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Researchers Use Sythethic Protein To Block HIV In Laboratory Experiment 20 Aug 2009 | 06:54 am
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison "report they were able to block HIV infections in the lab with synthetic proteins that prevented the virus from entering healthy cells," according ...
In Australia Doctor-Pharmacist Partnership Reduces Hospitalization For Heart Failure 20 Aug 2009 | 06:54 am
Thinking "outside the medicine cabinet" is paying off in Australia, where a doctor-pharmacist partnership is reducing hospitalizations for heart failure - one of the most expensive conditions to treat...
Studies Examine Risk Of Blood Clots Associated With Oral Contraceptives 20 Aug 2009 | 06:54 am
Oral contraceptives that contain the hormone levonorgestrel carry a lower risk of venous thrombosis, or blood clots, than other contraceptives, and many women do not use the brands with the lowest ris...
Confusion Reigns About Public Option, Health Cooperatives 20 Aug 2009 | 06:54 am
Reports that President Obama could accept a reform plan without a government-run public option have triggered a barrage of comments from administration officials and congressional leaders insisting th...
Looking To September, Lawmakers Focus On Health Reform Messages, Measures 20 Aug 2009 | 06:54 am
House Republicans are preparing for September and planning to depict Democratic attempts to reform the health care system as "potentially ruinous to small businesses," CQ Politics reports. Republican ...
Delay In Appointing Medicare Chief Baffles Lawmakers 20 Aug 2009 | 06:54 am
To the puzzlement of Congress and health care experts around the country, Mr. Obama has not named anyone to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services," The New York Times reports. CMS provid...
COBRA Rolls Double As Subsidy Makes Coverage More Affordable To Laid-Off Workers 20 Aug 2009 | 06:54 am
"A federal subsidy designed to make health insurance more affordable for laid-off workers has led to a doubling in the number of people who have opted to continue their former employer's coverage," US...
Efforts To Create Treatment Guidelines Are Often Complicated 20 Aug 2009 | 06:54 am
The development of treatment guidelines for illnesses such as diabetes is a complicated process. The New York Times reports: "The goal [of creating guidelines] is to improve treatment and, at the same...
Massachusetts Could Prove Model To Cut Costs 20 Aug 2009 | 06:54 am
CNNMoney reports that Massachusetts could prove to be a model for how to grapple with high health care costs as its own soaring costs threaten national efforts at reform. "As with the national proposa...
Today's Editorials And Opinions 20 Aug 2009 | 06:54 am
Does President Obama Have The Guts? Politico Could Hillary Clinton have been right about Barack Obama? She said it was not just a matter of Obama lacking experience - that was the least of it - but th...