Women's health must be priority for state health exchange marketplaces, new report says
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 ...
Health
Mar 05, 2013 |
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Are new national policies designed to reduce hospital readmissions working?
Reducing preventable hospital readmissions is a cornerstone of emerging healthcare policy. The U.S. government has developed payment policies that will decrease payments to hospitals with excess patient readmission ...
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Mar 05, 2013 |
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Is too much e-communication swamping doctors?
(HealthDay)—As hospitals increasingly forgo pen and paper in favor of "e-records," new research suggests the move is leaving many doctors struggling in a sea of daily communications.
Health
Mar 04, 2013 |
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Pharmaceutical companies: An $84 million marketing effort in the District of Columbia
Drug companies spent nearly $84 million marketing pharmaceuticals in the District of Columbia in 2011, including an outlay of nearly $19 million for gifts given to physicians, hospitals and other health care providers, according ...
Medications
Mar 01, 2013 |
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Lost in translation: HMO enrollees with poor health have hardest time communicating with doctors
In the nation's most diverse state, some of the sickest Californians often have the hardest time communicating with their doctors. So say the authors of a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research that found ...
Health
Feb 28, 2013 |
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New guidance urges improved reporting of important outcomes for patients in trials publications
Clinical trials provide us with the best evidence to guide patient treatment and inform health policy. Yet, crucial information, on outcomes reported directly by patients such as their quality of life, is often left out of ...
Other
Feb 28, 2013 |
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Does bariatric surgery impact medical costs associated with obesity?
Bariatric surgery is a well-documented treatment for obesity that leads to considerable weight loss and health improvement, but is the surgery successful in the long run in reducing costs associated with medical care for ...
Surgery
Feb 20, 2013 |
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Gun violence prevention experts call for more physician involvement
A new commentary in the Annals of Internal Medicine from researchers with The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research and University of California, Davis, calls for more physician engagement in the current gun po ...
Health
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Effort to enforce HIV 'health threat' law raises questions
(Medical Xpress)—Michigan health officials are using HIV surveillance technologies to assist in enforcing a "health threat" law that makes it illegal for HIV-positive people to have sex without disclosing their status.
HIV & AIDS
Jan 31, 2013 |
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Pandemic controversies: The global response to pandemic influenza must change
'Evil' scientists, deadly viruses and terrorist plots are usually the preserve of Hollywood blockbusters. But when it comes to pandemic influenza, it is the stuff of real life. As controversy about research into the H5N1 ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 28, 2013 |
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Experts propose overhaul of ethics oversight of research
The longstanding ethical framework for protecting human volunteers in medical research needs to be replaced because it is outdated and can impede efforts to improve health care quality, assert leaders in bioethics, medicine, ...
Health
Jan 23, 2013 |
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Call for policymakers to consider genetic link to soft drink consumption
Policymakers should understand the urge to drink soft drinks is genetically determined, rather than being solely a lifestyle choice, argue endocrinologists from the Garvin Institute of Medical Research.
Health
Jan 17, 2013 |
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Depressive symptoms tied to doubled risk for Crohn's
(HealthDay)—Depressive symptoms are associated with a two-fold increase in risk of Crohn's disease (CD) but not ulcerative colitis (UC), according to research published in the January issue of Clinical Ga ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 16, 2013 |
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ACP recommends Stage 3 Meaningful Use focus on measuring improvements in health outcomes
Stage 3 Meaningful Use measures need to focus more on measuring improvements in patient health outcomes rather being than a large and growing collection of functional measures, the American College of Physicians (ACP) says ...
Health
Jan 15, 2013 |
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Report exposes a dangerous lack of official oversight
The deadly consequences of workplace sectors without inspectors are the subject of a new study by Stirling's Professor of Occupational Health Policy Research, Rory O'Neill.
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Jan 14, 2013 |
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