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Medical Students Experience Life Inside Nursing Home
An unusual program in New York gives medical students the chance to experience life as nursing home patients and learn about geriatrics, a field in desperate need of more professionals.
National Dialysis Treatment Program Under Fire; Criticized As Too Costly, Risky
Kidney dialysis treatment in the U.S. is expensive and has high death rates, but it doesn’t have to be that way, USA Today reports.
First Edition: August 24, 2009
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Daschle Advising Obama, Health Industry On Reform
President Obama met with Tom Daschle on Friday, sparking coverage of Daschle’s ongoing role in health overhaul legislation.
Dems In Conflict On Health Reform Options, McCain Defends GOP ‘End Of Life’ Claims
On the Sunday talk shows, lawmakers disputed how the Democrats should proceed on health overhaul legislation.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and the Pink Cross Foundation this week filed official complaints with the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA) alleging adult film production companies “have violated workplace safety laws” by not requiring condom use in films, the Los Angeles Times reports (Yoshino, 8/20).
Lancet Examines Dengue Fever In Mexico
Lancet World Report examines the factors contributing to a steady uptick in the number of dengue fever cases in Mexico over the past decade. Compared to the year 2000, when “there were 1,781 reported cases
Foreign Aid Reform Needed ‘Quickly,’ Opinion Piece Says
“At a time when our national-security and foreign-policy priorities have become increasingly dependent on effective development,” political leaders “must act swiftly and put partisan politics aside in order to enact reforms that will make our foreign-aid programs more efficient, more effective and therefore more capable of supporting and advancing our national interests around the globe,” Mark Green
Obama On The Radio: Faults GOP Stalling, Guarantees Reform Passage
Obama is faulting the GOP for standing in the way of health care reform and guaranteeing that reform will pass as he shifts tone in the debate.
Senators Ignore Rhetoric, Consider Scaling Back Their Plan
Senate Finance Committee negotiators agreed to pursue a lower-cost, scaled back health care reform plan to attempt to gain wider support for reform, even as rhetoric from both parties increases, The Washington Post reports.
Obama, Dems Plot New Health Reform Approach
Though they spent years refining a health care reform message, Democrats are back at the beginning, plotting a new stratgy to sell health reform.
Public Plan And Co-Ops Battle For Public Hearts, Political Minds
An idea that began in academia is now in the center of the debate over government’s role in the health care system.
Democrats Consider Endgame Strategies As Bipartisan Reform Hopes Fade
Democrats are considering several different ways to pass reform unilaterally but all of them come with problems.
Poll: Dwindling Confidence In Obama’s Handling Of Health Care
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds growing disapproval of President Obama’s health reform initiatives.
What Role For Government In Promoting Wellness?
“Of the eight goals for health care reform laid out in President Obama’s 2010 budget, just one has more to do with patients than with providers or insurers: ‘Investing in prevention and wellness,'” the National Journal reports.
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Increase Lobbying
Pharmaceutical companies and Johnson & Johnson spent millions to lobby Congress on issues such as comparative effectiveness research and generic medicines.
Labor Unions Boost Campaign Contributions In N.C.
Labor unions focus on North Carolina to shape the nation’s health care debate.
‘Explosion’ Of H1N1 Cases Likely In Coming Months, WHO Says
In the coming months, countries should prepare for an “explosion” in new cases of H1N1 (swine) flu until peak transmission of the virus is reached, the WHO’s Western Pacific director, Shin Young-soo told a symposium of health officials gathered in Beijing Friday, the Associated Press reports.
