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Health News from Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Gene Variant For Biological Ageing In Humans Discovered Scientists from the UK and The Netherlands have identified for the first time a variant of a gene that is linked to biological ageing in humans and suggest the discovery will help us better understand cancer and diseases of ageing. The findings of the study by researchers based at the University of Leicester and King's College London, UK, and also at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, were reported online in Nature Genetics on 7 February. The Wellcome Trust and the British Heart Foundation sponsored the work...
SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCLN) and its partner Sigma-Tau S.p.A., announced additional topline results in a clinical study evaluating the potential of ZADAXIN® (thymalfasin) to enhance immune response to the MF59 adjuvanted H1N1 influenza monovalent vaccine, Focetria™ from Novartis. According to investigators, ZADAXIN treatment given with the H1N1 vaccine led to a statistically significant (p value=0.04) increase in the percentage of subjects who seroconverted, also when evaluated 42 days after vaccination, compared to those who received the H1N1 vaccine alone...
Don't Let Cupid's Arrows Make Your Eyes Water, With New Guide To Passionate Safer Sex From THT, UK Just in time for Valentine's Day, HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is publishing an online guide with top tips on how to use condoms and protect your sexual health without killing the romantic mood. A recent study found 43% of men and 38% of women didn't always use a condom when having sex with a new partner¹. Some argue that safer sex and romance just don't mix, with worries that condoms are uncomfortable, ruin the sensation, or even interrupt those tried and tested seduction techniques...
Teva Announces Settlement In Principle Regarding Certain Drug Pricing Lawsuits Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced that several of its subsidiaries in the United States reached a settlement in principle to resolve claims brought by Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys, Inc. on behalf of the United States, Texas, Florida, and California under federal and state False Claims Acts. Together with many other pharmaceutical manufacturers, Teva is named in numerous civil lawsuits that relate to drug price reporting by manufacturers in about 15 states...
More Than $119 Million Awarded To States And Territories The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded more than $119 million to states and U.S. territories to support public health efforts to reduce obesity, increase physical activity, improve nutrition, and decrease smoking-the four most important actions for combating chronic diseases and promoting health. This money supports the one of several components in the Department's comprehensive prevention and wellness initiative, Communities Putting Prevention to Work, which is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009...
BIO Joins Stakeholders In Expressing Concerns With Efforts To Restrict Gene Patenting The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) released a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding the potentially harmful recommendations of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and Society (SACGHS) in its Report on Gene Patents and Licensing Practices and Their Impact on Patient Access to Genetic Tests...
Chief Medical Officer Mobilises GPs To Support Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza Vaccinations Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Jim Bishop, is calling on GPs to promote vaccination against the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza to their patients before the flu season begins in Australia . Professor Bishop has enlisted the support of his GP Roundtable, which includes representatives of the AMA, RACGP and the GP Network and he is writing to all GPs in Australia to ask them to proactively promote vaccination for all people aged 6 months and above in an effort to stop the spread of swine flu which is expected to be the dominant influenza strain in 2010...
Gaining Market Access By Providing Value For Money Cost-effectiveness research will become more important as EU responsibility for the pharmaceutical sector moves to the Health and Consumer policy directorate, Lynne Taylor and Peter Mansell report. Consumer advocates and industry critics have welcomed the new European Commission's decision to switch responsibility for the pharmaceutical sector from DG Enterprise and Industry to the Health and Consumer policy directorate, DG Sanco. Critics have long claimed that pharmaceutical policy, as an integral part of public health policymaking, should be driven by medicines access and safety issues...
Siemens Showcases New Dedicated Women's Imaging Ultrasound Platforms At SMFM Featuring the new release of its premium ACUSON S2000â„¢ ultrasound system - Women's Imaging and ACUSON X300â„¢ ultrasound system, premium edition (PE) - Women's Imaging, Siemens Healthcare (booth #813) will highlight the latest innovations in OB/GYN imaging at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) 30th Annual Meeting in Chicago. Siemens will be showcasing advanced clinical applications that bring a new dimension of diagnosis and workflow enhancements to fetal ultrasound...
Siemens Healthcare WebShop Now Available For Ultrasound Products Siemens Healthcare announces a one-stop shop for ultrasound application upgrades and options, now available through Siemens Healthcare's webShop at http://www.usa.siemens.com/webshop. By providing ultrasound users with the opportunity to browse through and sample new applications for their Siemens ultrasound imaging equipment, webShop offers a smart and easy way to discover the clinical benefits of the latest ultrasound applications...
Siemens Healthcare Wins Biggest Single Order Contract, In The Middle East Siemens Healthcare will supply state-of-the-art diagnostics imaging equipment to all Ministry of Health hospitals (around 100) across Iraq. The recently signed contract has a value of around $70 million and is the biggest single order contract to be awarded to Siemens Healthcare in the Middle East. The products, which include magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography equipment, mobile x-rays and mammography systems, help to increase diagnostic confidence, allowing for earlier detection of diseases. The equipment will be fully serviced over a period of five years...
Vertec To Market Siemens Healthcare X Class Ultrasound Systems In The UK Siemens Healthcare and Vertec Scientific have announced a distribution partnership that will see Vertec exclusively market the X Class range of ultrasound systems in the markets of emergency medicine, GP practices, rheumatology, orthopaedics, acute medicine, chest medicine and anaesthetics. The agreement, which is effective immediately, will see Vertec sell the systems and Siemens Healthcare's engineers maintain the technology...
Industrial Cleaner Linked To Increased Risk Of Parkinson's Disease Workers exposed to tricholorethylene (TCE), a chemical widely used to clean metal such as auto parts, may be at a significantly higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto April 10 to April 17, 2010...
The largest international online community for ophthalmologists is now available for members of the American Academy of Ophthalmology at http://www.aao.org/community. This new online community gives ophthalmologists the ability to interact directly with their colleagues to share insights, perspectives and information via features such as groups, blogs, forums and sharing of photos and videos. "Without a doubt, there is no other ophthalmic professional networking platform comparable to the Academy's online community in scope and size," said David W...
MP Argues Risk Sharing Scheme Not Fit For Purpose James Gray MP has argued the Risk Sharing Scheme has 'fatal flaws' and is 'hopelessly out of date'. James Gray MP, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on MS, secured a debate on the Risk Sharing Scheme on Tuesday of this week. The purpose of the debate was to consider whether the Scheme has worked to benefit either people living with MS or the NHS. Representing the government in this debate was Health Minister Mike O'Brien MP. James Gray MP criticised the whole scheme, its methodology, inherent delays and questionable conclusions...
RCN Calls For Better Co-ordination Of Trauma Networks Commenting on the Major trauma care in England report, published last week by the National Audit Office, Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive & General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said: "It is disappointing that trauma care is still not up to scratch in many areas despite numerous calls for improvement. It is well-known that specialist centres offer the best chance of recovery to trauma patients, however, by simply improving communication and co-operation between hospitals, survival rates would be boosted...
AVMA Calls For Stronger Animal Disease Traceability System In response to a statement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is reaffirming its call for a strong, national animal disease traceability program to help maintain and improve the health of U.S. livestock. Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is creating a new strategy for animal disease traceability. This comes in reaction to a public comment period in which the program in place was heavily criticized for being too stringent...
As part of a steadfast commitment to finding a cure for cystic fibrosis, BJ's Restaurants, Inc. donated $521,000 to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in 2009 for research, care and education programs. BJ's has been involved with the Foundation since 1998 and is one of its largest and most loyal corporate supporters. "We are truly grateful to BJ's restaurants, their team members and their customers for their generosity and desire to help support the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's mission," said C...
American Nurses Association Continues Earthquake Relief Efforts The American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the US, continues to recruit nurses who are interested in becoming emergency first responders. Nurses can access the online form for ANA's database at http://www.nursingworld.org/haitirelief. Response efforts are now being coordinated through a multi-national cluster system, ANA has reached out to organizations working with the health cluster to offer support and nursing staff. ANA has started to receive firsthand accounts from members on the ground in Haiti...
Addex: ADX71943 Demonstrates Analgesic Effects In Pain Models Addex Pharmaceuticals / Addex: ADX71943 Demonstrates Analgesic Effects in Pain Models processed and transmitted by Hugin AS. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Addex Pharmaceuticals (SWISS: ADXN), the allosteric modulation company, announced today that ADX71943 has demonstrated statistically significant analgesic-like effects in three preclinical models of pain...
BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors, is reporting that Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: KERX) was mentioned in a published article which contained an inaccurate statement regarding the design of a pending Phase III study for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer...
More Than 3,000 Emergency Hospital Admissions A Year For Children With Diabetes, UK Latest figures reveal that last year there were more than 3,300 cases of children in England admitted to accident and emergency departments with DKA. Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) occurs when blood glucose levels are high (hyperglycaemia) and causes nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, rapid breathing and, if left untreated, may lead to coma. DKA requires urgent hospital treatment. Rise in hospital admissions Children and young people under 18 accounted for around a quarter of the 13,465 emergency admissions for DKA during the 12-month period from April 2008 to March 2009...
Novel Patent Targets The Most Common Sleep Complaint: Chronic Insomnia Consolidated Research of Richmond, Inc. (CRI) announces the awarding of United States Patent 7,654,948 - which is a novel, drug-free system for treating people suffering from the most common sleep complaint: Chronic Insomnia. An estimated 10-20% of the industrialized world's adult population suffers from moderate to severe chronic insomnia, yet, unlike sleep apnea, there is a significant lack of technology addressing this tremendous need. Products based on Consolidated Research's patented technologies will address this market need. Source Consolidated Research of Richmond, Inc...
Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TLCR) announced that it was granted orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the development of an aerosol formulation of Alpha1-Proteinase Inhibitor (Human, A1PI) to treat congenital alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency. AAT deficiency is a chronic, hereditary condition that increases the risk of certain diseases, especially emphysema, which typically emerges in the fourth decade of life. Currently, there are no approved, inhaled treatments available for the treatment of AAT deficiency...
HealthSpring Home Visit Nurse Intercepts Cardiac Arrest Olive Branch, Miss. resident Glenn Lusk has a special perspective on the value of his Medicare Advantage plan. It was a HealthSpring-contracted nurse practitioner who discovered during a home visit in November that Lusk was experiencing serious heart trouble. "Somebody up above was looking out for me," Lusk said. Nurse practitioner Lucretia Daniel was concerned with the symptoms she observed in Lusk. "I said, 'You know, I really think this is your heart. I think we need to send you to the ER to get this checked out...
Robitussin And Motrin: Safe To Use Together A viral e-mail currently making the rounds between private accounts and public message boards warning of a danger posed by mixing over-the-counter medications Motrin and Robitussin is unfounded. While no child younger than age four should be given cough and cold medicines, the Food and Drug Administration has approved combination drugs that mix ibuprofen (the active ingredient in Motrin) and dextromethorphan and/or pseudoephedrine (the active ingredients in Robitussin medications) for older children and adults...
Sorin Group (MIL:SRN) (Reuters Code: SORN.MI), a global leader in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, announced U.S. FDA approval and first implant of its next-generation of cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D), Paradymâ„¢ CRT Model 8750. Featuring a new, state-of-the-art battery technology, Paradymâ„¢ CRT delivers 37 Joules, the highest energy of any implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) currently available...
Regenerx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex:RGN) announced today that a research team in Washington, D.C. has found that dystrophin-deficient Mdx mice, treated twice a week for six months with Tβ4, showed a significant increase in skeletal muscle regenerating fibers compared to untreated mice. No effects related to muscle function or fibrosis and no adverse reactions were observed in the mice. Mdx mice are used as models for Duchenne muscular dystrophy to evaluate potential therapeutic compounds...
BioTime Reports Results From Independent Hextend(R) Study BioTime, Inc. (NYSE Amex:BTIM) reported recently-released results from an independent study evaluating the use of Hextend® in hemodynamically unstable trauma patients. Hextend (6% Hetastarch in Lactated Electrolyte Injection) is BioTime's commercially-available blood plasma volume expander used to treat hypovolemia (low blood volume). The study, conducted at the University of Miami Ryder Trauma Center, reported that initial resuscitation with Hextend was associated with no obvious coagulopathy and reduced mortality compared to fluid resuscitation without Hextend...
Mechanism By Which Progesterone Prevents Preterm Birth Researchers at Yale School of Medicine believe they may have discovered how the hormone progesterone acts to prevent preterm birth. The findings were presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) in Chicago by Errol Norwitz, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale. Preterm birth - delivery prior to 37 weeks gestation - has become increasingly common over the past 40 years. Currently, one in eight pregnancies in the U.S. are delivered prematurely...
Quality Of Caregiver Relationship Is Crucial For HIV-Infected Children A new study of children in Ukraine has found that for the growing number of HIV-infected children, the quality of care and the relationship between children and their caregivers play an important role in their development. Based on their findings, the researchers highlight the importance of comprehensive but focused intervention efforts to improve these relationships by changing caregivers' working schedules and providing training to enhance the stability and sensitivity of care...
New Program Sends Text Messages To Promote Maternal, Infant Health The White House on Thursday announced a new health education program that will deliver pregnancy advice to women via text messages, the Los Angeles Times' "Technology" reports (Guynn, "Technology," Los Angeles Times, 2/4). The program -- called "text4baby" -- is sponsored by the federal government, the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition, wireless providers and several health industry companies, including Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, WellPoint and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield...
Landrieu Defends 'Louisiana Purchase' In Senate Remarks Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., won a $300-million Medicaid bonus for her state during health overhaul negotiations, spawning a wave of criticism that Democratic leaders needed to make the so-called "Louisiana purchase" to secure her support for their reform bill. On Thursday, she defended the action, saying during a Senate floor speech, "I make no apologies for leading this effort. I do not back up an inch," The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune reports. She challenged Republican senators to confront her on the spot Thursday or "keep their mouths shut" (Tilove, 2/4)...
Ohio Hospitals Advertise ER Wait Times On Billboards, Internet Akron General Health System, a hospital system in Ohio, "recently began advertising up-to-the-minute wait times for its emergency rooms on billboards throughout town," the Akron Beacon Journal reports. "Six digital billboards in Akron are automatically updated every 20 minutes to show current average wait times to see a doctor at the main ER in downtown Akron and in satellite ERs in the Montrose area and Stow. The average times are computer generated, based on current patient information from the health system's electronic medical records, marketing director Mary Brackle said...
Research Roundup: Medicare Spending, Community Health Centers, Children's Dental Services Health Affairs: Prices Don't Drive Regional Medicare Spending Variations - "Per capita Medicare spending is more than twice as high in New York City and Miami than in places like Salem, Oregon...
Today's Opinions And Editorials Pfizer's Bad Political Bet The Wall Street Journal The sight of ObamaCare on life support has many Democrats disappointed. It could be worse. They could be Pfizer CEO Jeffrey Kindler (Kimberley Strassel, 2/4). The Verizon Wireless Cure The Christian Science Monitor Are health insurance company employees just meaner and more greedy than those who provide cellphone service ...? Certainly not. The difference is that the cellphone, auto, and home insurance industries are highly competitive while the health insurance industry is not (Steven Horwitz, 2/4)...
WFP Has Reached 600,000 Haitians With Food Voucher Plan On Thursday, a food distribution voucher campaign that launched last Sunday, "hit all 16 fixed distribution points around the capital" of Port-au-Prince, CNN reports. "So far, 600,000 people affected by the devastating January 12 earthquake have been able to collect food under this plan, said Marcus Prior, spokesman for the United Nations World Food Programme [WFP]. 'We're encouraged by the way the system is working to get food out into the city to those in need, but still have a long way to go,' Prior said" (Basu, 2/5)...
Opinion: IVAWA Marks 'First Step' Towards Making Women Central Focus Of U.S. Foreign Policy In a Politico opinion piece, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.), lead sponsors of the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA), together with Larry Cox and Kerry Kennedy of Amnesty International USA, reflect on the significance of the legislation introduced in the House and Senate on Thursday...
Recent Releases In Global Health Lancet Study Examines Childbirth Practices, Outcomes In Asian Countries A Lancet study examines childbirth practices and the relationship between these practices and maternal and perinatal outcomes in nine Asian countries, as assessed by a WHO global survey. Based on the analysis of over 107,000 deliveries, the authors conclude, "To improve maternal and perinatal outcomes, caesarean section should be done only when there is a medical indication" (Lumbiganon et al., 2/6)...
The Clinical Course Of Subepithelial Lesions Although several studies pertaining to the natural history of subepithelial tumors have been published, they have been limited by small sample size and relatively short follow-up. The natural history of subepithelial lesions has not been clearly elucidated, and the appropriate management strategy for small subepithelial tumors is still controversial. A research article published on January 28, 2010 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this problem...
Distinct Demographic Profiles Between Crohn's Disease And Ulcerative Colitis Although inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) [comprising mainly Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC)] is thought to affect about 150 000 people in the United Kingdom, the prevalence of severe IBD is not known. Mortality following hospitalization for IBD is significant but little has been reported on long-term follow-up. A research article published on January 28, 2010 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this problem...
Special Health Affairs Edition On e-Health In The Developing World Five articles, whose lead or senior authors are nationally known informatics leaders and members of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), appear in the Feb. 2010 issue of Health Affairs and provide a glimpse into the future of health care delivery in an increasingly information-driven era of health care in the developing world. These articles explain the critical role that information technology, and the health informatics work force will play in achieving overall health improvements globally...
Frank Semcer Is First To Be Honored With Stevens' Award For Innovation And Entrepreneurship At Micro Stamping headquarters in Somerset, New Jersey, it is largely what is not visible that gives the metal-forming company its edge in the highly competitive world of precision component manufacturing. Chairman Frank Semcer, Sr. '65, an alumnus of Stevens Institute of Technology, has built a global enterprise over the past three decades by reinventing costly and outmoded manufacturing processes through innovative engineering - and keeping his agile, multi-faceted manufacturing operation competitive in the toughest global markets...
Austrailia Winning The War On Weight Monash University-led nationwide study into the health beliefs and behaviours of obese people has found that the more severely obese a person is, the less likely they feel they can reduce their weight. The research, funded by the Australian Research Council Discovery Grant Scheme, is the first of its kind in Australia. 141 obese Australians were extensively interviewed to try to gauge how they perceived their weight and ability to manage it...
An Answer To Another Of Life's Big Questions Monash University biochemists have found a critical piece in the evolutionary puzzle that explains how life on Earth evolved millions of centuries ago. The team, from the School of Biomedical Sciences, has described the process by which bacteria developed into more complex cells and found this crucial step happened much earlier in the evolutionary timeline than previously thought...
Sugar Sweetened Carbonated Drinks Linked To Pancreatic Cancer A new study found that people who consumed two or more soft drinks (defined as sugar-sweetened carbonated beverages) a week, had a nearly two-fold higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer; the researchers suggested regular consumption of sweetened beverages could raise insulin levels and thereby fuel the growth of pancreatic cancer cells. You can read about the study online in a paper published in the February issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research...
More Smokers Than Non-Smokers Accept HPV Vaccination For Their Daughters A parent's existing health habits or behaviors, like cigarette smoking, may influence the likelihood that they will have their daughters vaccinated against HPV. According to survey results on correlates of HPV vaccine use, whether parents would choose to vaccinate their daughters was not associated with one's background or medical history, but was more closely associated with certain behavioral factors of the parents. Results of this survey are published in the February issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research...
Few Women Take Tamoxifen To Prevent Breast Cancer Researchers with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have found that the prevalence of tamoxifen use for the prevention of breast cancer among women without a personal history of breast cancer is very low. Tamoxifen can reduce the risk of developing breast cancer in women who are at increased risk for developing the disease. Details of this survey are published in the February issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research...
Early Foster Care Boosts Quality Of Institutionalized Children's Ties To Caregivers A new study of young children in orphanages in Bucharest, Romania, has found that children placed in foster care before age 2 were more apt to develop secure attachments to their foster parents than those who entered foster care after age 2. The study is based on data from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, the first randomized controlled trial of foster care as an alternative to institutional care...
Children's Learning May Be Influenced By Length Of Time In Institutional Care The amount of time children spend in institutional care may affect how their brains develop. That's the conclusion of a new study carried out by researchers at the University of Wisconsin, Harvard Medical School/Children's Hospital Boston, and the University of Minnesota. The study is published in Child Development in the journal's January/February 2010 issue. To learn how the deprivation and neglect that institutionalized children often experience affect brain development, the researchers looked at 132 8- and 9-year-olds. Some of the children were adopted into U.S...
Obama, Sec. Clinton Speak At National Prayer Breakfast President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other policymakers and religious leaders on Thursday spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast about various issues involving faith and politics, the Washington Post reports. During his remarks, Obama discussed the "erosion of civility" in Washington politics, saying, "Those of us in Washington are not serving the people as well as we should." He added, "At times, it seems like we're unable to listen to one another, to have at once a serious and civil debate" (Fletcher, Washington Post, 2/5)...
Senate Democrats Considering Recess Appointments For Obama Nominees Faced with the loss of a 60-seat supermajority in the Senate, congressional Democrats on Thursday began to discuss using recess appointments to advance some of President Obama's stalled nominees, such as Dawn Johnsen, who has twice been nominated to head the Office of Legal Councel at the Department of Justice, CQ Today reports. The Senate is scheduled to begin its Presidents Day recess at the end of next week. According to CQ Today, the election of Republican Sen. Scott Brown (Mass.) will make it difficult for Democrats in the Senate to gather the 60 votes needed to limit floor debate...
Blogs Comments On Haitian Earthquake, Super Bowl Ad, Other Topics The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "We Can't Overlook Reproductive Health Needs in Haiti," Sharon Camp, RH Reality Check: Camp, president and CEO of the Guttmacher Institute, writes that the Haitian earthquake has created "displacement" within the culture, where "the health and lives of Haiti's women and girls -- many of whom were already in a precarious situation because of poverty or low social status -- are threatened by severe living conditions, including the virtual absence of reproductive health services...
Obama: 'Take Time' On Health Reform, Democrats Haggle On Next Steps ABC News: "Summoning the message back that once mobilized his grass-roots campaign, the president spoke tonight in front of the same people - Organizing for America and DNC members - whose poll show some are feeling somewhat discouraged by the first year of the Obama administration. ... The president outlined in broad strokes what he'd like to see happen [on health reform]. 'What I'd like to do is have a meeting where I'm sitting with the Republicans, sitting with the Democrats. Sitting with health care experts. And let's just go through these bills...
In Jobs Bill, Democrats Push To Include Extension Of COBRA Benefits, Medicare 'Doc Fix' The New York Times reports that Democrats are trying to address some health coverage considerations in their jobs bill even as they grasp "for ideas to keep alive their health care legislation." Negotiators on the Senate Finance Committee may be close to a jobs agreement. "Democrats were also pushing to include an extension of unemployment benefits and of health care coverage for those out of work." Also under discussion was the possibility of "attaching other initiatives, including a provision to prevent a steep cut in Medicare payment rates for doctors" (Hulse and Zeleny, 2/4)...
Anthem Blue Cross Of California Raises Rates As Much As 39 Percent Los Angeles Times: "California's largest for-profit health insurer is moving to dramatically raise rates for customers with individual policies, setting off a furor among policyholders and prompting state insurance regulators to investigate. Anthem Blue Cross is telling many of its approximately 800,000 customers who buy individual coverage -- people not covered by group rates" that the increase will kick in March 1 "and may be adjusted 'more frequently' than its typical yearly increases." About 2...
Radiation Oncologists Push For Safety Standards The New York Times: "The leading professional organization dedicated to radiation oncology has called for enhanced safety measures in administering medical radiation, including the establishment of the nation's first central database for the reporting of errors involving linear accelerators - machines that generate radiation - and CT scanners. The group, the American Society for Radiation Oncology, or Astro, issued a six-point plan on Wednesday that it said would improve safety and quality and reduce the chances of medical errors. ...
Congressmen, Citing Reports Of Fraud, Seek Accounting For AIDS Funding "Two Republican congressmen who help oversee billions of dollars for people with AIDS are asking the federal government for an accounting of fraud and mismanagement complaints leveled against AIDS programs nationwide," The Washington Post reports. "Reps. Joe L. Barton (Tex.) and Greg Walden (Ore.) sent a letter Thursday to the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration that raised questions about the agency's oversight of AIDS programs." A recent Washington Post series was cited in the letter. It found "the D.C...
Illinois High Court Rules Medical Malpractice Caps Are Unconstitutional The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a medical malpractice law enacted in 2005 that limited monetary damages to $1 million from hospitals and $500,000 from doctors for pain and suffering, the Chicago Tribune reports. "The much-anticipated ruling deals a blow to doctors and hospital officials who say caps on damages are a way to tame rising health care costs. ... The court said the law violates the state's separation-of-powers clause between the branches of government by allowing lawmakers to interfere with a jury's right to determine damages...
BusinessWeek: "Mississippi will receive $18.5 million from drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. as part of a settlement over claims the company promoted the anti-psychotic Zyprexa for ailments it was not federally approved to treat, Attorney General Jim Hood said Thursday" (Byrd, 2/4). Radio Iowa: "The state currently provides 'family planning services' - like 'the pill' - for low income women between the ages of 13 and 44. (A proposed) bill would allow low income women to remain eligible until they reach the age of 55" (Henderson, 2/4)...
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Health Insurance
Your health insurance policy lists a package of medical benefits such as tests, drugs and treatment services. The insurance company agrees to cover the cost of certain benefits listed in your policy.
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