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BWH researchers publish findings that question reliability of new CMS quality measure

Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have published findings that question the reliability of a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quality measure.

24 Feb 2012

Research!America shares findings about global health R&D in New Jersey

In this post in the Global Health Technologies Coalition's (GHTC) "Breakthroughs" blog, Mandy Goldberg, global health research and development (R&D) advocacy intern at Research!America, shares the organization's findings about the state of New Jersey from an analysis conducted in target states to measure the health and economic impact of global health R&D in the U.S.

24 Feb 2012

Draft national plan to fight Alzheimer's released

A framework for the plan was unveiled in January. This more fleshed-out version builds on that outline, makes treatment a top priority and focuses on the burden the disease places on families and caregivers.

24 Feb 2012

Feds award health exchange grants to 10 states

The Department of Health and Human Services is sending $229 million in exchange establishment grants to 10 states -- half of which are receiving this funding for a second time around. However, an Associated Press analysis found that progress among states in setting up these health insurance marketplaces remains uneven.

24 Feb 2012

Castlight Health named among Fast Company's annual Most Innovative Companies

Castlight Health, developer of a personalized health care shopping portal offering unbiased information about health care cost and quality, announced that it has been named one of the world's most innovative companies in 2012 by Fast Company. Fast Company listed Castlight Health fourth on its list of the top ten most innovative companies in the health care industry.

24 Feb 2012

Scalia could be unlikely health law ally

The fate of President Barack Obama's health-care law may hinge on the administration's ability to enlist an unlikely ally: Justice Antonin Scalia, the pillar of the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative wing.

24 Feb 2012

Governor of Illinois urges Medicaid cuts

Pat Quinn, the Democratic governor, underscored the need for cuts to Medicaid and the state worker pension system, but some critics said his proposals did not offer enough specifics about how to reduce the state's underfinanced liabilities.

24 Feb 2012

Health issues create political flashpoints during GOP presidential primary debate

GOP candidates sparred during last night's face-off over a range of issues including the Massachusetts health law that Mitt Romney signed while that state's governor, family planning and contraception, and abortion.

24 Feb 2012

Workshop increases pharmacy and medical students' empathy

One year ago, a landmark study led by Mohammadreza Hojat, Ph.D., research professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Thomas Jefferson University, quantified a relationship between physicians' empathy and their patients' positive clinical outcomes, suggesting that a physician's empathy is an important factor associated with clinical competence.

24 Feb 2012

State legislatures contemplate controlling costs, health IT, prescribing authority

The proposed premium hikes for hundreds of thousands of California consumers with individual coverage would outpace the cost of overall medical care, which has risen just 3.6 percent in the last year.

24 Feb 2012

Penn researchers produce first state-by-state sleep maps for the U.S.

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have put sleeplessness on the map - literally. The research team, analyzing nationwide data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has produced the first state-by-state sleep maps for the United States, revealing that residents of Southern states suffer from the most sleep disturbances and daytime fatigue, while residents on the West Coast report the least amount of problems.

24 Feb 2012

More people than ever overweight, obese in developed countries, OECD report says

"More people in developed countries are overweight or obese than ever before, dooming them to years of ill health, pushing up health care costs and piling more pressure on health systems, a report by the OECD found on Tuesday," Reuters reports.

24 Feb 2012

Blog examines gap between mental health disease burden, attention given to problem

This post in KPLU's "Humanosphere" blog examines the "gap between the disease burden of mental illness and the amount of funding and attention devoted to solving the problem," referencing a post published Friday in the Global Health Interest Forum's "Blog of Scientists for Global Health," written by Paul Southworth, a visiting scholar on malaria and vaccine science at the NIH.

24 Feb 2012

Cedars-Sinai pharmacy director to receive 2012 Whitney award

During her 34-year career, Rita Shane, PharmD, has earned a reputation as a tireless advocate for patient safety - one who has transformed the way pharmacists perform their jobs.

24 Feb 2012

Washington state law requiring pharmacies stock emergency contraception is struck down

A federal judged ruled Wednesday that Washington can't require pharmacists to carry and give patients emergency contraception. Other cases included a whether a lesbian couple can share health benefits and challenge to a Mass. law on abortion buffer zones.

24 Feb 2012

South Sudan hoping NTD initiative will bring relief from high levels of disease, IRIN reports

"Decades of war, neglect, and lack of development have left South Sudan with nine out of 10 of th[e] key neglected tropical diseases [NTDs] -- all but Chagas disease, which is endemic to South America," and health workers in the new nation are hoping that the recent formation of a large public-private partnership to combat the diseases "will finally help to have an impact on South Sudan's appalling health indicators," IRIN reports.

24 Feb 2012

NYU Langone HJD first in the Metro NY area to launch J-tip needle-free anesthetic system

NYU Langone Hospital for Joint Diseases' Center for Children, part of the new Hassenfeld Pediatric Center, is the first pediatric hospital in the Metropolitan New York area to introduce the J-tip needle-free anesthetic system.

24 Feb 2012

WHO urging Afghans to vaccinate children for measles following outbreak in western region

The WHO "is calling on all Afghans to vaccinate their children after a recent measles outbreak that has been made worse by severe weather that hampers access to immediate treatment as well as low immunization coverage," the U.N. News Centre reports.

24 Feb 2012

ACS 243rd National Meeting & Exposition to be held March 25-29

Journalists may now register and reserve housing for a scientific conference that news media accounts have termed the "World Series of Science." One of the largest scientific conferences of the year, it is the American Chemical Society (ACS) 243rd National Meeting & Exposition. More than 14,000 scientists and others are expected for the event. It will be held March 25-29, 2012, in San Diego, Calif., at the San Diego Convention Center and area hotels.

24 Feb 2012

European Urology to launch two new Resource Centres

European Urology, the official peer-reviewed journal of the EAU, is to launch two new Resource Centres that can be accessed from www.europeanurology.com. Both resource centres aim to provide information around a specific topic in urology.

24 Feb 2012

Healthcare News

BWH researchers publish findings that question reliability of new CMS quality measure

Research!America shares findings about global health R&D in New Jersey

Draft national plan to fight Alzheimer's released

Feds award health exchange grants to 10 states

Castlight Health named among Fast Company's annual Most Innovative Companies

Scalia could be unlikely health law ally

Governor of Illinois urges Medicaid cuts

Health issues create political flashpoints during GOP presidential primary debate

Workshop increases pharmacy and medical students' empathy

State legislatures contemplate controlling costs, health IT, prescribing authority

Penn researchers produce first state-by-state sleep maps for the U.S.

More people than ever overweight, obese in developed countries, OECD report says

Blog examines gap between mental health disease burden, attention given to problem

Cedars-Sinai pharmacy director to receive 2012 Whitney award

Washington state law requiring pharmacies stock emergency contraception is struck down

South Sudan hoping NTD initiative will bring relief from high levels of disease, IRIN reports

NYU Langone HJD first in the Metro NY area to launch J-tip needle-free anesthetic system

WHO urging Afghans to vaccinate children for measles following outbreak in western region

ACS 243rd National Meeting & Exposition to be held March 25-29

European Urology to launch two new Resource Centres

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Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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