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Health must be taken into account in climate change mitigation strategies

Health must be taken into account in climate change mitigation strategies. It is not widely appreciated that there are many benefits to health that are likely to accrue from a low carbon economy, say experts in a special supplement published on bmj.com today.

20 Mar 2012

Winnie Palmer Hospital plans to expand neonatal intensive care unit

Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies is announcing plans to expand its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The $13 million expansion will add 30 beds to the unit, making it the largest NICU in the United States.

20 Mar 2012

ADHD diagnosis on the rise among American children

The number of American children leaving doctors' offices with an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis has risen 66 percent in 10 years, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. Over this same timeframe, specialists, instead of primary care physicians, have begun treating an increasing number of these young patients, the study found.

20 Mar 2012

AIDS survey preliminary data show stagnation in Uganda's HIV prevalence, need for improved prevention strategies, experts say

A preliminary report on the Uganda AIDS Indicator Survey, conducted by the Ministry of Health, shows the country's "HIV prevalence rate has stagnated over the last 10 years, and the number of people infected with HIV has risen from 1.8 million people to 2.3 million today," the Observer writes.

20 Mar 2012

UnitedHealth selected as Managed Care Support contractor for 2.9M TRICARE beneficiaries

UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group company, said its Military & Veterans Services business unit has been awarded the Department of Defense's TRICARE Managed Care Support contract to provide health care services for active duty and retired military service members and their families in the West Region.

19 Mar 2012

TriZetto QNXT Essentials solution to streamline administration of Ventura County's HMO

Ventura County, Calif., has selected The TriZetto Group, Inc., to help improve the administrative efficiency, care delivery, and provider and member service of the county's health plan. TriZetto's end-to-end solution will streamline the administration of Ventura County's HMO, which serves employees and their families, retirees, Medicare recipients, and county-affiliated organizations.

19 Mar 2012

Religiously affiliated colleges, universities avoid paying directly for birth control in rule

The Obama administration announced Friday a rule on student health plans that will allow some religiously affiliated colleges and universities to avoid directly paying for the costs of mandated contraception coverage.

19 Mar 2012

N.Y. to ease Medicaid audits as Fla. pushes hard to cut program's costs

The N.Y. audits have been successful in recouping funds but have created an industry backlash. Florida, at the heart of the lawsuit against the federal health law that will expand Medicaid, is trying hard to get approval from the Obama administration to revamp its program.

19 Mar 2012

Common infections could become deadly with increase in antibiotic resistance, WHO's Chan says

As more bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, "common infections could become deadly, according to" WHO Director-General Margaret Chan, who spoke on Wednesday at a conference titled "Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: Time for Action" in Copenhagen, ABC News reports.

19 Mar 2012

Highmark Healthy High 5 initiative benefits Pennsylvania children

The Highmark Foundation today announced that Highmark Healthy High 5, a five-year $100 million initiative, successfully influenced change regarding children's health issues in the 49-county region Highmark serves across Pennsylvania.

19 Mar 2012

UNDP launches Global Water Solidarity Platform

The U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) recently launched the Global Water Solidarity Platform "at the World Water Forum in Marseille, France, where 20,000 participants from the private, public and non-profit sectors [met] to address the water crisis," according to a UNDP press release.

19 Mar 2012

New medical education portal - Lipoprotein Perspectives - launched

LipoScience, Inc., an in vitro diagnostic company advancing patient care by developing high value proprietary clinical tests using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology, announced the launch of Lipoprotein Perspectives - a medical education portal featuring experts in clinical and preventive cardiology, endocrinology, and lipidology - at www.lipoprotein.org.

19 Mar 2012

High Court says no to allowing cameras to broadcast the health law arguments

This announcement, made Friday, is consistent with tradition. However, the court will make available same-day audio of the oral arguments because of "extraordinary public interest."

19 Mar 2012

New health care law helps 5.1M seniors and people with disabilities save $3.2B on prescription drugs

As the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act approaches, new data shows that more than 5.1 million seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare saved over $3.2 billion on prescription drugs because of the new health care law, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced today while at the St. Louis Community College at Forest Park.

19 Mar 2012

Medicare plan will be central to Ryan GOP budget

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is set to unveil a new budget plan on Tuesday. Both Democrats and Republicans are poised to revive the pitched debate over controversial proposals related to the Medicare programs.

19 Mar 2012

Al Jazeera examines global maternal mortality

Al Jazeera examines maternal mortality worldwide, saying, "If the situation continues at its current rate, the world will not meet" the U.N. Millennium Development Goal "to reduce maternal mortality by 75 percent between 1990 and 2015."

19 Mar 2012

Maryland DHMH awards CSC contract to replace state's Medicaid Management Information System

The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene awarded CSC a contract to replace the state's Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) and provide fiscal agent services for selected DHMH programs. The contract has a five-year base period with three two-year options, bringing the estimated total value to $297 million.

19 Mar 2012

Improvements in trauma care could save two million lives

Up to two million lives, annually, could be saved globally with improvements in trauma care, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This estimate by Charles Mock, from the University of Washington in Seattle, and his team provides support for investment in and greater attention to strengthening trauma care services globally. Their work is published online in Springer's World Journal of Surgery.

19 Mar 2012

First international podoconiosis initiative launched

The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases' "End the Neglect" blog highlights "the first-ever international podoconiosis initiative, Footwork," launched on March 15.

19 Mar 2012

Home Controls, Traxxit to distribute GPS tracking solution

Traxxit Technologies Corporation, a leading provider of GPS devices and MyTraxxit mapping software web portal, and Home Controls announced today the distribution agreement for Home Controls to represent the Traxxit360 GPS tracking solution.

19 Mar 2012

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Health must be taken into account in climate change mitigation strategies

Winnie Palmer Hospital plans to expand neonatal intensive care unit

ADHD diagnosis on the rise among American children

AIDS survey preliminary data show stagnation in Uganda's HIV prevalence, need for improved prevention strategies, experts say

UnitedHealth selected as Managed Care Support contractor for 2.9M TRICARE beneficiaries

TriZetto QNXT Essentials solution to streamline administration of Ventura County's HMO

Religiously affiliated colleges, universities avoid paying directly for birth control in rule

N.Y. to ease Medicaid audits as Fla. pushes hard to cut program's costs

Common infections could become deadly with increase in antibiotic resistance, WHO's Chan says

Highmark Healthy High 5 initiative benefits Pennsylvania children

UNDP launches Global Water Solidarity Platform

New medical education portal - Lipoprotein Perspectives - launched

High Court says no to allowing cameras to broadcast the health law arguments

New health care law helps 5.1M seniors and people with disabilities save $3.2B on prescription drugs

Medicare plan will be central to Ryan GOP budget

Al Jazeera examines global maternal mortality

Maryland DHMH awards CSC contract to replace state's Medicaid Management Information System

Improvements in trauma care could save two million lives

First international podoconiosis initiative launched

Home Controls, Traxxit to distribute GPS tracking solution

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