Dallas’s Parkland Hospital treats a lot of people without health insurance. On a November day in 1963, emergency room doctors at this county hospital frantically tried to save an American president who could not be saved.
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Several commercial health plans now covering Cologuard colon cancer screening test
Exact Sciences Corp. has announced expanded patient access to Cologuard as a result of several insurers now covering the test.
Continuing America’s Leadership in Medical Innovation for Patients
Testimony by Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Continuing America’s Leadership in Medical Innovation for Patients.
Testing how well kidneys are functioning: ACR outperforms eGFR, study suggests
The usefulness of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR, a test used to check how well the kidneys are filtering blood) and albuminuria (excess protein levels in the urine, which can be a sign of kidney damage) for prediction of cardiovascular outcomes is controversial.
HPAM professor Joel Lee receives national ASPPH award for teaching excellence
Joel Lee, DrPH, CPH, the John A. Drew Professor of Health Administration at the University of Georgia College of Public Health, has been named the 2015 recipient of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health/Pfizer Award for Teaching Excellence. read more
Food or fuel? How about both?
In the United States, federal mandates to produce more renewable fuels, especially biofuels, have led to a growing debate: Should fuel or food grow on arable land? Recent research found encouraging, sustainable results when growing Camelina sativa with soybean in the Midwest.
Dr. Collins interviewed for Reuters
For Reuters, Dr. Collins highlights challenges and opportunities of piecing together existing data for the precision medicine program.
Viewpoints: Doctors’ Frustrations With EHRs; The Blame Game On Subsidies
SOURCE: Kaiser Health News » Insurance – Read entire story here.
Colorectal cancer genetically different in older and younger patients
While the overall rate of colorectal cancer (CRC) is declining, CRC specifically among young patients is increasing. Previous studies have shown that CRC in patients younger than 50 years old tends to be more aggressive than CRC in older patients. A new study offers early evidence of genetic differences between CRC in young and old patients, possibly pointing toward different treatments and strategies in combating the young form of the disease.
Down syndrome could be treated in womb with concentrated antioxidants pill: researchers
Researchers in America hope to improve the quality of life of children with Down syndrome by treating them with a drug compound derived from leafy vegetables and citrus fruits before they are born.
ACA provision for young adults leaves racial disparities intact among trauma patients
The dependent care provision of the Affordable Care Act allows young adults to stay on their parents’ health coverage until age 26, but racial disparities in coverage persist for young…