http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Raising the age of eligibility and reforming some Medicare practices can go a long way to making it sustainable, according to three Arizona State University healthcare policy experts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-asu-experts-age-eligibility-reforms.html Health Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:47:44 EST news286105656 What would it take to end tobacco use once and for all? This is the question several scholars, scientists and policy experts address in a provocative series of articles on various strategies for eliminating tobacco use, if not entirely, at least enough to significantly slow the global death toll estimated at 1 billion people by the end of this century, with the status quo. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-experts-strategies-tobacco.html Health Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:38:33 EST news285406707 (Medical Xpress)—Two innovative programs designed to improve the availability of emerging medical technologies that can help patients receive more effective, efficient and personalized health care are advanced in a commentary written by a team of scientists and policy experts, including seven from Arizona State University, and published today in Science Translational Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-paradigm-world-healthcare.html Health Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:20:01 EST news282470159 Women's issues play a major role in the health of the nation and should be a key consideration for policymakers as they design and set up the new insurance exchanges, according to a report co-authored by policy experts at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). The report offers a checklist for the state-based health insurance exchanges, one that will help ensure that women, children and family members can get the services they need to prevent costly and debilitating medical problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-women-health-priority-state-exchange.html Health Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:47:08 EST news281717222 For many of us, having our genomes in hand today isn't likely to make any profound difference in our lives, at least not when it comes to our health. But for children and their families affected by rare and mysterious genetic diseases, early indications are that it's a completely different story, thanks to the efforts of two teams of geneticists at Duke Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-rarest-diseases-genomes-yield.html Genetics Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:53:40 EST news277462401 America's top authorities on aging spent the last week at The Gerontological Society of America's Annual Scientific Meeting in San Diego detailing workable solutions to the challenges presented by a rapidly aging population, including the demand for affordable health care, high rates of disease, and retirement security. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-gerontologists-policy-decisions.html Health Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:41:39 EST news272540491 A presentation at the American Society of Human Genetics 2012 meeting updated genetics experts about a one-year-old research initiative that brought together researchers, clinicians and policy experts to tackle the challenges of incorporating new genomic technologies into clinical care of newborns, infants and children with anatomical defects whose causes are unknown. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-dna-sequencing-infants-children-anatomical.html Genetics Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:30:14 EST news271440644 (HealthDay)—Under the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration's controversial reform of health care, states are supposed to assist uninsured Americans in buying health coverage by setting up so-called "insurance exchanges." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-health-reform-states-balking-exchanges.html Health Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:20:01 EST news267268133 What do hospitals charge to remove an appendix? The startling answer is that it could be the same as the price of a refrigerator - or a house. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-appendix-huge-sticker.html Health Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:54:32 EST news254418856 Despite the 2010 passage of the Elder Justice Act, policy experts have found that combating widespread abuse of seniors is still not a top priority for care providers and governments alike. As many as one in 10 people age 60 and over are affected by this problem, according to the newest Public Policy & Aging Report (PPAR) from the National Academy on an Aging Society, the policy institute of The Gerontological Society of America. U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) and U.S. Representative Peter King (R-NY), who have been heavily involved in legislation to address elder abuse, contributed introductory statements for the issue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-elder-abuse-hidden-problem-baby.html Health Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:21:31 EST news252076886 A type of fake pot has raised new health concerns in the United States after at least three users were hospitalized for kidney failure, authorities in the western state of Wyoming said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-health-fake-pot.html Medications Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:14:03 EST news250190036 The nation's system of freeing some terminally ill prisoners on grounds of compassionate release is so riddled with medical flaws and procedural barriers that many potentially medically eligible inmates are dying behind bars, say UCSF researchers in a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-reforms-compassionate-prison-inmates.html Other Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:06:13 EST news226242083