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In California, Democrats propose $25 minimum wage for health workers

Union-aligned Democrats were set to introduce legislation Wednesday mandating a statewide $25 minimum wage for health workers and support staffers, likely setting up a pitched battle with hospitals, nursing homes, and dialysis clinics.

14 Feb 2023

Your money or your life: Patient on $50,000-a-week cancer drug fears leaving behind huge medical debt

After several rounds of treatment for a rare eye cancer — weekly drug infusions that could cost nearly $50,000 each — Paul Davis learned Medicare had abruptly stopped paying the bills.

14 Feb 2023

Montana’s tax-exempt hospitals oppose increased oversight by state officials

Nonprofit hospitals are fighting Montana's attempt to boost oversight of the ways they claim they provide benefits to their communities in exchange for millions of dollars in tax breaks.

13 Feb 2023

Lancet Series outlines baby formula companies' exploitative marketing playbook to sell products

This is amongst the findings of the 2023 Lancet Series on Breastfeeding, which comprises three papers launched in South Africa on 10 February and in the UK on 8 February.

10 Feb 2023

Morristown Medical Center reaches significant milestone of performing over 4,000 TAVR

Morristown Medical Center's Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute's structural heart program reached a significant milestone of performing over 4,000 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures with well over 650 in 2022 alone.

10 Feb 2023

‘The country is watching’: California homeless crisis looms as Gov. Newsom eyes political future

Driving through the industrial outskirts of Sacramento, a stretch of warehouses, wholesale suppliers, truck centers, and auto repair shops northeast of downtown, it's hard to square California's $18 billion investment in homeless services with the roadside misery.

9 Feb 2023

Updated advice to prevent healthcare-associated infections focuses on hand hygiene

Five medical organizations are recommending updated best practices for hand hygiene to protect patients and staff in healthcare settings.

8 Feb 2023

Vaccination campaigns can reduce the impact of COVID-19 on pregnant women

Many African countries have no COVID-19 vaccination policy for pregnant women as a study in the BMJ Global Health journal shows pregnant women with COVID-19 are seven times more at risk of death.

8 Feb 2023

Study examines clinical risk factors for kidney function decline in children with CKD

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children is rare, which makes it difficult to study and leaves major gaps in the quantity and quality of evidence that informs the care of pediatric patients with the condition.

6 Feb 2023

MD Anderson collaborates with the Republic of Indonesia to expand its global oncology efforts

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced the expansion of its global oncology efforts through a new agreement with the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia.

3 Feb 2023

What were the effects of prolonged personal protective equipment use during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Researchers explored the physical and stress-related psychological effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on healthcare workers.

2 Feb 2023

India’s ‘chit fund’ system may help meet the health needs of people

India's traditional 'chit fund' system of banking by small self-help groups may meet the health needs of the country's 1.4 billion people better than private health insurance companies, which only cover around half of medical bills, researchers say.

31 Jan 2023

Can reducing air pollution prevent multimorbidity?

Researchers argues for the need to more studies to identify a potential association between multimorbidity and air pollution, if it exists.

31 Jan 2023

Mount Sinai scientists earn $12 million to elucidate novel causes of food allergies and atopic dermatitis

Mount Sinai researchers have been awarded $12 million over five years by the National Institutes of Health to create a center to elucidate novel causes of, and contributing factors to, food allergies and atopic dermatitis.

25 Jan 2023

Calorie counting better for weight loss than intermittent fasting

In a recent study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers in the United States assessed the correlation between sleeping and eating intervals and long-term weight change.

22 Jan 2023

£150 million government funding to better support people experiencing mental health crises

Anyone experiencing a mental health emergency will benefit from more tailored emergency care and support in the community through specialized mental health ambulances, more crisis services, and improved health-based places of safety.

22 Jan 2023

Participants using Huma's clinical trial platform have high levels of engagement in COVID-19 study

Huma Therapeutics Limited ("Huma"), a leading global digital health company, today announced results of a new study in collaboration with the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge showing that participants using Huma's clinical trial platform had high, sustained levels of engagement in an observational, fully remote COVID-19 study.

13 Jan 2023

TOS and OAC support the evidence-based view of obesity presented in new AAP clinical guideline

The Obesity Society and Obesity Action Coalition have collaborated to issue a statement on the new Clinical Guideline for Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Obesity published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

13 Jan 2023

Machine learning-based behavioral intervention can improve end-of-life cancer care

Electronic nudges delivered to health care clinicians based on a machine learning algorithm that predicts mortality risk quadrupled rates of conversations with patients about their end-of-life care preferences, according to the long-term results of a randomized clinical trial published by Penn Medicine investigators in JAMA Oncology today.

12 Jan 2023

Despite doctors’ concerns, University of California renews ties with religious affiliates

As the University of California's health system renews contracts with hundreds of outside hospitals and clinics — many with religious affiliations — some of its doctors and faculty want stronger language to ensure that physicians can perform the treatments they deem appropriate, including abortions for women or hysterectomies for transgender patients.

12 Jan 2023

Health Systems News and Research

In California, Democrats propose $25 minimum wage for health workers

Your money or your life: Patient on $50,000-a-week cancer drug fears leaving behind huge medical debt

Montana’s tax-exempt hospitals oppose increased oversight by state officials

Lancet Series outlines baby formula companies' exploitative marketing playbook to sell products

Morristown Medical Center reaches significant milestone of performing over 4,000 TAVR

‘The country is watching’: California homeless crisis looms as Gov. Newsom eyes political future

Updated advice to prevent healthcare-associated infections focuses on hand hygiene

Vaccination campaigns can reduce the impact of COVID-19 on pregnant women

Study examines clinical risk factors for kidney function decline in children with CKD

MD Anderson collaborates with the Republic of Indonesia to expand its global oncology efforts

What were the effects of prolonged personal protective equipment use during the COVID-19 pandemic?

India’s ‘chit fund’ system may help meet the health needs of people

Can reducing air pollution prevent multimorbidity?

Mount Sinai scientists earn $12 million to elucidate novel causes of food allergies and atopic dermatitis

Calorie counting better for weight loss than intermittent fasting

£150 million government funding to better support people experiencing mental health crises

Participants using Huma's clinical trial platform have high levels of engagement in COVID-19 study

TOS and OAC support the evidence-based view of obesity presented in new AAP clinical guideline

Machine learning-based behavioral intervention can improve end-of-life cancer care

Despite doctors’ concerns, University of California renews ties with religious affiliates

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