Public Inspection: National Council on Disability: Meetings; Sunshine Act
Pre-publication notice from the National Council on Disability announcing it will hold a virtual quarterly business meeting on May 9, 2024, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. Eastern. Agenda items include reports from the Executive Committee and Chair, policy updates, policy proposals for fiscal year 2025, a presentation by the Intertribal Disability Advisory Council (IDAC) on living with a disability on tribal lands, a public comment session focused on public facilities and public transportation, and Council Member training on National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requirements.Registration is required. (Source: Federal Reg...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 18, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
U.S. Social Security to Expand SSI Rental Subsidy Policy
New rule extends the same policy to all SSI applicants and recipients nationwide which may increase benefit amount some people are eligible to receive and will allow more people to qualify for SSI payments (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - April 17, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: U.S. Social Security Source Type: news
Students with disabilities match with residency programs at lower rates
Applicants to U.S. medical residency programs who report a disability match at lower rates than their peers, especially for surgical programs, says a new study. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 17, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Hundreds of California kids lose Social Security benefits
A new report revealed states across the country are taking federal benefits away from foster kids to maximize their profits. In just one example, hundreds of children lost $5.4 million in disability and survivor benefits in 2021 in California, according to CalMatters. The 600 foster kids lost that…#calmatters #socialsecurity #advocacyinstitute #cai #arizona #newmexico #oregon #illinois #maryland #gavinnewsom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Weight-Loss Drugs Help Sleep Apnea Symptoms
Eli Lilly & Co.’s weight-loss drug Zepbound improved breathing problems in highly anticipated studies that may convince more insurers to cover the $1,000-a-month treatment.
In two late-stage trials of patients with obstructive sleep apnea, a condition closely linked to obesity, Zepbound reduced the number of times breathing slowed or stopped during sleep by up to 63% from the baseline, Lilly said in a statement Wednesday. The result topped Jefferies analysts’ expectations that the trials would likely show a reduction of about 50% to 55%.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Madison Muller/Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized bloomberg wire healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Nigeria: Saving Mothers and Giving Life Through Quality Accreditation of Private Health Facilities
[Nigeria Health Watch] Increasing evidence suggests that quality care prevents a significant number of maternal deaths and disability. High-quality care is also the foundation for improved maternal and neonatal health outcomes. According to the World Health Organisation, despite the fact that more women are giving birth in health facilities than ever before, there has still been no significant increase in maternal and infant the survival rates, which is attributed in part or whole to poor quality care in health facilities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 17, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Roche ’s subcutaneous OCREVUS one-year data demonstrates near-complete suppression of clinical relapses and brain lesions in patients with progressive and relapsing forms of MS
Results from the Phase III study showed that subcutaneous (SC) injection was consistent with IV infusion and demonstrated near-complete suppression of relapse activity (97%) and MRI lesions (97.2%) through 48 weeksThe twice-yearly, 10-minute SC injection has the potential to expand the usage of OCREVUS to treatment centres without IV infrastructure or with IV capacity limitationsU.S. FDA and EMA accepted filings based on the data from OCARINA II, with EU approval anticipated mid-2024 and U.S. approval anticipated September 2024Basel, 17 April 2024 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today data from the Phase III...
Source: Roche Media News - April 17, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
National disability benefit in federal budget falls short of what advocates wanted
Tuesday’s federal budget laid the groundwork for a national disability benefit but the funding falls well short of what advocates were seeking. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Politics Source Type: news
Urine Test for Detecting Head and Neck Cancer
At-home test can detect tumor DNA fragments in urine samples, providing a non-invasive alternative to traditional blood-based biomarker tests (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - April 16, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Head, Neck, and Oral Cancer Source Type: news
Algorithm Predicts Disability From Point-of-Care EEGs
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- A high seizure burden derived by an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm was associated with worse outcomes, a retrospective analysis showed.
Hospitalized patients who had a high seizure burden based on a point... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 16, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
The U.K. Advances Bill that Would Create World ’s Only Generational Smoking Ban
The U.K. House of Commons voted Tuesday to advance the “Tobacco and Vapes Bill” that would make it illegal for anyone born in 2009 or beyond to buy tobacco and add restrictions to vaping. Legislators voted in favor of the bill in a 383- to-67 vote.
The bill would amount to an effective lifetime ban on smoking for those under the age of 15 and has now moved forward from its second reading to the committee stage.
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“This isn’t about freedom to choose, it’s about freedom [from] addiction,” said Minister Andrea Leadsom during the ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anna Gordon and Solcyré Burga Tags: Uncategorized News News Desk Source Type: news
The U.K. to Vote on World ’s Only Generational Smoking Ban
The U.K. House of Commons will vote Tuesday on the “Tobacco and Vapes Bill” that would make it illegal for anyone born in 2009 or beyond to buy tobacco and add restrictions to vaping. Its passage would amount to an effective lifetime ban on smoking for those under the age of 15.
The bill was backed by Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who has referred to tobacco as “the single biggest entirely preventable cause of ill-health, disability, and death.”
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While the bill has support from lawmakers from both the opposition Labour and ruling Conserv...
Source: TIME: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anna Gordon Tags: Uncategorized News News Desk Source Type: news
Claims of Anti-Christian Bias: A Cloaked Form of Racial Messaging?
To learn more, University of Washington News spoke with Clara Wilkins, an associate professor of psychology and Rosemary (Marah) Al-Kire, a postdoctoral research fellow of psychology (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - April 15, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Disability and Religion Source Type: news
Why Do Humans Blink So Often?
Research finds blinking plays a pivotal role in processing visual information thus adding to a growing body of evidence revising conventional views of vision (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - April 15, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Blindness and Vision Loss Source Type: news
Innovative mental health and learning disability nursing recruitment
NHS Employers - This case study sets out how Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust boosted applications to their newly qualified mental health and learning disability nursing posts.Case study (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 15, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Workforce and employment Source Type: news
