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State organizations, officials advance health law implementation positions

In Florida, the state hospital association is pressing for a cost-benefit analysis before lawmakers take a final vote on Medicaid expansion, and in Ohio, GOP lawmakers leave the door open for a move later this year.

19 Apr 2013

Researchers map use of alternative treatment among multiple sclerosis patients

A major Nordic research project involving researchers from the University of Copenhagen has, for the first time ever, mapped the use of alternative treatment among multiple sclerosis patients - knowledge which is important for patients with chronic disease and the way in which society meets them.

19 Apr 2013

Vision expo to offer rehabilitation information to blind and visually impaired patients

A daylong vision expo will be held Saturday, April 20 at the University of Houston (UH), offering information on rehabilitation and resources for the blind and visually impaired to live independent and productive lives.

19 Apr 2013

Nature reports on efforts to vaccinate Nigeria's nomadic communities against polio

"A 25-year, $10 billion global effort has taken the number of polio cases from hundreds of thousands per year to just hundreds, but it is now struggling to stamp the virus out of its final strongholds in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria, where transmission has never been interrupted," Nature reports.

19 Apr 2013

Neura Therapeutik plans to speed up development of abuse-deterrent, generic extended-release opioids

Neura Therapeutik announced today that they will be accelerating the development of their abuse-deterrent brand and generic extended-release opioids.

19 Apr 2013

Viewpoints: Karl Rove says GOP reluctance isn't hampering exchanges; CDC's efforts on 'sugary' snacks assailed

In congressional testimony last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius blamed Republican governors for her department's failure to create a "model exchange" where consumers could shop for health-insurance coverage in states that don't set up their own exchange.

19 Apr 2013

Implementation issues: Actuaries under the microscope, tax subsidy projections and finding money for high-risk pools

Health law backers question the predictions of insurance "rate shock," because they are made by actuaries who have close ties to the industry.

19 Apr 2013

Health disparities not connected to lack of exercise, Vanderbilt study finds

Health disparities between white and black adults in the South are not connected to a lack of exercise but more likely related to other factors such as access to health care, socioeconomic status and perhaps genetics, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the journal PLOS ONE.

19 Apr 2013

Longer looks: The timely trauma response in Boston; Problems with aging doctors; Transplants from donors with HIV

The bombs at the Boston Marathon were designed to maim and kill, and they did. Three people died within the first moments of the blast. More than a hundred and seventy people were injured. They had their limbs blown off, vital arteries severed, bones fractured, flesh torn open by shrapnel or scorched by the blasts' heat. Yet it now appears that every one of the wounded alive when rescuers reached them will survive.

19 Apr 2013

Kids mental health cuts at issue in Mass.; Colo. considers its mental illness 'hold' laws

Massachusetts officials are planning hearings about the Cambridge Health Alliance's planned cuts to pediatric services -- mainly to mental health care, while Colorado lawmakers consider their "involuntary hold" laws governing the treatment and holding of mentally ill people deemed a danger to themselves or others.

19 Apr 2013

International community seems powerless to stop attacks on polio workers

Noting a number of attacks against polio workers in Pakistan over the past few months, Asif Saeed Memon, an associate fellow at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, writes in a Dawn.com opinion piece, "As a response to the attacks, the governments of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa suspended the campaign for a short period, while the United Nations removed some of its field personnel until they could receive guarantees of better security."

18 Apr 2013

Studies suggest physically demanding work is a risk factor for coronary heart disease

Two studies presented at this year's EuroPRevent 2013 congress suggest that demanding physical work has a detrimental effect on an individual's risk of coronary heart disease.

18 Apr 2013

New review of medications to prevent migraines appears in Journal of General Internal Medicine

Migraine headaches are a major cause of ill health and a reduced quality of life. Some individuals suffer from a frequent and severe migraine problem which means that they require regular medication to try and prevent them.

18 Apr 2013

State roundup: Immigration proposal could mean big state health care costs

Making immigrants ineligible for public health benefits -- at least initially -- under proposed immigration law changes would push the costs of health care from the federal government to states and counties, said Sonal Ambegaokar, a health policy attorney at the National Immigration Law Center.

18 Apr 2013

Scorecard compares how countries within EU care for people with osteoporosis

Today a panel of international experts working in cooperation with the International Osteoporosis Foundation have published SCOPE - or Scorecard for Osteoporosis in Europe.

18 Apr 2013

Study: Half of Tamiflu prescriptions during 2009-10 influenza pandemic went unused in England

A new study concludes that approximately half of the prescriptions of Tamiflu during the 2009-10 influenza pandemic went unused in England.

18 Apr 2013

Study shows association between physical activity, reduced mortality among breast cancer survivors

Breast cancer survivors are among the women who could most benefit from regular physical activity, yet few meet national exercise recommendations during the 10 years after being diagnosed, according to a study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

18 Apr 2013

Hospitals profit when surgeries go wrong, study finds

The study, which was published Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association, found that hospitals earned 330 percent higher profit margins on surgeries with one or more complications, because private insurers pay them for longer stays and extra care.

18 Apr 2013

Study suggests strain with Haiti cholera mutations may increase severity of disease

The cholera strain that transferred to Haiti in 2010 has multiple toxin gene mutations that may account for the severity of disease and is evolving to be more like an 1800s version of cholera, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

17 Apr 2013

First Edition: April 17, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about a new study finding that surgical woes can actually bolster a hospital's profits.

17 Apr 2013

Public Health News and Research

State organizations, officials advance health law implementation positions

Researchers map use of alternative treatment among multiple sclerosis patients

Vision expo to offer rehabilitation information to blind and visually impaired patients

Nature reports on efforts to vaccinate Nigeria's nomadic communities against polio

Neura Therapeutik plans to speed up development of abuse-deterrent, generic extended-release opioids

Viewpoints: Karl Rove says GOP reluctance isn't hampering exchanges; CDC's efforts on 'sugary' snacks assailed

Implementation issues: Actuaries under the microscope, tax subsidy projections and finding money for high-risk pools

Health disparities not connected to lack of exercise, Vanderbilt study finds

Longer looks: The timely trauma response in Boston; Problems with aging doctors; Transplants from donors with HIV

Kids mental health cuts at issue in Mass.; Colo. considers its mental illness 'hold' laws

International community seems powerless to stop attacks on polio workers

Studies suggest physically demanding work is a risk factor for coronary heart disease

New review of medications to prevent migraines appears in Journal of General Internal Medicine

State roundup: Immigration proposal could mean big state health care costs

Scorecard compares how countries within EU care for people with osteoporosis

Study: Half of Tamiflu prescriptions during 2009-10 influenza pandemic went unused in England

Study shows association between physical activity, reduced mortality among breast cancer survivors

Hospitals profit when surgeries go wrong, study finds

Study suggests strain with Haiti cholera mutations may increase severity of disease

First Edition: April 17, 2013

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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