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Aging of America means not enough home-care workers

A labor shortage is worsening in one of the nation's fastest-growing occupations - taking care of the elderly and disabled - just as baby boomers head into old age.

16 Apr 2013

Medicaid gamble in Ore. could make it national leader, or cost millions; Other state Medicaid news

A Medicaid experiment could make Oregon a leader in controlling costs and improving care in the program -- or it could cost the state millions in penalties.

16 Apr 2013

New smartphone app helps monitor food intake, exercise and set weight loss target

Their study is the first to evaluate a smartphone app as the sole method for monitoring weight loss, with researchers creating My Meal Mate to trial against similar products for monitoring food intake, an online food diary and the traditional paper version.

16 Apr 2013

Study shows mathematical models can help assess effectiveness of HIV intervention combinations

South Africa is home to the largest HIV epidemic in the world with a total of 5.6 million people living with HIV. Large-scale clinical trials evaluating combination methods of prevention and treatment are often prohibitively expensive and take years to complete.

16 Apr 2013

Abortion-rights supporters worry strict new rules could shutter Virginia abortion clinics

Newly passed regulations adopted Friday in Virginia will require many abortion clinics there to undergo costly renovations, a move that opponents say is aimed at forcing the clinics closed.

16 Apr 2013

UnitedHealthcare pushing congress to open up federal workers' health program

At a congressional hearing yesterday, UnitedHealthCare executives said that Blue Cross Blue Shield dominates the FEHB market too much.

15 Apr 2013

First Edition: April 15, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about the Medicare provisions in the budget plan released last week by President Barack Obama as well as previews of the Supreme Court's consideration of arguments regarding whether human genes can be patented.

15 Apr 2013

Accessing CSIS iTunes University course

The Center for Strategic & International Studies' "Smart Global Health" blog provides a brief tutorial on accessing the center's "Global Health Policy in the Second Obama Term" iTunes University course on a mobile device as well as through iTunes (4/11).

15 Apr 2013

Blog features guest posts discussing Rally for Medical Research

The Global Health Technologies Coalition's "Breakthroughs" blog this week featured three guest posts addressing this week's Rally for Medical Research in Washington, D.C.

15 Apr 2013

Cholera epidemic in Haiti expected to worsen with onset of rainy season, lack of funds

"Nearly 2.5 years after it began, Haiti's cholera epidemic is getting worse, not better, and efforts to treat the sick are desperately short of funds, say aid groups on the ground," The Lancet reports.

15 Apr 2013

Loyola University Health System to celebrate Nurses Week in May

Loyola University Health System will celebrate Nurses Week May 5-10. This event takes place each year just prior to May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. The theme for the week is "Caring Comes Naturally."

15 Apr 2013

Overcoming fear of gym

It may be easy to embrace the concept of exercising at a gym but difficult to face the people there. The stares, the snickering, the unwanted advice and the questions are what many overweight individuals associate with attending a fitness center.

15 Apr 2013

New book discusses links between violence against women, mental health

Violence against women is a global problem that includes domestic violence, sexual abuse of girls and women, trafficking of women, violence in humanitarian crisis settings, violence against female patients including abuse of doctor-patient relationships, and harassment and discrimination of women at the workplace.

15 Apr 2013

Amazing look at neurological conditions in fiction and film

Classical and modern literature is full of patients with interesting neurological, cognitive, or psychiatric diseases, often including detailed and accurate descriptions, which suggests the authors were inspired by observations of real people.

15 Apr 2013

G8 foreign ministers call for urgent action to address rape, sexual violence in conflict

"An initiative announced [Thursday] in London by the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized countries to ramp up the fight against rape and other sexual violence in conflict represents 'a beacon of light and hope' for the countless survivors around the world," the U.N. Secretary General's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura said at the launch of the Declaration on Preventing Sexual Violence, the U.N. News Centre reports (4/11).

15 Apr 2013

Research demonstrates complex interaction between aging and cancer

Cancer is clearly an age-related disease. Recent research in both aging and cancer has demonstrated the complex interaction between the two phenomena.

15 Apr 2013

Gates Foundation's programs complement new global plan to prevent 2M child deaths

John Grove, a senior program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Gretchen Meller, a program officer at the foundation, write in the group's "Impatient Optimists" blog, "By addressing [pneumonia and diarrhea] together, the [Integrated Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhea] goes to the heart of the matter: both diseases are caused by a range of pathogens, and no single intervention alone will eliminate either disease.

15 Apr 2013

President's FY14 budget proposal encourages more donation to Global Fund

By proposing $1.65 billion for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria "in his 2014 budget request to Congress, President Obama gave the world the next big shove it needs to control and end AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria," Kolleen Bouchane, director of ACTION, writes in the Huffington Post's "The Big Push" blog.

15 Apr 2013

NCRI, Prize4Life recognized with Bio-IT World's Best Practices Award for creating PRO-ACT platform

The Massachusetts General Hospital Neurological Clinical Research Institute and Prize4Life, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to accelerate the discovery of treatments and a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, received a Best Practices Award at the 2013 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo.

15 Apr 2013

Published report describes 3 cases of H7N9; Researchers developing quick test, vaccine

A new report by a team of Chinese researchers describing the cases of three people who died of the H7N9 avian flu strain in China "was published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine along with a commentary from American health officials, who said the disease 'raises many urgent questions and global public health concerns,'" the New York Times reports.

15 Apr 2013

Healthcare News

Aging of America means not enough home-care workers

Medicaid gamble in Ore. could make it national leader, or cost millions; Other state Medicaid news

New smartphone app helps monitor food intake, exercise and set weight loss target

Study shows mathematical models can help assess effectiveness of HIV intervention combinations

Abortion-rights supporters worry strict new rules could shutter Virginia abortion clinics

UnitedHealthcare pushing congress to open up federal workers' health program

First Edition: April 15, 2013

Accessing CSIS iTunes University course

Blog features guest posts discussing Rally for Medical Research

Cholera epidemic in Haiti expected to worsen with onset of rainy season, lack of funds

Loyola University Health System to celebrate Nurses Week in May

Overcoming fear of gym

New book discusses links between violence against women, mental health

Amazing look at neurological conditions in fiction and film

G8 foreign ministers call for urgent action to address rape, sexual violence in conflict

Research demonstrates complex interaction between aging and cancer

Gates Foundation's programs complement new global plan to prevent 2M child deaths

President's FY14 budget proposal encourages more donation to Global Fund

NCRI, Prize4Life recognized with Bio-IT World's Best Practices Award for creating PRO-ACT platform

Published report describes 3 cases of H7N9; Researchers developing quick test, vaccine

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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