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EAACI launches Food Allergy Campaign

Today the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) launched its Food Allergy Campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to raise awareness of the sharp increase of anaphylaxis in children, an allergic reaction that is severe and potentially life-threatening. It aims at educating the public to recognise the symptoms and its triggers, and to teach methods of how to react in case of emergency, e.g. by using an adrenaline pen.

18 Jun 2012

Lower dose study using Toshiba AIDR 3D with Aquilion ONE CT system

Today's healthcare facilities seek to manage patient radiation dose while maintaining high image quality for accurate diagnoses. Dr. Jeff Dardinger from St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood, Ky., will discuss the initial findings of using Toshiba's AIDR 3D with the AquilionTM ONE CT system to lower dose while maintaining high image quality across multiple CT exams.

18 Jun 2012

WHO launches new tool to improve quality and human rights in mental health and social care

WHO urges countries to protect the rights and dignity of people with mental health conditions as it launches a new tool for countries to assess and eventually stop, these violations. The WHO QualityRights Tool Kit aims to ensure that quality of care and human rights standards are put in place in mental health and social care facilities around the world.

18 Jun 2012

New resource captures health insurance programs for low-income populations in developing countries

A new resource captures more than 100 health insurance programs designed for low-income populations in developing countries —an important milestone in developing a comprehensive database of this emerging industry.

18 Jun 2012

Greater Than AIDS, Walgreens partner to mark National HIV Testing Day

Walgreens, the nation's largest pharmacy chain, and Greater Than AIDS, a coalition of public and private sector partners united in response to the domestic epidemic, are teaming with health departments and local AIDS organizations to provide FREE HIV testing at 47 Walgreens stores in 20 cities across the nation in June in support of National HIV Testing Day.

18 Jun 2012

ASH, EHA and ECPC issue common call to action to mitigate hematologic drug shortages

The American Society of Hematology (ASH) joined the European Hematology Association (EHA) and the European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC) today in issuing a common call to action in an effort to mitigate shortages of hematologic drugs in the United States and around the world.

18 Jun 2012

High court ruling's possible effect on state Medicaid programs

The expansion of Medicaid - if it is upheld by the Supreme Court - is among the most significant parts of the law, as it will provide coverage to people with the greatest financial needs. Many health care advocates support the expansion, saying it will allow poor people to receive needed care, while many state officials, especially Republicans, worry that it will bring budget-breaking new costs.

18 Jun 2012

100BMOA releases official statement on prostate cancer

100 Black Men of America, Inc., Chairman Albert E. Dotson, Jr., the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of 100 Black Men of America, Inc. release an official statement on prostate cancer, in an effort to save lives of countless men who are at the highest risk of developing prostate cancer.

18 Jun 2012

In reversal, Catholic hospitals reject support for contraception compromise

In an unexpected blow to the Obama administration and a major boon for America's Catholic bishops, the influential Catholic Health Association on Friday rejected White House proposals aimed at easing faith-based objections to the contraception mandate. ... The mandate requires that all employee health insurance plans must provide no-cost birth control coverage to employees, and it grants what many consider an unacceptably narrow exemption for religious groups.

18 Jun 2012

Dems, Republicans ramp up health reform rhetoric as SCOTUS speculation abounds

In an interview aired Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation," the presumptive GOP presidential nominee reiterated his pledge to repeal the Affordable Care Act, though he allowed that a similar health care reform he signed as Massachusetts governor was legal. ... "if I'm president, we're going to stop Obamacare in its tracks and return to the 10th Amendment that allows states to care for these issues on the way they think best."

18 Jun 2012

CAMFT offers five simple mental wellness tips to help manage stress

While managing stress can seem like an impossible goal, the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) reminds fathers to keep their mental wellness top of mind and seek help before stress leads to a larger issue, such as depression.

18 Jun 2012

Ginsburg doesn't reveal high court health law decision, but talks about 'utility of dissent'

News outlets reported that Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia are indicating their points of view on the health law.

18 Jun 2012

Farm Bill does more to fight global hunger

"Fighting global hunger has traditionally been a bipartisan effort that has united administrations and congresses without regard to party. The Farm Bill developed by the bipartisan leadership of the Senate Agriculture Committee continues that trend," Dan Glickman, former U.S. agriculture secretary, and Richard Leach, president and CEO of World Food Program USA, write in a Politico opinion piece.

16 Jun 2012

Mass. legislators seek to resolve House, Senate difference on bill to curb health costs

Six lawmakers were selected Thursday to negotiate the differences between House and Senate proposals for controlling health care spending in the state. The conference committee will include Senator Richard Moore and Representative Steven Walsh, both Democrats, who led efforts to craft the two bills.

16 Jun 2012

Opinion pieces address Child Survival Call to Action

The governments of the United States, India, and Ethiopia, in collaboration with UNICEF, on Thursday launched the Child Survival Call to Action in Washington, D.C., during a two-day event that brings together world leaders, public health experts, child health advocates and others in an effort to reduce child mortality to 20 per 1,000 by 2035 worldwide, with the ultimate goal of ending preventable child deaths.

16 Jun 2012

AIDS Institute proposes increases for AIDS medications and level funding for prevention

"The AIDS Institute thanks Chairman Tom Harkin for his leadership in maintaining the United States Senate's strong commitment to domestic HIV programs by increasing funding for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) and maintaining funding for HIV prevention and other parts of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program," commented Carl Schmid, Deputy Executive Director of The AIDS Institute.

16 Jun 2012

Preventable childhood deaths can be nearly eliminated in 10 years, researchers write

"Preventable childhood deaths caused by illnesses such as pneumonia and diarrhea can be nearly eliminated in 10 years," researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the National Institutes of Health write in a new commentary featured in the June issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association," a Johns Hopkins press release reports.

16 Jun 2012

Methodist receives $26.2M H&HS grant to reduce blood infections and delirium

Grants from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services totaling $26.2 million will support work by The Methodist Hospital in Houston to reduce blood infections and delirium-caused injuries in Texas hospitals.

16 Jun 2012

The economy and the health law: A key theme on GOP campaign trail

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and other GOP leaders are linking pledges to repeal the health care law to a small-government, economic recovery theme.

16 Jun 2012

Simple, inexpensive method for preventing type 2 diabetes

A simple, inexpensive method for preventing type 2 diabetes that relies on calling people and educating them on the sort of lifestyle changes they could make to avoid developing the disease has proven effective in a study conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the City of Berkeley Department of Public Health.

16 Jun 2012