Healthcare News

RSS

Roundup: N.J. Governor opts not to cut Medicaid rolls; Seattle council mandates sick leave

Thousands of New Jersey's working poor will keep their health insurance under a new administration proposal to restructure Medicaid, abandoning a controversial plan that would have drastically reduced the number of eligible recipients.

14 Sep 2011

Mary Ann Liebert launches 'Human Gene Therapy Methods' journal

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. announces the launch of a journal expansion, Human Gene Therapy Methods, to complement the flagship publication Human Gene Therapy.

14 Sep 2011

Spices boost broccoli's power to fight cancer

Teaming fresh broccoli with a spicy food that contains the enzyme myrosinase significantly enhances each food's individual cancer-fighting power and ensures that absorption takes place in the upper part of the digestive system where you'll get the maximum health benefit, suggests a new University of Illinois study.

14 Sep 2011

Consumer concern about food safety declines

Consumer concern about food safety has declined over the past year even as the number of people experiencing serious food-borne illnesses nearly doubled, according to the Thomson Reuters-NPR Health Poll.

14 Sep 2011

CBO: Medicaid, health sector likely to fare better with trigger cuts then with 'super committee' trims

Meanwhile, the deficit panel is getting input from a variety of sources - Medicare patients, actuaries, policy analysts and physician groups - on how critical issues about health care costs and spending should be considered.

14 Sep 2011

Underground storage of CO2 does not threaten human health

Capturing CO2 from power stations and storing it deep underground carries no significant threat to human health, despite recently voiced fears that it might, a study has shown.

14 Sep 2011

Update to federally mandated system significantly expands number of diagnostic codes used by health care providers

Today, hospitals and doctors use a system of about 18,000 codes to describe medical services in bills they send to insurers. Apparently, that doesn't allow for quite enough nuance. A new federally mandated version will expand the number to around 140,000 - adding codes that describe precisely what bone was broken, or which artery is receiving a stent.

14 Sep 2011

Practical NCD guide for everyone to improve their health

The world's health professions have launched an easy-to-use, practical guide to help individuals and their health professionals reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) - conditions which currently account for 60% of global deaths.

14 Sep 2011

ACP offers menu of options to reduce health care spending and promote high-value care

Recommendations to reduce federal health care spending in a socially and fiscally responsible manner today were made in a letter to the Congressional Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction from the American College of Physicians.

14 Sep 2011

USU, HJF to host 'The TBI Spectrum' symposium on Sept. 22

New Jersey Congressman and former Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Jon Runyan and Army Vice Chief of Staff General Peter Chiarelli will deliver keynote addresses at the fourth USU-HJF Military Medicine Symposium, "The TBI Spectrum," Sept. 22, 2011.

14 Sep 2011

U.S. officials step up enforcement of 'responsible corporate officer doctrine' to pursue violations of federal food and drug laws

Use of this doctrine allows federal officials to hold health care executives personally and criminally responsible for corporate violations. Meanwhile, in other news related to health care fraud and abuse, a number of states have reached settlements with firms accused of defrauding the Medicaid program.

14 Sep 2011

Data on veterans affairs hospitals shows high rates of readmissions

The Veterans Health Administration, the largest integrated health care system in the country, has long employed many of the approaches Medicare is pushing on all hospitals to reduce unnecessary readmissions. But new data show VA hospital patients are just as likely to end up back in a hospital bed as are patients at private hospitals.

13 Sep 2011

IBM's Watson supercomputer and WellPoint working towards computerized access to records and diagnoses

IBM's Watson supercomputer and a leading health insurer WellPoint Inc. are working towards diagnosis of medical ailments and authorize treatments for its 34.2 million members. Wellpoint operates Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in 14 states, including New York and California.

13 Sep 2011

Rehabilitation the ‘great missing link’ in the healthcare system Leading physicians convene in Brisbane today

The lack of publically funded community-based rehabilitation and restorative programs is one of the great missing links in the Australian health care system, according to leading Australian physicians.

13 Sep 2011

UVA to launch Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center in early October

To help patients in the mid-Atlantic states access specialty care and reduce the burden of travel for healthcare, the University of Virginia Center for Telehealth will collaborate with a coalition of healthcare providers to expand telemedicine services with support from a federal grant.

13 Sep 2011

More pediatric subspecialists entering private practice could mean fewer at academic centers

An increasing number of pediatric subspecialists are entering private practice, a trend that could mean a smaller proportion working at academic centers, conducting research, teaching or advancing specialty care, a University of Michigan study finds.

13 Sep 2011

House Research Institute launches hearing loss awareness campaign

House Research Institute has launched a three month nationwide outreach campaign to support the institute's educational initiative It's How You Listen That Counts.

13 Sep 2011

Open Access publishing likely to become preferred option for cancer researchers

With researchers, authors and funders challenging the traditional journal publishing model, Open Access (OA) publishing is likely to become the preferred option, suggests a paper published in ecancermedicalscience.

13 Sep 2011

U.N. agencies, Pakistan government launch rapid needs assessment, provide aid in flood-affected regions

"United Nations humanitarian agencies have begun to assist communities in southern Pakistan that have been pummeled by monsoon rains which have claimed the lives of almost 200 people and destroyed or damaged nearly one million homes in an area still recovering from last year's catastrophic floods," the U.N. News Centre reports.

13 Sep 2011

ADI releases World Alzheimer Report 2011

The World Alzheimer Report 2011, released today by Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI), shows that there are interventions that are effective in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, some of which may be more effective when started earlier, and that there is a strong economic argument in favor of earlier diagnosis and timely intervention.

13 Sep 2011

Healthcare News

Roundup: N.J. Governor opts not to cut Medicaid rolls; Seattle council mandates sick leave

Mary Ann Liebert launches 'Human Gene Therapy Methods' journal

Spices boost broccoli's power to fight cancer

Consumer concern about food safety declines

CBO: Medicaid, health sector likely to fare better with trigger cuts then with 'super committee' trims

Underground storage of CO2 does not threaten human health

Update to federally mandated system significantly expands number of diagnostic codes used by health care providers

Practical NCD guide for everyone to improve their health

ACP offers menu of options to reduce health care spending and promote high-value care

USU, HJF to host 'The TBI Spectrum' symposium on Sept. 22

U.S. officials step up enforcement of 'responsible corporate officer doctrine' to pursue violations of federal food and drug laws

Data on veterans affairs hospitals shows high rates of readmissions

IBM's Watson supercomputer and WellPoint working towards computerized access to records and diagnoses

Rehabilitation the ‘great missing link’ in the healthcare system Leading physicians convene in Brisbane today

UVA to launch Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center in early October

More pediatric subspecialists entering private practice could mean fewer at academic centers

House Research Institute launches hearing loss awareness campaign

Open Access publishing likely to become preferred option for cancer researchers

U.N. agencies, Pakistan government launch rapid needs assessment, provide aid in flood-affected regions

ADI releases World Alzheimer Report 2011

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Latest News