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Longer looks: Music as a means of treatment for PTSD

On one of the many days Leo Dunson wanted to die, the Iraq veteran put a gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. The loaded weapon misfired. For the troubled former soldier, it was another inexplicable failure, like his divorce or inability to make friends after returning from the war. In a Las Vegas recording studio, Dunson rapped about his life: "What's wrong with me? Got PTSD. These pills ain't working, man, I still can't think."

18 May 2012

New equipment guides from DOTmed

DOTmed.com, Inc., the Internet's largest marketplace for new and used medical equipment and parts, has introduced DOTmed New Equipment Guides in print and online.

18 May 2012

UM School of Business Administration study aims to uncover cocaine abuse patterns

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted $350,000 to a professor at the University of Miami (UM) School of Business Administration for an innovative study aimed at uncovering cocaine abuse patterns to lead to more effective treatments.

18 May 2012

Ugandan AIDS activists concerned over proposed cuts in nation's health budget

AIDS activists in Uganda are worried about a proposed reduction in the country's health budget, as Parliament begins "a months-long budgeting process for the ... next fiscal year," VOA News reports.

18 May 2012

Food safety tips while barbecuing

Barbecue season has begun and Health Canada would like to remind Canadians of steps they can take to avoid foodborne illness caused by bacteria such as E. coli, Salmonella and Campylobacter.

18 May 2012

Legislatures push health care changes in disabled, immigrant care, medical boards

State lawmakers grapple with health care issues including establishing a new monitor for disabled care in New York, avoiding cuts for undocumented immigrant care in D.C. and a Massachusetts revamp of the state medical board.

18 May 2012

A Senate panel contemplates innovations for the health care system

At a Wednesday hearing, members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee considered various strategies to make the health system more efficient.

18 May 2012

A decision in N.Y. case on access to abortion pills could impact presidential politics

Politico looks at how a court decision to open Plan B prescriptions to women under the age of 17 could put both President Barack Obama and GOP candidate Mitt Romney on the spot.

18 May 2012

Northwestern University SCS now offers MSRC program

To help professionals succeed in the growing field of regulatory compliance, Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies now offers the Master of Science in Regulatory Compliance (MSRC) program.

18 May 2012

Obama administration announces Nov. 16 deadline for state proposals on health exchanges

The Department for Health and Human Services released guidelines detailing the requirements states must meet in their proposals if they want to gain federal approval to operate these insurance markets.

18 May 2012

Potential public-private partnership aims to bring TB vaccine trials to mines of Southern Africa

GlobalPost's "Global Pulse" blog reports on a potential public-private partnership that aims to bring tuberculosis (TB) vaccine trials to the gold mines of Southern Africa, where, "for every 100,000 workers ..., 3,000 have tuberculosis, and many have often-fatal, drug-resistant strains of TB."

18 May 2012

Doctors trade prescription pads for electronic options

Doctors increasingly are ditching the prescription pad. The latest count shows more than a third of the nation's prescriptions now are electronic... Surescripts, the largest network for paperless prescribing, found 390,000 doctors were e-prescribing at least some last year, and more are signing up fast. Some 36 percent of all prescriptions were electronic in 2011.

18 May 2012

House GOP formulates strategies to pursue after the Supreme Court issues health law decision

If the law is upheld, Republicans plan to take to the floor to "tear out" the law's most controversial provisions, Politico reports. Meanwhile, in related news, Reuters reports on the questionable fate of lesser known, but still controversial, aspects of the health law -- billions of dollars in new taxes.

18 May 2012

Examining key findings of Policy Innovation Memorandum on safety of world drug, vaccine supply

In her blog, "The Garrett Update," Laurie Garrett, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), provides a detailed overview of the key findings from the council's Policy Innovation Memorandum No. 21, a six-point policy recommendation for the G8/20 that she authored, titled "Ensuring the Safety and Integrity of the World's Drug, Vaccine, and Medicines Supply."

18 May 2012

House Appropriations Committee releases draft report on FY13 State, Foreign Operations spending bill

The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to mark up the FY 2013 State and Foreign Operations appropriations bill on Thursday, The Hill's "Global Affairs" blog reports.

18 May 2012

Maternal deaths drop by nearly half worldwide over 20 years; Greater progress still needed, U.N. reports

"The number of women dying of pregnancy- and childbirth-related complications has almost halved in 20 years, according to new estimates released [on Wednesday] by the United Nations, which stressed that greater progress is still needed in significantly reducing maternal deaths," the U.N. News Centre reports.

18 May 2012

Cleveland Eye Clinic surgeons perform Corneal Cross-Linking procedure

For years, patients with an eye disease called keratoconus have had little to no hope of continuing to see well without glasses or contacts, and a portion of them had a high risk corneal transplant in their future. Keratoconus is an eye disease that causes the cornea (the clear covering on the eye) to become thin and steep over time. Patients with keratoconus can wear special contact lenses or in some cases glasses. Many of them lose the ability to see well even with corrective eye wear.

18 May 2012

Conservative group makes major ad buy to charge President Obama with using the health law to raise taxes

News outlets report on the details of the ad campaign, which is being paid for by Crossroads GPS -- and also provide fact checking regarding some of its assertions.

18 May 2012

AACN, GE Healthcare to honor DAISY Foundation with Pioneering Spirit Award

The DAISY Foundation will receive the AACN-GE Healthcare Pioneering Spirit Award to honor its efforts to provide meaningful recognition to nurses as "unsung heroes" deserving of society's profound respect and recognition for their education, training, brainpower, skill and compassion.

18 May 2012

D.C. abortion bill to get hearing; Mo. considers allowing employers to opt-out of contraception coverage mandate

The House is considering a bill that would ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Elsewhere, Missouri lawmakers consider allowing businesses to opt-out of a federal mandate to cover contraception in their health plans and another Catholic university -- this one in Florida -- considers dumping its health plan instead of complying with the mandate.

18 May 2012

Healthcare News

Longer looks: Music as a means of treatment for PTSD

New equipment guides from DOTmed

UM School of Business Administration study aims to uncover cocaine abuse patterns

Ugandan AIDS activists concerned over proposed cuts in nation's health budget

Food safety tips while barbecuing

Legislatures push health care changes in disabled, immigrant care, medical boards

A Senate panel contemplates innovations for the health care system

A decision in N.Y. case on access to abortion pills could impact presidential politics

Northwestern University SCS now offers MSRC program

Obama administration announces Nov. 16 deadline for state proposals on health exchanges

Potential public-private partnership aims to bring TB vaccine trials to mines of Southern Africa

Doctors trade prescription pads for electronic options

House GOP formulates strategies to pursue after the Supreme Court issues health law decision

Examining key findings of Policy Innovation Memorandum on safety of world drug, vaccine supply

House Appropriations Committee releases draft report on FY13 State, Foreign Operations spending bill

Maternal deaths drop by nearly half worldwide over 20 years; Greater progress still needed, U.N. reports

Cleveland Eye Clinic surgeons perform Corneal Cross-Linking procedure

Conservative group makes major ad buy to charge President Obama with using the health law to raise taxes

AACN, GE Healthcare to honor DAISY Foundation with Pioneering Spirit Award

D.C. abortion bill to get hearing; Mo. considers allowing employers to opt-out of contraception coverage mandate

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

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