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Nanosystems Engineering Research Center on Self-Powered Health Monitoring
September 5, 2012 — North Carolina State University will lead a national nanotechnology research effort to create self-powered devices to help people monitor their health and understand how the surrounding environment ... > full storyMore: -
Patient Spending for Spinal Care in U.S. Has Nearly Doubled Over Past Decade
September 5, 2012 — Expenditures for treatment of back and neck problems in the U.S. have nearly doubled since the late 1990s -- mainly from increased spending for care provided by medical specialists, according to a ... > full story -
Healing Cuts for Medicare
September 4, 2012 — Medicare payment reforms mandated in the Affordable Care Act for post-acute care have great potential to lower costs without harming patients. Researchers caution that policymakers will need to be ... > full story -
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Medicare Kidney Spending Reaches Crucial Moment
September 4, 2012 — Medicare has covered treatment for anyone with end-stage renal disease since 1972. The coverage is very expensive and the program has struggled since for 40 years to contain costs without ... > full story -
National Survey of Economists Uncovers Vast Gender Gap in Policy Views
September 4, 2012 — A new national study finds that while most economists agree on core economic concepts, values and methods, they differ along gender lines in their views on important economic ... > full story -
Shark Rules Need Teeth, Groups Tell IUCN
September 4, 2012 — The Wildlife Conservation Society and over 35 government agency and NGO partners participating in IUCN's World Conservation Congress this week are urging the world's governments to take urgent steps ... > full story -
Australian Shipping Emissions Identified
September 4, 2012 — Ship engine exhaust emissions make up more than a quarter of nitrogen oxide emissions generated in the Australian region according to a recently published study. Nitrogen oxide is a non-greenhouse ... > full story -
Major World Interests at Stake in Canada's Vast Mackenzie River Basin
September 3, 2012 — The governance of Canada's massive Mackenzie River Basin holds enormous national but also global importance due to the watershed's impact on the Arctic Ocean, international migratory birds and ... > full story -
TB Outbreaks Could Be 'Solved' by DNA Tracking, Scientists Say
September 3, 2012 — Reconstructing the spread of killer diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) from person to person using DNA sequencing quickly identifies the origin and movement of pathogens. This approach is directly ... > full story -
Legislated to Health? If People Don't Take Their Health Into Their Own Hands, Governments May Use Policies to Do It for Them
August 31, 2012 — Obesity rates in North America are a growing concern for legislators. Expanded waistlines mean rising health-care costs for maladies such as diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. One researcher ... > full story
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