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Viewpoints: While health care demand rises, medical schools turn away thousands; Jeb Bush on state-based Medicaid changes

Despite high unemployment, there is one bright spot in the economy: while nearly all other sectors shrank during the recession, jobs in health care increased by more than 1.2 million, with most paying salaries of over $60,000. And demand for those workers will keep improving. ... But for American health workers, this is hardly good news. Despite a labor shortage, our crowded medical professional schools are turning away hundreds of thousands of qualified applicants; to fill the gap, we are importing tens of thousands of foreign workers.

15 Sep 2012

CBH first hospital in Central Kentucky to perform transcatheter aortic valve replacement

CBH is the first hospital in Central Kentucky to perform the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure. Four patients with diseased aortic heart valves who were deemed too sick to withstand conventional open-heart surgery to replace their valves have undergone this new heart valve replacement procedure at Central Baptist Hospital.

15 Sep 2012

UMDNJ, Proteonomix to conduct UMK-121 Phase 1 trial in end-stage liver disease

Proteonomix, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutics based upon the use of human cells and their derivatives, today announced it has entered into an agreement with Piscataway, N.J.-based University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) to conducted a Phase 1 clinical trial with its proprietary, patent-pending mobilization technology UMK-121 in patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD).

15 Sep 2012

Supplies and devices may contribute to increase in average cost per patient discharge

Inpatient hospital treatment accounts for the largest proportion of health care spending in the U.S., with the use of diagnostic imaging services such as MRIs, frequently implicated as the probable cause. A new analysis finds that the biggest expense may not be imaging technology but from supplies including medical devices, such as stents and artificial joints.

15 Sep 2012

First Edition: September 14, 2012

Today's headlines include stories detailing the politics stirred up by GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's return to Capitol Hill, as well as reports about new poll numbers and the latest about how health issues are playing on the campaign trail.

15 Sep 2012

Job strain poses heart risk

People who face high demand in their jobs but have little control are significantly more likely to experience a coronary event than other workers, shows a large meta-analysis published online in The Lancet.

14 Sep 2012

Severe egg allergy treatment shows promise

Specific oral tolerance induction with raw hen’s egg can reduce the severity of egg allergy in affected children, show study findings.

14 Sep 2012

Telephone calls ring up benefits for heart failure patients

Active follow-up of chronic heart failure patients with telephone calls may lead to reduced all-cause mortality 1 year after discharge, a review demonstrates.

14 Sep 2012

Maternal-fetal Chagas disease transmission still problematic

The incidence of Chagas disease, otherwise known as Trypanosoma cruzi infection, is still high in pregnant women in Bolivia, researchers say.

14 Sep 2012

Heavy drinking risks early severe stroke

Heavy alcohol drinkers are at high risk for suffering intracerebral hemorrhage at a relatively young age, say researchers.

14 Sep 2012

Flow rate may dictate brain arteriovenous malformation radiosurgery success

The presence of angioarchitectural features indicating high flow rate in a brain arteriovenous malformation warns that complete obliteration may be difficult to achieve with radiosurgery, say researchers.

14 Sep 2012

Clinician responsibility is confused during maternity handovers

There is a lack of consensus around the transfer of responsibility and accountability during handovers between clinicians working in maternity care, show findings from an Australian study.

14 Sep 2012

More evidence supporting cardiac danger of painkillers after MI

Heart attack survivors who use nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have an increased risk for long-term mortality or a second heart attack, research suggests.

14 Sep 2012

Radiographs ‘unnecessary’ after splinting

US researchers question the need for an X-ray after splinting, finding that most fracture patients do not benefit from this service.

14 Sep 2012

Genomes of lung cancer smokers have more mutations

Lung cancer patients with a history of smoking have 10 times more genetic mutations in their tumors than those with the disease who have never smoked, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

14 Sep 2012

New efforts to improve Medicaid in California, Colorado

Advocates caution that California's ambitious program for dual eligibles could be problematic, while Colorado's effort to move Medicaid patients into medical homes is showing savings.

14 Sep 2012

Wits’ Health Sciences Research Day and Postgraduate Expo to take place on Sep. 19

The 2012 Health Sciences Research Day and Postgraduate Expo takes place on Wednesday, 19 September 2012 under the theme: Excellence. Relevance. Determination. Transforming Life through Research Excellence.

14 Sep 2012

Increasing perceived control may reduce risk of complications after acute coronary syndrome

Patients admitted to hospital with obstructed heart arteries were three times more likely to experience complications when they were in hospital if they felt they were not in control of their condition, according to research published in the October issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

14 Sep 2012

Humanitarian crisis in Syria grows as conflict continues, officials warn

"International relief officials reported an increasingly grim aid crisis stemming from the Syria conflict on Tuesday, with two million people there not getting desperately needed help, and a sudden acceleration of refugees overwhelming the ability of neighboring countries to absorb them," the New York Times reports.

14 Sep 2012