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‘Open to Options’ guides cancer patients in making critical health decisions

Cancer patients across the country have a new way to navigate through difficult treatment decisions and communicate better with their doctors. "Open to Options," which recently launched nationally, was developed in conjunction with UCSF to guide patients in making critical health decisions.

11 Jul 2012

DRCRF names 21 new Damon Runyon Fellows

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on supporting innovative early career researchers, named 21 new Damon Runyon Fellows at its spring Fellowship Award Committee review.

11 Jul 2012

Former UNAIDS executive director discusses progress in AIDS fight ahead of AIDS 2012 conference

The 2012 International AIDS Conference, which will take place in Washington, D.C., from July 22-27, "will highlight a sense of optimism among top HIV researchers about stemming the spread of the virus around the globe," according to PRI's "The World."

11 Jul 2012

President Obama signs FDA bipartisan bill

President Obama signed into law the bipartisan Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) on July 9.

11 Jul 2012

LUHS opens multidisciplinary center to treat obesity

Loyola University Health System (LUHS) will open a multidisciplinary center to treat obesity today, Tuesday, July 10. The new Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery & Bariatric Care is located at 719 W. North Ave.in Melrose Park.

11 Jul 2012

Improving access to health care for minority women could reduce racial disparity in infant mortality

Improving access to health care for minority women of childbearing age could improve pregnancy outcomes and reduce racial differences in infant mortality, according to an article in Journal of Women's Health, a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

11 Jul 2012

Alzheimer's Association International Conference to be held in Vancouver

Is it estimated that the number of Canadians afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias will increase from about 480,600 in 2008 to 1,125,000 by 2038.

11 Jul 2012

Book explains complex world of personalized medicine

Personalized medicine has promised to radically change the way we look at health and disease. Talk of tailored drug therapies and early detection of cancer has captured the attention of scientists and lay people alike. So when will patients start to reap the benefits of this medical revolution?

11 Jul 2012

African leaders should 'take action' to implement human-rights based laws, policies to enhance HIV response

Noting the release of a report from the Global Commission on HIV and the Law showing that "punitive laws are standing in the way of effective AIDS responses," Festus Mogae, former president of Botswana, and Stephen Lewis, co-director and co-founder of AIDS-Free World, both members of the commission, write in a health-e opinion piece, "We cannot hope for an HIV-free generation when we have laws that marginalize and punish those most vulnerable to the disease."

11 Jul 2012

Contraceptive use likely prevents more than 272,000 maternal deaths from childbirth each year

Contraceptive use likely prevents more than 272,000 maternal deaths from childbirth each year, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Researchers further estimate that satisfying the global unmet need for contraception could reduce maternal deaths an additional 30 percent. Their findings were published July 10 by The Lancet as part of a series of articles on family planning.

11 Jul 2012

Agencies place unqualified, possibly criminal caregivers in homes of vulnerable seniors

If you hire a caregiver from an agency for an elderly family member, you might assume the person had undergone a thorough criminal background check and drug testing, was experienced and trained for the job.

11 Jul 2012

Viewpoints: Obama's 'ideological gymnastics;' Health law's promise of mental health parity; Perry's 'platitudes' on care in Texas

Mitt Romney is under fire for flip-flopping when he declared that the individual mandate is a tax, after a campaign adviser said it was not. In a front-page story, the New York Times wrote that Romney's statement "prompted renewed criticism that he was willing to adjust his views for political expediency." Bill Burton of the pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA opined on what he called "Romney's ideological gymnastics."

11 Jul 2012

STAT Ticket, Winola Lake partner to provide unique hospital issue reporting system

Winola Lake has partnered with STAT Ticket, a Boston, Massachusetts based software company, to provide a unique hospital issue reporting system.

10 Jul 2012

Bankers Life and Casualty introduces new life and health insurance product

Bankers Life and Casualty Company today announced a new addition to its portfolio of life and health insurance products, Critical Benefit.

10 Jul 2012

Jacobs receives contract to provide information technology services to NIH

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide information technology services to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and certain other government agencies.

10 Jul 2012

Tips to maintain healthy hair

Want more good hair days? Dermatologists say how you wash your hair and the products you use could go a long way in maintaining smooth, shiny hair.

10 Jul 2012

First Edition: July 10, 2012

Today's headlines include findings of a new Washington Post poll indicating Americans remain divided on the health law. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, cracks may be emerging in the Republican's repeal effort.

10 Jul 2012

Book outlines importance of Alzheimer's diagnosis and therapeutic interventions

Karger Medical Publishers Book On Cutting-Edge Alzheimer's Diagnosis and Therapy, with guidance from the Alzheimer's Association. This volume advances emerging concepts for therapeutic interventions and earlier detection and diagnosis of the global epidemic and features internationally leading experts' findings on biomarkers

10 Jul 2012

Laws based on evidence and human rights strengthen global AIDS response

Punitive laws and human rights abuses are costing lives, wasting money and stifling the global AIDS response, according to a report by the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, an independent body of global leaders and experts. The Commission report, "HIV and the Law: Risks, Rights and Health," finds evidence that governments in every region of the world have wasted the potential of legal systems in the fight against HIV.

10 Jul 2012

Nearly 3.8M California adults are food insecure: New policy brief

An estimated 3.8 million California adults - particularly those in households with children, as well as low-income Latinos - could not afford to put adequate food on the table during the recent recession, according to a new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

10 Jul 2012

Healthcare News

‘Open to Options’ guides cancer patients in making critical health decisions

DRCRF names 21 new Damon Runyon Fellows

Former UNAIDS executive director discusses progress in AIDS fight ahead of AIDS 2012 conference

President Obama signs FDA bipartisan bill

LUHS opens multidisciplinary center to treat obesity

Improving access to health care for minority women could reduce racial disparity in infant mortality

Alzheimer's Association International Conference to be held in Vancouver

Book explains complex world of personalized medicine

African leaders should 'take action' to implement human-rights based laws, policies to enhance HIV response

Contraceptive use likely prevents more than 272,000 maternal deaths from childbirth each year

Agencies place unqualified, possibly criminal caregivers in homes of vulnerable seniors

Viewpoints: Obama's 'ideological gymnastics;' Health law's promise of mental health parity; Perry's 'platitudes' on care in Texas

STAT Ticket, Winola Lake partner to provide unique hospital issue reporting system

Bankers Life and Casualty introduces new life and health insurance product

Jacobs receives contract to provide information technology services to NIH

Tips to maintain healthy hair

First Edition: July 10, 2012

Book outlines importance of Alzheimer's diagnosis and therapeutic interventions

Laws based on evidence and human rights strengthen global AIDS response

Nearly 3.8M California adults are food insecure: New policy brief

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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