More doctors, hospitals partner to coordinate care for people with Medicare
Tweet Doctors and health care providers have formed 106 new Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in Medicare, ensuring as many as 4 million Medicare beneficiaries now have access to high-quality, coordinated care across the United States, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today.
Read More →Hope in a Vaccine: HPV and Cervical Cancer
Tweet By Dr. Samir N. Khleif Director, Georgia Health Sciences University Cancer Center Augusta, Ga – A vaccine that prevents cancer seemed more like science fiction than science a mere generation ago, but today, it’s a reality for cervical cancer.
Read More →Eliminating useless information important to learning, making new memories
Tweet Special to the Journal AUGUSTA, Ga. – As we age, it just may be the ability to filter and eliminate old information – rather than take in the new stuff – that makes it harder to learn, scientists report.
Read More →BRENAU SUSTAINABILITY TALK OFFERS A GLIMPSE INTO THE WORLD OF EPIDEMICS, MEDICAL DETECTIVE WORK
Tweet Special to the Journal GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Dana Boyd Barr, professor of Environmental Health at Emory University and former research chemist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will present a talk entitled “Epidemics – Spread the Word, not the Disease” on Jan. 9 at 5 p.m., in Thurmond McRae Auditorium on [...]
Read More →Virtual patient may help future doctors prevent suicide
Tweet AUGUSTA, Ga. – A virtual patient named Denise may help future physicians feel more comfortable and capable assessing suicide risk. Denise, a mother and wife, is seeking psychiatric care for insomnia and a mood disorder.
Read More →GHSU researcher’s products target cold sores, fever blisters
Tweet Special to the Journal AUGUSTA, Ga. – A Georgia Health Sciences University researcher has developed a topical ointment and a daily lip protector with natural ingredients to combat herpes simplex virus type 1, commonly known as cold sores and fever blisters.
Read More →HHS announces new investment in school-based health centers
Tweet Washington, D.C. -Today Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced awards of more than $80 million to 197 school-based health center programs across the country, made possible by the Affordable Care Act. This funding will allow school-based health centers to serve an additional 384,000 students, and continue the expansion of preventive and [...]
Read More →Telestroke networks can be cost-effective for hospitals, good for patients
Tweet Special to the Journal AUGUSTA, Ga. – Telestroke networks that enable the remote and rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke can improve the bottom line of patients and hospitals, researchers report. A central hub hospital delivering rapid stroke diagnosis and treatment partnering with typically smaller spoke hospitals in need of those services means more [...]
Read More →Are We There Yet?
Tweet Written by Dr. Samir N. Khleif Director, Georgia Health Sciences University Cancer Center AUGUSTA, Ga. – Overall cancer death rates have steadily declined over the past 20 years, according to the National Cancer Institute’s March 2012 report, Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2008. NCI Director Dr. Harold E. Varmus [...]
Read More →High hormone levels put young black males at risk for cardiovascular disease
Tweet Special to the Journal AUGUSTA, Ga. – Increased levels of the hormone c in young black males correlate with an unhealthy chain of events that starts with retaining too much salt and results in an enlarged heart muscle, researchers say.
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