Healthcare reform will cut costs

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Prof.: Healthcare reform will cut costs GLASSBORO, N.J. (UPI) -- Most Americans will have better and cheaper healthcare in 2014 than they have now, and few if any will have more expensive healthcare, a U.S. professor says. Dr. Joel Rudin, a professor at the Rohrer College of Business at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J., says under the Affordable Care Act most Americans will have health insurance that is similar to his health insurance, but that won't happen until 2014. "By then, the people who came up with this idea may have been voted out of office. If that happens it will be their own fault for failing to explain to the American people how much better and cheaper their health insurance will be," Rudin says in a statement. "My health insurance is already really good, and if I am ever dissatisfied with it then once a year I can switch over to another really good health insurance plan. Why is my health insurance so good? Is it because I earned it by committing a feat of bravery? No, it's because I and many others work for the state of New Jersey and it's worthwhile for health insurance companies to compete against each other for our business." Healthcare reform will make it easier to recruit and retain workers for small businesses because they will have health insurance, backers say. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates healthcare reform will pay for itself and even generate a surplus for the government, Rudin said. Copyright 2011 by United Press International
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Scientific illiteracy on U.S. campuses EAST LANSING, Mich. (UPI) -- Most U.S. college students do not grasp the scientific basis of the carbon cycle or its implications on climate change, researchers say. Researchers at Michigan State University in East Lansing and colleagues assessed the fundamental science knowledge of more than 500 students at 13 U.S. colleges in courses ranging from introductory biology to advanced ecology. Laurel Hartley of the University of Colorado Denver, who started the work as a postdoctoral researcher at Michigan State University; Charles "Andy" Anderson; Brook Wilke; Jonathon Schramm; Joyce Parker, all from Michigan State University; and Charlene D'Avanzo of Hampshire College found most students do not understand the processes that transform carbon. The study, published in the journal BioScience, found most students incorrectly believe plants obtain their mass from the soil rather than primarily from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. "When you see a tree growing, it's a lot easier to believe that tree is somehow coming out of the soil rather than the scientific reality that it's coming out of the air," Andersen says in a statement. The students' beliefs of the carbon cycle are deeply ingrained -- such as the misconception that plants get most of their nutrients from the soil -- therefore, instructors should help students understand that the use of such "everyday, informal reasoning" runs counter to true scientific literacy, Andersen adds. Copyright 2011 by United Press International
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Alcohol test uses hair or nails DES PLAINES, Ill. (UPI) -- A test that measures ethyl glucuronide in fingernails and hair reliably determines alcohol exposure for the past 90 days, U.S. Drug Testing Laboratories say. The NailStat and HairStat EtG tests measure ethyl glucuronide -- a minor product of alcohol metabolism that is a direct alcohol biomarker. The U.S. Drug Testing Laboratories study of 600 college students showed EtG levels in nails and hair related extremely well to the number of drinks reported. "For the first time, we have a tool that provides direct evidence of alcohol exposure with an approximate dosing history," Douglas Lewis, president and scientific director of U.S. Drug Testing Laboratories, says in a statement. "Nail samples are the preferred specimen over hair samples since fingernails show no gender bias. Cosmetic treatments destroy the presence of some drugs and biomarkers in hair, so many women are not able to provide a valid sample." Alcohol tests using blood phosphatidylethanol top out at three weeks and urine EtG is only reliable for a few days at best, the company said. U.S. Drug Testing Laboratories developed the tests for practitioners who are interested in a clinical diagnostic tool for when alcohol may contribute to a health condition. Copyright 2011 by United Press International
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Omega-3 may help protect brain from injury MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (UPI) -- Studies in animals suggest fish body oils -- believed protective for the heart -- may help protect against traumatic brain injury, U.S. researchers suggest. Dr. Julian E. Bailes of West Virginia University in Morgantown says in the experiment, rats were treated with omega-3 fatty acid docosahexanoic acid -- known as DHA and found in fish body oils -- at varying doses, equivalent to those used in humans taking DHA supplements. After one month of treatment, tissue and behavioral responses to induced traumatic brain injury were compared between groups of treated animals. The study, scheduled to be published in the February issue of Neurosurgery, says the tissue damage caused by traumatic brain injury was significantly reduced in rats taking the highest dose of DHA: 40 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. In addition, cellular findings included a significant reduction in expression of a protein -- beta amyloid protein -- associated in the development of Alzheimer's disease, the study says. The DHA supplement used in the study was isolated from algae species, Bailes says. "The essential concept of daily dietary supplementation with DHA, so that those at significant risk may be preloaded to provide protection against the acute effects of traumatic brain injury, has tremendous public health implications," Bailes says in a statement. However, the researchers say more research will be needed to determine the true benefits, if any, of preventive treatment with DHA. Copyright 2011 by United Press International
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