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Fact-checking Obama's criticism of the Romney Medicare plan

The Washington Post analyzes recent comments made by President Barack Obama about Medicare. Also, during a campaign appearance, Obama highlighted his differences with GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney regarding Planned Parenthood.

26 Jul 2012

American Society of Hematology announces new grant program for biomedical research

The American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world's largest professional organization dedicated to the causes and treatment of blood disorders, today announced its commitment of $9 million over a three-year period to provide funding, in the form of bridge grants, for its hematologists whose vital research will not be accomplished due to the severe funding reductions for biomedical research.

26 Jul 2012

AIDS 2012 plenary speakers call for innovative financing, continued research for HIV cure

Speakers at Tuesday's plenary session at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. highlighted the challenges that lie ahead in the response to HIV/AIDS and discussed potential solutions, ABC News reports.

26 Jul 2012

Study confirms link between sickle cell trait and deaths in young black competitive athletes

While some published research has hinted at the connection between the sickle cell trait and sudden cardiac death among young, athletic African-American males, which was initially observed in black military recruits 25 years ago, a new study with the first sizeable patient series definitively confirms this risk for these individuals during competitive sports.

26 Jul 2012

GAO: Proposed IRS rule could leave some children ineligible for health insurance subsidies

The report concludes that some children would fall through the cracks because of the definition of affordable health insurance that the IRS used in a rule implementing the health care law.

26 Jul 2012

Researchers decipher function of β-catenin in generating blood tissue stem cells

Researchers from IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) have deciphered the function executed by a protein called β-catenin in generating blood tissue stem cells.

26 Jul 2012

Obama skipping AIDS conference; Black community still bearing high burden of the disease

For all the dignitaries on the schedule at the International AIDS Conference this week in Washington, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and former President Bill Clinton, it's the absence of one that has activists talking. With the conference being held in the U.S. for the first time in 22 years, President Barack Obama is out of town campaigning and raising money for his re-election. His only presence is a 50-second cameo in a three-minute video welcoming delegates.

26 Jul 2012

Quality Systems first quarter revenues increase 18% to $118.3 million

Quality Systems, Inc. announced today results for its fiscal 2013 first quarter ended June 30, 2012.

26 Jul 2012

PlusNews interviews Global Fund director of country programs

In 2010, after allegations of fraud among some fund recipients in several countries, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria convened "an independent, high-level panel to review its financial controls and how grant money is spent," and the Fund "is now implementing the panel's recommendations," PlusNews reports.

26 Jul 2012

Humana, Matrix sign multi-year contract to offer Medicare Advantage medical assessment services

Matrix Medical Network, a national leader in prospective medical assessment services, announced today that Humana Inc., one of the nation's leading health and well-being companies, has signed a multi-year contract with Matrix to provide prospective medical assessments to Humana Medicare Advantage health plan members.

26 Jul 2012

Lawmakers discuss politics of food aid at event launching new 'Roadmap to End Global Hunger'

"The chairman of the House agricultural appropriations panel warned anti-hunger groups on Tuesday that their pleas for more funding will fall on deaf ears unless they're willing to deal with the politics of foreign aid," The Hill's "Global Affairs" blog reports.

26 Jul 2012

Raising dopamine levels in frontal cortex reduces impulsivity in healthy adults

Raising levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the frontal cortex of the brain significantly decreased impulsivity in healthy adults, in a study conducted by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco.

26 Jul 2012

Vienna Declaration launches ad campaign calling on U.S. presidential candidates to end 'war on drugs'

As delegates gathered for the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) this week in Washington, D.C., "supporters of the 2010 Vienna Declaration, which urges governments to write evidence-based drug policies," launched an ad campaign calling on U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney "to stop the spread of AIDS by ending the so-called 'war on drugs,'" the Globe and Mail reports.

26 Jul 2012

Risk of endometrial cancer begins to decrease after age 30 in women

Women who last give birth at age 40 or older have a 44 percent decreased risk of endometrial cancer when compared to women who have their last birth under the age of 25, according to strong evidence in a new, international study led by a researcher at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC).

26 Jul 2012

AIDS activists march in Washington, India to protest marginalization of sex workers, drug users

"AIDS activists gathering in Washington, D.C., and Kolkata, India, this week have denounced conditions attached to U.S. global AIDS funding, which they say have damaged the response to the epidemic by further marginalizing sex workers -- among those hardest hit" by the epidemic, the Guardian reports.

26 Jul 2012

Rapamycin improves function and extends survival in mice with DCM and rare muscular dystrophies

Rapamycin, an immunosuppressant drug used in a variety of disease indications and under study in aging research labs around the world, improved function and extended survival in mice suffering from a genetic mutation which leads to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and rare muscular dystrophies in humans.

26 Jul 2012

Vitamin B12 supplements and hepatitis C treatment: an interview with Gerardo Nardone and Alba Rocco

Since its discovery in 1989, hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been recognized as a major cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. The most recent WHO estimate of the prevalence of HCV infection is 2%, representing . about 150 million people. Every year, 3–4 million new people are infected with the hepatitis C virus, of those, approximately 60–80% develop chronic hepatitis, and 30% of them progress to cirrhosis and to end-stage liver disease.

26 Jul 2012

Viewpoints: 'No Cash, No Insurance, No Live'; Medicaid expansion is a good option; Eradicating polio

With all the talk about health care recently, I'm surprised that no one has challenged the crazy idea that hospitals should treat people who can't pay. This is a free market nation, dammit! The home of "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Dice" in store windows should have "No Cash, No Insurance, No Live" on our hospital doors.

26 Jul 2012

Virginia Hospital Center offers new Calypso System for patients with prostate cancer

Virginia Hospital Center is among the few hospitals along the east coast to offer the new Calypso® System featuring GPS for the Body technology and Beacon electromagnetic transponders for patients with certain types of cancer.

26 Jul 2012

Health care subsidies, combined with housing assistance, take $1 trillion bite out of federal budget

Two studies look at the burden posed by health care costs, both to the federal government and to households across America.

26 Jul 2012

Medical News

Fact-checking Obama's criticism of the Romney Medicare plan

American Society of Hematology announces new grant program for biomedical research

AIDS 2012 plenary speakers call for innovative financing, continued research for HIV cure

Study confirms link between sickle cell trait and deaths in young black competitive athletes

GAO: Proposed IRS rule could leave some children ineligible for health insurance subsidies

Researchers decipher function of β-catenin in generating blood tissue stem cells

Obama skipping AIDS conference; Black community still bearing high burden of the disease

Quality Systems first quarter revenues increase 18% to $118.3 million

PlusNews interviews Global Fund director of country programs

Humana, Matrix sign multi-year contract to offer Medicare Advantage medical assessment services

Lawmakers discuss politics of food aid at event launching new 'Roadmap to End Global Hunger'

Raising dopamine levels in frontal cortex reduces impulsivity in healthy adults

Vienna Declaration launches ad campaign calling on U.S. presidential candidates to end 'war on drugs'

Risk of endometrial cancer begins to decrease after age 30 in women

AIDS activists march in Washington, India to protest marginalization of sex workers, drug users

Rapamycin improves function and extends survival in mice with DCM and rare muscular dystrophies

Vitamin B12 supplements and hepatitis C treatment: an interview with Gerardo Nardone and Alba Rocco

Viewpoints: 'No Cash, No Insurance, No Live'; Medicaid expansion is a good option; Eradicating polio

Virginia Hospital Center offers new Calypso System for patients with prostate cancer

Health care subsidies, combined with housing assistance, take $1 trillion bite out of federal budget

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