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State roundup: Immigration proposal could mean big state health care costs

Making immigrants ineligible for public health benefits -- at least initially -- under proposed immigration law changes would push the costs of health care from the federal government to states and counties, said Sonal Ambegaokar, a health policy attorney at the National Immigration Law Center.

18 Apr 2013

Scorecard compares how countries within EU care for people with osteoporosis

Today a panel of international experts working in cooperation with the International Osteoporosis Foundation have published SCOPE - or Scorecard for Osteoporosis in Europe.

18 Apr 2013

More culturally relevant cancer prevention education needed for minority populations

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues analyzed national data to investigate the differences in cancer prevention beliefs by race and ethnicity. They found that minorities, including blacks, Asians and Hispanics, have differing beliefs about cancer prevention and feel they are less likely to get cancer than did whites.

18 Apr 2013

House-Senate 'endgame talks' face political hurdles, delays

The House GOP is moving slowly in naming negotiators to work through differences between the House- and Senate-passed budgets.

18 Apr 2013

Sole abortion clinic in Miss. remains open after judge blocks state law

Mississippi's sole abortion clinic remains open after a U.S. district judge blocked -- for now -- a state law that would require the clinic's doctors have admitting privileges at local hospitals.

18 Apr 2013

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapies have significant benefits for veterans with PTSD

Mindfulness exercises that include meditation, stretching, and acceptance of thoughts and emotions might help veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder find relief from their symptoms.

18 Apr 2013

Hospital prices for consumers slow slightly

Hospital consumer prices increased 0.4 percent last month following the 0.8 percent gain in February, newly released figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show.

18 Apr 2013

Examining function of all genes in zebrafish genome could benefit human health, researchers say

Equipped with the zebrafish genome, researchers have designed a method to assay the function of each and every gene and to explore the effects genetic variation has on zebrafish.

18 Apr 2013

Hospitals profit when surgeries go wrong, study finds

The study, which was published Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association, found that hospitals earned 330 percent higher profit margins on surgeries with one or more complications, because private insurers pay them for longer stays and extra care.

18 Apr 2013

Research: Children and teens with ASD more likely to develop addictive patterns of video game play

Children and teens with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) use screen-based media, such as television and video games, more often than their typically developing peers and are more likely to develop problematic video game habits, a University of Missouri researcher found.

18 Apr 2013

Hospitals push hard for Medicaid expansion

Stateline reports that with billions at stake, hospitals are lobbying to change the minds of state lawmakers opposed to this health law provision.

18 Apr 2013

Federally qualified health centers lag behind in controlling blood pressure, study shows

Federally funded safety-net clinics for the uninsured lag behind other health care providers in controlling blood pressure among the low-income patients who rely on them for care, a new Michigan State University analysis suggests.

18 Apr 2013

Health law creates challenges for various parts of the system

News outlets report on a variety of implementation issues, including the question of how to provide treatment for the millions of people with addiction and alcohol dependencies who will have insurance for the first time and the difficulties faced by safety-net hospitals.

18 Apr 2013

South African Strategy for the Palaeosciences launched

The palaeosciences fraternity and academia have welcomed the launch of the South African Strategy for the Palaeosciences and the awarding of the Centre of Excellence for the Palaeosciences of the Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation to the University of the Witwatersrand and its collaborating institutions, namely the University of Cape Town, Iziko Museum in Cape Town, the National Museum in Bloemfontein, the Albany Museum of Rhodes University, and Ditsong Museum in Pretoria.

18 Apr 2013

Registration open for 7th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention

Registration for the 7th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2013) -- which will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from June 30 to July 3, 2013 -- is now open through the conference webpage, which notes "[d]elegates are encouraged to register by 18 April 2013 ... to avoid the late fee surcharge, which begins on 19 April."

17 Apr 2013

First Edition: April 17, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about a new study finding that surgical woes can actually bolster a hospital's profits.

17 Apr 2013

New paper discusses success of boot camp courses related to neurosurgery

In July 2010, the Society of Neurological Surgeons initiated nationwide boot camp courses designed to teach incoming postgraduate Year 1 trainees fundamental skills related to the field of neurosurgery.

17 Apr 2013

Study reports lower mortality, improved patient outcomes at Magnet hospitals

Lower mortality and other improved patient outcomes achieved at designated "Magnet hospitals" are explained partly—but not completely—by better nurse staffing, education, and work environment, reports a study in the May issue of Medical Care.

17 Apr 2013

U.N. nutrition report calls for increased action to address stunting in children

"A United Nations nutrition report [.pdf] released [Monday] shows that progress has been made in recent years in addressing stunting in children, and calls for increased efforts to accelerate a response to a condition that affects some 165 million children across the world," the U.N. News Centre reports.

17 Apr 2013

U.N. aid agency heads appeal to world leaders to end Syrian violence

"World leaders must act urgently to break the diplomatic deadlock around Syria if they want to prevent the crisis from reaching a dangerous tipping point, the heads of the United Nations aid agencies said on Monday in a rare political appeal," Reuters reports (Humphries, 4/15).

17 Apr 2013