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Regulatory reform needed to protect consumers from caffeine-induced harm

Caffeine is the most widely used psychoactive substance and is part of the daily diet of most people, whether they know it or not. Caffeine is being added to more products, including energy drinks and snack foods, with no regulations requiring the amount of caffeine to be included on the product label.

20 Sep 2013

Series of six infographics aims to educate about concussion symptoms and treatment

Just in time for back-to-school and fall sports, a series of six infographics aims to educate players, parents, nurses and coaches about concussion symptoms and treatments, so they can keep their heads in the game. Developed by the physician-researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's "Minds Matter" program, these materials offer the most up-to-date tips for detection and treatment of youth concussions

20 Sep 2013

Viewpoints: Rove warns GOP that defunding could be 'self-defeating;' Jonathan Cohn says latest Obamacare fight reveals Republicans' will to overlook gains from law

Today, independents look more like Republicans than Democrats, especially when it comes to health care. In a new Crossroads GPS health-care policy survey conducted in 10 states likely to have competitive Senate races and in House districts that lean Republican or are swing seats, 60 percent of independents oppose President Obama's Affordable Care Act. If this holds through 2014, then Republicans should receive another big boost in the midterms. There is, however, one issue on which independents disagree with Republicans: using the threat of a government shutdown to defund ObamaCare (Karl Rove, 9/18).

20 Sep 2013

First Edition: September 20, 2013

Today's headlines include the latest on the Capitol Hill hijinx surrounding efforts to defund the health law and avert a government shutdown.

20 Sep 2013

CME Medical to highlight effectiveness of nutrition pumps at two key healthcare nutrition events

CME Medical will be promoting its nutrition pumps – the BodyGuard 323 Ambulatory Infusion Pump and the BodyGuard 2CH Twin Channel Infusion Pump and a new range of rucksacks to carry them in, at two key healthcare nutrition events coming soon.

20 Sep 2013

Reprieve over? Health spending projected to climb 6% next year

The nation's health care spending is slated to rise about 6 percent next year, according to a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report. This follows five years of slower growth expected to end as the nation's economy recovers and the health law expands coverage. The spending increase is likely lower than it would have been, however, if the Supreme Court hadn't allowed states to choose whether to expand Medicaid, researchers wrote.

20 Sep 2013

Vera and Paul Guerin Family Congenital Heart Program to be established in Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute

In an effort to lengthen the life span and improve the quality of life for those born with heart defects, longtime Cedars-Sinai supporters Vera and Paul Guerin have donated $10 million to establish the Vera and Paul Guerin Family Congenital Heart Program in the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute.

20 Sep 2013

Genetics in Medicine's October 2013 issue details solutions for integrating genomic data into EHR

Genetic tests can now tell us whether we are at increased risk of various cancers, heart or kidney disease, asthma and a number of other conditions.

20 Sep 2013

GPs urged to give up independent contractor status, become NHS employees

General practitioners should give up their independent contractor status and become NHS employees. This is the most radical alternative method of primary care funding considered by Professor Azeem Majeed, Head of the Department of Primary Care & Public Health at Imperial College London, in an editorial published today in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

20 Sep 2013

Now is the best time to get immunized against influenza, says UAB expert

It is that time of year again to consider the protection offered by a flu shot. One University of Alabama at Birmingham internal medicine expert says with a vaccine already available, it is best to get immunized against influenza now.

20 Sep 2013

States hammering out Medicaid decisions on qualifications, expansion

In news about state Medicaid expansions, a hospital association in Missouri explores the state's place nationally and globally in caring for its poor. Elsewhere, Pennsylvania could require those out-of-work and on Medicaid to look for a job, and South Dakota mulls expanding the program.

20 Sep 2013

EDCs pose threat to human health, say endocrine experts

In an editorial published in Endocrinology, a journal of The Endocrine Society, endocrine experts agreed that endocrine-disrupting chemicals pose a threat to human health and to the ecosystems of the earth.

20 Sep 2013

Employers trim health costs using Obamacare as cover

Many of these practices began well before the federal health law took effect. But several news outlets report that the law is giving businesses cover to shift additional costs onto employees and their families -- an effort that may reinforce the law's unpopularity.

20 Sep 2013

Mental health questions re-emerge after shooting deaths in Washington

Mental health is again front and center in the gun control debate with some consensus on Capitol Hill that more resources are needed to treat the mentally ill. A new study also examines the relationship between gun ownership and mental illness in several countries.

20 Sep 2013

Memorial Sloan-Kettering initiates to reduce cancer and cardiovascular health disparities in U.S. South Asian

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is leading an innovative initiative to reduce cancer and cardiovascular health disparities in South Asian immigrant communities in the United States.

20 Sep 2013

BHI raises awareness of link between cardiovascular and hearing health

Gen Xers and baby boomers should no longer ignore their hearing loss, says the Better Hearing Institute, which is raising awareness of the link between cardiovascular and hearing health in recognition of World Heart Day on September 29th.

20 Sep 2013

House to vote Friday on bill tying govt. funding to repeal effort

News outlets report that the decision by the House GOP leadership to link the two efforts increases the likelihood of a government shutdown.

20 Sep 2013

House GOP lambasts Senate Republicans for caving on Obamacare

The showdown over the health law that some expected would unify the party has turned into a war of words between House and Senate colleagues. Meanwhile, Politico reports that while most people are focused on the threat of a government shutdown, the bigger threat is a U.S. debt default

20 Sep 2013

House conservatives offer Obamacare alternative

The legislation, advanced by the Republican Study Committee, would expand tax breaks for people who buy their own health insurance and increase funding for high-risk pools.

20 Sep 2013

Obama focuses attention on fiscal risks involved in GOP health law defunding strategy

President Barack Obama issues tough talk about Capitol Hill during a speech to the Business Roundtable. Meanwhile, JP Morgan Chase & Co. backs away from a research note in which it predicted a delay was imminent in the launch of key provisions of the health law.

20 Sep 2013

Healthcare News

Regulatory reform needed to protect consumers from caffeine-induced harm

Series of six infographics aims to educate about concussion symptoms and treatment

Viewpoints: Rove warns GOP that defunding could be 'self-defeating;' Jonathan Cohn says latest Obamacare fight reveals Republicans' will to overlook gains from law

First Edition: September 20, 2013

CME Medical to highlight effectiveness of nutrition pumps at two key healthcare nutrition events

Reprieve over? Health spending projected to climb 6% next year

Vera and Paul Guerin Family Congenital Heart Program to be established in Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute

Genetics in Medicine's October 2013 issue details solutions for integrating genomic data into EHR

GPs urged to give up independent contractor status, become NHS employees

Now is the best time to get immunized against influenza, says UAB expert

States hammering out Medicaid decisions on qualifications, expansion

EDCs pose threat to human health, say endocrine experts

Employers trim health costs using Obamacare as cover

Mental health questions re-emerge after shooting deaths in Washington

Memorial Sloan-Kettering initiates to reduce cancer and cardiovascular health disparities in U.S. South Asian

BHI raises awareness of link between cardiovascular and hearing health

House to vote Friday on bill tying govt. funding to repeal effort

House GOP lambasts Senate Republicans for caving on Obamacare

House conservatives offer Obamacare alternative

Obama focuses attention on fiscal risks involved in GOP health law defunding strategy

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