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Medicare expands coverage for tobacco-related counseling

Previously, Medicare rules allowed the program to cover tobacco-related counseling only for beneficiaries who already suffered from a tobacco-related disease. "Under the new policy, Medicare will cover up to two tobacco-cessation counseling tries each year, including as many as four individual sessions per attempt. ...

27 Aug 2010

81% of physicians visited Health Care Professional content websites in first-quarter 2010

comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, and ImpactRx, a pharmaceutical insights company, today released the first in a series of reports from the comScore/ImpactRx Physician Behavioral Measurement™ solution, a unique digital measurement solution that measures physicians' actual online and mobile behaviors.

27 Aug 2010

Health Law factors into elections, but less than expected

The health care overhaul remains a political weapon for Republicans in the autumn campaigns.

27 Aug 2010

Kiehl's to introduce Photo-Age Corrector for treating UV damage on skin

With Labor Day fast-approaching and the summer sun almost a thing of the past, women and men across the United States will be in search of fall's must-have skin renewal system to repair and reverse UV damage.

27 Aug 2010

Today's Opinions: Sebelius on EMRs, primary care's role in reform and more

Health care providers may agree with the benefits of electronic health records. But they also believed that adopting them was too difficult and expensive. … [T]hat's changing - in large part due to an ambitious investment we made in the Recovery Act to reduce many of the obstacles that limited the spread of electronic health records in the past (HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, 8/26).

27 Aug 2010

Nationwide Children's Hospital designated as Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center

A $7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will help researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital translate new scientific findings and technological developments into novel treatments for the muscular dystrophies. The grant designates Nationwide Children's Hospital as a Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center, one of three national award recipients in 2010.

27 Aug 2010

KHN column: The new momentum behind electronic medical records

In this Kaiser Health News column, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius writes that in almost every other sector besides health, electronic information exchange is the way we do business.

27 Aug 2010

KHN column: The medical loss ratio requirements are being carefully crafted

In this Kaiser Health News column, Timothy Jost responds to the August 23 opinion column by Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Michael Ramlet. Jost, a National Association of Insurance Commissioners consumer representative, says the NAIC has been meticulously transparent and participatory in its processes to implement the medical loss ratio requirement (8/25).

27 Aug 2010

Drought-tolerant varieties of maize could boost harvests in 13 African countries: Study

As climate change intensifies drought conditions in Africa and sparks fears of a new cycle of crippling food shortages, a study released today finds widespread adoption of recently developed drought-tolerant varieties of maize could boost harvests in 13 African countries by 10 to 34 percent and generate up to US$1.5 billion in benefits for producers and consumers.

27 Aug 2010

Also in Global Health News: Disaster preparedness in Asian health sector; PEPFAR in Uganda; Malnutrition in Chad

IRIN reports on disaster preparedness in Asian health sectors. According to the news service, nine countries working with Bangkok-based Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) "have emergency preparedness plans in place for their health sectors."

27 Aug 2010

5 years after Katrina, Gulf area still struggles with access to quality health care, mental health counseling

"Finding quality health care continues to be a challenge in the New Orleans area. Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina flooded area hospitals, destroyed buildings and scattered patients. The health care industry has been slow to recover and in some cases, facilities still haven't opened. …

27 Aug 2010

At least 3.5M Pakistanis have no access to clean water, raising risk for waterborne diseases

UNICEF estimates that about 3.5 million Pakistanis only have access to contaminated water, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday in a statement, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. Approximately 2.5 million flood survivors now have access clean water (Gale, 8/26).

27 Aug 2010

$1.3 billion in Detroit hospital upgrades could drive up health costs

A new report suggests that $1.3 billion in upgrades to hospitals in Detroit could drive up health care costs. The funding "may give a boost to Metro Detroit's languishing economy, but could also saddle residents with higher medical costs, according to an industry report funded by the United Auto Workers and Detroit's Big Three automakers," The Detroit News reports.

27 Aug 2010

BrainScope technology specifically identifies triage for Computed Tomography to ED patients

BrainScope Company, Inc. today announced the publication of clinical research findings from a study in patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) following a closed head injury.

27 Aug 2010

Debt debate heats up as some dems dig in

A national debate over the federal budget and debt is getting closer to the forefront, The New York Times reports.

27 Aug 2010

Dietary supplement to boost nitric oxide increases stamina during high intensity exercise: Research

Research from the University of Exeter has revealed taking a dietary supplement to boost nitric oxide in the body can significantly boost stamina during high-intensity exercise.

27 Aug 2010

Sacramento event to honor 90th anniversary of women's suffrage amendment

On the eve of a major gathering of thousands of registered nurses, joined by women's, labor, and community members in Sacramento Thursday, August 26, California Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman Tuesday night renewed her attack on registered nurses' collective voice, workplace protections, and retirement security.

27 Aug 2010

Employers packaging next year's benefits plans confront overhaul

Some employers are finding that the health coverage they buy for their employees is changing, and that the health law may be responsible, KUOW, a Washington state NPR-affiliate, reports.

27 Aug 2010

Spoonful of black rice bran contains more health promoting anthocyanin antioxidants than blueberries

Health conscious consumers who hesitate at the price of fresh blueberries and blackberries, fruits renowned for high levels of healthful antioxidants, now have an economical alternative, scientists reported here today at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. It is black rice, one variety of which got the moniker "Forbidden Rice" in ancient China because nobles commandeered every grain for themselves and forbade the common people from eating it.

27 Aug 2010

U-M researchers explore prevention measures, treatments for C. difficile infection

Clostridium difficile, a wily, familiar bacterium, causes a growing number of serious infections in U.S. hospitals and nursing homes. With a $7.5 million, five-year award from the National Institutes of Health, University of Michigan researchers plan to discover what factors in the microbe and in patients make C. difficile a formidable, costly problem.

27 Aug 2010

Healthcare News

Medicare expands coverage for tobacco-related counseling

81% of physicians visited Health Care Professional content websites in first-quarter 2010

Health Law factors into elections, but less than expected

Kiehl's to introduce Photo-Age Corrector for treating UV damage on skin

Today's Opinions: Sebelius on EMRs, primary care's role in reform and more

Nationwide Children's Hospital designated as Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center

KHN column: The new momentum behind electronic medical records

KHN column: The medical loss ratio requirements are being carefully crafted

Drought-tolerant varieties of maize could boost harvests in 13 African countries: Study

Also in Global Health News: Disaster preparedness in Asian health sector; PEPFAR in Uganda; Malnutrition in Chad

5 years after Katrina, Gulf area still struggles with access to quality health care, mental health counseling

At least 3.5M Pakistanis have no access to clean water, raising risk for waterborne diseases

$1.3 billion in Detroit hospital upgrades could drive up health costs

BrainScope technology specifically identifies triage for Computed Tomography to ED patients

Debt debate heats up as some dems dig in

Dietary supplement to boost nitric oxide increases stamina during high intensity exercise: Research

Sacramento event to honor 90th anniversary of women's suffrage amendment

Employers packaging next year's benefits plans confront overhaul

Spoonful of black rice bran contains more health promoting anthocyanin antioxidants than blueberries

U-M researchers explore prevention measures, treatments for C. difficile infection

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