http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Efforts by some in Congress to dismantle clean air laws are a threat to public health, experts warn in a "Current Issues" article published online today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-federal-air-pollution-dangerous-americans.html Health Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:51:33 EST news239341879 The U.S. public and private sectors invested $140.5 billion in 2010 on research to find new ways to treat, cure and prevent disease and disability, according to Research!America's latest annual estimate, available at http://www.researchamerica.org/uploads/healthdollar10.pdf. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-investment-health-stagnant.html Other Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:05:46 EST news234705923 A US court has dealt a new blow to the health care reform law seen as President Barack Obama's proudest domestic achievement, declaring its centerpiece provision unconstitutional. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-court-health-law-provision-unconstitutional.html Health Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:30:11 EST news232381796 Rural workers have less access to sick leave, forcing them to choose between caring for themselves or family members, and losing pay or perhaps even their jobs when faced with an illness, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-lack-sick-tough-choices-rural.html Health Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:37:25 EST news229606624 More than eight of 10 leaders in health and health care policy (82%) believe states should be allowed to implement key provisions of the Affordable Care Act early with full federal support, ahead of the timeline outlined in the law. Such key provisions include expanding Medicaid eligibility to cover more low-income families and creating insurance exchanges with premium subsidies. Findings are from the latest Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, which asked respondents about the relative authority states and the federal government should have implementing health care reform. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-states-key-health-reform-law.html Health Mon, 23 May 2011 16:07:27 EST news225385632