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Presidential support for global health critical in next administration

"It's not much of a surprise that Monday night's presidential debate, which focused on foreign policy, was consumed by a discussion of defense spending, and security and trade policies," but "it's still disappointing that both President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Gov. Mitt Romney were relatively silent on issues like global health, research, and international aid," Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC) Communications Officer Kim Lufkin writes in the GHTC's "Breakthroughs" blog.

26 Oct 2012

Ancestry could simplify searches for harmful mutations

Explosive advancement in human genome sequencing opens new possibilities for identifying the genetic roots of certain diseases and finding cures. However, so many variations among individual genomes exist that identifying mutations responsible for a specific disease has in many cases proven an insurmountable challenge.

26 Oct 2012

Malawi needs donor support to maintain HIV/AIDS treatment program

In the last of a series of posts on the U.K. Department for International Development's (DfID) blog examining the department's work in Malawi, Neil Squires, DfID head of profession for health, looks at the sustainability of the country's HIV/AIDS program.

26 Oct 2012

Quality Systems second quarter revenues increase 8% to $116.1 million

Quality Systems, Inc. announced today results for its fiscal 2013 second quarter ended September 30, 2012.

26 Oct 2012

Associated Press examines access to antiretroviral treatment in Myanmar

The Associated Press examines access to antiretroviral treatment in Myanmar, which "ranks among the world's hardest places to get HIV care, and health experts warn it will take years to prop up a broken health system hobbled by decades of neglect."

26 Oct 2012

Viewpoints: Medicare provider cuts 'won't work'; A 'pamphlet isn't a plan'

Once the presidential election is over, Congress will try to address the Medicare cost shortfall one way or another. They will almost certainly consider a method that is guaranteed to fail: Medicare rate cuts for doctors and hospitals. It's been tried before, most notably as part of the 1997 Balanced Budget Act. Not once since the BBA required annual physician rate cuts have those cuts been implemented, leading every year to the predictable and depressing final-hours "doc fix" vote.

26 Oct 2012

Blog reports on efforts to deliver medicines to conflict-stricken region of DRC

Management Sciences for Health's "Global Health Impact" blog reports on USAID-funded efforts to deliver medicines to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Sud Kivu province, which "has been an area of armed conflict for many years, with various rebel factions fighting for control over the resource-rich region."

26 Oct 2012

Targeted deletion of major VEGF gene in mice induces vision loss

Millions of people with "wet" macular degeneration are prescribed a class of medication known as anti-VEGF drugs. But now scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found that a drastic reduction of VEGF activity may do more harm than good.

26 Oct 2012

Study finds pollution as dangerous to health in developing world as malaria, TB

"Industrial pollution is putting the health of 125 million people at risk worldwide and is as dangerous in the developing world as malaria or tuberculosis, according to a new report," titled "2012 World's Worst Pollution Problems," Reuters/ABC Science reports.

26 Oct 2012

Resveratrol does not appear to offer metabolic benefits in healthy women

Resveratrol, an ingredient in red wine thought to improve insulin sensitivity, reduce risk of heart disease and increase longevity, does not appear to offer these benefits in healthy women, new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates.

26 Oct 2012

Campaign news: President talks up health law; Romney's Medicaid claims challenged

Health care reform hasn't turned out to be as scary as Republicans have portrayed it, according to President Obama. Obama, who regularly defends his signature healthcare law on the stump, brushed aside GOP criticism during an interview with the Des Moines Register editorial board in which he made his case for the paper's endorsement.

26 Oct 2012

Africa's agricultural sector must be developed in order to address food security issues

"With food security now on the global agenda, the world is turning to African agriculture as the answer to the question of how we feed the future," an editorial in Tanzania's "Daily News" states. The

26 Oct 2012

HSS announces opening of new Lerner Children's Pavilion

The new Pavilion within the #1 hospital for orthopedics in the country affirms HSS' longstanding commitment to championing children and caring for their musculoskeletal conditions.

26 Oct 2012

Medical practice evolves: Prescribing habits, doc-patient relationship, health law changes

A push to treat chronic pain and financial disincentives for treating addiction may pressure clinicians into prescribing opioids for patients who are already addicted, a researcher suggested.

26 Oct 2012

Republicans threaten to subpoena Obama administration over $23M health law PR campaign

House Ways and Means Committee members are seeking details on efforts to promote programs in the 2010 health law.

26 Oct 2012

GW SMHS to host health expo for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences' (SMHS) Doctoral Physical Therapy program and Physician Assistant program will be hosting a health and wellness expo for persons living with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ages 16 and up). Caregivers are encouraged to attend, as well.

26 Oct 2012

Mourdock rape comment roils Indiana Senate race, reignites furor over women's health issues

The statement by Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock, linking God's will to pregnancy resulting from rape, has spurred strong reactions from campaigns across the country - including the presidential candidates.

26 Oct 2012

NHCS researchers develop human heart cell model of ARVC

Researchers at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) have successfully created a human heart cell model of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), an inherited heart muscle disorder which puts one at high risk of developing life-threatening arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.

26 Oct 2012

Differing opinions about AMFm 'unlikely to be resolved' after Global Fund decision on program's future

In her "Global Health Blog," Guardian health editor Sarah Boseley examines the Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria (AMFm), "which aims to enable countries to increase the provision of affordable artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) through not only the public sector but also the private sector and [non-governmental organizations (NGOs)]."

26 Oct 2012

Senate panel says Medtronic ghostwrote positive medical journal studies on its spine treatment product

A Senate Finance Committee investigation also alleges that the company paid $210 million to 13 doctors who co-authored the studies.

26 Oct 2012

Research News and Research

Presidential support for global health critical in next administration

Ancestry could simplify searches for harmful mutations

Malawi needs donor support to maintain HIV/AIDS treatment program

Quality Systems second quarter revenues increase 8% to $116.1 million

Associated Press examines access to antiretroviral treatment in Myanmar

Viewpoints: Medicare provider cuts 'won't work'; A 'pamphlet isn't a plan'

Blog reports on efforts to deliver medicines to conflict-stricken region of DRC

Targeted deletion of major VEGF gene in mice induces vision loss

Study finds pollution as dangerous to health in developing world as malaria, TB

Resveratrol does not appear to offer metabolic benefits in healthy women

Campaign news: President talks up health law; Romney's Medicaid claims challenged

Africa's agricultural sector must be developed in order to address food security issues

HSS announces opening of new Lerner Children's Pavilion

Medical practice evolves: Prescribing habits, doc-patient relationship, health law changes

Republicans threaten to subpoena Obama administration over $23M health law PR campaign

GW SMHS to host health expo for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Mourdock rape comment roils Indiana Senate race, reignites furor over women's health issues

NHCS researchers develop human heart cell model of ARVC

Differing opinions about AMFm 'unlikely to be resolved' after Global Fund decision on program's future

Senate panel says Medtronic ghostwrote positive medical journal studies on its spine treatment product

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