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Viewpoints: Insurance and death rates; Massachusetts 'exit plan'; Obamacare premiums

Alert (or at least health-care-obsessed) readers have no doubt been following the coverage of a new study on mortality in Massachusetts in the years following Romneycare's coverage expansion.

9 May 2014

Women who received collaborative care for depression show favorable outcomes

Women who received collaborative care for depression at an obstetrics and gynecology clinic showed fewer symptoms after treatment than women receiving usual depression care in the same setting, recent University of Washington research found.

9 May 2014

Luminescent nanocrystals tags with high-speed scanning technology detects multiple viruses within minutes

A research team using tunable luminescent nanocrystals as tags to advance medical and security imaging have successfully applied them to high-speed scanning technology and detected multiple viruses within minutes.

9 May 2014

Insurers to House panel: Payment rates above 80% for plans purchased on health exchanges

Officials from the major insurance companies were not following themes of gloom and doom and instead told the Energy and Commerce Committee that the overhaul has not triggered a government takeover of their industry, and that their stock prices are doing well.

9 May 2014

Study provides potential target for cutting off growth of cancer stem cells

A subset of immune cells directly target colon cancers, rather than the immune system, giving the cells the aggressive properties of cancer stem cells.

9 May 2014

Glutamate imaging reveals ischemic lesions in first 3 hours after stroke, shows research

Glutamate imaging reveals ischemic lesions in the first 3 hours after stroke that are not distinguishable in T1-weighted and T2-weighted imaging.

9 May 2014

Chinese herbal formula protects against hippocampal neurons death via non-classical estrogen pathway

Amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are the main pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, as well as the loss of neurons and synapses. recent reports have shown that estrogen exerts neuroprotective effects.

9 May 2014

Emergent BioSolutions reports total revenue of $53.9 million for Q1 2014

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. reported total revenue for Q1 2014 of $53.9 million as compared to $43.1 million in 2013. In addition, Q1 2014 net loss was $20.2 million, or $0.55 per share, as compared to a net loss of $8.1 million, or $0.22 per share, in 2013.

9 May 2014

New title from Springer explores science and side effects of commercial confections industry

Have you ever wondered what makes those delectable little gummy bears gummy? Or why sugary candies cause cavities? Then Springer's new book - Candy Bites - should be at the top of your reading list.

9 May 2014

N.C. Senate GOP nominee calls for Obamacare repeal

In Massachusetts, former CMS chief Dr. Don Berwick's campaign for governor calls for single-payer care, and Democratic candidates in Maryland's race for governor clash over the insurance exchange.

9 May 2014

uEtG accurately detects alcohol consumption in liver transplant candidates and recipients

Researchers from Italy confirm that urinary ethyl glucuronide (uEtG) accurately detects alcohol consumption in liver transplant candidates and recipients.

9 May 2014

Salix Pharmaceuticals' total net product revenue increases 90% to $384.4 million in Q1 2014

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. today announced financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014, and other business updates.

9 May 2014

Book about Virginia Mason's journey to transform health care receives 2014 Shingo Award

A new book about Virginia Mason's journey to transform health care has received the 2014 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award, becoming the second volume about the health system to earn this prize.

9 May 2014

Psychologists and physicians help address barriers to improved primary health care

Primary care teams that include both psychologists and physicians would help address known barriers to improved primary health care, including missed diagnoses, a lack of attention to behavioral factors and limited patient access to needed care, according to health care experts writing in a special issue of American Psychologist, the flagship journal of the American Psychological Association.

9 May 2014

Teaching people to self-manage diabetes leads to better results

Teaching people with diabetes how to control their blood glucose levels helps them achieve better results, finds a new study in Ethnicity and Disease. Surprisingly, providing intensive training to physicians of diabetes patients did not help patients achieve blood glucose control.

9 May 2014

Patients with Parkinson's disease show improvements after exenatide therapy

Follow-Up Study Published in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease Supports an Earlier "Proof of Concept" Trial. A follow-up study of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) who participated in an earlier "proof of concept" clinical trial using exenatide showed that improvements persisted twelve months after discontinuing exenatide therapy.

9 May 2014

Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation gift $4 million to support UCLA research

Two new gifts from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to UCLA totaling $4 million will fund research in stem cell science and digestive diseases and support the recruitment of key faculty at two renowned research centers.

9 May 2014

American Legion calls on VA secretary to resign over health system

Accusations that records were kept secret or falsified and over preventable deaths and mismanagement are part of a larger problems within the Veterans Affairs health system, some say.

9 May 2014

Children with autism experience deficits in immune cell that protects against infection

Children with autism experience deficits in a type of immune cell that protects the body from infection. Called granulocytes, the cells exhibit one-third the capacity to fight infection and protect the body from invasion compared with the same cells in children who are developing normally.

9 May 2014

'Face of campaign' initially unable to get coverage

It took a reporter's intervention to obtain coverage for a Chicago resident who had touted the law's benefits at a news conference last year but who had been mired in computer and other problems. Other reports look at how free preventive services may reduce health disparities and whether insurers can charge higher premiums to those who smoke e-cigarettes.

9 May 2014

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Viewpoints: Insurance and death rates; Massachusetts 'exit plan'; Obamacare premiums

Women who received collaborative care for depression show favorable outcomes

Luminescent nanocrystals tags with high-speed scanning technology detects multiple viruses within minutes

Insurers to House panel: Payment rates above 80% for plans purchased on health exchanges

Study provides potential target for cutting off growth of cancer stem cells

Glutamate imaging reveals ischemic lesions in first 3 hours after stroke, shows research

Chinese herbal formula protects against hippocampal neurons death via non-classical estrogen pathway

Emergent BioSolutions reports total revenue of $53.9 million for Q1 2014

New title from Springer explores science and side effects of commercial confections industry

N.C. Senate GOP nominee calls for Obamacare repeal

uEtG accurately detects alcohol consumption in liver transplant candidates and recipients

Salix Pharmaceuticals' total net product revenue increases 90% to $384.4 million in Q1 2014

Book about Virginia Mason's journey to transform health care receives 2014 Shingo Award

Psychologists and physicians help address barriers to improved primary health care

Teaching people to self-manage diabetes leads to better results

Patients with Parkinson's disease show improvements after exenatide therapy

Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation gift $4 million to support UCLA research

American Legion calls on VA secretary to resign over health system

Children with autism experience deficits in immune cell that protects against infection

'Face of campaign' initially unable to get coverage

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