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Political cartoon: 'Hippocratic Oath?'

Kaiser Health News provides a fresh take on health policy developments with "Hippocratic Oath?" by Mike Peters.

21 Mar 2012

First Edition: March 20, 2012

Today's headlines include reports about the new GOP budget proposal, to be unveiled today by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

20 Mar 2012

RaySearch receives PMH contract for new adaptive radiation therapy solution

RaySearch Laboratories AB has been awarded a contract for a new adaptive radiation therapy solution at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) in Toronto, Canada. This means that RaySearch will deliver its treatment planning system RayStation to PMH where it will be used as the primary treatment planning tool for adaptive radiation therapy.

20 Mar 2012

Pediatricians' unconscious racial bias may affect pain medication decisions

Pediatricians who show an unconscious preference for European Americans tend to prescribe better pain-management for white patients than they do for African-American patients, new University of Washington research shows.

20 Mar 2012

NYSC launches 'Train Like a Tribute' Hunger Games-inspired workout

In celebration of The Hunger Games' blockbuster debut on March 23rd, the New York Sports Clubs (NYSC) is launching the first-ever "Train Like a Tribute" Hunger Games-inspired workout. With ticket presales for The Hunger Games movie setting records nationwide, the screen adaptation of the New York Times best-selling novel is on track to become the biggest pop-culture craze since Twilight.

20 Mar 2012

World Bank report calls for increased HIV prevention efforts in Africa

In a report published last week, the World Bank "called on African governments and international donors to increase efforts to prevent new HIV infections in order to control treatment costs," VOA News reports.

20 Mar 2012

UCSD Moores Cancer Center receives QOPI certification

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center has one of the first oncology practices in the nation to be recognized by the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Certification Program, an affiliate of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

20 Mar 2012

Maryland officials seek to boost enrollment in high risk insurance plan

People with medical problems often have trouble buying insurance but the program, funded by the federal government, offers plans designed for them.

20 Mar 2012

Study identifies risk factors for postpartum depressive symptoms

Many Norwegian women postpone pregnancy until they have completed their education and are well established on their career path. This may make them more vulnerable to postpartum depression.

20 Mar 2012

Ever-evolving birth control issues affect fundraising, messaging

As the birth control issues pumps up some campaign coffers, one prominent Republican says his party needs to stop talking about it.

20 Mar 2012

North Shore-LIJ inaugurates NYHNI's Center for Cranial Base Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital

As part of its ongoing efforts to develop patient-centric services that focus on disease prevention and management, the North Shore-LIJ Health System today announced the creation of the New York Head and Neck Institute (NYHNI), a part of its head and neck surgery service line, and the opening of the Center for Cranial Base Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital.

20 Mar 2012

Texas files lawsuit over federal defunding of Women's Health Program

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed the suit Friday, saying that the federal government improperly decided to stop funding the state's Women's Health Program.

20 Mar 2012

IPAB and health law repeal efforts mixing up political loyalties

Some Senate Demcrats are considering voting with Republicans to repeal the health law's Independent Payment Advisory Board while several GOP lawmakers are voicing concerns about the broader repeal strategy. Also, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., has introduced legislation to change the law's medical-loss ratio.

20 Mar 2012

Fox Chase to present best practices in cancer survivorship at 17th NCCN conference

People are living longer with and after a cancer diagnosis, making survivorship clinics and programs-as well as official guidelines and practices governing the care of survivors-an important emerging component of modern cancer care. Many institutions are looking to gather these resources into an easily understandable plan for their survivors.

20 Mar 2012

More than 1M children under age 5 at risk of malnutrition in Sahel, UNICEF warns

"The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is warning that more than a million children below the age of five in the Sahel are facing a disaster amid the ongoing food crisis in the drought-prone region of Africa," the U.N. News Centre reports.

20 Mar 2012

Obama administration offers proposal to fix contraceptive rule

Under the plan, insurance companies would pick up the cost for providing contraceptives to women employed by religious affiliated employers, but the administration offered ways to help cover those expenses.

20 Mar 2012

In insurance, gender rating continues

Women still pay more than men for the same health insurance coverage, according to new research and data from online brokers. The new health care law will prohibit such "gender rating," starting in 2014. But gaps persist in most states, with no evidence that insurers have taken steps to reduce them.

20 Mar 2012

Viewpoints: The argument for the health law; No one wins contraception battle

It's said that you can judge a man by the quality of his enemies. If the same principle applies to legislation, the Affordable Care Act - which was signed into law two years ago, but for the most part has yet to take effect - sits in a place of high honor.

20 Mar 2012

CSIS report examines HIV prevention, care among people who inject drugs in Ukraine

A new report, titled "Injection Drug Use in Ukraine" and published by the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), examines the challenges of providing HIV prevention and care services in the country, particularly to people who inject drugs (PWID), who accounted for "nearly 50 percent of new HIV infections registered in 2010," according to the CSIS website.

20 Mar 2012

UAB to present at annual American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has a number of presentations and experts available to comment on news being presented at the annual American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions that begin Saturday, March 23, 2012, in Chicago.

20 Mar 2012