Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Community health centers (CHCs) and primary care providers working in other settings will increasingly become America's obesity "first responders," needed to provide weight-related health services as the nation continues to implement the Affordable Care Act. In a paper just released, the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance identified ...
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Monday, October 10th, 2011
A new set of strategies released by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System could dramatically improve how the U.S. health care system serves vulnerable populations - those in the U.S. who are uninsured, low-income, or members of racial and ethnic minority groups...
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Sunday, September 4th, 2011
A new study by the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), the country's leading genetics scientific society, found that more than 85 percent of states have genetics standards that are inadequate for preparing America's high school students for future participation in a society and health care system that are certain ...
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Friday, July 15th, 2011
NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) in the UK has decided not to recommend Lucentis (ranibizumab) for diabetic macular edema (British spelling: oedema) treatment. NICE approves or turns down treatments that will be covered by the NHS (National Health Service), the UK's universal health care system. Patients will still be ...
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Two decades after Brazil's constitution recognized health as a citizen's right and a duty of the state, the country has vastly expanded health care coverage, improved the population's health, and reduced many health inequalities, but universal and equitable coverage remains elusive, experts from four major Brazilian universities and New York ...
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