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State roundup: Virginia's new gov. wants Medicaid expansion; insurance costs more for N.C. rural folks

Gov. Robert F. McDonnell will propose a two-year state budget Monday that calls for boosting K-12 education funding by nearly $600 million and pouring millions more into higher education, mental health services, water-quality improvements and homelessness-prevention programs. ... The [incoming governor, Democrat Terry McAuliffe] hopes to change it profoundly by adding language to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, which state House Republicans say won't get by them (Vozzella, 12/15).

17 Dec 2013

Despite lower socioeconomic status, immigrants often in better health than their naturalized counterparts

Health disparities research has frequently focused on the "health immigration paradox", which finds that recent Latino immigrants are often in better health than their naturalized counterparts, despite lower socioeconomic status. Little previous research has focused on the health status of foreign-born people over the age of 50, who make up over a third of all immigrants.

13 Dec 2013

Chemical reactions could be used to implement important artificial intelligence algorithms

Computer scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have joined forces to put powerful probabilistic reasoning algorithms in the hands of bioengineers.

13 Dec 2013

Parenting deteriorates when families face different risk factors at once, study finds

New findings from a long-running study of nearly 1300 rural children by UNC's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute reveal that parenting deteriorates when families face a number of risk factors at once. As a result, children's intellectual, emotional, and social development suffers.

12 Dec 2013

Study reveals that women are under-represented within the academic publishing system

After reviewing the authorship of 5.4 million peer-reviewed articles, University of Montreal information scientist Prof Vincent Larivière and colleagues from UQAM and University of Indiana have established that women are seriously under-represented within the academic publishing system.

11 Dec 2013

HealthCare.gov 'vastly improved,' but back-end problems persist

A little over a week after the deadline that President Barack Obama gave for fixing the federal health care exchange, the system serving 36 states is far more user friendly, according to consumers and navigators.

11 Dec 2013

Methodist Health System joins with IBM Watson and MD Buyline to enable better patient care

Methodist Health System, a premier healthcare provider in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, will leverage MD Buyline's Hippocrates powered by IBM Watson (a cognitive computing application) in its hospitals to enable better patient care, satisfaction and outcomes through more informed decision making.

10 Dec 2013

Elsevier strengthens long-standing relationship with China Science Publishing & Media

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information products and services, and part of the Reed Elsevier group, announced today that it is strengthening and refocusing the scope of its long-standing relationship with China Science Publishing & Media Ltd. (CSPM) to create an international publishing platform for English-language STM journals that brings the expanding wealth of research originating from China to the world.

5 Dec 2013

Novel battery jolts dangerously misbehaving heart back to normal rhythm

The engineering feat that enables a device to jolt a dangerously misbehaving heart back to its normal rhythm and save millions of lives is featured in a new video from the popular Prized Science series from the American Chemical Society (ACS).

4 Dec 2013

Mount Sinai cardiologists contribute to the creation of new cardiomyopathy classification system

Leading cardiologists at The Mount Sinai Hospital have contributed to the development of a new classification system called MOGE(S) for cardiomyopathies, the diseases of the heart muscle which can lead to heart enlargement and heart failure.

4 Dec 2013

Prenatal alcohol exposure impacts brain development and change behavior

Prenatal exposure to alcohol severely disrupts major features of brain development that potentially lead to increased anxiety and poor motor function, conditions typical in humans with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, according to neuroscientists at the University of California, Riverside.

3 Dec 2013

3T MRI scanner allows Polish scientists to perform structural and functional imaging of human brain

The Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Warsaw launches research programs, which require state-of-the-art magnetic resonance scanner.

3 Dec 2013

Computer models of neuronal sound processing in brain lead to cochlear implant improvements

Intact hearing is a prerequisite for learning to speak. This is why children who are born deaf are fitted with so-called cochlear implants as early as possible. Cochlear implants consist of a speech processor and a transmitter coil worn behind the ear, together with the actual implant, an encapsulated microprocessor placed under the skin to directly stimulate the auditory nerve via an electrode with up to 22 contacts.

3 Dec 2013

Sports concussions increase risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, says study

It's been widely reported that football and other contact sports increase the risk of a debilitating neurological condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

3 Dec 2013

Parents' unsociable work hours may have negative consequences for children

A comprehensive review of studies on parents' work schedules and child development spanning the last three decades shows that parents' work schedules in evenings, nights and weekends, so called "nonstandard work schedules" or "unsociable work hours", may have negative consequences for children. When parents work such hours, children tended to have more behavioral problems, poorer cognitive ability (e.g., language, reading and mathematics), and were more likely to be overweight or obese than children in families where parents mostly worked during the daytime hours and week day.

2 Dec 2013

GFF launches education campaign to stop violence against women in DRC, prevent HIV/AIDS in military

The Gertler Family Foundation, in partnership with the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, marked World AIDS Day by launching an aggressive new education campaign to stop violence against women in the DRC and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in the military.

2 Dec 2013

Nearly 1% of all newborns in Switzerland diagnosed with congenital heart defect

Approximately one percent of all newborns in Switzerland are diagnosed with a congenital heart defect, roughly half of them require open heart surgery. Most children, including those with the most severe heart defects, survive because of the significant advancements in surgical techniques. Therefore, the current research focuses less on survival than on long-term consequences and quality of life of these children.

2 Dec 2013

Special issue of JACR focuses on the role of imaging-based screening in preventive medicine

To be published online Monday, Dec. 2, a special issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology addresses imaging-based screening and radiology's increasing role in preventive medicine. Topics covered include breast density legislation, digital breast tomosynthesis (or 3-D mammography), lung cancer screening and computed tomography colonography reimbursement.

2 Dec 2013

World AIDS Day: (RED) invites the world to join in fight against AIDS

World AIDS Day marks a time to celebrate how far we've come in the fight to end AIDS, as well as a time to shine a global spotlight on the monumental, historical opportunity now upon us to deliver the world's first AIDS Free Generation in over 30 years.

30 Nov 2013

Walk-in clinics staffed by nurses can reduce health care costs, says URI professor

People who don't have health insurance are often forced to seek treatment at hospital emergency rooms for colds, body aches and other routine illnesses. Those visits cost patients, hospitals and taxpayers millions of dollars every year.

28 Nov 2013

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State roundup: Virginia's new gov. wants Medicaid expansion; insurance costs more for N.C. rural folks

Despite lower socioeconomic status, immigrants often in better health than their naturalized counterparts

Chemical reactions could be used to implement important artificial intelligence algorithms

Parenting deteriorates when families face different risk factors at once, study finds

Study reveals that women are under-represented within the academic publishing system

HealthCare.gov 'vastly improved,' but back-end problems persist

Methodist Health System joins with IBM Watson and MD Buyline to enable better patient care

Elsevier strengthens long-standing relationship with China Science Publishing & Media

Novel battery jolts dangerously misbehaving heart back to normal rhythm

Mount Sinai cardiologists contribute to the creation of new cardiomyopathy classification system

Prenatal alcohol exposure impacts brain development and change behavior

3T MRI scanner allows Polish scientists to perform structural and functional imaging of human brain

Computer models of neuronal sound processing in brain lead to cochlear implant improvements

Sports concussions increase risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, says study

Parents' unsociable work hours may have negative consequences for children

GFF launches education campaign to stop violence against women in DRC, prevent HIV/AIDS in military

Nearly 1% of all newborns in Switzerland diagnosed with congenital heart defect

Special issue of JACR focuses on the role of imaging-based screening in preventive medicine

World AIDS Day: (RED) invites the world to join in fight against AIDS

Walk-in clinics staffed by nurses can reduce health care costs, says URI professor

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