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State highlights: Mo.'s declining Medicaid caseload; N.C. budget would cut Medicaid rolls; Calif. paid sick leave

Missouri is seeing a bigger decline in its Medicaid rolls than nearly any other state, a ranking that the Nixon administration attributes to an improving economy and critics blame on application snafus.

31 May 2014

Research roundup: End-of-life preferences; surviving trauma when older; ACA's big waiver for states

Policies and practices that promote advance care planning and advance directive completion implicitly assume that patients' choices for end-of-life (EOL) care are stable over time, even with changes in health status.

31 May 2014

State highlights: Complaint says Fla. plans tried to keep out AIDS patients; Ill. restores some Medicaid services; Fla. Gov. to sue feds

Four Florida insurance companies offering Affordable Care Act policies are discriminating against people with HIV or AIDS, according to two health-rights organizations that plan to file a formal complaint with the federal government Thursday.

30 May 2014

Online and mobile apps designed for health and well-being are often short-lived

According to a doctoral thesis by Research Scientist Kirsikka Kaipainen from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, online and mobile applications for stress management and healthy eating reach a large number of users but their appeal tends to be short-lived.

30 May 2014

Physicians and scientists to discuss health, fitness and well-being at ACSM Annual Meeting

The 61st ACSM Annual Meeting brings more than 6,000 physicians, scientists, educators, students and others to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, May 27-31.

30 May 2014

Early childhood development programs can greatly impact children’s ability to earn more in adulthood

In the Friday (May 30) edition of the journal Science, researchers find that early childhood development programs are particularly important for disadvantaged children in Jamaica and can greatly impact an individual's ability to earn more money as an adult.

30 May 2014

Reduced glomerular filtration rate is independent risk factor for renal and urothelial cancer

Researchers who investigated the level of kidney function and subsequent cancer risk in more than one million adults have found that reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR) — a key measure of reduced kidney function and chronic kidney disease (CKD) — is an independent risk factor for renal and urothelial cancer but not other cancer types.

30 May 2014

Obama hosts summit on sports-related concussions

The president is overseeing a daylong White House meeting today with more than 200 medical researchers, athletes, coaches, league officials and others to raise awareness about this public health issue.

30 May 2014

Cyclists improve performance during deception

Indiana University researchers say a little deception caused cyclists in their 4-kilometer time trial to up their performance even after they realized they had been tricked.

30 May 2014

Men who feel stressed have fewer, slower sperm

Psychological stress is harmful to sperm and semen quality, affecting its concentration, appearance, and ability to fertilize an egg, according to a study led by researchers Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Rutgers School of Public Health.

30 May 2014

Sudden loss of loved one can trigger psychiatric disorders in people with no history of mental illness

The sudden loss of a loved one can trigger a variety of psychiatric disorders in people with no history of mental illness, according to researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and colleagues at Columbia's School of Social Work and Harvard Medical School.

30 May 2014

Hand sanitizer powerful weapon against current measles outbreak

With measles cases in the U.S. at a 20-year high, it's more important than ever to keep your hands clean. Measles, caused by an airborne virus that's spread by breathing, coughing, and sneezing, can linger for up to two hours in the air or on surfaces.

30 May 2014

Innovative device has potential to reduce hemorrhage, save lives

Removing a malignant tumor from the head of the pancreas is a risky and demanding operation. The surgeon must carefully navigate around the stomach, the gallbladder, the bile duct, lymph nodes, and several high-pressure blood vessels.

29 May 2014

Study explores how ACA empowers CRNAs to make anesthesia services more accessible to patients

As a profession, nurse anesthesia is at a tipping point. While recent federal legislation and changes to the U.S. Medicare program have expanded opportunities for certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) to provide care to more patients and receive reimbursement for their services, many states still restrict their scope of practice and limit their pay.

29 May 2014

Study shows high BP drugs may raise likelihood of age-related macular degeneration

There may be a connection between taking vasodilators and developing early-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among Americans who are age 65 and older, according to a study published online in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

29 May 2014

Study defines specific genetic mechanism that explains some of schizophrenia's heritability

The overall number and nature of mutations—rather than the presence of any single mutation—influences an individual's risk of developing schizophrenia, as well as its severity, according to a discovery by Columbia University Medical Center researchers published in the latest issue of Neuron.

29 May 2014

Researchers receive $1.5M grant to lower rates of cervical cancer among incarcerated women

Researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center will use a $1.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to examine ways to lower the rates of cervical cancer among incarcerated women.

29 May 2014

Researchers find link between aging and chemicals in environment

Why are some 75-year-olds downright spry while others can barely get around? Part of the explanation, say researchers writing in the Cell Press journal Trends in Molecular Medicine on May 28, is differences from one person to the next in exposure to harmful substances in the environment, chemicals such as benzene, cigarette smoke, and even stress.

29 May 2014

Testing for STI co-infections may improve HIV prevention in Africa

To maximize HIV prevention efforts in South Africa and perhaps the broader region, public health officials should consider testing for other sexually transmitted infections when they test for HIV, according to a new paper in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.

29 May 2014

Contemporary dataset reveals burden of paediatric pneumococcal disease

Children with chronic or immunocompromising medical conditions continue to be at increased risk for developing pneumococcal disease in the current era of universal immunisation, US researchers report.

28 May 2014

Public Health News and Research

State highlights: Mo.'s declining Medicaid caseload; N.C. budget would cut Medicaid rolls; Calif. paid sick leave

Research roundup: End-of-life preferences; surviving trauma when older; ACA's big waiver for states

State highlights: Complaint says Fla. plans tried to keep out AIDS patients; Ill. restores some Medicaid services; Fla. Gov. to sue feds

Online and mobile apps designed for health and well-being are often short-lived

Physicians and scientists to discuss health, fitness and well-being at ACSM Annual Meeting

Early childhood development programs can greatly impact children’s ability to earn more in adulthood

Reduced glomerular filtration rate is independent risk factor for renal and urothelial cancer

Obama hosts summit on sports-related concussions

Cyclists improve performance during deception

Men who feel stressed have fewer, slower sperm

Sudden loss of loved one can trigger psychiatric disorders in people with no history of mental illness

Hand sanitizer powerful weapon against current measles outbreak

Innovative device has potential to reduce hemorrhage, save lives

Study explores how ACA empowers CRNAs to make anesthesia services more accessible to patients

Study shows high BP drugs may raise likelihood of age-related macular degeneration

Study defines specific genetic mechanism that explains some of schizophrenia's heritability

Researchers receive $1.5M grant to lower rates of cervical cancer among incarcerated women

Researchers find link between aging and chemicals in environment

Testing for STI co-infections may improve HIV prevention in Africa

Contemporary dataset reveals burden of paediatric pneumococcal disease

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