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For docs, quality bonuses are few and far between

Talk to anyone for very long about how to improve health care in the U.S. and you eventually hear something along the lines of: "We have to start paying physicians for getting and keeping people healthy instead of for doing as many procedures and tests as possible" (Hobson, 6/9).

10 Jun 2011

Senate Dems pledge to fight big Medicaid cuts

Meanwhile, a left-leaning advocacy group released a report on how GOP budget plans to change the program would impact New Hampshire -- a clear step designed to bring Medicaid into the realm of presidential politics.

10 Jun 2011

IPAB under attack from all sides

From the left, fears persist that this independent payment advisory board will make the Medicare program a cost-control scapegoat. On the right, opponents say the panel will lead to health care rationing and usurp congressional authority.

10 Jun 2011

Spanish scale measures concern about cancer in healthy people

When a person has a family history of cancer, their worry about developing the disease may lead to them refusing to have preventive tests. Advice from genetic counselling units reduces their anxiety but, until now, nobody knew how much. Now, a scientific team has validated the 'Escala de Preocupaci-n por el C-ncer - EPC' (equivalent of the Cancer Worry Scale), the first of its kind in the Spanish language, in order to evaluate it.

10 Jun 2011

First Edition: June 10, 2011

Today's health policy headlines include reports about health law funding and policy particulars, as well as Dems' push to protect Medicaid.

10 Jun 2011

Drug Store News recognizes Lifetime Tru-Motion Cane as best innovative product

The Lifetime Tru-Motion Cane recently was named "Best New Product" by Drug Store News. The award was bestowed at ECRM's Home Health Care 2011 EPPS Show and is given in recognition of the best new product invention from the more than 50 suppliers at the event.

10 Jun 2011

German hospital adopts Luminex new diagnostic assay to manage current E.coli outbreak

Luminex Corporation and the Kliniken der Stadt Koln, Institute of Pathology and Institute for Hygiene today announced that Luminex's newly released xTAG Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel (GPP) is being used successfully as a first-line screen for patients at Kliniken der Stadt Koln suspected of having an E. coli infection.

From Luminex 10 Jun 2011

Parents and teachers can benefit from Screening Kids for Intervention and Prevention

Parents and teachers concerned about a child's mental health and development can now get immediate answers from an online screening with Project SKIP.

10 Jun 2011

CMSRU earns Liaison Committee on Medical Education preliminary accreditation

Almost two years after officials announced its creation, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) has received the go-ahead to recruit students for the charter class - entering in the fall of 2012.

10 Jun 2011

Dental Systems urges consumers about proposed cuts to Medicaid

Dental Systems, Inc., a leading western Pennsylvania dental network, is urging consumers to contact Governor Tom Corbett as well as their senators to protest proposed cuts to Medicaid dental benefits.

10 Jun 2011

Obama should show leadership on food security issues

With food security issues at the heart of "hunger emergencies unfolding in Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan, and other countries," President Obama now faces his most critical test when it comes to fighting hunger.

10 Jun 2011

Ambassador Goosby says hope is 'major motivator' in AIDS fight

In a post on State's "DipNote" blog, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby looks back at his time working in HIV/AIDS and expresses hope about the future, writing, Thanks to the support of the Obama Administration - which has continued to put forth robust funding for HIV/AIDS - and the bipartisan support from Congress, we are making remarkable achievements and we remain the major contributor to the resource needs this diseases continues to require.

10 Jun 2011

Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Garrett discusses HIV/AIDS

The Council on Foreign Relations features an interview with CFR Senior Fellow for Global Health Laurie Garrett, who "notes that discovery of HIV/AIDS was the beginning of what we now consider to be global health."

10 Jun 2011

Five senators seek investigation of physician-owned distributorships

Five U.S. senators asked the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to open an investigation into physician-owned distributorships, middleman entities that allow surgeons to profit from the medical devices they use on their patients, to determine whether they are legal.

10 Jun 2011

Tips for healthy barbecue

Some people may be reconsidering plans to grill hot dogs and steak based on a new report supporting the link between red and processed meats, and increased colorectal cancer risk. But, experts at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center say that small changes to what — and how — you grill can keep cancer off the menu.

10 Jun 2011

U.S. aid to Afghanistan unlikely to produce lasting change, congressional report says

"Much of the $19 billion in foreign aid that the United States has pumped into Afghanistan in the past decade may be fueling development on the ground in the short term, but is unlikely to produce change that will last once U.S. troops depart, according to a new congressional report," the Christian Science Monitor reports.

10 Jun 2011

AGA honors outstanding high school students with 2011 research fellowship awards

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Research Foundation has announced the 2011 Student Research Fellowship Award recipients. Funded by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, the awards are intended to stimulate interest in research careers in digestive diseases.

10 Jun 2011

School of Social Service Administration launches new Interdisciplinary Scholar Network initiative

Building on the eminent interdisciplinary tradition at the University of Chicago, the School of Social Service Administration has launched a new initiative that will take its multidisciplinary problem-solving approach to a new level.

10 Jun 2011

New article warns Asians about striking increase in asbestos-related deaths

An alarming new article in Respirology issues a serious warning of massive rises in deaths from asbestos-related lung diseases in Asia. Dr Ken Takahashi, Acting Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Occupational Health, and his team put together important data on asbestos use in 47 Asian countries in this landmark article. Cyprus, Israel and Japan had the highest age-adjusted mortality rates in Asia.

10 Jun 2011

Dairy Council of California co-hosts June 12 symposium at IFT's food expo

From body builders to baby boomers, more Americans are consuming higher-protein diets for benefits including muscle building and maintenance in later life, satiety, weight loss and more.

10 Jun 2011