalized Medicine Conference in Boston, MA on October 21- 22, 2013.

11 Jul 2013

Immunization in developing countries: an interview with Dr. Jos Vandelaer, Chief of Immunization for UNICEF

Overall, worldwide, immunization programs reach around 83% of all children – this is an enormous achievement. With this level of immunization coverage, we prevent over 2 million deaths, year after year. This statistic is often forgotten or taken for granted.

11 Jul 2013

Restaurant owner welcomes delay on law’s insurance requirement

The New York Times profiles the challenges that one business owner faced with the health law. Other outlets offer news on the law, including the problems the administration faces in setting up the online marketplaces, concerns about scams targeting consumers and help for Medicare beneficiaries.

11 Jul 2013

University of North Carolina receives $8M grant to improve maternal and infant health

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a five-year, $8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve maternal and infant health and save the lives of mothers and infants in Malawi by strengthening the President's Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood Initiative (SMI).

11 Jul 2013

Increased rates of behavior problems are observed in preschoolers who sleep less than average

Four-year-olds with shorter than average sleep times have increased rates of "externalizing" behavior problems, reports a study in the July Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, the official journal of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

11 Jul 2013

Tel Aviv researcher says lessons from Israel's health-care system could optimize eye health

According to the World Health Organization, 80% of blindness is preventable or treatable - but it remains a severe health concern across the globe, even in industrialized countries.

11 Jul 2013

Research points the importance of health services administered to farmworkers by trusted institutions

Migrant workers are more likely to receive medical care from community health centers in partnership with faith-based organizations, a new study shows, because fear of deportation is lower than they might face at other medical facilities.

11 Jul 2013

Study: Factors contribute to treatment delay for breast cancer in African-American and White women may vary

Different factors influence delay between diagnosis and first course of treatment for breast cancer for African-American and White women.

11 Jul 2013

Many pediatricians underuse interpreters to improve care of children, families with limited English

U.S. pediatricians are not using trained language interpreters as often as they should, despite evidence that such services are vital to improving the care of children and families with limited English, according to findings from research conducted jointly by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

11 Jul 2013

Microparticle technique offers better control over kinetics of cell differentiation

Before scientists and engineers can realize the dream of using stem cells to create replacements for worn out organs and battle damaged body parts, they'll have to develop ways to grow complex three-dimensional structures in large volumes and at costs that won't bankrupt health care systems.

11 Jul 2013

Healthful eating habits, physically active lifestyle prevent obesity and chronic diseases

Preventing obesity and chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and some cancers is possible through healthful eating habits and a physically active lifestyle, according to a newly updated position paper of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Because diseases can take many years - sometimes decades - to develop, the best prevention is early prevention.

11 Jul 2013

Health Care News and Research

House Republicans promise new efforts to fight health law’s individual mandate

Viewpoints: USA Today says 'GOP poisons' Obamacare, McConnell counters, calls for repeal

Medicare to propose new doctor payment for managing multiple chronic conditions

More doctors adopt electronic health records

Texas House lawmakers give initial approval to abortion restrictions

State highlights: Disabled at risk at Calif. facilities, audit finds; Advocates push for single policy for kids' medical, dental coverage in exchange plans; Ga. maternal mortality

Pharmaceutical companies race for new cholesterol drugs, Roche abandons diabetes drug development

Minn., Texas, Colo., other states adapting to health law in different ways

Catholic hospital group says it is satisfied with administration's contraceptive compromise

ELSIP: Integrating personalized medicine into clinical practice

Immunization in developing countries: an interview with Dr. Jos Vandelaer, Chief of Immunization for UNICEF

Restaurant owner welcomes delay on law’s insurance requirement

University of North Carolina receives $8M grant to improve maternal and infant health

Increased rates of behavior problems are observed in preschoolers who sleep less than average

Tel Aviv researcher says lessons from Israel's health-care system could optimize eye health

Research points the importance of health services administered to farmworkers by trusted institutions

Study: Factors contribute to treatment delay for breast cancer in African-American and White women may vary

Many pediatricians underuse interpreters to improve care of children, families with limited English

Microparticle technique offers better control over kinetics of cell differentiation

Healthful eating habits, physically active lifestyle prevent obesity and chronic diseases

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