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Healthy foods improve survival and quality of life in older adult population

In a study published in the January 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers investigated empirical data regarding the associations of dietary patterns with mortality through analysis of the eating patterns of over 2500 adults between the ages of 70 and 79 over a ten-year period.

22 Dec 2010

Congress poised to approve food safety legislation; 9/11 bill triggers criticsm of some GOP lawmakers

As Capitol Hill lawmakers continue working through the lame duck Congress, some Republicans are facing criticism for opposing the Sept. 11 responders bill. Meanwhile, legislators are poised to pass an overhaul to the nation's food safety system.

22 Dec 2010

AP: Despite passage of health law, other accomplishments, 2011 was not a good year for President Obama

The AP reports on how, despite some major legislative accomplishments, including the health overhaul, the year of 2010 has not been as positive an experience for President Obama as he had hoped.

22 Dec 2010

Nature News explores developing countries' commitment to R&D

Nature News explores how a report published last week by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) documents the growing commitment of several developing countries to R&D (Casassus, 12/20).

22 Dec 2010

Daily Report Global Health Conversations: The QDDR and global health

After the State Department released recommendations for how to improve its own effectiveness and that of USAID in last week's Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), the Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report's Jaclyn Schiff spoke with Jennifer Kates, vice president and director of Global Health Policy & HIV at the Kaiser Family Foundation, about the QDDR in relation to U.S. global health efforts.

22 Dec 2010

Contamination with potential disease-causing bacteria is commonly found on hands of anesthesia providers

Contaminating bacteria are very commonly found on the hands of anesthesia providers, with high rates of transmission to the surgical field during operations, reports a study in the January issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society.

22 Dec 2010

Verizon grants will eanble heart attack patients to receive life-saving treatments more quickly

Heart attack patients can receive life-saving treatments more quickly thanks to $100,000 in grants from the Verizon Foundation to the Foundation of UMDNJ for a program that enables heart attack patients to bypass the emergency room and go directly to the cardiac catheterization laboratory at UMDNJ-The University Hospital.

22 Dec 2010

24th study finds stronger association between fluoride in water and lower IQ in children

Exposure to fluoride may lower children's intelligence says a study pre-published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a publication of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (online December 17, 2010).

22 Dec 2010

Inadequate sanitation costs India close to $54B, World Bank report finds

"Inadequate sanitation cost India about 6.4% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or the equivalent of $53.8 billion (Rs.2.4 trillion today) in 2006, according to a new report (.pdf) from the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), a global partnership administered by the World Bank," Livemint reports (Ghost, 12/21).

22 Dec 2010

Military health: Philanthropy, not the Pentagon, leads to quality care for brain-injured soldiers

To see what cognitive therapy looked like, ProPublica and NPR spent several days with McKinney and fellow soldiers and veterans at Project Share, a charity to help brain-damaged soldiers. (This article is part of an ongoing investigation.) The program is based out of the Shepherd Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Injury in Atlanta, a nationally recognized hospital for head injuries (Miller and Zwerdling, 12/21).

22 Dec 2010

Mayo Clinic accused of submitting false Medicare claims

The U.S. Justice Department has accused the Mayo Clinic of submitting false claims to Medicare and other federal programs for lab tests it never performed (Lerner, 12/20).

21 Dec 2010

State Roundup: New Minn. Gov.'s plans to expand Medicaid could be off to slow start; Ariz. Gov. asks for federal help

Minnesota Gov.-elect Mark Dayton says a nine-month transition to a new Medicaid health care program carries "enormous financial implications" when state finances are already tight (12/20).

21 Dec 2010

Today's Opinions: The collective benefits of the new health law; Patient safety; Legalizing marijuana

If President Obama's reform package remains intact, [cancer patient Michelle] Mindlin will be able to shop for potentially more affordable coverage in an insurance "exchange" where companies will be prevented from turning people away because of their medical history. But that doesn't go into effect until 2014. And it might not happen at all if the courts overturn a requirement that nearly everyone buy health insurance (David Lazarus, 12/21).

21 Dec 2010

URI, R.I. Hospital to offer medical physics degree

Students interested in physics and medicine will be able to combine disciplines to become medical physicists and enter an expanding field that offers multiple career opportunities and salaries that start with six figures.

21 Dec 2010

Working more closely with community will make research more meaningful, say Johns Hopkins faculty

A survey conducted by Johns Hopkins faculty found strong support among their peers for working more closely with the minority, inner-city community that surrounds the institution. Overall, 91 percent of faculty responders said closer ties make research more relevant to those it ultimately serves, and 87 percent said it improves the quality of research.

21 Dec 2010

BSI publishes new standard to help protect vulnerable consumers

Despite technological advances, discrimination against consumers inhibited by disabilities or disadvantaged by personal circumstances remains a significant problem. Many people today find themselves excluded by mainstream, day-to-day services on which they rely, such as banks, utilities, telecoms, health services and local authority providers. Their vulnerability can be hidden, a consequence of personal trauma or a health condition, or temporary resulting from a job loss. These are complex issues for organizations to identify and respond to appropriately.

21 Dec 2010

Medicaid Health Plans of America selects MedAssurant for advanced analytics in healthcare delivery

MedAssurant Inc., a leading provider of data-driven healthcare solutions, today announced that Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA) has selected MedAssurant to provide advanced analytics to establish priorities and to inform best practices in healthcare delivery settings for Medicaid patients.

21 Dec 2010

CoreMatrix delivers new cloud based, integrated, on demand marketing solutions

CoreMatrix Systems™, one of the country's leading cloud computing consulting and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) development companies, announced today that it has developed and delivered two new integrated, on demand marketing solutions. Built on Aprimo Marketing Studio® On Demand, the cloud-based solutions are designed to empower marketers to more efficiently execute and measure integrated marketing campaigns, while reducing costs, for improved ROI.

21 Dec 2010

First Edition: December 21, 2010

Today's headlines reveal the health law challenges presented by the Senate's current deal to fund the federal government and from a antitrust suit in Michigan.

21 Dec 2010

Tips to find if a senior relative needs immediate medical attention

You're in from out of town and stop by to see Great Aunt Edna and Great Uncle Albert for the first time in a few years. But you become worried when you observe that the busy, meticulous couple of your youth is gone, replaced by a disheveled woman who won't get out of bed and a belligerent man who doesn't recognize you and thinks it is 1959.

21 Dec 2010

Healthcare News

Healthy foods improve survival and quality of life in older adult population

Congress poised to approve food safety legislation; 9/11 bill triggers criticsm of some GOP lawmakers

AP: Despite passage of health law, other accomplishments, 2011 was not a good year for President Obama

Nature News explores developing countries' commitment to R&D

Daily Report Global Health Conversations: The QDDR and global health

Contamination with potential disease-causing bacteria is commonly found on hands of anesthesia providers

Verizon grants will eanble heart attack patients to receive life-saving treatments more quickly

24th study finds stronger association between fluoride in water and lower IQ in children

Inadequate sanitation costs India close to $54B, World Bank report finds

Military health: Philanthropy, not the Pentagon, leads to quality care for brain-injured soldiers

Mayo Clinic accused of submitting false Medicare claims

State Roundup: New Minn. Gov.'s plans to expand Medicaid could be off to slow start; Ariz. Gov. asks for federal help

Today's Opinions: The collective benefits of the new health law; Patient safety; Legalizing marijuana

URI, R.I. Hospital to offer medical physics degree

Working more closely with community will make research more meaningful, say Johns Hopkins faculty

BSI publishes new standard to help protect vulnerable consumers

Medicaid Health Plans of America selects MedAssurant for advanced analytics in healthcare delivery

CoreMatrix delivers new cloud based, integrated, on demand marketing solutions

First Edition: December 21, 2010

Tips to find if a senior relative needs immediate medical attention

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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