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Sanford Hospital starts clinical trial to study dissolving device in patients with CAD

Sanford Heart Hospital has started a clinical trial to study a dissolving device in patients with coronary artery disease. The ABSORB III clinical trial will investigate the safety and effectiveness of the Absorb Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS) device, manufactured by global health care company Abbott.

4 Feb 2014

ACE protein overexpression elevates immune responses and prevents Alzheimer's-like cognitive decline

Many people with high blood pressure are familiar with ACE inhibitors, drugs that widen blood vessels by limiting activity of ACE - angiotensin-converting enzyme - a naturally occurring protein found in tissues throughout the body.

4 Feb 2014

Expanded Medicaid offers new health coverage opportunities -- but not without confusion

News outlets detail how patients still don't completely understand the benefits that are now available to them.

4 Feb 2014

U.S. abortion rate drops, but not for the reasons you might think

A new study finds that the rates are lowest in 40 years.

4 Feb 2014

In pre-game rumble, Obama pushes back on O'Reilly questions about health care

The president told the Fox anchor that he regrets his earlier comments that people who like their insurance would be able to keep it.

4 Feb 2014

Study shows how pesticides may contribute to development of Parkinson's disease

New research shows how pesticides may increase the risk of Parkinson's disease and that people with certain gene variants may be more susceptible to the disease. The research is published in the February 4, 2014, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

4 Feb 2014

Surgeons report safer method to replace bone removed from skull after lifesaving brain surgery

Johns Hopkins surgeons report they have devised a better, safer method to replace bone removed from the skull after lifesaving brain surgery. The new technique, they say, appears to result in fewer complications than standard restoration, which has changed little since its development in the 1890s.

4 Feb 2014

Organized labor, chamber of commerce makes clear where they stand on the health law

Labor union leaders say the Obama administration's refusal to help with health law provisions they view as unsatisfactory is undermining their support for this year's midterm elections. Meanwhile, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is looking at ways to fix, rather than repeal, the overhaul.

4 Feb 2014

New prospective payment system contributes to improved patient choice, quality of care and costs

AcademyHealth today awarded its Health Services Research (HSR) Impact Award to work that contributed to the development of a prospective payment system that contributed to improved patient choice and quality of care, and reduced costs in the treatment of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).

4 Feb 2014

Report: 5 states, including Texas, are Anti-Obamacare diehards

The report by researchers at Georgetown University's Center on Health Insurance Reforms looked at which states declined to implement the law's major components. Meanwhile, conservative Kansas lawmakers push to sever their state from the law's authority and Indiana residents are slow to enroll in new insurance.

4 Feb 2014

Treating depression before onset of cardiovascular disease can cut risk of heart attack, stroke

Research led by Jesse C. Stewart, Ph.D., of the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, is the first to find that treatment of depression before any apparent signs of cardiovascular disease can decrease the risk of future heart attacks and strokes by almost half.

4 Feb 2014

Findings may help doctors personalize preterm birth prevention treatments

New research findings may soon help doctors personalize preterm birth prevention treatments by identifying which women at higher risk for preterm birth will be helped by progesterone injections.

4 Feb 2014

Research: Shy toddlers delay in speaking but not in understanding

Scientists have known that shy toddlers often have delayed speech, but a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder shows that the lag in using words does not mean that the children don't understand what's being said.

4 Feb 2014

Kentucky, Georgia offer insights to health law realities

The Washington Post and Kaiser Health News examine how the overhaul is working on the ground in specific locations.

4 Feb 2014

Administration looks at ways to ensure health care continuity

Meanwhile, tens of thousands are unable to appeal enrollment errors and a little-known provision of the law extends coverage to former foster kids until they turn 26.

4 Feb 2014

Researchers develop cardiac tissue from human stem cells to find cures for heart diseases

When it comes to finding cures for heart disease, scientists at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are working to their own beat. They may have developed a tissue model for the human heart that can bridge the gap between animal models and human clinical trial patients.

4 Feb 2014

Research News and Research

Sanford Hospital starts clinical trial to study dissolving device in patients with CAD

ACE protein overexpression elevates immune responses and prevents Alzheimer's-like cognitive decline

Expanded Medicaid offers new health coverage opportunities -- but not without confusion

U.S. abortion rate drops, but not for the reasons you might think

In pre-game rumble, Obama pushes back on O'Reilly questions about health care

Study shows how pesticides may contribute to development of Parkinson's disease

Surgeons report safer method to replace bone removed from skull after lifesaving brain surgery

Organized labor, chamber of commerce makes clear where they stand on the health law

New prospective payment system contributes to improved patient choice, quality of care and costs

Report: 5 states, including Texas, are Anti-Obamacare diehards

Treating depression before onset of cardiovascular disease can cut risk of heart attack, stroke

Findings may help doctors personalize preterm birth prevention treatments

Research: Shy toddlers delay in speaking but not in understanding

Kentucky, Georgia offer insights to health law realities

Administration looks at ways to ensure health care continuity

Researchers develop cardiac tissue from human stem cells to find cures for heart diseases

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