Research Findings Change The Way Doctors Perform Cleft Palate Surgery
Research by Dr. Damir Matic, a scientist with Lawson Health Research Institute in London, Ontario is changing the way cleft palate surgeries are performed throughout North America and around the world. Matic has been conducting research to determine the optimal time to close the gum tissue of cleft palate patients.
Protecting The Hearts Of Patients With Muscular Dystrophy Using New Approach
A team of researchers has recently shown that the administration of sildenafil protects the heart in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This study was led by Dr. Christine Des Rosiers from the Universite de Montreal and the Montreal Heart Institute, in collaboration with Dr.
Infant Mortality Three Times Higher Among Blacks Than Whites In Urban Areas Of Michigan, Study Finds
The black-white infant mortality gap continues to grow in most of Michigan's large urban areas despite progress in reducing risk factors among blacks, according to a recent study, the Flint Journal reports. The Michigan branch of Kids Count conducted the study through the Michigan League for Human Services.
Democrats Rebuff Republican Efforts To Remove Medicaid Provisions From War Spending Bill
Efforts by Senate Republicans to remove two Medicaid provisions from a $193 billion supplemental war appropriations bill "have been rebuffed by Democrats, " CQ Today reports (Armstrong, CQ Today, 5/9). Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Thursday in a letter asked Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Robert Byrd (D-W.
Medicare Costs Can Be Reduced Through Preventive Care, Opinion Piece States
Physician John Knowles in 1975 wrote a book identifying the lack of emphasis on preventive care as a shortcoming of the U.S. health care system, and since then, "the shift toward prevention and detection has been salutary but insufficient, " Robert Goldberg, vice president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, writes in a Washington Times opinion piece.
Senate GOP Seeks To Remove Provisions To Delay Medicaid Regulations From War Spending Bill
Some Senate Republicans are pushing to remove provisions in the supplemental war spending measure that would prevent seven new Medicaid regulations from taking effect until April 1, 2009, CQ Today reports. Republicans also are attempting to remove a provision in the bill that would ban physician-owned specialty hospitals from receiving Medicare payments.
AMA Officials Outline Provisions Physicians Would Accept In Electronic Prescribing Legislation
The American Medical Association on Friday discussed a set of standards that physicians would accept for any electronic prescribing requirement under Medicare, CongressDaily reports.
Arizona Nursing Board Committee Recommends Allowing Nurses To Perform First-Trimester Abortions
The Arizona Board of Nursing's Advance Practice Committee has voted unanimously to recommend that nurse practitioners be allowed to perform first-trimester abortions in the state, the Arizona Daily Star reports. The full nursing board is scheduled to vote on the recommendation on Wednesday.
Former Surgeon General Carmona Outlines Preventive Methods For Chronic Diseases In Opinion Piece
"The issue of health care reform in the United States is extraordinarily complex, " but the "good news is that we can take steps now to improve the health and well-being of our people by addressing our nation's single greatest threat to public health and our health care system: chronic disease, " former U.
More Funding Needed To Address HIV Prevention Efforts In Black Community, CDC Director Gerberding Says
CDC Director Julie Gerberding on Friday at a forum in Oakland, Calif., said that more money is needed to fight HIV/AIDS in the black community, particularly among black men who have sex with men, the San Francisco Chronicle reports."We have not succeeded in our prevention efforts, " Gerberding said at the meeting, which was hosted by Rep.