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U.N. WFP to begin delivering food aid to North Korea after severe flooding destroys crop lands

North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Friday reported that nearly 170 people have died, 400 people are missing, and more than 84,000 people are homeless because of severe flooding in the country, the Guardian reports, noting that the World Food Programme (WFP) "announced on Friday the details of its first batch of emergency food aid to the country, although it did not state when it would arrive."

7 Aug 2012

NCH conducts workshop to teach participants how and when to use EpiPen

Many children with severe allergies carry injectable epinephrine (EpiPens) - syringes filled with epinephrine to delay an allergic reaction - but the EpiPens sometimes require the help of an adult to dispense. School nurses are often the only school officials authorized to handle medications, leaving the educators who are with the children most of the day untrained. According to doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital, this lack of training is exactly what becomes most dangerous for children with severe allergies.

7 Aug 2012

ICSSR launches first set of projects for networking and social science research

The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) in association with the Deutsche For-schungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), the UKEconomic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Netherlands Organi-sation for Scientific Research (NWO) have launched the first set of projects for networking and social science research cooperation between researchers in India and the four European countries.

7 Aug 2012

Mass. reform increases access to hospital care in vulnerable groups

Healthcare reform providing near-universal insurance coverage in Massachusetts led to increased access to hospital care among vulnerable groups—especially Hispanic and low-income populations, suggests a paper in Medical Care.

7 Aug 2012

FDA clears Toshiba’s new 16-element flexible coil system

To improve MR exam efficiency and image quality, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has received FDA clearance for its high-density 16-element flexible coil system, developed in partnership with NeoCoil. The new coil system makes it easier for clinicians to complete high-quality exams and improve diagnostic efficiency.

7 Aug 2012

Operating health exchanges: Federal officials prepare to take on 'herculean task' in many states

The New York Times reports that Obama administration officials are getting ready to set up and operate health insurance marketplaces in about half the states. Meanwhile, Stateline details how safety net hospitals face new financial worries as a result of the Supreme Court's ruling on the health law's Medicaid expansion.

7 Aug 2012

Viewpoints: Mass. at disadvantage in cutting health costs; McDonnell says Va. can point to better way

Massachusetts will be the first state to try to cap overall health care spending, both private and public, so that it will grow no faster than the state economy. The state was able to reach near-universal coverage because the vast majority of its population was already covered by some form of insurance. It also could subsidize coverage for the uninsured using a big pool of money that had been used for charity care. But when it comes to controlling health care costs, Massachusetts has no advantage, and in fact is starting behind most other states.

7 Aug 2012

Minorities more at risk of being impacted by ER crowding

Hospitals in areas with large minority populations are more likely to be overcrowded and to divert ambulances, delaying timely emergency care, according to a multi-institutional study focused on California.

7 Aug 2012

Underinsured CVD patients die sooner, irrespective of race

Insurance status is a better predictor of survival after a serious cardiac event than race, and may help explain racial disparities in health outcomes for cardiovascular disease. A new study by Derek Ng, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the US, and his team shows that race is not linked to an increased risk of death but being underinsured is a strong predictor of death among those admitted into hospital with a serious cardiac event.

7 Aug 2012

Young children with attention and persistence skills more likely to complete college

Young children who are able to pay attention and persist on a task have a 50 percent greater chance of completing college, according to a new study at Oregon State University.

7 Aug 2012

Health coverage for the poorest Americans could be in jeopardy in many states

Health coverage for the poorest Americans could be in jeopardy in many states as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last month on the Affordable Care Act, according to a new legal analysis.

7 Aug 2012

Michigan State University to improve food security and nutrition in Africa and Asia

Michigan State University will use a $7.3 million federal grant to cultivate the next generation of agricultural scientists in Africa and Asia, in hopes of improving food security and nutrition there.

7 Aug 2012

Childhood obesity on the rise in China

Childhood obesity is on the rise in China, and children and parents there tend to underestimate body weight, according to Penn State health policy researchers.

7 Aug 2012

Workers with disabilities more likely to experience injuries

A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University compared medically attended noncccupational and occupational injuries among U.S. workers with and without disabilities.

7 Aug 2012

Investing in improved quality of care can reduce costs for patients with diabetes

University of Minnesota School of Public Health researchers have found that medical group practices can reduce costs for patients with diabetes by investing in improved quality of care.

7 Aug 2012

Hospitals still practice patient dumping despite law

Despite a twenty-five year old law that bans "patient dumping" the practice continues to put uninsured Americans at risk, according to a national team of researchers led by a professor at the George Washington School of Public Health and Health Services. Patient dumping is the practice of turning away or transferring uninsured patients with emergency medical conditions.

7 Aug 2012

Roundup: Other states watching Mass. effort to cut costs; Iowa official denies GOP lawmakers' demand on abortion

As Massachusetts launches an aggressive effort to contain health care spending, the rest of the country will be watching. On July 31, lawmakers passed first-in-the-nation legislation pegging healthcare expenditures at or below the state's overall rate of economic growth, a strategy officials estimate could save Massachusetts as much as $200 billion over the next 15 years.

7 Aug 2012

New Translational Oncology Program at University of Michigan

The University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center is harnessing its expertise in basic science research to speed the translation into clinical trials and new treatment opportunities for cancer patients.

6 Aug 2012

Ill. ACO showing promise on lowering hospital readmissions

The program, set up by Advocate, covers 380,000 enrollees, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Meanwhile, other outlets look at health law implementation efforts in Massachusetts and California.

6 Aug 2012

Older adults with head trauma over a weekend more likely to die

A Johns Hopkins review of more than 38,000 patient records finds that older adults who sustain substantial head trauma over a weekend are significantly more likely to die from their injuries than those similarly hurt and hospitalized Monday through Friday, even if their injuries are less severe and they have fewer other illnesses than their weekday counterparts.

6 Aug 2012

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U.N. WFP to begin delivering food aid to North Korea after severe flooding destroys crop lands

NCH conducts workshop to teach participants how and when to use EpiPen

ICSSR launches first set of projects for networking and social science research

Mass. reform increases access to hospital care in vulnerable groups

FDA clears Toshiba’s new 16-element flexible coil system

Operating health exchanges: Federal officials prepare to take on 'herculean task' in many states

Viewpoints: Mass. at disadvantage in cutting health costs; McDonnell says Va. can point to better way

Minorities more at risk of being impacted by ER crowding

Underinsured CVD patients die sooner, irrespective of race

Young children with attention and persistence skills more likely to complete college

Health coverage for the poorest Americans could be in jeopardy in many states

Michigan State University to improve food security and nutrition in Africa and Asia

Childhood obesity on the rise in China

Workers with disabilities more likely to experience injuries

Investing in improved quality of care can reduce costs for patients with diabetes

Hospitals still practice patient dumping despite law

Roundup: Other states watching Mass. effort to cut costs; Iowa official denies GOP lawmakers' demand on abortion

New Translational Oncology Program at University of Michigan

Ill. ACO showing promise on lowering hospital readmissions

Older adults with head trauma over a weekend more likely to die

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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