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AHF calls on China to step up commitment on global AIDS, pledge $1 billion to Global Fund

AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest global AIDS organization, is spearheading a series of US and global protests targeting the Government of the People's Republic of China to demand that it step up its commitment on global AIDS and pledge one billion dollars to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria.

23 Oct 2013

Fact checking demint on Medicare/Obamacare comparison and president on premium cost

In making the case that the cost of the health-care law was sure to grow, [Jim DeMint, president of the Heritage Foundation] cited some figures about Medicare that struck us as a bit fishy. ... There's no question that any new social program often has unintended costs. ... DeMint's figures are ridiculously overstated. He preferred to use trumped-up stats rather than refer to the concrete examples (Kessler, 10/22).

23 Oct 2013

Judge expected to rule on federal exchange subsidies today

A District of Columbia federal judge says he'll rule Tuesday on a lawsuit over whether Americans enrolling in federally run exchanges as part of the health care law can collect insurance subsidies after he directed pointed questions to the Obama administration in a three-hour hearing Monday.

23 Oct 2013

Climate change associated with increased mortality, especially during extremely hot periods

The increased temperatures caused by ongoing climate change in Stockholm, Sweden between 1980 and 2009 caused 300 more premature deaths than if the temperature increase did not take place.

23 Oct 2013

Despite glitch-ridden rollout, health insurers not panicking yet

Media outlets document the pace of enrollment through health insurance marketplaces in Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Minnesota and Washington state.

23 Oct 2013

EvergreenHealth named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals in three specialty areas

EvergreenHealth today announced it has earned several distinctions for 2014 across many of the health care system's specialties from Healthgrades, the nation's leading independent provider of information to help consumers make informed decisions about a physician or hospital.

23 Oct 2013

Sanofi uses QUOSA's literature management tools to automate adverse event monitoring

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced that Sanofi, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical organizations, has implemented QUOSA's literature management tools to automate adverse event monitoring.

22 Oct 2013

Survey explores how perceptions of workplace affect nurse wellbeing

A survey of nurses working with older adults across three National Health Service trusts in England explored how perceptions of the workplace affect nurse wellbeing. Standardised validated measures were used to assess burnout, perceived organisational support and organisational culture.

22 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 22, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about the Obama administration's plans to address the problems with healthcare.gov.

22 Oct 2013

NeuRA, Kidsafe release new guidelines that provide road safety for children

On National Kidsafe Day, parents and carers of children are being urged to consider whether they are buckling up properly before hitting the road.

22 Oct 2013

Sydney researchers plan to introduce rapid HIV and STI testing in pharmacies, dental surgeries

University of Sydney researchers are currently surveying community pharmacists and dentists to gauge their support to introduce rapid HIV and STI testing in pharmacies and dental surgeries, potentially increasing rates of early diagnosis.

22 Oct 2013

Physicians rarely discuss risks of cancer screening with patients

A survey finds that most patients are not being told about the possibility of overdiagnosis and overtreatment as a result of cancer screenings, according to report in a research letter by Odette Wegwarth, Ph.D., and Gerd Gigerenzer, Ph.D., of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany.

22 Oct 2013

Cedars-Sinai wins national consumer award for providing quality medical care, staff in LA region

For the 18th year in a row, Cedars-Sinai has won a national consumer award for providing the highest quality medical care and staff in the Los Angeles region based on a survey of area households.

22 Oct 2013

WE-CARE project aims to create strategic plan to help reduce Europe's healthcare costs

EU-wide there is a clear and urgent need to curb healthcare costs. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-centred care have been given the task of coordinating a project to investigate how Europe's healthcare costs can be kept down whilst quality of care is maintained or even improved.

22 Oct 2013

State highlights: What makes former CMS head Berwick, now Mass. gov. candidate, tick; Calif. set to get health law long-term care money

A selection of health policy stories from Massachusetts and California.

22 Oct 2013

Dems, GOP ready to wage new budget fights, even inside their own parties -- and Medicare is in the mix

Democrats and Republicans aren't just fighting each other, they're also dealing with intra-party squabbles over the latest plan to come together to find an accord to fix the nation's budget woes. The decisions are sure to involve Medicare as a 29-member panel has until Dec. 13 to reach an agreement to present.

22 Oct 2013

Iowa Medicaid initiative saves more than $86 million in three years

Gov. Terry E. Branstad announced today that an Iowa Medicaid initiative saved taxpayers $41 million in fiscal year 2013. That brings the total three-year savings of the program integrity effort to more than $86 million.

22 Oct 2013

Most parents want online options from kids' health care providers, but half say it should be free

Most parents would love to get an e-mail response from their kids' health care provider for a minor illness rather than making an office visit, but about half say that online consultation should be free, according to a new University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.

22 Oct 2013

President says website problems are 'unacceptable"; urges insurance shoppers to keep trying

President Obama said Monday that problems with the new health care website are unacceptable, but argued that the law overall will benefit millions of Americans. While Healthcare.gov "hasn't worked as as smooth as it was supposed to have worked," Obama said in a White House speech that thousands of once-uninsured Americans have signed up for coverage.

22 Oct 2013

Risk for breast cancer: Key prevention awareness tips for young women

Breast cancer prevention needs to become a shared conversation among women of all ages as it can strike at any age, and is generally more aggressive when diagnosed in women under the age of 50. With hopes to spark that discussion, Isabelle Mercier, PhD, a research assistant professor at University of the Sciences, compiled some key prevention awareness tips for young women.

22 Oct 2013

Healthcare News

AHF calls on China to step up commitment on global AIDS, pledge $1 billion to Global Fund

Fact checking demint on Medicare/Obamacare comparison and president on premium cost

Judge expected to rule on federal exchange subsidies today

Climate change associated with increased mortality, especially during extremely hot periods

Despite glitch-ridden rollout, health insurers not panicking yet

EvergreenHealth named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals in three specialty areas

Sanofi uses QUOSA's literature management tools to automate adverse event monitoring

Survey explores how perceptions of workplace affect nurse wellbeing

First Edition: October 22, 2013

NeuRA, Kidsafe release new guidelines that provide road safety for children

Sydney researchers plan to introduce rapid HIV and STI testing in pharmacies, dental surgeries

Physicians rarely discuss risks of cancer screening with patients

Cedars-Sinai wins national consumer award for providing quality medical care, staff in LA region

WE-CARE project aims to create strategic plan to help reduce Europe's healthcare costs

State highlights: What makes former CMS head Berwick, now Mass. gov. candidate, tick; Calif. set to get health law long-term care money

Dems, GOP ready to wage new budget fights, even inside their own parties -- and Medicare is in the mix

Iowa Medicaid initiative saves more than $86 million in three years

Most parents want online options from kids' health care providers, but half say it should be free

President says website problems are 'unacceptable"; urges insurance shoppers to keep trying

Risk for breast cancer: Key prevention awareness tips for young women

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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