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Overall positive attitude towards concept of uniform CVD prevention guidelines across Europe

The next Joint European CVD Prevention Guidelines, scheduled for publication later this year at EuroPRevent 2012, will be shorter, tighter and supported by fewer references.

23 Feb 2012

Scientific American examines Gates Foundation toilet-design initiative

"Advocates for universal access to and use of basic personal sanitation hope their efforts will get a big boost in August, when the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation present several hygienic innovations developed through its Reinventing the Toilet Challenge," Scientific American reports in a feature article.

23 Feb 2012

Videotaped encounter evaluates medical students conveying bad news to 'standardized patients'

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and the University of South Florida (USF) College of Medicine evaluated the experience of medical students who participated in videotaped sessions where they practiced conveying difficult news to "standardized patients" (SPs). The SPs role-played patients with a variety of cancers and who were receiving bad medical news.

23 Feb 2012

Fair management, positive leadership can ameliorate job worries among elder care staff

For nurses working in elder care facilities, the type of facility ownership can affect job insecurity and stability, reports a paper in the March issue of Advances in Nursing Science. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

23 Feb 2012

Lack of coverage of alcohol's harm may dampen public's support for alcohol-control laws

If people see news coverage of alcohol's role in violent crime and fatal injuries, they may give more support to alcohol-control laws, according to a study in the March issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

23 Feb 2012

USAID releases external evaluation of President's Malaria Initiative

USAID on Tuesday released the final report by an external evaluation team of the first five years (FY 2006-FY 2010) of the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI), which is a major component of the Global Health Initiative (GHI), according to a USAID press release.

23 Feb 2012

AFA applauds nation's first National Alzheimer's Plan

The following is a statement by Eric J. Hall, president and CEO of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA), in response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' release today of its "Draft National Plan To Address Alzheimer's Disease."

23 Feb 2012

Porter surgeon first in the U.S. to perform single-incision cholecystectomy

Taking advantage of another breakthrough in robotic surgery, a surgeon at Porter Adventist Hospital is among the first in the country and is the first in the Rocky Mountain Region to perform a robotically-assisted removal of the gallbladder through a single small incision.

23 Feb 2012

QHN to provide health care providers with new registry services

Long a pioneer in regional health information exchange (HIE) development, Quality Health Network (QHN) is developing a "registry of registries," powered by The Advisory Board Company's Crimson Care Registry, for QHN's participants in 20 western Colorado counties.

23 Feb 2012

States propose more Medicaid cuts, changes to save money

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is proposing cutting $2.7 billion from that state's Medicaid program. Also, New Mexico's governor is proposing Medicaid patients pay more out of pocket if they go to the ER for care that's not an emergency. Georgia may drug-test Medicaid patients, and California Medicaid changes are questioned by patient advocates.

23 Feb 2012

Experts to discuss current treatments for children with heart disease at Cardiology 2012

An international group of almost 1000 medical experts gathers this week to discuss the most current treatments for children with heart disease. Affecting about a million children born each year throughout the world, congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect. In its severe forms, it is also the leading cause of death from birth defects in infants.

23 Feb 2012

Older physicians have higher frequency of litigation

A Canadian study published in the March issue of Anesthesiology found that there was a higher frequency of litigation and a greater severity of patient injury associated with those litigations when the anesthesiologist was 65 years of age or older.

23 Feb 2012

HPSO, CNA HealthPro collaborate to publish Physical Therapy Liability report

CNA HealthPro, a leader in the healthcare professional liability insurance industry, recently collaborated with Healthcare Providers Service Organization (HPSO) to publish a report focused on the risks encountered by physical therapists.

23 Feb 2012

Environmental health risks low in the United Arab Emirates

By global standards, health risks caused by environmental factors are low in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), new studies by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers show.

23 Feb 2012

HHS releases first draft of National Alzheimer's Plan

The release of the first draft of the National Alzheimer's Plan is another positive step toward the nation's first ever strategic plan for Alzheimer's.

23 Feb 2012

Consumer advocates worry that health law's lifetime-limits ban can be circumvented

Politico Pro reports on questions raised about essential benefit rules, while other news outlets report on high-risk pools and preventive services coverage.

23 Feb 2012

AAOS calls for submission of stories of orthopaedic care

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) encourages patients of all ages to submit their stories of orthopaedic care at www.aNationinMotion.org

23 Feb 2012

South Korea stepping up fight against TB, CBS News reports

CBS News examines the fight against tuberculosis (TB) in South Korea, which "has the highest incidence rate of tuberculosis among the world's wealthiest countries, nations [that] belong to the 34-member Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

23 Feb 2012

Health Fidelity to participate in BluePrint Health IT Innovation Exchange Summit

Health Fidelity, Inc., provider of a breakthrough natural language processing (NLP) platform for healthcare, has been selected to participate with major health systems as one of 10 Innovator Finalists at the West Coast BluePrint Health IT Innovation Exchange Summit.

23 Feb 2012

U-M Cardiovascular Center now offers Edwards aortic valve replacement

As the population ages, more Americans will be susceptible to aortic stenosis, but not all patients can tolerate surgery to treat it. Select U.S. hospitals are now performing minimally invasive procedures called transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, to replace a patient's diseased aortic valve without heart bypass or open heart surgery.

From Medtronic 23 Feb 2012

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Overall positive attitude towards concept of uniform CVD prevention guidelines across Europe

Scientific American examines Gates Foundation toilet-design initiative

Videotaped encounter evaluates medical students conveying bad news to 'standardized patients'

Fair management, positive leadership can ameliorate job worries among elder care staff

Lack of coverage of alcohol's harm may dampen public's support for alcohol-control laws

USAID releases external evaluation of President's Malaria Initiative

AFA applauds nation's first National Alzheimer's Plan

Porter surgeon first in the U.S. to perform single-incision cholecystectomy

QHN to provide health care providers with new registry services

States propose more Medicaid cuts, changes to save money

Experts to discuss current treatments for children with heart disease at Cardiology 2012

Older physicians have higher frequency of litigation

HPSO, CNA HealthPro collaborate to publish Physical Therapy Liability report

Environmental health risks low in the United Arab Emirates

HHS releases first draft of National Alzheimer's Plan

Consumer advocates worry that health law's lifetime-limits ban can be circumvented

AAOS calls for submission of stories of orthopaedic care

South Korea stepping up fight against TB, CBS News reports

Health Fidelity to participate in BluePrint Health IT Innovation Exchange Summit

U-M Cardiovascular Center now offers Edwards aortic valve replacement

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