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Research roundup: Studying states' readiness for insurance exchanges

Unauthorized immigrants' options for health care generally consist of hospital emergency rooms and community health centers. Using nationally representative survey data from 2000 to 2009, researchers compared medical spending for unauthorized immigrants, legal residents, naturalized citizens, and natives of the United States and found that "unauthorized immigrants have lower health care spending overall but higher rates of receiving uncompensated care than legal immigrants and US natives."

15 Jun 2013

Vestergaard Frandsen, PackH2O honored for developing products to help address global water crisis

The Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation Wednesday honored two organizations who have developed ground-breaking products to help address the global water crisis at its 10th anniversary gala held at the Tribeca Rooftop.

15 Jun 2013

Aarhus University study reveals that ordinary neutral running shoes function well for new runners

If you are healthy and plan to start running for the first time, it is perfectly all right to put on a pair of completely ordinary 'neutral' running shoes without any special support. Even though your feet overpronate when you run - i.e. roll inwards.

15 Jun 2013

Hospitalized patients do not receive blood thinners to prevent blood clots, researchers report

Researchers at Johns Hopkins report that hospitalized patients do not receive more than one in 10 doses of doctor-ordered blood thinners prescribed to prevent potentially lethal or disabling blood clots, a decision they say may be fueled by misguided concern by patients and their caregivers.

15 Jun 2013

Arizona legislature approves Medicaid expansion

After a months-long, high-stakes political battle, Arizona lawmakers endorsed a Medicaid expansion plan backed by Gov. Jan Brewer.

15 Jun 2013

Gulf War illness may have two distinct forms, study says

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say their new work suggests that Gulf War illness may have two distinct forms depending on which brain regions have atrophied. Their study of Gulf War veterans, published online today in PLOS ONE, may help explain why clinicians have consistently encountered veterans with different symptoms and complaints.

15 Jun 2013

House lawmakers appear closer on Medicare pay overhaul, Medicaid pay increase

House lawmakers move closer to proposing a plan to overhaul how Medicare pays doctors and wonder how they can increase doctors' Medicaid pay -- typically the purview of states.

15 Jun 2013

UTHealth psychiatrists win 2013 American Psychiatric Association's Mind Games competition for the third time

For the final question in the 2013 American Psychiatric Association's Mind Games competition, it was not enough to name the medication (ketamine) that has been shown in a few small studies to have a rapid antidepressant effect in treatment refractory patients.

14 Jun 2013

Accenture: Boom ahead for retail health clinics

According to the consulting firm Accenture, the number of retail clinics will likely double by the end of 2015 -- a trend fueled by the demand for care by consumers who will become insured under the health law. Meanwhile, the Fiscal Times examines why some physicians are choosing not to accept any health insurance.

14 Jun 2013

Educating pediatricians on appropriate antibiotic usage can improve outcomes in children’s infections

As disease-causing microbes continue their worrisome trend of developing resistance to commonly used antibiotics, public health experts have called for more selective use of those medicines. A new study suggests that educating pediatricians in their offices, and auditing their prescription patterns, encourages them to choose more appropriate antibiotics for children with common respiratory infections.

14 Jun 2013

Researchers design mobile app to help elderly patients improve medication management

Researchers at the Universidad Miguel Hernández in Elche have designed together with Elche-based company Nidoweb and other Spanish partners an application for mobile devices that helps elderly people with multiple illnesses improve medication management.

14 Jun 2013

Study: Intervention improves adherence to prescribing guidelines for pediatric bacterial ARTIs

An intervention consisting of clinician education coupled with personalized audit and feedback about antibiotic prescribing improved adherence to prescribing guidelines for common pediatric bacterial acute respiratory tract infections, although the intervention did not affect antibiotic prescribing for viral infections, according to a study in the June 12 issue of JAMA.

14 Jun 2013

End-of-life care: Study finds quality improving but costs increasing

A brief by the Dartmouth Institute finds that Medicare spending for chronically ill patients at the end of life went up more than 15 percent from 2007 to 2010.

14 Jun 2013

First Edition: June 14, 2013

Today's headlines includes reports about how, after months of battle, Arizona lawmakers endorsed a Medicaid expansion plan backed by Gov. Jan Brewer.

14 Jun 2013

Alere Analytics' Fauzia Khan to present keynote address at ACO Summit

Alere Analytics, an Alere subsidiary specializing in analytics and clinical decision support technology, today announced that Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder, Dr. Fauzia Khan will be presenting a keynote on Analytics and Health IT for the Population Health Management track at the fourth national Accountable Care Organization Summit on Friday, June 14 at 9 a.m.

14 Jun 2013

Surgeon General to step down

Politico: Surgeon General To Step Down Surgeon General Regina Benjamin announced today that she plans to step down from her post, which she has held since 2009. "I loved serving as #SGReginaBenjamin, putting prevention in all we do. I leave next month confident we created a more healthy & fit nation," she posted on her Twitter account (Haberkorn, 6/12).

14 Jun 2013

Viewpoints: 'Tyranny' over insurers; Obama's promises; Rep. Franks's abortion claim

Many of us wish that Obamacare were a simpler system, one that directly provided health insurance. Political reality, unfortunately, ensured that many people will receive coverage from private insurers, selling policies - often with subsidies - on the "exchanges". And naturally enough, the Obama administration is teaming up with the insurers and other parts of the health industry to help inform Americans of the benefits to which they will be legally entitled, starting Jan. 1 (Paul Krugman, 6/12).

14 Jun 2013

Emergency department doctors are not identifying pelvic inflammatory disease in adolescent girls

Despite government efforts to expand diagnostic criteria for pelvic inflammatory disease, emergency department doctors are not identifying the condition any more often in adolescent girls, finds a new study in Journal of Adolescent Health.

14 Jun 2013

MAXIMUS signs new contract with Maryland Health Benefit Exchange

MAXIMUS, a leading provider of government services worldwide, announced that it has signed a new contract with the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to operate the Consolidated Service Center, which includes call center, fulfillment and command center services.

14 Jun 2013

Britain's National Health Service visits D.C. for some pointers

In the contentious debate over health care in this country, the United Kingdom's single-payer, government-funded National Health Service has been held up by both sides as a system to be either emulated as an ideal or avoided as an abomination.

14 Jun 2013

Healthcare News

Research roundup: Studying states' readiness for insurance exchanges

Vestergaard Frandsen, PackH2O honored for developing products to help address global water crisis

Aarhus University study reveals that ordinary neutral running shoes function well for new runners

Hospitalized patients do not receive blood thinners to prevent blood clots, researchers report

Arizona legislature approves Medicaid expansion

Gulf War illness may have two distinct forms, study says

House lawmakers appear closer on Medicare pay overhaul, Medicaid pay increase

UTHealth psychiatrists win 2013 American Psychiatric Association's Mind Games competition for the third time

Accenture: Boom ahead for retail health clinics

Educating pediatricians on appropriate antibiotic usage can improve outcomes in children’s infections

Researchers design mobile app to help elderly patients improve medication management

Study: Intervention improves adherence to prescribing guidelines for pediatric bacterial ARTIs

End-of-life care: Study finds quality improving but costs increasing

First Edition: June 14, 2013

Alere Analytics' Fauzia Khan to present keynote address at ACO Summit

Surgeon General to step down

Viewpoints: 'Tyranny' over insurers; Obama's promises; Rep. Franks's abortion claim

Emergency department doctors are not identifying pelvic inflammatory disease in adolescent girls

MAXIMUS signs new contract with Maryland Health Benefit Exchange

Britain's National Health Service visits D.C. for some pointers

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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