State launches HealthFacts RI database, Rhode Island’s comprehensive all-payer claims database CRANSTON, R.I. (February 10, 2016) – Rhode Island launched today the HealthFacts RI database, a new all-payer healthcare claims database, to better understand healthcare spending, utilization and the effectiveness of healthcare policies. As part of the launch, the state’s Executive Office of Health and […]readmore
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) today underscored the significant and tangible benefits that the Affordable Care Act continues to provide for Rhode Islanders. “There’s no question – the Affordable Care Act works for Rhode Island,” said Cicilline, who serves as a member of the Affordable Drug Pricing Task Force in the U.S. […]readmore
ANN ARBOR– La mayoría de los niños inmigrantes e hijos de inmigrantes con necesidades médicas especiales carecen de un «hogar médico» que les permitiría manejar mejor su condición y evitar desperdicio de recursos, de acuerdo a un nuevo estudio. En un artículo en la revista Pediatrics, un equipo de la Facultad de Medicina de la […]readmore
Spain confirmed Thursday that a pregnant woman was diagnosed with the Zika virus, the first known case in Europe. The Health Ministry said in a statement that she was presumably infected during a trip to Colombia and is in her second trimester of pregnancy. The woman is among seven people who showed symptoms of Zika […]readmore
Preeclampsia is a mysterious disease, experts say, striking up to 60 percent of pregnant women globally. It is marked by high blood pressure and the presence of protein in the urine. Untreated, preeclampsia can progress to eclampsia, which can cause seizures and lead to comas. Eclampsia causes 13 percent of maternal deaths around the world. […]readmore
Providence – Almost four years after creating a multidisciplinary Palliative Care Program and joining 10 other pioneering organizations nationally to support the Conversation Project with a goal of promoting discussions about palliative care and end-of-life decisions, Care New England Health System is bringing palliative care into the outpatient setting. In addition to an inpatient consult […]readmore
Jessica Berman Eating seafood has a number of well-known health benefits. The vitamins and minerals in fish protect against heart disease and stroke and are good for brain development. Now, a new study shows that consuming fish at least once per week, even seafood that contains mercury, lowers the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease in […]readmore
VOA News It is ethical, under certain conditions, to create an embryo from the DNA of three people, according to a new report. The report from the Institute of Medicine said using DNA from three people, a man and two women, was ethical in certain situations. Researchers think creating embryos this way could one day […]readmore
VOA News Latin American health ministers agreed Wednesday on a public information campaign and boosted the number of medical workers to fight the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which poses the greatest threat to pregnant women. The 14 officials — including Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Castro, whose country has been hit hardest by the virus — held […]readmore
VOA News A county in the southwestern state of Texas reported what appears to be the first case of the Zika virus being transmitted in the United States by sexual contact. Officials in Dallas County said Tuesday the patient was infected with Zika after having sexual contact with a sick individual who returned from a […]readmore