http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- YouTube is trying to help shrinking newsrooms expand their video coverage without increasing their payrolls. http://www.physorg.com/news177656735.html Technology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:20:01 EST news177656735 (AP) -- For many women, getting a mammogram is already one of life's more stressful experiences. Now, women in their 40s have the added anxiety of trying to figure out if they should even be getting one at all. http://www.physorg.com/news177617858.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:10:02 EST news177617858 Physician bias might be the reason why African Americans are not receiving kidney/pancreas transplants at the same rate as similar patients in other racial groups. Dr. Keith Melancon, director of kidney and pancreas transplantation at Georgetown University Hospital and associate professor of surgery at Georgetown University Medical Center, and colleagues explore this phenomenon in the November issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. http://www.physorg.com/news176997185.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:20:08 EST news176997185 (AP) -- Health insurer Humana Inc. rode its strong government business in posting a 65 percent jump in third-quarter profit Monday, as bulging membership and premiums from Medicare Advantage overcame a lackluster commercial segment hampered by the weak economy. http://www.physorg.com/news176381587.html Technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:55:09 EST news176381587 Residents can serve a vital role in educating Congress, the medical community, and the general public regarding the efficacy of cutting-edge technologies like CT colonography (CTC) as well as the importance of radiologists' training and education and the role that radiologists serve in the provision of quality health care, according to an article published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR). http://www.physorg.com/news175955551.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:30:01 EST news175955551 (AP) -- Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor will give millions of Americans the option of purchasing government-run insurance coverage, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Monday, although he stopped short of claiming the 60 votes needed to pass a plan steeped in controversy. Reid, D-Nev., said individual states would have the choice of opting out of the program. http://www.physorg.com/news175796704.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:40:01 EST news175796704 The proportion of in vitro fertilization (IVF) multiple births was lower in the eight states that provide insurance coverage for couples seeking IVF treatment, primarily due to fewer embryos transferred per cycle, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in an abstract presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-21. http://www.physorg.com/news175281209.html Medicine & Health Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:50:01 EST news175281209 Later diagnosis, less first-course treatment and race are the main reasons for the difference in mortality between rich and poor breast cancer patients. A new study, published in the open access journal BMC Cancer, suggests that targeted interventions to increase breast cancer screening and treatment coverage in worse-off patients could reduce much of the socioeconomic disparity in survival. http://www.physorg.com/news174718185.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:59:14 EST news174718185 (AP) -- NASA's great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, the public turned away from the sky Friday anything but dazzled. Photos and video of the impact showed little more than a fuzzy white flash. http://www.physorg.com/news174364867.html Space & Earth Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:02:27 EST news174364867 Despite high rates of health insurance coverage among children in the District of Columbia, children's access to health care is inadequate and poses a significant health problem for the city's young residents, particularly those who are publicly insured, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today. http://www.physorg.com/news174218584.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:20:01 EST news174218584 A comparison of national agencies that play a role in determining drug coverage decisions in Britain, Canada and Australia finds that uncertainty regarding clinical effectiveness is a key issue in coverage decisions, with other factors including the ability to negotiate price and societal values, according to a study in the October 7 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news174066867.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:10:01 EST news174066867 (AP) -- On the cusp of a key legislative push, President Barack Obama on Monday filled the Rose Garden with doctors supportive of his health care overhaul, saying "nobody has more credibility with the American people on this issue than you do." http://www.physorg.com/news173964686.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:50:04 EST news173964686 A new poll by the Harvard School of Public Health and The Boston Globe finds 59% of Massachusetts residents who are aware of the state's health reform legislation, which was enacted in 2006, support it. A little more than one in four oppose it (28%), and 13% are not sure. The level of public support for the law has declined somewhat in the last year, from 69% saying they support the law in 2008 to 59% in the current poll. The current number is similar to the 61% found in 2006. Support for the law varied by party affiliation, with 76% of Democrats, 56% of Independents, and just 35% of Republicans saying they support the legislation. The poll was conducted September 14-16, 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news173365975.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:30:12 EST news173365975 (AP) -- Call it a health care gamble: the decision by some people to opt out of health insurance, paying cash for routine care while playing the odds that an accident or catastrophic illness won't plunge them into financial ruin. http://www.physorg.com/news173354506.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:02:38 EST news173354506 New research by the University of Warwick and Royal Holloway finds that neither the general public nor even radical leaning Muslims have any real personal knowledge or understanding of real jihadists and both rely on stereotypes and what they can glean from the mainstream media to inform their understanding of what makes for radicalised jihadists. http://www.physorg.com/news171894257.html Other Sciences Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:24:40 EST news171894257 "The Arctic as we know it may soon be a thing of the past," says Eric Post, associate professor of biology at Penn State University. Post leads a large, international team that carried out ecosystem-wide studies of the biological response to Arctic warming during the fourth International Polar Year, which ended in 2008. The team's results will be reported on 11 September 2009 in the journal Science. http://www.physorg.com/news171811398.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:10:03 EST news171811398 Parenthood is pushing mothers and fathers in opposite directions on political issues associated with social welfare, from health care to education, according to new research from North Carolina State University. http://www.physorg.com/news171626887.html Other Sciences Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:08:37 EST news171626887 Children in Ethiopia who received the antibiotic azithromycin as a method for controlling the contagious eye disease trachoma had a lower odds of death compared to children who did not receive the antibiotic, according to a study in the September 2 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news171047671.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:15:12 EST news171047671 Do Americans believe controversial assertions about health care reform including death panels, threats to Medicare, abortions, illegal immigrants, and other claims which the White House have labeled as untrue "myths?" http://www.physorg.com/news170331959.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:50:01 EST news170331959 The Baltic Sea winter climate has changed more in the last 500 years than previously thought. Research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that our part of the world has experienced periods of both milder and colder winters, and the transitions between these climate types seem to have been abrupt. http://www.physorg.com/news169458454.html Space & Earth Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:10:01 EST news169458454 Giving people a sense of being in control is an important element in health messages, according to researchers at Nottingham and De Montfort universities. The research, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, looked at how language used in policy messages and media coverage affects the public perception of health threats. The report warns that lyrical and over-emotional language may be counter-productive when issuing warnings and advice about pandemics and hospital infections. http://www.physorg.com/news168843547.html Medicine & Health Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:00:07 EST news168843547 Comprehensive health reform proposals now before Congress could help the more than 13 million uninsured young adults ages 19-29 gain coverage, and such reforms would also help ensure that those who now have coverage would not lose it, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. Extending health insurance coverage to all Americans through expansions in Medicaid and a health insurance exchange with a choice of private and public plans would help guarantee stable, affordable coverage for young adults, according to the report, Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can Help, 2009 Update. http://www.physorg.com/news168764679.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:20:01 EST news168764679 (AP) -- Medicare's 3-year-old prescription drug plan has largely met its main goal of making lifesaving medicines more affordable for seniors, a new report found. http://www.physorg.com/news167503324.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:20:06 EST news167503324 The individual health insurance market is not a viable option for the majority of uninsured adults, a new report from The Commonwealth Fund finds. Seventy-three percent of people who tried to buy insurance on their own in the last three years did not purchase a policy, primarily because premiums were too high. In addition, among adults with individual coverage or who tried to buy coverage in the past three years, 57 percent said it was very difficult or impossible to find coverage they could afford, 47 percent said it was very difficult or impossible to find a plan with the coverage they needed, and 36 percent were denied coverage or charged more because of a pre-existing condition, or had the condition excluded from their coverage. http://www.physorg.com/news167374648.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:58:40 EST news167374648 (AP) -- Health insurance and doctors were unthinkable luxuries for George Anderson of Redding, laid off nearly a year ago when his book distribution company filed for bankruptcy. http://www.physorg.com/news167321123.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:05:52 EST news167321123 After enrolling in Medicare Part D, seniors who previously had limited or no drug coverage spent more on prescriptions and less on other medical care services such as hospitalizations and visits to the doctor's office, according to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health study. Published in the July 2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, the study also found that seniors who had relatively good drug benefits prior to enrolling in Medicare Part D spent somewhat more on prescriptions and, at the same time, increased their spending on other medical care services. http://www.physorg.com/news165688774.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:40:01 EST news165688774 (AP) -- The percentage of Americans who don't have private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports. About 65 percent of non-elderly Americans had private insurance in 2008, down from 67 percent the year before, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.physorg.com/news165688909.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:00:06 EST news165688909 (AP) -- Laid off from her job in Massachusetts, Danielle Marks thought immediately about losing her health insurance. How could she afford the medication and physical therapy she needed to heal after shoulder surgery? http://www.physorg.com/news162738504.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 May 2009 14:08:56 EST news162738504 Financial contracts to care for sick or aging relatives - nearly unthinkable just a decade ago - are drawing new interest as everyday Americans wrestle with the time and expense of providing long-term health care, a University of Illinois legal expert says. http://www.physorg.com/news162650583.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 May 2009 13:43:29 EST news162650583 It is time for states to suspend, rather than terminate, the Medicaid benefits of inmates while they are incarcerated, say correctional health care experts from The Miriam Hospital in a commentary published online by the Journal of General Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news161871212.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 May 2009 13:14:00 EST news161871212