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Despite repairs to health website, concerns remain and lagging enrollment could create problems

The Associated Press examines concerns that young people may not sign up for coverage as part of the law, while other news organizations report on a new poll, some of the problems insurers face and security issues.

21 Dec 2013

Texas Children's Hospital recognized as first Accredited Pediatric Heart Failure Institute in Texas

Texas Children's Hospital is proud to be named the first Accredited Pediatric Heart Failure Institute in Texas by The Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium. The Colloquium made the announcement following nearly a year of work and an in-depth onsite review on Dec. 16.

21 Dec 2013

500,000 with canceled health plans still lack coverage

An estimated 500,000 people who received cancellation notices have not yet signed up for new coverage, administration officials said Thursday. That's far fewer than the millions that health law critics said would lack insurance after their old policies were terminated because they didn't meet new standards under the health law.

21 Dec 2013

TeamHealth Holdings announces acquisition of Professional Anesthesia Services

TeamHealth Holdings Inc., one of the nation's largest providers of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals, announced the acquisition of the operations of Professional Anesthesia Services, LLP. Based in Omaha, Neb., Professional Anesthesia Services' physicians and certified registered nurse anesthetists manage more than 18,000 cases annually through anesthesia management services for Bergan Mercy Medical Center and three ambulatory surgery centers.

20 Dec 2013

New MDA Endurance Program aims to find treatments and cures for muscle disease

The Muscular Dystrophy Association today announced the formation and launch of MDA Team Momentum, a new nationwide endurance program designed to help support MDA's mission to find treatments and cures for muscle disease.

20 Dec 2013

Study reveals that pharmacy staff misleads teens on emergency contraception

Despite the fact that emergency contraception, also known as the morning-after pill, has been available since 2003, many teens still face barriers to obtaining the medication, a safe and effective way to prevent up to 74 percent of pregnancies following the failure of birth control or after unprotected sex.

20 Dec 2013

Key questions to ask about bone marrow transplants

Those who have leukemia, lymphoma or other blood cancer diseases might have heard about bone marrow transplant as a potential treatment. As with any serious procedure, it is important to have all questions answered by a physician before any decision is made.

20 Dec 2013

Study explains why suicide is stigmatized

Suicide is a major public health issue; it takes the lives of more than a million people each year. It is also widely believed to be immoral. Why do people so commonly believe it is wrong for people to take their own lives?

20 Dec 2013

Physician dispels misconceptions about annual flu vaccine

Dr. Jennifer Caudle is an assistant professor of Family Medicine at the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine. Over the years in her busy medical practice, she's heard just about every possible excuse or misconception about the annual flu vaccine.

20 Dec 2013

ATS, Springer to collaborate on book series, Respiratory Medicine

Springer and the American Thoracic Society (ATS) have entered into a partnership to collaborate on the book series Respiratory Medicine.

20 Dec 2013

UC San Diego Sulpizio listed in “100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs”

UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center (SCVC) has been featured in the latest Becker's Hospital Review list of "100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs."

20 Dec 2013

Periodic meetings with lactation consultant improves chances of breastfeeding

In two separate clinical trials, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that periodic meetings with a lactation consultant encourages women traditionally resistant to breastfeeding to do so, at least for a few months—long enough for mother and child to gain health benefits.

20 Dec 2013

Observation services in hospitals result in large medical bills, says study

Hospitals are increasingly placing patients too ill to be sent home but not sick enough to be admitted into observation services.

20 Dec 2013

Solana's CrossCHECK Plating System receives FDA clearance

Solana Surgical, LLC, a growth extremity company, announces the FDA Clearance of the CrossCHECK™ Plating System, a new implant system for orthopedic and podiatric surgeons' use in foot and ankle procedures. Commercialization will follow in the first quarter of 2014.

20 Dec 2013

First Edition: December 20, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about the action taken by the administration to relax a health law requirement just four days before the deadline.

20 Dec 2013

Political cartoon: 'Rumpelstilt-Scare?'

Kaiser Health News provides a fresh take on health policy developments with "Rumpelstilt-Scare?" by Nate Beeler.

20 Dec 2013

Rutgers-Camden nursing professor recommends new ways to promote physical activity for urban girls

Most people know that one of the keys to reducing or preventing health problems is to get more exercise, but determining how to best integrate physical activity into their daily lives - and having access to exercise programs - remains a significant hurdle to clear on the path to a healthier lifestyle.

20 Dec 2013

AMP proposes new, service-oriented terminology for high quality laboratory testing

The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) released a special article in the January 2014 issue of the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics titled "Revisiting Oversight and Regulation of Molecular-Based Laboratory-Developed Tests"(LDTs).

20 Dec 2013

Value-based medicine gains momentum

When Tanner Martin, 17, developed excruciating back pain last year, he was sure he needed an X-ray to find out what was wrong…But Konnie Martin was no ordinary parent. As chief executive officer of San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center in Alamosa, Colorado, she is at the center of an experiment, known as value-based insurance, that could transform American healthcare.

20 Dec 2013

Coupling meditation-like practices with drug and behavior therapies more helpful in tackling addiction

Using a computational model of addiction, a literature review and an in silico experiment, theoretical computer scientist Yariv Levy and colleagues suggest in a new paper this week that rehabilitation strategies coupling meditation-like practices with drug and behavior therapies are more helpful than drug-plus-talk therapy alone when helping people overcome addiction.

20 Dec 2013