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Community diabetes self-management education program helps Latinos with type 2 diabetes: Study

A diabetes self-management education program delivered by community health workers may be effective in improving the blood sugar levels and behavioral skills among Hispanics/Latinos with type 2 diabetes, according to a recent University of Illinois at Chicago study.

16 Sep 2010

Professor advocates steps to help health care industry increase patient understanding of health information

Studies show that nearly half of all Americans have difficulty understanding health information. Confusing medical directions, such as dosage and timing of prescription medicine, can lead to serious consequences including health setbacks, inappropriate hospital admissions and, sometimes, death. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri School of Health Professions are examining what health care facilities can do to increase patient understanding and positive outcomes.

16 Sep 2010

UCLA selected to help establish guidelines for health, safety of firefighters in the field

The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have been selected by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate to help establish guidelines for the health and safety of firefighters in the field.

16 Sep 2010

HHS awards grant to develop patient-centered outcomes research

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Health, Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH, today announced the award of more than $14 million to develop, implement, and test strategies to increase the adoption and dissemination of interventions based on patient-centered outcomes research among racial and ethnic minority populations.

16 Sep 2010

Label reading is even more effective than exercise: Analysis

Diet and exercise have long been the top two elements of effective weight loss. Now add a third: reading the labels on packaged foods. Washington State University Economist Bidisha Mandal has found that middle-aged Americans who want to lose weight and who take up the label-reading habit are more likely to lose weight than those who don't. In some cases, label reading is even more effective than exercise.

16 Sep 2010

NAMI launches new, interactive, online resource center to support children, adults with ADHD

The National Alliance on Mental Illness has launched a new, interactive, online resource center to support children and adults living with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

16 Sep 2010

Researchers to examine effects of environmental influences on health, development of children in the U.S.

Residents of Durham County, N.C., are encouraged to take part in the largest ever long-term study of children's health and development undertaken in the United States.

16 Sep 2010

Milwaukee sees fast rise in costs of benefits; N.J. Gov. outlines cuts to public workers' benefits; Hawaii teachers file suit over health changes

"The cost of health benefits appears to be rising at a much faster pace in the Milwaukee area than the national average. Employers reported that the cost of health benefits increased 11% to 13% on average in the Milwaukee area this year, according to the 2010 Greater Milwaukee Employer Health Care Benefits Survey

16 Sep 2010

Medicare confronts issues with prescription drug program and medical equipment purchases

Carper wrote to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on July 29 and requested the agency establish a process to ensure valid identification numbers on reimbursed prescriptions under the Part D program.

16 Sep 2010

Bargaining with docs can get patients a lower fee

ABC News reports in a reported column on how to negotiate with your doctor or hospital for a lower fee and examines a poll by Harris Interactive that "found 61 percent of people who negotiated with a doctor were successful in getting a lower fee.

16 Sep 2010

U.N. General Assembly opens 65th session with a look ahead to next week's MDG Summit

The U.N. General Assembly opened its 65th session on Tuesday in New York with the incoming Assembly President Joseph Deiss, former Swiss foreign minister, calling for the focus of the upcoming year to be prioritizing efforts to achieve the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), reaffirming the role of the U.N. in global governance and promoting sustainable development, Xinhua reports (9/15).

16 Sep 2010

Another push for 9/11 responder benefits begins

Lawmakers and supporters are renewing efforts to bring $7.4 billion in aid to sickened and injured 9/11 workers, The Associated Press reports.

16 Sep 2010

Study finds aerobic exercise improves chronic insomnia

The millions of middle-aged and older adults who suffer from insomnia have a new drug-free prescription for a more restful night's sleep. Regular aerobic exercise improves the quality of sleep, mood and vitality, according to a small but significant new study from Northwestern Medicine.

16 Sep 2010

Cost of health insurance claims expected to climb 10% over next year

The cost of health insurance claims is expected to rise, according to a new report, but insurers say they are getting tougher when negotiating prices with hospitals.

16 Sep 2010

A consumer's guide to the health law, six months In

Kaiser Health News staff writer Mary Agnes Carey reports: "By Sept. 23, the six month anniversary of the enactment of the health overhaul, many of the law's provisions will be in effect.

16 Sep 2010

Businesses, consumers sort out health law as changes approach

Though an array of health overhaul provisions will go into effect on Sept. 23, many consumers won't see the changes until their health plans reset on Jan. 1, Kaiser Health News reports.

16 Sep 2010

Study determines physician’s potential rationalization to accept gifts

Sunita Sah, M.B.Ch.B., B.Sc., M.B.A., M.S., and George Loewenstein, Ph.D., of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, conducted a study to determine whether reminding resident physicians of the sacrifices made to obtain training, as well as suggesting this as a potential rationalization, increases self-stated willingness to accept gifts from industry.

16 Sep 2010

Johns Hopkins offers sources who can answer queries on prostrate cancer

September 19-25 is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week. If you are planning a story on prostate cancer, a disease that's diagnosed in more than 200,000 American men each year, please consider calling on experts from the Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute.

16 Sep 2010

Today's Opinions: Health law repeal and Insurance Hikes on minds of Americans

Until Congress or the courts discard ObamaCare's mandates, price controls, and new entitlement spending, there is literally nothing that can arrest this downward spiral of rising costs and deteriorating quality (Michael Cannon, 9/14).

16 Sep 2010

Rural doctors want greater say

The Rural Doctors Association has met with the Federal Government to ensure that it has a more significant say in health decisions after the rural health portfolio was scrapped.

15 Sep 2010

Healthcare News

Community diabetes self-management education program helps Latinos with type 2 diabetes: Study

Professor advocates steps to help health care industry increase patient understanding of health information

UCLA selected to help establish guidelines for health, safety of firefighters in the field

HHS awards grant to develop patient-centered outcomes research

Label reading is even more effective than exercise: Analysis

NAMI launches new, interactive, online resource center to support children, adults with ADHD

Researchers to examine effects of environmental influences on health, development of children in the U.S.

Milwaukee sees fast rise in costs of benefits; N.J. Gov. outlines cuts to public workers' benefits; Hawaii teachers file suit over health changes

Medicare confronts issues with prescription drug program and medical equipment purchases

Bargaining with docs can get patients a lower fee

U.N. General Assembly opens 65th session with a look ahead to next week's MDG Summit

Another push for 9/11 responder benefits begins

Study finds aerobic exercise improves chronic insomnia

Cost of health insurance claims expected to climb 10% over next year

A consumer's guide to the health law, six months In

Businesses, consumers sort out health law as changes approach

Study determines physician’s potential rationalization to accept gifts

Johns Hopkins offers sources who can answer queries on prostrate cancer

Today's Opinions: Health law repeal and Insurance Hikes on minds of Americans

Rural doctors want greater say

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