http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP) -- The federal government on Thursday began making good on its promise to cut off all funding for the Texas Medicaid Women's Health Program amid an escalating fight over the state's ban on funding for clinics affiliated with abortion providers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-feds-halt-texas-women-health.html Other Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:16:30 EST news251093777 A study from Rhode Island Hospital examined the two-year period when the current ban on federal funding for syringe exchange programs (SEPs) was lifted in order to learn whether SEPs received or anticipated pursuing federal funding during that time. Only three of the 187 SEPs that responded had received funding at the time of the survey, and early experiences cited many barriers to accessing the federal funds. With the ban reinstated, the researchers state that the effect of federal SEP funding can therefore not realize its full public health potential. The findings are published in the American Journal of Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-syringe-exchange-critical-health.html Health Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:26:43 EST news251051155 (AP) -- The head of a global health fund on Monday urged Ukraine to step up its efforts to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Europe's largest. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-ukraine-urged-aids.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:20:01 EST news245952518 The study identifies the respective contributions of direct and indirect government support in research and development of new pharmaceutical drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-respective-roles-private-sectors-pharmaceutical.html Medications Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:09:13 EST news243176934 Developed countries and funding agencies are putting the brakes on growth in development assistance for health, raising the possibility that developing countries will have an even harder time meeting the Millennium Development Goal deadline looming in 2015, according to new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-global-health-funding-deadline-millennium.html Health Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:39:03 EST news243103119 Female physicians, smaller patient loads and electronic reminders are associated with better delivery of preventive health care to patients, rather than the way in which primary care practices are funded, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-funding-delivery.html Health Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:33:30 EST news242310795 (PhysOrg.com) -- Which scientific health and medical research projects receive government funding in any given year relies to some extent on 'chance' according to recent research by a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) expert in health economics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-high-randomness-grant-funding-decisions.html Medical research Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:14:57 EST news236434481 Alternative funding for health care in Canada will not result in lower costs nor contribute to financial sustainability, states a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-alternative-health-care-funding-canada.html Health Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:26:36 EST news233234622 Commercial funding of continuing medical education (CME) and the potential for bias appear to concern many health care practitioners and researchers, but many reported being unwilling to pay higher fees to eliminate or offset commercial funding sources, according to a report in the May 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-health-professionals-bias-commercially-funded.html Other Mon, 09 May 2011 17:06:05 EST news224179532