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Medicaid expansion continues to be Florida flashpoint

Health advocates and some lawmakers rallied last week in Tallahassee to expand Medicaid coverage, but the Florida House speaker says the expansion is "dead" in his state. In addition, debate over this health law provision continues in Louisiana.

19 Mar 2013

State roundup: Minn. nurses give on staff levels for study

A selection of health policy news from California, Massachusetts, the District of Columbia, Minnesota and Oregon.

19 Mar 2013

Oral Cancer Foundation encourages dental practices to offer free oral cancer screenings in April

What has the greatest impact on survival rates of oral cancer? Radiation? Chemotherapy? Perhaps surgery? The truth is none of these; rather, it is the point in time at which the disease is discovered.

18 Mar 2013

DaVita recognized with Patient Safety Improvement Award for CathAway program

On March 15, DaVita, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. and a leading provider of kidney care services, was recognized with the Patient Safety Improvement Award during the Renal Physician Association's annual meeting for the company's innovative CathAway program.

18 Mar 2013

NHS intravenous (IV) fluids: an interview with Dr Ian Roberts, LSHTM

Saline is just salty water, whereas colloids are solutions that have large molecules in them. In this case, the molecules are starch. The idea is that because these molecules are big they don’t leak out of the circulation as much.

18 Mar 2013

Scientific paper highlights versatility of Tensys Medical's T-Line technology

Tensys Medical, Inc., a leader in the development and commercialization of continuous, non-invasive hemodynamic patient monitoring systems, announced that a scientific paper evaluating the use of the company's T-line technology has been published in the British Journal of Anesthesia (03/13/13—advance online publication).

18 Mar 2013

Social care charity CIC celebrates 25th anniversary

National social care charity Community Integrated Care celebrates its 25th anniversary.

From Community Integrated Care 18 Mar 2013

Congress' looming deadlines: Budget votes and averting government shutdown

On the Sunday talk shows, members of Congress sparred over the upcoming budget votes and the ongoing dispute over the cost of 'Obamacare' and entitlement programs such as Medicare. More urgently, if Congress fails to pass an extension to keep the government funded by March 27, agencies and programs face a broad shutdown.

18 Mar 2013

Geographical distribution of doctors an important factor in equitable distribution of health services

Younger doctors are more likely than older generations to train and work in the same region as their home before entering medical school. New research published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine investigating the geographical mobility of UK-trained doctors, reveals that 36% attended a medical school in their home region.

16 Mar 2013

Studies uncover impacts of contaminants on Arctic inhabitant's health

People living in Arctic areas can be more sensitive to pollutants due to their genetics, says researcherArja Rautio at the Centre for Arctic Medicine in theUniversity of Oulu, Finland.

16 Mar 2013

WHO report on road safety urges governments to create, enforce driving laws, vehicle safety standards

"The Global Status Report on Road Safety 2013, released Thursday in Geneva by the World Health Organization, found that only 28 countries of the 182 surveyed had adequate laws for drinking and driving, speeding, and use of motorcycle helmets, seat belts and child restraints," the New York Times' "Wheels" blog reports (Mohn, 3/14).

16 Mar 2013

USAID's pursuit of evidence-based global health agenda

As part of the Global Health Research & Development blog series, E. Callie Raulfs-Wang, research adviser at USAID's Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact, writes in the agency's "IMPACTblog," "Whether testing the efficacy of an HIV vaccine or the marketing strategy of a new contraceptive technology, quality research, careful methodology and rigorous analysis are fundamental for acquiring evidence useful in decision-making."

16 Mar 2013

New online system gives people more knowledge and control of health

Research to set up an online system enabling doctors to access patients' health records from all across the European Union, has been launched.

16 Mar 2013

U.N. SG Ban calls on public health academics to play role in post-2015 development goals

Speaking on Wednesday at the Global Colloquium of University Presidents, hosted by New York University, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "called on the global public health academic community to be active partners in the future development framework as the international community starts to set its post-2015 anti-poverty goals," the U.N. News Centre reports.

16 Mar 2013

Small percentage of adults who receive rapid HIV treatment following infection might achieve 'functional cure,' French researchers say

"Rapid treatment after HIV infection may be enough to 'functionally cure' about a 10th of those diagnosed early, say researchers in France," who "have been analyzing 14 people who stopped therapy, but have since shown no signs of the virus resurging," BBC News reports (Gallagher, 3/15).

16 Mar 2013

Discovery could lead to new target for treatment of cocaine addiction

Scientists have discovered a molecular process in the brain triggered by cocaine use that could provide a target for treatments to prevent or reverse addiction to the drug.

16 Mar 2013

Report: Reforms for cost of medical education and in payment models still needed

The number of U.S. senior medical students choosing categorical internal medicine residencies increased for the fourth consecutive year.

16 Mar 2013

New amfAR issue briefs examine U.S. investment in global health, foreign aid

amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, has published two new issue briefs examining U.S. investment in global health.

16 Mar 2013

Adding symbol to calorie information influences food choices, says expert

A little-noticed provision of the Affordable Care Act requires all chain restaurants and retail food establishments with 20 or more locations to list calorie counts on their menus. But according to research co-written by a University of Illinois agricultural economist, numeric calorie labels might not be the most effective way to influence patrons to select "healthier" (often interpreted as lower-calorie) items.

16 Mar 2013

Eye health can be possible through nutrition and supplements, say experts

Eating healthy can affect more than what the scale says. According to experts at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, it is possible to aid eye health through nutrition and supplements.

16 Mar 2013