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Docs not convinced permanent SGR fix is on the way Modern Healthcare Share     A bold pledge from the government's top health care administrator to resolve Medicare's physician payment problem has yet to convince all doctors that a permanent fix will ever be realized. The American Medical Association's National Advocacy Conference in Washington began on a sour note last week when a 21.2 percent cut triggered by Medicare's sustainable growth-rate formula kicked in on March 1. More
Anthem a boon to Obama's health care efforts The Los Angeles Times Share
California's largest for-profit health insurer submitted a plan to regulators in Sacramento. Anthem Blue Cross was seeking double-digit rate increases for many of its 800,000 individual policyholders. Insurers can raise premiums in the individual market as often -- and as much -- as they like, within certain guidelines. In Washington, Democrats were scrambling to pass sweeping healthcare legislation, the centerpiece of President Obama's domestic agenda and a dream of party leaders for more than half a century. More South Ga. hoping to train, retain new doctors The Augusta Chronicle Share
A Glynn County general surgeon will help lead a program to bring third-and fourth-year medical students to Southeast Georgia Health System's Brunswick and Camden County hospitals for training. T. Wayne Rentz Jr., who directs the surgical intensive care unit at the Brunswick hospital, becomes the inaugural assistant dean for curriculum for the Southeast Georgia Clinical Campus of the Medical College of Georgia. More  MCG vows to assist students if cuts go through The Augusta Chronnicle Share
After getting blasted at a town hall meeting by students whose programs might be eliminated due to budget cuts, the administration of Medical College of Georgia came back with a commitment to at least help those students graduate with a degree. More Georgia makes good on promise to expand biotech industry The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Share
Last May, the state spent nearly $2 million hosting the biotech industry's biggest annual convention at the Georgia World Congress Center. Billed as the debutante ball for the state's life science industry, Georgia leaders vowed to recoup their investment in the 2009 Bio International Convention. It appears they did. More New asthma program to specifically help teens Sify News Share
A teen-specific asthma program could help people in rural areas to manage their disease and avoid potentially fatal complications, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. Black males have a death rate from asthma that is six times greater than their white counterparts. According to Dr. Dennis Ownby, chief in the MCG School of Medicine Section of Allergy and Immunology, asthma rates are as bad in rural areas as they are in inner cities. More
Bill introduced to codify U.S. stem cell rules Science Insider Share
Congressional supporters of stem cell research have re-introduced legislation to codify President Barack Obama's 2009 executive order lifting restrictions on the number of human embryonic stem cell lines available to federally funded researchers. More U.S. FDA panel backs InterMune lung drug Reuters Share
U.S. medical advisers backed InterMune Inc's experimental drug to treat lung scarring, saying it should be approved for patients with the rare fatal condition. In a 9-3 vote, the Food and Drug Administration's outside experts said the company's data were strong enough to support use of the drug, pirfenidone, for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. More Urinary prostate cancer test, PCA3, predictive of biopsy outcomes Cancer Consultants Share
Researchers involved in the international Reduction by Dutasteride of Prostate Cancer Events trial have reported that the urinary PCA3 test can predict biopsy outcome in men taking dutasteride. The details of two studies were presented at the 2010 American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancer Symposium held in San Francisco, March 5-7. More |
 
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