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African First Ladies, government officials meet in Los Angeles for health summit

"Government representatives and leaders associated with international non-profit organizations, business and medical research convened in Los Angeles Tuesday and Wednesday at the second African First Ladies Health Summit to expand on their efforts to improve the life prospects of women and children on the continent," the Los Angeles Wave reports.

6 Apr 2013

Updated guidelines for metabolic and bariatric surgery

Significant new scientific evidence published over the last four years has prompted three major medical societies to change its guidance on who should get metabolic and bariatric surgery and which methods should be used.

6 Apr 2013

First Korean/U.S. workshop on drug regulation and marketing

Getting more and better drugs to market for patients was the ultimate goal of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy's first Korean/U.S. workshop on drug regulation and marketing from March 18 to 22.

6 Apr 2013

Student coalition ranks research universities' spending and activities on neglected diseases, other illnesses

"A first-time ranking of 54 top research universities in the United States and Canada has found that a miniscule percentage of funding goes to neglected diseases, despite the outsized influence that public universities play in developing medicines for illnesses often ignored by the private sector," Inter Press Service reports.

6 Apr 2013

ACP applauds U.S. Senate leader's proposal to reduce firearms-related deaths, injuries

The American College of Physicians today told U.S. Senate majority leader Harry Reid it applauds his efforts "in introducing legislation to address needed reforms in the wake of the Newtown, CT tragedy."

6 Apr 2013

USAID releases new issue of 'FrontLines'

The March/April issue of USAID's "FrontLines" focuses on access to safe water and neglected tropical diseases.

6 Apr 2013

Public health leaders file amicus brief in Supreme Court case challenging 'anti-prostitution pledge'

"The case of the 'anti-prostitution pledge' heading for the Supreme Court this month focuses on whether the requirement that groups funded by [PEPFAR] create policies 'explicitly' condemning prostitution is compatible with the First Amendment," the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog reports.

6 Apr 2013

Journalists, experts discuss China's response to H7N9 outbreak

In a conversation in the ChinaFile blog, David Wertime, co-founder and co-editor of Tea Leaf Nation, an English-language online magazine that analyzes Chinese social media, speaks with Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations; journalist Isabel Hilton; Donald Clarke, a professor at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.; Susan Jakes, editor of ChinaFile; Dorinda Elliott, editor at large at ChinaFile; and James Fallows, a correspondent for The Atlantic, about the emergence of a new strain of avian flu called H7N9 in China and the country's response to the outbreak so far.

6 Apr 2013

Fighting for abortion rights in Ecuador

Writing in RH Reality Check, Heather Sayette of Planned Parenthood Global/Latin America examines how Ecuador's newly re-elected President Rafael Correa this week "voiced unconditional support for contraception, including emergency contraception."

6 Apr 2013

Ending poverty within a generation may prove tougher than tackling AIDS, World Bank president warns

"The president of the World Bank has warned that ending the worst of global poverty within a generation would prove a tougher challenge than tackling AIDS, as he urged direct action to help more than a billion people benefit from growth," The Guardian reports.

6 Apr 2013

Drought, flooding in Haiti leading to increase in malnutrition, U.N. report says

"A growing number of people in Haiti do not have enough to eat, according to the United Nations relief wing, mostly as a result of drought and the impact of recent tropical storms," the U.N. News Centre reports (4/3).

6 Apr 2013

Young people don't have fine motor movements compared to middle-aged people, find researchers

People in their 20s don't have much on their middle-aged counterparts when it comes to some fine motor movements, researchers from UT Arlington have found.

6 Apr 2013

China begins slaughter of birds in Shanghai market after 6th death from H7N9 announced; U.S., global experts begin vaccine research

"China announced a sixth death from a new bird flu strain Friday, while authorities in Shanghai halted the sale of live fowl and slaughtered all poultry at a market where the virus was detected in pigeons being sold for meat," the Associated Press reports (Wong, 4/5).

6 Apr 2013

Loyola University Medical Center's Acute Rehabilitation Unit achieves CARF accreditation

Loyola University Medical Center's Acute Rehabilitation Unit is being re-accredited for the maximum three years by CARF International, an independent, non-profit accrediting body.

6 Apr 2013

NAIC offers states options to 'mitigate' the premium increases that are expected when the health law takes effect

State regulators are looking for ways to protect consumers against increases in health insurance rates that they expect to occur next year as major provisions of the new health care law take effect.

6 Apr 2013

Researcher awarded NIH grant to study drug-related health disparities in African-Americans

Your body's ability to effectively respond to stress may be an indicator of your vulnerability to use and abuse drugs.

6 Apr 2013

Viewpoints: A doctor finds father's hospital care frightening; Politicization of science has hurt research funding

Three years ago, on a Friday afternoon, I received a frantic phone call from my mother. My active and healthy father was in the hospital with a suspected stroke. I immediately started driving to New Jersey, where they lived. I knew I had to be there to ensure that my dad would be safe. He had been taken to one of the most dangerous places in the world: a hospital. The story of my dad's three day stay in a major American teaching hospital is remarkably unremarkable (Ashish Jha, 4/5).

6 Apr 2013

Education teacher launches Spanish edition of new autism awareness book

Lena McCalla Njee, a special education teacher of children with autism, today launches the Spanish edition of her book, "El Autismo Inspira! La esperanza como salvacion para los padres," to kick off National Autism Awareness Month.

6 Apr 2013

State Highlights: St. Jude lawsuits could change medical-device liability protection; Calif. weighs charity minimum for nonprofit hospitals

A raft of lawsuits filed Thursday against St. Jude Medical Inc. over an implanted heart device could challenge the broad liability protection that medical-device makers have enjoyed since a key Supreme Court ruling in 2008.

6 Apr 2013

Researchers use single-cell genome sequencing approach to analyze microbe from biofilm in hospital

A team of researchers led by scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) has published a study outlining the recovery and genomic analysis, using single-cell genomic techniques, of a periodontal pathogen, Porphyromonas gingivalis, from a hospital sink.

6 Apr 2013

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African First Ladies, government officials meet in Los Angeles for health summit

Updated guidelines for metabolic and bariatric surgery

First Korean/U.S. workshop on drug regulation and marketing

Student coalition ranks research universities' spending and activities on neglected diseases, other illnesses

ACP applauds U.S. Senate leader's proposal to reduce firearms-related deaths, injuries

USAID releases new issue of 'FrontLines'

Public health leaders file amicus brief in Supreme Court case challenging 'anti-prostitution pledge'

Journalists, experts discuss China's response to H7N9 outbreak

Fighting for abortion rights in Ecuador

Ending poverty within a generation may prove tougher than tackling AIDS, World Bank president warns

Drought, flooding in Haiti leading to increase in malnutrition, U.N. report says

Young people don't have fine motor movements compared to middle-aged people, find researchers

China begins slaughter of birds in Shanghai market after 6th death from H7N9 announced; U.S., global experts begin vaccine research

Loyola University Medical Center's Acute Rehabilitation Unit achieves CARF accreditation

NAIC offers states options to 'mitigate' the premium increases that are expected when the health law takes effect

Researcher awarded NIH grant to study drug-related health disparities in African-Americans

Viewpoints: A doctor finds father's hospital care frightening; Politicization of science has hurt research funding

Education teacher launches Spanish edition of new autism awareness book

State Highlights: St. Jude lawsuits could change medical-device liability protection; Calif. weighs charity minimum for nonprofit hospitals

Researchers use single-cell genome sequencing approach to analyze microbe from biofilm in hospital

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