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HIV-related stigma keeps Kenyan pregnant women from having babies in health-care facilities

The fear of being labeled HIV-positive is strong enough to keep mothers in one Kenyan province from having babies in health-care facilities, according to a study published online today in the journal PLOS Medicine. Communities there have come to see clinics and skilled care as mostly for HIV-positive women.

22 Aug 2012

Aetna acquires additional stake in Medicare and Medicaid business

Aetna announced Monday plans to acquire Bethesda-based Coventry Health Care in a deal valued at $5.7 billion, part of the managed-care giant's effort to beef up its Medicare and Medicaid programs. The purchase comes as insurance companies race to position themselves for a broad expansion of health-care coverage slated to take effect in 2014, following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the comprehensive reforms supported by the Obama administration.

22 Aug 2012

Study uses cardiac CT to detect presence of blocked arteries in older marathoners

A study of marathon participants older than 50 years of age has found similar temporary effects as those found in runners between 18 and 40 years of age. Any cardiac abnormalities during a marathon disappear within a week after completing a race.

22 Aug 2012

Medicare debate moves to the forefront of congressional races

The future of the popular entitlement has become an issue in close House races, with both sides casting themselves as the program's protectors.

22 Aug 2012

Obama administration releases 8 interim reports measuring GHI results

"The Obama Administration released eight interim reports last week measuring results achieved in core elements of our U.S. global health programs through the Global Health Initiative (GHI)," the ONE Blog reports.

22 Aug 2012

U.S. drought threatens global economy, food security, HSBC report warns

"America's worst drought for 25 years is threatening the global economy as it cripples the country's grain production and sends the price soaring," the International Business Times reports, adding, "According to a report by HSBC, bloated food prices loom over the global economy and present the temptation for governments to hoard produce."

22 Aug 2012

Women in developing countries could play major role in sanitation crisis, study finds

"Women in developing countries could play a major role in remedying the situation, if given the chance," Jeanette Brown, a scientist with the University of Connecticut in Storrs, said on Monday at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), an American Chemical Society press release reports.

22 Aug 2012

Romney, Ryan blast Obama on Medicare, health law

But the Los Angeles Times checks some of their claims against President Barack Obama. In addition, Obama makes an apparance in the White House press room to answer questions and draw distinctions between himself and his GOP opponents.

22 Aug 2012

Child mortality at double emergency rate in South Sudan refugee camp, MSF reports

"Children in a refugee camp in South Sudan are dying at more than twice the rate internationally recognized as an emergency, according to new figures released by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)," the Guardian reports.

22 Aug 2012

Chemotherapy during pregnancy: an interview with Professor Sibylle Loibl

The incidence is about 1-3% of all breast cancers. The incidence seems to be increasing due to women delaying their childbearing to when they are in their thirties.

22 Aug 2012

Given the chance, world's poor, underserved communities could end hunger, poverty

In this post in Huffington Post's "Impact" blog, Eric Holt Gimenez, executive director of Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy, reflects on the global implications of a drought in the U.S., writing, "If the 2008 and 2011 food price crises are any guide, the global effects of the U.S. drought are fairly predictable."

22 Aug 2012

Radiation therapy alone no longer the best choice for early follicular lymphoma

A University of Rochester Medical Center study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, challenges treatment guidelines for early stage follicular lymphoma, concluding that six different therapies can bring a remission, particularly if the patient is carefully examined and staged at diagnosis.

22 Aug 2012

International community must redouble efforts to ensure 'many' AIDS-free generations

A Lancet editorial discusses the agenda of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington last month and asks how the success of the conference will be judged at the XX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014), to be held in Melbourne, Australia.

22 Aug 2012

Study: Declining rates of circumcisions among infants could drive up health care costs

Johns Hopkins researchers examine the 20-year decline in male circumcision rates and assert it could raise medical costs related to sexually transmitted diseases and other health problems.

22 Aug 2012

Study on sea lamprey may indicate how potentially deleterious genes can be controlled

Research on a unique vertebrate called the sea lamprey shows that more than a thousand genes are shed during its early development.

22 Aug 2012

Reactions to Rep. Akin's comments: 'Offensive and ignorant;' 'loathsome;' 'bad science'

Opinions are uniformly negative in response to the Senate candidate's comments on rape during a TV interview.

22 Aug 2012

Clinical trial to test whether fecal transplantation is effective in treating relapsing C. difficile

For patients with Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), a persistent and potentially deadly bacterial illness, severe diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting are an everyday event. This particularly virulent infection is prone to recurrence, even after multiple courses of expensive antibiotics, and treatment options are limited for patients who continually relapse or develop antibiotic resistance.

22 Aug 2012

Brand-name drug makers bet coupons will help their products edge out generic competition

If brand-name prescription medicines cost you as little as generic pills, which would you choose? A few drugmakers are betting Americans will stick with the name they know. They've begun offering U.S. patients coupons to reduce copayments on brand-name medicines and compete with new generic versions of the drugs.

22 Aug 2012

Views on Medicare: Ryan plan could hurt disabled Americans; Pitting the poor against seniors

Opinion writers continue to look at the debate about Medicare as it becomes a focal point of the presidential election.

22 Aug 2012

Viewpoints: The importance of hepatitis C testing; Medicaid needs to provide coverage for circumcision

I consider myself to be a fortunate person. I have a good education, a great job and excellent health insurance. I am a baby boomer who has aged reasonably well and can look forward to a fairly comfortable retirement. I am also fortunate because I was diagnosed with hepatitis C by a proactive and knowledgeable doctor in the late 1990s and had the opportunity to be treated and cured. The odds are that if I had not been diagnosed and treated, I would be on a liver transplant list right now, have liver cancer or even be dead from this disease.

22 Aug 2012

Research News and Research

HIV-related stigma keeps Kenyan pregnant women from having babies in health-care facilities

Aetna acquires additional stake in Medicare and Medicaid business

Study uses cardiac CT to detect presence of blocked arteries in older marathoners

Medicare debate moves to the forefront of congressional races

Obama administration releases 8 interim reports measuring GHI results

U.S. drought threatens global economy, food security, HSBC report warns

Women in developing countries could play major role in sanitation crisis, study finds

Romney, Ryan blast Obama on Medicare, health law

Child mortality at double emergency rate in South Sudan refugee camp, MSF reports

Chemotherapy during pregnancy: an interview with Professor Sibylle Loibl

Given the chance, world's poor, underserved communities could end hunger, poverty

Radiation therapy alone no longer the best choice for early follicular lymphoma

International community must redouble efforts to ensure 'many' AIDS-free generations

Study: Declining rates of circumcisions among infants could drive up health care costs

Study on sea lamprey may indicate how potentially deleterious genes can be controlled

Reactions to Rep. Akin's comments: 'Offensive and ignorant;' 'loathsome;' 'bad science'

Clinical trial to test whether fecal transplantation is effective in treating relapsing C. difficile

Brand-name drug makers bet coupons will help their products edge out generic competition

Views on Medicare: Ryan plan could hurt disabled Americans; Pitting the poor against seniors

Viewpoints: The importance of hepatitis C testing; Medicaid needs to provide coverage for circumcision

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