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Examining global health research funding under FY14 budget request

Writing in the Global Health Technologies Coalition's "Breakthroughs" blog, GHTC Policy Officer Ashley Bennett examines proposed funding for global health and research under President Obama's FY 2014 budget request, which was released last week.

16 Apr 2013

Drug products from ApotheCure, NuVision Pharmacy lack sterility assurance, FDA warns

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care providers, hospital supply managers, and pharmacists that sterile drug products made by ApotheCure, Inc. and sterile lyophilized (freeze dried powder) drug products made by NuVision Pharmacy were produced under conditions that could create a high potential for contamination.

16 Apr 2013

Study shows driver fatigue causes 20% of road crashes

A 100-car naturalistic driving study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute has shown that fatigue is a cause of 20 percent of crashes, rather than the 2 or 3 percent previously estimated based on surveys, simulator studies, and test tracks.

16 Apr 2013

ACAAI to offer free screenings for allergies and asthma

More than 50 million Americans suffer from allergies and asthma, a number that continues to rise annually. To help children and adults with symptoms of these conditions know if they are at risk, allergists from around the country will conduct the 17th annual Nationwide Asthma Screening Program.

16 Apr 2013

White House mental health fix for security clearance process draws critics' questions

The Obama Administration is trying to revamp how the government approaches mental health issues in the security clearance process - but security and mental health experts say the proposed fix may open the door to new problems.

16 Apr 2013

New study examines weight loss benefits offered through health insurance

Although most overweight adults agree that health insurance benefits designed to promote weight loss are a good idea, they don't want to pay extra for them, finds a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

16 Apr 2013

American Red Cross in Boston releases statement on marathon explosion

Our hearts go out to everyone in Boston dealing with this tragedy and our thoughts are with all of those injured.

16 Apr 2013

Viewpoints: Editorial boards offer advice to Supreme Court on gene patents

On Monday, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear argument about that decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics.

16 Apr 2013

Study to examine ways to improve involvement of mental health service users

A groundbreaking study could help to revolutionise the way in which mental health service users and their carers plan their care.

16 Apr 2013

Taking too much vitamin E not real health concern, expert says

Despite concerns that have been expressed about possible health risks from high intake of vitamin E, a new review concludes that biological mechanisms exist to routinely eliminate excess levels of the vitamin, and they make it almost impossible to take a harmful amount.

16 Apr 2013

Sebelius assures lawmakers that insurance marketplaces will open Oct. 1

In a Friday appearance before the House Ways and Means Committee, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius offered assurances about the readiness of 33 federally run health insurance marketplaces and answered questions about health care "navigators."

16 Apr 2013

Discussion paper shows sharing health information could help improve health care, reduce costs

Information collected from individual patients at doctor's office and hospital visits could be used to improve health care and reduce costs on a national scale, according to a discussion paper released by the Institute of Medicine.

16 Apr 2013

Roundup: Ariz. gov. vetoes bill that would require docs to post prices online, long-term care costs soar in Virginia

Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed legislation Friday that would have required doctors, hospitals and other health care providers to post prices for their most common services, a move the bill's sponsor said was a blow to consumers and driven by industry pressure.

16 Apr 2013

Carticept Medical gets FDA clearance for Navigator Delivery System

Carticept Medical, Inc., a developer of innovative drug delivery systems, announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its enhanced Navigator Delivery System, the first and only FDA-cleared, computer-controlled injection system intended to increase the efficiency, comfort, safety and accuracy of musculoskeletal injections.

16 Apr 2013

Aetna releases two new metabolic syndrome programs to lower risk factors

Aetna (NYSE: AET) today announced the launch of "Metabolic Health in Small Bytes" and the "Metabolic Health Advisor." The two new components can help people control the risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome.

16 Apr 2013

Obama discusses health exchanges and premium 'rate shock' with insurers

Media outlets report on a White House meeting between the president and insurance executives, the unexpected boost the overhaul has given to physician-owned hospitals and doctors' concerns that they may receive delayed pay from some patients who get coverage through the exchanges.

16 Apr 2013

University of Manchester team to identify ways to improve maternal, child health in East Africa

Manchester midwives are to lead a major research project to improve midwifery services for women and babies in six East African countries.

16 Apr 2013

Providers push for new payment systems

Health care providers increasingly are embracing payment systems -- based on ideas such as bundled payments, accountable care organizations and medical homes -- that reimburse based on treatment as a whole rather than the fee-for-service model.

16 Apr 2013

Bioactive plasma-based biomaterials can accelerate tissue healing

Platelet-rich plasma derived from blood contains growth factors and other bioactive molecules that promote healing at sites of tissue injury. However, it is difficult to deliver and retain these molecules at a target site, and clinical results have proven to be mixed - until now.

16 Apr 2013

Nebraska, Florida contemplate elements of health law's Medicaid expansion

Supporters of Nebraska's effort to implement the health law's Medicaid expansion have signaled their willingness to include certain cost safeguards to advance the plan. Meanwhile, a new report finds savings for Florida taxpayers could result from a health law provision regarding federal funding for the "medically needy" and the expansion.

16 Apr 2013