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Section: Health

NIH: Help for First-Time Moms Improves Babies’ BMI

An intervention designed to help first-time mothers effectively respond to their infant’s cues for hunger, sleep, feeding, and other infant behaviors significantly improved the body mass index (BMI) z-scores of the child through age 3 years compared with the control group. Results of the study, call Intervention Nurses Start Infants Growing on Health Trajectories (INSIGHT), […]

August 8, 2018

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Cardiologist Gets 20 Months for Fraudulent Billing

A Somerset, New Jersey man, Dr. Apostolos Voudouris, age 44, was sentenced to 20 months in prison on July 31st for fraudulent billing schemes against the VA. Voudouris is a cardiologist who has worked with the Newark VA since 2006. His sentence is part of a plea agreement, and it would likely have been harsher […]

August 8, 2018

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V.A. Employees Complain of Horrific Conditions at Hospital

The persistence of serious problems endangering America’s veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, DC has employees begging Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie for assistance. “We ask you, our respected leaders, to stop this coverup and incompetence, to really care and live up to America’s promise to its Heroes,” the […]

August 8, 2018

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Title X and Trust

Giving patients complete information about their health care is the foundation of the doctor-patient relationship. As health care providers, we do our best to uphold the medical ethics and standards of care that require us to give patients all the information they need to empower themselves to make informed decisions about their health. A trusting […]

August 6, 2018

N.C. Couple Joins Cities in Suit Over ACA

Two Charlottesville residents are suing President Donald Trump, alleging sabotage of the Affordable Care Act that sent their health insurance premiums skyrocketing. Steve Vondra and Bonnie Morgan, who are married, joined the cities of Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday. Read More

August 6, 2018

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Immigrants Might Skip Medical Care to Avoid Hassle

Thousands of immigrant families across Minnesota would be pressured to drop out of government-funded health and social service programs if the Trump administration enacts a proposed change to federal immigration policy, state and local health officials warned. Under the proposal, a legal immigrant could be denied a temporary visa or permanent residency through a green […]

August 6, 2018

Penn Study Suggests Way to Enhance Inclusion in Health Care

The importance of an inclusive workforce culture in health care is key to advancing scientific inquiry, improving the quality of care, and optimizing patient satisfaction. In fact, diverse student bodies and workforces have been shown to improve everyone’s cultural effectiveness and address inequities in health care delivery. Now, inclusiveness of workplace culture can be measured […]

August 6, 2018

Research: Lung Cancer Guidelines Don’t Fit Black, Latino Patients

Data from a lung cancer screening program at the University of Illinois at Chicago provides evidence that national lung cancer screening guidelines, which were developed based on the National Lung Screening Trial, or NLST, in 2011 and recommend screening based on age and smoking history, may be insufficient for individuals in underrepresented communities. The UIC […]

August 6, 2018

Program Builds Diverse Pipeline for Rural Care

Jazmine Walker unzips a blue body bag. A gaggle of students in scrubs and surgical masks surround her. Teams of five crowd around cadavers around the room, about to begin their first dissection of a human body. But these are not medical students − not yet anyway. They are aspiring doctors and dentists. And many […]

August 6, 2018

Government Finalizes Rule to Make Hospitals Post Prices

Before they ever set foot in the hospital, patients will be able to hop on their laptops and review all the expected charges for their particular medical procedure or surgery. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), together with a Trump administration directive, is now requiring hospitals to post prices for their services online, […]

August 6, 2018

Slow Roll Out, Fine Print for New Health Care Options

President Donald Trump says insurers are “going wild” about his new health care options and “millions and millions” of people will be signing up. But insurance companies say it will take time to design new plans and get approval from state regulators, and two major industry groups have actually expressed concern about potential downsides for […]

August 6, 2018

Politics and Birth Control

Political protesters may shout and hold signs telling the U.S. government to “get your laws off my body,” but the current presidential administration is trying to do just the opposite. While women’s contraception has until recently been readily accessible and free of cost under most healthcare plans through the Affordable Care Act, implemented when Democrat […]

August 1, 2018

Who’s Still Smoking and Why

Smoking rates have plummeted in recent decades thanks to mass media campaigns, cigarette taxes and public bans, yet nearly 38 million Americans still light up regularly. The divide between who puffs and who passes on traditional tobacco cigarettes today is largely drawn by often overlapping factors such as income, education and geography. Disparities in these […]

August 1, 2018

Easing Toxic Stress in Children Prevents Long-Term Impact

Homelessness, neglect, malnutrition, or forced parent-child separation have long been known to cause toxic stress levels in childhood that harm developing brains and bodies. Two decades ago, the link between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and long-lasting health effects surfaced in a pivotal study. Now, clinicians and researchers are taking a deep dive into how the […]

August 1, 2018

How Bots Could Compromise Public Health

Headlines for months have railed about social media bots aiming to manipulate election votes. But similar digital devices and the forces behind them may be seeking to influence something even more personal: your health. Researchers estimate there are tens of millions of bots – automated accounts sometimes posed as real people – on Twitter, with […]

August 1, 2018

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Drug Makers Have High Hopes for Drug in Alzheimer’s Study

CHICAGO — Hopes are rising again for a drug to alter the course of Alzheimer’s disease after decades of failures. An experimental therapy slowed mental decline by 30 percent in patients who got the highest dose in a mid-stage study, and it removed much of the sticky plaque gumming up their brains, the drug’s makers […]

August 1, 2018

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New York City Launches Initiative on Maternal Deaths

In response to alarming racial disparities, New York City announced a new initiative last week to reduce maternal deaths and complications among women of color. Under the new plan, the city will improve the data collection on maternal deaths and complications, fund implicit bias training for medical staff at private and public hospitals, and launch […]

August 1, 2018

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After Cardiac Arrest in Hospital, Blacks Show Poorer Outcomes

That health disparities exist between black and white patients during their hospital stays will come as no surprise to clinicians. New research on in-hospital cardiac arrest, however, shows that these differences in outcomes can persist for years, with black patients being more than 10% less likely to survive at 1, 3, and 5 years after […]

August 1, 2018

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