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Medicaid expansion: Arizona foes look to voter referendum, brewing fight in N.H.

Meanwhile, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown seeks to expand Medi-Cal and New Hampshire lawmakers set up a fight over the expansion.

31 May 2013

Low mortality hospitals appear better able to treat life-threatening complications

Hospitals with low rates of patient mortality appear better able to rescue patients from complications following cardiac surgery, according to a study published in the June 2013 issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

31 May 2013

NYC public health officials launch new program to locate lost to follow-up patients with HIV

Public health officials in New York City have launched a successful program to locate HIV-positive patients who have been "lost to follow-up" and reconnect them with treatment services, reports a study published in AIDS, official journal of the International AIDS Society.

31 May 2013

Johns Hopkins gynecologic surgeons perform robotic hysterectomy using single, small incision

Two Johns Hopkins gynecologic surgeons are among the first in the nation to perform a robotic hysterectomy using a single, small incision.

31 May 2013

New rule allows employers to increase the use of wellness incentives

The final regulation gives businesses more leeway to tie workers' premium costs to efforts to get them to use more healthy behaviors, such as increasing exercise or quitting smoking.

31 May 2013

Mayo Clinic introduces Individualized Medicine Clinic in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona

You have a serious medical condition, but the conventional tests fail to find an answer. You still have no diagnosis and no effective treatment. What do you do? Mayo Clinic has always been a destination for patients seeking answers. Now, Mayo is taking that concept to the next level with the public launch of its Individualized Medicine Clinic -- at all three of its campuses, in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona.

31 May 2013

SLU assistant professor receives grant to identify policies that improve health of African-American men

An assistant professor at Saint Louis University's College for Public Health and Social Justice has received a $100,000, two-year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to determine which behaviors and policies are most likely to improve the health of African-American men.

31 May 2013

Choosing better sunglasses to protect kids' eyes from damaging rays

Summer months are just on the horizon bringing wonderful warm days filled with sunshine. For most parents, sending kids outside to play includes lathering them with sunscreen to protect their skin from too much of the sun's UVA and UVB rays, but what about protecting their children's eyes?

31 May 2013

Republicans double down on IRS role in carrying out health law

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is weighing in. Meanwhile, witnesses at an IRS hearing Wednesday questioned how the health law's individual mandate will be enforced.

31 May 2013

Measuring blood flow in the brain may predict stroke or hemorrhage in children on ECMO: Study

Measuring blood flow in the brain may be an easy, noninvasive way to predict stroke or hemorrhage in children receiving cardiac or respiratory support through a machine called ECMO, according to a new study by researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital.

31 May 2013

Study finds women less likely to contract bloodstream or surgical-site infections than men

A new study from Columbia University School of Nursing supports a growing body of evidence that women are less likely to contract bloodstream or surgical site infections than their male counterparts.

31 May 2013

Using germ-killing soap, ointment reduces presence of MRSA in ICUs, study finds

Using germ-killing soap and ointment on all intensive-care unit patients can reduce bloodstream infections by up to 44 percent and significantly reduce the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in ICUs, according study results published in today's New England Journal of Medicine.

31 May 2013

Immigrants help Medicare stay solvent, study finds

Immigrants to the U.S. contributed $115.2 billion more to Medicare's Hospital Trust Fund during the past decade than they withdrew, casting doubt on criticism they overburden the health plan for the elderly and disabled, according to a study by researchers from Harvard and the City University of New York.

31 May 2013

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Medicaid expansion: Arizona foes look to voter referendum, brewing fight in N.H.

Low mortality hospitals appear better able to treat life-threatening complications

NYC public health officials launch new program to locate lost to follow-up patients with HIV

Johns Hopkins gynecologic surgeons perform robotic hysterectomy using single, small incision

New rule allows employers to increase the use of wellness incentives

Mayo Clinic introduces Individualized Medicine Clinic in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona

SLU assistant professor receives grant to identify policies that improve health of African-American men

Choosing better sunglasses to protect kids' eyes from damaging rays

Republicans double down on IRS role in carrying out health law

Measuring blood flow in the brain may predict stroke or hemorrhage in children on ECMO: Study

Study finds women less likely to contract bloodstream or surgical-site infections than men

Using germ-killing soap, ointment reduces presence of MRSA in ICUs, study finds

Immigrants help Medicare stay solvent, study finds

Three easy steps for cancer survivorship

Taking precautions to protect health during summer

N.Y. hospital alleged to have pressured heiress for donations

Billions of people across the globe suffer from major untreated dental problems

Scientists identify new markers for obesity treatment

Calif.'s Supreme Court considers whether school workers who are not nurses can administer insulin shots to children

For family caregivers, Older Americans Act provides help

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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