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For-profit hospitals are out-performing other hospitals when treating stroke, heart attack and pneumonia patients in emergency departments and, thus, will be more likely to receive bonuses under Medicare's new payment rules, according to a new Northwestern Medicine® study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-hospitals-medicare-reimbursement.html Health Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:37:49 EST news284031462 European scientists are criticizing a decision by Italy's government to allow a handful of children to be treated in public hospitals with an experimental stem cell therapy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-scientists-slam-italy-untested-stem.html Medications Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:56:47 EST news283694194 France has launched an investigation into a stillbirth that occurred after a full-term pregnant woman was sent home from an overrun maternity unit in a case that has raised concerns over the impact of EU-driven austerity on the country's renowned health system. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-blamed-stillbirth-tragedy-france.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:50:02 EST news279189138 (AP)—Thousands of people marched in Madrid on Sunday to protest plans to privatize parts of their public health care system, with some questioning the motives behind the government's actions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-spaniards-protest-health-reforms.html Health Sun, 13 Jan 2013 14:38:01 EST news277310275 (AP)—More than 300 directors of some 140 health centers in Madrid resigned from their posts Tuesday to protest plans to partly privatize the region's public health service. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-madrid-health-center-directors-en.html Health Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:47:06 EST news276867970 (AP)—Thousands of Spanish medical workers marched through downtown Madrid on Monday to protest against budget cuts and plans to partly privatize their cherished national health service. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-large-spanish-protest-health-privatization.html Health Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:12:48 EST news276775953 (AP)—Several thousand Spanish public health workers and other people marched from four main hospitals in Madrid to converge on a main square in the capital Sunday, protesting the regional government's plans to restructure and part-privatize the sector. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-thousands-spain-protest-health-privatization.html Health Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:09:06 EST news274957740 People with private health insurance are nine times more likely than those without to have bariatric weight-loss surgery, a new study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-broader-access-obesity-surgery.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:10:02 EST news274348691 The first study to estimate rates of traumatic brain injury, without relying on official figures, suggests the worldwide incidence of TBI could be six times higher than previously estimated. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-worldwide-incidence-traumatic-brain-injury.html Neuroscience Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:30:02 EST news272740398 (Medical Xpress)—Skin reactions following radiation therapy for breast cancer have been the focus of a recent clinical trial conducted by Dr Patries Herst from the Department of Radiation Therapy, University of Otago, Wellington and a team of radiation therapists in public hospitals in Dunedin, Wellington and Palmerston North and Auckland Radiation Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-silicone-painful-skin-reactions-breast.html Cancer Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:46:13 EST news270971160 A new study has placed young indigenous females at the highest risk of sustaining assault-related injuries in Queensland. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-young-indigenous-females-highest-assault-related.html Health Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:12:45 EST news268557151 (AP)—People nervously waiting around in New York City hospitals for loved ones to come out of surgery can't smoke. In a few months from now, they can't have a supersized fast-food soda. And soon, they won't even be able to get a candy bar out of the vending machine or a piece of fried chicken from the cafeteria. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-york-city-hospitals-junk-food.html Health Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:56:15 EST news267728166 Many public safety-net hospitals are likely to face increasing financial and competitive pressures stemming in part from the recent Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act, according to researchers at Penn State and the Harvard School of Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-survival-safety-net-hospitals.html Health Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:23:38 EST news267362609 A study of patients with stroke admitted to English National Health Service public hospitals suggests that patients who were hospitalized on weekends were less likely to receive urgent treatments and had worse outcomes, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-poorer-outcomes-patients-hospitalized-weekends.html Neuroscience Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:00:18 EST news261066506 India is moving ahead with ambitious plans to spend nearly $5 billion to supply free drugs to patients -- bringing the nation closer to universal health coverage, officials said on Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-india-closer-drugs.html Medications Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:08:53 EST news260780927 Chile will soon cover sex change surgeries under its public health plan in order to allow citizens of limited means to "recover their true sexual identity," Health Minister Jaime Manalich said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-chile-sex.html Other Fri, 25 May 2012 08:00:01 EST news257150859 A three-pronged intervention in Brazilian public hospitals significantly improved physician adherence to evidence-based protocols for treating acute coronary syndrome (ACS) – a type of disease causing chest pain from reduced blood flow to the heart, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 61st Annual Scientific Session. The Scientific Session, the premier cardiovascular medical meeting, brings cardiovascular professionals together to further advances in the field. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-simple-strategies-boost-guidelines-chest.html Cardiology Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:20:03 EST news251975385 Among patients with acute coronary syndromes (such as heart attack or unstable angina) treated at public hospitals in Brazil, implementation of a multifaceted intervention that included educational materials, checklists and reminders resulted in improvement in the use of evidence-based medicines during the first 24 hours of hospitalization, according to a study appearing in JAMA. The study is being published early online to coincide with its presentation at the American College of Cardiology's annual scientific sessions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-intervention-results-evidence-based-medications-patients.html Cardiology Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:30:35 EST news251904610 Penile cancer, HIV, HPV, syphilis and kidney inflammation are among a number of medical conditions whose risk can be lowered by the practice of infant male circumcision, says a study led by the University of Sydney. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-medical-male-circumcision.html Health Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:55:32 EST news249897318 Pregnant women and mothers pushing strollers were among more than 1,500 protesters who took to the streets in Hong Kong Sunday to oppose the growing number of mainland Chinese giving birth in the city. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-hong-kong-women-protest-mainland.html Other Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:01:27 EST news245836858 Forty percent of women who report depressive symptoms following birth also reported intimate partner violence finds a new study published today (7 December) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-depressive-symptoms-intimate-partner-violence.html Health Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:51:44 EST news242455895 (AP) -- Slovakia has declared a state of emergency in more than a dozen hospitals to ensure that health care is not compromised after thousands of doctors resigned from public hospitals over low pay. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-slovakia-doctors-threaten.html Other Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:04:24 EST news241754652 At least 32 people have been infected in a flare-up of the H1N1 swine flu virus in Nicaragua over the last week, according to the health ministry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-nicaragua-swine-flu-outbreak-infects.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:46:51 EST news237786399 There are signs that health outcomes in Greece have worsened during the financial crisis, especially in vulnerable groups. These concerns are detailed in Correspondence published Online First by The Lancet, written by Alexander Kentikelenis and Dr David Stuckler, University of Cambridge, UK, and Professor Martin McKee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, and colleagues. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-health-effects-financial-crisis-omens.html Health Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:30:01 EST news237383696 (Medical Xpress) -- Patient demand for care from safety-net providers (such as community health centers and public hospitals) in Massachusetts has increased, even though the number of patients with health insurance also increased following the state's passage of health care reform, according to a report in the August 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The article is part of the journal's Health Care Reform series. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-massachusetts-health-care-reform-demand-medical.html Health Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:30:01 EST news232074300 Hong Kong on Friday announced a sharply reduced quota for mainland Chinese women allowed to give birth in its public hospitals, as it struggles to cope with the tens of thousands arriving yearly. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-hong-kong-slashes-quota-mainland.html Health Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:49:02 EST news228120528