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Meet the World's Most Advanced Brain Scanner
The super-MRI used in the Human Connectome Project is the ultimate brain hacking machine.
Following the conclusion of the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) that the benefits of Diane 35 and its generics outweigh the risks in a specific patient group, the French National Agency for the Safety of Medicine and Health Product...
Opioids for back pain are linked to increased risk of erectile dysfunction
Men who take opioid analgesics for back pain over a long period may have an increased risk of erectile dysfunction, a study has found.1Long term opioid use has already been linked with...
P values or confidence intervals?
The effectiveness of topical chloramphenicol in preventing wound infection after minor dermatological surgery was evaluated. Researchers performed a randomised placebo controlled double blind...
Misreporting of suicide after the L'Aquila earthquake
Until recently the suicide rate in the L’Aquila province of the Abruzzo region was greater than the Italian mean, but this changed abruptly in the aftermath of a natural catastrophe, the earthquake...
An evaluation of the first year of a major integrated care pilot—seen as a test bed for national government policy—has found little change in emergency admissions and in the wider use of health and...
News and press releases: International Clinical Trials Day: 20 May 2013
The European Medicines Agency supports International Clinical Trials Day, which is taking place on Monday 20 May 2013.
The Committee adopted by consensus a positive opinion for an initial marketing authorisation application for ProZinc (insulin human) from Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH, for the treatment of diabetes mellitus in cats to achieve reduction of hy...
Pending EC decision: ProZinc, insulin human, Opinion date: 16-May-2013
IRS Controversy Fuels Republican Health Law Opposition
Just as the House took its 37th vote to repeal the health law, largely along party lines, the Republicans held their first hearing on the IRS's tax-exempt and government-entities division. Several media outlets report that Sarah Hall Ingram, who led the division when the questioned operations began, is now in charge of the branch overseeing implementation of parts of the health law. The New York T...
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) has recommended the marketing authorisation for Aftovaxpur DOE for use in response to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).
CBO: Cadillac Tax's Bark May Be Worse Than Its Bite
Bloomberg: Health Law's Cadillac Tax Bite on Companies Drops by $57 Billion The U.S. health-care law’s projected tax bite on businesses with more generous health benefits is dropping as medical spending slows and employers look to rein in the cost of coverage. The 2010 Affordable Care Act's so-called Cadillac tax on high-premium health plans was initially projected to bring in $137 billion o...
Updated Diagnostic Guidebook For Mental Disorders To Be Unveiled This Weekend
In advance of its release, the new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has triggered debate and controversy surrounding the many changes included in this 947-page book. The Washington Post: Psychiatry's Revamped DSM Guidebook Fuels Debate For ADHD, the definition is being broadened, meaning the disorder could be diagnosed in more children. In the case of aut...
Some Hospitals Under The Microscope For Steep Pricing
The New York Times and Los Angeles Times report on specific hospitals that have been shown to be among the most expensive in the nation. Meanwhile, Modern Healthcare reports on interest from some Senators in overhauling Medicare's hospital payment system. The New York Times: New Jersey Hospital Is The Costliest In The Nation The most expensive hospital in America is not set amid the swaying...
Patient And Physician Prescribing Information A Powerful Aide In Drug Marketing
The New York Times: Pills Tracked From Doctor To Patient To Aid Drug Marketing The information allows drug makers to know which drugs a doctor is prescribing and how that compares to a colleague across town. They know whether patients are filling their prescriptions — and refilling them on time. They know details of patients' medical conditions and lab tests, and sometimes even their age, in...
Viewpoints: Health Law's Effect On Patient Safety; Angelina Jolie's Surgery Is The Ultimate 'Choice'
The New York Times: Learning From Litigation Much of the discussion over the Affordable Care Act has focused on whether it will bring down health care costs. Less attention has been paid to another goal of the act: improving patient safety. Each year tens of thousands of people die, and hundreds of thousands more are injured, as a result of medical error (Joanna C. Schwartz, 5/16). The...
A selection of health policy stories from Texas, Kansas, Georgia, Wisconsin and California. CQ HealthBeat: OIG Final Rule Allows Medicaid Investigators To Use Data Mining State Medicaid fraud investigators will be able to get federal matching funds to electronically search for potential fraud, under a final rule to be published on Friday. The rule, which will be published by the Health and Human S...
State Highlights: State Medicaid Investigators Get More Money To Investigate Fraud
A selection of health policy stories from Texas, Kansas, Georgia, Wisconsin and California. CQ HealthBeat: OIG Final Rule Allows Medicaid Investigators To Use Data Mining State Medicaid fraud investigators will be able to get federal matching funds to electronically search for potential fraud, under a final rule to be published on Friday. The rule, which will be published by the Health and Human S...
CMS Examines Interaction Between Medicaid And Health Insurance Exchanges
Also in the news, developments on Medicaid expansion from Arizona, Ohio and Iowa. CQ HealthBeat: At MACPAC, Discussion Of Interaction Between Medicaid And Exchanges The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has put out most of the rules to implement coverage changes under the health care law, but a top official said Thursday that the public should expect more guidance on such issues as...
Liberty University's Challenge To The Health Law Has A Day In Appellate Court
Mathew Staver, the university's lawyer, told the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that Liberty would face millions of dollars in penalties if it refuses to provide employee health insurance that violates its religious beliefs. The Associated Press/Washington Post: Appeals Court In Va. Hears Christian University's Suit Against Obama Health Care Law A Liberty University lawyer urged a federal...
Conservative Lawmakers Seek To Capitalize On Link Between Current 'Scandals' And Health Law
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., was among the members of Congress linking the I.R.S. scandal to the repeal vote and even talk of impeachment. Politico: Conservatives Link IRS Mess To Obamacare Conservative lawmakers and tea party advocates Thursday sought to link the IRS scandal to efforts to repeal Obamacare, even acknowledging the potential of impeachment. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)...
Republicans Ask GAO To Probe Sebelius' Fundraising
GOP lawmakers seek an investigation of the Health and Human Services secretary's efforts to secure more funding for a private group that will help with the implementation of the health alw. At the same time, an HHS spokesman offered more detail regarding who she contacted. Politico: GOP: GAO Should Investigate Kathleen Sebelius A group of Republican lawmakers called on the Government Accountabilit...
