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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

Spate of state actions worries abortion-rights advocates, divides lawmakers

The advocates fear that a recent spate of measures, including one recently approved by lawmakers in Alabama, could roll back availability of abortions, while a debate in Virginia on the issue opens a chasm among lawmakers.

6 Apr 2013

Fruit fly study offers clues to wound healing

A person's skin and a fruit fly's exoskeleton, called a "cuticle" may not look alike, but both coverings protect against injury, infection, and dehydration.

6 Apr 2013

Research roundup: Looking at CHIP to gauge effect of health law on doctors; Insurers' spending on quality improvements

In this study published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, researchers analyzed the 1997 Children's Health Insurance Program to evaluate the potential changes in physicians' work hours in response to a large expansion in coverage.

6 Apr 2013

Advocates, community leaders to participate in Keep the Promise on HIV/AIDS March and Rally today

Hundreds of advocates and community leaders are expected to participate in the "Keep the Promise on HIV/AIDS" March and Rally on Saturday, April 6th beginning at 12:00 noon in Cadman Plaza Park in Brooklyn, New York.

6 Apr 2013

House GOP SGR replacement would ease Medicare's doctor pay into a pay-for-performance model

Under its new proposal to replace the Medicare physician payment formula, the House GOP plan would provide physicians with a stable, pre-set fee schedule to allow an eventual transition to alternate payment models.

6 Apr 2013

Brown University professor awarded grant to study childhood obesity among Southeast Asians

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation's leading philanthropy on health and health care, has awarded Akilah Dulin Keita, Brown University Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, a 24-month grant through the New Connections program.

6 Apr 2013

Health law coverage expansion will help ex-felons

Stateline reports that the health law's Medicaid expansion will make many newly released prison inmates eligible for coverage.

6 Apr 2013

Studies, search for genetic risk factors needed to predict individual's risk for traumatic brain injury

One of the most controversial topics in neurology today is the prevalence of serious permanent brain damage after traumatic brain injury. Long-term studies and a search for genetic risk factors are required in order to predict an individual's risk for serious permanent brain damage, according to a review article published by Sam Gandy, MD, PhD, from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in a special issue of Nature Reviews Neurology dedicated to TBI.

6 Apr 2013

Federal judge rules morning-after pill must be available over the counter for all ages

A federal judge has ruled that the United States government must make the most common morning-after pill available over the counter for all ages, instead of requiring a prescription for girls 16 and under (Belluck, 4/5).

6 Apr 2013

Study: Children's sense of having and owning a body differs from adults

Children's sense of having and owning a body differs from that of adults, indicating that our sense of physical self develops over time, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

5 Apr 2013

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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

Spate of state actions worries abortion-rights advocates, divides lawmakers

Fruit fly study offers clues to wound healing

Research roundup: Looking at CHIP to gauge effect of health law on doctors; Insurers' spending on quality improvements

Advocates, community leaders to participate in Keep the Promise on HIV/AIDS March and Rally today

House GOP SGR replacement would ease Medicare's doctor pay into a pay-for-performance model

Brown University professor awarded grant to study childhood obesity among Southeast Asians

Health law coverage expansion will help ex-felons

Studies, search for genetic risk factors needed to predict individual's risk for traumatic brain injury

Federal judge rules morning-after pill must be available over the counter for all ages

Study: Children's sense of having and owning a body differs from adults

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