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Indian, S. African leaders call for developing countries to work together, invest more in science

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday during the launch of the Third World Academy of Sciences meeting (TWAS) in Hyderabad, India, called for developing countries to place greater emphasis on scientific research and application, the Economic Times reports.

22 Oct 2010

Mount Sinai School of Medicine launches inner-city mental health program for children

Research has shown that nearly 40 percent of youth in low-income communities exhibit significant mental health needs - needs which remain largely unaddressed due to a myriad of barriers, including system-level obstacles, such as waiting lists, stigma related to seeking mental health care, poverty, family stress and competing priorities.

22 Oct 2010

Drug payment database spurs local reports

A database put together by ProPublica of drugmakers' payments to physicians for promoting their products is now spurring local inquiries and garnering some response from physicians.

22 Oct 2010

World Bank extends food crisis response fund for countries experiencing high food prices

"The World Bank on Monday cited growing instability in food prices" before announcing that it would extends its Global Food Crisis Response Program through June 2011, Deutsche Presse-Agentur/M&C reports (10/18).

22 Oct 2010

Canadian hospitals' contracts with consultants scrutinized

Cerberus Capital Management is poised to purchase Caritas Christi Health Care. This morning, at a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court hearing, Caritas and Cerberus face the final hurdle in an approval process that began in the spring.

22 Oct 2010

Morphotek receives DOD contract to support mAb therapies against pathogenic strains

Morphotek, Inc., a subsidiary of Eisai Inc., announced today that it has been awarded a contract for $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to support the continuing development of monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapies against staphylococcal-derived toxins and pathogenic staphylococcal strains.

22 Oct 2010

Electronic Medicaid data goes missing; New report says med-tech companies 'under siege'

"A computer flash drive containing the names, addresses, and personal health information of 280,000 people," primarily Medicaid recipients, "is missing - one of the largest recent security breaches of personal health data in the nation." The "security failure" involved nearly two-thirds of subscribers to the Philadelphia-based companies Keystone Mercy Health Plan and AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan, and as of Tuesday, "there had been no reports of anyone trying to use the information stored on the drive."

22 Oct 2010

Experts agree on key policy recommendations for management, prevention of rheumatic, MSKD

On 19 October 2010, experts from academia, scientific societies, patient organisations, Member States' government and social security institutions as well as EU bodies agreed upon a number of key policy recommendations for improving the management and prevention of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.

22 Oct 2010

CIHR, RX&D - HRF to fund research projects on mental illness, palliative care

Six research projects on co-existing heath problems associated with mental illness and one project on palliative care among First Nations received over $9 million in funding announced today. This amount is provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Rx&D Health Research Foundation.

22 Oct 2010

New York Times Magazine examines individual-initiated foreign aid projects

A New York Times Magazine article by the newspaper's Op-Ed columnist Nicolas Kristof examines a "revolution" that is "just beginning" and "might be called Do-It-Yourself Foreign Aid, because it starts with the proposition that it's not only presidents and United Nations officials who chip away at global challenges. Passionate individuals with great ideas can do the same, especially in the age of the Internet and social media."

22 Oct 2010

Dems and GOP each find something to cheer about in health care polls; Justice Thomas' wife against law

An AP-GfK poll has found that the GOP is now leading Democrats on virtually every measure except health care and social security, which is split nearly evenly.

22 Oct 2010

Medicare beneficiaries will find fewer advantage and prescription drug plans

Private Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plan options are fewer for 2011, and some Nashville-area seniors may face higher out-of-pocket expenses for the private insurance.

22 Oct 2010

UCLA researchers receive NIH grant to study HIV-positive men from LA County jails

A team of UCLA researchers has received a $4.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study ways to get HIV-positive men who have been released from Los Angeles County jails into medical care and on sustained treatment.

22 Oct 2010

LA. drops plans for quickly setting up new health plan for poor; national health insurer accused on providing "junk insurance" in Calif

In the face of mounting opposition, the Jindal administration dropped plans late Wednesday to expedite approval of rules needed to implement a new health-care delivery system for the poor.

22 Oct 2010

Rising cost of long-term care threatens state, federal budgets

The Fiscal Times reports on the surging costs of long-term care, "which amount to a fiscal time bomb for states and the federal government."

22 Oct 2010

Malaria deaths in India 13 times higher than WHO estimate, study says

"Malaria kills around 205,000 people in India each year, more than 13 times the estimate made by the World Health Organization, researchers said on Thursday," Reuters reports.

22 Oct 2010

State races take on health care tone as candidates talk overhaul

The health overhaul is making itself felt in political races around the country.

22 Oct 2010

Insurance commissioners to vote on spending requirements

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners will make a final vote on its recommendations for regulating how much insurers must spend on medical services, a key health law provision, Kaiser Health News reports.

22 Oct 2010

Atherotech to present VAP Cholesterol Test at OMED 2010

Atherotech Diagnostics Lab will showcase its VAP Cholesterol Test in booth 324 at the American Osteopathic Association's 115th Annual Osteopathic Medical Conference & Exposition (OMED 2010). The gathering of DOs, residents, interns, students, researchers and health care professionals will be held October 24-28 at Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.

22 Oct 2010

Today's OpEds: Orszag on malpractice reform; debate over individual mandate; insurers' hard-ball tactics

Opponents of the act are generally off base in criticizing investments in improved care. In complaining about the missed opportunity to reform medical malpractice laws to promote evidence-based medical practice, on the other hand, the critics are entirely on target.

22 Oct 2010

Health Care News and Research

Indian, S. African leaders call for developing countries to work together, invest more in science

Mount Sinai School of Medicine launches inner-city mental health program for children

Drug payment database spurs local reports

World Bank extends food crisis response fund for countries experiencing high food prices

Canadian hospitals' contracts with consultants scrutinized

Morphotek receives DOD contract to support mAb therapies against pathogenic strains

Electronic Medicaid data goes missing; New report says med-tech companies 'under siege'

Experts agree on key policy recommendations for management, prevention of rheumatic, MSKD

CIHR, RX&D - HRF to fund research projects on mental illness, palliative care

New York Times Magazine examines individual-initiated foreign aid projects

Dems and GOP each find something to cheer about in health care polls; Justice Thomas' wife against law

Medicare beneficiaries will find fewer advantage and prescription drug plans

UCLA researchers receive NIH grant to study HIV-positive men from LA County jails

LA. drops plans for quickly setting up new health plan for poor; national health insurer accused on providing "junk insurance" in Calif

Rising cost of long-term care threatens state, federal budgets

Malaria deaths in India 13 times higher than WHO estimate, study says

State races take on health care tone as candidates talk overhaul

Insurance commissioners to vote on spending requirements

Atherotech to present VAP Cholesterol Test at OMED 2010

Today's OpEds: Orszag on malpractice reform; debate over individual mandate; insurers' hard-ball tactics

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