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New book aims to improve treatment and outcomes for people with head and neck injuries

Improving treatment and outcomes for people with life-threatening head and neck injuries is the aim of a comprehensive new book by one of Australia's eminent neurosurgeons.

17 Oct 2012

Lawsuits challenging health law's birth control coverage mandate: 35 and counting

Opponents of the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive coverage mandate have filed a total of 35 lawsuits against it so far, and they're hoping that at least one will result in the mandate being overturned.

17 Oct 2012

UnitedHealth's profit jumps 23 percent in third quarter

The raised profit forecast for the nation's largest insurer was attributed to big enrollment boosts in the company's Medicare and Medicaid plans, even as medical costs remained stable despite an improved economy.

17 Oct 2012

Northwestern scientists to request EPA to update guidelines for reproductive health research

A team of Northwestern University scientists will meet with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrators in Washington D.C. Oct. 18 to advocate for important changes in the agency's guidelines for reproductive health research.

17 Oct 2012

Debate previews: What to watch for in style and substance on health care questions

News outlets predict that health issues -- including GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's plan for pre-existing condition coverage -- will play a role in tonight's debate.

17 Oct 2012

Polls: Contraception, abortion, health cuts, Medicare factor in to voters' decision-making

A new round of polls show that GOP presidential pick Mitt Romney is closing the gap with President Barack Obama in the fight for women's votes.

17 Oct 2012

Public-private partnership will promote handwashing to help reduce child mortality in Africa

Though the number of children dying of preventable and treatable diseases worldwide has dropped significantly since 1990, there is "realistic hope for much more" progress, particularly if "improved hygiene and sanitation ... play a key role in the next stage," Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, write in the Huffington Post's "Global Motherhood" blog.

17 Oct 2012

U.N. SG says eliminating discrimination, providing nutrition, health care will help women care for families

"Highlighting the role in women in producing much of the world's food and caring for the environment, [U.N.] Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in his message marking the International Day of Rural Women, Monday said that eliminating discrimination that prevents rural women from realizing their full potential is crucial to ending global hunger and poverty," the U.N. News Centre reports.

17 Oct 2012

Report finds tobacco use resulted in 6M deaths in 2011; Russia to consider nationwide smoking restrictions

"Tobacco use led to almost six million deaths in 2011, according to new research released ... on Monday, of which nearly 80 percent were in low- and middle-income countries," Inter Press Service reports.

17 Oct 2012

Viewpoints: Two views of Romney/Ryan victory impact on abortion; Unmarried women gain electoral clout

It is no secret that Mitt Romney and his running-mate, Representative Paul Ryan, are opponents of abortion rights. ... They would depart slightly from the extremist Republican Party platform by allowing narrow exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the woman. Beyond that, they would move to take away a fundamental right that American women have had for nearly 40 years.

17 Oct 2012

NIH honors Scripps Florida postdoctoral fellow with Pathway to Independence Award

The career of Antonio (Tony) Amelio, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Cancer Biology at The Scripps Research Institute, has gotten a boost from the National Institutes of Health in the form of a Howard Temin Pathway to Independence Award in Cancer Research.

17 Oct 2012

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announces winners of 2012 Community Health Leaders Award

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is proud to announce today the recipients of its 2012 Community Health Leaders Award, honoring 10 individuals who have surmounted significant challenges to help improve health and health care in their communities.

17 Oct 2012

Saint Mary's, Mercy Health and VAI sign agreements to expand biorepository

Van Andel Institute (VAI) and two West Michigan hospitals within the national Trinity Health system and members of Mercy Health - Saint Mary's Health Care and Mercy Health Partners - have signed agreements paving the way for the expansion of a world-class biorepository utilizing the infrastructure of the VAI Program for Biospecimen Science.

17 Oct 2012

UK HealthCare's Gill Heart Institute cardiologists perform TAVR procedures

Interventional cardiologists at UK HealthCare's Gill Heart Institute have successfully performed the facility's first two transcatheter aortic valve replacements.

17 Oct 2012

iLarynx app effective at simulating fiberoptic bronchoscopy

A study presented during the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2012 annual meeting has shown that an iPhone application called iLarynx was so effective at simulating fiberoptic bronchoscopy that when app-trained students eventually used a real bronchoscope on a manikin, they completed the procedure in less than half the time than students exposed only to anatomy photos.

17 Oct 2012

Patient-reported outcomes should be assessed in comparative effectiveness of cancer treatments

Patient-reported outcomes should be a standard part of evaluating the comparative effectiveness of cancer treatments, according to recommendations put forward by a multi-institution research group.

17 Oct 2012

UMass professor receives $1 million LRI grant for lupus research

The Lupus Research Institute (LRI) has named University of Massachusetts Medical School Professor of Medicine Ann Marshak-Rothstein, MD, one of two recipients of the first LRI Distinguished Innovator Awards.

17 Oct 2012

NYU professor to analyze how older adults overcome barriers to accessing oral health care services

Dr. Mary E. Northridge, assistant professor of epidemiology and health promotion at the New York University College of Dentistry, has been awarded a five-year, $3.7 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to analyze how racial and ethnic older adults living in underserved urban communities in NYC overcome barriers to accessing oral health care services.

17 Oct 2012

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care releases new diabetes screening guidelines

Routine screening for type 2 diabetes in adults at low and moderate risk is not recommended, although it is recommended for people at high and very high risk of the disease, state new diabetes screening guidelines published in CMAJ.

17 Oct 2012

Philips to showcase advancements that allow patients to sleep and breathe easier at Medtrade 2012

Philips Respironics, a unit of Royal Philips Electronics, today at Medtrade 2012 showcases advancements that allow patients to sleep and breathe easier, demonstrating its commitment to improving the quality of life of those who suffer from chronic sleep and respiratory conditions.

17 Oct 2012

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New book aims to improve treatment and outcomes for people with head and neck injuries

Lawsuits challenging health law's birth control coverage mandate: 35 and counting

UnitedHealth's profit jumps 23 percent in third quarter

Northwestern scientists to request EPA to update guidelines for reproductive health research

Debate previews: What to watch for in style and substance on health care questions

Polls: Contraception, abortion, health cuts, Medicare factor in to voters' decision-making

Public-private partnership will promote handwashing to help reduce child mortality in Africa

U.N. SG says eliminating discrimination, providing nutrition, health care will help women care for families

Report finds tobacco use resulted in 6M deaths in 2011; Russia to consider nationwide smoking restrictions

Viewpoints: Two views of Romney/Ryan victory impact on abortion; Unmarried women gain electoral clout

NIH honors Scripps Florida postdoctoral fellow with Pathway to Independence Award

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announces winners of 2012 Community Health Leaders Award

Saint Mary's, Mercy Health and VAI sign agreements to expand biorepository

UK HealthCare's Gill Heart Institute cardiologists perform TAVR procedures

iLarynx app effective at simulating fiberoptic bronchoscopy

Patient-reported outcomes should be assessed in comparative effectiveness of cancer treatments

UMass professor receives $1 million LRI grant for lupus research

NYU professor to analyze how older adults overcome barriers to accessing oral health care services

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care releases new diabetes screening guidelines

Philips to showcase advancements that allow patients to sleep and breathe easier at Medtrade 2012

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