Science news articles about 'health policy'

Understanding how neglected tropical diseases affect chronic diseases can help inform health policies, say Peter Hotez and Abdallah Daar.

The people who implement health policies should have a say in the setting of research agendas, the Bamako conference heard.

... sale of health insurance policies and makes the purchase of basic health policies mandatory by implementing fines and penalties for those who ignore the law. The basic policy requires services such ...

Regional clinical research networks provide timely evidence to help emerging health policy. They deserve more support, says Jimmy Whitworth.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research has selected Eric M. Patashnik, professor of politics, to receive a grant for a research project on the ...

... a question on its long-standing security clearance form referencing an applicant’s mental health history because officials believe it is needlessly preventing some people from seeking counseling. ...

... sick in the first place,” said lead author Sherry Glied, Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. “When private ...

... , health care providers and policymakers,” says Gerry Fairbrother, Ph.D., a researcher in the division of health policy and clinical effectiveness at Cincinnati Children’s who was an author of both ...

... and outcomes in diabetes or improves heart function in those with CHF. “This is a study with real health policy impact. Our findings were so encouraging that Indiana Medicaid, which funded our work, ...

The legislation is aimed at providing low-cost health coverage to the uninsured by allowing the sale of stripped-down insurance policies.

... are still extremely patchy. Better knowledge of the situation is essential for defining suitable health policies, making changes to abortion legislation possible and increasing awareness among the ...

... level" states Dr Simona Giampaoli, Chair of the Prevention and Health policy section of the EACPR. "The traffic light system helps consumers see at a glance whether the contents of a ...

... of untreated sleep apnea, especially in people with diabetes, are not. Health policy makers and the general public must be made aware of the link between type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea ...

... – along with colleagues from across Canada – have issued new recommendations to public health authorities about how to best cope with osteoporosis, a bone disease which leads to increased risk of ...

... lead author Dennis Scanlon, professor of health policy and administration at Penn State. The Leapfrog ... medical errors would decline, patient health would improve and costs could possibly stabilize ...