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Data inform decision-making among patients, doctors, insurers

A study uses a new measure to judge nation's health care, another asks doctors to rate the best and worst insurers.

9 Dec 2011

Report says African mothers confused over infant-feeding options to prevent HIV transmission

Some women in African nations are "dangerously confused about the best nutritional path to protect their children from contracting [HIV]," a new report, based on research by community health workers from Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, and Nigeria, shows, PlusNews reports.

9 Dec 2011

Science examines HIV prevention trials, challenges to implementing new strategies

Science examines recent successes in clinical trials in the HIV prevention field, limitations to mathematical models resulting from these trials, and funding issues facing campaigns to ramp up HIV prevention interventions.

9 Dec 2011

Increased sensitivity to low frequency vibration found in people with inherited hearing loss

People with a certain form of inherited hearing loss have increased sensitivity to low frequency vibration, according to a study by Professor Thomas Jentsch of the Leibniz-Institut f-r Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)/Max Delbr-ck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and Professor Gary Lewin (MDC), conducted in cooperation with clinicians from Madrid, Spain and Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

9 Dec 2011

HHS awards $14.5 million to fund school-based clinics

School-based health centers in 29 states will receive $14.5 million to help upgrade their facilities or establish new sites, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday.

9 Dec 2011

Global Fund official delivers speech at ICASA closing plenary session

The 16th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) ended on Thursday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where "the final plenary session ... left the audience with a notion of hope and urgency that despite the Global Fund's cancellation of Round 11 disbursements, the organization will continue to campaign, raise funds and place pressure on governments in both the donor and recipient arenas," an ICASA news article reports (12/8).

9 Dec 2011

Obama defends limit on morning-after pill

The New York Times, Washington Post and others analyze the president's support of his health secretary's decision to limit access to the Plan B pill.

9 Dec 2011

FAO Food Price Index remains virtually stable; Some improvements seen in Somalia

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released its latest Food Price Index on Thursday, saying the Index "in November was virtually unchanged from its October level," an FAO press release reports.

9 Dec 2011

Study highlights need for greater recognition of sexual and reproductive healthcare needs of teen boys

Two newly published reports by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center highlight the need for greater recognition of the sexual and reproductive healthcare needs of teen boys and enumerate the essential services this traditionally overlooked group should receive at least once a year.

9 Dec 2011

Republicans and Democrats hone in on health law to rally supporters

Rick Perry releases a new TV spot bashing frontrunner Newt Gingrich and rival Mitt Romney for supporting health care policies similar to those of President Obama, while Newark Mayor Cory Booker focuses on the health law's benefits for young people as he campaigns for the president in New Hampshire.

9 Dec 2011

CSIS seminar examines global health outreach of BRICS

This post on the Center for Strategic & International Studies' (CSIS) SmartGlobalHealth.org blog provides resources, including video and publications, related to a December 6 half-day seminar, sponsored by the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, that "focused on the activities, practices, and strategies that characterize the global health outreach of Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa, or the BRICS."

9 Dec 2011

New pediatric formula for Chagas disease treatment developed in Brazil

"A new pediatric formulation developed in Brazil holds out hope for a cure for over 90 percent of newborn babies infected with Chagas disease, a parasitic infection endemic in 21 Latin American countries, where it kills more people every year than malaria," Inter Press Service reports.

9 Dec 2011

Holder rebuffs GOP efforts to probe Kagan's role

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. clashed with congressional Republicans on Thursday, defending the Justice Department in the face of criticism of its "Fast and Furious" gun-trafficking sting and its refusal to turn over documents on the health-care law adopted last year.

9 Dec 2011

Panel recommends close monitoring and delay of treatment for localized, low-risk prostate cancer

An independent panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health has concluded that many men with localized, low-risk prostate cancer should be closely monitored, permitting treatment to be delayed until warranted by disease progression.

9 Dec 2011

Examining visceral leishmaniasis/HIV co-infection in East Africa

In this post in the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases' (NTDs) "End the Neglect" blog, Julien Potet, NTD policy adviser at Medecins Sans Frontieres' Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, examines the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis among people living with HIV in East Africa.

9 Dec 2011

FDA panel: Some birth control pills should carry stronger warning labels

An FDA panel decided Thursday that two popular birth control pills should come with stronger warning labels about the possibility of blood clots.

9 Dec 2011

Study explains molecular basis for cherubism disease

The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute's Drs. Frank Sicheri, Tony Pawson and Sebastian Guettler, in collaboration with Dr. Robert Rottapel at the Ontario Cancer Institute, have uncovered the detailed architecture of a crucial component of Tankyrase, a protein linked to the bone development disorder cherubism and involved in a myriad of cellular processes.

9 Dec 2011

Addressing gender-based violence through PEPFAR programs

Daniela Ligiero of the State Department, Sasha Mital of the CDC, and Diana Prieto of USAID, who are co-chairs of the PEPFAR Gender Technical Working Group, write about the "intersection between gender-based violence (GBV) and its impact on HIV risk and access to HIV prevention and treatment for most-at-risk populations (MARPs)" in this post on the State Department's "DipNote" blog.

9 Dec 2011

Medicaid news: Fla. Gov. Scott's budget tackles hospital reimbursements

Florida Gov. Rick Scott recommended cutting the state's Medicaid budget by $2.1 billion. Most of that savings, part of a $66.4 billion budget proposal, would come from changing the way hospitals are paid for treating Medicaid patients.

9 Dec 2011

Microsoft, GE form new company to create health care software

Microsoft Corp. and General Electric Co. are joining forces to create a health care technology platform, the companies announced on Wednesday.

9 Dec 2011

Research News and Research

Data inform decision-making among patients, doctors, insurers

Report says African mothers confused over infant-feeding options to prevent HIV transmission

Science examines HIV prevention trials, challenges to implementing new strategies

Increased sensitivity to low frequency vibration found in people with inherited hearing loss

HHS awards $14.5 million to fund school-based clinics

Global Fund official delivers speech at ICASA closing plenary session

Obama defends limit on morning-after pill

FAO Food Price Index remains virtually stable; Some improvements seen in Somalia

Study highlights need for greater recognition of sexual and reproductive healthcare needs of teen boys

Republicans and Democrats hone in on health law to rally supporters

CSIS seminar examines global health outreach of BRICS

New pediatric formula for Chagas disease treatment developed in Brazil

Holder rebuffs GOP efforts to probe Kagan's role

Panel recommends close monitoring and delay of treatment for localized, low-risk prostate cancer

Examining visceral leishmaniasis/HIV co-infection in East Africa

FDA panel: Some birth control pills should carry stronger warning labels

Study explains molecular basis for cherubism disease

Addressing gender-based violence through PEPFAR programs

Medicaid news: Fla. Gov. Scott's budget tackles hospital reimbursements

Microsoft, GE form new company to create health care software

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