Major Funding For Research Into Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, UK
Researchers into abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) at the University of Leicester have received over £900,000 funding from the Wellcome Trust as part of a £30M international initiative.
April 28, 2008
Senate Fast-Tracks Medicaid Bill That Would Delay New Rules; CMS Defends Rules, Willing To Talk
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday granted fast-track status to legislation (HR 5613) that would block for one year seven new Medicaid regulations, the Wall Street Journal reports (Zhang, Wall Street Journal, 4/25). The legislation would delay implementation of the regulations until April 1, 2009.
Volunteers Needed For Chocolate Study
Researchers in East Anglia in the UK are looking for 150 postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes to take part in a study to find out if compounds in chocolate reduce the risk of heart disease in women with diabetes.
Bush Administration Should Rescind SCHIP Directive That Restricts Enrollment Expansions, Editorial States
“The Bush administration is determined to frustrate state efforts to provide health insurance to middle-income children despite analyses judging its tactics as illegal and unenforceable,” a New York Times editorial states. The administration in August 2007 issued a
Thai HIV/AIDS Programs Overlook Children, UNICEF Official Says
Thailand’s HIV/AIDS prevention and support programs have overlooked the needs of children living with or affected by the virus, Scott Barber, chief of UNICEF’s HIV Section in the country’s capital of Bangkok, said recently, IRIN News reports.
Florida Budget Officials Tap Into Tobacco Endowment Fund To Provide Health Care For Low-Income, Severely Ill Residents
Florida state budget negotiators on Wednesday approved a measure to shift $300 million from the Lawton Chiles Tobacco Endowment for Children and Elders to preserve social and health care services for about 40,000 residents in state Medically Needy and the Medicaid Aged-and-Disabled programs, the Miami Herald reports.
Connecticut HIV/AIDS Advocates, Teenagers Call For Passage Of Bill That Would Provide Grants For Comprehensive Sex Education
HIV/AIDS advocates and teenagers from Healthy Teens Connecticut on Wednesday in Connecticut rallied at the state capitol and called on lawmakers to pass a bill that would provide $500,000 in state grants for comprehensive sex education, the Hartford Courant reports. According to the
Efforts Address Cultural Competency, Cancer, Hospice Care And Health Disparities Among Minority Populations
American Pharmacists Association: APhA this month released “Essentials of Cultural Competence in Pharmacy Practice,” its first textbook designed to assist pharmacists and students with cultural competency.
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Write Letter To Congressional Committees Expressing Concerns Over Cuts To ‘Indirect Medical Education’ Medicare Payments
Ten of Pennsylvania’s 19 House members last week wrote a letter to the chairs of the Senate Finance and House Energy and Commerce committees expressing concern about potential cuts in the “indirect medical education” component of Medicare Advantage plans to teaching hospitals,
Special Needs Plans Seek To Avoid Moratorium By Providing More Data To Congress
Officials from special needs plan providers said Thursday at a Capitol Hill briefing that they will provide Congress with more data on the services the plans provide to beneficiaries with severe chronic medical conditions, CQ HealthBeat reports.
