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Pitt Study Examines Cost-Effectiveness Of Medicare Drug Plans In Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder
Date: Feb-23-2013A new study published online in the American Journal of Managed Care found that in Medicare Part D, generic drug coverage was cost-saving compared to no coverage in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, while also improving health outcomes. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, the Pitt Graduate School of Public Health, and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC note that policymakers and insurers should consider generic-only coverage, rather than no gap coverage, to both conserve health care resources and improve health...
Data Published In PLOS ONE Show Mymetics' HIV-1 Innovative Vaccine Is Safe And Elicits Strong Immunogenicity
Date: Feb-23-2013Vaccine-induced mucosal antibodies may contribute to reduce sexually transmitted HIV-1 Results from a randomized study published in PLOS ONE(1) this week demonstrate that Mymetic' innovative HIV-1 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1) vaccine is safe and well tolerated and demonstrates a high level of immunogenicity in a Phase I trial involving 24 healthy women. The publication highlights that vaccine-induced mucosal antibodies may contribute to reduce sexually transmitted HIV-1...
PEPFAR's Successes Highlighted In New IOM Report
Date: Feb-23-2013The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has saved and improved millions of lives worldwide and offered proof that HIV/AIDS services can be effectively delivered on a large scale even in countries with high rates of disease and resource constraints, says a new congressionally mandated evaluation conducted by the Institute of Medicine...
The Cost-Effectiveness Of Medicare Drug Plans In Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder
Date: Feb-23-2013A new study published online in the American Journal of Managed Care found that in Medicare Part D, generic drug coverage was cost-saving compared to no coverage in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, while also improving health outcomes. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, the Pitt Graduate School of Public Health, and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC note that policymakers and insurers should consider generic-only coverage, rather than no gap coverage, to both conserve health care resources and improve health...
Providing Free Diabetes-Related Medications And Supplies Could Save Money For Insurers
Date: Feb-23-2013Reducing financial barriers to medication access - a strategy known as value-based insurance design (VBID) - can improve medication adherence and management of chronic diseases such as diabetes. The economic and patient-perceived benefits of eliminating co-payments for diabetes-related medications and supplies are described in a trend-setting study published in Population Health Management, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available on the Population Health Management website...
Project Uses Millions Of Gigs Of Data To Develop Common Data-Sharing Framework To Improve Human Health
Date: Feb-23-2013With biomedical scientists struggling to collect and analyze millions of gigabytes of data in their efforts to improve human health, the National Institutes of Health has launched a $700 million project to develop a common data-sharing framework and start training future scientists to tap that gold mine of information. That's the topic of a story in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. Britt E...
New Technologies Show Potential To Detect Response To Cancer Therapy Earlier
Date: Feb-23-2013The research was published recently in the journal Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment. The article describes experiments using ultrasonic molecular imaging (USMI) and Dynamic Contrast Enhanced-Perfusion Imaging (DCE-PI) to measure response to therapy for pancreatic cancer. Paul Dayton, PhD, senior author says, "What we found is that using two non-invasive technologies, we can detect response to therapy earlier than by relying on tumor volume changes...
Why Do Straight Women And Gay Men Form Close Relationships With One Another?
Date: Feb-23-2013A new psychology study from The University of Texas at Austin suggests the glue that cements these unique relationships is honest, unbiased relationship advice. The study, published online in the February issue of Evolutionary Psychology, is the first to provide empirical evidence that the emotional closeness shared by straight women and gay men is rooted in the absence of deceptive mating motivations...
Inadequate Sanitation, Flush Toilets Not Accessible To 60 Percent Of People Worldwide
Date: Feb-23-2013It may be the 21st century, with all its technological marvels, but 6 out of every 10 people on Earth still do not have access to flush toilets or other adequate sanitation that protects the user and the surrounding community from harmful health effects, a new study has found. The research, published in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology, says the number of people without access to improved sanitation is almost double the previous estimate...
New Recommendations For Screening And Testing Newborn Children
Date: Feb-23-2013New recommendations on testing and screening newborn children for genetic diseases have been published in the latest policy statements of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG). They believe that it is necessary to test all newborn children as it is in the best interest of their health, showing their support for mandatory genetic testing and screening. Millions of newborns undergo genetic screening every year. However, additional genetic testing after the initial screening is far less common...
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