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HHS Secretary tours Alaska health care facilities; judge halts rollback of Ariz. same-sex benefits

Alaska has a message for HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: Don't assume that health care delivery reform can work the same way in every state. That's the lesson Sen. Mark Begich says he tried to impart to Sebelius as he toured some of the state's health and early child care centers with her last week. Sebelius went to learn first-hand about the state's health services, the Indian Health Service, and how the health law is being implemented.

8 Sep 2011

Medical students may act on unconscious racial preferences

New Johns Hopkins research shows that medical students — just like the general American population — may have unconscious if not overt preferences for white people, but this innate bias does not appear to translate into different or lesser health care of other races.

8 Sep 2011

New review article assesses alcohol's causal role in sexual assault perpetration

A new review article published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review assesses the extent to which alcohol plays a causal role in sexual assault perpetration. Results found that men who are already prone to anger, who have hostile attitudes toward women, and who are in social environments that accept sexual aggression are most likely to engage in sexual aggression when intoxicated.

8 Sep 2011

Viewpoints: Perry and Medicaid; flawed 'universal' coverage?; nursing home regulation

So far, he's mostly slammed Washington rather than detail how the states will manage if the federal government steps back. For example, he favors putting Medicaid in a block grant that would give states essential control over the program. If that happens, how would states absorb the costs?

8 Sep 2011

Innovative UMD-based food safety program to launch on Sept. 15

Amid ongoing concerns about E. coli, Salmonella and other food-borne illnesses, a new facility will take a unique approach to make imports bound for the United States safer: Give foreign technicians who test those foods intensive, hands-on lab training in U.S. government methods, standards and technology, as well as acceptable alternatives.

8 Sep 2011

Alcohol's role in sexual violence perpetration

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7 Sep 2011

First Edition: September 7, 2011

"Publicly, consumer and patient advocates continue to cheer wildly for last year's health care law. Behind the scenes, however, some worry that they are losing a few key battles to the insurance and business communities.

7 Sep 2011

More medical students seeking MBAs; paramedics providing primary care services

Under heavy pressure from government regulators and insurance companies, more and more physicians across the country are learning to think like entrepreneurs. As recently as the late 1990s, there were only five or six joint M.D./M.B.A degree programs at the nation's universities, said Dr. Maria Y. Chandler, a pediatrician with an M.B.A. who is an associate clinical professor in the medical and business schools at the University of California, Irvine. "Now there are 65," she said.

7 Sep 2011

Impact of colds and flu on school absenteeism, workplace and economy

Queen's University medical researchers today released some key findings from the first study of its kind done in Canada on the impact of colds and flu on school absenteeism, the workplace, and the economy.

7 Sep 2011

Gene variants that help regulate serotonin may serve as predictor of risk for PSTD symptoms

Data in a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry suggest that certain variants of a gene that helps regulate serotonin, may serve as a useful predictor of risk for symptoms related to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following a trauma.

6 Sep 2011

Child's homework motivation would improve if parents have more positive attitude

Parents who want to improve their child's motivation to complete homework this school year need to change their own attitude and behavior, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers.

3 Sep 2011

Simulation training helps students to score more on final examinations

Medical students who practiced on a patient simulator before assisting in real-life vaginal deliveries scored significantly higher on their final examinations than did students receiving a lecture only at the start of an obstetric clerkship.

3 Sep 2011

In research world, Walter Reed fights malaria while new facility seeks to prevent medical errors

Most people know "the Walter Reed" as a mammoth military medical center in Washington, D.C., where both U.S. presidents and ordinary war-wounded soldiers get their care. But the center's Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, housed for the past decade on its own campus in Maryland, just outside Washington, is one of the world's premier research centers for infectious diseases.

3 Sep 2011

Key international experts to attend major European bone congress in Bourse, France

Key international experts in the bone field are to be featured speakers and session leaders at the upcoming European Congress on Osteoporosis & Osteoarthritis (IOF-ECCEO12). As the major European bone event of the year, IOF-ECCEO12 will present the latest research and clinical advances in the bone field.

3 Sep 2011

New implantable micro oxygen generator improves effectiveness of anticancer tharapy

Researchers have created and tested miniature devices that are implanted in tumors to generate oxygen, boosting the killing power of radiation and chemotherapy.

2 Sep 2011

Nova Southeastern University's medical school plans to expand residency programs

Nova Southeastern University's (NSU) medical school announced plans to expand its affiliated residency programs following recent Congressional legislation to increase the number of residency spots in Florida.

31 Aug 2011

Smarter health care spending key, according to Harvard study

Economists take on health care spending issues in presentations before the Fed's August meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyo.

30 Aug 2011

New research advances field of plastic-based flexible electronics

New research from Wake Forest University has advanced the field of plastic-based flexible electronics by developing, for the first time, an extremely large molecule that is stable, possesses excellent electrical properties, and inexpensive to produce.

30 Aug 2011

Ecstasy redesigned for use against blood cancer

The illicit drug ecstasy has been redesigned by researchers at the University of WA for use in treatment of blood cancers.

30 Aug 2011

Student researchers throughout Australia compete for annual award

Student researchers from throughout Australia will compete for state and national titles in the country’s leading competition for life science, biotechnology and bio-engineering students: the 2011 AusBiotech-GSK Student Excellence Awards. Applications are now open for the 2011 awards.

29 Aug 2011

Students News and Research

HHS Secretary tours Alaska health care facilities; judge halts rollback of Ariz. same-sex benefits

Medical students may act on unconscious racial preferences

New review article assesses alcohol's causal role in sexual assault perpetration

Viewpoints: Perry and Medicaid; flawed 'universal' coverage?; nursing home regulation

Innovative UMD-based food safety program to launch on Sept. 15

Alcohol's role in sexual violence perpetration

First Edition: September 7, 2011

More medical students seeking MBAs; paramedics providing primary care services

Impact of colds and flu on school absenteeism, workplace and economy

Gene variants that help regulate serotonin may serve as predictor of risk for PSTD symptoms

Child's homework motivation would improve if parents have more positive attitude

Simulation training helps students to score more on final examinations

In research world, Walter Reed fights malaria while new facility seeks to prevent medical errors

Key international experts to attend major European bone congress in Bourse, France

New implantable micro oxygen generator improves effectiveness of anticancer tharapy

Nova Southeastern University's medical school plans to expand residency programs

Smarter health care spending key, according to Harvard study

New research advances field of plastic-based flexible electronics

Ecstasy redesigned for use against blood cancer

Student researchers throughout Australia compete for annual award

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