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Three in five Americans may develop noise-induced hearing loss

Use of ear bud headphones by youngsters may save your ears from being assaulted by the noise of your teenagers' music or electronic game but are they damaging your child's hearing?

3 Jun 2010

Updates in Surgery, the official journal of SIC to be published by Springer in English

From June 2010, Springer will publish Updates in Surgery, the official journal of the Italian Society of Surgery. The journal, previously a bilingual Italian-English publication, is now published four times a year in English only. The content will be available in print for the society members and it will also be electronically available on Springer's platform www.springerlink.com.

2 Jun 2010

Parents can play critical role in children's autism treatment: New research

New research on behavioral treatment for autism has been released by the Chicago Children's Clinic, advancing previous findings that parents can play a critical role in a child's autism treatment.

2 Jun 2010

Canada willing to spend $1B on G8 maternal, child health initiative

Canada has told other G8 countries that it "is willing to put about $1 billion toward maternal and child health - as long as other countries ante up, too," the Canadian Press/Winnipeg Free Press reports.

2 Jun 2010

Sound repetition helps memorize complex sounds

Sound repetition allows us to memorize complex sounds in a very quick, effective and durable way. This form of auditory learning, which was evidenced for the first time by researchers from CNRS, ENS Paris, and Paris Descartes and Toulouse 3 universities, is believed to occur in daily life to help us identify and memorize sound patterns; it allows, for example, immediate recognition of sounds which become familiar through experience, such as the voice of relatives.

1 Jun 2010

IMRT avoids xerostomia, but effectiveness on controlling cancer unclear

An advanced type of cancer radiation is more successful than traditional radiation in avoiding "dry mouth" when treating head and neck cancers, but it is unknown whether the treatment is better or worse at reducing the size of tumors, according to a new comparative effectiveness review funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

31 May 2010

European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology 2010 meeting set for June 27-30 in Rome, Italy

New research findings from fertility experts from Europe, the Americas, Asia & Australasia

31 May 2010

Family businesses may miss out on insurance tax credits; Doctors' angry with Congress

The Boston Globe explores a largely overlooked provision in the tax credits offered to small businesses by the new health law to help cover the costs of insuring workers. "[M]any Massachusetts small business owners who employ mostly family members are discovering fine print in the new law that disqualifies, or substantially limits, their tax credit. That language says family-owned businesses are not allowed to count employees who are also family members toward the credit, which is retroactive to January.

31 May 2010

NANDA-I announces recipients of 2010 awards

NANDA International (NANDA-I), an international association of nursing professionals, has announced the recipients of its 2010 NANDA-I awards. The awards were presented at the May 2010 NANDA-I / AENTDE Congress in Madrid, Spain, to recognize outstanding contributions to NANDA-I and standardized nursing language in the areas of clinical practice, nursing education, administration, informatics and research.

29 May 2010

IMRT leads to fewer cases of xerostomia than other types of radiation: AHRQ report

28 May 2010

Prohibiting cap messages will increase medication errors: Survey

At a meeting today of the United States Pharmacopeia's (USP) Nomenclature Expert Committee, the Consortium for the Advancement of Patient Safety (CAPS) presented results of an independent study producing a landmark three-part report, including a human factors engineering (HFE) analysis, on the relationship between patient safety and printed messages on ferrule and cap overseals used to secure injectable drug vials.

27 May 2010

Benefits of new health insurance reform law for Medicare recipients discussed in news conference

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Barbara Kennelly of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, and Dr. Ben Williamowsky of Silver Spring, Md., a Medicare recipient, held a news conference today to discuss benefits of and misconceptions about the Affordable Care Act and Medicare.

27 May 2010

Researchers discover gene mutations in autistic, mentally impaired patients

Researchers working with Professor Gudrun Rappold, Director of the Department of Molecular Human Genetics at Heidelberg University Hospital, have discovered previously unknown mutations in autistic and mentally impaired patients in what is known as the SHANK2 gene, a gene that is partially responsible for linking nerve cells.

26 May 2010

Intel expands availability of Intel Health Guide across Europe

Intel is expanding availability of the Intel Health Guide across Europe to help address chronic care challenges - Intel is working with strategic partners in France, Germany, Spain and The Netherlands to bring localised versions of the Intel Health Guide to market over the coming year

26 May 2010

Study finds disagreement between RA patients and doctors on assessment of disease severity

A novel study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco found that nearly one-third of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients differed from their physicians in assessment of their disease severity. The disagreement between patient and doctor evaluation of RA activity was most prevalent in patients with depressive symptoms, and those who had poor overall function.

26 May 2010

UCSF scientists discover new stem cell in developing human brain

UCSF scientists have discovered a new stem cell in the developing human brain. The cell produces nerve cells that help form the neocortex - the site of higher cognitive function -- and likely accounts for the dramatic expansion of the region in the lineages that lead to man, the researchers say.

26 May 2010

Experts question 'doc fix' as Reid threatens weekend work on bill with COBRA, Medicare provisions

Politico: Experts are questioning the virtues of the three-year Medicare "doc fix" that would stave off cuts to Medicare doctors' pay but set up a larger fight down the road. ... In health policy circles, the 'doc fix' has become emblematic of Washington's worst habits: a potentially solvable policy problem run amok for about a decade now, bogged down in pure politics and accounting gimmicks. The 'doc fix,' a last-minute infusion of funds to head off a looming doctor pay cut under Medicare, hits the floor this week via the tax extenders bill ..."

25 May 2010

Round-up: Mississippi struggles with mental health services funding cuts; A drug discount bill advances in Mass.

"Lawmakers earlier this year vigorously fought Gov. Haley Barbour's proposal to close four state mental health hospitals and six crisis centers as a budget-saving measure. Now, nonprofit-run centers that offer front-line services for the mentally ill in some of the poorest communities across Mississippi could face closure."

25 May 2010

Florida health care providers offer language services, medical homes

As "the region continues to attract residents from all over the country and the world, local health care providers and educators are searching for ways to better serve them." Some use "cultural toolkits," and have guides to help providers relate to patients' cultural and religious preferences. "'From a business perspective, it makes a lot of sense,' said Bernardo Ramirez, assistant professor of health services administration at the University of Central Florida.

24 May 2010

IGF1 drug improves nerve cell communication in PMS mouse model

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a drug that improves communication between nerve cells in a mouse model of Phelan-McDermid Syndrome (PMS).

21 May 2010

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Three in five Americans may develop noise-induced hearing loss

Updates in Surgery, the official journal of SIC to be published by Springer in English

Parents can play critical role in children's autism treatment: New research

Canada willing to spend $1B on G8 maternal, child health initiative

Sound repetition helps memorize complex sounds

IMRT avoids xerostomia, but effectiveness on controlling cancer unclear

European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology 2010 meeting set for June 27-30 in Rome, Italy

Family businesses may miss out on insurance tax credits; Doctors' angry with Congress

NANDA-I announces recipients of 2010 awards

IMRT leads to fewer cases of xerostomia than other types of radiation: AHRQ report

Prohibiting cap messages will increase medication errors: Survey

Benefits of new health insurance reform law for Medicare recipients discussed in news conference

Researchers discover gene mutations in autistic, mentally impaired patients

Intel expands availability of Intel Health Guide across Europe

Study finds disagreement between RA patients and doctors on assessment of disease severity

UCSF scientists discover new stem cell in developing human brain

Experts question 'doc fix' as Reid threatens weekend work on bill with COBRA, Medicare provisions

Round-up: Mississippi struggles with mental health services funding cuts; A drug discount bill advances in Mass.

Florida health care providers offer language services, medical homes

IGF1 drug improves nerve cell communication in PMS mouse model

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