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1/27/12 - States maintain or ease access to Medicaid and CHIP

1/27/12 States maintain or ease access to Medicaid and CHIP

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American Medical News

For example, the Dept. of Health and Human Services announced in April 2011 that it would pay 90% of the costs of developing new or upgrading existing ...

1/27/12 - Cancer Screening Rates Low Among Ethnic Groups, USA

1/27/12 Cancer Screening Rates Low Among Ethnic Groups, USA

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Medical News Today

Not only are relatively few Americans screened for cancer, but there are considerable disparities between ethnic and racial groups in the country, ...

1/27/12 - Multiple Pregnancies Could Lead to Obesity, Study Shows

1/27/12 Multiple Pregnancies Could Lead to Obesity, Study Shows

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HealthCanal.com

... of Cincinnati (UC) scientists suggests that women who give birth more than once (multiparous) could be at higher risk for obesity and inflammation, ...

1/27/12 - Children's Asthma Not Eased by Anti-Reflux Drug

1/27/12 Children's Asthma Not Eased by Anti-Reflux Drug

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Voice of America

Children's Asthma Not Eased by Anti-Reflux Drug Carol Pearson | Washington Asthma is a chronic disorder that makes it difficult to breathe.

1/26/12 - U.S. Soldiers Face Host of Mental Health Issues

1/26/12 U.S. Soldiers Face Host of Mental Health Issues

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U.S. News & World Report

(HealthDay News) -- US military personnel and veterans are plagued by substance abuse, depression and suicide, three new studies indicate.

1/26/12 - Kids' health predicts parents' future heart disease, study finds

1/26/12 Kids' health predicts parents' future heart disease, study finds

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Fox News

Heart disease, stroke, diabetes The study, reported in the Journal of Pediatrics, included 852 school students who, at an average age of 12, ...

1/26/12 - Diabetes Affects Hearing Loss, Especially in Women

1/26/12 Diabetes Affects Hearing Loss, Especially in Women

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HealthNewsDigest.com

By Staff Editor (HealthNewsDigest.com) - DETROIT – Having diabetes may cause women to experience a greater degree of hearing loss as they age, especially if ...

1/26/12 - Cancer Screening in US Lags Behind for Asians and Hispanics

1/26/12 Cancer Screening in US Lags Behind for Asians and Hispanics

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BusinessWeek

26 (Bloomberg) -- Americans aren't getting screened for cancer as regularly as the US government would like, with Asians and Hispanics leaving themselves ...

1/25/12 - Medically Unnecessary Early Deliveries Declining

1/25/12 Medically Unnecessary Early Deliveries Declining

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HealthNewsDigest.com

25, 2012 -- Efforts to give more babies a healthy start in life by ... health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.

1/25/12 - State Has No Whooping Cough Deaths for First Time in 20 Years

1/25/12 State Has No Whooping Cough Deaths for First Time in 20 Years

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California Healthline

On Tuesday, the California Department of Public Health announced that it recorded no ... According to DPH, there were 10 infant deaths in California from ...

1/25/12 - New School Lunch Rules Aimed at Reducing Obesity

1/25/12 New School Lunch Rules Aimed at Reducing Obesity

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New York Times

The rules are the first changes in 15 years to the $11 billion school lunch program. They will double the amount of fruits and vegetables children are ...

1/25/12 - CDC: Diabetes amputations falling dramatically

1/25/12 CDC: Diabetes amputations falling dramatically

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Fox News

Other diabetes studies have shown declines in lost toes, feet and legs, but not as dramatic. "What jumped out to me was the scale of the improvement," said ...

1/15/12 Coalition created to deal with suicide issue

1/15/12 Coalition created to deal with suicide issue

My West Texas

... have joined together to start a coalition with the goal of raising community ... County Sheriff's Office's Mental Health and Crisis Intervention units, ...

1/24/12 - Health-care programs face deep budget cuts

1/24/12 Health-care programs face deep budget cuts

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SunHerald.com

“The state would pay a huge price in infant mortality, in HIV prevention and ... Health Department officials say they need $30 million just to meet basic ...

1/24/12 - Insomnia - Early Diagnosis Plus Treatment Helps Prevent Complications

1/24/12 Insomnia - Early Diagnosis Plus Treatment Helps Prevent Complications

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Medical News Today

The risk of developing other illnesses, such as diabetes, depression, hypertension, and possibly even death in older adults increases if insomnia is left ...

1/24/12 - UM: Too Many Neuropathy Patients Get High-Cost, Low-Yield Tests

1/24/12 UM: Too Many Neuropathy Patients Get High-Cost, Low-Yield Tests

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CBS Local

Diabetes is the most common cause of this type of nerve problem. ... The climbing rates of diabetes in the US make this research even more important, ...

1/24/12 - Infection control training mandated at assisted living centers

1/24/12 Infection control training mandated at assisted living centers

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News & Observer

The rate of people 18 and older in North Carolina with diabetes more than ... Given overall high percentages of people with diabetes, the sheer numbers of ...

1/23/12 - Mental Illness Affects 1 In 5 Americans

1/23/12 Mental Illness Affects 1 In 5 Americans

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Medical News Today

Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity often co-exist with mental illness and treatment of the mental illness can reduce the effects of these ...

1/23/12 - Health-Care Delivery to Be Analyzed after U.S. Agency Expands its ...

1/23/12 Health-Care Delivery to Be Analyzed after U.S. Agency Expands its ...

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Bloomberg

His board of directors includes health-care executives from Pfizer Inc. (PFE), ... Research Priorities Other research priorities include disparities in care ...

1/23/12 - Lots of Fun in the Sun, but Little Use of Sunscreen by Kids

1/23/12 Lots of Fun in the Sun, but Little Use of Sunscreen by Kids

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ABC News

Researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York ... Detecting Skin Cancer Watch Video Tanning Bed Ban for California Minors Watch Video ...

1/20/12 - New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many, Study Suggests

1/20/12 New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many, Study Suggests

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New York Times

... to one child in 100, according to some estimates. The psychiatrists' association is wrestling with one of the most agonizing questions in mental health ...

1/20/12 - Food Allergy Emergencies in Schools Now Better Addressed

1/20/12 Food Allergy Emergencies in Schools Now Better Addressed

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The State Journal-Register

Dareen Siri, MD, is a board-certified specialist in allergy, asthma and immunology at Springfield Clinic. By Dareen D. Siri MD, FAAAAI FACAAI Allergies to ...



1/20/12 - Key Chronic Diseases Decline in US

1/20/12 Key Chronic Diseases Decline in US

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Gallup.com

However, as with obesity, the prevalence of high blood pressure is still slightly ... Similarly, the percentage of young adults who were obese in 2011 ...

1/20/12 - Many Breast Cancer Survivors Report Doctors Fail To Discuss Options

1/20/12 Many Breast Cancer Survivors Report Doctors Fail To Discuss Options

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LEX18 Lexington KY News

A recent study suggests doctors may not do a very good job informing patients about breast cancer treatment options. University of North Carolina ...

1/19/12 - Study suggests how often to test bone density

1/19/12 Study suggests how often to test bone density

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Fox News

... of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. ... The cost to the US health care system is as much as $18 billion per year. ...

1/19/12 - State of Tobacco Control Report Shows California Falling Behind in ...

1/19/12 State of Tobacco Control Report Shows California Falling Behind in ...

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Sacramento Bee

... and other tobacco-related diseases as well as proven tobacco prevention, education, ... ultimately, cures for lung disease, heart disease and stroke, ...

1/19/12 - Many with mental illness go without treatment, survey says

1/19/12 Many with mental illness go without treatment, survey says

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USA TODAY

"But if we take the view that mental health disorders are like physical health disorders, like diabetes or heart disease, we'd find treatment is effective. ...

1/18/12 Early Pain Persists in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors

Early Pain Persists in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors

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MedPage Today

By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Explain that a single-center study of patients surviving head and neck cancer found that pain and eating ...

1/18/12 - Agreement Cuts Pollution by Retiring Dirty, Old Coal in Carolinas

1/18/12 Agreement Cuts Pollution by Retiring Dirty, Old Coal in Carolinas

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eNews Park Forest

Coal-fired electricity is the primary source of toxic mercury pollution and is a leading trigger of asthma attacks. These retirements will allow North ...

1/18/12 Report: Medical home presents 'promising' model for complex patients

1/18/12 Report: Medical home presents 'promising' model for complex patients

Cardiovascular Business

Despite sometimes extreme differences among five patient-centered medical home-like healthcare organizations that researchers identified as promising models ...

1/18/12 River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition challenges people to ...

1/18/12 River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition challenges people to ...

Lewiston Sun Journal

That's the challenge brought this winter from the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition with its “Winter into Spring Walk 100 Miles in 100 Days" ...

1/17/12 - Obesity Rates Plateau in US Since 2000, CDC Report Finds

1/17/12 Obesity Rates Plateau in US Since 2000, CDC Report Finds

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BusinessWeek

The researchers analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination ... New York City was able to reduce the obesity rate among grade school ...

1/17/12 - Fewer US children hospitalized for near-drowning: study

1/17/12 Fewer US children hospitalized for near-drowning: study

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Reuters

... that suggests public health campaigns about drowning risks may be working. ... from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, ...

1/17/12 - Cancer Among Minorities with HIV/AIDS

1/17/12 Cancer Among Minorities with HIV/AIDS

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Sacramento Bee

By National Cancer Institute BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Racial and ethnic minorities in America have been hit harder than white ...

1/17/12 - US obesity epidemic shows no hint of shrinking

1/17/12 US obesity epidemic shows no hint of shrinking

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The Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — America's obesity epidemic is proving to be as stubborn as those maddening love handles, and shows no sign of reversing course. ...

1/16/12 10 major Phila.-area firms band together on health-care costs

1/16/12  10 major Phila.-area firms band together on health-care costs

Philadelphia Inquirer

The Lehigh Valley Business Coalition of Health Care, for example, recently negotiated a deal with ... Certainly the provider community is focused on that. ...

1/13/12 - Discrimination Could Be Harmful to Your Health

1/13/12 Discrimination Could Be Harmful to Your Health

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PsychCentral.com

“Discriminatory behavior very well may be a 'missing link' in the analysis of racial and ethnic health disparities,” Bratter said. ...

1/13/12 - US diabetes prevention program might avert 885000 cases

1/13/12 US diabetes prevention program might avert 885000 cases

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USA TODAY

By Serena Gordon, HealthDay A national community-based diabetes prevention program in the United States could prevent or delay 885000 cases of type 2 ...

1/13/12 - At More US Workplaces, Smokers Need Not Apply

1/13/12 At More US Workplaces, Smokers Need Not Apply

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U.S. News & World Report

... Pennsylvania's Geisinger Health System will turn away job applicants who ... of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health. ...

1/13/12 - Retiree Health Costs Threaten Cities in Massachusetts

1/13/12 Retiree Health Costs Threaten Cities in Massachusetts

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WBUR

Any police office, firefighter or school teacher you run into will (hopefully) reach retirement one day with a pretty generous health insurance plan. ...

1/13/12 Health care coalition works to avoid unnecessary hospital visits ‎

1/13/12 Health care coalition works to avoid unnecessary hospital visits

Shore News Today

A coalition of health care providers from across Atlantic and Cape May counties ... hospital readmissions through the Atlantic-Cape Community Coalition. ...

1/12/12 - Frequent red meat eaters at higher risk of stroke

1/12/12 Frequent red meat eaters at higher risk of stroke

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Fox News

We have to consider protein in the context of the foods," said Dr. Frank Hu, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and one of the authors of ...

1/12/12 - Report: Medical home employees have high morale, levels of job satisfaction

1/12/12 Report: Medical home employees have high morale, levels of job satisfaction

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) delivery model is expected to coordinate and improve the quality of care, but little research has investigated the effects of the PCMH on provider and support staff morale, according to a report published Jan. 9 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

1/12/12 - Test might someday help spot early lung cancer

1/12/12 Test might someday help spot early lung cancer

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USA TODAY

By Madonna Behen, HealthDay Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in the world, and only about 15 percent of cases are diagnosed at an early stage, ...

1/11/12 - CIGNA, New York physician group launch accountable care initiative

1/11/12 CIGNA, New York physician group launch accountable care initiative

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Business Insurance

NEW YORK—CIGNA Corp. is launching a collaborative medical home initiative ... one that's patient-centered and emphasizes prevention and primary care,” CIGNA ...

1/11/12 - Treating depression, diabetes simultaneously proves effective

1/11/12 Treating depression, diabetes simultaneously proves effective

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Newsworks.org

A University of Pennsylvania study examined a way to help those affected by both depression and diabetes. Depression and diabetes are linked — having ...

1/11/12 - Homicide Drops Off US List Of Top Causes Of Death

1/11/12 Homicide Drops Off US List Of Top Causes Of Death

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NPR

... top 15 causes of death, government health officials said Wednesday. ... —The infant mortality rate dropped to an all-time low of 6.14 deaths per 1000 ...

1/10/12 - CDC Report: Binge Drinking Rates in US 'Alarming'

1/10/12 CDC Report: Binge Drinking Rates in US 'Alarming'

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Fox News

Binge drinking rates in the US are at a much higher rate than previously thought, according to a report released Tuesday from the Centers for Disease ...

1/10/12 - Schools pressed to do more to keep kids fit

1/10/12 Schools pressed to do more to keep kids fit

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News & Observer

Fifty-one percent of North Carolina's school district health advisory councils report that all of their elementary schools meet the 150-minute standard of ...

1/10/12 - Nicotine patches, gum won't help smokers quit for good: Study

1/10/12 Nicotine patches, gum won't help smokers quit for good: Study

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CBS News

For the study, researchers at Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Massachusetts Boston followed 787 adult smokers in Massachusetts who had ...