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U.S. behind France, Germany, U.K. in stopping preventable deaths

The study, published in Health Affairs, pointed the finger at the lack of health insurance -- as well as conditions such as hypertension and medical errors -- in the U.S. as part of the problem.

31 Aug 2012

Ga. Gov. signals willingness to discuss Medicaid expansion compromise

After the Georgia governor seemed to rule out Medicaid expansion in a convention speech, a spokesman qualified that it might change if the state had options not now on the table.

31 Aug 2012

Addressing growing challenge of counterfeit drugs in developing world

"Many innovative solutions are being proposed to help tackle the spread of counterfeit drugs in developing countries," GlobalVoices reports. The blog includes highlights from several news articles and blog posts on the topic, including a number of solutions used to identify such drugs.

31 Aug 2012

Blog reflects on London Summit on Family Planning

Noting that a "thin place" is "a place or situation that Celtic Mystics believed to be a coming together of heaven and earth," Gary Darmstadt, head of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Family Health Division, and Wendy Prosser, a research analyst with the Family Health Division, write in the foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, "The London Summit on Family Planning was a 'thin place' for the global health community and for millions of women around the world who want to plan their families. It was transformational for so many reasons."

31 Aug 2012

Surveying Romney's health advisers; The pressures he faces if he wins

News outlets examine the role Micheal Leavitt and his followers will have on Romney's health policy and the expectation that a new president can change the health law quickly.

31 Aug 2012

Lance Armstrong Foundation, SmartBrief launch new weekly digital media news service

SmartBrief, Inc. launched a weekly digital media news service today in partnership with the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

31 Aug 2012

Romney pledges more health care options for veterans

The Republican presidential nominee took a break from his party's convention in Tampa to address the American Legion in Indianapolis. Meanwhile, one news outlet looks at geographic disparities in services for veterans.

31 Aug 2012

Viewpoints: Romney, Ryan rely on 'the magic asterisk'; Frightening voters over Medicare cuts

The press has focused a lot on the similarities between Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. They are both technocratic, they espouse tax cuts, and they believe in a balanced budget. But there is a deeper similarity as well: they both believe deeply in the "magic asterisk." The magic asterisk was the invention of David Stockman, budget director to Ronald Reagan. Stockman, who needed to show a more favorable budget than the Reagan tax cuts would justify, put in an asterisk and noted "future savings to be identified."

31 Aug 2012

Study estimates prevalence, severity and extent of periodontitis in adult U.S population

In a study titled "Prevalence of Periodontis in Adults in the United States: 2009 and 2010," lead author Paul Eke, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, estimates the prevalence, severity and extent of periodontitis in the adult U.S population using data from the 2009 and 2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) cycle.

31 Aug 2012

Brazil expanding national HIV treatment program to include patients with higher CD4 cell counts

Brazil is expanding its national HIV/AIDS treatment program to include about 35,000 additional people, the Associated Press/Seattle Times reports. "Ronaldo Hallal of the health ministry's Sexually Transmitted Disease Department said people with 500 or fewer CD4 cells per cubic millimeter will receive antiretroviral HIV treatment," increasing the cutoff from 350 or less CD4 cells per cubic millimeter prior to the expansion, the news service writes.

31 Aug 2012

WellStar Health System, Aetna sign multiyear contract agreement

Aetna and WellStar Health System of Marietta, Ga. announced today that they have reached agreement on a multiyear contract extension. Under the agreement, members of Aetna's commercial plans will be able to continue to receive covered services, at in-network rates, from WellStar's hospitals and physicians in the greater Atlanta area.

31 Aug 2012

Less than half of U.S. schools address pandemic preparedness in their school plan

Less than half of U.S. schools address pandemic preparedness in their school plan, and only 40 percent have updated their school plan since the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, according to a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).

31 Aug 2012

Park Nicollet, HealthPartners sign merger agreement

HealthPartners and Park Nicollet Health Services announced today that their boards of directors have signed an agreement to combine their organizations and create a comprehensive, integrated health care delivery and financing organization serving the entire Twin Cities metro area and western Wisconsin.

31 Aug 2012

Tips for parents to recognize signs of childhood obstructive sleep apnea

With school days upon us, a good night's sleep should be on the top of each child's list of supplies. But for some children, getting the rest they need means more than an early bedtime. At Clarity Allergy Center in Chicago, allergy, asthma, and immunology expert, Dr. Brian Rotskoff, is helping parents recognize the signs of childhood obstructive sleep apnea by carefully monitoring childhood snoring and childhood nasal allergies.

31 Aug 2012

U.S. lags three other industrialized nations in potentially preventable death rates

The United States lags three other industrialized nations-France, Germany, and the United Kingdom-in its potentially preventable death rate, and in the pace of improvement in preventing deaths that could have been avoided with timely and effective health care, according to a Commonwealth Fund-supported study published as a web first online today in Health Affairs.

31 Aug 2012

Young undocumented immigrants allowed to stay in U.S. are still ineligible for Obamacare benefits

A new CMS rule aims to ensure that illegal immigrants exempted from deportation under the Obama administration's June 15 policy change on immigration will not qualify for subsidized coverage under either high-risk insurance pools or state-based exchanges.

31 Aug 2012

Roundup: Brown's pension plan no panacea for Calif.; Personhood amendment won't make Colo. ballot

Even by the most ambitious forecasts, the plan Gov. Jerry Brown and fellow Democrats are championing to contain government worker pensions in California could leave state taxpayers awash in debt to public employees.

31 Aug 2012

First Edition: August 30, 2012

In this updated FAQ, Kaiser Health News staff writer Marilyn Werber Serafini reports: "It may come as a surprise that President Barack Obama and GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan are pushing the same target rate for controlling federal spending on Medicare.

30 Aug 2012

Tips to make the college transition easier

Your high school graduate is off to college to embark on a newly independent life. But they're not the only one making a transition: parents too face emotional and lifestyle adjustments. With advice on empty-nest syndrome and the college transition, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital physicians offer expert tips for parents and children on topics including redecorating your child's room, credit cards, keeping in touch and more.

30 Aug 2012

Christie says Romney would tell 'hard truths'

Republican keynote address lays "the foundation for calls" by Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan to change Medicare, Wall Street Journal reports.

30 Aug 2012

Healthcare News

U.S. behind France, Germany, U.K. in stopping preventable deaths

Ga. Gov. signals willingness to discuss Medicaid expansion compromise

Addressing growing challenge of counterfeit drugs in developing world

Blog reflects on London Summit on Family Planning

Surveying Romney's health advisers; The pressures he faces if he wins

Lance Armstrong Foundation, SmartBrief launch new weekly digital media news service

Romney pledges more health care options for veterans

Viewpoints: Romney, Ryan rely on 'the magic asterisk'; Frightening voters over Medicare cuts

Study estimates prevalence, severity and extent of periodontitis in adult U.S population

Brazil expanding national HIV treatment program to include patients with higher CD4 cell counts

WellStar Health System, Aetna sign multiyear contract agreement

Less than half of U.S. schools address pandemic preparedness in their school plan

Park Nicollet, HealthPartners sign merger agreement

Tips for parents to recognize signs of childhood obstructive sleep apnea

U.S. lags three other industrialized nations in potentially preventable death rates

Young undocumented immigrants allowed to stay in U.S. are still ineligible for Obamacare benefits

Roundup: Brown's pension plan no panacea for Calif.; Personhood amendment won't make Colo. ballot

First Edition: August 30, 2012

Tips to make the college transition easier

Christie says Romney would tell 'hard truths'

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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