2015年4月14日 星期二

2015-04-15 U.S. Health


Los Angeles Times
   
Senate Approves a Bill on Changes to Medicare   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved sweeping changes in the way Medicare pays doctors, clearing the bill for President Obama and resolving an issue that has bedeviled Congress and the Medicare program for more than a ...

UPDATE 4-US Congress approves formula fixing Medicare doctors pay   Reuters
Senate roll vote on bill reshaping doctors' Medicare fees   Washington Post
Senate Clears Bill to Permanently Change Medicare Reimbursement Formula   Wall Street Journal
Forbes   
Huffington Post   
Los Angeles Times   
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VentureBeat
   
IBM to Create Enterprise Wellness Apps   
Mobile Enterprise
Health Cloud and Watson cognitive computing capabilities from IBM will now support health data entered by customers in iOS apps using Apple's ResearchKit and HealthKit frameworks. The move, which complements IBM's new Watson Health business unit, ...

IBM Launches Venture To Improve Health Through Data Analytics   iHealthBeat
IBM's Watson to analyze data from HealthKit & Medtronic implanted devices   iMedicalApps
IBM teaming up with Apple on artificial intelligence health program   CTV News
Bioscience Technology   
Computerworld   
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New York Times
   
In Race for Medicare Dollars, Nursing Home Care May Lag   
New York Times
Promises of “decadent” hot baths on demand, putting greens and gurgling waterfalls to calm the mind: These luxurious touches rarely conjure images of a stay in a nursing home. But in a cutthroat race for Medicare dollars, nursing homes are turning to ...

How Obamacare Makes Chris Christie's Medicare Plan Possible   TIME
The Wealthy Investor and Health Insurance Costs   Millionaire Corner
Cost of chemo can be 43 times higher for uninsured   Futurity: Research News
Government Health IT   
Healthcare Finance News   
Philly.com   
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BBC News
   
Divorcees 'have more heart attacks'   
BBC News
Divorcees are more likely to have a heart attack than their peers who stay married, US research suggests. An analysis of 15,827 people showed women were worst affected, and barely reduced the risk if they remarried. The study, published in the journal ...

Study Ties Divorce to Higher Chance of Heart Attack   Philly.com
Divorce Is Hard On The Heart — Literally, As It Increases Heart Attack Risk   Tech Times
Splitsville Stress: Divorce Linked to Higher Heart Attack Risk   Today.com
NJ.com   
American Register   
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Medical News Today
   
Eating out 'raises risk for high blood pressure'   
Medical News Today
The first ever study to show a link between eating meals away from home and high blood pressure has been published in the American Journal of Hypertension. diners in Singapore The researchers believe that their findings are particularly applicable to ...

Eating Out Frequently May Be Linked To High Blood Pressure   University Herald
Eating out or getting a takeaway leads to high blood pressure   The Independent
How To Eat Your Way To Lower Blood Pressure   The Vermont Standard
Tech Times   
Mirror Daily   
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Reuters
   
Tobacco companies sue US FDA over label approvals   
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of tobacco companies sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday over recent guidance they say violates their free-speech rights by mandating pre-approval of labelling changes. Plaintiffs including R.J. Reynolds ...

Big Tobacco Sues FDA Over Label Guidance   Law360 (subscription)
US Tobacco Companies File Suit Against FDA Over Label Regulations   Wall Street Journal
Tobacco companies allege FDA of overstepping authority over product labeling ...   Minneapolis Star Tribune

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San Francisco Chronicle
   
California, UC form partnership for 'precision medicine'   
San Francisco Chronicle
In March, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell discussed President Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative at UCSF. In March, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia... Gov. Jerry Brown and the University ...

California unveils 'precision-medicine' project   Nature.com
California Launches Precision Medicine Initiative   GenomeWeb
California's Life Sciences Sector Applauds Gov. Brown on New Public-Private ...   Yahoo Finance UK
California Healthline   
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Headlines & Global News
   
Heart Valve Device Implanted Into Patient For First Time   
Headlines & Global News
Researchers have implanted the first transcatheter mitral valve replacement device, which could save the lives of patients suffering from disease or damage to their valves who are not good candidates for surgery. By Rebekah Marcarelli ...

Best Mitral Valve Type in Middle Age?   MedPage Today
Long-term survival similar for bioprosthetic, mechanical replacement mitral valves   Healio
Minnesota Patient is 1st in US to Get New Heart Valve Implanted   KSTP.com
Rick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews   
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Business Insider
   
FDA panel backs safety updates for AstraZeneca, Takeda drugs   
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc's diabetes drug Onglyza and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.'s rival product Nesina should carry information about the risk of heart failure, an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on ...

Diabetes Drugs Get Neither Restrictions Nor Endorsements From FDA Committee   Forbes
FDA Panel Backs New Safety Warnings on Two Diabetes Drugs   Medscape
AstraZeneca, Takeda Diabetes Drugs Should Warn of Heart Risk   Bloomberg
PharmaTimes   
Fox News   
Washington Post   
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USA TODAY
   
Rita Wilson has double mastectomy, cancer   
USA TODAY
Rita Wilson is the next Angelina Jolie when it comes to celebrities with cancer and how to handle it. And she may save some lives, too. Wilson, 58, revealed Tuesday to People that she has breast cancer and is taking leave from the Broadway play she stars in, ...

Rita Wilson reveals breast cancer battle, mastectomy surgery   CBC.ca
Inside Rita Wilson's Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment   People Magazine
Actress Rita Wilson undergoes double mastectomy for breast cancer   Reuters
CBS Local   
Chinatopix   
OCRegister   
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