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By Age 6 Parts Of Brain Involved In Social Cognition May Be In Place
Social cognition - the ability to think about the minds and mental states of others - is essential for human beings. In the last decade, a group of regions has been discovered in the human brain that are specifically used for social cognition. A new study in the July/August 2009 issue of the journal Child Development investigates these brain regions for the first time in human children. The study has implications for children with autism.

Seminar Series Looks At Women's Health In The 21st Century
A series of free seminars, one in Belfast, has been organised to raise awareness of women"s health and rights in a 21st century where new biomedical techniques allow surrogate motherhood, test-tube babies, organ transplants and other medical developments.
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New Method For Detecting Nitroxyl Will Boost Cardiac Drug Research
Wake Forest University scientists have developed a new research tool in the pursuit of heart medications based on the compound nitroxyl by identifying unique chemical markers for its presence in biological systems.
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Enthusiasm For Medical Homes Gradually Picks Up

Insurers are testing a concept called "medical home" that uses electronic records and coordinates care, and could transform the delivery of health care. Advocates say such medical homes could save consumers time and money and insurers back the idea. Meanwhile, skeptics say financial savings still need to be proven and incentives need to put into the system to encourage such care. CNN reports on patient-centered medical homes: "The model is already being tested in 44 states -- with such big health insurers as UnitedHealthcare, Aetna and Medicaid taking part -- and utilizes key components of President Obama"s reform effort. In medical homes, the family physician is like a personal health coach, responsible for managing all aspects of the patient"s health care needs, explained Paul Keckley, executive director of Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, a unit of consulting firm Deloitte LLP." And enthusiasm for the concept is gradually picking up. "There are 27 medical home demonstration programs -- collaborations between purchasers, providers and payers -- underway around the country, according to the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), a trade group that"s spearheading the medical home movement. Medicaid has pilot programs in 31 states while Medicare is gearing up to launch eight demonstration programs, said Edwina Rogers, executive director of the PCPCC" (Kavilanz, 7/23). Meanwhile, CBS 4 Denver reports that Children"s Hospital embraces electronic records that "allow everyone involved in a patient"s care to have all the information at the same time." They also report: "For Children"s Hospital electronic records are working so well they"re planning to expand the system to other Colorado Hospitals" (7/23). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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