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| Notre Dame Biometircs Researchers Find Twins Intriguing Research Subjects | Fri, 10 Sep 2010 |
| Each year in August, the aptly named town of Twinsburg, Ohio, is the site of the largest official gathering of twins in the world. Open to all multiples - identical and fraternal twins, triplets and quads from newborns to octogenarians - the weekend's events include food, live entertainment, a golf tournament, and a twins' parade... | |
| Firm Handshake? You Just May Live Longer | Fri, 10 Sep 2010 |
| If you have a firm handshake, can walk and chew gum at the same time, leap from your chair during a scary movie or always win the three legged race at the family reunion, then well, you just live longer than your fellow human. New studies from the BMJ (British Medical Journal) formed by UK researchers have discovered the relation between basic physical tasks and mortality... | |
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| Anti-Aphrodisiac Protects Young Bedbugs | Fri, 10 Sep 2010 |
| Male bedbugs are known to be very unfussy when it comes to mating, mounting any well-fed bug they can see - regardless of age or gender. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology have discovered how immature bedbug nymphs, who would be harmed by the traumatic insemination technique practiced by the males, release alarm pheromones to deter this unwanted attention... | |
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| Low Levels Of Formaldehyde In Clothing Unlikely To Pose Health Risk | Fri, 10 Sep 2010 |
| The formaldehyde added to fabrics to keep clothing looking fresh and wrinkle-free is unlikely to pose a health risk to consumers, according to an article in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), ACS' weekly newsmagazine. C&EN Senior Correspondent David J... | |
| Health Spending Growth 0.2% Higher Through 2019 After Obama's Overhaul | Fri, 10 Sep 2010 |
| America's health care bill will rise as a result of President Obama's health care law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was signed into law in March, according to an analysis from Medicare's Office of the Actuary, but by just 0.2% higher through 2019, and that includes an extra 32 million uninsured individuals gaining health care coverage... | |
| More Primary Care Services Does Not Guarantee A Better Health Care | Fri, 10 Sep 2010 |
| A country's primary care needs is not just a question of numbers; increasing the amounts of primary care services or making patients routinely see a GP (general practitioner, primary care physician) does not necessarily guarantee that the patient will experience better outcomes, says a report from the Dartmouth Atlas Project... | |
| Americans' Vegetable Consumption Drops 2% In A Decade | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| Nearly three-quarters of all Americans eat fewer vegetables each day than the national health objectives for fruit and vegetable consumption advises them to, says a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 67.5% of US adults consume fewer than two fruits per day, the report informs... | |
| HHS Launches First Of Its Kind Consumer Focused Website In Spanish | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today unveiled CuidadodeSalud.gov, the first website in Spanish of its kind to help consumers take control of their health care by connecting them to new information and resources that will help them access quality, affordable health care coverage. Consistent with the mandate in the Affordable Care Act, CuidadodeSalud... | |
| Minister Brady Official Opens The Newly Refurbished Elphin Day Care Centre, Ireland | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| Aine Brady, T.D., Minister for Older People, officially opened the newly refurbished Elphin Day Care Centre. The Centre was established in 1994 by Elphin Social Services Committee, a voluntary group based in and around the town of Elphin. The Centre is based in the former boy's national school in the town. It currently operates five days a week and caters for up to 80 people per day... | |
| Key Pharmacogenomics Resource Expanded By NIH | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| To help advance research on how genes affect responses to medicines, the National Institutes of Health is spending $15 million over five years to expand a key resource, the Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base (PharmGKB). The goal of pharmacogenomics is to use information about a patient's genetic make-up to optimize his or her medical treatment. As the field has grown, so has PharmGKB... | |
| Group Health Physicians Receives 2010 AMGA Acclaim Award | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) announced that the recipient of the 2010 AMGA Acclaim Award is Group Health Physicians for "Reforming Our Delivery System: Internal Transformation to External Expansion," which embraces a system-wide implementation of the medical home model to improve care coordination and care management for their patient population... | |
| World Water Week: Urbanization, Irrigation, Global Food Security | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| "Global efforts to improve access to drinking water have been hampered by rapid urbanisation, with the proportion of people in urban areas with access actually declining, according to U.N. figures presented" at the World Water Week conference in Stockholm, Agence France-Presse reports... | |
| African And U.S. Universities Partner To Tackle Development Challenges Across Africa | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| USAID and Higher Education for Development announced that 11 innovative new partnerships between 22 universities in Africa and the United States have each been awarded up to $1.1 million for activities to address issues including food security and agriculture, solar energy, health care, education, and water in Africa. These partnerships will maximize the resources of U.S... | |
| Entomology 2010: Bed Bug Symposia To Address Public Health Concerns | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| Entomology 2010, the 58th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America (ESA), will feature a full day of bed bug presentations by the nation's leading bed bug experts. The meeting will take place in San Diego, California, December 12-15, 2010... | |
| Health Reform Politics: GOP Campaigning Against Law; Dems Have Mixed Strategy | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| The Associated Press: "Even if Republicans succeed beyond any current predictions and capture both the Senate and the House, they wouldn't have enough GOP votes to overcome President Barack Obama's veto." But, they could exercise the "congressional power of the purse, denying the administration billions of dollars ... | |
| Hospitals Find New Ways To Serve Growing Senior, Immigrant, Suburban Populations | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| News outlets report on hospital industries in Houston, Texas; Irvine, Calif. and Madison County, La. The Houston Chronicle: "Options to address the unique health concerns of older adults are becoming increasingly common in Houston, thanks to the longevity of the oldest seniors and graying baby boomers... | |
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| Medical Liability Costs In U.S. Pegged At 2.4 Percent Of Annual Health Care Spending | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| How much do medical liability costs-including the costs of malpractice insurance, claims and legal fees and doctors practicing "defensive medicine" to avoid being sued-add to overall medical costs? During the recent debates over federal health care reform, considerable attention focused on whether medical liability reform should be included in the package as a means of reducing costs... | |
| Practical Steps To Improve Indigenous Health, Australia | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that all parties and Independents in the new Parliament have a unique opportunity to work together to make real improvements in health outcomes and living conditions for Indigenous Australians... | |
| Reading Food Labels, Combined With Exercise, Can Lead To Weight Loss | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| Nutritional science and food marketing has become so sophisticated in recent decades that a trip to the supermarket can require a complete nutritional re-education. The average consumer needs to be on guard against preservatives, added fat, colorings, and calories, false advertising, and sophisticated but misleading labels... | |
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| NIH Ramps Up Human Microbiome Project | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| The National Institutes of Health today announced it has awarded approximately $42 million to expand the scope of eight demonstration projects designed to link changes in the human microbiome to health and disease. The funds will also support investigators to develop innovative technologies to improve the identification and characterization of microbial communities of the human microbiome... | |
