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VA Embraces Nontraditional Treatments: Complementary Alternative Therapy Helps People Move The Focus Away From Their Aches And Pains

Staff Writer | Union-Bulletin.com | March 3, 2012

It seems an unlikely pairing. The practice of traditional - and renowned - medicine on a historic campus and a new program of alternative and complementary healing... Read More »

VA Launches Two mHealth Pilot Programs

Greg Slabodkin | FierceMobileHealthcare | July 17, 2013

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has officially launched mHealth pilot projects to test the technology prior to national release and to "ensure that the veteran experience is optimized," according to an announcement from the VA. Read More »

Vast Study Casts Doubts On Value Of Mammograms

Gina Kolata | New York Times | February 11, 2014

One of the largest and most meticulous studies of mammography ever done, involving 90,000 women and lasting a quarter-century, has added powerful new doubts about the value of the screening test for women of any age. Read More »

Vermont's HIX As A Path To Single Payer

Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | April 29, 2013

Vermont health officials have a challenging task explaining to consumers the details and benefits of the state health insurance exchange without being able to say much about how insurance and healthcare will (or will not) change in 2017, when the state is set to transition to a single payer system. Read More »

Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association’s Shared Hospital Services Corp. Partners With Axial

Press Release | Axial Exchange, Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA) | October 23, 2013

Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA), [...] through its shared services affiliate (VHHA Services), responsible for identifying technology solutions for Virginia's hospitals and health systems, and Axial Exchange, Inc., [...] recently announced that they have partnered to provide VHHA member institutions access to Axial Exchange's interactive health management application. Read More »

Ways EHRs Can Lead To Unintended Safety Problems

Kevin B. O’Reilly | American Medical News | February 25, 2013

Wrong records and failures in data transfer impede physicians and harm patients, according to an analysis of health technology incidents. Read More »

We Can Work It Out: Collaboration Leads To Insights, New Targets In Epilepsy

Ron Leuty | Business Times | August 13, 2013

A little scientific cooperation goes a long way. Epilepsy researchers, who more than a decade ago forged a national collaboration, have discovered 25 new mutations around the neurological disorder. What’s more, they also uncovered two genes behind rare childhood forms of the disease... Read More »

Wellcome Trust Walks The Walk On Open Access With Images Release

Paul St. John Mackintosh | TeleRead | January 23, 2014

Already a poster child for open access in the UK scientific and medical communities, the Wellcome Trust has made another public commitment to free access to information with its announcement that: “Over 100 000 images, including manuscripts, paintings, etchings, early photography and advertisements, are being made freely available through Wellcome Images.” Read More »

Wellness Takes Hold Among Large Employers – And More Sticks Nudge Workers Toward Health

Jane Sarasohn-Kahn | Health Populi | August 23, 2012

Employee benefits make up one-third of employers’ investments in workers, and companies are looking for positive ROI on that spend. Health benefits are the largest component of that spending, and are a major cost-management focus. In 2012 and beyond, wellness is taking center stage as part of employers’ total benefits strategies. Read More »

West Nile Virus Spreads Faster

Elizabeth Weise | USA Today | August 14, 2012

West Nile virus is spreading faster than it has in years, and the pace of the mosquito-borne disease is getting worse, health officials report. Read More »

What We Don't Know About The Deadly New SARS-Like Virus

Alexander Abad-Santos | Atlantic Wire | May 2, 2013

Saudi Arabia announced late Wednesday that five more people have died and two others are undergoing intensive treatment as a result of the new novel coronavirus (NCoV), a cousin of SARS that causes kidney failure and pneumonia. The latest in a slow trickle of information brings the mortality rate to 16 deaths among 24 known infections [...]. Read More »

When We Lose Antibiotics, Here’s Everything Else We’ll Lose Too

Maryn McKenna | Wired | November 20, 2013

This week, health authorities in New Zealand announced that the tightly quarantined island nation — the only place I’ve ever been where you get x-rayed on the way into the country as well as leaving it — has experienced its first case, and first death, from  a strain of totally drug-resistant bacteria. From the New Zealand Herald: Read More »

When Your Child's Food Allergies Are A Matter Of Life And Death

Staff Writer | The Salt | April 12, 2014

Laurel Francoeur's son Jeremy was about a year old when he had his first life- threatening allergic reaction. She took him to the doctor when hives started to cover his whole body. Tests revealed severe allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, soy, sesame and shellfish. Read More »

WHO Warns Against 'Post-Antibiotic' Era

Sara Reardon | Nature | April 30, 2014

The 'post-antibiotic' era is near, according to a report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO). The decreasing effectiveness of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents is a global problem, and a surveillance system should be established to monitor it, the group says. Read More »

Wholesome Wave Fruit & Vegetable Prescription Program Launches In New York City Public Hospitals, Targets Those At Risk Of Obesity

Press Release | Linda I. Gibbs, Thomas A. Farley, Alan D. Aviles | July 23, 2013

Fruit & Vegetable Prescription Program Launches in New York City Public Hospitals, Targets Those at Risk of Obesity Read More »