Disability payments may spur drug abuse
...e authors observe that their findings could prompt policy makers to explore the possible benefits of an alternate means of disbursing cash aid payments, such as doling them out in installments throughout the month. They also recommend identifying the small subset of aid recipients who account for most of th...Nationwide data highlight encouraging trends, 'staggering' costs of ESRD
...RD tend to suggest that preventive care and health policy practices have been less than optimal." In 2004, the most recent year for which complete data were available, 104,364 Americans (approximately 0.03 percent of the population) started dialysis or received a kidney transplant. This represented nearly...Baby DVDs, videos may hinder, not help, infants' language development
...hat baby DVDs and videos are harmful, but the best policy is safety first. Parents should limit their exposure as much as possible, said Zimmerman. Over the course of childhood, children spend more time watching TV than they do in school. So parents need to spend as much time monitoring TV and other medi...States taking action to insure nation's 13.3M uninsured young adults
...rogram (SCHIP) beyond age 18 would be an important policy solution to cover this group, the authors say. The SCHIP reauthorization bill recently passed in the House of Representatives would allow states to extend coverage up to age 25. Currently, Medicaid and SCHIP coverage for children typically ends at ag...Diets high in choline may increase risk for colorectal polyps
... research, and caution in developing public health policy and guidance, is warranted, the authors write. ...Study reveals gaps in vaccine financing for underinsured children
... and private sources. Anecdotal reports from state policy makers and clinicians suggest that new gaps have arisen in financial coverage of vaccines for children who are underinsured (i.e., have private insurance that does not cover all recommended vaccines). In 2000, approximately 14 percent of children wer...WPI wins $1M to develop system to locate and monitor emergency workers in buildings
...m for researchers, corporate R&D leaders, national policy makers, and public safety departments on this critical technical challenge. The DHS award will permit WPI to enhance a precision location system it has been developing over the past four years by integrating it with technology developed by Foster-M...Early-childhood intervention may improve well-being through young adulthood
...tervention effectiveness and generate even greater policy support for quality preschool. Some will argue that the quasi-experimental evidence on quality components is so strong that we dont need randomized controlled trials to sort out these details; but with the quality of currently funded preschool prog......w TB vaccineswhat are the regulatory issues? In a policy paper in this weeks PLoS Medicine, Michael Brennan (US Food and Drug Administration) and colleagues lay out the regulatory challenges for testing and introducing investigative TB vaccines into countries where the disease is endemic. Citation: Brenna...Postpartum hospital discharges -- when is the 'right time?'
...tays must be refocused toward a broadened scope of policy and clinical care considerations. ...National quality agenda, payment reform, care integration keys to improving quality, patient safety
...roviders will see the value in the kind of unified policy these opinion leaders support. We need to move away from our fragmented system of care and move toward national strategies that will ensure all Americans the high performance health care system they deserve. Despite wide agreement and support for ...Health reform bills could improve quality and efficiency, but fall short of national plan
...a time when health care is dominating the domestic policy agenda, and as presidential candidates put forward...avis and colleagues recommend: A coordinated policy strategy with national goals to guide improvement efforts, establish priorities, ensure implementati...Worcester Polytechnic Institute to host national forum on locating first responders inside buildings
...m for researchers, corporate R&D leaders, national policy makers, and public safety departments on this critical challenge, on Aug. 6 and 7, 2007, in the Campus Center at WPI. A 2005 report from the National Fire Protection Association noted that getting lost, trapped, or disabled inside buildings is the ...Landmark study finds adult Delawareans with disabilities in only 'fair' to 'poor' health
...which will now serve as a tool for state agencies, policy makers, community organizations, health-care provi...eral of the center's faculty and staff, as well as policy specialists at UD's Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research. "The results of this study ...The future of biofuels is not in corn
...Congress contain provisions that will set biofuels policy for years to come. While the politicians promise ... The groups made recommendations on U.S. biofuels policy including the following proposed reforms to ethanol provisions of the 2007 Farm Bill: Biofuels...Physician and congressional leaders convene on Capitol Hill
...l resources available to accomplish this important policy objective. The groups agree that Medicare should reimburse physicians in a manner that reflects the costs of providing care to beneficiaries and not be based upon an inaccurate and inequitable financial formula that fails to account for changes in ...Global warming's threat to New York region and how to avoid severe consequences
...issioner Peter Frumhoff, director of science and policy at the Union of Concerned Scientists and a lead author of the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on mitigation James McCarthy, professor of biological oceanography at Harvard University and president-elect of the American Associa...Where is the most dangerous place to travel over the holiday?
...the problem of rural road fatalities, and advocate policy changes impacting road design and driver behavior. For instance, CERS advocates state adoption of primary seat belt laws, which allow law enforcement officers to pull people over for not using their seat belts. States that enact primary seat belt la...A new direction: Integrating best-practices to improve food responses
...e and Policy at Tufts University. In a forthcoming policy briefing paper from FIC, as well as an article in ...ink food aid programs to broader interventions and policy changes, thus increasing the likelihood they will benefit individuals and communities in both the im...Paying taxes, according to the brain, can bring satisfaction
...t face. What this shows to someone who designs tax policy is that taxes arent all bad, he said. Paying taxes can make citizens happy. People are, to varying degrees, pure altruists. On top of that they like that warm glow they get from charitable giving. Until now we couldnt trace that in the brain. Neura...