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The Jan. 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) features an important study about sepsis with an accompanying editorial by a University of Nebraska Medical Center expert. The study and editorial sets the record straight on an unproven therapy some physicians use to treat sepsis, a deadly infectious disease. The editorial, written by Andre Kalil, M.D., M.P.H., professor of infectious diseases in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, writes in support of the new and rigorous international study based on a randomized clinical trial in Australia, published in the same issue. The editorial appears in the Jan. 17 online issue and also will appear in the Feb. 4 print edition.

Channels: Clinical Trials, Healthcare, Infectious Diseases, Pharmaceuticals, JAMA, Embargoed Feed - hidden, All Journal News, Blood,

Keywords: Sepsis

The Endocrine Society praised the European Parliament resolution in response to the European Union’s “Green Deal”— a plan to invest more than €1 trillion in environmental initiatives, including important provisions to protect people from exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs).

Channels: Climate Science, Environmental Health, Government/Law,

Keywords: European Union, European parliament, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Endocrinology, Endocrine Society, Environmental Policy

In his testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, CFR President Richard N. Haass analyzed the pros and cons of the targeted killing of Qasem Soleimani and offered recommendations for U.S. policy moving forward.

Channels: Government/Law, U.S. Foreign Relations, U.S. National Security, U.S. Politics, Iraq News, Middle East News,

Keywords: JCPOA, Trump Administration, Council On Foreign Relations, Geopolitics, Iran Nuclear Agreement , IRAN, U.S. Foreign Policy, Middle East, Sanctions, Congressional Testimony, Soleimani , Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps, Ayatollah Khamenei

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) has developed a Kidney Care First (KCF) Model Calculator, a tool that will help nephrologists anticipate how their practices might perform if they choose to participate in the new payment program.

Channels: Healthcare, In the Workplace, Kidney Disease,

Keywords: American Society Of Nephrology, Kideny Care Choices, Quarterly Capitated Payment, Kidney Diseasem Kidney Failure

Richard Murray, Deputy Director and Vice President for Research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), will testify before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the U.S. House of Representatives on January 15, 2020.

Channels: Climate Science, Environmental Science, Marine Science, Nature,

Keywords: Climate, Climate Change, Policy, climate adaptation, climate mitigation, Ocean Science, ocean observing

Washington, DC (January 8, 2020) — The House Energy and Commerce Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on Wednesday, January 8, on the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2019, advancing a long-standing legislative priority of the American Society of Nephrology.

Channels: Government/Law, Healthcare, Kidney Disease, Pharmaceuticals,

Keywords: American Society Of Nephrology, ron kind, Michael Burgess, immunosuppressive drug, kidney patients, Kidney Failure, Michelle Josephson, MD, FASN

While the American Thoracic Society appreciates that the FDA took action on certain flavored cartridge-based vaping products, it is disappointed that the Administration chose to not follow through on its September 2019 promise to clear the market of all flavored electronic nicotine delivery projects.

Channels: Children's Health, Government/Law, Public Health, Smoking,

Keywords: ecigarettes, youth and smoking, vaping policy, FDA Center for Tobacco Products

ROCHESTER, Minnesota: El costo de los tipos de insulina más frecuentemente usados es en Estados Unidos 10 veces mayor que en el resto de países del mundo desarrollado, expone un comentario en Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Este costo prohibitivo es la causa para que algunos pacientes estadounidenses con diabetes tipo 1 racionen la cantidad de insulina que se administran y, consecuentemente, afronten implicaciones de vida o muerte.

Channels: Diabetes, Government/Law, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Public Health, All Journal News,

Keywords: Spanish, Mayo Clinic, Diabetes, Dr. S. Vincent Rajkumar, en espanol, Espanol

The most commonly used forms of insulin cost 10 times more in the U.S. than in any other developed country, according to a commentary in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. This prohibitive cost is causing some U.S. patients with Type 1 diabetes to ration the amount of insulin they use, with life-threatening implications.

Channels: Diabetes, Government/Law, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Public Health, All Journal News, Economics, Staff Picks,

Keywords: Diabetes, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Insulin, S. Vincent Rajkumar

In October, Steinbaum and other leading antitrust scholars met at the U to draft a statement that sets out a vision for a new antitrust policy, with specific recommendations for lawmakers to return antitrust laws to their original purpose of deconcentrating power. It’s called the “Utah Statement.”

Channels: Business Ethics, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Marketing,

Keywords: Antitrust Reform, Antitrust Law, Antitrust, Monopoly, Monopolies, Mergers And Acquisitions