Archive: 08/04/2015

Study links incentives for primary care doctors to improved quality, lower cost

Fee-for-value—a physician-reimbursement model that maintains traditional fees for service but includes quality and spending incentives—can reduce spending and improve quality in primary care, according to a study led ...

Apr 8, 2015

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Brain scans reveal how people 'justify' killing

A new study has thrown light on how people can become killers in certain situations, showing how brain activity varies according to whether or not killing is seen as justified.

Apr 8, 2015

Research at base of Mt. Everest shows impacts of high altitudes on cardiovascular health

As an undergraduate student in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Ryan Hoiland travelled on a scientific expedition to Nepal, working in the shadow of Mount Everest to study the effects of severe oxygen deprivation ...

Apr 8, 2015

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Children with autism can learn to be social, trial shows

When Debra Kamps, senior scientist at the University of Kansas Life Span Institute, first began researching how to improve the social and communication skills of children with autism in natural settings like schools in the ...

Apr 8, 2015

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FDA must regulate nutritional supplements, experts say

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration must hold companies to a higher standard when it comes to herbal supplements, said Edward Bednarczyk, University at Buffalo pharmacy practice chair, PharmD.

Apr 8, 2015

Climate change affects where vectors proliferate and also transforms pathogens

Accurate forecasts of a changing climate may not be enough to predict future risk from disease transmission, as the carriers themselves are always changing. In other words, seeing into the future is complicated.

Apr 8, 2015

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Sensor technology used in researcher's study identified brain activity in colleague's comatose wife

A frantic phone call to Rutgers neuroscientist Liz Torres from a colleague whose pregnant wife had slipped into a coma has led to the use of sensors that can detect visually imperceptible motions in a comatose person, proving ...

Apr 8, 2015

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Pharmacist survey raises concerns for patient access to generic drugs

Patient access to generic prescription drugs and community pharmacies are both increasingly at risk due to inadequate reimbursement rates that fail to cover the cost of filling prescriptions, according to a new survey of ...

Apr 8, 2015