'SCHIP funding levels too low' ACP tells Senate Finance Committee Leaders
... Senate Finance Committee to report legislation to mandate at least two years of stable, predictable and positive updates, reflecting increases in physicians practice costs. Level the playing field between Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service (FFS) and apply the savings to SCHIP and halting the Medica...New study reports hotel guests at risk from carbon monoxide poisoning
...must contain a smoke detector, there is no federal mandate for CO detectors. In a study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers from LDS Hospital report on the incidence and impact of CO poisoning of hotel guests. Using data collected at the LDS Hospital Hype...Different type of iron supplement is better at boosting iron levels
... PATH, Washington DC, USA, says: "Governments that mandate fortification will, if they develop capacity for assessment and monitoring, be able to ensure that the right nutrients are added to and maintained in key foods. Food fortification is one of the most sustainable and cost-effective methods available to...What are the challenges faced by research ethics committees in Africa?
International guidelines and many nations' laws mandate that research with humans requires prior approval from a research ethics committee (called an institutional review board or IRB in the US). A new study in PLoS Medicine examined how well these research ethics committees are functioning in Africa. ...Research ethics committees in Africa report inadequate funding, staffing and training
...that national policies across Africa are needed to mandate the creation and monitoring of research ethics committees during a time when health research on humans is increasing. The authors suggest this is more likely to occur when international funders, aid agencies, and journals require it. "Research eth...New Congress should focus on covering the uninsured, reducing health costs, according to new survey
... industry leaders (57%) believe that an individual mandate to buy coverage would be effective. Reducing Inappropriate Care, Increased Use of Evidence-Based Guidelines, Improving IT Use Considered Top Ways to Control Costs When asked about approaches to control the rising cost of health care, three of fou...Trans fat ban: Watch saturated fats and calories too
...that the focus on the new regulations shift to the mandate to display calorie labeling in food service establishments, and educating people about their total daily caloric requirements....St. Jude, El Salvador create research ethics committee
...et Oncology. Establishing the REC also addressed a mandate from the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, which directed that externally sponsored collaborative research, sponsors and investigators have an ethical obligation to stren...Unbelted backseat passengers produce deadly results
...ckle up. "Based on our results, state law should mandate that everyone in the vehicle must wear a safety belt, no matter where they sit," Mayrose concludes....Mount Sinai and EXACT Sciences announce study results on study stool DNA testing for colon cancer
...y rates, a major goal for our company as well as a mandate of the American Cancer Society." Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. and more than half of the over 80 million people over the age of 50 have never been screened.1 A recent NCI study published in the Americ...Congressional action strengthens internal medicine ACP says
...ments, bring down the cost of a long term fix, and mandate a pilot test of the patient centered medical home." The statement also said that ACP looks forward to working with the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) on the new transitional pay for reporting program that will begin in July 2007 to ...Want fair and affordable health insurance for the uninsured? Ask the public to design it
...g on age, health status and income. The individual mandate is subject to the availability of affordable, credible coverage, but the details of affordability and what counts as credible coverage have not yet been decided. In fact, Goold and a graduate student, Nancy Baum, address that very issue in a new es...Most Canadian med school grads lack basic surgical skills
...fore, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to mandate that a specific program be implemented to teach surgical skills in Canada, Birch said. "At the moment, I don't know of any medical schools in Canada that formally teach and evaluate basic surgical skills of medical students, but maybe they should....Civil society movement calls for transparency in the WHO director-general elections
... is properly funded and empowered to carry out its mandate to facilitate the fulfilment of universal rights to essential health care....Julio Frenk should be the front-runner in elections for Director-General of the WHO
...ka - can meet the challenges of revitalising WHO's mandate as a global public-health agency. Dr Horton concludes: "The Executive Board of WHO has emphasised (EB 97. R10) that the Director-General should have "a strong technical and public health background and extensive experience in international health",...Second-generation antipsychotic medications appear to offer little advantage over older drugs
...nformation should not encourage changes that would mandate the use of less-expensive, first-generation drugs first, Dr. Rosenheck writes. "Data from clinical trials are only one type of information of relevance to public discourse," he continues. "A comprehensive public dialogue is needed prior to policy a...Tumor necrosis factor blockers may not cause cancer after all
...phoma prompted the Food and Drug Administration to mandate adding a cancer risk warning to the labels of three TNF blockers: etanercept (Enbrel), infliximab (Remicade), and adalimumab (Humira). Motivated by persistent concerns and inconclusive studies, researchers at Harvard Medical School's Brigham and W...Panel updates guidelines for treatment of adult HIV infection
...apy should be changed when toxicity or intolerance mandate it or when treatment failure is documented. The virologic target for patients with treatment failure is now a plasma HIV-1 RNA level below 50 copies/mL, a goal that is now achievable in a substantial proportion of patients. Once antiretroviral therap...Many cleaners, air fresheners may pose health risks when used indoors
...ng and the study's lead author. To comply with its mandate to protect public health and welfare, for the past four decades the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has been developing and implementing regulatory programs to reduce air pollution in the state. These regulations also cover emissions of volatile...Health Partnership Act endorsed By American College of Physicians
...ess is much preferable to establishing an unfunded mandate for states." ACP also supports the creation of a State Health Innovation Commission to oversee the selection of grant applications, monitor state progress, and report to the public on the progress made by each state plan. "We cannot over-emphasize t...