• Potential stories about changes in health care delivery are abundant

    Updated: 2012-08-31 18:05:12
    Many of you probably saw the recent Sunday New York Times Magazine story about home- and community-based health care, called "What Can Mississippi Learn From Iran." Basically, it describes a still rudimentary and not fully funded vision of creating "health homes" using community health workers to reach the medically underserved ...

  • No simple solution for gaps in oral health care

    Updated: 2012-08-31 18:05:12
    The lack of oral health coverage that affects more than 100 million Americans is a problem that will only be partially addressed by health care reform, organizers of a recent forum on Capitol Hill acknowledged. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) ensures dental benefits for children in the "essential ...

  • New tool allows searches of nursing home inspection reports

    Updated: 2012-08-31 18:05:12
    For the first time, reporters anywhere in the country can search nursing home inspection reports online and see how often common problems pop up. Thank you, ProPublica, for creating Nursing Home Inspect. It'll make our jobs much easier, and be a valuable source of story ideas for many months to come. Included ...

  • Member close-up: Seattle Times’ Michael Berens

    Updated: 2012-08-31 18:05:12
    This has been quite a year for Michael Berens. In April, Berens and Ken Armstrong of The Seattle Times were awarded the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting for their work exposing Washington's financially motivated practice of routinely prescribing methadone, a deadly pain drug, for people in state-subsidized health care. Berens and ...

  • Investigators look into allegations of Medicaid dental recruiting of Dallas children

    Updated: 2012-08-31 18:05:12
    Byron Harris of WFAA-Dallas reports authorities there are investigating cases in which at least six children allegedly were recruited at a convenience store, paid $10 and then taken to a dental clinic where they underwent procedures without parental consent. More on Medicaid and dentistry in Texas Dentists bailing out on ...

  • Find evidence that insurers can – or can’t – rein in health care costs

    Updated: 2012-08-31 18:05:12
    Here's a question that reporters on the aging beat should look into as the debate over Medicare rages on: Where's the evidence that private insurers would be more successful than Medicare in holding down health care costs for aging Americans? Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman – a professor at Princeton University and a ...

  • Explaining the Medicare fight in a nutshell

    Updated: 2012-08-31 18:05:12
    Just about every major news outlet has done a "fact check" on the Medicare wars that erupted after Mitt Romney chose Paul Ryan as his running mate. And there's a chance that you are still confused. So here's a very, very simple – maybe overly simple ...

  • Covering tropical storms: Resources, related stories to help your reporting

    Updated: 2012-08-31 18:05:12
    As Tropical Storm Hurricane Isaac bears down on the Gulf Coast, we have gathered tip sheets about covering natural disasters and the ensuing public health risks, along with articles written by journalists about covering the public health angle of disasters. The compilation includes award-winning stories about covering health and health ...

  • Candidates to answer questions on science, policy

    Updated: 2012-08-31 18:05:12
    President Barack Obama and presidential candidate Mitt Romney will answer a series of questions about science and related policy. The questions, developed by ScienceDebate.org with the help of a group of science and engineering organizations. While all of the questions - and their answers - will be of interest to health ...

  • Aging in LGBT community comes with anxiety, silence for some

    Updated: 2012-08-31 18:05:12
    For a generation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults now in their 60s, 70s and 80s, silence was, for a long time, a way of life. Stu Maddux Growing old and becoming ill and dependent can stir up painful feelings. Am I a worthwhile person? Will others stay by me ...

  • Keeping Up a Healthy Lifestyle Pays Off in Added Years: Study

    Updated: 2012-08-31 17:21:25
    FRIDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- So how much of a benefit might you get from exercising, eating right and avoiding vices like smoking? New research from Sweden suggests that healthy living into old age can boost life spans by several years. The study sought to determine how healthy living affects people aged 75 or older. The researchers, from the Karolinska Institute a...

  • Turning Off the Tube Linked to Healthier Weight in Teens

    Updated: 2012-08-31 17:21:18
    FRIDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Reducing the amount of time that teens spend watching television may prevent them from putting on too much weight, researchers say. In a new study, 153 adults and 72 adolescents in the same households were randomly assigned to receive either a one-year "TV allowance," which limited their total household viewing hours, or to continue with n...

  • BUSM researchers study use of MRI in osteoarthritis

    Updated: 2012-08-31 16:36:48
    (Boston) A study conducted by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) shows that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detected a high prevalence of abnormalities associated with knee osteoarthritis in middle-aged and elderly patients that had no evidence of knee osteoarthritis in X-ray images. Ali Guermazi, MD, PhD, professor of radiology at BUSM and chief of Musculoskel...

  • Mobile apps for diabetes present usability issues for older adults

    Updated: 2012-08-31 16:36:45
    Diabetes is prevalent among adults aged 65 and older and can lead to a number of other serious health issues. Maintaining control of blood glucose levels is one of the most important actions diabetics can take to control their illness. New technology is designed to make self-monitoring easier and more accessible than ever before, but often tech products fail to accommodate some older users. Hu...

  • US: CDC reports more H3N2v cases, first death

    Updated: 2012-08-31 16:22:18

  • 7.7 quake off Philippines triggers tsunami alert; one death

    Updated: 2012-08-31 16:00:56

  • Breathable treatment to help prevent asthma attacks

    Updated: 2012-08-31 15:41:21
    Details of a treatment that could help asthmatics fight infections that trigger 80% of asthma attacks, developed by University of Southampton spin-out company Synairgen, will be presented to European respiratory experts on Sunday 2 September. The study provides the first evidence that boosting asthmatics' immune systems can help reduce the number of asthma attacks due to the common cold an...

  • Immune system protein could explain pancreatitis	

    Updated: 2012-08-31 15:41:14
    It is likely that the protein is also highly significant for other inflammatory diseases. The research results have been published in the American journal Gastroenterology. Excessive alcohol intake and gall stones are known risk factors for acute pancreatitis. However, as yet no explanation has been found for what actually happens in the body in cases of acute pancreatitis. Current...

  • US: California hantavirus outbreak surprises experts

    Updated: 2012-08-31 15:32:52

  • Small waves hit south Philippines after earthquake

    Updated: 2012-08-31 15:22:23

  • WHO: Global strategy for dengue prevention and control

    Updated: 2012-08-31 15:12:16

  • Canada: Ad for herbal whooping cough remedy ordered retracted

    Updated: 2012-08-31 15:05:19

  • In Diabetes, Any Protein in Urine May Signal Heart Risk

    Updated: 2012-08-31 14:53:37
    THURSDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Any amount of measurable protein in the urine -- even if it is within the normal range -- may increase the risk of heart problems in people with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. The findings, published online Aug. 30 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology , could help identify patients who should be treated with...

  • Breast Cancer Drug May Harm the Heart More Than Thought

    Updated: 2012-08-31 14:53:33
    By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Women with breast cancer who are treated with the cancer drug Herceptin may have more long-term cardiac problems than experts have thought, new research suggests. It has been known that women treated with anti-cancer drugs known as anthracyclines and Herceptin (trastuzumab) are at higher risk for he...

  • Kidney Stones May Be Tied to Later Kidney Problems

    Updated: 2012-08-31 14:53:29
    FRIDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that people who have kidney stones -- especially younger women -- are slightly more likely to develop more serious kidney problems later in life. The study, published online Aug. 30 in BMJ , doesn't prove that kidney stones directly cause serious kidney problems. But it does indicate that there may be a connection....

  • Philippines: M5.5 earthquake - 102km NE of San Isidro, Philippines

    Updated: 2012-08-31 14:10:35

  • Tsunami warning lifted for Japan, Taiwan after 7.9 quake

    Updated: 2012-08-31 14:03:28

  • Indonesia: 7.9-quake off Philippines triggers tsunami alert

    Updated: 2012-08-31 13:51:47

  • Japan: Experts say M9 Nankai Trough earthquake would kill hundreds of thousands

    Updated: 2012-08-31 13:43:22

  • Uganda: Schools re-open after Ebola attack

    Updated: 2012-08-31 13:37:15

  • 7.9-magnitude quake hits off coast of Philippines

    Updated: 2012-08-31 13:32:42

  • Guinea/Sierra Leone: Cholera - rising with the downpours

    Updated: 2012-08-31 13:30:06

  • Philippines: 7.9 earthquake 93km E of Sulangan

    Updated: 2012-08-31 13:20:32

  • Pakistan: Anti-dengue campaign: Half-sleeve shirts, shorts banned in schools, colleges

    Updated: 2012-08-31 04:48:51

  • Haiti: 3 deaths from cholera after the passage of Isaac

    Updated: 2012-08-31 04:40:47

  • WHO: Cholera in Sierra Leone - update

    Updated: 2012-08-31 04:25:47

  • WHO: Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo - update

    Updated: 2012-08-31 04:22:55

  • Haiti: 7,526 cholera deaths as of August 27

    Updated: 2012-08-30 22:43:36
    MSPP has posted one more day's worth of cholera statistics on its ocumentation age, this one for August 27. As before, several departments didn't report on this day, and the numbers aren't always consistent, but here they are: Cases: 94 Hospitalizations: 50 Deaths: 2 Total deaths since October 2010: 7,526 (6 more than reported on ugust 26) Total cases since October 2010: 588,268 (487 more than reported on August 26)

  • Canada: West Nile cases in Toronto at 10-year high

    Updated: 2012-08-30 22:30:11

  • Traumatic childhood may increase the risk of drug addiction

    Updated: 2012-08-30 17:50:23
    Previous research has shown that personality traits such as impulsivity or compulsiveness are indicators of an increased risk of addiction. Now, new research from the University of Cambridge suggests that these impulsive and compulsive personality traits are also associated with a traumatic upbringing during childhood. The study was published today, 31 August, in the journal American Jour...

  • Tiny Batteries Pose Growing Threat to Kids

    Updated: 2012-08-30 10:10:52
    By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- As the use of small button batteries has become more widespread to power devices such as toys, watches and hearing aids, more young children have swallowed them, resulting in choking and even deaths, a new U.S. report says. From 1997 to 2010, as many as 40,000 children under 13 years old have been...

  • More heart problems with 2 chemo drugs for breast cancer

    Updated: 2012-08-30 09:58:39
    SEATTLEWomen who have breast cancer and are treated with two chemotherapy drugs may experience more cardiac problems like heart failure than shown in previous studies, according to a new Cancer Research Network study by Group Health researchers and others in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute . The study is significant because more and more women are surviving longer with b...

  • Health reform: How community health centers could offer better access to subspecialty care

    Updated: 2012-08-30 09:40:15
    FINDINGS: The Affordable Care Act will fund more community health centers, making primary care more accessible to the underserved. But this may not necessarily lead to better access to subspecialty care. In a new study, researchers from the David Geffen School of Medicine and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars program at UCLA and colleagues...

  • A List of Companies Who Have Contributed Against GMO Labeling

    Updated: 2012-08-24 00:41:26
    Natural Solutions Foundation is pleased to reproduce this important list with permission from RSN http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/13062-a-list-of-food-companies-that-hide-gmos A List of Food Companies That Hide GMOs By Cate Woodruff, Reader Supported News 22 August 12 Unknown to most Americans, many US food companies, which manage to keep their GMO ingredients under wraps, are joining forces to beat back [...]

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