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State highlights: Va. governor hopefuls talk mental health, Medicaid expansion

Ken Cuccinelli II touted tax cuts and preschool vouchers while Terry McAuliffe embraced Medicaid expansion Monday night as the candidates for Virginia governor laid out different visions for improving mental health in Virginia. The rivals to succeed Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) appeared at a candidate forum for mental-health advocates and families affected by mental illness. Sponsored by a coalition of mental health organizations, the event drew several hundred people to an auditorium at Collegiate School in suburban Richmond (Vozzella, 8/5).

7 Aug 2013

Research: Every 25 secs, a young athlete suffers serious sports injury

Every 25 seconds, or 1.35 million times a year, a young athlete suffers a sports injury severe enough to go to the emergency room, according to a new research report released today by Safe Kids Worldwide.

7 Aug 2013

Observation time in ER is associated with reduced CT rates for children at risk of TBI

The longer a child with minor blunt head trauma is observed in the emergency department, the less likely the child is to require computed tomography (CT) scan, according to the results of a study published online Friday in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("Impact of the Duration of Emergency Department Observation on Computed Tomography Use in Children with Minor Blunt Head Trauma").

7 Aug 2013

Assessing health law's impact on cities, people

Texas is home to more than two-thirds of the nation's 30 counties most in need of expanded health insurance coverage, including Dallas, according to a liberal group. The Center for American Progress Action Fund ranked 22 Texas counties -- including Dallas -- as among the "30 worst" in the country.

3 Aug 2013

Combination of tPA with infusion of antiplatelet drug dissolves blood clots safely

The combination of the clot-busting drug tPA with an infusion of the antiplatelet drug eptifibatide dissolves blood clots safely and more quickly than tPA alone, a study led by University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers has found.

31 Jul 2013

Emergency physicians correctly identify nearly 100% of patients with Bell's palsy

Emergency physicians correctly identified nearly 100 percent of patients with Bell's palsy, the symptoms of which are nearly identical to potentially life-threatening diseases such as stroke and brain tumors.

26 Jul 2013

Viewpoints: Indian health service takes big cuts; labor 'mutiny' over health law; Gov. Jindal says Medicaid expansion would have moved privately insured to Medicaid

It's an old American story: malign policies hatched in Washington leading to pain and death in Indian country. It was true in the 19th century. It is true now, at a time when Congress, heedless of its solemn treaty obligations to Indian tribes, is allowing the across-the-board budget cuts known as the sequester to threaten the health, safety and education of Indians across the nation.

25 Jul 2013

State highlights: Medicaid pilot project costs $32B more than expected

A selection of health policy stories from the District of Columbia, New York, Georgia, Minnesota, Illinois, North Carolina, Colorado and California.

24 Jul 2013

African-Americans, Latinos receive less adequate mental health care than Whites

Blacks and Latinos receive less adequate mental health care than Whites, finds a new study in Health Services Research.

22 Jul 2013

State highlights: D.C. health care providers continue wait for payments; Ga. plans Medicaid managed care for kids; Hospital chain seeks insurer license in Calif.

A selection of health policy stories from Virginia, the District of Columbia, California, Wisconsin, Georgia, South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Washington.

19 Jul 2013

Cost of emergency room visits for severe dizziness projected to reach $4.4 billion by 2015

A new Johns Hopkins research report says emergency room visits for severe dizziness have grown exponentially in recent years, with costs topping $3.9 billion in 2011 and projected to reach $4.4 billion by 2015.

18 Jul 2013

Freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, frequent flyers change health care marketplace

News outlets offer various reports on how emergency and urgent care facilities are affecting how America delivers health care.

16 Jul 2013

Comprehensive guide for clinicians to treat medical complications of bulimia

A new study in Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention identifies the numerous medical problems associated with bulimia and provides comprehensive information on diagnosis and treatment for clinicians in various arms of medicine.

16 Jul 2013

First Edition: July 15,2013

Today's headlines include reports about the health law's implementation and status checks on how the measure's online insurance marketplaces are taking shape.

15 Jul 2013

Actavis receives FDA approval for Opana ER tablets

Actavis, Inc. (NYSE: ACT) today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Oxymorphone Hydrochloride Extended-release Tablets, 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg, 30 mg and 40 mg.

15 Jul 2013

Research roundup: Prevention task force PSA testing recommendations often ignored; Medicaid expansion for minorities; ER and aging population

The authors examined how the growing number of elderly Americans would affect the large and increasing part of non-catastrophic outpatient care. Using Census Bureau and nationally representative survey data, researchers quantified the number of ED visits that would occur if the demographic structure of the U.S. population changed, but everything else remained the same. "We observed that it is actually infants and young adults, not the elderly, who account for the largest number of ED visits," the authors write, and conclude: However, the data do predict increases in visit lengths and the likelihood of hospitalization.

12 Jul 2013

Clinical trial begins on ultrasound in combination with tPA to treat acute ischemic stroke

An international, Phase III clinical trial studying ultrasound in combination with a clot-busting medication to treat acute ischemic stroke has begun at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

12 Jul 2013

Weekend reading: Doctors who decide, death desires, and decisions

On the last week of April earlier this year, a small committee of doctors met quietly in a midsized ballroom at the Renaissance Hotel in Chicago. There was an anesthesiologist, an ophthalmologist, a radiologist, and so on - thirty-one in all, each representing their own medical specialty society, each a heavy hitter in his or her own field.

12 Jul 2013

Physicians discuss use of new guidelines on aromatase inhibitor to prevent breast cancer

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is now recommending that physicians discuss use of the aromatase inhibitor exemestane (Aromasin) to prevent breast cancer in at-risk postmenopausal women.

10 Jul 2013

State highlights: Ore. nonprofit hospitals see increased revenue, but lower charity care; Calif. shift means lost autism treatment

A new state report shows the average Oregon hospital more than doubled its margin, or profit, between 2009 and 2011, even as its provision of charity care went down. The findings trace the hospital sector rebound from recessionary lows in 2008, and how expanded Medicaid enrollment in Oregon has helped boost hospitals' bottom line even as many continue to expand to some assessors' dismay (Budnick, 7/5).

9 Jul 2013

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) News and Research

State highlights: Va. governor hopefuls talk mental health, Medicaid expansion

Research: Every 25 secs, a young athlete suffers serious sports injury

Observation time in ER is associated with reduced CT rates for children at risk of TBI

Assessing health law's impact on cities, people

Combination of tPA with infusion of antiplatelet drug dissolves blood clots safely

Emergency physicians correctly identify nearly 100% of patients with Bell's palsy

Viewpoints: Indian health service takes big cuts; labor 'mutiny' over health law; Gov. Jindal says Medicaid expansion would have moved privately insured to Medicaid

State highlights: Medicaid pilot project costs $32B more than expected

African-Americans, Latinos receive less adequate mental health care than Whites

State highlights: D.C. health care providers continue wait for payments; Ga. plans Medicaid managed care for kids; Hospital chain seeks insurer license in Calif.

Cost of emergency room visits for severe dizziness projected to reach $4.4 billion by 2015

Freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, frequent flyers change health care marketplace

Comprehensive guide for clinicians to treat medical complications of bulimia

First Edition: July 15,2013

Actavis receives FDA approval for Opana ER tablets

Research roundup: Prevention task force PSA testing recommendations often ignored; Medicaid expansion for minorities; ER and aging population

Clinical trial begins on ultrasound in combination with tPA to treat acute ischemic stroke

Weekend reading: Doctors who decide, death desires, and decisions

Physicians discuss use of new guidelines on aromatase inhibitor to prevent breast cancer

State highlights: Ore. nonprofit hospitals see increased revenue, but lower charity care; Calif. shift means lost autism treatment

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