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Death by a Thousand Cuts
It is likely that you don't realize what your state and our nation have lost in economic terms and research productivity as a result of recent cuts in the federal budget and budget instability brought on by a failure of Congress to pass a budget in a timely manner. Although some members of Congress strongly support increased funding for U.S. research, others argue that the time has come for the cost of basic biomedical research to be borne by industry and philanthropy. Those who make that argument either ignore, or are unaware, that this experiment has already been tried -- unsuccessfully. Nearly 80 years ago, Louisiana ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 24, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news

The impact of global budgeting on treatment intensity and outcomes
Abstract This paper investigates the effects of global budgets on the amount of resources devoted to cardio-cerebrovascular disease patients by hospitals of different ownership types and these patients’ outcomes. Theoretical models predict that hospitals have financial incentives to increase the quantity of treatments applied to patients. This is especially true for for-profit hospitals. If that’s the case, it is important to examine whether the increase in treatment quantity is translated into better treatment outcomes. Our analyses take advantage of the National Health Insurance of Taiwan’s implementation...
Source: International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics - September 30, 2014 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Type 2 diabetes.
Authors: Abstract Essential facts [Figure: see text] Type 2 diabetes is a lifelong condition that affects around three million people in the UK. It can lead to health complications such as heart disease, stroke, amputation and blindness. Care of people with diabetes takes up 10 per cent of the NHS budget. PMID: 25027899 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Nursing Standard - July 16, 2014 Category: Nursing Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research

Cynthia A. Bens
Vice President, Public PolicyCynthia Bens is the Vice President of Public Policy at the not-for-profit Alliance for Aging Research in Washington, D.C.  In this capacity, Ms. Bens is responsible for guiding the organization’s federal policy work, representing the Alliance in multiple national coalitions, and directing all aspects of the Accelerate Cure/Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease (ACT-AD) and Aging in Motion (AIM) coalitions. Ms. Bens sits on the Alliance for a Stronger FDA Board of Directors and is a Founding Executive Committee Member of Friends of the National Institute on Aging (FoNIA). She has served on the...
Source: PHRMA - June 17, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sabrina Source Type: news

Retrospective costing of warfarin.
Abstract In Ireland, there are four anticoagulants available for prescribing to patients with atrial fibrillation for stroke prevention. A key feature of the three most recent anticoagulants is that monitoring is redundant. Despite this, there is continued prescribing of the incumbent anticoagulant, warfarin, which requires monitoring. Lack of information regarding the cost of monitoring, and the extra burden it places on health budgets and patients, motivated this costing study. Using micro costing, the costs of warfarin treatment (including monitoring) was disaggregated and isolated from both the patients' and h...
Source: Ir Med J - May 1, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Walsh C, Murphy A, Kirby A, Vaughan C Tags: Ir Med J Source Type: research

News & Analysis Epidemiology: Budget Woes Threaten Long-Term Heart Studies
The Framingham Heart Study is an icon of epidemiology. Its long-term monitoring of a large group, or cohort, of people in a Massachusetts town has yielded landmark results on everything from the link between cholesterol and heart disease to the genetic risk of stroke. But this year, the thorough clinical exams that participants periodically receive will be scaled back, and plans for new tests put on hold. Similar cohort studies sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute are confronting a similar fate and some observers suggest that the era of such large, costly long-termstudies is drawing to a close. Author: Jocelyn Kaiser
Source: Science: This Week - August 16, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Jocelyn Kaiser Tags: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Joe Farman obituary
Scientist whose discovery of the depletion of the ozone layer sparked global action to phase out dangerous chemicalsJoe Farman, who has died aged 82, was the leader of a small group of scientists who made one of the most important discoveries in recent history. In 1985, they published a landmark paper on the ozone layer, the protective skin that filters the sun's ultraviolet rays and without which the rays can cause cancers and eye damage. Their research showed that the ozone layer was being rapidly depleted over the Antarctic.Just two years later, world governments signed the Montreal protocol, a treaty phasing out the us...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 16, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Fiona Harvey Tags: Obituaries Ozone layer guardian.co.uk Physics Environment Science Source Type: news

Six Ways to Give Your Child a Healthy Heart for Life
February is heart month—a great time to think about heart health. While we tend to think of heart disease as a problem of adults, it can start in childhood—and the health habits of childhood have everything to do with heart health in adulthood. So as we finish up February, here are six things that parents can do to give their children the best chance of a healthy heart for life: Keep your child at a healthy weight. Being overweight increases the risk of heart disease. We are seeing some of the early changes of heart disease in overweight children—and being overweight as a child increases the likelihood of being overw...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - February 26, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Claire McCarthy Tags: Childhood obesity Claire McCarthy, MD Exercise Health & wellness Healthful eating Parenting heart disease heart health heart month preventing heart disease Source Type: news