About 45 million U.S. residents lack health insurance, but the “rest of us with health coverage are also uninsured” because those with coverage face “terrible, albeit more remote, health care risks,” columnist Laurence Kotlikoff writes in a Boston Globe opinion piece. [click link for full article]

Presidential candidates Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Tuesday during the second day of a cancer forum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, discussed issues related to the disease and health care, the [click link for full article]

Mothers who cradle their baby to their right hand side are displaying signs of extreme stress, a new study suggests.Although most mums feel stressed in the early stages of their baby’s life, the study by Durham University researchers suggests their baby cradling habits are a key indicator of whether this stress could become overwhelming and lead to depression. [click link for full article]

While other countries have dedicated “decades to the study of child and adolescent caregivers” resulting “in a network of support services and advocacy groups,” the U.S. has focused more on care for the elderly than on the caregivers, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. At least 1. [click link for full article]

In response to the recent final decision by NICE on the use of Velcade for cancer patients with myeloma, the bone marrow cancer, charities Myeloma UK, Cancerbackup and Leukaemia CARE issue the following response: The long awaited decision on Velcade has resulted in a positive approval of the treatment, but many patients will now be ineligible to receive it after a change in the guidance since the preliminary ruling in June. [click link for full article]

A leading epidemiologist has attacked Swedish research that looked at inequalities in patients’ access to cancer drugs across Europe and the world. [click link for full article]

For the first time in a decade, a major revision of the national asthma treatment guidelines has been released. The Expert Panel Report-3 (EPR-3), written by the National Asthma Education…

Some benefits, including dental and vision coverage, included in Missouri’s new health plan MO HealthNet were not funded this year, state lawmakers said Tuesday at a forum on health care, the Kansas City Star reports. [click link for full article]

In light of the “substantial” cost of medical errors, Medicare’s new rule to refuse to pay the costs of preventable hospital errors will provide an incentive that should “help reduce the taxpayers’ burden,” a Washington Times editorial states. It continues, “It’s not to say that hospitals are careless now, but the new rules will make them more diligent. [click link for full article]

Problems with medical care and other services have continued in the New Orleans area in the two years since Hurricane Katrina, according to a report released this month by the Brookings Institution, the McClatchy/Lexington Herald-Leader reports. [click link for full article]