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Federal appeals court won't hear Planned Parenthood appeal of Texas defunding

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said the state would move immediately to stop providing any funding for Planned Parenthood and other clinics that provide abortions.

29 Oct 2012

Medicaid expansion finds advocates, dueling candidates and roadblocks around America

The health law's Medicaid expansion -- and its cost to state bottom lines -- is making news among lawmakers, candidates and advocates in Kansas, Washington state, South Carolina and Arizona.

29 Oct 2012

Data shows association between increased weight and breast cancer survival varies by race/ethnicity

An extreme body mass index or high waist-to-hip ratio, both measures of body fat, increased risk for mortality among patients with breast cancer, but this association varied by race/ethnicity, according to recently presented data.

29 Oct 2012

Health care concerns play big among swing state voters

'Obamacare' continues to grab headlines as President Barack Obama embraces it and Republicans launch a critical Ohio ad campaign.

29 Oct 2012

Growth in Medicaid slows

A new report shows that improvement in the economy helped curb enrollment in the health care program for low-income people.

29 Oct 2012

NPR series on polio examines obstacles to eradicating disease in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria

In its ongoing series examining efforts to eradicate polio, NPR health editor Joe Neel and Jason Beaubien, a global health and development correspondent for the news service, on Thursday spoke with "Talk of the Nation" host Neil Conan about obstacles to stamping out polio in the three countries where the disease persists -- Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria.

29 Oct 2012

Partners in Health Haitian food security program easily 'transplanted' to other areas suffering malnutrition

"It has been said that hundreds of thousands of dollars and equally as many hours have been spent searching for a cure for malnutrition," Gillaine Warne, director of Zanmi Agrikol, the agricultural arm of Partners In Health that operates in Haiti, writes in the Huffington Post's "Global Motherhood" blog.

29 Oct 2012

Deutsche Welle examines emerging markets in developing countries for pharmaceutical industry

Deutsche Welle examines the widespread lack of access to medical supplies and drugs in developing countries and efforts by the pharmaceutical industry and others to bring new and lower-cost drugs into these emerging markets.

29 Oct 2012

Business leaders urge deficit deal that includes taxes, cutting Medicare and Medicaid spending

A group of more than 80 CEOs are pressing Congress to cut the deficit through a combination of higher taxes and reduced federal entitlement costs.

29 Oct 2012

HHS: Seniors saved $5B on prescription costs thanks to health law; Obama challenges Roberts on ACA ruling

In the meantime, President Obama splits with the Supreme Court on their reasoning behind upholding the health law.

29 Oct 2012

St. Luke's cardiologist wins TCT 2012 Geoffrey O. Hartzler Master Clinical Operator Award

Barry D. Rutherford, MD, a world renowned interventional cardiologist, was presented the TCT 2012 Geoffrey O. Hartzler Master Clinical Operator Award in a ceremony held today during the 24th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF).

29 Oct 2012

Study identifies three organizations successfully using innovative financing for global health

Researchers from Imperial College London, the Harvard Global Equity Initiative, and Harvard School of Public Health "have identified three global organizations that new funding initiatives should emulate in order to meet health priorities in poorer countries, in research published [Thursday] in the journal the Lancet," Imperial College London reports in an article on its webpage.

29 Oct 2012

Obama emphasizes women's health issues

President Barack Obama is differentiating his positions from those of GOP challenger Mitt Romney, saying a Romney win could result in the overturning of Roe v. Wade. He is also assailing efforts to "redefine rape," attempting to link Romney to comments made by Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock.

29 Oct 2012

Contradictions among member state, donor priorities must be resolved for current WHO reform to be successful

In a BMJ analysis examining the future of the WHO, David Legge, scholar emeritus at Australia's La Trobe University, notes "[a] substantial shortfall in the funds available for basic administrative functions led WHO's director general, Margaret Chan, to initiate another reform of the WHO in 2010," and "outlines the problems and what the reforms are trying to achieve."

29 Oct 2012

Negative effects of global health initiatives on developing countries' health systems exaggerated, review shows

"An evaluation of the scientific evidence on the effects of global health initiatives on the health systems of developing countries concludes that the harmful effects have been exaggerated," according to a press release from the Royal Society of Medicine.

29 Oct 2012

U.N. refugee agency prepared to send emergency aid into previously unreachable Syrian communities if cease fire holds

The U.N. refugee agency "said Thursday it is ready to send emergency aid to thousands of Syrian families in previously unreachable areas" if a four-day U.N. Security Council-backed ceasefire set to begin Friday holds, Agence France-Presse reports.

29 Oct 2012

AACAP honors Pittsburgh psychiatric professor with Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation award

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce David A. Axelson, M.D, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, and Director, Child and Adolescent Bipolar Services, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, as the recipient of the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide for his paper, "Course of Subthreshold Bipolar Disorder in Youth: Diagnostic Progression From Bipolar Disorder Not Otherwise Specified," published in the October 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

29 Oct 2012

Researchers find environmental contaminants in day care centers

A new, comprehensive survey of day care centers by University of California, Berkeley, researchers found that, overall, the environmental quality in child care settings was similar to other indoor environments, but that levels of formaldehyde and several other contaminants exceeded state health guidelines.

29 Oct 2012

Research roundup: Patients' unrealistic expectations for chemo; Neighborhood may affect CPR rates; Rate hike reviews working

"To make informed decisions about whether to receive chemotherapy, patients with advanced lung or colorectal cancer need a realistic understanding of its likely benefits," the authors write. Researchers conducted comprehensive reviews of records.

29 Oct 2012

Older patients with COPD at increased risk for carotid artery plaque formation: Study

Older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are at increased risk for carotid artery plaque formation and for the presence of vulnerable plaques with a lipid core, according to a new study from researchers in the Netherlands.

29 Oct 2012

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Federal appeals court won't hear Planned Parenthood appeal of Texas defunding

Medicaid expansion finds advocates, dueling candidates and roadblocks around America

Data shows association between increased weight and breast cancer survival varies by race/ethnicity

Health care concerns play big among swing state voters

Growth in Medicaid slows

NPR series on polio examines obstacles to eradicating disease in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria

Partners in Health Haitian food security program easily 'transplanted' to other areas suffering malnutrition

Deutsche Welle examines emerging markets in developing countries for pharmaceutical industry

Business leaders urge deficit deal that includes taxes, cutting Medicare and Medicaid spending

HHS: Seniors saved $5B on prescription costs thanks to health law; Obama challenges Roberts on ACA ruling

St. Luke's cardiologist wins TCT 2012 Geoffrey O. Hartzler Master Clinical Operator Award

Study identifies three organizations successfully using innovative financing for global health

Obama emphasizes women's health issues

Contradictions among member state, donor priorities must be resolved for current WHO reform to be successful

Negative effects of global health initiatives on developing countries' health systems exaggerated, review shows

U.N. refugee agency prepared to send emergency aid into previously unreachable Syrian communities if cease fire holds

AACAP honors Pittsburgh psychiatric professor with Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation award

Researchers find environmental contaminants in day care centers

Research roundup: Patients' unrealistic expectations for chemo; Neighborhood may affect CPR rates; Rate hike reviews working

Older patients with COPD at increased risk for carotid artery plaque formation: Study

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