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Blog interviews medical researcher about proposed blueprint for AIDS-free generation

The Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog interviews Kenneth Mayer, founding medical research director of Fenway Health, as part of its "Blueprint" series, which examines issues surrounding the creation of a blueprint for an AIDS-free generation commissioned by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in July.

11 Oct 2012

Two Texas Baptist Universities join challenge to health law's contraception coverage mandate

News outlets report on various developments related to the implementation of the health law.

11 Oct 2012

Psychological interventions improve quality of life, reduce total care costs

Evidence presented at the recent "European Federation of Psychologists' Association" (EFPA) conference showed that psychological interventions do not only improve quality of life but are also cost-effective. Return on investment of health promotion at work is 10:1.

11 Oct 2012

Gender Action report examines international bank spending on reproductive health, HIV/AIDS

Gender Action recently released a new report, titled "Banking on Health: World Bank and African Development Bank Spending on Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa," according to the organization's website.

11 Oct 2012

African countries at risk of social unrest, famine stemming from food shortages, report warns

"African countries are most at risk of social unrest and famine stemming from food shortages and rising prices, according to risk advisory firm Maplecroft," Bloomberg Businessweek reports.

11 Oct 2012

Xenex Healthcare Services receives GSA contract to purchase room disinfection systems

Xenex Healthcare Services, the world leader in UV room disinfection systems, today announced it has been awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract, making it even easier for federal agencies (including Veterans Affairs hospital systems) to purchase Xenex's room disinfection systems.

11 Oct 2012

Addiction and mental health burden higher than all cancers in Ontario

Mental illnesses and addictions take more of a toll on the health of Ontarians than cancer or infectious diseases, according to a new report by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Public Health Ontario - yet this burden could be reduced with treatment, say scientists from Canada's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

11 Oct 2012

Obama campaign unleashes ads on Medicaid, link between Medicare and Romney's 47 percent comment

According to news reports, these ads are part of the Obama campaign's more urgent approach since last week's debate performance.

11 Oct 2012

Medicare beneficiaries who are victims of identity theft face difficulties getting new IDs, accessing health care

More than a quarter-million Medicare beneficiaries are victims of identity theft and hampered in getting health care benefits because the government won't issue new IDs, according to an investigation report released today.

11 Oct 2012

Viewpoints: Wis. Senate candidates Thompson, Baldwin offer competing views of health law; 'Disturbing lack' of oversight of compounding pharmacies

The meningitis outbreak that has sickened at least 119 people and killed 11 of them has laid bare a disturbing lack of regulatory oversight of pharmacies that mix drug compounds and ship them around the country. Unless Congress passes legislation to strengthen the hand of the Food and Drug Administration, the public will continue to be at risk from contaminated products.

11 Oct 2012

Tips to check for skin cancer

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and finding spots that could be cancerous is as simple as looking at your skin. Now a new video, "Skin Self-Exam: How to Do," from the American Academy of Dermatology demonstrates how to check your skin and what to look for.

10 Oct 2012

First Edition: October 10, 2012

Today's headlines include reports that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has pledged that his presidential agenda does not include abortion legislation.

10 Oct 2012

Romney's pre-existing conditions plan questioned

News outlets examine this aspect of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's health care policies and report that it would only help a fraction of the country's uninsured.

10 Oct 2012

Roitt's Essential Immunology receives BMA Book of the Year Award

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced that Roitt's Essential Immunology, 12th Edition, has won the prestigious British Medical Association (BMA) Book of the Year Award.

10 Oct 2012

Meningitis outbreak fuels calls for more oversight

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, eight people have died and 105 people in nine states have been sickened by a type of fungal meningitis they were exposed to when they received tainted spinal steroid injections.

10 Oct 2012

Study to explore how mobile technology use can improve coordination in perioperative services

Three Clemson University professors have received $797,066 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate how the use of mobile technology can improve coordination in perioperative services.

10 Oct 2012

Senate candidates spar over Medicare, health policies

Campaign debates in Virginia and Michigan focus on Medicare and health issues while the GOP candidate in Ohio says he has not yet signed on to Republican plan to revamp Medicare.

10 Oct 2012

New limits on death record access could limit hospital safety

A shift last year by the Social Security Administration to limit access to its death records amid concerns about identity theft is beginning to hamper a range of research, including federal assessments of hospital safety and efforts by the financial industry to spot consumer fraud.

10 Oct 2012

In Congress, deal-making mood may emerge from budget issues

The New York Times reports that, as lawmakers on Capitol Hill face "so many potentially calamitous tax and budget issues," necessity may bring consensus.

10 Oct 2012

Nutrition education needed to combat child malnutrition in India

"Among causes of child malnutrition in India are not just poverty or inadequate access to food but also a lack of nutritional knowledge among families," Nisha Malhotra, an instructor of economics at the University of British Columbia, writes in a Live Mint opinion piece.

10 Oct 2012

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Blog interviews medical researcher about proposed blueprint for AIDS-free generation

Two Texas Baptist Universities join challenge to health law's contraception coverage mandate

Psychological interventions improve quality of life, reduce total care costs

Gender Action report examines international bank spending on reproductive health, HIV/AIDS

African countries at risk of social unrest, famine stemming from food shortages, report warns

Xenex Healthcare Services receives GSA contract to purchase room disinfection systems

Addiction and mental health burden higher than all cancers in Ontario

Obama campaign unleashes ads on Medicaid, link between Medicare and Romney's 47 percent comment

Medicare beneficiaries who are victims of identity theft face difficulties getting new IDs, accessing health care

Viewpoints: Wis. Senate candidates Thompson, Baldwin offer competing views of health law; 'Disturbing lack' of oversight of compounding pharmacies

Tips to check for skin cancer

First Edition: October 10, 2012

Romney's pre-existing conditions plan questioned

Roitt's Essential Immunology receives BMA Book of the Year Award

Meningitis outbreak fuels calls for more oversight

Study to explore how mobile technology use can improve coordination in perioperative services

Senate candidates spar over Medicare, health policies

New limits on death record access could limit hospital safety

In Congress, deal-making mood may emerge from budget issues

Nutrition education needed to combat child malnutrition in India

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