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Assessment tool offers insight into pneumonia severity - Read the full story on MD Consult: Assessment tool offers insight into pneumonia severity
Cost-effective measures to cut tobacco and salt use and increase availability of multidrug regimens - Read the full story on MD Consult: Cost-effective measures to cut tobacco and salt use and increase availability of multidrug regimens
Cutting chronic disease could avert millions of deaths in poorer countries - Read the full story on MD Consult: Cutting chronic disease could avert millions of deaths in poorer countries
Multidrug regimen for patients at risk of cardiovascular disease could prevent millions of deaths - Read the full story on MD Consult: Multidrug regimen for patients at risk of cardiovascular disease could prevent millions of deaths
CDC: Pneumococcal vaccine markedly cut pneumonia burden - Read the full story on MD Consult: CDC: Pneumococcal vaccine markedly cut pneumonia burden
Hallucinations are side effect with voriconazole; oseltamivir may not spur neuropsychiatric events - Read the full story on MD Consult: Hallucinations are side effect with voriconazole; oseltamivir may not spur neuropsychiatric events
Window of symptom escalation precedes smoking cessation relapse in women - Read the full story on MD Consult: Window of symptom escalation precedes smoking cessation relapse in women
NHLBI plans to reduce national burden of cardiovascular, lung, blood, and sleep disorders - Read the full story on MD Consult: NHLBI plans to reduce national burden of cardiovascular, lung, blood, and sleep disorders
Older adults with mild memory impairment benefit from cognitive training not reliant on memorization - Read the full story on MD Consult: Older adults with mild memory impairment benefit from cognitive training not reliant on memorization
Food and Drug Administration panel backs changes to oseltamivir, zanamivir labels - Read the full story on MD Consult: Food and Drug Administration panel backs changes to oseltamivir, zanamivir labels
Long-term weight loss improves vascular endothelial function - Read the full story on MD Consult: Long-term weight loss improves vascular endothelial function
NIH program expands efforts to address the epidemic of childhood overweight - Read the full story on MD Consult: NIH program expands efforts to address the epidemic of childhood overweight
Persons with diabetes and sickle cell trait should have reliable A1C test - Read the full story on MD Consult: Persons with diabetes and sickle cell trait should have reliable A1C test
Analysis supports use of barrier protections to avert spread of pandemic respiratory disease - Read the full story on MD Consult: Analysis supports use of barrier protections to avert spread of pandemic respiratory disease
Chronic care model produces survival advantage after 2 years - Read the full story on MD Consult: Chronic care model produces survival advantage after 2 years

Headlines from The Kaiser Family Foundation

From the Bookshelves: "Hospital" - Julie Salamon discusses her new book Hospital, which takes readers through a year in the life of a major urban hospital and examines how modern medicine works through the experiences of administrators, doctors, community leaders and patients.
Health on the Hill from kaisernetwork.org and CQ - Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor, CQ HealthBeat, looks at recent activity on the Hill -- part of a weekly series of audio reports for HealthCast.
Ask the Experts - Kaisernetwork.org invites you to participate in our new feature, Ask the Experts, a live call-in show that lets you pose health policy-related questions to our guest panelists.
Ask the Experts: A Public Plan Option Under Health Reform - A number of proposals to expand health insurance coverage -- including those put forward by leading Democratic candidates for President -- would allow people to enroll in a publicly-sponsored health plan, potentially competing side-by-side with private insurance plans. This Ask the Experts webcast examines this idea, looking at such questions as: Is Medicare a model for such a plan? What gaps in the current insurance system would it address? Is it an appropriate role for government? How would it...
McCain Discusses Health Care During "Call to Action Tour" Town Hall - This event features Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in a town hall discussing his health care plan at Lehigh Valley Hospital.
Engineering a Learning Healthcare System: A Look at the Future - Day 2 - The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies hosts this meeting on the U.S. health care system and and potential reform efforts.
Medicare: Drifting Towards Disaster - This event, co-sponsored by the Galen Institute, American Enterprise Institute and Heritage Foundation, features a panel of experts who explore solutions for Medicare sustainability.
McCain Delivers Address on Health Care Plan - This event features Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)discussing his health care plan at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute.
2008 n4a Aging Policy Briefing - The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging hosts the 14th Annual Aging Policy Briefing in Washington D.C., which brings together key administration officials, aging policy analysts and congressional staff to discuss long-term care, Older Americans Act funding, Medicare, and Medicaid policy issues and other important topics in aging.
Engineering a Learning Healthcare System: A Look at the Future - Day 1 - The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies hosts this meeting on the U.S. health care system and and potential reform efforts.
Health on the Hill from kaisernetwork.org and CQ - Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor, CQ HealthBeat, looks at recent activity on the Hill -- part of a weekly series of audio reports for HealthCast.
The LBJ Centennial Medicare Conference: Past, Present, and Future - This Medicare Conference, part of a series of activities to commemorate Lyndon B. Johnson's 100th birthday, brings together prominent scholars and policy makers to discuss issues central to Medicare policy. The conference is co-sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Health Reform Forum: Cost vs. Coverage - What's the Priority? - This second National Federation of Independent Businesses Health Reform Forum features a panel of campaign surrogates for a discussion on the policies they believe will ultimately drive health care reform. The bipartisan panel provides diverse perspectives on what health care reform may look like in the next Administration and how best to prioritize driving down costs and expanding coverage.
Improving the Quality and Value of Health Care - The Leaders' Project on the State of American Health Care, part of the Bipartisan Policy Center, will involve top practitioners and experts in targeted meetings and workshops to develop a framework to accelerate constructive discussion and implementation of policy solutions to the nation?s most pressing health care issues. This forum focuses on improving quality and value in the delivery of health care.
Toward Eradication - Malaria's Next Frontiers - In honor of World Malaria Day, the Global Health Council, Johns Hopkins University Voices Project and PATH host a panel which tackles the tough issues of the next frontiers in malaria prevention, control and treatment.