• Welcome to the newest members of AHCJ

    Updated: 2012-07-31 15:24:53
    Please welcome our newest professional and student members to AHCJ. All new members are welcome to stop by this post’s comment section to introduce themselves. Stephanie Bell Flynt, reporter, WLBT-Jackson, Miss. Kathy Boltz, independent journalist, Phoenix Barbara Brody, health director, Shape Magazine, New York Brenda Buescher, independent journalist, Johnson City, Tenn. (@brendabuescher) Elbert ...

  • ‘Top Doctors’ rankings lack standards, oversight

    Updated: 2012-07-31 15:24:53
    It's going to surprise exactly nobody that the organizations that help sell plaques to physicians might just be in it for the money, but I still have to tip my hat to ABC News for investigating the living daylights out of several such outfits. ...

  • Satcher advocates midlevel dental providers to improve access to care

    Updated: 2012-07-31 15:24:53
    In 2000, then-Surgeon General David Satcher called national attention to "a silent epidemic" of oral diseases, afflicting America's most vulnerable citizens - poor children, the elderly and racial and ethnic minorities. The crisis continues, Satcher said last week at a conference hosted by the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. Under the ...

  • Question the claims, evaluate validity of studies on health reform

    Updated: 2012-07-31 15:24:53
    A tweet from my friend Laura Beil, an AHCJ member and fine health/science writer, got my attention: @LJBeil: Dallas metro columnist @DMNSteveBlow does a fact check on congressman's anti-health reform literature. The Dallas columnist, Steve Blow, wrote, "I recently urged a wait-and-see attitude on the health care reform law. Its effects, good ...

  • OIG: While adverse events are common, records of them aren’t

    Updated: 2012-07-31 15:24:53
    To draw attention to its ongoing monitoring of the incidence of adverse events in US hospitals and the accurate reporting thereof, the HHS Office of Inspector General is highlighting a roundup of reports on the subject. If you get a chance to read it, you'll probably see why I decided to ...

  • New AHCJ board seated for 2012-13

    Updated: 2012-07-31 15:24:53
    Scott Hensley, NPR’s Shots blog writer and editor, joins five incumbents in being seated on the Association of Health Care Journalists' 2012-13 board of directors. Scott Hensley Incumbents starting a new two-year term include AHCJ Secretary Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News; AHCJ Treasurer Ivan Oransky, M.D., Reuters Health; Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health ...

  • Investigation reveals abuses at brain rehab institute

    Updated: 2012-07-31 15:24:53
    Bloomberg's David Armstrong has assembled an investigation of a huge Florida center for brain injury rehabilitation with a record of serious patient abuse, and the system which has allowed it to keep running for so long. Armstrong talked with 20 current and former patients and their families, examined criminal and civil ...

  • Faced with shortages, paramedics turn to expired drugs

    Updated: 2012-07-31 15:24:53
    Reporting on how drug shortages are impacting paramedics, The Associated Press' Jonathan Cooper discovered things had deteriorated to the point that, he writes, "Paramedics reported asking some of those facing medical emergencies: 'Is it OK if we use this expired drug?'" Based in Oregon, Cooper found that, in fact, paramedics around ...

  • Extensive coverage of AIDS 2012 available online

    Updated: 2012-07-31 15:24:53
    The XIX International AIDS Conference is under way in Washington, D.C., this week.if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget('22b2cba2-f32f-485a-97b9-6261156e1754'); Get the Aids2012 widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! Not seeing a widget? (More info) As in past years, Kaiser Family Foundation is providing extensive coverage and webcasts from the conference. All coverage will ...

  • Caregiving element is missing from articles on senior housing options

    Updated: 2012-07-31 15:24:53
    If you're going to write about new options for vulnerable older adults who want to age in place in your community, it behooves you to understand the relationship between housing and health. I'm afraid I didn't find that kind of knowledge evident in a poorly reported piece on "granny pods" by ...

  • Rwanda goes on Ebola alert

    Updated: 2012-07-31 13:37:06

  • Hong Kong: Man with NDM1 infection dies

    Updated: 2012-07-31 13:33:26

  • Philippines: Second EV71 case confirmed

    Updated: 2012-07-31 13:27:26

  • India: 151 encephalitis deaths in Uttar Pradesh

    Updated: 2012-07-31 13:23:00

  • India blackout: Hospitals on backup power

    Updated: 2012-07-31 13:09:49

  • New influenza virus from seals highlights the risks of pandemic flu from animals

    Updated: 2012-07-31 12:55:54
    A new strain of influenza virus found in harbor seals could represent a threat to wildlife and human health, according to the authors of a study appearing July 31 in mBio, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. It is crucial to monitor viruses like this one, which originated in birds and adapted to infect mammals, the authors say, so that scientists can better...

  • Rejected Alzheimer's drug shows new potential

    Updated: 2012-07-31 12:55:51
    An international team of scientists led by researchers at Mount Sinai School Medicine have discovered that a drug that had previously yielded conflicting results in clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease effectively stopped the progression of memory deterioration and brain pathology in mouse models of early stage Alzheimer's disease. The findings, published July 31, 2012 in Molecular Psychia...

  • India blackouts widen as 620 million left without power

    Updated: 2012-07-31 12:53:57

  • Two suspected Ebola deaths reported in Uganda

    Updated: 2012-07-31 12:48:40

  • India: Three power grids collapse, blacking out 670 million people

    Updated: 2012-07-31 12:42:30

  • Zimmer on H3N8 bird flu in seals

    Updated: 2012-07-31 04:32:40

  • US: Encephalitis risk remains after aerial spraying in Massachusetts

    Updated: 2012-07-31 04:25:33

  • Muhumuza: More Ebola cases found in Uganda

    Updated: 2012-07-31 04:17:11

  • Uganda: Profile of Ebola

    Updated: 2012-07-31 03:35:37

  • How Kenya is covering Ebola in Uganda

    Updated: 2012-07-31 03:25:40
    : H5N1 News and resources about influenza , infectious diseases , and the politics of public health Ebola : Uganda Red Cross dispatches emergency team Main Uganda : Profile of Ebola July 30, 2012 How Kenya is covering Ebola in Uganda Via the Kenya Television Network : nbsp Ebola Virus In Uganda This is a short news clip 1:48 from a KTN news program . It doesn't add much new information , but at least you can see where the outbreak is . happening Meanwhile the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation posted a brief news item earlier . today Most Kenyan print media have little or nothing to say so far , but The Standard in a long article says The Government is on high alert and special teams are ready to deal with Ebola if it crosses the border into . Kenya July 30, 2012 at 08:25 PM in Ebola Media

  • Ebola: Uganda Red Cross dispatches emergency team

    Updated: 2012-07-31 03:05:23

  • Be calm, says Museveni as Ebola cases rise to 25

    Updated: 2012-07-31 00:50:34

  • Pakistan: Police called to aid in polio vaccinations

    Updated: 2012-07-31 00:43:37

  • US: New bird flu virus killing baby seals

    Updated: 2012-07-30 22:17:57

  • Taiwan: Medics warn of Japanese encephalitis dangers

    Updated: 2012-07-30 21:58:33

  • Uganda's Ministry of Health

    Updated: 2012-07-30 21:49:29

  • Humans Might Be Hard-Wired to 'Love Thy Neighbor'

    Updated: 2012-07-30 19:11:43
    MONDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- The amount of physical space between people may influence how they react to each other in certain situations, new research suggests. British psychologists from the University of Lincoln argue that people may actually be hard-wired to "love thy neighbor." In conducting the study, the researchers analyzed the behavior of contestants in fi...

  • 'Obese' Label May Not Apply to Heavy Ex-NFL Players

    Updated: 2012-07-30 19:11:39
    MONDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- Standard definitions of obesity, which are based on height and weight, may not apply to former National Football League players and other groups with greater muscle mass, according to a new study. "We found [body-mass index] to overestimate the number of obesity cases in a population of retired professional football athletes," Dr. Mark H...

  • Scientists ID New Gene Linked to Vision Loss in Infants

    Updated: 2012-07-30 17:01:54
    MONDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- A new gene associated with a rare form of blindness from birth has been identified by researchers. According to the report published online July 29 in the journal Nature Genetics , mutations in the NMNAT1 gene are linked to Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), an inherited retinal degenerative disease that causes reduced vision in infants. S...

  • Health coaches could be key to successful weight loss, study suggests

    Updated: 2012-07-30 16:44:34
    (PROVIDENCE, R.I.) Coaches can help athletes score touchdowns and perfect their golf swing, but can they also influence weight loss? Researchers from The Miriam Hospital's Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center say health coaches could play an important role in the battle of the bulge, according to the findings of a pilot study published online in the journal Obesity . In the first...

  • Northwestern Medicine hosts the National Marfan Foundation's Annual Conference

    Updated: 2012-07-30 16:44:32
    The National Marfan Foundation is gearing up for its 28th Annual conference, held at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, August 2-5. Hosted by Northwestern Medicine and the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, the four-day conference has something for everyone with Marfan syndrome (MFS) and related disorders, including access to many of the top MFS experts in the worl...

  • Mayo Clinic Health System receives grant to improve rural health care

    Updated: 2012-07-30 16:44:29
    ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic Health System Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) is sharing in an $11 million government grant to lead the creation of a national learning collaborative among rural health care providers. The effort is part of a national partnership using the Health Care Innovation Award funded by the Affordable Care Act. "This is a great opportunity for us to share hea...

  • In Massachusetts, 'individual mandate' led to decreased hospital productivity

    Updated: 2012-07-30 16:32:09
    Philadelphia, Pa. (July 30, 2012) - As the "individual mandate" of the Affordable Care Act moves forward, debate and speculation continue as to whether universal health insurance coverage will lead to significant cost savings for hospitals. The assumption is that providing appropriate primary care will improve the overall health of the population, resulting in less need for hospital services a...

  • Dr. Tara Smith on Uganda's Ebola outbreaks

    Updated: 2012-07-30 16:27:59

  • Coordinated Care Boosts Cardiac Arrest Survival: Study

    Updated: 2012-07-30 14:36:46
    MONDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- A regional system of improved care for cardiac arrest patients in Japan reduced the risk of death and the number of survivors who suffered brain damage, a new study finds. An advanced post-cardiac arrest care system implemented in the Aizu region in 2009 included emergency medical services taking patients directly to hospitals specializing...

  • Heart Defect at Birth Signals Need to Check for Other Disorders: AHA

    Updated: 2012-07-30 14:36:42
    MONDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- Children born with a heart defect should undergo early evaluation, immediate treatment and ongoing follow-up for related developmental disorders affecting brain function, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement. The statement also identifies, for the first time, conditions that increase the risk of developmental...

  • Abandoning PSA Screening Could Cost Lives: Study

    Updated: 2012-07-30 14:36:39
    By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- In the wake of a widely publicized report advising against prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for prostate cancer, a new study finds not screening would triple the number of U.S. men developing advanced cancer. Testing, on the other hand, might keep some 17,000 men each year from receiving a di...

  • More College Women Smoking Hookahs

    Updated: 2012-07-30 14:36:33
    MONDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- First-time use of a hookah (water pipe) to smoke tobacco is increasingly common among U.S. female college students in their freshman year, a new study finds. Researchers surveyed 483 female college freshman and found that 343 had not used a hookah before college. Of those 343 students, 23 percent tried hookah smoking during their first yea...

  • Alcohol Is a Social Lubricant, Study Confirms

    Updated: 2012-07-30 14:36:30
    MONDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- You've seen those commercials with fun-loving people sharing a laugh over a cold brew. Now, a new study lends scientific support to the notion of alcohol as a social icebreaker. Researchers found that drinking moderate amounts of alcohol in a group setting boosts people's emotions and enhances social bonding. The study also found that mod...

  • Diagnostic imaging increases among stage IV cancer patients on Medicare

    Updated: 2012-07-30 14:36:25
    The use of diagnostic imaging in Medicare patients with stage IV cancer has increased faster than among those with early-stage (stages I and II) disease, according to a study published July 30 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute . The costs of diagnostic imaging have increased more rapidly than the overall costs of cancer care, making diagnostic imaging the fastest-growing div...

  • Mexico: 2.5 million birds slaughtered in bird flu outbreak

    Updated: 2012-07-11 06:56:30
    Around 2.5 million birds at poultry farms in western Mexico have been slaughtered over the past three weeks in an attempt to contain a bird flu outbreak, the country's agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.

  • Drugs tunnel from Mexico to Arizona discovered

    Updated: 2012-07-10 08:16:07
    Mexican military personnel have discovered a smuggling tunnel used to transport narcotics into Arizona.

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