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High voltage, short pulsed electric fields destroy cells in skin tissue, lead to scarless tissue regeneration

High voltage, short pulsed electric fields, used for disinfection and solid tumor destruction, selectively damage cell membranes, while preserving overall tissue structure, a phenomenon that may be a key factor in scarless tissue regeneration.

11 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 11, 2013

Today's headlines include news about what experts are diagnosing as the trouble spots in the federal online health insurance exchange and how to fix them.

11 Oct 2013

Be Medicinewise Week 2013 to focus on Australia's ageing population

On Monday NPS MedicineWise, with the help of ambassadors Bert Newton and Dr John D’Arcy, will launch Be Medicinewise Week 2013.

11 Oct 2013

Experts suggest interventions to help reduce delays in diagnosis of cancer in primary care

Continuity of care so that all patients see the same GP with whom they build up a relationship over time could help reduce delays in the diagnosis of cancer in primary care. In an essay published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, a team of primary care experts write that this, together with longer consultations and better distribution of information to GPs about referral pathways or new services could have a wide reaching impact on the early diagnosis of cancer and survival.

11 Oct 2013

Novel community program to improve the way childhood asthma controlled outside hospital

Indiana University School of Medicine emergency medicine faculty hope to improve the way childhood asthma is medically managed in Marion County through an innovative program that incorporates the skills and flexible schedules of specially trained Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services paramedics.

11 Oct 2013

WHO, Health Care without Harm to launch Mercury-Free Healthcare by 2020

WHO and Health Care without Harm have joined forces to launch a new initiative to get mercury removed from all medical measuring devices by 2020.

11 Oct 2013

Research finding may offer targets for treating feelings of unsteadiness

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have pinpointed a site in a highly developed area of the human brain that plays an important role in the subconscious recognition of which way is straight up and which way is down.

11 Oct 2013

Employees at big companies will pick up a bigger share of health care price tag, predicts Aon Hewitt

More workers at big U.S. companies will likely start paying a greater share of their doctor's bill because of a health insurance shift forecast by benefits consultant Aon Hewitt.

11 Oct 2013

State highlights: Calif. gov. signs bill allowing some non-physicians to perform early abortions; audit questions facts around N.C. Medicaid managed care

Giving California women more access to abortion, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Wednesday that allows nurse practitioners and certain other non-physicians to perform the procedure during the first trimester of pregnancy.

11 Oct 2013

New database tracks academic medial centers' policies on physician-industry ties

U.S. medical schools have made significant progress to strengthen their management of clinical conflicts of interest, but a new study demonstrates that most schools still lag behind national standards. The Institute on Medicine as a Profession study, which compared changes in schools' policies in a dozen areas from 2008 to 2011, reveals that institutions are racing from the bottom to the middle, not to the top.

11 Oct 2013

AGA partners with PENTAX Medical to improve patient care via innovative medical technologies

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute announced a new partnership with PENTAX Medical. PENTAX Medical will provide substantial funding over three years to stimulate innovation that will advance the science and practice of gastroenterology and improve patient outcomes.

11 Oct 2013

Electronic payments in school cafeterias are linked with lower nutrition and higher calories

School cafeterias that accept only electronic payments may be inadvertently promoting junkier food and adding empty calories to students' diets, say Cornell behavioral economists in the current issue of the journal Obesity.

11 Oct 2013

Children whose parents use a personal health record twice as likely to attend all well-child visits

Young children whose parents used an integrated personal health record were more likely to attend six or more of the nationally recommended well-child care visits by 15 months of age, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in The Journal of Pediatrics.

11 Oct 2013

Cedars-Sinai woman researcher puts extensive effort to increase awareness on ovarian cancer research

Julie Miller is a key part of an extensive effort at Cedars-Sinai to increase awareness of and support for women's cancer research. She not only has registered to participate in clinical research, but she's also lacing up her running shoes.

11 Oct 2013

Consistent messages and environmental support can improve children’s diet

Consistent messages, effective policies and environmental support in all places where children live, study and play can improve their diet and physical activity habits and help children achieve and maintain a healthy weight, according to an updated position paper of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

11 Oct 2013

Longer looks: Problems with 'regular insurance;' more TV characters with mental illness; women dying younger

Every week reporter Ankita Rao selects interesting reading from around the Web.

11 Oct 2013

Viewpoints: 'Death throes' of health law opponents; Ryan's plan on entitlements may offer way out of budget crisis

Politically, the biggest challenges facing the ACA are behind us. By my count, the law has already survived three near-death experiences: the Democrats' loss of a filibuster-proof Senate majority with the election of Scott Brown in Jan. 2010, the Supreme Court's June 2012 decision upholding (with one exception) the law's constitutionality, and President Obama's re-election last Nov. Much of what we see going on in Washington now is the death throes of the opposition, especially now that Americans are beginning to sign up for coverage (John McDonough, 10/9).

11 Oct 2013

$Lack of balance confidence after hip fracture may affect mobility function$

Lack of balance confidence after hip fracture may affect mobility function

A fall and subsequent injury decreases a person's balance confidence and increases his or her fear of falling. People aged over 60 years who had sustained a hip fracture and had a lower sense of balance confidence, also experienced difficulty in walking outdoors and climbing stairs.

11 Oct 2013

Study compares effects of 2 intravenous fluids on survival for critically ill patients in ICU

Djillali Annane, M.D., Ph.D., of Raymond Poincare Hospital, Garches, France, and colleagues conducted a study to compare the effects of 2 types of intravenous fluids on survival for critically ill patients in an intensive care unit.

11 Oct 2013

Obama meets with congressional delegations as GOP mulls change in tactics to end budget crisis

The president is having separate meetings with Democrats and Republicans from the House and Senate as both sides seek a solution to the impasse. Some Republicans are looking at a plan on entitlement changes from Rep. Paul Ryan as a roadmap, but others complain that he is abandoning the fight over the health law.

11 Oct 2013

Healthcare News

High voltage, short pulsed electric fields destroy cells in skin tissue, lead to scarless tissue regeneration

First Edition: October 11, 2013

Be Medicinewise Week 2013 to focus on Australia's ageing population

Experts suggest interventions to help reduce delays in diagnosis of cancer in primary care

Novel community program to improve the way childhood asthma controlled outside hospital

WHO, Health Care without Harm to launch Mercury-Free Healthcare by 2020

Research finding may offer targets for treating feelings of unsteadiness

Employees at big companies will pick up a bigger share of health care price tag, predicts Aon Hewitt

State highlights: Calif. gov. signs bill allowing some non-physicians to perform early abortions; audit questions facts around N.C. Medicaid managed care

New database tracks academic medial centers' policies on physician-industry ties

AGA partners with PENTAX Medical to improve patient care via innovative medical technologies

Electronic payments in school cafeterias are linked with lower nutrition and higher calories

Children whose parents use a personal health record twice as likely to attend all well-child visits

Cedars-Sinai woman researcher puts extensive effort to increase awareness on ovarian cancer research

Consistent messages and environmental support can improve children’s diet

Longer looks: Problems with 'regular insurance;' more TV characters with mental illness; women dying younger

Viewpoints: 'Death throes' of health law opponents; Ryan's plan on entitlements may offer way out of budget crisis

Lack of balance confidence after hip fracture may affect mobility function

Study compares effects of 2 intravenous fluids on survival for critically ill patients in ICU

Obama meets with congressional delegations as GOP mulls change in tactics to end budget crisis

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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