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Drinking 22 Or More Units Of Alcohol A Week Increases Rates Of Hospital Admission
Men who drink 22 or more units of alcohol a week have a 20% higher rate of admissions into acute care hospitals than non-drinkers, researchers from the University of Glasgow have found.
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FDA Approves Hologic's Adiana(R) Permanent Contraception System
Hologic, Inc., (Hologic or the Company) (Nasdaq: HOLX), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Company"s premarket approval (PMA) application for the Adiana(R) permanent contraception system. The Adiana system is designed to provide women a minimally-invasive, non-incision alternative to traditional, surgical means of permanent contraception. In January 2009, Hologic received CE marking approval for the Adiana system and commenced marketing and sales of this product in certain European countries.
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Aspirin Appears To Be Associated With Lower Risk Of Stroke For Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease
An analysis of previous studies indicates that among patients with peripheral artery disease, aspirin use is associated with a statistically nonsignificant decrease in the risk of a group of combined cardiovascular events (nonfatal heart attack, nonfatal stroke, and cardiovascular death), but is associated with a significant reduction in the risk of one of these events, nonfatal stroke, although the findings may be limited by the lack of a large study population, according to an article in the May 13 issue of JAMA.
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Proposed Budget Cuts Worry Hospitals

The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires reports on reaction to the Obama administration"s proposed cuts that may acutely affect hospitals. It notes: "President Obama last weekend called for $313 billion in savings over 10 years through adjustments in Medicare and Medicaid payments - a plan that a "deeply disappointed" American Hospital Association said would mean $220 billion in payment cuts to hospitals, on top of billions in other proposed Medicare cuts." The Journal reported that Tenet Healthcare Corp. CEO Trevor Fetter thinks "the Obama administration may be asking hospitals to bear too great a burden for helping pay for an expansion of medical coverage to uninsured Americans, although full details of the president"s latest financing proposal have yet to emerge." The Journal reports, "Obama proposed, among other savings, reducing government subsidies to hospitals for treating the uninsured as more people are covered. That makes sense, yet could pose problems if funds are cut while hospitals continue to care for large amounts of uninsured patients, Fetter said." "While hospitals stand to benefit significantly if policy makers extend medical coverage to the more than 45 million uninsured Americans, the timing of that expansion and any spending cuts needed to help pay for it is crucial since a mistake could "have catastrophic results," Fetter said," according to the Journal. He also expressed concern about the effects of rising unemployment and said that now hospitals are "getting paid literally nothing from a large portion of our patient population," and are paid less than the cost of treatment for their Medicaid patients (Brin, 6/17). 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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