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Medicare overpays advantage plans billions because of billing errors: report

An investigation by the Center for Public Integrity examines how use of a "risk score" that is supposed to help protect the private plans if they have an excess of sicker beneficiaries may have been mishandled.

5 Jun 2014

Four new genes cause inherited breast cancer risk

Four new genes have been added to the growing list of those known to cause increased breast cancer risk when mutated through the efforts of researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah, who lead an international consortium working to find more gene mutations that cause inherited breast cancer susceptibilities.

5 Jun 2014

Federal appeals court blocks Ariz. abortion pill restrictions

The court said the state didn't present evidence that the regulations furthered women's health. Elsewhere, a bill to stop employers from denying birth control coverage in their plans is considered in New York.

5 Jun 2014

Healthcare providers reluctant to ask heart failure patients about end-of-life plans

Healthcare providers are reluctant to discuss end-of-life care with heart failure patients and their families because they feel uncomfortable broaching the topic or lack time, according to a new study presented at the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research 2014 Scientific Sessions.

5 Jun 2014

Study examines impact of switching breakfast eating habits on weight loss

Breakfast is often said to be the most important meal of the day. Nutritionists regularly suggest it be eaten each morning for many health benefits, including weight loss and weight maintenance.

5 Jun 2014

Patient registry to help clinicians identify, manage people who have progressive lung disease

Duke Clinical Research Institute has launched a patient registry to help researchers and clinicians identify, manage and study people who have a progressive lung disease called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

5 Jun 2014

NIH study finds that MDMA drug can be more dangerous in hot, crowded settings

A moderate dose of MDMA, commonly known as Ecstasy or Molly, that is typically nonfatal in cool, quiet environments can be lethal in rats exposed to conditions that mimic the hot, crowded, social settings where the drug is often used by people, a study finds.

5 Jun 2014

Elekta and Philips partner to develop integrated MRI guided radiation therapy system

Elekta and Royal Philips announced today that The Institute of Cancer Research, London, a world-leading cancer research institution, working with its clinical partner The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, will join the Elekta MR Linac Research Consortium, a group with a mission to develop an integrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guided radiation therapy system.

From Philips Healthcare 5 Jun 2014

5-question screening tool can help clinicians identify which veterans may be at risk of violence

A new brief, 5-question screening tool can help clinicians identify which veterans may be at greater risk of violence, according to a new study led by a UNC researcher.

5 Jun 2014

Transforming health care with data proves daunting

Speakers at Health Datapalooza, the annual convention for data geeks, doctors, researchers and patients, offered numerous examples of how people are trying to use data to make medical care safer, swifter and less expensive. But most of those projects are still works in progress.

5 Jun 2014

Interferon Type I immune proteins key drivers of human hemorrhagic fevers

Hemorrhagic fevers caused by Lassa, dengue and other viruses affect more than one million people annually and are often fatal, yet scientists have never understood why only some virus-infected people come down with the disease and others do not.

5 Jun 2014

Non-obstructive coronary artery disease linked with 28 to 44% increased risk of major heart attack

Non-obstructive coronary artery disease was associated with a 28 to 44 percent increased risk of a major adverse cardiac event such as a heart attack or death, in a new study presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research 2014 Scientific Sessions.

5 Jun 2014

Tailored light treatment can improve sleep and behavior in people with Alzheimer's disease

A new study suggests that light treatment tailored to increase circadian stimulation during the day may improve sleep, depression and agitation in people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.

5 Jun 2014

Congress wrestles with best way to solve VA problems

Lawmakers ponder whether to expand the system or just give veterans more opportunities to opt into private health care at federal expense. Some analysts say, though, that any fixes could be held up in the Senate by election year bickering.

5 Jun 2014

New edible films contain oils from clove and oregano that preserve bread longer

Essential oils have boomed in popularity as more people seek out alternatives to replace their synthetic cleaning products, anti-mosquito sprays and medicines. Now scientists are tapping them as candidates to preserve food in a more consumer-friendly way.

5 Jun 2014

Citing patient danger, Minn. takes over nursing home

The state health department says it took over the Camden Care Center because of serious violations that endangered patients and a high number of regulatory violations.

5 Jun 2014

Soda consumers may get much higher dose of harmful sugar fructose than labels show

Soda consumers may be getting a much higher dose of the harmful sugar fructose than they have been led to believe, according to a new study by the Childhood Obesity Research Center (CORC) at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC), part of Keck Medicine of USC.

5 Jun 2014

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Medicare overpays advantage plans billions because of billing errors: report

Four new genes cause inherited breast cancer risk

Federal appeals court blocks Ariz. abortion pill restrictions

Healthcare providers reluctant to ask heart failure patients about end-of-life plans

Study examines impact of switching breakfast eating habits on weight loss

Patient registry to help clinicians identify, manage people who have progressive lung disease

NIH study finds that MDMA drug can be more dangerous in hot, crowded settings

Elekta and Philips partner to develop integrated MRI guided radiation therapy system

5-question screening tool can help clinicians identify which veterans may be at risk of violence

Transforming health care with data proves daunting

Interferon Type I immune proteins key drivers of human hemorrhagic fevers

Non-obstructive coronary artery disease linked with 28 to 44% increased risk of major heart attack

Tailored light treatment can improve sleep and behavior in people with Alzheimer's disease

Congress wrestles with best way to solve VA problems

New edible films contain oils from clove and oregano that preserve bread longer

Citing patient danger, Minn. takes over nursing home

Soda consumers may get much higher dose of harmful sugar fructose than labels show

Novel technology to block human infections receives I-Corps grant

Democrats tout Medicaid expansion in campaigns

New gene involved in Parkinson's disease, find researchers

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