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WHO to convene meeting on yaws eradication efforts based on study of oral treatment

"Findings that a one-time oral treatment to cure yaws, a neglected tropical disease, is as effective as the currently recommended penicillin injection have prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to convene a meeting on how the disease may be wiped out," IRIN reports.

13 Jan 2012

Three Democratic Senators express concern over distribution of U.S. Haitian earthquake aid

"[O]n the eve of the two-year anniversary of the 7.0 quake in Haiti, three Senators wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Agency for International Development head Rajiv Shah urging them to better facilitate distribution of U.S. aid to the country," CQ HealthBeat reports.

13 Jan 2012

Longer looks: Politicians play Whac-A-Mole with Medicare

Seven years later Robert was still mentally impaired and his personality far different than before the accident, but he knew his family, knew he had had a brain injury that upended their lives, and asked lots of questions. He carried with him at all times a reporter's notebook, in which he had written the information most important to him: his daughters' ages - 9 and 11 - and that he has "known my honey" 18 years.

13 Jan 2012

BU, SUNY Upstate develop educational program on heart attack for women

Heart attacks in women go largely unrecognized 30 to 55 percent of the time and those who miss the warning signs and fail or delay getting help, run the risk of death or grave disability. But researchers at Binghamton University and SUNY Upstate Medical University have developed an educational program they believe will shorten the time to treatment and ultimately, save lives.

13 Jan 2012

SciDev.Net reports on international forum on development aid models to take place in April

SciDev.Net reports on Forum 2012, an international meeting to take place in Cape Town, South Africa, in April, which "aims to shake up donor-recipient relations in a quest for more enduring health gains." The meeting, themed "Beyond Aid," "will consider a funding model in which poor countries develop their own contracts and partnerships, and use their own resources, and how donors can support that model rather than just provide development aid," the news service writes.

13 Jan 2012

Tips to avoid snowboarding and ski injuries

Even black-diamond skiers and snowboarders enjoying a weekend on the slopes can have their season spoiled by an injury that happens on the last run of the day. But the end-of-the-day tweaks and spills are more common than you'd think, says physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist Ed Laskowski, M.D., of Mayo Clinic.

13 Jan 2012

Study: Medicare Advantage Plans with perks like gym memberships attract healthier seniors

A new study, which was published by the New England Journal of Medicine, found 35.3 percent of new enrollees in a fitness membership benefit plan reported "excellent" or "very good" health, compared with 29.1 percent in the group without the gym membership benefit.

13 Jan 2012

ACO news: Cigna, Weill Cornell docs join forces; Pediatric ACO concept falls through the cracks

Yet even as the latest accountable care organization effort is announced, it appears that plans have stalled to create a Medicaid children's version of ACOs.

13 Jan 2012

Viewpoints: Recession's effect on health spending; The flaws in raising Medicare eligibility age

Health care spending in the United States increased at the slowest rate in half a century in 2009 and 2010. ... That looks like good news after decades of soaring health care spending that outpaced economic growth. The hitch: the main factor was the recession that left millions of Americans unemployed, uninsured, short of income, and unable or unwilling to spend money on health care.

13 Jan 2012

India marking health achievement in polio-free year but cautious optimism remains among some experts

"On Friday, India marks a huge public health milestone -- a year since a case of polio was found in the country -- a critical step in being declared polio-free and an achievement that many experts long argued was impossible," the Globe and Mail reports.

13 Jan 2012

TAMEST honors UT Southwestern scientist with Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award

Dr. Philipp Scherer, director of the Touchstone Center for Diabetes Research at UT Southwestern Medical Center, was recognized today as a rising star in Texas research by The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas.

13 Jan 2012

Safety tips to maintain a healthy heart this winter

While we may be accustomed to battling frigid temperatures and the inevitable snow storms that arrive every winter, many of us are unaware of the dangers these pose to our hearts.

13 Jan 2012

Lucile Packard Children's forms new partnership with CPMC

California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), part of the Sutter Health network, and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford today announced the formation of a collaborative relationship that will substantially increase Northern California children's access to highly specialized inpatient hospital care.

13 Jan 2012

GC-Rise presents at J.P. Morgan's 30th annual Healthcare Conference

GC-Rise Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, in which European healthcare venture capital firm INVENTAGES holds a majority stake, has debuted at J.P. Morgan's 30th annual Healthcare Conference in the United States.

13 Jan 2012

MainStreet names PAF as second-highest rated national charity in America

The Virginia-based Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) announced today that a new analysis from personal finance news website MainStreet, also reported on MSN Money, has named PAF as the second-highest rated national charity in America.

13 Jan 2012

SIA recognizes UBM Medica's CancerNetwork with Summit EMA

UBM Medica today announced that CancerNetwork has been recognized by the Summit International Awards (SIA) with a Summit Emerging Media Award (Summit EMA) for being a leader in advertising through the use of innovative digital technologies.

13 Jan 2012

TPRF continues to sponsor eye clinics in rural India

The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) continues to sponsor eye clinics in rural India, most recently by providing US$30,000 to cover the cost of services to nearly 7,000 residents in the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

13 Jan 2012

AstraZeneca accepts online applications for Connections for Cardiovascular Health program

The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation announced Thursday that it is accepting online applications for the 2012 Connections for Cardiovascular Health program.

13 Jan 2012

NIH official discusses reaction to bird flu studies, development of publishing mechanism in Nature interview

Nature interviews Amy Patterson, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Science Policy, which administers the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), about the board's decision in December to advise against full publication of "two papers on avian flu (H5N1) that could pose a biosecurity risk if published in their entirety."

13 Jan 2012

Tips to optimize your health care budget this year

You can help lower your out-of-pocket health care costs by understanding what your health plan covers, what it does not cover and how to make the most of every dollar spent on health care and health insurance.

13 Jan 2012

Healthcare News

WHO to convene meeting on yaws eradication efforts based on study of oral treatment

Three Democratic Senators express concern over distribution of U.S. Haitian earthquake aid

Longer looks: Politicians play Whac-A-Mole with Medicare

BU, SUNY Upstate develop educational program on heart attack for women

SciDev.Net reports on international forum on development aid models to take place in April

Tips to avoid snowboarding and ski injuries

Study: Medicare Advantage Plans with perks like gym memberships attract healthier seniors

ACO news: Cigna, Weill Cornell docs join forces; Pediatric ACO concept falls through the cracks

Viewpoints: Recession's effect on health spending; The flaws in raising Medicare eligibility age

India marking health achievement in polio-free year but cautious optimism remains among some experts

TAMEST honors UT Southwestern scientist with Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award

Safety tips to maintain a healthy heart this winter

Lucile Packard Children's forms new partnership with CPMC

GC-Rise presents at J.P. Morgan's 30th annual Healthcare Conference

MainStreet names PAF as second-highest rated national charity in America

SIA recognizes UBM Medica's CancerNetwork with Summit EMA

TPRF continues to sponsor eye clinics in rural India

AstraZeneca accepts online applications for Connections for Cardiovascular Health program

NIH official discusses reaction to bird flu studies, development of publishing mechanism in Nature interview

Tips to optimize your health care budget this year

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