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Swing state campaign highlights: The scoop on early voting; The latest on political ads, campaign appearances and polls

As election day approaches, KHN's Sarah Barr samples news coverage each week from swing states around the country – how health policy developments are playing in this year's vote.

4 Oct 2012

Preterm births fell for the fifth straight year in 2011

Preterm births fell for the fifth straight year in 2011, and the improvement was across the board -- every racial and ethnic group benefited, and there were fewer preterm babies born at all stages of pregnancy, according to preliminary birth data released today by the National Center for Health Statistics.

4 Oct 2012

Cellectis, Medicago complete first step in therapeutic protein research collaboration

Medicago Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus Like Particles, and Cellectis plant sciences, a US-based subsidiary of Cellectis Group, the specialist in genome engineering, today announced the successful completion of the first step in their research collaboration to improve therapeutic proteins produced in tobacco plants.

4 Oct 2012

Experts worried political commitment, health services delivery still lacking despite efforts to improve family planning in Uganda

"Family planning advocates in Uganda have scored some major financial and policy wins this year, but experts remain concerned that inadequate political commitment and poor health services will continue to impede women's and girls' access to contraceptives," IRIN reports.

4 Oct 2012

Merck announces data from MK-3102 Phase IIb trial on type 2 diabetes

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced Phase IIb data for MK-3102, the company's investigational once-weekly DPP-4 inhibitor in development for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

4 Oct 2012

Gateway Foundation to raise awareness of synthetic drug use

In recognition of Red Ribbon Week, October 23-31, 2012, Gateway Foundation Alcohol & Drug Treatment is working to build awareness among communities regarding the dangerous health risks associated with synthetic drug use.

4 Oct 2012

New JEBDP series provides updates on evidence-based care in periodontics and implant dentistry

What's the latest, research-supported best practice in periodontal care and implant dentistry? Dental specialists and generalists alike can read about it in the first of a new series from The Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice (JEBDP), the foremost publication of information about evidence-based dental practice, published by Elsevier.

4 Oct 2012

Vitamin D3 intake does not reduce incidence or severity of upper respiratory tract infections

Although some data have suggested a possible inverse association between serum vitamin D levels and the incidence of upper respiratory tract infections (colds), participants in a randomized controlled trial who received a monthly dose of 100,000 IUs of vitamin D3 did not have a significantly reduced incidence or severity of colds, according to a study in the October 3 issue of JAMA.

4 Oct 2012

Modulating immune response to injury could accelerate regeneration of peripheral nerves

Modulating immune response to injury could accelerate the regeneration of severed peripheral nerves, a new study in an animal model has found. By altering activity of the macrophage cells that respond to injuries, researchers dramatically increased the rate at which nerve processes regrew.

4 Oct 2012

Prevalence of diabetic complications is race-specific

Diabetes is among the ten leading causes of death in both white and African American patients, but the prevalence of diabetic complications are race-specific, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).

4 Oct 2012

Roundup: Individual mandate back on Fla. ballot; More Mass. doctors embrace new payment methods; Ga. hospital tax fight rages on

In a bid to remake Florida's judiciary, Republicans are asking voters to oust three state Supreme Court justices and give the Legislature greater power over Supreme Court appointments. ... In Florida, the issue is not same-sex marriage but another politically divisive matter: President Obama's health care law. In a 2010 ruling, the Florida Supreme Court removed from the ballot a nonbinding amendment allowing Floridians to refuse to buy mandatory health insurance.

4 Oct 2012

Beta blockers do not lower cardiac risk in patients with or without CAD

Beta-blocker therapy does not reduce the risk for cardiovascular events in patients with or without coronary artery disease, researchers say.

3 Oct 2012

Cleaning-product-related asthma concern for hospital workers

Research suggests that exposure to cleaning products, particularly those containing decalcifiers and ammonia, may increase the risk for asthma in female hospital workers.

3 Oct 2012

Structured deliberation improves neonatal decision-making process

The implementation of a structured multiprofessional medical ethical decision-making process could improve decision-making in neonatal intensive care units, show study results from the Netherlands.

3 Oct 2012

Antifungal resistance of Candida genital isolates on the increase

Resistance to antifungal therapy of genital-infection causing Candida species may be an increasing problem, suggests research presented at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology annual congress in Prague, Czech Republic.

3 Oct 2012

Early bone graft plus rhinoplasty significantly improves facial esthetics in UCLP

The facial esthetic of children with unilateral cleft lip and palate is significantly improved with early alveolar bone grafting alongside rhinoplasty, versus leaving the procedure until the child is older, study findings show.

3 Oct 2012

Differentiating features of BD, early-onset ADHD identified

Research findings published in the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology have identified differentiating features between early-onset bipolar disorder and combined attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

3 Oct 2012

BMI concerns raised for childhood stem cell transplantation survivors

Childhood survivors of hematologic malignancies treated with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation should undergo long-term monitoring of their body mass index and lean body mass, US researchers recommend.

3 Oct 2012

Alarms could be key to avoiding intraoperative awareness

Bispectral index monitoring is unlikely to be better than monitoring based on anesthetic concentrations for preventing intraoperative awareness, shows a randomized trial.

3 Oct 2012

Extended thrombolysis window has potential pitfall

The benefits gained from extending the window for thrombolysis in patients with stroke could be lost if the more generous deadline causes physicians to relax, a study suggests.

3 Oct 2012

Research News and Research

Swing state campaign highlights: The scoop on early voting; The latest on political ads, campaign appearances and polls

Preterm births fell for the fifth straight year in 2011

Cellectis, Medicago complete first step in therapeutic protein research collaboration

Experts worried political commitment, health services delivery still lacking despite efforts to improve family planning in Uganda

Merck announces data from MK-3102 Phase IIb trial on type 2 diabetes

Gateway Foundation to raise awareness of synthetic drug use

New JEBDP series provides updates on evidence-based care in periodontics and implant dentistry

Vitamin D3 intake does not reduce incidence or severity of upper respiratory tract infections

Modulating immune response to injury could accelerate regeneration of peripheral nerves

Prevalence of diabetic complications is race-specific

Roundup: Individual mandate back on Fla. ballot; More Mass. doctors embrace new payment methods; Ga. hospital tax fight rages on

Beta blockers do not lower cardiac risk in patients with or without CAD

Cleaning-product-related asthma concern for hospital workers

Structured deliberation improves neonatal decision-making process

Antifungal resistance of Candida genital isolates on the increase

Early bone graft plus rhinoplasty significantly improves facial esthetics in UCLP

Differentiating features of BD, early-onset ADHD identified

BMI concerns raised for childhood stem cell transplantation survivors

Alarms could be key to avoiding intraoperative awareness

Extended thrombolysis window has potential pitfall

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