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U.S. 'can be proud' of past, future investments to improve food security

"Outside of immediate crisis relief," such as the administration of measles vaccinations or oral rehydration therapy for children affected by diarrheal diseases, the U.S. government's "past investments clearly are paying off" in the fight against drought and famine the Horn of Africa, former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist writes in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece.

17 Aug 2011

Dutch government to release $143M in frozen Qaddafi funds to buy medicine for Libya

In response "to an urgent appeal from the WHO," Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal said on Monday that the country's government is releasing $143 million "in frozen funds from Moammar Qaddafi's regime and sending the money to the World Health Organization to buy medicine for the Libyan population," according to Associated Press/Forbes.

17 Aug 2011

WFP investigating fraud allegations in Somalia; U.N., Oxfam call for increased assistance

The World Food Programme (WFP) does not plan "to reduce aid to Somalia following allegations that international food shipments there are being diverted," the Associated Press reports.

17 Aug 2011

UCSD Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center receives ACCF/AHA's GWTG Gold award

UC San Diego Health System is one of only 167 hospitals nationwide to receive the American College of Cardiology Foundation's (ACCF) NCDR ACTION Registry-GWTG (Get with the Guidelines) Gold Performance Achievement Award for 2011.

17 Aug 2011

Emotions hinder disease eradication

In a New York Times essay, journalist Donald McNeil writes, "To a doctor, all epidemics are objectively different … But to the mortals they mow down, all epidemics are emotionally alike — an onslaught of fear, awe, repulsion, stigma, denial, rage and blame — and doctors would be foolish to forget that."

17 Aug 2011

Study finds large variation in reoperation rates after colorectal surgery in England

There is a large variation in unplanned reoperation rates after colorectal surgery in English NHS hospitals, finds a study published on bmj.com today.

17 Aug 2011

Patient navigators can help eliminate cancer health disparities

Past research shows that minorities suffer higher rates of advanced cancer and deaths from all types of cancer compared to whites. According to an article in the August issue of Cancer, the role of "patient navigator" is emerging as a tool to address these disparities.

17 Aug 2011

Bayer Healthcare to provide over 600,000 moxifloxacin tablets to fight MDR-TB in China

Bayer Healthcare announced on Monday it "has agreed to support the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Stop TB Partnership in the fight against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) by making 620,000 tablets of the antibiotic moxifloxacin available to WHO," according to a Bayer press release.

17 Aug 2011

Volunteen Program at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Each summer, a select group of teenagers spend five weeks of their summer vacation to help children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases through the Volunteen Program at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The annual program allows teens to explore career paths and develop leadership and team-building skills while helping patients.

17 Aug 2011

White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2015 to be held on Aug. 19 at NYU School of Medicine

A White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2015 will be held on Friday, August 19, at 1 pm. at the NYU School of Medicine.

17 Aug 2011

Global AIDS funding in 2010 down nearly 10% from previous year, Kaiser/UNAIDS report says

"Spending on the global fight against AIDS fell significantly in 2010 for the first time since the U.S. and other governments began making major donations," according to an annual funding analysis released Monday by the Kaiser Family Foundation and UNAIDS, the Wall Street Journal reports. "All told, governments donated about $6.9 billion in 2010, down 9.7 percent from about $7.6 billion in the prior year, the report said," the newspaper writes.

17 Aug 2011

RWJF names UofL professor as Executive Nurse Fellow for 2011

Ruth Carrico, Ph.D., R.N., F.S.H.E.A., C.I.C., an associate professor at the School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, has been named one of just 21 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Executive Nurse Fellows for 2011.

17 Aug 2011

Experts fear shrinking DOD budget, shifting AFRICOM focus could threaten HIV prevention programs

A shrinking Department of Defense (DOD) budget and a shift in the focus of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) to "more traditional military threats" to national security, such as "preventing terrorist safe havens on the continent," could affect the department's HIV prevention programs, Stars and Stripes reports.

17 Aug 2011

U-M introduces M.D.Stat+ app for medical school students to check admission status

The University of Michigan Medical School has launched M.D.Stat+, a free application designed for prospective medical school students to check their admission status. The app is now available for iPhones and Androids, but the mobile-friendly site it's based on is accessible via any smartphone's web browser.

17 Aug 2011

Healthcare News

U.S. 'can be proud' of past, future investments to improve food security

Dutch government to release $143M in frozen Qaddafi funds to buy medicine for Libya

WFP investigating fraud allegations in Somalia; U.N., Oxfam call for increased assistance

UCSD Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center receives ACCF/AHA's GWTG Gold award

Emotions hinder disease eradication

Study finds large variation in reoperation rates after colorectal surgery in England

Patient navigators can help eliminate cancer health disparities

Bayer Healthcare to provide over 600,000 moxifloxacin tablets to fight MDR-TB in China

Volunteen Program at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2015 to be held on Aug. 19 at NYU School of Medicine

Global AIDS funding in 2010 down nearly 10% from previous year, Kaiser/UNAIDS report says

RWJF names UofL professor as Executive Nurse Fellow for 2011

Experts fear shrinking DOD budget, shifting AFRICOM focus could threaten HIV prevention programs

U-M introduces M.D.Stat+ app for medical school students to check admission status

The growing field of hospital medicine

State roundup: Health insurance ruling reverberates; Fla. to accept some health law funds; California's aging issues

Health care incentives included in new rural initiative

First Edition: August 16, 2011

FDA provides draft guidance focusing on PMAs

Disease outbreaks, looting hampering relief efforts in Somalia famine

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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