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COPD Over-Diagnosed Among Uninsured Patients

More than 40% of patients being treated for COPD at a federally funded clinic did not have the disease, researchers found after evaluating the patients with spirometry, the di... Full Article

Stuttering Foundation Announces 2013 Journalism Award Winners
The Stuttering Foundation, www.StutteringHelp.org, has announced the winners of its 2013 Awards for Excellence in Journalism. “Journalists working for a variety of different... Full Article

Researchers Analyze How Spanish Smoking Relapse Booklets Are Distributed
Researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have evaluated how Florida healthcare and social service agencies distribute Libres para Siempre (Fo... Full Article

Tavenner Confirmed as CMS Administrator
Marilyn Tavenner was easily confirmed by the Senate Wednesday to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The 91-7 vote makes Tavenner the first confirmed CMS l... Full Article

The Lupus Initiative Unveils Free Curriculum and Education Materials to Advance Care For Patients Fighting Devastating Autoimmune Disease
The Lupus Initiative, a national provider education program led by the American College of Rheumatology, has announced a new easy-to-use curriculum and tools aimed to help med... Full Article

HHS Issues Standards for Culturally Sensitive Care
The US Department of Health and Human Services has released enhanced national standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in health and healthcare, a blue... Full Article

Mayo Clinic Telemedicine Study Under Way in Rural Honduras
Every day, thousands of volunteer medical relief groups offer care to patients and assistance to understaffed medical teams in remote, underdeveloped locations around the worl... Full Article

May 6-12 is National Nurses Week
National Nurses Week is May 6 -12, with the 6th being celebrated as “National Nurses Day,” the birthday of Florence Nightingale who is considered to be the founder of modern n... Full Article

Nurse Week: Military Nurses Claim Special Tie to Nightingale
Nurses Week is to celebrate the accomplishment of nurses throughout the year. It is based around the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, who was, ... Full Article

For Teens, Subway Not Much Healthier Than McDonald's
Subway may promote itself as the “healthy” fast food restaurant, but it might not be a much healthier alternative than McDonald’s for adolescents, according to new UCLA resear... Full Article

Grants for Healthcare Trained Veterans to Pursue Nursing Careers
This week, at the White House Forum on Military Credentialing and Licensing, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a new program to help milita... Full Article

Targeted Screening for C. difficile Upon Hospital Admission Could Potentially Identify Most Colonized Patients
Testing patients with just three risk factors upon hospital admission has potential to identify nearly three out of four asymptomatic carriers of C. difficile, according to a ... Full Article

‘Catastrophic’ Malpractice Payouts Add Little to Healthcare’s Rising Costs
Efforts to lower healthcare costs in the United States have focused at times on demands to reform the medical malpractice system, with some researchers asserting that large, h... Full Article

Strike Out Stroke During Stroke Awareness Month
In recognition of Stroke Awareness Month in May, Montefiore Medical Center’s Stern Stroke Center is increasing its efforts to save lives by educating people about the risks an... Full Article

A Text Message a Day Keeps the Asthma Attack Away
Simply sending children with asthma a text message each day asking about their symptoms and providing knowledge about their condition can lead to improved health outcomes. In... Full Article

Survey Finds Nearly Half of US Adults Uninsured in 2012
Nearly half of working-age adults, or 84 million adults aged 18-64, were uninsured for at least part of 2012, say authors of a report based on findings from the Commonwealth F... Full Article

Federal Safety Net Health Care Coverage for Kids with Diabetes Varies Significantly by State
Federal funding for healthcare coverage of children with diabetes varies significantly from state to state across the United States, according to new research from the Univers... Full Article

More Hispanic Organ Donations Needed
Organ donors are always in short supply. In the United States, more than 118,000 people are waiting for organ transplants, and 19% are Hispanic. Experts say that there is a ne... Full Article

New Web Portal, Videos and Resources to Manage Concussions at Home, on the Field
Georgia was one of only six states without concussion legislation for youth athletes until Gov. Nathan Deal signed "The Return-to-Play Act of 2013" into law this morning (Apri... Full Article

Treatment Options for Minority Patients Struggling to Find a Donor Match
Patients from ethnic minority and mixed-racial backgrounds are less likely to receive a lifesaving bone marrow transplant than Caucasian patients with the same disease due to ... Full Article

Scripps Receives $40,000 Breast Cancer Grant to Aid Underserved
Thousands of women in south and central San Diego County will receive access to important breast health education and services, thanks to a $40,000 grant to Scripps Health fro... Full Article

Some Minorities Believe They Are Less Likely to Get Cancer Compared to Whites
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues analyzed national data to investigate the differences in cancer prevention beliefs by race and ethnicity. They found that m... Full Article

Medications Used to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis May Affect Abortion Rate in Women
A new study published in the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) journal, Arthritis Care & Research, reveals that women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were on methotrex... Full Article

School Nurses Need More Training to Help Stop Teen Dating Violence
School nurses are the first line of defense in assisting adolescents suffering from physical or mental abuse as a result of dating, but most aren’t getting enough training or ... Full Article

Pediatrician Receives Grant to Study Behaviors That Lead to Pediatric Obesity
Dr. Alma Guerrero, assistant professor of pediatrics at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), to r... Full Article

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