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Smartphone-enabled otoscope provides clear images of ear tympanic membrane

A new, smartphone-enabled otoscope provides clear, transmittable images of the ear drum, or tympanic membrane, which someday may allow for ear infection diagnosis without a visit to the doctor's office, according to an abstract presented Monday, Oct. 28, at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition in Orlando.

28 Oct 2013

GOP officials press for health law delay, Sebelius to resign; Democrats urge patience

The troubles with the health website took center stage on the Sunday news shows and in the Saturday weekly addresses from the president and the Republicans.

28 Oct 2013

Health law fails to bring competition to rural areas but spurs changes in mental health care

The New York Times examines the effects of the law on prices of coverage in rural areas while KHN details how therapists' may be forced to move away from their solo practices.

25 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 24, 2013

Today's headlines include reports that the Obama administration plans to tweak the tax-penalty deadline for signing up for health insurance as well as previews of what might happen when the contractors who built the health law's online insurance marketplace testify today on Capitol Hill.

24 Oct 2013

Patient assistance programs help breast cancer patients to learn more about adjuvant therapy

Patient assistance programs can help breast cancer patients meet a variety of needs that can interfere with getting recommended adjuvant therapies such as radiation, chemotherapy, and hormonal treatments, according to a study published recently in the online edition of the Journal of Oncology Practice.

24 Oct 2013

Elderly people at increased risk for getting flu

Flu season lurks around the corner throughout the United States, and gerontologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham say the elderly are at increased risk for getting the flu and often have a worse time coping with flu symptoms than do younger people.

24 Oct 2013

Doctors-in-training must employ etiquette-based communications to improve medical recovery, patient satisfaction

Johns Hopkins investigators have found that doctors-in-training are unlikely to introduce themselves fully to hospitalized patients or sit down to talk to them eye-to-eye, despite research suggesting that courteous bedside manners improve medical recovery along with patient satisfaction.

23 Oct 2013

Viewpoints: 'Unforced error' on marketplace website raises questions about administration's handling of health issues; Obama's 'desperate sales pitch;' GOP's faux concerns for exchanges

Anyone who supports the plan to cover Americans who couldn't get health insurance has to hope the administration quickly gets it right. But you can't help but wonder: Where was all this frantic effort in the three-and-a-half years from the time Obama signed the health law to the day the exchanges opened on Oct. 1?

From Quest Diagnostics 23 Oct 2013

Homeless people are extremely frequent users of health services, finds research

Single women who are homeless visit a hospital Emergency Department an average of more than twice a year, 13 times more often than women in the general population, new research has found.

23 Oct 2013

Thrive now offers new body contouring treatment that eliminates fat cells

Thrive Aesthetic & Anti-Aging Center is now offering a new body contouring treatment Vanquish RF that eliminates fat cells in the midsection without the invasion or downtime of surgery. Dr. Adam Maddox, N.D., of Thrive is the first doctor in the Pacific Northwest licensed to offer the breakthrough treatment, helping patients slim their entire core area where exercise and diet have plateaued.

23 Oct 2013

URC leads new project to improve people's health status in Haiti

University Research Co., LLC is leading a new project in Haiti, a country with complex public health issues, including decentralization, HIV/AIDS, and cholera, to improve the population's health status.

22 Oct 2013

Researchers identify key therapeutic target for cancers driven by KRAS protein

Patients with cancers driven by the protein KRAS, which are particularly hard to treat, may benefit from small molecules that attach to and disrupt the function of a KRAS-containing protein complex, according to results presented here at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, held Oct. 19-23.

20 Oct 2013

Be medicinewise: Talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of medicines

Today, NPS MedicineWise is urging people to ask questions about their medicines by speaking to a health professional or calling the NPS Medicines Line.

18 Oct 2013

Hypertension during pregnancy could raise woman's lifetime risk of stroke

High blood pressure during pregnancy could dramatically raise a woman's lifetime risk of stroke, according to a study presented today at the Canadian Stroke Congress.

18 Oct 2013

State exchanges wrestle with provider directories, search tools

News outlets report on some of the challenges and sign-up tallies for state-based online insurance marketplaces in California, Minnesota, Washington and Maryland. Also in the news, progress updates regarding outreach efforts and small businesses that are attempting to use the exchanges.

18 Oct 2013

Quality of care provided by female doctors is higher than their male counterparts

According to a University of Montreal research team, the quality of care provided by female doctors is higher than that of their male counterparts while the productivity of males is greater.

18 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 17, 2013

Today's headlines include reports and analyses of the Capitol Hill deal to raise the debt limit and reopen the federal government, as well as the latest developments regarding the health law's federal and state health insurance exchanges.

17 Oct 2013

New report examines impact of health reform on community health centers and patients

A new report by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services examines the impact of health reform on community health centers and their patients.

17 Oct 2013

Good news: Knowing risk early, women can take action to prevent osteoporosis

On World Osteoporosis Day, October 20, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) is calling for women to take action now to protect their bone health. Broken bones due to osteoporosis often result in pain, immobility and loss of quality of life as well as early death.

17 Oct 2013

5.2M won't get coverage in states rejecting Medicaid expansion; Wis. governor race heats up over expansion plans

A new report projects that 5.2 million adults will not get health coverage next year because their states aren't expanding Medicaid under the health law. In Wisconsin, expanding the program becomes an issue in the gubernatorial race, while in North Carolina, county commissioners ask state officials to reconsider their decision not to expand and in Virginia, supporters of expansion outnumber opponents in a hearing.

17 Oct 2013

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Smartphone-enabled otoscope provides clear images of ear tympanic membrane

GOP officials press for health law delay, Sebelius to resign; Democrats urge patience

Health law fails to bring competition to rural areas but spurs changes in mental health care

First Edition: October 24, 2013

Patient assistance programs help breast cancer patients to learn more about adjuvant therapy

Elderly people at increased risk for getting flu

Doctors-in-training must employ etiquette-based communications to improve medical recovery, patient satisfaction

Viewpoints: 'Unforced error' on marketplace website raises questions about administration's handling of health issues; Obama's 'desperate sales pitch;' GOP's faux concerns for exchanges

Homeless people are extremely frequent users of health services, finds research

Thrive now offers new body contouring treatment that eliminates fat cells

URC leads new project to improve people's health status in Haiti

Researchers identify key therapeutic target for cancers driven by KRAS protein

Be medicinewise: Talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of medicines

Hypertension during pregnancy could raise woman's lifetime risk of stroke

State exchanges wrestle with provider directories, search tools

Quality of care provided by female doctors is higher than their male counterparts

First Edition: October 17, 2013

New report examines impact of health reform on community health centers and patients

Good news: Knowing risk early, women can take action to prevent osteoporosis

5.2M won't get coverage in states rejecting Medicaid expansion; Wis. governor race heats up over expansion plans

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Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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