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Shifting toward novel pricing models that closely link drug's price to its value

One of the health care issues about which seemingly all Americans agree: Prescription drug prices have skyrocketed. And they keep going higher.

9 Oct 2017

Training new doctors right where they’re needed

Dr. Olga Meave didn't mind the dry, 105-degree heat that scorched this Central Valley city on a recent afternoon. The sweltering summer days remind her of home in Sonora, Mexico. So do the people of the Valley — especially the Latino first-generation immigrants present here in large numbers, toiling in the fields or piloting big rigs laden with fruits and vegetables.

9 Oct 2017

Five new ways individualized medicine has moved from research lab into clinical care

Advancements in individualized medicine are offering health care providers new tools to quickly and accurately diagnose, treat, predict and, eventually, prevent disease. Keith Stewart, M.B., Ch.B., Carlson and Nelson Endowed Director, Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine, today outlined five new ways individualized medicine has moved from the research lab into clinical care. Dr. Stewart made his statements during the opening of the 2017 "Individualizing Medicine Conference: Advancing Care Through Genomics" in Rochester.

9 Oct 2017

Analysis of survey data finds no significant racial differences in quality of end-of-life care

An analysis of survey data found no significant racial differences in various aspects of the quality of end-of-life care, although survey respondents reported deficiencies in the quality of end-of-life care for both black and white patients who died, including unmet symptom needs, problems with communication and less than optimal decision-making, according to an article published by JAMA Internal Medicine.

9 Oct 2017

Endocrine Society expresses concerns that federal rule will reduce women's access to birth control

The Endocrine Society expressed concerns Friday with the presidential administration's new rules that would scale back the Affordable Care Act's contraception coverage mandate.

9 Oct 2017

Your grandma’s guide to grass: Calif. rolls out website to cut through cannabis haze

Every day, Anna Denny encounters people who know their way around a joint. Denny owns Elevated 916, a smoke shop in north Sacramento that sells tobacco products and smoking accessories. But many of her customers don't limit their smoking to tobacco.

9 Oct 2017

Implantable device receives FDA approval as treatment option for central sleep apnea

A device serving as a new treatment option for moderate to severe central sleep apnea has been approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

9 Oct 2017

Overlooked by ACA: Many people paying full price for insurance ‘getting slammed’

Paul Melquist of St. Paul, Minn., has a message for the people who wrote the Affordable Care Act: "Quit wrecking my health care."

9 Oct 2017

Patients, health insurers challenge Iowa’s privatized Medicaid

Iowa is one of 38 states that radically changed the way it runs Medicaid over the past few years. The state moved about 600,000 people on the government-run health program into care that is managed by for-profit insurance companies.

9 Oct 2017

Limiting damage after donation could reduce discard rate of organs, study shows

A new study indicates that many donated organs that are discarded might be suitable for transplantation if certain steps are taken to limit damage following donation. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

9 Oct 2017

WHO delivers 1.2 million doses of antibiotics to prevent, treat plague in Madagascar

WHO has delivered nearly 1.2 million doses of antibiotics and released US$1.5 million dollars in emergency funds to fight plague in Madagascar

9 Oct 2017

Research project seeks to streamline indictments, prosecutions of opiate dealers

Seeking faster indictments and prosecutions of drug dealers after opioid overdose deaths, Case Western Reserve University researchers will re-work protocols followed by Cleveland-area law enforcement.

6 Oct 2017

Primary care practices unable to meet health care needs of cancer survivors, study finds

Primary care medicine is currently not able to meet the health care needs of cancer survivors, despite a decade-long effort by the medical establishment to move long-term survivorship care out of the specialists' realm, according to a new Rutgers study.

6 Oct 2017

4 takeaways from HHS rollback of key contraception coverage provision

On Friday, the Trump administration announced new regulations governing contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The rules will make sweeping changes to the law's requirement that most employers provide coverage of birth control with no out-of-pocket costs to women.

6 Oct 2017

Nutrition-related strategies may modify inflammation of aging, report reveals

Aging is characterized by increased levels of inflammatory markers in the bloodstream, a phenomenon that has been termed "inflammaging". This type of enhanced inflammation tone, also designated as low grade inflammation, is associated with age-related decline of many functional systems and with increased risk of sickness, poor well-being and mortality.

6 Oct 2017

Natural decline of senses can predict poor health outcomes, including death

A long-term study spanning five years and including more than 3,000 nationally-representative older US adults has found that a natural decline of the five classical senses (vision, hearing, taste, smell and touch) can predict a number of poor health outcomes, including greater risk of death.

6 Oct 2017

Hand washing behavior leads to reduction in bacterial growth, experiment shows

How do you get kids to understand the importance of washing their hands? Make it an experiment, suggests one study in which second graders observed that washing or using sanitizer gel reduced the bacteria on their hands by more than 90 percent.

6 Oct 2017

UTHealth hopes to reduce re-arrest rates among homeless adults with research on smartphone app

Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston hope to put a dent in the cycle of re-arrest and release among homeless adults with research on a smartphone app funded by a $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

6 Oct 2017

Study: Patients with intellectual disability more likely to hospitalized for potentially preventable conditions

People with intellectual disabilities are five times more likely to be admitted to hospital with potentially preventable conditions, new research shows.

6 Oct 2017

Study highlights advantages and challenges of integrating GP service in hospital ED

A new study from the University of Liverpool provides evidence that locating a General Practitioner in a hospital emergency department can reduce waiting times and admissions, but may increases antibiotic prescribing.

6 Oct 2017

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Shifting toward novel pricing models that closely link drug's price to its value

Training new doctors right where they’re needed

Five new ways individualized medicine has moved from research lab into clinical care

Analysis of survey data finds no significant racial differences in quality of end-of-life care

Endocrine Society expresses concerns that federal rule will reduce women's access to birth control

Your grandma’s guide to grass: Calif. rolls out website to cut through cannabis haze

Implantable device receives FDA approval as treatment option for central sleep apnea

Overlooked by ACA: Many people paying full price for insurance ‘getting slammed’

Patients, health insurers challenge Iowa’s privatized Medicaid

Limiting damage after donation could reduce discard rate of organs, study shows

WHO delivers 1.2 million doses of antibiotics to prevent, treat plague in Madagascar

Research project seeks to streamline indictments, prosecutions of opiate dealers

Primary care practices unable to meet health care needs of cancer survivors, study finds

4 takeaways from HHS rollback of key contraception coverage provision

Nutrition-related strategies may modify inflammation of aging, report reveals

Natural decline of senses can predict poor health outcomes, including death

Hand washing behavior leads to reduction in bacterial growth, experiment shows

UTHealth hopes to reduce re-arrest rates among homeless adults with research on smartphone app

Study: Patients with intellectual disability more likely to hospitalized for potentially preventable conditions

Study highlights advantages and challenges of integrating GP service in hospital ED

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