Provides the latest RSS feeds for Public Health News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Wisconsin Star.com http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/cat/fb382975d494227f/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 17:40:41 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 17:40:41 -0400 30 Manama-May-25(BNA)Health Minister Sadiq bin Abdulkarim Al-Shehabi returned home after attending the 66th annual meeting of the World Health Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland. He led Bahrain's delegation which included the Kingdom's Permanent Representative Dr. Abdulkarim Bucheeri, Assistant Undersecretary for Primary Care and Public Health Dr. Mariam Adhbi Al-Jalahmi, Public and ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214762941/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 25 May 2013 15:08:53 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214762941/scat/fb382975d494227f JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israeli pediatric surgeons corrected congenital heart defects on a four-year-old Syrian girl at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon on ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214761386/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 25 May 2013 12:36:23 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214761386/scat/fb382975d494227f Children Are Dying ,'; in which Alexandra Robbins, a former editorial assistant at this magazine, describes a baby named Atticus. Eleven weeks old and born about three months premature, he resides in the neonatal intensive-care unit at a Washington-area hospital, ';one of the most prominent in the country'; (though unnamed by Washingtonian, perhaps for legal reasons), yet the ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214760332/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 25 May 2013 10:43:28 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214760332/scat/fb382975d494227f A Business Friendly Contact Desk has been set up within the health ministry to promote contacts with the business community for ventures within the health sector. In a press conference held this morning at the Ministry of Health in Valletta, current Health Minister Godfrey Farrugia accompanied by his Chief of Staff, Claudio Tonna, said the desk will "serve as a contact point with the ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214758039/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 25 May 2013 07:35:39 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214758039/scat/fb382975d494227f Entertainment News: BANGALORE: Doctors, especially oncologists, in Bangalore have been flooded with queries about the treatment, after the story about Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie undergoing prophylactic double mastectomy broke about a week ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214758056/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:28 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214758056/scat/fb382975d494227f The Angelina effect: Some doctors have been asked by patients, a few of whom have been treated for breast cancer earlier, to consider performing mastectomies on ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214758057/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 25 May 2013 07:26:04 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214758057/scat/fb382975d494227f Dr. Jacques Roy is seen in a court room sketch in Dallas Texas Monday March 5, 2012. (CBSDFW.COM photo) MONTREAL - The Canadian government has quietly revoked the passport of a Quebec doctor accused of defrauding the U.S. Medicare system of $375 million - before he's even had a trial. QMI Agency has learned that Passport Canada rescinded the passport of Dr. Jacques Roy, the Quebec City-area ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214756789/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 25 May 2013 05:44:34 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214756789/scat/fb382975d494227f NEW ORLEANS-A California man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Medicaid more than $21 million for medical tests at New Orleans area clinics. U.S. District Judge Lance Africk on Friday sentenced 50-year-old Jerayr Rostamian, of Northridge, Calif., to 40 months in prison and ordered him to pay a $250,000 fine. Africk ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214756633/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 25 May 2013 05:25:25 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214756633/scat/fb382975d494227f American Journal of Public Health Study Shows Public Clinics Provide More Choices, More Care WASHINGTON - August 14 - A new study in ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214755773/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:47 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214755773/scat/fb382975d494227f Millions of Chronically Ill, Lacking Insurance, Can't Get Needed Care CHICAGO - August 4 - Over 11 million Americans with chronic physical illnesses like heart disease, diabetes and asthma are not getting the medical care they need because they ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214755646/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:35 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214755646/scat/fb382975d494227f www.IranFreeTheDocs.org MEXICO CITY - August 4 - A coalition of AIDS and human rights organizations that includes Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) has launched a campaign to free two Iranian physicians, Drs. Arash Alaei and Kamiar Alaei. The doctors, who are brothers, are active in HIV/AIDS education, prevention and treatment in Iran. According to international ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214755775/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:32 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214755775/scat/fb382975d494227f AUSTRALIAN doctors fear they may not be able to keep up with the latest medical developments if a federal government decision to cap tax breaks for personal training expenses is not reversed. The Australian Medical Association (AMA) passed a unanimous motion at its national conference in Sydney on Saturday condemning the budget-saving measure. The AMA said the decision will disadvantage doctors ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214755517/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 25 May 2013 04:02:16 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214755517/scat/fb382975d494227f Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, the state agency running California's new health insurance exchange, announces the plans and prices that will be offered by private ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214754986/scat/fb382975d494227f Sat, 25 May 2013 03:33:30 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214754986/scat/fb382975d494227f MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - The birth rate in Russia grew by 5.6 percent year-on-year in 2012, Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said on Friday. "In 2012, birth rate increased by 5.6 percent - from 12.6 to 13.3 [births] per 1,000 people," she said. She added that the number of abortions fell by 5.5 percent, or by 53,900, due to state measures to support pregnant women ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214751600/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 22:10:18 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214751600/scat/fb382975d494227f Bandar Seri Begawan - To ensure the realisation of Global Health Objectives, it is imperative for the health sector to involve cooperation from the non-health sector and every level of society through evidence-based advocacy in addition to continued efforts in health ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214750936/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 21:06:14 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214750936/scat/fb382975d494227f California and four other states have reached a settlement of up to $2.3 million with Cigna over handling practices for long-term disability insurance. Insurance officials found the insurer did not give due consideration to the medical findings of independent physicians, discounted information provided by Social Security disability decisions and failed to give appropriate consideration to ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214748821/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 17:56:07 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214748821/scat/fb382975d494227f A federal appeals court has denied a request from California providers to have a full panel of judges rehear their lawsuit to block retroactive cuts to Medi-Cal provider fees. A federal appeals court has denied a request from California providers to have a full panel of judges rehear their lawsuit to block retroactive cuts to Medi-Cal provider fees. In December, a three-judge panel of the 9th ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214748919/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 17:44:01 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214748919/scat/fb382975d494227f Kathleen Sebelius asked for funds for a healthcare non-profit group. The leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee sent letters to 15 major insurance firms and other groups as part of their probe of Sebelius' involvement in Enroll America, a non-profit group aimed at educating the public about new coverage options following the implementation of ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214747699/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 17:19:30 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214747699/scat/fb382975d494227f U.S. adults and teens who used calorie information posted on menus purchased up to 143 fewer calories than those who did not see the calories, researchers say. ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214747684/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 17:19:23 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214747684/scat/fb382975d494227f A national survey found Swedes are having 24 percent less sex than in 1996 and a university professor said "desire disorder" is a public health problem. The United Mind poll of 3,000 Swedes, conducted in partnership with newspaper Aftenbladet, found respondents reporting having an average 3.8 sexual encounters per month, down from five when the survey conducted in 1996, The Local.se ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214746937/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 16:10:23 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214746937/scat/fb382975d494227f Pregnant women in Britain who didn't consume much fish or dairy products had children with lower IQ and reading ability than women who did, researchers said. Study leader Margaret Rayman of the University of Surrey and colleagues at the University of Bristol analyzed mother/child pairs from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children study by measuring urinary iodine concentration ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214747445/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 16:10:19 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214747445/scat/fb382975d494227f A Washington University professor and a team of experts won a brainstorming competition that led the X Prize Foundation to raise a $50 million prize to motivate scientists and researchers to find effective treatments and potentially a cure for Alzheimers disease. The X Prize Foundation awarded a $10 million prize in 2004 to the first company that built a spacecraft capable of carrying three ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214746579/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 15:59:09 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214746579/scat/fb382975d494227f The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released a wealth of data about what hospitals charge consumers for common procedures. The data showed what those in the industry have known for a long time: What hospitals charge patients for a given procedure can vary significantly even within a single geographic region. For example, the average price of a permanent cardiac pacemaker ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214746583/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 15:46:50 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214746583/scat/fb382975d494227f The Illinois Medical District is planning an expansion that could create 2,500 to 4,500 jobs and more than $300 million in new revenue in the next 10 years, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Plans include the development of 55 vacant acres and building a high-speed fiber optic line linking researchers to the University of Illinois supercomputer and a retail, hotel, restaurant, office and ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214746515/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 15:37:50 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214746515/scat/fb382975d494227f Lawmakers have until Monday to wrap up their regular-session work. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is keeping quiet until the last moment on whether a special session will occur, but Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has made it clear he wants one. At the start of May, Perry advised lawmakers that one of the best ways to avoid a special session would be to show him a budget with $1.8 billion of tax relief for ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214745103/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 14:36:30 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214745103/scat/fb382975d494227f Dr. Larry Kawa is doing an outreach about the economy. Boca Raton orthodontist Dr. Larry Kawa is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to black outreach on the economy and fiscal conservatism. He's sponsoring a complimentary invitation-only event at the Embassy Suites in Boca Raton and expecting an audience of 450 people. Among the speakers will be former U.S. Congressman Allen ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214745291/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 14:32:41 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214745291/scat/fb382975d494227f The University of South Florida College Of Nursing has received $2.1 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for a clinical trial involving cancer symptom management. The project involves testing a brief intervention known as COPE, which aims to teach cancer patients management skills for improving symptoms they identify as the highest priority, according to a written ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214745280/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 14:25:45 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214745280/scat/fb382975d494227f Interleukin CEO Kenneth Kornman It was a close call for Interleukin Genetics Inc. (OTCQB:ILIU), but the company said it is on track. The Waltham, Mass. diagnostics company received word that its University of Michigan study has been accepted for publication with just a week to go. The study, which showed the value of PST - a genetic test that measures the risk of developing periodontal disease - ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214744007/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 13:41:42 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214744007/scat/fb382975d494227f Moderna Therapeutics announced the appointment of John Reynders as the companys first chief information officer. The following personnel announcements at New England-area biotech companies have been made in recent weeks: Cambridge, Mass.-based Moderna Therapeutics announced the appointment of John Reynders as the companys first chief information officer, effective in July. Reynders held several ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214744006/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 13:32:24 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214744006/scat/fb382975d494227f Chris Carey, the director who oversees operations of Ohio State's Global Gateways program, said the university is still tinkering with the three-year-old initiative. Ohio State Universitys global initiative to open embassy-like overseas offices has plans for a third site in Brazil next year. But first, it has to collect enough data on efforts in China and India to convince trustees that the ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214743694/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 13:31:02 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214743694/scat/fb382975d494227f Dr. Stephen Kingsmore As I was sitting in Dr. Stephen Kingsmore's lab discussing genomic medicine for this week's print edition cover story, a box arrived from Turkey containing a human DNA sample. He picked it up, explaining to me how the Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics collaborates with researchers and doctors worldwide who want to use ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214744005/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 13:28:45 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214744005/scat/fb382975d494227f Welcome to Dedham, where town officials don't want to go broke. Town Meeting season is in full swing in Massachusetts (rim shot, queue laugh track). Thank you, thank you. Ill be here all week. But seriously folks, is there anything more ridiculous than a bunch of town officials making the case for new spending while at the same time ignoring the billions upon billions in unfunded health care ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214744004/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 12:55:40 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214744004/scat/fb382975d494227f Mohit Patel Jason Atkins and Mohit Patel were among the 20 recipients of $50,000 grants from Arch Grants last week for their startup Genetix Fusion. But that wasnt the first grant the pair of researchers from the University of Missouri-St. Louis received recently. Atkins and Patel are working on their doctoral degrees in biology in the laboratory of George Gokel, director of the Center for ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214742466/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 12:38:47 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214742466/scat/fb382975d494227f Tuan Ha-Ngoc, president and CEO, Aveo Oncology Aveo Oncology (Nasdaq:AVEO) remained quiet Friday after the news that its partner to commercialize its potential drug for kidney cancer is giving up plans to seek approval for the drug in Europe, and wont pay for further trials. Shares in Aveo opened Friday down 17 percent, but by noon, had risen to $2.58 a share, about 4 percent below Thursdays ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214742454/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 12:28:25 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214742454/scat/fb382975d494227f Dr. Ronald DePinho is the President of M.D. Anderson and co-founder of Aveo Pharmaceuticals. The biotechnology company the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center president co-founded is facing more setbacks. Boston-based Aveo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: AVEO), co-founded by Dr. Ronald DePinho, said this week its financial partner, Astellas Pharma Inc., will no longer fund future trials ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214742465/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 12:01:32 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214742465/scat/fb382975d494227f Minister for Health James Reilly has expressed concern about issues raised in a planned RTÉ Prime Time programme on creches. He said Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald was also concerned. Mr Reilly said he would be watching the issue closely and awaited the report from the Health Service ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214740421/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:16 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214740421/scat/fb382975d494227f Pharmacist Samuel Wahba faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Pharmacist Samuel Wahba has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, lying to a federal agency, making false claims to a federal health care program and concealing his exclusion from all federal health care programs. In 2001, he was convicted of violating the state racketeering law, Medicaid fraud and ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214742455/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:10 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214742455/scat/fb382975d494227f Dr. Thomas L. Lewis Dr. Thomas L. Lewis is stepping down as president of Salus University after leading the Elkins Park institution and its predecessor, the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, for 24 years. Rear Admiral Dr. Michael H. Mittelman, who has more than 30 years of health-care industry experience in both military and civilian posts, will take over in mid-July. Lewis will oversee his ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214742464/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 11:43:36 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214742464/scat/fb382975d494227f Affected LogistiCare positions include 33 customer service representatives, as well as managers, quality assurance specialists and facilities representatives. LogistiCare will cut 64 jobs at its Madison call center because of the loss of a contract, the company said in a letter to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development received Thursday. LogistiCare said the decision is a result of ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214741805/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 11:28:12 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214741805/scat/fb382975d494227f China's Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, leaves the podium after delivering a speech during the 66th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 20, ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214740069/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 11:24:34 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214740069/scat/fb382975d494227f Hospital chain MedStar Health is expanding its network of walk-in clinics, announcing plans for two more urgent care clinics not previously disclosed. MedStar officials have informed District regulators they will seek permission to open a combined urgent care clinic and doctors' office in the Anacostia neighborhood of southeast D.C. A similar operation is also planned to open this summer in ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214740290/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 10:52:07 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214740290/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri May 24, 2013 10:51am EDT (The following statement was released by the rating agency) CHICAGO, May 24 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A' Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings on The Doctor's Company, an Inter-Insurance Exchange (Doctors) and its wholly owned insurance subsidiaries (see list below), collectively referred to as The Doctors Company Group (TDC). The ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214740432/scat/fb382975d494227f Fri, 24 May 2013 10:51:07 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214740432/scat/fb382975d494227f