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Longer looks: Making Romneycare work for other states; primary care's new challenge; Boston Marathon first responders continuing battle

Every week reporter Ankita Rao selects interesting reading from around the Web.

18 Oct 2013

CHOP offers new software toolkit to help researchers wrangle data

Biomedical researchers often confront large quantities of information that may be amassed in many forms: vital signs, blood cell counts, lengthy DNA sequences, bar graphs, MRIs, patient demographics, and so much more. How do researchers assemble, access and analyze all that data without having to become specialized database technicians themselves?

18 Oct 2013

Women with common forms of urinary incontinence have various bacteria in bladder

Women with common forms of urinary incontinence have various bacteria in their bladder, according to data presented today by researchers from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Researchers also found that some of these bacteria may differ based on their incontinence type.

18 Oct 2013

Study focuses on vaccine-preventable illnesses in myasthenia gravis patients

A study presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine is considered a good first step in collecting data on vaccine-preventable illnesses in patients with myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disorder causing weakness and rapid fatigue of voluntary muscles.

17 Oct 2013

Tuesday came and went with little Capitol Hill progress on reaching an agreement to reopen the government, raise the debt ceiling

Differences among House G.O.P. lawmakers are a key factor in this ongoing Capitol Hill drama, as some members continue to push to advance ways to delay and and derail parts of the health law. The current proposal emerging from the Senate includes changes to the overhaul but most say these provisions would not not significantly alter the measure.

17 Oct 2013

Federal exchange: Initial expectations were rosy, but consumer frustration now taking root

The Washington Post reports that visits to healthcare.gov dropped 88 percent between Oct. 1 and Oct. 13. In an interview, President Barack Obama said the glitches consumers have experienced must be addressed.

17 Oct 2013

Research in mouse whiskers reveals signal pathway from touch neuron to brain

Human fingertips have several types of sensory neurons that are responsible for relaying touch signals to the central nervous system. Scientists have long believed these neurons followed a linear path to the brain with a "labeled-lines" structure.

17 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 16, 2013

Today's headlines including stories detailing how certain health law provisions are factoring in to the continuing congressional budget stalemate.

16 Oct 2013

Forms not ready for those seeking exemption from health law mandate

News outlets also report that e-brokers cannot offer exchange plans right away, and that some people may try to use the online marketplaces to mislead consumers.

16 Oct 2013

UC researchers receive $2.1M grant from NIH to study molecular mechanisms of muscle fatigue

University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have been awarded a five-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study an isoform that plays a critical role in human resistance to fatigue.

16 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 15, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about how the budget deal taking shape in the Senate would not derail the health law, but would include some tweaks.

15 Oct 2013

Promising new type of cancer treatment to benefit more patients

More patients than ever stand to benefit from a promising new type of cancer treatment, after scientists compiled a library of molecules that can prime patients’ immune systems to fight a range of cancers including leukaemia, myeloma, lung cancer and skin cancer.

15 Oct 2013

State-run marketplaces rebounding from opening snags

Politico Pro examines how the marketplaces operated by states compare to the federally run operation. Other outlets look at some of the individual issues in states.

15 Oct 2013

Experts worry about other trouble spots with health law marketplaces

Politico reports that other steps in the online enrollment process, including computing subsidies and transferring signup information to insurers may also have bugs. The Associated Press reports that some insiders predicted the problems well before the website launch, while The Washington Post notes that paper applications are increasingly popular because of the problems.

15 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 14, 2013

Today's headlines include the latest on the budget negotiations as well as examinations of what's happening with the health law's online insurance marketplaces.

14 Oct 2013

Viewpoints: Health law's threat to privacy; 'catastrophic' debut of marketplaces should signal need for delay; in budget impasse can either side accept a compromise?

Every day, personal information is the subject of hundreds of thousands of hacking attempts from all over the world. From nation states to crime rings, knowing and exploiting your information is big business. On October 1, a major component of Obamacare made you even more vulnerable to devastating attacks on your personal information and the administration is doing too little about it (Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., 10/10).

12 Oct 2013

Unlike the federal exchange, state online insurance marketplaces have had more luck addressing issues

News outlets report on how the exchanges are working and how consumers are responding in Pennsylvania, Florida, Mississippi, Hawaii, Minnesota and California.

12 Oct 2013

Consumers still have a number of questions about how they will fare under health law

During its first week, California's insurance exchange received nearly 60,000 calls from consumers and about 1 million Web visitors. Despite numerous technical glitches, federal officials say 8 million people logged on last week to their online exchange for 36 states not running their own marketplace. This rollout has prompted many questions from people about what President Obama's Affordable Care Act will mean for them.

12 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 11, 2013

Today's headlines include news about what experts are diagnosing as the trouble spots in the federal online health insurance exchange and how to fix them.

11 Oct 2013

Novel community program to improve the way childhood asthma controlled outside hospital

Indiana University School of Medicine emergency medicine faculty hope to improve the way childhood asthma is medically managed in Marion County through an innovative program that incorporates the skills and flexible schedules of specially trained Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services paramedics.

11 Oct 2013

Running News and Research

Longer looks: Making Romneycare work for other states; primary care's new challenge; Boston Marathon first responders continuing battle

CHOP offers new software toolkit to help researchers wrangle data

Women with common forms of urinary incontinence have various bacteria in bladder

Study focuses on vaccine-preventable illnesses in myasthenia gravis patients

Tuesday came and went with little Capitol Hill progress on reaching an agreement to reopen the government, raise the debt ceiling

Federal exchange: Initial expectations were rosy, but consumer frustration now taking root

Research in mouse whiskers reveals signal pathway from touch neuron to brain

First Edition: October 16, 2013

Forms not ready for those seeking exemption from health law mandate

UC researchers receive $2.1M grant from NIH to study molecular mechanisms of muscle fatigue

First Edition: October 15, 2013

Promising new type of cancer treatment to benefit more patients

State-run marketplaces rebounding from opening snags

Experts worry about other trouble spots with health law marketplaces

First Edition: October 14, 2013

Viewpoints: Health law's threat to privacy; 'catastrophic' debut of marketplaces should signal need for delay; in budget impasse can either side accept a compromise?

Unlike the federal exchange, state online insurance marketplaces have had more luck addressing issues

Consumers still have a number of questions about how they will fare under health law

First Edition: October 11, 2013

Novel community program to improve the way childhood asthma controlled outside hospital

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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