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Internal Medicine 2012 to take place from April 19 - 21 in New Orleans

More than 5,000 internal medicine physicians, or internists, subspecialists, medical students, and allied health professionals will meet in New Orleans for Internal Medicine 2012, the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Physicians (ACP), April 19 - 21 (Thursday - Saturday), at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Internists specialize in the prevention, detection, and treatment of illnesses in adults.

21 Mar 2012

Improving care for advanced illnesses can lead to reduced costs

A better approach to advanced illness, including fewer hospitalizations, could improve quality of life and satisfaction for the sickest patients - and save $25 billion in annual health-care costs, according to Gundersen Health System.

21 Mar 2012

Malpractice reform, IPAB repeal, NIH funding among hot topics on Capitol Hill

News outlets report on various legislative proposals and planned funding cuts, and what kind of reactions they are drawing.

21 Mar 2012

NAFC honors VUMC nurse practitioner with Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award

The National Association For Continence (NAFC) presented Margaret "Amy" Hull, RNC, MSN, WHCNP, with its Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award at the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA) annual awards luncheon on March 3, 2012 held during the 2012 SUNA Annual Symposium in San Francisco.

21 Mar 2012

New Ryan budget would transform Medicare and Medicaid

Kaiser Health News staff writer Marilyn Werber Serafini reports: The Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee surprised no one Tuesday when he released a spending blueprint that would drastically reshape the Medicare and Medicaid programs for the elderly and poor in an attempt to rein in their soaring costs.

21 Mar 2012

Center for Global Health Policy interviews TB expert in advance of World TB Day

The Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog interviews tuberculosis (TB) expert Lee Reichman, founding executive director of the New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute, in advance of World TB Day, to be observed on March 24.

21 Mar 2012

IRIN examines malnutrition in Chad

IRIN examines malnutrition in Chad, writing, "Hovering at around 20 percent in some places, Kanem Region in western Chad is well-known for having some of the world's highest continual severe acute malnutrition rates," and, "unless something is done to improve the country's 'dysfunctional' health system (as described by half a dozen interviewees), these malnutrition rates are unlikely to change significantly."

21 Mar 2012

Excluded from WHO targets, children at risk of being forgotten in global NCD agenda

Guardian health editor Sarah Boseley examines why children have been excluded from WHO targets on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in this post in her "Global Health Blog," writing, "Children die from cancer, heart disease and other NCDs but they are in danger of being forgotten as global targets for action are drawn up, say health groups."

21 Mar 2012

State lawmakers consider abortion, contraception legislation; Other states deal with fallout

A bill in Arizona would allow employers to deny contraception coverage on religious grounds and a Tenn. bill would require the state publish the names of doctors who perform abortions.

21 Mar 2012

Roundup: States face new revenue downturn; Calif. county has disparities in life expectancy

Revenues in most U.S. states increased in the fourth quarter of 2011, but their recent surge is tapering off, as they grew just 2.7 percent from the final quarter of 2010, according to a report released on Monday. "This is a noticeable slowdown from the 11.1 (percent) and 6.1 percent year-over-year growth reported in the second and third quarters of 2011, respectively," the Rockefeller Institute, a think tank that closely watches states' revenues, said in the report.

21 Mar 2012

Marking the health law's second anniversary

News outlets report on what the future holds as the health law turns 2. Meanwhile, the Department of Health and Human Services steps up its messaging related to the measure's benefits.

21 Mar 2012

GOP coordinates renewed assault on health law as its two-year anniversary, court date near

The fight for public opinion is expected to intensify in the days ahead -- as the date of the health law's Supreme Court oral arguments closes in.

21 Mar 2012

Improving health outcomes with mHealth

"The use of cell phones by community health workers and other medical practitioners in low-income countries has been promoted as a potential revolution for health systems development," Sanjay Basu, a resident physician in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, writes in this GlobalHealthHub.org post.

21 Mar 2012

Six state Attorneys General to hear Supreme Court health law arguments, other state health law news

Attorneys general from six states will sit in the Supreme Court to hear the oral arguments over the health reform law. In the meantime, Pennsylvania lawmakers may offer a constitutional amendment to ban laws mandating people have health insurance.

21 Mar 2012

Meditation improves ability to cope with stress and increases telomerase activity

Calmly meditating produces exciting, beneficial effects on your body. It can protect your DNA against cancer-promoting genetic developments and free you from everyday stresses and distractions. That's why meditation is one of the most powerful, but often neglected, tools for maintaining optimal health.

21 Mar 2012

Healthcare News

Internal Medicine 2012 to take place from April 19 - 21 in New Orleans

Improving care for advanced illnesses can lead to reduced costs

Malpractice reform, IPAB repeal, NIH funding among hot topics on Capitol Hill

NAFC honors VUMC nurse practitioner with Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award

New Ryan budget would transform Medicare and Medicaid

Center for Global Health Policy interviews TB expert in advance of World TB Day

IRIN examines malnutrition in Chad

Excluded from WHO targets, children at risk of being forgotten in global NCD agenda

State lawmakers consider abortion, contraception legislation; Other states deal with fallout

Roundup: States face new revenue downturn; Calif. county has disparities in life expectancy

Marking the health law's second anniversary

GOP coordinates renewed assault on health law as its two-year anniversary, court date near

Improving health outcomes with mHealth

Six state Attorneys General to hear Supreme Court health law arguments, other state health law news

Meditation improves ability to cope with stress and increases telomerase activity

CNN examines nodding disease among children in Northern Uganda

House GOP to propose budget with significant tax code changes; Dems ready to take on its efforts to reshape Medicare

HCPSS selects Benefitfocus HR InTouch

WESTMED collaborates with UnitedHealthcare to launch ACO

BioDrain announces installation of two STREAMWAY units at Specialty Surgery Center

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

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