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Philippines health department reports 72% increase in number of HIV cases recorded in February 2012 versus 2011

"Philippine health authorities diagnosed 274 people with new cases of HIV/AIDS in February this year, the health department said, adding the new figure represented a 72 percent rise compared with 159 cases reported in February 2011," Gulf News reports.

29 Mar 2012

State experiences with insurance mandates offer cautionary tales

In Massachusetts, reforms are proceeding with an individual mandate, while Washington state and New Jersey faced hardships when they overhauled their health insurance markets without one.

29 Mar 2012

Viewpoints: Why doctors find it hard to tell the truth; The fruits of biomedical research; Cheney's 'taxpayer-subsidized' benefits

Last month, an article in the journal Health Affairs made headlines in the news media - "Physicians Are Not Always Open or Honest with Patients." A vast majority of the nearly 2,000 doctors surveyed agreed that physicians should be fully open and honest in all their communications with patients. ... I suspect that the dishonesty that is being uncovered in a study such as this - and frankly, I was amazed that the number of less-than-truthful instances was so low - reveals more about the diagnosis of being human than anything else. ... I couldn't bring myself to tell this young mother that she was going to die."

29 Mar 2012

Perspectives on health law challenge: Does court recognize its own limits?; A dubious link to Civil Rights Act; The burden on young people

In ruling on the constitutionality of requiring most Americans to obtain health insurance, the Supreme Court faces a central test: whether it will recognize limits on its own authority to overturn well-founded acts of Congress.

29 Mar 2012

CDC Director provides update on AIDS epidemic in anticipation of AIDS 2012 conference

In anticipation of the AIDS 2012 conference, to be held in Washington, D.C., from July 22-27, CDC Director Thomas Frieden spoke at the Washington-based Center for Strategic & International Studies, where he provided an update on the epidemic in the U.S. and abroad, VOA News reports.

29 Mar 2012

UICOMP to join provider network of Coventry Health Care

Effective April 1, 2012, the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria will join the provider network of Coventry Health Care of Illinois, Inc. to serve area members.

29 Mar 2012

CHVI announces new member - Healthper

The nonprofit Center for Health Value Innovation (CHVI) announced today that Healthper, Inc., a social game-based health engagement and achievement platform, has joined as a member.

29 Mar 2012

Justices consider whether Medicaid expansion is constitutional or coercive

During the Supreme Court's last hour of a marthon series of oral arguments, some justices indicated strong disagreement with the challenge brought by 26 states to the health law's Medicaid expansion.

29 Mar 2012

MESO-1 device can help in diagnosis and treatment of cancer

A new device designed to more effectively produce DNA samples for genetic testing from slide-mounted tissue samples is better equipped than most models on the market to help in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

29 Mar 2012

Malaria funding has helped prevent nearly 1M child deaths over past decade, study finds

The results of a study published in Malaria Journal "suggest that funding for malaria prevention in Africa over the past decade has had a substantial impact on decreasing child deaths due to malaria," according to the study's abstract.

29 Mar 2012

Losing weight and increasing physical activity reduces decline in mobility in obese adults with type 2 diabetes

Weight loss and increased physical fitness nearly halved the decline in mobility in overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes, according to four-year results of the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trial funded by the National Institutes of Health.

29 Mar 2012

Henry Schein launches Dentrix G5 practice management system

Henry Schein Inc., the largest provider of health care products and services to dental, medical and animal health office-based practitioners, today announced the launch of Dentrix G5, a new version of the Dentrix practice management system.

29 Mar 2012

Political cartoon: 'Spring Forward, Fall Back?'

Kaiser Health News provides a fresh take on health policy developments with "Spring Forward, Fall Back?" by Chris Weyant.

29 Mar 2012

FDA approves Omontys - new anemia drug for chronic kidney disease patients

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday approved a new drug called Omontys (peginesatide). This is expected to oust Amgen Inc.’s from its near monopoly in the roughly $6 billion U.S. anemia treatment market.

28 Mar 2012

Supreme Court debates health care reforms and mandate on insurance

The five conservative justices relentlessly questioned Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr., who defended the law. Justice Antonin Scalia asked whether upholding the mandate would mean that Congress could require everyone to exercise. Justice Samuel Alito asked whether the mandate wasn't really a disguised subsidy of sick people by healthy people. Chief Justice John Roberts asked whether a mandate to purchase health insurance you may need some day was any different from a requirement to buy a cell phone for use in a possible emergency. Alito asked whether the government could force Americans to buy burial coverage, since it is something everyone will eventually need.

28 Mar 2012

CryoConcepts introduces breakthrough low-cost and disposable cryosurgical device

CryoConcepts, LP is announcing the introduction of the first disposable, nitrous oxide-based cryosurgical device to physicians in the US and abroad. The pen-shaped device is called CryOmega® and tests have shown the unit is clinically effective and provides pinpoint accuracy at freezing temperatures of -89C.

28 Mar 2012

Health Care News and Research

Philippines health department reports 72% increase in number of HIV cases recorded in February 2012 versus 2011

State experiences with insurance mandates offer cautionary tales

Viewpoints: Why doctors find it hard to tell the truth; The fruits of biomedical research; Cheney's 'taxpayer-subsidized' benefits

Perspectives on health law challenge: Does court recognize its own limits?; A dubious link to Civil Rights Act; The burden on young people

CDC Director provides update on AIDS epidemic in anticipation of AIDS 2012 conference

UICOMP to join provider network of Coventry Health Care

CHVI announces new member - Healthper

Justices consider whether Medicaid expansion is constitutional or coercive

MESO-1 device can help in diagnosis and treatment of cancer

Malaria funding has helped prevent nearly 1M child deaths over past decade, study finds

Losing weight and increasing physical activity reduces decline in mobility in obese adults with type 2 diabetes

Henry Schein launches Dentrix G5 practice management system

Political cartoon: 'Spring Forward, Fall Back?'

FDA approves Omontys - new anemia drug for chronic kidney disease patients

Supreme Court debates health care reforms and mandate on insurance

CryoConcepts introduces breakthrough low-cost and disposable cryosurgical device

Conservative justices appear skeptical of health law's insurance mandate

Greater out-of-pocket asthma medication costs associated with frequent hospitalizations among children

Day 1 & 2: Citizens gather as Supreme Court begins review of health law (slideshow)

Researcher joins nationwide effort to monitor resistance to antibiotics

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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