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Some GOP lawmakers are shifting focus from Medicare to the tax code

House Republican leaders began a series of meetings last week to sell this idea to their rank-and-file members. Also in Capitol Hill news, cancer clinics argue that Congress should have addressed the cuts they took as a result of sequestration before turning to the spending reductions' impact on air travel.

30 Apr 2013

Research report provides recommendations to better protect children, adolescents from crashes

A research report released today from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia provides specific recommendations for optimizing the rear seat of passenger vehicles to better protect its most common occupants - children and adolescents.

30 Apr 2013

Research roundup: Young women and delays in breast cancer diagnosis

Adolescents and young adults (ages 15-39) make up 5 and 6 percent of all breast cancer cases in the United States and have the lowest five-year survival rates.

30 Apr 2013

Florida House rejects federal Medicaid expansion funds

The Florida House of Representatives passed its own limited health care bill that relies on state money to expand coverage to the state's neediest residents. Also in the news, reports from Ohio, Montana, Texas, Nebraska and Arizona on the status of state decision-making regarding the expansion.

30 Apr 2013

Gene study may uncover regulatory network that influences development of cardiovascular disease

University of North Carolina researchers have discovered that disrupting a gene that acts as a regulatory switch to turn on other genes can keep blood vessels from forming and developing properly.

30 Apr 2013

Obama tells Planned Parenthood he'll fight to maintain abortion rights

President Obama told attendees of Planned Parenthood's annual meeting that he will fight to maintain abortion rights and the group's federal backing. In the meantime, an antiabortion group releases undercover videos it took at abortion clinics.

30 Apr 2013

Researchers create novel way to enhance MRI

Researchers at New York University and NYU Langone Medical Center have created a novel way to enhance MRI by reducing interference from large macromolecules that can often obscure images generated by current chemical exchange saturation transfer methods.

30 Apr 2013

Medicaid: Texas docs lose money; Jindal adm. official has 'improper contact' with contractor

The first question many doctors ask when new patients call for appointments is how they intend to pay. If the answer is Medicaid, the doctor can expect to lose money. The Texas Legislature has been balancing the state's budget by intentionally paying doctors 40 to 75 percent less for Medicaid patients than what private insurers pay for the same treatment (4/27).

30 Apr 2013

Analysis identifies 37 RNA molecules that might predict survival in breast cancer patients

A Big Data analysis that integrates three large sets of genomic data available through The Cancer Genome Atlas has identified 37 RNA molecules that might predict survival in patients with the most common form of breast cancer.

30 Apr 2013

Federal gov't. moves against Nevada hospital for alleged patient dumping

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave Nevada 10 days to correct problems at Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital following reports it may have improperly discharged patients and bused them out of state.

30 Apr 2013

Berkeley Lab researchers unveil analytical technique for easy comparisons of proteins in solution

A revolutionary X-ray analytical technique that enables researchers at a glance to identify structural similarities and differences between multiple proteins under a variety of conditions has been developed by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

30 Apr 2013

New research shows more than a third of stroke patients don't get to hospital by ambulance

More than a third of stroke patients don't get to the hospital by ambulance, even though that's the fastest way to get there, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.

30 Apr 2013

CMS plans to increase Medicare hospital payments by 0.8%

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the proposed increase Friday, which will raise payments for services that elderly and disabled patients receive after being admitted to hospitals.

30 Apr 2013

Merck, Pfizer sign collaboration agreement for development and commercialization of ertugliflozin

Merck & Co., Inc., known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Pfizer Inc. today announced that they have entered into a worldwide (except Japan) collaboration agreement for the development and commercialization of Pfizer's ertugliflozin (PF-04971729), an investigational oral sodium glucose cotransporter (SGLT2) inhibitor being evaluated for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

From Pfizer, Inc. 30 Apr 2013

Research News and Research

Some GOP lawmakers are shifting focus from Medicare to the tax code

Research report provides recommendations to better protect children, adolescents from crashes

Research roundup: Young women and delays in breast cancer diagnosis

Florida House rejects federal Medicaid expansion funds

Gene study may uncover regulatory network that influences development of cardiovascular disease

Obama tells Planned Parenthood he'll fight to maintain abortion rights

Researchers create novel way to enhance MRI

Medicaid: Texas docs lose money; Jindal adm. official has 'improper contact' with contractor

Analysis identifies 37 RNA molecules that might predict survival in breast cancer patients

Federal gov't. moves against Nevada hospital for alleged patient dumping

Berkeley Lab researchers unveil analytical technique for easy comparisons of proteins in solution

New research shows more than a third of stroke patients don't get to hospital by ambulance

CMS plans to increase Medicare hospital payments by 0.8%

Merck, Pfizer sign collaboration agreement for development and commercialization of ertugliflozin

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Autism linked to epilepsy drug use in pregnancy

Targeted therapy prevents rare neurodevelopmental disorder seizures

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MRSA circulation among children greatest in hospitals

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