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Klobuchar wants to stop ‘pay-for-delay’ deals that keep drug prices high

Washington's recent fixation with lowering drug costs has introduced Americans to once-insider terms like "pharmacy benefit managers" and "list prices."

26 Apr 2019

Study finds significant delays in reporting human cases of West Nile virus

Mount Sinai researchers found significant delays in reporting human cases of West Nile virus, hampering real-time forecasting of the potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease, according to a study in the JAMA Network Open in April.

26 Apr 2019

Hurricane Maria’s legacy: Thousands of Puerto Rican students show PTSD symptoms

Food shortages, damaged homes, fear of death, loved ones leaving. The cumulative stresses of Hurricane Maria contributed to thousands of schoolchildren developing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, in Puerto Rico, according to a study published Friday.

26 Apr 2019

UA College partners with Space Tango to develop an easy way to test astronauts' health in space

Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix are partnering with Space Tango, a private aerospace company that designs, builds and operates facilities on the International Space Station, to develop an easy way to test astronauts' health in space.

26 Apr 2019

Hospitals chafe under Medicare’s new payment rule for off-campus clinics

Eric Lewis' plans for expansion have derailed. As chief executive officer of Olympic Medical Center, he oversees efforts to provide care to roughly 75,000 people in Clallam County, in the isolated, rural northwestern corner of Washington state.

26 Apr 2019

Patients caught in middle of fight between health care behemoths

Cancer survivors Evalyn Bodick, 74, and Barbara Marsic, 63, are caught in the crossfire of one of the fiercest health care fights in the country. They fear they are about to lose access to the doctors they say have kept them alive.

26 Apr 2019

Study provides new data on health-related quality of life in patients with chronic edema

Final results of the large, international LIMPRINT study have provided new data on the prevalence of chronic swelling and the devastating impact it can have on health-related quality of life.

26 Apr 2019

Quality improvement programs in the NHS show no difference in patient survival

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London studied the effectiveness of one of the largest ever national quality improvement programs in the National Health Service and found no improvement in patient survival.

26 Apr 2019

Studies verify novel method of HIV transmission among injection drug users and effective prevention

New studies from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University have found for the first time that HIV can be transmitted through the sharing of equipment used to prepare drugs before injection and that a simple intervention - heating the equipment with a cigarette lighter for 10 seconds - can destroy the HIV virus, preventing that transmission.

26 Apr 2019

Role of dentists in identifying domestic violence victims

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix and Midwestern University have published an article to bring to light the important role dentists can play in identifying domestic violence victims.

26 Apr 2019

Hasting center publishes new articles on Federal Right to Try, Citizen Science and Gamification

Many patients with terminal or serious illness who have exhausted their treatment options want access to experimental therapies they hope will help them.

26 Apr 2019

Study: Prior authorization practices cause unnecessary delays and interference in care decisions for cancer patients

Restrictive prior authorization practices cause unnecessary delays and interference in care decisions for cancer patients, according to a new survey of nearly 700 radiation oncologists -- physicians who treat cancer patients using radiation-- released today by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

26 Apr 2019

New genetic test identifies many disease-causing gene variations in high-risk populations

Researchers at Nemours Children's Health System have developed a new low-cost genetic test that accurately identified more than 200 known disease-causing gene variations in two high-risk populations, the Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonites of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

25 Apr 2019

Stem cells in hair follicles have potential to regenerate myelin sheath that coats neurons

A subset of the stem cells in hair follicles have the potential to regenerate the coating that insulates neurons in mice, reports Thomas Hornyak of the VA Maryland Health Care System and the University of Maryland School of Medicine and colleagues, in a new study published 24th April in PLOS Genetics.

25 Apr 2019

Association insurance pushes on despite court ruling

When the Trump administration in June issued rules making it easier for small employers to band together to buy health insurance, "we started looking immediately," recalled Scott Lyon, a top executive at the Small Business Association of Michigan.

25 Apr 2019

Researchers seek sage advice of elders on aging issues

Rachel O'Conor booted up her slides and began posing questions to six older adults sitting around a table: How should primary care physicians support patients and caregivers after a diagnosis of dementia? And what stands in the way of getting adequate support?

25 Apr 2019

Predicting whether a patient will benefit from chemotherapy

Case Western Reserve University researchers and partners, including a collaborator at Cleveland Clinic, are pushing the boundaries of how "smart" diagnostic-imaging machines identify cancers--and uncovering clues outside the tumor to tell whether a patient will respond well to chemotherapy.

25 Apr 2019

Eisenhower Health first in Southern California to offer new lung valve treatment for COPD/emphysema

Eisenhower Health is the first hospital in Southern California to offer a new lung valve treatment for patients with severe COPD/emphysema.

25 Apr 2019

Study finds different amounts of physical therapy for stroke patients

Medicare-covered stroke patients receive vastly different amounts of physical and occupational therapy during hospital stays despite evidence that such care is strongly associated with positive health outcomes, a new study by Brown University researchers found.

25 Apr 2019

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ The abortion wars rage on

A federal district judge in Oregon blocked new rules for the federal family planning program issued by the Trump administration and due to take effect May 3. It's one of several cases out to thwart the changes that would effectively evict Planned Parenthood from the Title X program.

25 Apr 2019

Health Care News and Research

Klobuchar wants to stop ‘pay-for-delay’ deals that keep drug prices high

Study finds significant delays in reporting human cases of West Nile virus

Hurricane Maria’s legacy: Thousands of Puerto Rican students show PTSD symptoms

UA College partners with Space Tango to develop an easy way to test astronauts' health in space

Hospitals chafe under Medicare’s new payment rule for off-campus clinics

Patients caught in middle of fight between health care behemoths

Study provides new data on health-related quality of life in patients with chronic edema

Quality improvement programs in the NHS show no difference in patient survival

Studies verify novel method of HIV transmission among injection drug users and effective prevention

Role of dentists in identifying domestic violence victims

Hasting center publishes new articles on Federal Right to Try, Citizen Science and Gamification

Study: Prior authorization practices cause unnecessary delays and interference in care decisions for cancer patients

New genetic test identifies many disease-causing gene variations in high-risk populations

Stem cells in hair follicles have potential to regenerate myelin sheath that coats neurons

Association insurance pushes on despite court ruling

Researchers seek sage advice of elders on aging issues

Predicting whether a patient will benefit from chemotherapy

Eisenhower Health first in Southern California to offer new lung valve treatment for COPD/emphysema

Study finds different amounts of physical therapy for stroke patients

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ The abortion wars rage on

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