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Politics may be shifting as health law turns 3

Although many Democrats appear less fearful of political fallout from the measure, Republicans continue their efforts to unravel it.

22 Mar 2013

New hope for treating, preventing malaria

Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University and the Portland VA Medical Center have developed a drug that may represent one of the world's best hopes for treating and preventing malaria - a disease that kills more than one million people each year.

22 Mar 2013

States leaders debate health law's Medicaid expansion, push for special deals

Coverage includes reports from Maine, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kansas, New Hampshire and Texas.

22 Mar 2013

Cocaine can be lethal for people living with HIV

Cocaine, already a damaging drug for those with healthy immune systems, can be lethal for those living with human immunodeficiency virus. Mudit Tyagi, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has received two federally funded grants to study how dangerous this combination is in HIV patients.

22 Mar 2013

Viewpoints: Indian health hit by budget cuts; Health care doesn't work like normal markets; Gov. Rick Scott paying a price for Medicaid expansion

The Congressional Republicans who brought us the mindless budget cuts known as the sequester have shown remarkable indifference to life-sustaining government services, American jobs and other programs.

22 Mar 2013

MU researchers redefine key regulatory process in defective protein responsible for cystic fibrosis

A little more than a year after the FDA approved Kalydeco (Vx-770), the first drug of its kind to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis, University of Missouri researchers believe they have found exactly how this drug works and how to improve its effectiveness in the future.

22 Mar 2013

Mo. lawmaker wants appeal of ruling striking state law that allows employers to opt out of contraception, abortion coverage

Missouri's House speaker is calling on their state's attorney general to appeal a ruling that stops a state law from allowing employers to exclude contraception and abortion from insurance coverage.

22 Mar 2013

Research: 75% of world's population consumes daily recommended amount of sodium nearly twice

Seventy-five percent of the world's population consumes nearly twice the daily recommended amount of sodium (salt), according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention 2013 Scientific Sessions.

22 Mar 2013

Experts say health law expands coverage but is too confusing to small businesses

News outlets examine issues related to the health law's implementation including what is going right and wrong; how it might be applied on Capitol Hill and the White House; and confusion among small businesses.

22 Mar 2013

Dysfunction of Calcium channel in neurons of cerebellum causes different motor diseases

A dysfunction of a certain Calcium channel, the so called P/Q-type channel, in neurons of the cerebellum is sufficient to cause different motor diseases as well as a special type of epilepsy.

22 Mar 2013

Homeless people have disproportionately higher risk for TBI compared to general population

Homeless people and their health care providers need to know more about traumatic brain injuries to help prevent and treat such injuries, a new study has found.

22 Mar 2013

Minnesota exchange legislation signed into law

The measure, termed as "historic" and "controversial" in local media reports, will create the health law's online insurance marketplace. The next planning and implementation steps will now fall to the state's executive branch.

22 Mar 2013

Findings provide structural basis for development of drugs to fight enterovirus 71 infection

New research findings may help scientists design drugs to treat a virus infection that causes potentially fatal brain swelling and paralysis in children.

22 Mar 2013

Fibromyalgia: an interview with Dr Frederick Wolfe, University of Kansas School of Medicine

Fibromyalgia is a common disorder that is diagnosed in people who have pain in many areas of their body together with important symptoms such as...

22 Mar 2013

Hearing explores potential of health law's Medicare payment experiments

During a Senate Finance Committee hearing, an administration official said the potential of the these efforts to show cost-lowering results would take time.

22 Mar 2013

Genetic counseling, BRCA testing can reduce cancer incidence in black women, researchers say

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues in Canada have published study results focused on black women younger than 50, a population disproportionately afflicted with and dying from early-onset breast cancer compared to their white counterparts.

22 Mar 2013

CVS demands employees offer health info or pay more for coverage

Chain drugstore CVS is offering employees a choice: Reveal health info, including their weight, or pay as much as $600 more per year for their health insurance.

22 Mar 2013

Obesity may not diminish outcomes or increase risk of complications in total knee replacement patients

Obesity alone may not diminish outcomes or increase the risk of complications in total knee replacement (TKR) patients, according to two research studies presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). However, TKR replacement patients may face significantly longer hospital stays and related costs.

21 Mar 2013

Prosthesis may not improve overall outcomes in female total knee replacement patients

Anatomic differences between male and female knees have resulted in the creation and regular use of gender-specific implants. However, a new study presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) finds that a specialized prosthesis may not improve overall outcomes in female total knee replacement (TKR) patients.

21 Mar 2013

Soybeans can prevent cancer

Soybean meal is a bi-product following oil extraction from soybean seeds. It is rich in protein, which usually makes up around 40% of the nutritional components of the seeds and dependent on the line, and can also contain high oleic acid (a monounsaturated omega-9 fatty acid).

21 Mar 2013

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Politics may be shifting as health law turns 3

New hope for treating, preventing malaria

States leaders debate health law's Medicaid expansion, push for special deals

Cocaine can be lethal for people living with HIV

Viewpoints: Indian health hit by budget cuts; Health care doesn't work like normal markets; Gov. Rick Scott paying a price for Medicaid expansion

MU researchers redefine key regulatory process in defective protein responsible for cystic fibrosis

Mo. lawmaker wants appeal of ruling striking state law that allows employers to opt out of contraception, abortion coverage

Research: 75% of world's population consumes daily recommended amount of sodium nearly twice

Experts say health law expands coverage but is too confusing to small businesses

Dysfunction of Calcium channel in neurons of cerebellum causes different motor diseases

Homeless people have disproportionately higher risk for TBI compared to general population

Minnesota exchange legislation signed into law

Findings provide structural basis for development of drugs to fight enterovirus 71 infection

Fibromyalgia: an interview with Dr Frederick Wolfe, University of Kansas School of Medicine

Hearing explores potential of health law's Medicare payment experiments

Genetic counseling, BRCA testing can reduce cancer incidence in black women, researchers say

CVS demands employees offer health info or pay more for coverage

Obesity may not diminish outcomes or increase risk of complications in total knee replacement patients

Prosthesis may not improve overall outcomes in female total knee replacement patients

Soybeans can prevent cancer

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

How electrical engineering ensures accurate calibration and patient safety

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