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Healthcare system factors may play a role in racial disparities related to kidney failure

Among patients with kidney disease who received specialized pre-dialysis care in a universal healthcare system, blacks experienced faster disease progression than whites, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). The findings suggest that healthcare system factors have less influence on black-white disparities in kidney function decline than other factors.

12 Jul 2013

Vanderbilt research program trains community pediatricians to diagnose autism

A Vanderbilt research program that trains community pediatricians to diagnose autism within their individual practices may lead to more effective treatment of the disorder that now affects an estimated one in 88 children.

12 Jul 2013

Louisiana Blue Cross: Insurance costs will drop for many under health law; other states cope with law's impact

The Miami Herald: Educating Florida About Health Care Reform Starts With Conversation Enroll America, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit whose mission is to educate Americans about their healthcare options under the Affordable Care Act, kicked off its Florida campaign Wednesday in Miami with a training session for more than 25 newly hired organizers who will be reaching out to residents statewide.

12 Jul 2013

CMS to settle payment fight over Gamma Knife

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed a new rule that would effectively put to rest a provision inserted into last year's fiscal cliff bill by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) to help a U.S. company.

12 Jul 2013

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute recognized as Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has been recognized as a "Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality" in the Healthcare Equality Index 2013, an annual survey conducted by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the country's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization.

12 Jul 2013

Studies find pediatrician slow to use interpreters when needed, fewer surgeries for doctors in training

Close to half of pediatricians do not use a professional interpreter when seeing patients and families with a limited understanding of English, according to a new study. ... Using family members is not recommended because they are more likely to make errors while translating or to withhold sensitive or painful information for emotional reasons, [Lisa DeCamp of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore] told Reuters Health by email (Doyle, 7/10).

12 Jul 2013

Accepting what cannot be changed is key to happiness in old age

When older adults lose control as they move into residential care, they adapt and accept what cannot be changed in order to stay happy. According to a new study, by Jaclyn Broadbent, Shikkiah de Quadros-Wander and Jane McGillivray from Deakin University in Australia, when it comes to satisfaction in later life the ability to accept what cannot be changed is as important as the feeling of being able to exert control.

12 Jul 2013

Weekend reading: Doctors who decide, death desires, and decisions

On the last week of April earlier this year, a small committee of doctors met quietly in a midsized ballroom at the Renaissance Hotel in Chicago. There was an anesthesiologist, an ophthalmologist, a radiologist, and so on - thirty-one in all, each representing their own medical specialty society, each a heavy hitter in his or her own field.

12 Jul 2013

WHO includes new paediatric therapeutic options to EMLc

This week the World Health Organization released its newly updated 4th WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children, in which three treatments developed by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative and its partners have now been included.

12 Jul 2013

Maryland's action may offer middle ground in debate over abortion clinic regulation

After woman was hurt during an abortion, the state tightened its oversight. Americans continue to hold complex views on the subject, even as lawmakers on Capitol Hill gear up for a possible Senate fight on a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

12 Jul 2013

Researchers to study effectiveness of palliative care home health visits for people with HIV

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will assess how effective palliative care home health visits are in treating people with HIV and other chronic illnesses in a new four-year, $1.7-million study funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research.

12 Jul 2013

Unitedhealth sees shift toward outcome-based incentives, bundled payments

The nation's largest insurer predicts it will have $50 billion in accountable-care contracts with health care providers by 2017, up from $20 billion now.

12 Jul 2013

Schools with more robust wellness programs offer healthier foods and beverages

Since 2006-2007, schools participating in federally-funded school meal programs have been required to have wellness programs. A new study in American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds that schools with more robust wellness programs offer healthier foods and beverages, including foods offered in vending machines, school stores and a la carte sales.

12 Jul 2013

Researchers develop new model for more equitable allocation of livers for transplantation

Using the same type of mathematical formulas used to draw political redistricting maps, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have developed a model that would allow for the more equitable allocation of livers from deceased donors for transplantation.

12 Jul 2013

Longer life for Americans, but obesity problem persists

Americans are living longer than they did 20 years ago, but they still lag other countries on life expectancy and the obesity rate, a new study has found.

12 Jul 2013

Community health centers get $150 million to help enroll people in new marketplaces

Community health centers across the country will share in $150 million in grants that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday will help them enroll up to 3.7 million Americans in the new marketplaces this fall. HHS on Wednesday announced that 1,200 centers will get at least $59,000 each, money available through the health care law (Bunis, 7/10).

12 Jul 2013

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Healthcare system factors may play a role in racial disparities related to kidney failure

Vanderbilt research program trains community pediatricians to diagnose autism

Louisiana Blue Cross: Insurance costs will drop for many under health law; other states cope with law's impact

CMS to settle payment fight over Gamma Knife

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute recognized as Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality

Studies find pediatrician slow to use interpreters when needed, fewer surgeries for doctors in training

Accepting what cannot be changed is key to happiness in old age

Weekend reading: Doctors who decide, death desires, and decisions

WHO includes new paediatric therapeutic options to EMLc

Maryland's action may offer middle ground in debate over abortion clinic regulation

Researchers to study effectiveness of palliative care home health visits for people with HIV

Unitedhealth sees shift toward outcome-based incentives, bundled payments

Schools with more robust wellness programs offer healthier foods and beverages

Researchers develop new model for more equitable allocation of livers for transplantation

Longer life for Americans, but obesity problem persists

Community health centers get $150 million to help enroll people in new marketplaces

Analysis finds Obamacare opponents outspent supporters on ads by 5-1

UIC researchers help minority patients to manage their health with common blood thinner

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Infant vaccination against pneumonia helps protect elderly

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

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A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

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