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Opinion pieces address polio eradication goal to be discussed at Global Vaccine Summit

Public and private sector representatives will meet this week in Abu Dhabi at the Global Vaccine Summit, hosted by His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, in partnership with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

24 Apr 2013

Editorial, opinion piece respond to Supreme Court case challenging anti-prostitution pledge

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday heard a case -- AOSI v. USAID -- challenging a 2003 federal statute that requires non-profit organizations to adopt an "anti-prostitution policy" in order to receive federal funding for HIV/AIDS programs abroad, on the grounds that it violates the First Amendment.

24 Apr 2013

Study: Nearly two-thirds of children receiving stem cell transplants return to hospital within six months

Nearly two-thirds of children receiving stem cell transplants returned to the hospital within six months for treatment of unexplained fevers, infections or other problems, according to a study performed at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center in Boston.

24 Apr 2013

The challenges of advancing mental health parity

Having access to mental-health care ought to be as easy as getting a gun, President Barack Obama said days after a troubled young shooter killed 26 people in a Connecticut elementary school shortly before Christmas.

24 Apr 2013

Harvard researchers find lengthy waits for severely ill psychiatric patients

A study published today [Tuesday, April 23] in Annals of Emergency Medicine reports lengthy waits for severely ill psychiatric patients in need of immediate hospitalization in the Boston area, due in part to time-consuming prior authorizations required by insurance companies.

24 Apr 2013

Blog posts address goal of universal immunization

World Immunization Week (April 21-28) aims to raise awareness that immunizations avert two to three million deaths annually, but an estimated 22 million infants are not fully immunized with routine vaccines.

24 Apr 2013

New paper details cost implications of UK government's recent plans for care, support

The cost implications of the UK government's recent plans to reform the funding system for care and support in England are analysed in a new research paper, which also considers the effects of options to give more help to lower income care home residents.

24 Apr 2013

Blog examines connection between environment, agriculture, food security

Monday's "celebration of Earth Day is an opportunity to remind ourselves and our partners of the connection between our environment, agriculture, and food and nutrition security and how we can work together to end world hunger and undernutrition," Jonathan Shrier, acting special representative for global food security and deputy coordinator for diplomacy for Feed the Future, writes in the initiative's blog.

24 Apr 2013

FSMB to explore new system to increase efficiency in the licensing of physicians

The House of Delegates of the Federation of State Medical Boards has approved a resolution calling for the FSMB to formally explore the creation of a new system that would utilize an "interstate compact" to increase efficiency in the licensing of physicians who practice in multiple states.

24 Apr 2013

Methodist Hospital will soon have new brain and pituitary tumor treatment center

Brain and pituitary tumor patients will soon have access to a state-of-the-art facility at The Methodist Hospital, a result of a $10 million dollar commitment from a Houston oil executive.

24 Apr 2013

Bill Gates reflects on Global Vaccine Summit in foundation blog

"This week I'm going to Abu Dhabi to attend the Global Vaccine Summit to celebrate the tremendous progress the world has made in ending polio and immunizing children," Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, writes in the foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog.

24 Apr 2013

Pediatric nurse scientist awarded AACN Impact Research Grant

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses recently awarded a $50,000 AACN Impact Research Grant to Martha A.Q. Curley, RN, PhD, FAAN, a leading clinical scientist in pediatric critical care nursing.

24 Apr 2013

AMSSM awards Founders Award to Western Washington University physician

Warren Howe, MD, was awarded the Founders Award on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at the 22nd annual meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine in San Diego, Calif.

24 Apr 2013

Supreme Court rejects tobacco industry challenge regarding graphic cigarette labels

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a tobacco-industry challenge to a 2009 federal law that requires graphic warning labels on cigarettes and expanded marketing restrictions on tobacco products.

24 Apr 2013

Viewpoints: Time to confirm Tavenner; 'Self-defeating' GOP plan for prevention fund; Parents need insurance too

The Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to hold a long-overdue vote on Tuesday on President Obama's nominee to lead the embattled agency responsible for overseeing Medicare, Medicaid and the implementation of health care reforms.

24 Apr 2013

State roundup: S.F. looks into allegations of patient dumping

San Francisco will investigate allegations that Nevada has bused hundreds of indigent people with mental illnesses out of state, including to the Northern California city.

24 Apr 2013

Study finds health care spending will rebound when economy picks up

The analysis by The Kaiser Family Foundation says the slowdown in health spending over the past several years was largely driven by the economic malaise.

24 Apr 2013

Johns Hopkins study finds that medical interns spend just 12% of time with patients

Medical interns spend just 12 percent of their time examining and talking with patients, and more than 40 percent of their time behind a computer, according to a new Johns Hopkins study that closely followed first-year residents at Baltimore's two large academic medical centers.

24 Apr 2013

AACN awards Impact Research Grant to Detroit palliative care expert

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses recently awarded an AACN Impact Research Grant to Margaret "Meg" Campbell, RN, PhD, FAAN, a nationally known expert in hospital-based palliative care and end-of-life issues.

24 Apr 2013

Some Boston Marathon bomb victims will face insurance coverage limits

ayments for prosthetics, rehabilitation and a range of other treatments may fall outside some insurance limits and could continue long into the future.

24 Apr 2013

Healthcare News

Opinion pieces address polio eradication goal to be discussed at Global Vaccine Summit

Editorial, opinion piece respond to Supreme Court case challenging anti-prostitution pledge

Study: Nearly two-thirds of children receiving stem cell transplants return to hospital within six months

The challenges of advancing mental health parity

Harvard researchers find lengthy waits for severely ill psychiatric patients

Blog posts address goal of universal immunization

New paper details cost implications of UK government's recent plans for care, support

Blog examines connection between environment, agriculture, food security

FSMB to explore new system to increase efficiency in the licensing of physicians

Methodist Hospital will soon have new brain and pituitary tumor treatment center

Bill Gates reflects on Global Vaccine Summit in foundation blog

Pediatric nurse scientist awarded AACN Impact Research Grant

AMSSM awards Founders Award to Western Washington University physician

Supreme Court rejects tobacco industry challenge regarding graphic cigarette labels

Viewpoints: Time to confirm Tavenner; 'Self-defeating' GOP plan for prevention fund; Parents need insurance too

State roundup: S.F. looks into allegations of patient dumping

Study finds health care spending will rebound when economy picks up

Johns Hopkins study finds that medical interns spend just 12% of time with patients

AACN awards Impact Research Grant to Detroit palliative care expert

Some Boston Marathon bomb victims will face insurance coverage limits

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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