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How to fight ‘scary’ superbugs? Cooperation — and a special soap

Hospitals and nursing homes in California and Illinois are testing a surprisingly simple strategy against the dangerous, antibiotic-resistant superbugs that kill thousands of people each year: washing patients with a special soap.

12 Apr 2019

Heavy rains, end of drought could help keep West Nile virus subdued — for now

The end of California's drought, announced last month amid one of the rainiest winters in memory, could offer a surprising benefit: reduced transmission of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus.

12 Apr 2019

ACR praises Representatives Ruiz and Wenstrup for introducing bipartisan step therapy legislation

The American College of Rheumatology today praised Representative Raul Ruiz, MD (D-CA) and Representative Brad Wenstrup, MD (R-OH) for introducing the "Safe Step Act" (H.R. 2279). If enacted, H.R. 2279 would place reasonable parameters around the use of step therapy among employer-sponsored health plans.

12 Apr 2019

Study finds wide variations in Medicaid reimbursements for radiation therapies

A new study finds wide state-by-state variations in Medicaid reimbursements to physicians who treat cancer patients with radiation therapies.

12 Apr 2019

The U.S government may account for up to $37.8 billion due to opioid epidemic

The opioid epidemic may have cost U.S. state and federal governments up to $37.8 billion in lost tax revenue due to opioid-related employment loss, according to Penn State researchers.

12 Apr 2019

FDA issues safety labeling changes for female sexual dysfunction treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a safety labeling change order to Sprout Pharmaceuticals for their drug, Addyi (flibanserin), that requires the company to revise important safety information that women and their health care professionals need to have when considering use of the drug.

12 Apr 2019

New program to address longstanding perinatal health disparities

Despite being home to a world-class medical center, renowned physicians and high-quality medical treatment, many communities in Houston experience significantly higher infant and maternal death rates.

11 Apr 2019

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What the Health’: Still more ‘Medicare-for-all’

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a presidential candidate, unveiled the 2019 version of his "Medicare-for-all" bill this week. But even more than two decades after first proposing a single-payer plan for the U.S., Sanders still has not proposed a way to finance such a major undertaking.

11 Apr 2019

Making smarter decisions about where to recover after hospitalization

Every year, nearly 2 million people on Medicare — most of them older adults — go to a skilled nursing facility to recover after a hospitalization. But choosing the facility can be daunting, according to an emerging body of research.

11 Apr 2019

New report examines VA's process for determining TBI in veterans seeking disability compensation

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs should expand the requirement in its disability compensation process regarding who can diagnose traumatic brain injury to include any health care professional with pertinent and ongoing brain injury training and experience, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

11 Apr 2019

Nurses use local, real-time maps of opioid overdoses to inform clinical practice in real time

Nurse practitioners and nursing students can use local, real-time maps of opioid overdoses to inform their clinical work with adolescents in community health settings, finds new research from NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing.

11 Apr 2019

Researchers use experimental PET to detect abnormal tau in brains of living former NFL players

Using an experimental positron emission tomography scan, researchers have found elevated amounts of abnormal tau protein in brain regions players with cognitive, mood and behavior symptoms.

11 Apr 2019

Atrium Health and Wake Forest signs MOU to create next-generation healthcare system

Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wake Forest University today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to create a next-generation academic healthcare system.

11 Apr 2019

Study: 5-year-old boys more likely to have cognitive difficulties due to higher lead exposure

Soil contamination has long been recognized as a contributor to lead exposure in people and is now a health concern worldwide.

11 Apr 2019

FDA warns against using uncleared medical devices to assess or diagnose concussion

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning the public not to use medical devices marketed to consumers that claim to help assess, diagnose or manage head injury, including concussion, traumatic brain injury (TBI) or mild TBI.

11 Apr 2019

The blame game: Everyone and no one is raising insulin prices

A casual observer of Wednesday's House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing might think insulin prices just go up by themselves.

11 Apr 2019

Study: Surgical site infection risk after C-section higher among Medicaid-insured women

The risk of surgical site infection following cesarean delivery is higher among Medicaid-insured women when compared to women who were privately insured, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal for the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

10 Apr 2019

Penn State-led project focuses on opioid addiction treatment in teens

Substance use disorders continue to rise at alarming rates among adolescents, with opioid abuse contributing to this significant public health problem.

10 Apr 2019

Genetics may play a role in developing cancer therapy-induced cardiomyopathy

Recent advances in the development of cancer therapies have increased long-term survival and prognosis.

10 Apr 2019

New molecule could help fight type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

A new molecule -EPB-53-, could help fight type 2 diabetes and the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to a new study led by the team of Manuel Vázquez-Carrera, from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences and the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona, and the Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Diseases Networking Biomedical Research Center.

10 Apr 2019

Health Care News and Research

How to fight ‘scary’ superbugs? Cooperation — and a special soap

Heavy rains, end of drought could help keep West Nile virus subdued — for now

ACR praises Representatives Ruiz and Wenstrup for introducing bipartisan step therapy legislation

Study finds wide variations in Medicaid reimbursements for radiation therapies

The U.S government may account for up to $37.8 billion due to opioid epidemic

FDA issues safety labeling changes for female sexual dysfunction treatment

New program to address longstanding perinatal health disparities

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What the Health’: Still more ‘Medicare-for-all’

Making smarter decisions about where to recover after hospitalization

New report examines VA's process for determining TBI in veterans seeking disability compensation

Nurses use local, real-time maps of opioid overdoses to inform clinical practice in real time

Researchers use experimental PET to detect abnormal tau in brains of living former NFL players

Atrium Health and Wake Forest signs MOU to create next-generation healthcare system

Study: 5-year-old boys more likely to have cognitive difficulties due to higher lead exposure

FDA warns against using uncleared medical devices to assess or diagnose concussion

The blame game: Everyone and no one is raising insulin prices

Study: Surgical site infection risk after C-section higher among Medicaid-insured women

Penn State-led project focuses on opioid addiction treatment in teens

Genetics may play a role in developing cancer therapy-induced cardiomyopathy

New molecule could help fight type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

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