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Groups urge HHS to issue rules on medical company-doc relationships

The American Medical Student Association and the National Physicians Alliance are urging the Obama Administration to issue past-due regulations for a database of payments made by pharmaceutical companies and device makers to physicians.

8 Jan 2013

New study finds that adults with diabetes in Ontario get fewer government-funded eye exams

A new study has found that adults with diabetes in Ontario are getting significantly fewer government-funded eye exams than they were a decade ago, a key component of high-quality diabetes care essential to preventing diabetes-related eye complications.

8 Jan 2013

Clear battle lines emerge on budget issues

After last week's agreement to avert the "fiscal cliff," President Barack Obama and congressional GOP leaders are making clear their positions on tax increases and entitlement spending reductions -- including those to Medicare.

8 Jan 2013

Exercise and the exam room: Kaiser Permanente, other providers record new vital sign

Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation's largest nonprofit health insurance plans, made a big push a few years ago to get its southern California doctors to ask patients about exercise.

8 Jan 2013

Dementia diagnosis: an interview with Dr Andrew Blackwell, Chief Scientific Officer, Cambridge Cognition

Dementia is a huge public health problem, affecting about 800,000 people in the UK and 36 million people around the world.

8 Jan 2013

In some states, health insurers are raising rates despite health law's efforts to restrain increases

The New York Times details differences in states' ability to regulate rates as well as in premium costs. Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports on the savings that New Yorkers could experience.

8 Jan 2013

Study shows timely reminders increase immunization rates among preschool children

New research from the Children's Outcomes Research Program at Children's Hospital Colorado shows that timely reminders by state or local health departments are more effective at increasing immunization rates among preschool children than those from primary care practices.

8 Jan 2013

Penn study suggests dopamine treatments may play role in increasing impulsivity

While approximately one in five Parkinson's disease patients experience impulse control disorder symptoms, the disease itself does not increase the risk of gambling, shopping, or other impulsivity symptoms, according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

8 Jan 2013

EHR implementation with technical support can improve patient care in small physician practices: Study

The relationship between a physician practice's adoption of electronic health records (EHR) and quality improvements in patient care remains unclear.

7 Jan 2013

As Pentagon considers cuts, weapons makers look to contracts on health issues

Top weapons makers Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics are pursuing and winning health-care projects as the Pentagon weighs hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts.

7 Jan 2013

Shoulder complaint linked to diabetes diagnosis

Study findings confirm suspicions that patients with diabetes have an increased risk for adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder.

7 Jan 2013

New insulin associated genetic variants discovered

Exome array genotyping, which allows focus on the protein coding regions of the genome, has enabled researchers to identify three new genes containing low-frequency variants that influence insulin levels.

7 Jan 2013

Benefits of respiratory treatment for extremely premature infants persist

There are no significant differences in death or neurodevelopmental impairment between toddlers who underwent early continuous positive airway pressure or early surfactant administration as extremely premature infants, research shows.

7 Jan 2013

Vaccine gives HIV patients a long-term boost

A functional cure for HIV-1 seems feasible after research shows that an immunotherapeutic vaccine demonstrated long-term efficacy at reducing viral load when administered to patients in the early stages of disease.

7 Jan 2013

Real life experience of defibrillators lives up to clinical trial expectations

There is no significant difference in survival between clinical trial patients who receive an implantable cardioverter and clinical registry patients who receive a primary prevention ICD, researchers suggest.

7 Jan 2013

Root of socioeconomic impact on hypertension pinpointed

People who earn a low wage have a greater risk for hypertension than their counterparts with a higher income, especially women and those aged 25–44 years, research suggests.

7 Jan 2013

Merck’s resubmission of the NDA for suggammadex sodium injection accepted for review by the FDA

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the resubmission of the New Drug Application (NDA) for sugammadex sodium injection has been accepted for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Merck expects the FDA’s review to be completed in the first half of 2013.

7 Jan 2013

Industry sponsored drug and device studies: an interview with Professor Lisa Bero

Our review included analyses of drug and device studies conducted in humans. The drugs or devices could be compared to placebo or sham treatments, or other effective treatments. The drugs and devices examined for this review are used for a wide variety of clinical conditions, including cardiovascular and psychiatric diseases.

7 Jan 2013

McConnell, others demanding spending cuts - including Medicare

News outlets, especially the Sunday talk shows, highlighted the ongoing partisan battles on entitlement cuts.

7 Jan 2013

Experts at December WHO meeting agree upon sleeping sickness elimination plan

Experts at a December 2012 WHO meeting agreed on a plan to eliminate sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis), the Lancet reports.

7 Jan 2013

Research News and Research

Groups urge HHS to issue rules on medical company-doc relationships

New study finds that adults with diabetes in Ontario get fewer government-funded eye exams

Clear battle lines emerge on budget issues

Exercise and the exam room: Kaiser Permanente, other providers record new vital sign

Dementia diagnosis: an interview with Dr Andrew Blackwell, Chief Scientific Officer, Cambridge Cognition

In some states, health insurers are raising rates despite health law's efforts to restrain increases

Study shows timely reminders increase immunization rates among preschool children

Penn study suggests dopamine treatments may play role in increasing impulsivity

EHR implementation with technical support can improve patient care in small physician practices: Study

As Pentagon considers cuts, weapons makers look to contracts on health issues

Shoulder complaint linked to diabetes diagnosis

New insulin associated genetic variants discovered

Benefits of respiratory treatment for extremely premature infants persist

Vaccine gives HIV patients a long-term boost

Real life experience of defibrillators lives up to clinical trial expectations

Root of socioeconomic impact on hypertension pinpointed

Merck’s resubmission of the NDA for suggammadex sodium injection accepted for review by the FDA

Industry sponsored drug and device studies: an interview with Professor Lisa Bero

McConnell, others demanding spending cuts - including Medicare

Experts at December WHO meeting agree upon sleeping sickness elimination plan

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