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The fight against HIV/AIDS: an interview with Dr. Mit Philips, HIV/AIDS Policy Analyst, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

People mainly speak about the progress in HIV/AIDS. We at MSF know and are very conscious of the fact that there has been enormous progress, but the progress is very uneven.

6 Jan 2014

State highlights: Moving Americans out of nursing homes; Kansas to get Medicaid bonus; Va. gov. names mental health task force

For 60 years, Bobbie Jones, 88, had lived in the same Petworth rowhouse where she raised four children -- including one born in an upstairs bedroom -- and became a grandmother to 10 and a great-grandmother to nine. But last year, a stroke and a fall landed her in the hospital and then in a nursing home. In the past, a nursing home might have wound up being where she lived out the rest of her days. But through a new program that helps District residents receive care in their homes and communities, Jones was able to go home. She is among 58 people who have been relocated since the D.C. Office on Aging launched its Nursing Home Transition Program in April (Bahrampour, 1/2).

6 Jan 2014

Medicaid expansion boosted emergency room visits in Oregon, study finds

A new study of a 2008 expansion of Oregon's Medicaid program showed those with new coverage used emergency rooms 40 percent more often than other adults, throwing some water on the long-held argument that expanding Medicaid coverage lowers ER usage and boosts primary care visits.

5 Jan 2014

University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System to open new Mile Square Health Center

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System will open the doors to a new Mile Square Health Center Jan. 6.

5 Jan 2014

Viewpoints: Michael Moore finds health law affordability 'a cruel joke'; can more marketing help sell insurance?

Now that the individual mandate is officially here, let me begin with an admission: Obamacare is awful. That is the dirty little secret many liberals have avoided saying out loud for fear of aiding the president's enemies, at a time when the ideal of universal health care needed all the support it could get. ... For many people, the "affordable" part of the Affordable Care Act risks being a cruel joke. ... And yet -- I would be remiss if I didn't say this -- Obamacare is a godsend (Michael Moore, 12/31/13).

3 Jan 2014

2014's health law tactics: Republican midterm hopes, Democrats re-selling law

The health law will be a major factor in 2014's midterm elections, with Republicans -- some candidates even doctors -- hoping to use its rocky rollout to their advantage in holding the House and re-taking the Senate. In the meantime, the White House and President Barack Obama look to use feel-good health care stories, celebrities and even moms to sell the overhaul.

3 Jan 2014

Evaluating the rollout in the states

Media outlets track how the health law is being implemented in Texas, Iowa, Mississippi, Florida, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Illinois and Minnesota.

2 Jan 2014

Surgeon highlights factors that can prevent revision surgery after hip or knee replacement

Hundreds of thousands of hip and knee replacement surgeries are performed in the United States each year, and they are highly successful in eliminating pain, restoring mobility and improving quality of life.

2 Jan 2014

Women with high blood pressure need more optimal treatment than men

Doctors may need to treat high blood pressure in women earlier and more aggressively than they do in men, according to scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

2 Jan 2014

BBC TV report profiles NW Bio's DCVax-L Phase III trial for GBM brain cancer

Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc.("NW Bio"), a biotechnology company developing non-toxic DCVax® personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, announced today that the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) TV network has broadcast a report profiling the first European patient in the Company's Phase III clinical trial of DCVax-L for Glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer (GBM), the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer.

31 Dec 2013

Obesity is an expensive problem, says bariatric surgeon

As a preeminent expert in the field of obesity surgery, board-certified bariatric surgeon Michael Feiz, M.D., F.A.C.S, has personally seen the physical, emotional and financial toll that obesity takes on his patients.

31 Dec 2013

New study looks at factors that impact healthfulness of men over 70

Seventy year olds who don't frequently visit the doctor have something unexpected in common - most played high school sports. They were active on a team over 50 years ago and are more likely to be active into their late 70s.

30 Dec 2013

White House: More than 1 million now enrolled in Obamacare

Nearly 1 million people signed up for health insurance through the federal Obamacare exchanges between Dec. 1 and the Dec. 24 deadline for getting coverage by the start of the new year, according to figures released by the administration Sunday. The 975,000 people who enrolled during that window bring the total number of federal sign-ups to more than 1.1 million since the rocky rollout of the government's Healthcare.gov website on Oct. 1 (Allen, 12/29).

30 Dec 2013

Perinatal probiotic supplements do not prevent childhood asthma

There is insufficient evidence to support the use of probiotic supplements during pregnancy or infancy to prevent the development of asthma in infants, Canadian researchers report.

27 Dec 2013

Researchers catalogue compassionate words and actions in doctor-patient conversations

"Good to see you. I'm sorry. It sounds like you've had a tough, tough, week." Spoken by a doctor to a cancer patient, that statement is an example of compassionate behavior observed by a University of Rochester Medical Center team in a new study published by the journal Health Expectations.

27 Dec 2013

Dietitians identify 14 diet, nutrition and food trends to shape Americans' waistlines in 2014

The annual nutrition expert trends forecast is in – what fad diets are hot? What's out? Which foods top the list? What are consumers eating? According to a survey of more than 500 Registered Dietitians conducted by the nutrition trade magazine, Today's Dietitian, and a leading food, health and wellness public relations agency, Pollock Communications, America's demand for nutrition information is at an all-time high and there's no shortage of outlets talking about diets.

27 Dec 2013

Physician honored with prestigious Patients' Choice Award

Among the select few physicians honored with the prestigious Patients' Choice Award this year is Dr. Gilbert Webb.

26 Dec 2013

State highlights: Mass. compounding pharmacy agrees to $100M victim settlement over meningitis outbreak; Texas grand jury clears late-term abortion provider

The Massachusetts pharmacy whose tainted steroid injections were blamed for a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis has agreed to pay more than $100 million to victims and their families, according to lawyers involved in a tentative settlement.

26 Dec 2013

Parsing Obamacare's impact on business, insurers and parolees

Media outlets explore how the law might affect those buying less expensive policies, businesses anxious about new investments and those recently released from prison.

25 Dec 2013

Who do Americans want care from? Doctors or other practitioners?

Doctors who provide personalized care get organized into a new group while a new survey seems to suggest American prefer getting their care from a doctor instead of nurse practitioners or physician assistants.

24 Dec 2013

Doctor News and Research

The fight against HIV/AIDS: an interview with Dr. Mit Philips, HIV/AIDS Policy Analyst, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

State highlights: Moving Americans out of nursing homes; Kansas to get Medicaid bonus; Va. gov. names mental health task force

Medicaid expansion boosted emergency room visits in Oregon, study finds

University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System to open new Mile Square Health Center

Viewpoints: Michael Moore finds health law affordability 'a cruel joke'; can more marketing help sell insurance?

2014's health law tactics: Republican midterm hopes, Democrats re-selling law

Evaluating the rollout in the states

Surgeon highlights factors that can prevent revision surgery after hip or knee replacement

Women with high blood pressure need more optimal treatment than men

BBC TV report profiles NW Bio's DCVax-L Phase III trial for GBM brain cancer

Obesity is an expensive problem, says bariatric surgeon

New study looks at factors that impact healthfulness of men over 70

White House: More than 1 million now enrolled in Obamacare

Perinatal probiotic supplements do not prevent childhood asthma

Researchers catalogue compassionate words and actions in doctor-patient conversations

Dietitians identify 14 diet, nutrition and food trends to shape Americans' waistlines in 2014

Physician honored with prestigious Patients' Choice Award

State highlights: Mass. compounding pharmacy agrees to $100M victim settlement over meningitis outbreak; Texas grand jury clears late-term abortion provider

Parsing Obamacare's impact on business, insurers and parolees

Who do Americans want care from? Doctors or other practitioners?

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