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Continuing care approach reduces overall health costs for patients with SUD

For patients with substance use disorders (SUD), a continuing care approach like that used for other chronic diseases reduces long-term health care costs, reports a study in the June issue of Medical Care.

26 Jun 2012

International observers hopeful about Malawian President Banda's agenda for maternal health

"Any new president has a vast array of items on his or her agenda, but newly inaugurated Malawian President Joyce Hilda Banda has elevated a praise-worthy agenda for maternal health at the very outset of her time in office," Alisha Kramer, a research assistant at the Center For Strategic & International Studies' (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center, writes in this post in the center's "Smart Global Health" blog.

26 Jun 2012

Vatican official calls on international community to provide 'free, efficient' HIV treatment in Africa

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's secretary of state and number two official, "called Friday on the international community to provide 'free and efficient treatment' for AIDS in Africa, starting with pregnant women, mothers and their babies," Agence France-Presse reports.

26 Jun 2012

U.S. Secretary of State Clinton defends women's reproductive rights at conclusion of Rio+20 conference

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton "took a stand for women's reproductive rights during the Rio+20 United Nations conference on Friday, saying 'women must be empowered to make decisions on whether and when to have children' if the world is to attain agreed-upon sustainable development goals," the Associated Press/ABC News reports.

26 Jun 2012

Some caregivers unsure about when to give epinephrine for children with food allergies

Young children with allergies to milk and egg experience reactions to these and other foods more often than researchers had expected, a study reports. The study also found that severe and potentially life-threatening reactions in a significant number of these children occur and that some caregivers are hesitant to give such children epinephrine, a medication that reverses the symptoms of such reactions and can save lives.

26 Jun 2012

LLUMC suggests check list with six key attributes for successful proton therapy treatment

When a newly diagnosed cancer patient is considering treatment options, proton therapy might not be the first course that comes to mind. Yet over the past two decades proton therapy has continued to evolve as a viable alternative to chemotherapy and a less-invasive procedure than radiation or surgery, so much so that proton therapy is now considered the preferred course of treatment for many doctors and patients in the fight against cancer.

26 Jun 2012

Beauty N Black Wellness Tour to improve health of African American families

In an effort to improve the health of African American families, the Beauty N Black Wellness Tour will turn beauty salons into centers for health information and screening, starting with a June 30th launch in Los Angeles.

26 Jun 2012

PPMD to host first Transforming Duchenne Care Meeting from June 27-28

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) will host the first Transforming Duchenne Care Meeting, June 27-28, 2012, immediately preceding the Annual Connect Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

26 Jun 2012

Amgen launches Chemotherapy: Myths or Facts campaign for cancer patients

Amgen today launched Chemotherapy: Myths or Facts, an awareness campaign for cancer patients and their caregivers featuring Emmy-nominated actress and breast cancer survivor Maura Tierney.

26 Jun 2012

First handbook on microcirculation imaging techniques

Microcirculation Imaging is the first handbook of its kind, introducing many different technical approaches for the visualization of microcirculation. Clearly structured throughout, this book is a must for every clinician and researcher relying on microcirculation imaging.

26 Jun 2012

Feinstein Institute to train clinicians on how to better care for patients with schizophrenia

The Zucker Hillside Hospital campus of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research has been approved for a $9.3+ million federal grant to train clinicians on how to better care for patients with schizophrenia.

26 Jun 2012

Dow announces Omega-9 Oils as first Breakthrough to World Challenges

The Dow Chemical Company today announced Omega-9 Oils as its first Breakthrough to World Challenges, addressing one of the Company's 2015 Sustainability Goals in the area of health.

26 Jun 2012

Researchers develop inexpensive system that offers benefits of cardiac rehabilitation programmes

Researchers at the Universidad Poltécnica de Madrid (UPM) have developed an inexpensive system that offers the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation programmes for patients who currently cannot access them.

26 Jun 2012

Awaiting a court decision: Would consumers love the law if they suddenly lose it?; The market can fix health care

I still harbor the perhaps naïve hope that some conservative justices -- Anthony Kennedy? John Roberts? - will pull back from judicial activism and allow the voters to decide the fate of the health-care law in this fall's elections. And here is where the court's reintroduction of the health-care issue into the political debate could be turned into a blessing by allies of reform, provided they take advantage of the opportunity to do what they have never done adequately up to now. They need, finally, to describe and defend the law and what it does.

26 Jun 2012

Enrollment and disenrollment in hospice linked to race

Although use of hospice services is increasing dramatically, a study led by Regenstrief Institute investigator Kathleen T. Unroe, M.D., MHA, an assistant research professor of medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine, has found that nonwhite Medicare patients with heart failure are 20 percent less likely to enroll in hospice than their white counterparts.

25 Jun 2012

Blog posts examine importance of good governance in health care

Management Sciences For Health's (MSH) "Global Health Impact" blog on Friday published two posts examining the importance of good governance in health care.

25 Jun 2012

New 'International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction' launched

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of a new quarterly journal, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.

25 Jun 2012

FDA approves Daiichi Sankyo's US-based Bethlehem packaging facility

Today, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to package product at its first United States-based packaging facility located in Bethlehem, PA. With this approval, the Company expands its global supply chain capability, helping to ensure the supply of medicine to U.S. physicians and their patients.

25 Jun 2012

Family planning summit should address range of influences on maternal health

In this post on RH Reality Check, Marianne Mollmann, senior policy adviser with Amnesty International, addresses an upcoming summit in London on family planning funding, which is being co-hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.K. Department for International Development and supported by USAID and UNFPA.

25 Jun 2012

The stakes of the decision

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that though most Americans continue to oppose the health law, they support many of its provisions. Meanwhile, news outlets continue to report on what the impact would be -- both in terms of people and the markets -- if the law is overturned and these provisions are rolled back.

25 Jun 2012

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Continuing care approach reduces overall health costs for patients with SUD

International observers hopeful about Malawian President Banda's agenda for maternal health

Vatican official calls on international community to provide 'free, efficient' HIV treatment in Africa

U.S. Secretary of State Clinton defends women's reproductive rights at conclusion of Rio+20 conference

Some caregivers unsure about when to give epinephrine for children with food allergies

LLUMC suggests check list with six key attributes for successful proton therapy treatment

Beauty N Black Wellness Tour to improve health of African American families

PPMD to host first Transforming Duchenne Care Meeting from June 27-28

Amgen launches Chemotherapy: Myths or Facts campaign for cancer patients

First handbook on microcirculation imaging techniques

Feinstein Institute to train clinicians on how to better care for patients with schizophrenia

Dow announces Omega-9 Oils as first Breakthrough to World Challenges

Researchers develop inexpensive system that offers benefits of cardiac rehabilitation programmes

Awaiting a court decision: Would consumers love the law if they suddenly lose it?; The market can fix health care

Enrollment and disenrollment in hospice linked to race

Blog posts examine importance of good governance in health care

New 'International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction' launched

FDA approves Daiichi Sankyo's US-based Bethlehem packaging facility

Family planning summit should address range of influences on maternal health

The stakes of the decision

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