News tagged with health programs
Brazil expands its anti-AIDS program
(AP) —Brazil's anti-AIDS program will be expanded to include at least 35,000 more people, a Health Ministry official said Wednesday.
HIV & AIDS
Aug 29, 2012 |
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Nurse leader resistance perceived as a barrier to high-quality, evidence-based patient care
(Medical Xpress)—A new national survey of more than 1,000 registered nurses suggests that serious barriers - including resistance from nursing leaders - prevent nurses from implementing evidence-based practices that improve ...
Health
Aug 29, 2012 |
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Kidney for US patient's transplant put in trash
(AP)—A nurse accidentally disposed of a kidney from a living donor this month at a U.S. hospital, and doctors tried unsuccessfully for at least two hours to revive the organ in what medical experts describe as a rare accident, ...
Other
Aug 26, 2012 |
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Experimental learning paying off
Through the use of the Online Health Program Planner, a tool created by Public Health Ontario, a soon-to-be-implemented peer nutrition education program by and for university students looks to help enhance critical thinking ...
Other
Aug 20, 2012 |
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In some US states, not poor enough for health care
Sandra Pico is poor, but not poor enough. She makes about $15,000 a year, supporting her daughter and unemployed husband. She thought she'd get health insurance after the Supreme Court this year upheld President Barack Obama's ...
Health
Aug 14, 2012 |
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Poorest Americans at risk if states opt out of Medicaid expansion
Health coverage for the poorest Americans could be in jeopardy in many states as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last month on the Affordable Care Act, according to a new legal analysis. The report examines federal ...
Health
Aug 06, 2012 |
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Seeing certain foods prompts kids to eat healthier
(Medical Xpress) -- Just because healthful foods are available in school cafeterias doesn't mean children are going to eat them, but in some cases, the very presence of such foods as whole fruit may actually prompt kids to ...
Health
Jul 25, 2012 |
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A stronger doctor-patient relationship for the costliest patients
Patients who are frequently hospitalized account for a disproportionate amount of health care spending in the United States. Working with a $6.1 million grant, a new University of Chicago Medicine program will test whether ...
Health
Jul 18, 2012 |
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Revised geographic adjustments could improve accuracy of Medicare payments
Changing the way that Medicare payments are adjusted to account for regional variations in the cost of providing care as recommended by a previous report from the Institute of Medicine would result in payment increases for ...
Health
Jul 17, 2012 |
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US health insurer WellPoint buys Amerigroup
US health insurer WellPoint is buying Amerigroup, a manager of publicly funded health programs, for about $4.9 billion, the companies said Monday.
Health
Jul 09, 2012 |
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Racial gap in kids' dental care vanishing: study
(HealthDay) -- Since 1964, the disparity between black and white children's dental care has narrowed dramatically, a new study finds.
Dentistry
Jul 05, 2012 |
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Higher doses of vitamin D prevent fractures in older women
(HealthDay) -- In the latest study to look at the effect of vitamin D on fracture risk, Swiss researchers found that taking more than 800 international units (IU) of vitamin D daily could reduce the risk of ...
Health
Jul 04, 2012 |
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GlaxoSmithKline to pay $3 billion for health fraud
(AP) — GlaxoSmithKline LLC will pay $3 billion and plead guilty to promoting two popular drugs for unapproved uses and to failing to disclose important safety information on a third in the largest health ...
Other
Jul 02, 2012 |
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Health interventions for clergy must counteract need to put others first
Clergy's practice of putting others first can be detrimental to their own health, say researchers at Duke University.
Health
Jun 28, 2012 |
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Parents seen as critical stakeholders in expanding newborn screening
Parents must be considered when states decide to expand genetic screening programs for newborns, according to a new study that looked at mandatory testing panels and political pressure by advocacy groups.
Pediatrics
Jun 21, 2012 |
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