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New commentary documents harmful effects of sequestration on Indian Health Service

As federal legislators work toward a budget agreement, a new commentary documents the harmful effects of sequestration on the Indian Health Service. Sequestration forced a 5 percent reduction in funds for the Indian Health Service, perpetuating longstanding health care disparities and raising questions about the federal government's legal and moral obligation to Indians, states the commentary, which appears in the Hastings Center Report.

17 Dec 2013

Interactive booklet boosts parents’ RTI confidence

An interactive booklet given to parents in primary care can help them to be more knowledgeable and feel more confident about when and when not to consult a doctor for their child’s respiratory tract infections.

16 Dec 2013

First Edition: December 16, 2013

Today's headlines include findings from an Associated Press poll probing Americans thoughts about the health law.

16 Dec 2013

State highlights: Fewer visits to Texas women's clinics after planned parenthood exclusion; Minn. health spending growth slows

To stop Planned Parenthood clinics from receiving public financing, Texas' Republican leaders gambled that the state could operate a contraception and cancer-screening program for low-income women without tens of millions of federal dollars. But with the exclusion of about 40 Planned Parenthood clinics -- none of which performed abortions -- from the Texas Women's Health Program in 2013, records showed that claims for birth control and wellness exams dropped, as did enrollment numbers (Aaronson, 12/12).

16 Dec 2013

Viewpoints: States need to expand Medicaid to benefit all; lies about immigrants and doctors; antibiotics and animals

Expanding Medicaid costs states a pittance compared with the financial and social benefits they'll receive. Denying your constituents a chance to get health insurance out of political pique comes perilously close to governmental malpractice.

16 Dec 2013

Research roundup: Long-term care use varies dramatically by state; health spending slowdown explained

In 2012, about 58,500 paid, regulated long-term care services providers served about 8 million people in the United States. Long-term care services were provided by 4,800 adult day services centers, 12,200 home health agencies, 3,700 hospices, 15,700 nursing homes, and 22,200 assisted living and similar residential care communities. Each day in 2012, there were 273,200 participants enrolled in adult day services centers, 1,383,700 residents in nursing homes, and 713,300 residents in residential care communities; in 2011, about 4,742,500 patients received services from home health agencies, and 1,244,500 patients received services from hospices. Provider sectors differed in ownership, and average size and supply varied by region (Harris-Kojetin et al., 12/12).

16 Dec 2013

Psychologist offers tips to cope with stress during holiday season

Do you feel more stressed during the holiday season? While this time of year can be a time of joy, many people can also find it stressful. Between family and work gatherings, holiday financial pressures and consumer overload, the holiday season can certainly take a toll. And what if you're alone at this time of togetherness?

16 Dec 2013

Feds announce steps in effort to smooth transition to health law, avoid coverage lapses

The Obama administration announced Thursday a series of actions -- including giving consumers more time to pay their premiums and an extension of a high-risk insurance program -- to help prevent lapses in insurance coverage as key parts of the health law kick in on Jan. 1.

14 Dec 2013

UTHealth Medical School professor recognized for excellence in sarcoma treatment

Rex Marco, M.D., professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, is the recipient of an award recognizing excellence in the treatment of a type of cancer called sarcoma.

14 Dec 2013

First Edition: December 13, 2013

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about a set of steps taken by the Obama administration in an effort to help consumers avoid coverage lapses as the health law takes effect.

13 Dec 2013

New test may help decrease risk of suicidality in patients treated with antidepressants

The new test, based on research carried out at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, should help doctors to decrease the risk of suicidality in patients treated with antidepressants who show certain gene markers. Sundance is completing a new round of funding to extend the initial validation results reported by the Institute. The company plans to launch the test immediately as a laboratory developed test. In addition, clinical studies in support of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration submission for market clearance, CE marking and reimbursement will be initiated. Sundance expects to submit its application to the agencies within 18 months.

13 Dec 2013

Massachusetts residents have broader health insurance coverage, greater access to primary care

In 2006, Massachusetts was on the same brink that the entire nation is on today: the brink of expanding health insurance to cover far more people than before, through government-driven, market-based reform.

13 Dec 2013

Methodology needed to diagnose quality of life of individual cancer patients or survivors

Due to improved treatments and technologies, more children than ever are surviving cancer. Unfortunately, about 70 percent of these children experience late effects from their disease and treatment 30 years after their cancer diagnosis, which University of Florida Health researchers say significantly impact their quality of life.

13 Dec 2013

Health Law Op-Eds: Obama must 'fire some people'; the law's many possible futures; Obamacare 'is a disaster'

Though the site is working vastly better today than it was two months ago, the debut of HealthCare.gov was a genuine disaster. Specifically, it was a management disaster. CMS's information technology department botched its job as systems integrator for HealthCare.gov. CMS management botched the job of recognizing that CMS's IT department was botching its job.

13 Dec 2013

Viewpoints: Problems with the 'doc fix;' a lame budget deal; concerns about changes in doctor training

Imagine if a provision in ObamaCare allowed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to dictate directly to doctors which services they could and could not provide their patients - what individual tests they could conduct, which treatments they could offer, and medicines they could prescribe.

13 Dec 2013

Psychiatrists increasingly refuse to accept private insurance as payment

Access to mental health care has become a prominent issue in Congress following mass shootings around the country. But a new study in JAMA Psychiatry, led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College, suggests that unless those in need of help have deep pockets, they might have a hard time finding a psychiatrist that will provide the needed services.

13 Dec 2013

Drugs to treat type 2 diabetes may have different effects on hearts of men and women

Widely used treatments for type 2 diabetes have different effects on the hearts of men and women, even as the drugs control blood sugar equally well in both sexes, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

13 Dec 2013

Study: Majority of obese pediatric patients satisfied with telehealth appointment

For youth dealing with obesity who need extra help losing weight, experts suggest a multidisciplinary approach in which care is provided by several health specialists.

12 Dec 2013

Lund University researcher explores why type 2 diabetes raises dementia risk later in life

It is well known that type 2 diabetes raises the risk of dementia. The reasons for this are less clear, but one explanation could be insulin resistance in the brain, according to Malin Wennstr-m, a researcher at Lund University's Molecular Memory Research Unit. She has received EUR 700,000 from the Swedish Research Council to investigate her theory.

12 Dec 2013

Detectable blood viral load increases prevalence of heart disease

HIV causes structural heart disease according to research presented at EuroEcho-Imaging 2013 by Dr Nieves Montoro from Madrid, Spain. The findings support the introduction of cardiovascular screening in all HIV patients, particularly those with a positive blood viral load.

11 Dec 2013

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New commentary documents harmful effects of sequestration on Indian Health Service

Interactive booklet boosts parents’ RTI confidence

First Edition: December 16, 2013

State highlights: Fewer visits to Texas women's clinics after planned parenthood exclusion; Minn. health spending growth slows

Viewpoints: States need to expand Medicaid to benefit all; lies about immigrants and doctors; antibiotics and animals

Research roundup: Long-term care use varies dramatically by state; health spending slowdown explained

Psychologist offers tips to cope with stress during holiday season

Feds announce steps in effort to smooth transition to health law, avoid coverage lapses

UTHealth Medical School professor recognized for excellence in sarcoma treatment

First Edition: December 13, 2013

New test may help decrease risk of suicidality in patients treated with antidepressants

Massachusetts residents have broader health insurance coverage, greater access to primary care

Methodology needed to diagnose quality of life of individual cancer patients or survivors

Health Law Op-Eds: Obama must 'fire some people'; the law's many possible futures; Obamacare 'is a disaster'

Viewpoints: Problems with the 'doc fix;' a lame budget deal; concerns about changes in doctor training

Psychiatrists increasingly refuse to accept private insurance as payment

Drugs to treat type 2 diabetes may have different effects on hearts of men and women

Study: Majority of obese pediatric patients satisfied with telehealth appointment

Lund University researcher explores why type 2 diabetes raises dementia risk later in life

Detectable blood viral load increases prevalence of heart disease

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