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Study finds that tens of billions of dollars spent each year for moderate chronic kidney disease

Even early stages of kidney disease come with steep medical costs, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. The study found that expenses related to moderate chronic kidney disease cost Medicare tens of billions of dollars each year.

2 Aug 2013

Health care providers are missing opportunities to improve teens' vaccination coverage

Health care providers are missing opportunities to improve teens' vaccination coverage, reports a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

2 Aug 2013

For states working on health law implementation, 'churn' is a matter of concern

California Healthline reports on how life events can cause individuals' incomes to change enough that it will also impact whether they qualify for subsidies to shop for insurance on the state's health exchange, or whether they should apply for Medicaid. It's an issue on which states are beginning to focus.

2 Aug 2013

Obama seeks to calm 'jittery Democrats' on health law rollout

Meanwhile, senior GOP leaders plan more votes to chip away at Obamacare, in part to dissuade their rank and file from demanding a government shutdown this fall unless the health law is defunded.

2 Aug 2013

LSUHSC dental school wins $1.8M grant to educate students about caring for HIV/AIDS patients

The LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Dentistry has been awarded a $1.8 million grant over five years by the Health Resources and Services Administration to support a "Community-Based Dental Partnership." Under the direction of Robert Barsley, DDS, JD, the program educates dental and dental hygiene students about caring for patients with HIV/AIDS, provides dental services to this patient population, and monitors quality of care.

2 Aug 2013

SGR repeal measure moves to full House consideration

Some medical societies, which support repealing Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate formula, are expressing concern that a bill won't be signed into law before a scheduled 25 percent reduction in Medicare physician payment takes effect. Meanwhile, members of the Senate Finance Committee are working on their own plan.

2 Aug 2013

Targeting the health law's enrollment message

Though some view it as a difficult sell, new advertising from the 17 states that are setting up health insurance marketplaces tends to be upbeat and positive. First Lady Michelle Obama is also pitching in on efforts to reach very specific populations.

2 Aug 2013

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust creates over 100 new jobs to boost patient care

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust has announced it has created over 100 new jobs to boost patient care and support in the community. A national recruitment campaign for the new posts which include nurses, therapists and health care assistants, has started in order to fill the positions ahead of the winter.

1 Aug 2013

First Edition: August 1, 2013

Kaiser Health News consumer columnist Michelle Andrews answers a question from a reader about if the health law requires employer-sponsored insurance to cover maternity benefits for an employee's dependents (8/1).

1 Aug 2013

State highlights: Experts cite 'serious' health care risks at Calif. prison; higher cigarette tax in Mass. prompts smuggling fears; psychiatric care payment plan in N.C.

Medical experts reporting to a federal court monitor say health care at the California state prison at Corcoran poses "an ongoing serious risk of harm to patients" that results in preventable deaths. The report, filed in federal court Monday, finds "serious patient care issues" within the general hospital at the prison, including life-threatening infections caused by unsanitary conditions, nurses who did not check vitals and doctors who repeatedly "cut and paste" the same patient notes (St. John, 7/30).

1 Aug 2013

Sequenom CMM, CombiMatrix sign collaboration agreement to market CMA testing for NIPT

Sequenom, Inc., a life sciences company providing innovative diagnostic testing and genetic analysis solutions, and CombiMatrix Corporation, a molecular diagnostics laboratory performing DNA-based testing services for developmental disorders and cancer, today jointly announced that the Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine LLC and CombiMatrix have entered into a collaboration agreement to market chromosomal microarray analysis testing services to broaden and confirm the results of noninvasive, prenatal testing to physicians and their patients.

1 Aug 2013

Medicare premiums hold the line -- increasing $1 in price from the past three years

The Obama administration cast the average monthly premium price increase as a matter of inches.

1 Aug 2013

Georgia seeks 'emergency delay' for approving health exchanges' proposed rates

The state insurance commissioner cited "massive rate increases" in the proposals from seven insurers seeking to do business on these online insurance marketplaces.

1 Aug 2013

Convergent Dental’s Solea CO2 dental laser system receives FDA clearance

Convergent Dental, Inc., a privately held dental device and technology company, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Solea™ for ablation of hard tissue for caries removal and cavity preparation. Solea is the first CO2 laser technology system that has received FDA clearance for hard tissue indications.

1 Aug 2013

U.S. divide on abortion widens along regional lines

Opposition to abortion has grown in parts of the South, while those in the Northeast and West Coast continue to be strong supporters of abortion rights, a study says.

1 Aug 2013

Parsing public opinion about Obamacare -- and GOP repeal efforts

The Washington Post's Fact Checker finds a recent Obamacare poll by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce presented data "in a highly misleading way," while a memo by President Barack Obama's pollster asserts that GOP efforts to repeal the health law have support of only about half of GOP voters.

1 Aug 2013

N.Y. appellate court upholds decision blocking NYC's big soda ban

The panel said the city board of health acted outside its authority in imposing the ban, which would have prevented restaurants, theaters and food carts from selling sodas and other sugary drinks in excess of 16 ounces. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he planned to appeal the ruling.

1 Aug 2013

'Mental Health Pathway' for paramedics to provide appropriate care for mentally ill patients

Ruth Elliot, Senior Lecturer in the department of Mental Health and Learning Disability at the University of Huddersfield, has published an article discussing the need for a national 'Mental Health Pathway' to enable paramedics to provide the appropriate care for people who present mental health issues.

1 Aug 2013

Data hub will be key to health law operation but also raises privacy concerns

Bloomberg news service examines the complications involved in building the hub that will connect databases of seven federal agencies.

1 Aug 2013

Chemicals added to swimming pool water can cause irritation, injury and even death, doctors warn

Chemicals are added to swimming pool water to enhance and protect the water quality and minimize disease-causing germs, but these same chemicals can cause irritation, injury and even death when not handled appropriately, doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center warn.

1 Aug 2013

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Study finds that tens of billions of dollars spent each year for moderate chronic kidney disease

Health care providers are missing opportunities to improve teens' vaccination coverage

For states working on health law implementation, 'churn' is a matter of concern

Obama seeks to calm 'jittery Democrats' on health law rollout

LSUHSC dental school wins $1.8M grant to educate students about caring for HIV/AIDS patients

SGR repeal measure moves to full House consideration

Targeting the health law's enrollment message

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust creates over 100 new jobs to boost patient care

First Edition: August 1, 2013

State highlights: Experts cite 'serious' health care risks at Calif. prison; higher cigarette tax in Mass. prompts smuggling fears; psychiatric care payment plan in N.C.

Sequenom CMM, CombiMatrix sign collaboration agreement to market CMA testing for NIPT

Medicare premiums hold the line -- increasing $1 in price from the past three years

Georgia seeks 'emergency delay' for approving health exchanges' proposed rates

Convergent Dental’s Solea CO2 dental laser system receives FDA clearance

U.S. divide on abortion widens along regional lines

Parsing public opinion about Obamacare -- and GOP repeal efforts

N.Y. appellate court upholds decision blocking NYC's big soda ban

'Mental Health Pathway' for paramedics to provide appropriate care for mentally ill patients

Data hub will be key to health law operation but also raises privacy concerns

Chemicals added to swimming pool water can cause irritation, injury and even death, doctors warn

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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