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Nearly Half Of Older Patients Projected To Die While Waiting For Kidney Transplant
Forty-six percent of patients over age 60 currently on the waiting list for a kidney transplant will die before they receive an organ from a deceased donor, reports an upcoming study in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). "Our results emphasize the particular need to consider living donation as an alternative for some older patients or alternatively, the critical importance of navigating the steps to receive a deceased donor transplant as rapidly as possible," comments Jesse D. Schold, PhD (University of Florida, Gainesville).
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Brain Activity Stablilized By Dynamic Molecular Mechanism
In the brain, many types of synaptic proteins are spatio-temporally regulated to maintain synaptic activity at a constant level. Here, the Japanese research group led by Professor Masaki Fukata, Drs. Yuko Fukata and Jun Noritake in National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan, found that two types of palmitoylating enzymes finely-tune the location and function of a major synaptic protein, PSD-95, in different ways. They also found that this mechanism contributes to keeping synaptic activity stable when synaptic activity dynamically changes. The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) supported this study. They report the finding in Journal of Cell Biology published on July 13, 2009.
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Grant Will Support Comparative Effectiveness Research On Depression
The National Institute of Mental Health has awarded Group Health a $1 million stimulus grant to research more effective treatment for depression. The award is part of the federal stimulus funds from ARRA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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Local Groups React To Proposed Changes In Medicare And Medicaid

Local news coverage details concerns about Medicare and Medicaid spending reductions that could affect senior and nursing care. The Providence Business News reports that the Obama administration has pledged to root out Medicare waste and called for a $1.05 billion reduction in Medicare spending on nursing homes in the White House"s draft budget for the 2010 fiscal year. The Rhode Island Health Care Association, which represents the state"s nursing homes and rehabilitation centers, has said "the proposed cuts would drain more than $9 million from the Rhode Island economy, with $6.19 million less in business activity and $3.18 million less in personal income due to the loss of 94 jobs." The association also noted that the cuts would end savings created from Medicare money that provide short-term care to patients recuperating after a hospital visit and that the state has already suffered from a reduction in their Medicaid program, which covers two-thirds of the nursing home population (Nesi, 6/1). Public radio station WHCQ in Wilmington, N.C., reported on how proposed Medicaid cuts could impact thousands of local residents who receive in-home care. The Association for Home and Hospice Care of North Carolina criticized the senate"s proposal that "carves $55-million out of Medicaid funding for personal care services." The group"s CEO Tim Rogers said each patient receiving Medicaid for in-home care costs the state $750 a month, far less than nursing home care, according to WHCQ. Meanwhile, the powerful seniors group AARP is pushing lawmakers to improve long-term care as health care reform heats up, according to Channel 13 WOWK, a CBS affiliate television station in Charleston, W.V. "Millions of older Americans rely on Medicaid for the long-term services and supports they need, but the program"s bias toward institutional care prevents most from getting more affordable care where they want it: their own homes," the station reports. AARP has endorsed the Empowered at Home Act (S. 434), "which would provide incentives and greater opportunities for states to expand access to home and community based services." The group also supports the Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act (S. 245/H.R. 468), legislation that "would provide support, training and information to family caregivers, and improve the health and long-term care workforce to better meet the needs of the aging population" (6/1). 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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