Act 22 to be possibly reassessed in PA
According to Philly.com, Act 22 may be audited by the Department of Public Welfare after the departure of Gary Alexander this Friday, who made many regulatory changes in welfare programs. Organizations...
View ArticleState of the Union: President Obama praises Obamacare
According to the Huffington Post, President Obama spoke of the success of his health care reform during the State of the Union Address. President Obama plans to change the reform further by reducing...
View ArticleFDA is asked to cut sugars in soda products
According to the NY Times, a group of health officials have urged the FDA to “regulate the amount of caloric sweeteners in sodas and other beverages.” In 1982 and 1988 the FDA told the public they...
View ArticleFDA approves artificial retina device
According to The NY Times, the FDA has approved the first treatment that gives limited vision to the blind with a device called an artificial retina. The artificial retina, a sheet of electrodes...
View ArticleFDA warns public against fake flu medication
"Some of the products that are out there now have been tested and they've shown to have Tylenol products in them or some kind of penicillin derivatives in there, which could be very dangerous for a...
View ArticlePenn Health System will no longer hire smokers
According to Philly.com, The University of Pennsylvania Health System will stop hiring smokers and other tobacco users starting in July. Current employees are not subject to this new prohibition. New...
View ArticleCornell Researchers Create Replacement Ear Using 3-D Technology
According to CTV News, a research team from Cornell University have found a way to construct an ear replacement by using a 3-D printer and injections of living cells. The Cornell team starts with...
View ArticleFour Ways to Control Your Health Care Costs
This week’s TIME Magazine cover story asks the question: Why exactly are medical bills so high in theUnited States? This seems to be the first question on everyones minds when we debate health care...
View ArticleFewer Pennsylvanians Recieved Medical Assistance This Past Year
Nearly 55,000 fewer Pennsylvanians were getting medical assistance in December 2012 compared with July, according to a new state Department of Public Welfare report, in many cases as an apparent side...
View ArticleThe Devastating Effects the Sequestration Cuts Could Have On the Sciences
Dan Vergano from USA Today reports, “fewer grants and less research money means fewer folks looking for cures to cancer, Alzheimer’s and other ailments, says research chief Francis Collins, with the...
View ArticleHealth Care Leaders Offer Landmark Roadmap for Better Health Care at Lower Cost
As reported from the University of California-Berkeley’s office of public affairs, “an unprecedented, year-long collaborative effort involving policy experts from UC Berkeley, CEOs of major health...
View ArticleKeeping Healthy In The Cold
Watch thsi very interesting video from CNN’s Holly Firfer on tips on how to stay safe in cold weather. Follow this link at CNN.com.
View ArticleSequestration Will Be Hazardous To Our Health
MSNBC reports on the devestating effects the sequestration cuts could have on health not only in the United States but also health throughout the world. Everything from foreign aid in medical care to...
View ArticleBaby Cured of H.I.V.
According to the New York Times, a medical breakthrough occurred on Sunday when doctors said a baby infected with H.I.V. had been fully cured. This is the first time an H.I.V. baby has been cured and...
View ArticleHealth Affairs Journal Conducts Study on Cesarean Deliveries
According to the New York Times, cesarean delivery rates differ depending on the hospital where the procedure takes place. A recent study in the Health Affairs journal studied over 800,000 deliveries...
View ArticleFatal Superbug Cases Increase
According to the New York Times, United States hospitals are seeing an increase in fatal bacterial infections that are drug-resistant. Health officials says the infection is even unresponsive to a...
View ArticleHealth Insurers Lobby Against Pay Cuts Using TV Ads
According to Kaiser Health News, the health insurance industry is preparing a new campaign plan to stop Medicare Advantage pay cuts. In 12 states, 30 second television ads will be aired to urge...
View ArticleSome state-run health centers plan to close by the PA Department of Health
According to CBS Philly, the Pennsylvania Department of Health is planning to close some of the state-run health centers in the Philadelphia area. $3.4 million will be cut from the budget forcing 25...
View ArticleTuberculosis testing is suspended by Allegheny County Health Dept.
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Allegheny County Health Department has suspended testing for TB due to the nationwide shortage of the skin testing solution. Screening will continue for...
View ArticleBlindness drug maker Premacure is acquired by Shire
According to Bloomberg Businessweek Shire has bough the private Swedish company Premacure AB, that is developing a drug designed to prevent a common cause of blindness in premature infants. Retinopathy...
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