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Depressed patients need the right kind of support

Clinicians should be aware of the potential detrimental effects the behavior of family and friends can have on depressed individuals, report US researchers.

10 Jul 2012

Diabetes drug raises bladder cancer risk

Data from a robust meta-analysis have reinforced concerns about the link between the Type 2 diabetes drug, pioglitazone, and bladder cancer.

10 Jul 2012

Racial differences in hospice use revealed

Study results show that while hospice use by Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure increased in the USA over the period 2000 through 2008, non-White patients were less likely to enroll than their White counterparts.

10 Jul 2012

Booklet simplifies dizziness care

Giving patients with chronic dizziness a simple booklet to help them learn vestibular rehabilitation exercises is a highly cost-effective alternative to the usual way of treating them, report researchers in the BMJ.

10 Jul 2012

Alcohol has toxic effect on critical care services

Alcohol may account for more than one in 10 emergency department admissions, a study from the UK suggests.

10 Jul 2012

‘Sexting’ reflects sexual behavior in adolescents

Research suggests that the prevalence of teenage “sexting,” where adolescents send nude pictures of themselves or sexually explicit text messages by SMS, is on the increase and is a marker of risky sexual behavior.

10 Jul 2012

Jacobs receives contract to provide information technology services to NIH

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide information technology services to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and certain other government agencies.

10 Jul 2012

First Edition: July 10, 2012

Today's headlines include findings of a new Washington Post poll indicating Americans remain divided on the health law. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, cracks may be emerging in the Republican's repeal effort.

10 Jul 2012

UCLA to examine whether copper surfaces result in reduced hospital infection rates

Hospital-acquired infections are a huge public health burden, and hospital environments play a key role in harboring potentially deadly bacteria such as E. coli, C. difficile and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

10 Jul 2012

New blood sugar monitor works better than conventional methods

Newer technologies designed to help people with type 1 diabetes monitor their blood sugar levels daily work better than traditional methods and require fewer painful needle sticks, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

10 Jul 2012

Proposed Medicare fee schedule includes pay increase for primary care, family docs

The proposed rule also would provide payment for care that helps patients make the transition back into the community following a discharge from a hospital or nursing facility.

10 Jul 2012

Federal judge to decide Wednesday on Miss. abortion law that could close last clinic

The Republican-appointed judge is expected to rule this week whether to block a law that could effectively shutter the state's only abortion clinic. Abortion politics could also affect the availability of services in Indiana and D.C.

10 Jul 2012

Romney's stance on the health law tax is blasted by Democrats, scrutinized by GOP

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's reversal on whether the mandate is a tax has made him the target of intense Republican and Democratic scrutiny as the Supreme Court ruling on the health law proves a boon for the campaign bankrolls of both Romney and President Obama.

10 Jul 2012

New research estimates impact of an R rating for movie smoking

New research from Norris Cotton Cancer Center estimates, for the first time, the impact of an R rating for movie smoking.

10 Jul 2012

Could insurance rules survive if GOP goes after health law through budget reconciliation?

Politico explores what might become of this element of the health law if Republicans win control of Congress and the White House, and attempt to unwind the law through the same budget reconciliation process that Democrats used to pass it. Other parts of the law under GOP attack include the online insurance markets where individuals and small businesses could buy coverage and the provision of federal subsidies to help some people buy coverage.

10 Jul 2012

RA patients do not receive fewer cancer screening tests than general population: Study

New research reveals that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients do not receive fewer cancer screening tests than the general population. Results of the study, funded in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), found that RA and non-RA patients receive routine screening for breast, cervical, and colon cancer at similar rates.

10 Jul 2012

Federal government commits $11B to expand operating capacity of FQHC and look-alike clinics

The federal government has committed $11 billion to expand the operating capacity of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), which receive federal funding and enhanced Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement, and "look-alike" clinics that receive enhanced reimbursement but no federal grants.

10 Jul 2012

MammaPrint more cost-effective and clinically-useful test than Oncotype DX

New research from University of the Sciences' Mayes College of Healthcare Business and Policy suggests that MammaPrint - a gene expression profiling (GEP) test used to identify whether women with early-stage breast cancer would benefit from chemotherapy - is the more cost-effective and clinically-useful test than the most frequently used GEP in practice in the United States today.

10 Jul 2012

SUNY Downstate receives PCORI award to develop mobile phone apps for stroke patients

SUNY Downstate Medical Center has received an award to develop mobile phone applications for stroke patients and their caregivers. Steven R. Levine, MD, professor of neurology and emergency medicine and vice chair of neurology at SUNY Downstate, is scientific principal investigator on the $500,000 award, which is from the federally funded Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

10 Jul 2012

Roundup: Calif. insurers to lower rate hikes for small businesses, Mass. Gov backs easing doc gift ban

Tens of thousands of small businesses in California collectively will save $48 million on their health insurance bills starting this month now that three insurers have agreed to reduce pending rate hikes.

10 Jul 2012

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Depressed patients need the right kind of support

Diabetes drug raises bladder cancer risk

Racial differences in hospice use revealed

Booklet simplifies dizziness care

Alcohol has toxic effect on critical care services

‘Sexting’ reflects sexual behavior in adolescents

Jacobs receives contract to provide information technology services to NIH

First Edition: July 10, 2012

UCLA to examine whether copper surfaces result in reduced hospital infection rates

New blood sugar monitor works better than conventional methods

Proposed Medicare fee schedule includes pay increase for primary care, family docs

Federal judge to decide Wednesday on Miss. abortion law that could close last clinic

Romney's stance on the health law tax is blasted by Democrats, scrutinized by GOP

New research estimates impact of an R rating for movie smoking

Could insurance rules survive if GOP goes after health law through budget reconciliation?

RA patients do not receive fewer cancer screening tests than general population: Study

Federal government commits $11B to expand operating capacity of FQHC and look-alike clinics

MammaPrint more cost-effective and clinically-useful test than Oncotype DX

SUNY Downstate receives PCORI award to develop mobile phone apps for stroke patients

Roundup: Calif. insurers to lower rate hikes for small businesses, Mass. Gov backs easing doc gift ban

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