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Santorum's message: Romney would face trouble against Obama on health issues

GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum continues to attack rival Mitt Romney's Massachusetts' health reform record, arguing that it weakens his ability to run against President Barack Obama, and candidate Newt Gingrich also is not escaping the criticism.

13 Mar 2012

Global Fund donors 'earmark' funds for capacity-building, Fund's general manager says

Gabriel Jaramillo, the general manager of the Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, said in an interview on Friday that "quite a few donors" to the fund "have earmarked portions of their donations to us, their contributions, to capacity-building," the Associated Press/Washington Post reports.

13 Mar 2012

Over 125,000 NYU Langone patients now use new biometric identification system

Launched just nine months ago, more than 125,000 patients at NYU Langone Medical Center are now using PatientSecure, a cutting-edge biometric identification system.

13 Mar 2012

HHS releases exchange rules, highlights 'state flexibility'

The Department of Health and Human Services today released the final rule for health insurance exchanges, which reportedly includes specifics about state functions and responsibilities.

13 Mar 2012

FAO calls for nearly $70M in additional aid for Sahel households threatened by drought

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) "on Friday appealed for an extra $69.8 million to aid 790,000 vulnerable households in the drought-hit Sahel region in West Africa," Agence France-Presse/Vanguard reports.

13 Mar 2012

Supreme Court health law action: Analyzing the arguments and who will be making them

News outlets report on the key issues, dynamics and personalities that will be in play when the Supreme Court takes up the health law.

13 Mar 2012

Women in the World summit panel discusses using technology to solve global health problems

The Daily Beast reports on a panel discussion at the third Women in the World summit on Friday in which Barbara Bush, CEO and co-founder of Global Health Corps, and Gabi Zedlmayer, head of Hewlett-Packard's (HP) global social innovation program, talked about "how to harness technology to solve world health problems."

13 Mar 2012

Syrian government to allow U.N. to conduct survey of basic medical needs in 4 crisis-hit areas

"The Syrian government will allow the United Nations to assess the basic medical needs of Syrians in four areas where opposition forces have clashed with government troops and to also carry out a preliminary humanitarian needs assessment, officials said Friday," the Associated Press/Huffington Post reports.

13 Mar 2012

FAO officials, country representatives meet in Vietnam to discuss food security, nutrition in Asia-Pacific region

Representatives of 40 member countries of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), as well as senior officials from the agency, on Monday opened the 31st FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific in Hanoi, Vietnam, to "discuss in depth the issues of food security and rural poverty reduction," Xinhua/China Daily reports.

13 Mar 2012

State roundup: Business health care tax credits; Wash. state insurers' surplus cash; Calif. million dollar bills

A relatively new tax credit is available to certain small businesses and charities to help offset the cost of providing health insurance to their workers. But tens of thousands of businesses in Minnesota and across the nation are leaving money on the table, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.

13 Mar 2012

Lifestyle intervention may reduce weight and blood pressure in high-risk obese patients

A program that helps obese patients improve healthy behaviors is associated with modest weight loss and improved blood pressure control in a high-risk, low-income group, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Duke University, Harvard University and other institutions.

13 Mar 2012

Cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates high in least affluent N.C. counties

A study of cervical cancer incidence and mortality in North Carolina has revealed areas where rates are unusually high.

13 Mar 2012

Study finds decline in number of stair-related injuries among young children

A new study by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital found that from 1999 through 2008, more than 93,000 children younger than 5 years of age were treated in U.S. emergency departments for stair-related injuries.

13 Mar 2012

Researchers identify variation in head CT use among ED doctors

A new study by Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) researchers found significant variation in the use of head computed tomography (CT) exams among doctors within the emergency department.

13 Mar 2012

Views on Supreme Court case: Both sides stage assault on the Constitution; Obama overreached; Law provides basic needs

As the date of the high court arguments grows nearer, news outlets have a number of editorials and opinions about the health law case.

13 Mar 2012

Viewpoints: America's mixed views on health; Contraception and political 'excesses'; Colorado Medicaid debate

Most people tell pollsters they like the parts of the law that have gone into effect: health insurance for people with preexisting conditions, a clause that allows children to stay on their parents' health plans until the age of 26 and discounts for prescription drugs on Medicare. And, as time goes by, Americans seem less worried that the law will have a negative effect on their own medical care ... But the law itself isn't any more popular than the day it passed.

12 Mar 2012

Study reveals significant variation in use of head computed tomography

Imaging has been identified as one of the key drivers of increased healthcare costs. A new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School has found significant variation in the use of head computed tomography (CT), even within a single emergency department. Strategies to reduce such variation in head CT use may reduce cost and improve quality of care.

12 Mar 2012

Officials examine Medicaid coverage, quality in context of burgeoning costs

Growing demand for Medicaid services puts a burden on states as they wrestle with tight budgets and patient quality issues.

12 Mar 2012

Partner reduction strategies essential to reversing spread of HIV

"The rising enthusiasm for providing more medicines threatens to come at the expense of promising initiatives for preventing HIV infections in the first place -- initiatives that could save many lives, with less money," Craig Timberg, the newspaper's deputy national security editor, and Daniel Halperin, an epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina, write in this Washington Post opinion piece.

12 Mar 2012

Overcoming challenges to health law implementation at federal, state levels

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is central to implementing the health law, which leads to questions about its capabilities and resources. Meanwhile, states await a final rule on health exchanges.

12 Mar 2012

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Santorum's message: Romney would face trouble against Obama on health issues

Global Fund donors 'earmark' funds for capacity-building, Fund's general manager says

Over 125,000 NYU Langone patients now use new biometric identification system

HHS releases exchange rules, highlights 'state flexibility'

FAO calls for nearly $70M in additional aid for Sahel households threatened by drought

Supreme Court health law action: Analyzing the arguments and who will be making them

Women in the World summit panel discusses using technology to solve global health problems

Syrian government to allow U.N. to conduct survey of basic medical needs in 4 crisis-hit areas

FAO officials, country representatives meet in Vietnam to discuss food security, nutrition in Asia-Pacific region

State roundup: Business health care tax credits; Wash. state insurers' surplus cash; Calif. million dollar bills

Lifestyle intervention may reduce weight and blood pressure in high-risk obese patients

Cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates high in least affluent N.C. counties

Study finds decline in number of stair-related injuries among young children

Researchers identify variation in head CT use among ED doctors

Views on Supreme Court case: Both sides stage assault on the Constitution; Obama overreached; Law provides basic needs

Viewpoints: America's mixed views on health; Contraception and political 'excesses'; Colorado Medicaid debate

Study reveals significant variation in use of head computed tomography

Officials examine Medicaid coverage, quality in context of burgeoning costs

Partner reduction strategies essential to reversing spread of HIV

Overcoming challenges to health law implementation at federal, state levels

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