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Discovery Of Breast Cancer Gene That's Blocked By Blood Pressure Drug
Researchers have identified a gene that is overexpressed in up to 20 percent of breast cancers and that could be blocked in the lab by a currently available blood pressure drug, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Stress Puts Double Whammy On Reproductive System, Fertility
University of California, Berkeley, researchers have found what they think is a critical and, until now, missing piece of the puzzle about how stress causes sexual dysfunction and infertility.
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Paying For Health Care Overhaul May Fall Unevenly On States
"Some of the "bluest" states that propelled Obama into the White House are among those most likely to pay more in taxes to fund expanded health insurance coverage and make other changes to the system, analysts say," The Los Angeles Times reports. "People in states such as Illinois, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York have a higher share of wealthier taxpayers and residents who get generous healthcare plans through work -- and both sets of people may be tapped to raise money for the healthcare overhaul. Moreover, those states have less to gain from a national effort to expand health insurance coverage because their residents already are more likely to have insurance than are Americans as a whole. Those conclusions by a range of policy analysts may point to future tension in the healthcare debate: Though battle lines so far have been drawn largely in partisan terms, lurking regional divisions could fracture Congress even further."
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Rep. Schwartz Introduces Legislation To Establish AAMC-Proposed Health Care Innovation Zones

The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) applauds Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) for introducing legislation (H.R. 3134) to establish pilot "health care innovation zones" (HIZs) building on the strengths of academic medical centers (AMCs). The legislation creates and tests these zones around the country with the goal of improving patient outcomes, while slowing the growth of health care costs. "Our nation faces a complex health care crisis of access, quality and cost, and there is an urgent need to design and test large scale, innovative models to transform the way we deliver and pay for care," said AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D. "The AAMC wants to thank Rep. Schwartz for introducing this legislation, which will enable providers to truly reform delivery systems and improve the health of communities." The HIZs would include an academic medical center-a medical school, faculty physicians, and teaching hospitals-and community partners that provide the full spectrum of health care, such as inpatient, outpatient, post-acute, and preventive services to patients, as well as Medicare beneficiaries. Within the zones, alternative payment structures that reward quality and outcomes, rather than units of service, would be promoted. Planning grants would first be awarded to design innovation zones that improve quality, decrease costs, and train the next generation of physicians, nurses, and other health professionals in new models of cost-effective, quality health care. The HHS secretary would then establish innovation zones in communities across the country to test the ability of HIZs to increase provider integration, improve health care services, and reduce costs. The demonstration projects would operate for a period of at least three years, subject to renewal. Association of American Medical Colleges


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