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Study: Residential treatment greatly improves smoking abstinence

In the March issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researchers report that residential treatment for tobacco dependence among heavy smokers greatly improves the odds of abstinence at six months compared with standard outpatient treatment.

8 Mar 2011

Youth Impact Program to receive sponsors from Tulane University, New Orleans Saints

Riki Ellison, Founder and Chairman of the Youth Impact Program announced on Friday, March 4th, 2011 that Tulane University, New Orleans Saints, SMART Technologies and the President's Council on Fitness, Sports on Nutrition are sponsoring the Youth Impact Program this July on the campus of Tulane University.

8 Mar 2011

Harvard study finds increase in medical bankruptcies in Massachusetts

The percentage of personal bankruptcies linked to medical bills or illness changed little, and the absolute number actually increased in Massachusetts after the implementation of its landmark 2006 law requiring people to buy health insurance, a Harvard study says.

8 Mar 2011

Senate Democrats release FY11 CR that seeks to preserve foreign aid, State Department funding at FY10 levels

Senate Democrats on Friday introduced a FY11 continuing resolution (CR) to fund the federal government through September, "with a vote on the measure, as well as a House-passed proposal, expected" this week, the Washington Post's "2chambers" blog reports (Sonmez, 3/4).

8 Mar 2011

Post-discharge calls to patients help reduce 30-day readmissions, improve satisfaction

A recent study shows that post-discharge calls to patients help reduce 30-day readmissions and improve patient satisfaction. The yearlong study, conducted by Beryl, a technology-focused patient experience services company dedicated to improving relationships between healthcare providers and consumers, included data from four hospitals using Beryl's Post-Discharge Services to provide follow-up calls and monitor results.

8 Mar 2011

Stakeholders address questions related to HIT impact on healthcare disparities at invitational roundtable

A diverse group of healthcare stakeholders address questions related to health information technology's impact on health and healthcare disparities in a two-day invitational roundtable on March 7-8, sponsored by the Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and AMIA, the association for informatics professionals.

8 Mar 2011

Democrats may be giving up on medicare chief's confirmation

Senate Democrats have given up on confirming Don Berwick as CMS administrator in the wake of a letter from 42 Republican senators opposing the nomination, sources tell POLITICO. Citing the GOP letter, a person familiar with the situation said Senate Democrats and the White House "can do the arithmetic" and now see that there's no way for Berwick to get the 60 votes needed to clear the Senate.

8 Mar 2011

LA Times: New nursing home paperwork may be a positive

Los Angeles Times: New Nursing Home Paperwork Is Worth The Effort.

8 Mar 2011

New grant for expanding Project Healthy Schools to reduce childhood obesity

The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation program, Connections for Cardiovascular HealthSM, today announced a grant of more than $232,000 to the University of Michigan Health System to expand Project Healthy Schools.

8 Mar 2011

SCA report: 59% of women chooses wellbeing dimension as most important aspect

A majority of women in both emerging and more mature markets view wellbeing as the most important dimension of personal hygiene, even more so than staying healthy.

8 Mar 2011

UNICEF requests $1.4b to assist women, children in humanitarian crises worldwide

UNICEF on Sunday released the Humanitarian Action for Children Report, 2011 (.pdf) "requesting $1.4 billion in its appeal to donors to assist children and women caught in the throes of crises.

8 Mar 2011

Also in global health news: EU-India talks; China's health system funding; water in Ethiopia; nonprofit offering health services abroad to sell off assets; polio in India

BMJ News Examines Ongoing EU-India Trade Talks' Impact On Access To Affordable Medicines

8 Mar 2011

Study shows that satisfaction of older parents rise with more number of children

The satisfaction of young parents decreases with their number of children, while older parents are happier than their childless peers.

8 Mar 2011

IHME announces release of new Global Health Data Exchange

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington has created a user-friendly, searchable data catalog for global health, public health, and demographic data.

8 Mar 2011

New screening program to identify children with behavioral, emotional problems

A study published in the March 2011 Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine shows that Massachusetts' new court-ordered mental health screening and intervention program led to more children being identified as behaviorally and emotionally at risk. The program is called the Children's Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI).

8 Mar 2011

Patent woes likely to trigger drug co. losses

At the end of November, Pfizer stands to lose a $10-billion-a-year revenue stream when the patent on its blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor expires and cheaper generics begin to cut into the company's huge sales

8 Mar 2011

Study: Role of air pollutants in cardiometabolic syndrome

To explore one of the most critical health/environment intersections - how the very air we breathe can cause heart disease and diabetes and contribute to the problems of obesity - Michigan State University has been named a Clean Air Research Center by the Environmental Protection Agency.

8 Mar 2011

Politico: Conservative justices face attacks from the left

Politico: The Liberal Campaign Against SCOTUS Conservatives.

8 Mar 2011

Happy Together book reveals essential relationship skills

Were you once madly in love, only to be later disillusioned? If so, you're the rule, not the exception. We all know how to find happiness. The problem is, we don't know how to keep it. No matter how much passion there is at the beginning of a relationship, for love to last it must be actively created.

8 Mar 2011

Study: Moderate drinking can reduce risk of dementia even among older adults

3202 German individuals attending general practitioners , who were free of dementia were studied at baseline, were followed up 1.5 years and 3 years later by means of structured clinical interviews including detailed assessment of current alcohol consumption and DSM-IV dementia diagnoses.

8 Mar 2011

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Study: Residential treatment greatly improves smoking abstinence

Youth Impact Program to receive sponsors from Tulane University, New Orleans Saints

Harvard study finds increase in medical bankruptcies in Massachusetts

Senate Democrats release FY11 CR that seeks to preserve foreign aid, State Department funding at FY10 levels

Post-discharge calls to patients help reduce 30-day readmissions, improve satisfaction

Stakeholders address questions related to HIT impact on healthcare disparities at invitational roundtable

Democrats may be giving up on medicare chief's confirmation

LA Times: New nursing home paperwork may be a positive

New grant for expanding Project Healthy Schools to reduce childhood obesity

SCA report: 59% of women chooses wellbeing dimension as most important aspect

UNICEF requests $1.4b to assist women, children in humanitarian crises worldwide

Also in global health news: EU-India talks; China's health system funding; water in Ethiopia; nonprofit offering health services abroad to sell off assets; polio in India

Study shows that satisfaction of older parents rise with more number of children

IHME announces release of new Global Health Data Exchange

New screening program to identify children with behavioral, emotional problems

Patent woes likely to trigger drug co. losses

Study: Role of air pollutants in cardiometabolic syndrome

Politico: Conservative justices face attacks from the left

Happy Together book reveals essential relationship skills

Study: Moderate drinking can reduce risk of dementia even among older adults

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