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Music listening can effectively enhance well-being and health

Music can evoke positive emotions, which in turn can lower the listener's stress levels. Everyday music listening is therefore a simple and effective way to enhance well-being and health, according to a new doctoral thesis in psychology from the University of Gothenburg.

6 Mar 2012

Consumers equate cost with quality of health care providers

When asked to choose a health care provider based only on cost, consumers choose the more expensive option, according to a new study funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that appears in the March issue of Health Affairs.

6 Mar 2012

Obama birth control rule draws calls for action in House of Representatives

CQ HealthBeat reports that at least one House lawmaker is pushing to move a bill that is considered the companion to the Blunt amendment, which would have expanded exemptions to the Obama administration rule and was defeated late last week by the full Senate.

6 Mar 2012

States cut birth control subsidies; Impact of abortion laws hard to ascertain

Reuters reports that states are cutting birth control subsidies while The Associated Press writes that it's difficult to gauge what impact anti-abortion laws have on reducing the procedure. The Arizona House gave initial approval to blocking abortion providers from getting federal funding for family planning services through the state. A similar move in Texas, which is now in effect, reverberates.

6 Mar 2012

AMA details concerns about payment policy changes for Medicare Part C, D

Modern Healthcare details the positions taken by the American Medical Association in response to recent changes proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Also, in related news, a new panel sets to work on improving the physician payment system.

6 Mar 2012

Make That Call campaign to promote colorectal cancer screening

Katie Couric, NewYork-Presbyterian and its Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health, the Entertainment Industry Foundation's National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA), and ABC today announced the "Make That Call" campaign to promote colon cancer screening for National Colon Cancer Awareness Month.

6 Mar 2012

Medicaid: Texas rule lowers pharmacy prescription pay; N.H. gets grant

In Texas, new Medicaid rules mean pharmacies get paid less for filling prescriptions for Medicaid patients. In New Hampshire, however, a new Medicaid grant will help people with disabilities stay in their homes.

6 Mar 2012

RAND researchers outline methods to improve creation of health care performance reports

As health care reform expands the use of "report cards" to grade health care providers, greater attention to reporting methods may be needed to assure the quality of such efforts, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

6 Mar 2012

GOP Medicaid plans trigger wariness among some Republican governors

The Hill reports that the budget plan to soon be unveiled by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is likely to take a similar approach to last year's block grant proposal and is drawing some concerns. Meanwhile, Politico Pro reports on how Medicaid waivers are helping states leverage money to pay for health reform.

6 Mar 2012

State news: Ore. Gov. signs reform bill; Texas seeks early release of sick inmates

If Oregon's Democratic governor is right, the bill he signed Friday will improve health care and reduce costs so significantly that it could help fix the federal budget. The Obama administration is watching with keen interest - and so are critics who say Gov. John Kitzhaber's plan is just another example of government overreach.

6 Mar 2012

UAB first hospital in Alabama to offer Melody Valve replacement

In many ways Dylan Fields is your typical 15-year-old boy. He loves sports, and plays baseball and soccer for his school, Tallassee High, in Central Alabama. What's not typical about Dylan is his heart defect and, now, the procedure used to repair his heart.

6 Mar 2012

Administration officials press forward on implementing health law, shoring up support

But in the midst of all the uncertainty, administration officials are moving steadily ahead in their efforts to shore up political support for the law while implementing as many of the substantive policy changes as they can. Those dual missions are sometimes in conflict. Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services face pressure to cement the foundation of the law in ways that would be difficult to reverse.

6 Mar 2012

USA Wrestling to gain access to NYU Langone's orthopaedic experts

USA Wrestling, the national governing body for amateur wrestling in the United States, announced today that the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center is an official sponsor and medical consultant, through September 2014.

6 Mar 2012

Viewpoints: Statins and diabetes; Frightening tobacco warnings; The U.S. dental crisis

We're overdosing on cholesterol-lowering statins, and the consequence could be a sharp increase in the incidence of Type 2 diabetes. This past week, the Food and Drug Administration raised questions about the side effects of these drugs and developed new labels for these medications that will now warn of the risk of diabetes and memory loss.

6 Mar 2012

WLDI announces program for current subscribers to obtain ODG Certification

Work Loss Data Institute (WLDI), publisher of Official Disability Guidelines (ODG), the nationally recognized, multi-disciplinary standard for evidence-based medicine for medical treatment and return-to-work, is pleased to announce a program for current subscribers to obtain ODG Certification.

6 Mar 2012

Blog summarizes Clinton's Congressional testimony on administration's FY13 budget request

Will McKitterick, a research assistant with the Center for Global Development (CGD), in this "Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance" blog post summarizes Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's "grueling marathon of Congressional committee hearings in defense of the FY2013 international affairs budget request."

6 Mar 2012

In shift, Calif. hospitals try to keep patients out of beds

To survive the unprecedented challenges coming with federal health care reform, California hospitals are upending their bedrock financial model: They are trying to keep some patients out of their beds.

6 Mar 2012

New article examines multiple opportunities provided by ACA to improve women's health

A new article by researchers from the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative in the Department of Health Policy at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services examines the multiple opportunities provided by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to improve the health of low-income women through the use of community health centers.

6 Mar 2012

Rep. Sensenbrenner sends 'fact-finding letter' to White House science adviser about bird flu studies

"Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), a former head of the House committees on science and the judiciary, and currently vice chair of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, last week sent a 'fact-finding letter' to White House science adviser John Holdren, asking pointed questions about how the U.S. government has handled the controversy" surrounding two studies that showed how H5N1 bird flu virus could be manipulated to become transmissible among ferrets, a model for humans, "and questioning whether it should have funded the two flu studies," ScienceInsider reports.

6 Mar 2012

With 'Super Tuesday' on the horizon, GOP presidential candidates embroiled in health policy, social issues

Also in the news, a new Wall Street Journal poll finds that GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is experiencing a resurgence, just as President Barack Obama's approval rating hit its highest point since last May.

6 Mar 2012

Healthcare News

Music listening can effectively enhance well-being and health

Consumers equate cost with quality of health care providers

Obama birth control rule draws calls for action in House of Representatives

States cut birth control subsidies; Impact of abortion laws hard to ascertain

AMA details concerns about payment policy changes for Medicare Part C, D

Make That Call campaign to promote colorectal cancer screening

Medicaid: Texas rule lowers pharmacy prescription pay; N.H. gets grant

RAND researchers outline methods to improve creation of health care performance reports

GOP Medicaid plans trigger wariness among some Republican governors

State news: Ore. Gov. signs reform bill; Texas seeks early release of sick inmates

UAB first hospital in Alabama to offer Melody Valve replacement

Administration officials press forward on implementing health law, shoring up support

USA Wrestling to gain access to NYU Langone's orthopaedic experts

Viewpoints: Statins and diabetes; Frightening tobacco warnings; The U.S. dental crisis

WLDI announces program for current subscribers to obtain ODG Certification

Blog summarizes Clinton's Congressional testimony on administration's FY13 budget request

In shift, Calif. hospitals try to keep patients out of beds

New article examines multiple opportunities provided by ACA to improve women's health

Rep. Sensenbrenner sends 'fact-finding letter' to White House science adviser about bird flu studies

With 'Super Tuesday' on the horizon, GOP presidential candidates embroiled in health policy, social issues

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

Automation in cell-based workflows

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