| CVS Caremark Offers $5 Million In Free Flu Vaccinations To Uninsured Individuals
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| CVS Caremark and Direct Relief USA have joined forces to offer $5 million in free flu vaccinations to community clinic and health center patients who have no health insurance coverage. CVS Caremark informs that the shots are currently available at all its CVS pharmacies and MinuteClinics throughout the USA. The company says free flu-shot vouchers will be distributed by CVS Caremark and Direct Relief USA to participating medical centers...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TH2oj8avEzQKAEOfVgpasW57Kjg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TH2oj8avEzQKAEOfVgpasW57Kjg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TH2oj8avEzQKAEOfVgpasW57Kjg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TH2oj8avEzQKAEOfVgpasW57Kjg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/68i-zcJm2fM" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Medical Malpractice System Accounts For 2.4% Of America's Health Care Spending, $54.4 Billion Annually
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| A new report reveals that $54.4 billion is spent annually on medical malpractice systems; 2.4% of America's health care spending. America's health care has existed with two separate, but related crises - its high rates of medical errors, and dissatisfaction with the malpractice liability system. The Institute of Medicine, in a 1999 study estimated that between 44,000 and 98,000 thousand patients died annually as a result of avoidable errors in inpatient hospital treatment. This perceived "crisis" has been around for much longer than people realize. Over 20 years ago, Howard H...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xQ4f3jpFE8JLqivW22O346JTLBU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xQ4f3jpFE8JLqivW22O346JTLBU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xQ4f3jpFE8JLqivW22O346JTLBU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xQ4f3jpFE8JLqivW22O346JTLBU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/xCq_kbt3kHs" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Machine Translates Brain Signals Into Words "Better Than Chance"
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| US scientists have moved a step closer to developing a mind-reading machine: they wired a man's brain up to a computerized device that helped them to determine at a rate significantly better than chance, which brain signals represented which word he had read from a list. The study is the work of a team based at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and also another researcher from the University of Washington in Seattle. A paper about their research was published online on 1 September in the Journal of Neural Engineering...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VMVOr7DlFaHDU-MpC4A3v6kmke4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VMVOr7DlFaHDU-MpC4A3v6kmke4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VMVOr7DlFaHDU-MpC4A3v6kmke4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VMVOr7DlFaHDU-MpC4A3v6kmke4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/F4ePb3oPLew" height="1" width="1"/> |
| FDA Warns Tea Drink Makers About Unsubstantiated Claims
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| Ever heard of tea-flavored beverage makers making health claims for their teas which really should only be made for properly brewed tea? It seems the FDA (Food and Drug Administration, USA) has, and is warning both Dr. Pepper Snapple Group about its Canada Dry Sparkling Green Tea Ginger Ale and Unilever Americas over its website claims and labeling for Lipton Green Tea. It accuses them of making unsubstantiated claims, among other things...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6mRxP5lrogy_YB3KTxbgxBX-I-E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6mRxP5lrogy_YB3KTxbgxBX-I-E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6mRxP5lrogy_YB3KTxbgxBX-I-E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6mRxP5lrogy_YB3KTxbgxBX-I-E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/HXn_7A6XiKg" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Weight Loss Raises Industrial Pollutant Levels In Blood
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| People with long-term weight loss have higher levels of persistent organic pollutants in their blood, which are known to increase the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, high blood pressure (hypertension) and diabetes, according to an article published today in the International Journal of Obesity. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds, they are resistant to environmental degradation - they do not break down easily, so they persist and build up in the environment. POPs can bioaccumulate (build up) in human and animal tissue, as well as food chains...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y4H2_VNDIUdV0tI4MTxfpHTOMFQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y4H2_VNDIUdV0tI4MTxfpHTOMFQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y4H2_VNDIUdV0tI4MTxfpHTOMFQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y4H2_VNDIUdV0tI4MTxfpHTOMFQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/JsU1lqg-KrM" height="1" width="1"/> |
| BioAlliance Pharma Announces The Grant Of Its European Acyclovir Lauriad(R) Patent
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| BioAlliance Pharma SA (Paris:BIO)(Euronext Paris - BIO), a company dedicated to the supportive care and treatment of cancer patients, announced the grant of a European patent protecting its product acyclovir Lauriad®. This patent is now validated in all European countries; this first patent validation is a major step and the procedures up to the grant are ongoing in the other major global areas, America and Asia. This patent specifically protects the muco-adhesive tablet containing acyclovir, its process for manufacturing and its clinical application...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YV-bisStoMRMHbxyTTsvUIixyfM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YV-bisStoMRMHbxyTTsvUIixyfM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YV-bisStoMRMHbxyTTsvUIixyfM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YV-bisStoMRMHbxyTTsvUIixyfM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Qyg1zJpANcw" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Survey Reveals Cereal Tops The List Of Preferred Ways To Serve A Quick And Nutritious Breakfast
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| A recent Kix® survey shows 79 percent of parents eat breakfast with their children, and the majority (96 percent) agree it's essential to pass along healthy habits and good nutrition. As parents shift back to routine, busier schedules leave many looking for simple solutions to meet the nutritional and developmental needs of their "big kids'" growing bodies. Data published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association shows frequent cereal eaters, including kids, tend to have healthier body weights, making cereal an important part of the busy morning ritual for many families...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rSFH3gH2wHd7xFVszPgeS55JpAk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rSFH3gH2wHd7xFVszPgeS55JpAk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rSFH3gH2wHd7xFVszPgeS55JpAk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rSFH3gH2wHd7xFVszPgeS55JpAk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/1QrYzRCrkpc" height="1" width="1"/> |
| GE Awarded $538,000 Grant From National Institutes Of Health For Human Microbiome Studies
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| Researchers from GE Global Research have been awarded a $538,000 human microbiome project from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop new technology that would allow for the study of individual cells growing inside and outside the body believed to have a significant impact on human health. The human microbiome refers to the collection of microorganisms, which grow on and in a person's body and are thought to have an influence on their health...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xm14GHuv6P9c-lesKaJiIhgsAt0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xm14GHuv6P9c-lesKaJiIhgsAt0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xm14GHuv6P9c-lesKaJiIhgsAt0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xm14GHuv6P9c-lesKaJiIhgsAt0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/tpKxd69UN_8" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Can-Fite BioPharma Announces The Initiation Of Phase 3 In Dry Eye Syndrome
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| Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd (TASE:CFBI), a biotechnology company traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, announced today that it has opened an Investigational New Drug application (IND) with the US-FDA for a Phase 3 study of its lead drug, CF101, in patients with moderate to severe Dry Eye Syndrome. In an earlier Phase 2 study, in which CF101 taken orally as a monotherapy for 12 weeks, a statistically significant benefit in the clearing of fluorescein staining in the nasal, temporal, pupillary and inferior parts of the cornea was documented...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uu8kKx_xIxlu63ml-AVjGM4vQLM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uu8kKx_xIxlu63ml-AVjGM4vQLM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uu8kKx_xIxlu63ml-AVjGM4vQLM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uu8kKx_xIxlu63ml-AVjGM4vQLM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/aTyDDbNuRo4" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Study: Preventive Services Can Saves Lives, Billions Of Dollars, At Little Or No Cost
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| Preventive health services such as daily aspirin use, tobacco cessation screening and alcohol abuse screening can potentially save 2 million lives and nearly $4 billion annually, according to a new paper produced by the National Commission on Prevention Priorities (NCPP). The NCPP is convened by the Partnership for Prevention. Four of the five lead authors perform research with HealthPartners Research Foundation. The paper, "Greater Use Of Preventive Services In U.S. Health Care Could Save Lives At Little Or No Cost," is published in the September issue of Health Affairs...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nIxzFSGFbRzrvN1BIkz35Ghi3Ic/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nIxzFSGFbRzrvN1BIkz35Ghi3Ic/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nIxzFSGFbRzrvN1BIkz35Ghi3Ic/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nIxzFSGFbRzrvN1BIkz35Ghi3Ic/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/4a4YePhLXE4" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Survey Data Reveals Shocking 'Insulin Pump Postcode Lottery'
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| A comprehensive new survey of all 152 PCTs undertaken and published by the Medical Technology Group (MTG), backed by national diabetes support groups INPUT, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), clinicians and leading cross-party MPs, has exposed major inequities in care for patients with diabetes across the country. The findings show that 17% of patients with type 1 diabetes in Blackburn with Darwen PCT benefit from insulin pump therapy, compared with only 0.4% in Luton, leaving tens of thousands of patients with type 1 diabetes without access to the right treatment from the NHS...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FwkcAUo0Ob1SDSkJE6Be6L4UPdw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FwkcAUo0Ob1SDSkJE6Be6L4UPdw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FwkcAUo0Ob1SDSkJE6Be6L4UPdw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FwkcAUo0Ob1SDSkJE6Be6L4UPdw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/5cyyiH9oypw" height="1" width="1"/> |
| BJGP Study Highlights Eight Early Symptoms Of Cancer
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| Eight clinical features that predict cancer at a high probability rate which could improve early diagnosis have been identified by researchers writing in this month's British Journal of General Practice (BJGP). Dr Mark Shapley and colleagues from Keele University identified eight symptoms or findings with which to predict cancer with sufficient accuracy to oblige urgent investigation in specific age and sex groups, unless individual patient centred reasons exist...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fkSVviXpDKqF30hPwRlNaBsSszE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fkSVviXpDKqF30hPwRlNaBsSszE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fkSVviXpDKqF30hPwRlNaBsSszE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fkSVviXpDKqF30hPwRlNaBsSszE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/WEJO1giTLUQ" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Bone Growth Factor Most Used For Non-Approved Spine Operations
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| Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) is increasingly used as an alternative to the patient's own bone for spinal fusion surgery. Yet at least 85 percent of these procedures are operations for which BMP use has not been formally approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), suggests a study in the September 1 issue of Spine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams&Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Kvz_h1y16E1u5gZJYNH959NOzh4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Kvz_h1y16E1u5gZJYNH959NOzh4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Kvz_h1y16E1u5gZJYNH959NOzh4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Kvz_h1y16E1u5gZJYNH959NOzh4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/lDWk-xYEOIw" height="1" width="1"/> |
| For Obese Teens, Weight Problems Persist Into Young Adulthood
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| The older teens get, the more likely they are to pack on pounds, and obesity rates climb sharply between adolescence and young adulthood, finds a new study from Australia. "Being obese as an adolescent is bad news. If an adolescent gets to the point of being obese, the likelihood of spontaneous recovery to normal weight by young adulthood is small," said George Patton, M.D., director of the Centre for Adolescent Health at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Victoria...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/svZt0jz6c7DKH1tNklXo73_mOgc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/svZt0jz6c7DKH1tNklXo73_mOgc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/svZt0jz6c7DKH1tNklXo73_mOgc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/svZt0jz6c7DKH1tNklXo73_mOgc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/T-ImaKuMjJQ" height="1" width="1"/> |
| UC San Diego To Lead New Pharmacogenomics Project
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| An international team, led by University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers, has been awarded a $6.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the pharmacogenomics of a key mood-stabilizing drug used to treat bipolar disorder. The grant expands the NIH's Pharmacogenomics Research Network (PGRN), a long-term, multi-million dollar effort to investigate and fulfill the potential of personalized medicine. John R...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/i5bzW1-2uK5c8isF29DvGEHnsDI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/i5bzW1-2uK5c8isF29DvGEHnsDI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/i5bzW1-2uK5c8isF29DvGEHnsDI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/i5bzW1-2uK5c8isF29DvGEHnsDI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/QJQwKCMzyJY" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Penn Receives NIH Grant For Personalized Smoking Cessation Research
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| A variety of smoking cessation treatments are currently available for the more than 18 million adult Americans try to quit smoking each year, but success rates vary widely. Despite the importance of quitting smoking, more personalized approaches to smoking cessation treatment are needed to help smokers pick the right method that will work best for them. A major new personalized medicine clinical trial, led by addiction researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, will study how a smokers' genetic make-up influences their quitting success...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pL4RNyiB68BQNaJRzNwypLpgOXg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pL4RNyiB68BQNaJRzNwypLpgOXg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pL4RNyiB68BQNaJRzNwypLpgOXg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pL4RNyiB68BQNaJRzNwypLpgOXg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Hat2RZZkCaw" height="1" width="1"/> |
| GWCI Receives $2.4 Million Grant To Establish D.C. City-Wide Patient Navigation Network (CPNN)
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| The GW Cancer Institute (GWCI) was recently awarded a $2.4 million grant from the D.C. Cancer Consortium to establish and coordinate a City-wide Patient Navigation Network (CPNN) in Washington, D.C. The CPNN will create a seamless cohesive framework for cancer care coordination across the entire city. The CPNN will ensure that all D.C...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IIHh9rFEAbh-RvEERnCN8oLOGts/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IIHh9rFEAbh-RvEERnCN8oLOGts/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IIHh9rFEAbh-RvEERnCN8oLOGts/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IIHh9rFEAbh-RvEERnCN8oLOGts/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/14K8BWDzGIQ" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Johns Hopkins Researchers Unravel Clues To Infertility Among Obese Women
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| Obese women have a well-known risk for infertility, but a new Johns Hopkins Children's Center study has unraveled what investigators there believe is the mechanism that accounts for the risk. The research, conducted in mice and published online on Sept. 8 in the journal Cell Metabolism, shows that the pituitary gland actively responds to chronically high insulin levels, triggering a cascade of hormonal changes that disrupt ovarian function and impair fertility...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nVYB1VmOvI9z_AHPo1cMtIpzYYE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nVYB1VmOvI9z_AHPo1cMtIpzYYE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nVYB1VmOvI9z_AHPo1cMtIpzYYE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nVYB1VmOvI9z_AHPo1cMtIpzYYE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/8KJKhnFiRN4" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency Seeks Comments On Regulatory Proposal For Imported Food Sector
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| The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is seeking input from stakeholders and the Canadian public on the proposed principles that will guide the development of new regulations for certain imported food products. This would include enhanced food safety requirements as well as an importer licensing initiative. The consultation, which is available on the CFIA website and open for comments until October 4, 2010 , is intended to assist in the development of the proposed regulations...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LQCm6W4Sdf0gH-gQQbdt2GebpzA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LQCm6W4Sdf0gH-gQQbdt2GebpzA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LQCm6W4Sdf0gH-gQQbdt2GebpzA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LQCm6W4Sdf0gH-gQQbdt2GebpzA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/OyucWT9JIDI" height="1" width="1"/> |
| AAMC President Says New Doctors Are Key To Advancing Patient Safety
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| In an article published in the September issue of Health Affairs, AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., says the next generation of physicians will drive a culture of patient safety in health care and that residents are important agents of change, mentoring both peers and faculty. The article, "Changing the Culture In Medical Education to Teach Patient Safety," co-authored by Philip G...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QQWHeqcUMkNF43tUZAPMXYZIkqQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QQWHeqcUMkNF43tUZAPMXYZIkqQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QQWHeqcUMkNF43tUZAPMXYZIkqQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QQWHeqcUMkNF43tUZAPMXYZIkqQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/_3RRsQDT13o" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Cuts To Public Spending On Research Will Jeopardise Funding For Medical Research From Private And Charitable Sources, UK
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| The Academy of Medical Sciences has warned that the UK's competitive advantage in medical science is reliant on a Government commitment to maintaining a thriving publicly funded research base. Any cuts risk damaging the UK's rich landscape of medical research funders and would jeopardise the private and charitable funding leveraged by public spending...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_BvyE9lzUZNTqIfCrdAn-oyk4Lw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_BvyE9lzUZNTqIfCrdAn-oyk4Lw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_BvyE9lzUZNTqIfCrdAn-oyk4Lw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_BvyE9lzUZNTqIfCrdAn-oyk4Lw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/6ooHcVBuVOI" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Election 2010: The Nation's Mental Health Crisis; Are Candidates Addressing The Facts? Check Out StateGrades: 21 Ds And 6 Fs
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| The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is reminding editors, reporters and others to ask candidates for public office at every level what they intend to do about the nation's mental health crisis. Everything from Medicaid to the nation's economic crisis to recovery from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico involves mental health. Unemployed individuals are four times more likely to report symptoms of mental illness. State budget crises across the country have led to devastating cuts in mental health services, putting lives at risk...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qMtlGNVTdQsS3Um3DXTK6ahWGkg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qMtlGNVTdQsS3Um3DXTK6ahWGkg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qMtlGNVTdQsS3Um3DXTK6ahWGkg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qMtlGNVTdQsS3Um3DXTK6ahWGkg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/gSQP-hqyrKY" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Superiority Breeds Contempt - British Psychological Society
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| People who boast that they are better than others actually incur the opposite of their intentions. This is the conclusion of Professor Vera Hoorens from Leuven University, Belgium, (in collaboration with Professor Constantine Sedikides from the University of Southampton) who will presented her findings on the 7 September 2010, at the British Psychological Society's Social Psychology Section annual conference at the University of Winchester...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fGBDg_Ol7R34W530uUEjrHbRhq0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fGBDg_Ol7R34W530uUEjrHbRhq0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fGBDg_Ol7R34W530uUEjrHbRhq0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fGBDg_Ol7R34W530uUEjrHbRhq0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/esanzUpXc54" height="1" width="1"/> |
| It's Good To Gossip - But Be Nice!
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| Gossiping has some positive benefits - at least for the person doing the gossiping. Gossipers feel more supported and positive gossip - praising somebody - may lead to a short-term boost in gossipers' self-esteem. These are the findings of research conducted by Dr. Jennifer Cole and Hannah Scrivener from Staffordshire University, who presented their preliminary findings on the 7th September 2010, at the British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section annual conference at the University of Winchester...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n0qEkOJ_QqOLOhpUfTutSvcitTc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n0qEkOJ_QqOLOhpUfTutSvcitTc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n0qEkOJ_QqOLOhpUfTutSvcitTc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n0qEkOJ_QqOLOhpUfTutSvcitTc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/uyys_RcKi7I" height="1" width="1"/> |
| New UNICEF Study Shows MDGs For Children Can Be Reached Faster With Focus On Most Disadvantaged
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| The global community can save millions of lives by investing first in the most disadvantaged children and communities, according to a new UNICEF study released today. Such an approach would also address the widening disparities that are accompanying progress toward the MDGs. The new findings are presented in two publications: Narrowing the Gaps to Meet the Goals and Progress for Children: Achieving the MDGs with Equity , UNICEF's signature data compendium...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EIJ0O86K0QzKSYVd8IivmhmJhFI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EIJ0O86K0QzKSYVd8IivmhmJhFI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EIJ0O86K0QzKSYVd8IivmhmJhFI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EIJ0O86K0QzKSYVd8IivmhmJhFI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/tXJZ2qcqGuk" height="1" width="1"/> |
| ANF Welcomes Labor Government, Australia
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| Nurses and midwives will welcome the opportunity to work with the new Labor Government towards much needed reform of Australia's health care system, the Australian Nursing Federation said today. ANF federal secretary Lee Thomas said she welcomed the decision of key Independents Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott and Andrew Wilkie and the Greens in supporting Labor to form a stable government. "The ANF looks forward to a constructive working relationship with the new government...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iyEfraRvvuxePxuBNJraL8MSYUE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iyEfraRvvuxePxuBNJraL8MSYUE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iyEfraRvvuxePxuBNJraL8MSYUE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iyEfraRvvuxePxuBNJraL8MSYUE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/g3tOwbBICbI" height="1" width="1"/> |
| New Octapharma 10% High Purity Immunoglobulin Enters Phase II/III Study In Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)
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| Octapharma AG announced the imminent start of the biggest ever study of an intravenous immunoglobulin preparation (IVIG) in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP). The double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, multicentre, adaptive, two-stage Phase 2/3 dose-finding study will investigate the efficacy and safety of Octapharma's novel 10% intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of CIDP and, together with results from additional on-going and upcoming studies, will support its regulatory filing in Europe and the US...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S1F-sJi0rfseQUK0AnGGmLh7oQM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S1F-sJi0rfseQUK0AnGGmLh7oQM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S1F-sJi0rfseQUK0AnGGmLh7oQM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S1F-sJi0rfseQUK0AnGGmLh7oQM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/W91YQPLZhWc" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Neurogenetic Pharmaceuticals Announces Studies Showing Its Proprietary Compound Reduces Brain Plaques Associated With Alzheimer's Disease
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| In the Sept. 9, 2010 issue of Neuron, Neurogenetic Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NGP) reports proof of concept studies that show its proprietary compound, NGP 555, is effective in preventing the amyloid pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a transgenic mouse model. The study further demonstrates that following chronic treatment with the gamma secretase modulator (GSM) compound from NGP, the mice were devoid of gastrointestinal side effects, an adverse finding commonly associated with gamma secretase inhibitors (GSIs)...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WPwjIl1yMZLsP2ZJVQPOTcrJ4Uc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WPwjIl1yMZLsP2ZJVQPOTcrJ4Uc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WPwjIl1yMZLsP2ZJVQPOTcrJ4Uc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WPwjIl1yMZLsP2ZJVQPOTcrJ4Uc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/WzhgmtWAet4" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Court Denies Sandoz/Momenta's Summary Judgment Of Invalidity In Copaxone(R) Litigation
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| Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq:TEVA) announced today that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has denied a motion for summary judgment filed by Sandoz Inc./Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., that the patents at issue are invalid for indefiniteness. The court has not yet set a trial date. Richard Egosi, Corporate Vice President and Chief Legal Officer commented: "Teva is very pleased with today's decision, which reaffirms our belief that the patents are valid and enforceable...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ElcpDRlumq9OzLH4YfRdG3YKRlI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ElcpDRlumq9OzLH4YfRdG3YKRlI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ElcpDRlumq9OzLH4YfRdG3YKRlI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ElcpDRlumq9OzLH4YfRdG3YKRlI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/RLX0wDBH-Ow" height="1" width="1"/> |
| TPP Global Development Ltd Enters Into An Agreement With The University Of Edinburgh For Future Drug Development
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| TPP Global Development Ltd (TPP) announced an agreement with the University of Edinburgh to collaborate on the development of novel pre-clinical intellectual property originated within the University. TPP and the University of Edinburgh will focus on commercialisation opportunities in the areas of nervous system disorders, immunology/inflammation and oncology. Initially the agreement will run for five years, after which it may be extended. Thomas Brown, TPP's CEO commented, "We are delighted to have entered into this agreement with the University of Edinburgh...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4I0FK2hhglOUXUr8v2Cuea8by8o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4I0FK2hhglOUXUr8v2Cuea8by8o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4I0FK2hhglOUXUr8v2Cuea8by8o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4I0FK2hhglOUXUr8v2Cuea8by8o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/o5qtjfBXi9w" height="1" width="1"/> |
| ImmunoSolv Merges With Grampian BioConsultants&Secures Additional Funds, Scotland
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| ImmunoSolv, a leading Edinburgh-based private company developer of immunology platform technology, is pleased to announce that it has completed a merger with Aberdeen-based Grampian BioConsultants Limited (GBC). The merged company will retain the name ImmunoSolv Limited. The merger provides ImmunoSolv with a complementary portfolio of immunology and immuno-technology expertise with which to exploit "a new biology of cell death" to target the key global emerging markets for its award-winning Dead-Cert® dead-cell removal technology platform and its anti-cancer therapeutics pipeline...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iPoAYZ1yyU1ukGQdmDtGE6ah6Rg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iPoAYZ1yyU1ukGQdmDtGE6ah6Rg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iPoAYZ1yyU1ukGQdmDtGE6ah6Rg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iPoAYZ1yyU1ukGQdmDtGE6ah6Rg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/sGg1NKFTPao" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Bristol Surgeon Receives Almost 120,000 Pounds For Pioneering Research Project
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| A trainee heart surgeon from the Bristol Heart Institute has received a grant of £117,166 from national heart charity, Heart Research UK, for a project to help prevent irreversible damage to the heart. Mr Simon Duggan, 32, has been awarded a Research Training Fellowship Grant for an innovative project that will investigate 'reperfusion injury.' This irreversible injury to the heart can happen when patients undergo heart bypass surgery or angioplasty. Mr Duggan will examine what causes reperfusion injury by studying heart cells and how they become damaged...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bl5i9XjYfuiztp3MRTvHayRjlM4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bl5i9XjYfuiztp3MRTvHayRjlM4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bl5i9XjYfuiztp3MRTvHayRjlM4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bl5i9XjYfuiztp3MRTvHayRjlM4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/dEiXvXV0XUA" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Antiabortion-Rights Group Capitalizes On Supreme Court Ruling On Campaign Ads
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| AUL Action, the legislative arm of the not-for-profit antiabortion group Americans United for Life, will become one of the first groups to take advantage of a Supreme Court ruling in January that expanded corporations and unions' ability to directly influence elections, the AP/Washington Post reports. The group's one-minute ads launched on Friday and will run for one week. AUL is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization under the federal tax code...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jEAN6X4OAtutXYk8wirzNAhjRfk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jEAN6X4OAtutXYk8wirzNAhjRfk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jEAN6X4OAtutXYk8wirzNAhjRfk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jEAN6X4OAtutXYk8wirzNAhjRfk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/PgiB-SfVaFo" height="1" width="1"/> |
| NIH Awards Nearly $10 Million To UF Pharmacogenomics Researcher
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| A University of Florida genetics researcher has received $9.8 million to further a national effort to use genetic data to more effectively pinpoint which medications and treatments are best for individual patients. Julie A. Johnson, Pharm.D., a UF professor and chair of pharmacotherapy and translational research, is one of 14 researchers and seven resource development groups who have received a five-year award as part of the National Institute of Health's Pharmacogenomics Research Network...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jieOUWkcWuiDe7SotSdTmWXeI5g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jieOUWkcWuiDe7SotSdTmWXeI5g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jieOUWkcWuiDe7SotSdTmWXeI5g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jieOUWkcWuiDe7SotSdTmWXeI5g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/5wy_COYEoDE" height="1" width="1"/> |
| PTSD And Traumatic BrainInjury Common Among Returning Troops
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| NPR reports on post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury in troops returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Though thousands of soldiers are diagnosed with PTSD, many more suffer without treatment. Among those who do seek treatment, doctors are finding another, distinctly different problem called traumatic brain injury, or TBI. The two conditions have similar symptoms, but the causes are quite different...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s2gn_NztpeBHgVkVR-CalZV-ADQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s2gn_NztpeBHgVkVR-CalZV-ADQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s2gn_NztpeBHgVkVR-CalZV-ADQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s2gn_NztpeBHgVkVR-CalZV-ADQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/2oOlmNIRrac" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Local Efforts Seek To Reduce Childhood Obesity; Sleep-Deprived Kids Most Vulnerable
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| NPR: "[A] new study finds that even for infants and preschoolers, a good, long night's sleep may be just as important as diet and physical activity. Over the past three decades, obesity rates have doubled among children age 2 to 5, and tripled among 6- to 11-year-olds. So University of Washington maternal and child health researcher Janice Bell wanted to know whether sleep had anything to do with it. She looked at federal data collected on nearly 2,000 children and compared those who slept 10 hours or more a night with those who slept less...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/myvp0AfQg4PSPsTHCbMkhtDD3Ec/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/myvp0AfQg4PSPsTHCbMkhtDD3Ec/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/myvp0AfQg4PSPsTHCbMkhtDD3Ec/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/myvp0AfQg4PSPsTHCbMkhtDD3Ec/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/lrUlQCQQPFs" height="1" width="1"/> |
| CDC Ramps Up Production Of New Three-In-One Flu Vaccine
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| Health officials say that there will be plenty of flu vaccine available this year, now that the H1N1 pandemic has ended, The Washington Post reports. "The World Health Organization declared an end to the pandemic last month, based on indications that the H1N1 flu was transitioning to a more seasonal virus. Unlike last year, when there was one vaccine for H1N1 flu and another for seasonal flu, this year's vaccine is a 'three-in-one' that includes protection against H1N1 as well as two other strains." Officials are recommending for the first time that everyone older than 6 months get vaccinated...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9EiCVUniG_dCO7G4W6nPpZA7YSU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9EiCVUniG_dCO7G4W6nPpZA7YSU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9EiCVUniG_dCO7G4W6nPpZA7YSU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9EiCVUniG_dCO7G4W6nPpZA7YSU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/tTnzrDtiSUA" height="1" width="1"/> |
| State Roundup: Some Premiums Soar In Washington State; Building Boom For Denver Hospitals; Looking For Uninsured Kids
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| The Seattle Times: "Whopping rate increases are coming soon for many people with individual health-insurance policies. Most insurers offering individual policies in the state have asked for and been granted rate increases, effective Oct. 1, according to the state's insurance commissioner. Regence BlueShield's rate increase - an average 16.5 percent - was one of the highest. It was topped by Asuris Northwest Health, a Regence subsidiary, with an increase of 23.7 percent. Group Health Cooperative, the fifth-largest insurer of individuals, was considerably lower, with an 8...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vn7XgXGP51tF0KoX5weoWrvE0Wk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vn7XgXGP51tF0KoX5weoWrvE0Wk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vn7XgXGP51tF0KoX5weoWrvE0Wk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vn7XgXGP51tF0KoX5weoWrvE0Wk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/QcwKj2bSquU" height="1" width="1"/> |
| OpEds: Health Costs And New Law; Penn. Doctor Supply; Anesthesiologists Vs. Nurses
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| Healthcare Reforms Don't Go Far Enough The Los Angeles TimesSome sort of Medicare-for-all program remains the only equitable way that every American can be provided with adequate and affordable coverage. This wouldn't be socialized medicine and it wouldn't be state-run healthcare (David Lazarus, 9/7). Despite Reform, Health Costs Are Still On The Rise The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal Health insurance reform was supposed to be a political plus for Democrats in this year's election. Unfortunately for them and the rest of the nation, it's not working out that way (9/7)...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZlD8RiIftOMDcIyaRshfdayue20/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZlD8RiIftOMDcIyaRshfdayue20/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZlD8RiIftOMDcIyaRshfdayue20/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZlD8RiIftOMDcIyaRshfdayue20/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/YrOM5XlyzpE" height="1" width="1"/> |
| World Water Week Kicks Off With A Focus On Pollution, Quality
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| A group of over 2,500 leading water experts from 130 countries gathered in Stockholm on Sunday to kick off World Water Week, where they will focus on "increasing water pollution and dwindling water quality around the globe," Agence France-Presse reports (Larson, 9/5). "Urbanisation, agriculture, industry and climate change exert mounting pressure on both the quantity and quality of our water resources," Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), the group who organizes the conference, "cautioned in their introduction to this year's conference," Deutsche Welle writes (Bolsover, 9/7)...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/03LgXH7EA5g8xKz5pE3eeINuKTw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/03LgXH7EA5g8xKz5pE3eeINuKTw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/03LgXH7EA5g8xKz5pE3eeINuKTw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/03LgXH7EA5g8xKz5pE3eeINuKTw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/4sgtRV3wT3k" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Save The Children Report Finds Neediest Children In Many Developing Countries Are Overlooked
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| The deaths of four million of the world's poorest children over 10 years could have been avoided if governments had not turned "a blind eye" to the neediest children, said a report from Save the Children, released on Tuesday, the U.K. Press Association reports (9/6)...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/viA3K3hc59G0pxyW6igGaMoVe7o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/viA3K3hc59G0pxyW6igGaMoVe7o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/viA3K3hc59G0pxyW6igGaMoVe7o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/viA3K3hc59G0pxyW6igGaMoVe7o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/YDKT0HMSJPo" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Global Fund Investigates Allegations That Donated Malaria Drugs Were Stolen, Resold In Some African Countries
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| After recent research found that some donated malaria drugs are being stolen and sold commercially in several African countries, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Communications Director Joe Liden said the group is looking into the situation "in a number of countries," PBS' NewsHour's blog, "The Rundown" reports. "There have been anecdotes about stolen drugs as long as there have been donated drugs in Africa," according to Liden...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0Uct0cmOdWBcNlWApyaRCpgx_EE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0Uct0cmOdWBcNlWApyaRCpgx_EE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0Uct0cmOdWBcNlWApyaRCpgx_EE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0Uct0cmOdWBcNlWApyaRCpgx_EE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/9BRj_1uoQNg" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Discovery Of Missing Link Between Obesity And Infertility
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| Obesity and infertility frequently go hand in hand. Now, researchers reporting on studies of mice in the September issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, might have figured out why that is, and the results come as something of a surprise. "There was a sense that the reproductive dysfunction was due to insulin resistance," said Andrew Wolfe of Hopkins Children's...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N9-yTJhVy4bPYK0xTcHiYKzZ3Sk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N9-yTJhVy4bPYK0xTcHiYKzZ3Sk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N9-yTJhVy4bPYK0xTcHiYKzZ3Sk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N9-yTJhVy4bPYK0xTcHiYKzZ3Sk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/IsSmPoQxxWA" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Junior Doctors Spend More Time On Admin Than In Formal Training, Says BMA Study, UK
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| The fourth report of the BMA's Cohort Study, which traces the career progression of 430 medical graduates who qualified in 2006, shows that junior doctors now spend more time carrying out administrative tasks than they do in formal training. The study asked junior doctors in their first year of specialist training to indicate how much time they spent undertaking different activities at work...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A7UXSTFFMqZDQI59mjkvKNfQEys/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A7UXSTFFMqZDQI59mjkvKNfQEys/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A7UXSTFFMqZDQI59mjkvKNfQEys/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A7UXSTFFMqZDQI59mjkvKNfQEys/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/xJyfULLb4FQ" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Associatiion Between Regular Statin Use And A Reduced Risk Of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis
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| There is an association between taking statins (lipid lowering drugs), and reduced risk of developing the chronic inflammatory disease, rheumatoid arthritis. These are the findings of a study by Gabriel Chodick and colleagues, published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study among the 1.8-million members of Maccabi Healthcare Services (a health maintenance organization [HMO]) in Israel to identify adults who regularly took statins and did not have rheumatoid arthritis...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9uCr-_lZJyXGQj4ZCZhCCY_tCYE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9uCr-_lZJyXGQj4ZCZhCCY_tCYE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9uCr-_lZJyXGQj4ZCZhCCY_tCYE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9uCr-_lZJyXGQj4ZCZhCCY_tCYE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Ef9tkSyxezs" height="1" width="1"/> |
| New Research Confirms Skin Cancer Prevention One Of The Nation's Best Health Investments
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| The Australian Government should act on comprehensive new research and run an intensive SunSmart campaign to reduce Australia's unacceptable skin cancer burden, Cancer Council Australia said today. Commenting on today's release of the joint ACE-Prevention report - the most complex evaluation of health prevention measures conducted in Australia - the chair of Cancer Council Australia's Public Health Committee, Craig Sinclair, said the research showed skin cancer awareness campaigns were among the best five public health investments available to government in terms of cost-effectiveness...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XWV8UbUId9-kMDbMu9SCZHKIcvQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XWV8UbUId9-kMDbMu9SCZHKIcvQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XWV8UbUId9-kMDbMu9SCZHKIcvQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XWV8UbUId9-kMDbMu9SCZHKIcvQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/LvLPFv8R2z0" height="1" width="1"/> |
| The Risk Of Childhood Cancer Following Fetal Exposure To Radiation
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| Fetal exposure to radiation and the risk of childhood cancer: what is the likelihood of a risk? A new study published in this week's PLoS Medicine aims to evaluate the possibility that exposure of a fetus to computed tomography or radionuclide imaging performed during pregnancy might increase subsequent risk of childhood cancer...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nk4SX2Kpkl2SpF3NrNs4afYxgM8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nk4SX2Kpkl2SpF3NrNs4afYxgM8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nk4SX2Kpkl2SpF3NrNs4afYxgM8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nk4SX2Kpkl2SpF3NrNs4afYxgM8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/5j87jzuiXww" height="1" width="1"/> |
| The Benefits Of Hormone Replacement Therapy Overstated And Harms Downplayed By Ghostwritten Articles
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| The first academic analysis of the 1500 documents unsealed in recent litigation against the pharmaceutical giant Wyeth (now part of Pfizer) reveals unprecedented insights into how pharmaceutical companies use ghostwriters to insert marketing messages into articles published in medical journals. Dr...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/F7KFKOUR8zaCjUroGACokiwDDH8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/F7KFKOUR8zaCjUroGACokiwDDH8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/F7KFKOUR8zaCjUroGACokiwDDH8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/F7KFKOUR8zaCjUroGACokiwDDH8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/dVSpWSGmxa4" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Promising New Lymphoma Treatment Effective In Dogs
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| Researchers have identified a new target for the treatment of lymphoma and are testing a potential new drug in pet dogs afflicted with the disease. At low doses, the compound, called S-PAC-1, arrested the growth of tumors in three of six dogs tested and induced partial remission in a fourth. The results of the study, conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois, appear this month in the journal Cancer Research...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ASZM8A8B_dU3urTUf8Qi9ej-szg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ASZM8A8B_dU3urTUf8Qi9ej-szg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ASZM8A8B_dU3urTUf8Qi9ej-szg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ASZM8A8B_dU3urTUf8Qi9ej-szg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/akhAHdsz7lc" height="1" width="1"/> |
| 60% Rise In Deaths From Liver Disease In Last Decade: Hepatitis C Is An Increasing Contributor
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| Huge variations in hepatitis C services in hospitals across the country are revealed in a new report by the All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group and The Hepatitis C Trust. In The Dark found widely differing policies on who should receive treatment and the level of specialist support and care available. Hepatitis C is a preventable and treatable blood-borne virus. It is estimated that between 250,000 and 466,000 people in the UK are infected but most do not realise they carry the virus...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AipeNTFC-u9BBZf3NmzwONq-rr0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AipeNTFC-u9BBZf3NmzwONq-rr0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AipeNTFC-u9BBZf3NmzwONq-rr0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AipeNTFC-u9BBZf3NmzwONq-rr0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/KsAddLoYvVY" height="1" width="1"/> |
| PPD Establishes Network Of Sites For Conducting Phase I Trials In Patients
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| PPD, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPDI) announced it has established preferred provider relationships with a network of sites across North America for conducting Phase I trials in patients to meet growing client demand for these services. PPD has established relationships with Commonwealth Biomedical Research in Madisonville, Ky., CNS Network in Los Angeles and Lovelace Scientific Resources, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lovelace Respiratory Research, in Albuquerque, N.M., Austin, Texas, and Sarasota, Fla...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TSvDBj1WyikR5EYbEZCXpf7YET4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TSvDBj1WyikR5EYbEZCXpf7YET4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TSvDBj1WyikR5EYbEZCXpf7YET4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TSvDBj1WyikR5EYbEZCXpf7YET4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/DZmbCk2zySY" height="1" width="1"/> |
| 2nd Annual Cancer Targets And Therapeutics Conference, Oct 20-22, San Francisco, CA
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| Dr. Patrick Baeuerle, Vice President of Micromet, to present as a featured speaker at GTCbio's 2nd Annual Cancer Targets and Therapeutics Conference, part of the 6th Modern Drug Discovery and Development Summit on Oct. 20-22, 2010 in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Baeuerle will give a presentation on "BiTE Antibody-Engaged T-Cells for Cancer Therapy." MT110 is a novel BiTE antibody recognizing the pan-carcinoma antigen EpCAM (CD326), which is expressed on a large variety of human adenocarcinoma, and on cancer-initiating or stem cells derived therefore...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y5p7yXEWPvGGoNeGWfjSthInyWk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y5p7yXEWPvGGoNeGWfjSthInyWk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y5p7yXEWPvGGoNeGWfjSthInyWk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y5p7yXEWPvGGoNeGWfjSthInyWk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Ilv3qu4Ubys" height="1" width="1"/> |
| New Study Shows Promise For Identifying, Reducing Reproductive Coercion
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| The latest research on reproductive coercion -- a type of intimate partner abuse in which the man threatens the woman to become pregnant -- shows that a simple intervention at a family planning clinic can empower women to protect themselves from future abuse, Time reports. Reproductive coercion, which usually coincides with other types of abuse within a relationship, is marked by physical or verbal threats against a woman for seeking birth control or an abortion. The male partner also might damage the woman's birth control pills or remove condoms during sex...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fGwjJccBczP1woicJdoe4sg98Ms/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fGwjJccBczP1woicJdoe4sg98Ms/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fGwjJccBczP1woicJdoe4sg98Ms/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fGwjJccBczP1woicJdoe4sg98Ms/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/-aL5P-HL0AM" height="1" width="1"/> |
| 'Impatience' With Labor, Low VBAC Rates Tied To C-Section Increase, Study Finds
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| The rising U.S caesarean section rate reflects several factors -- including a tendency to opt for c-sections too soon into labor, an increase in labor inductions and fewer attempts at vaginal births among women who have had previous c-sections -- according to the first study to examine how often surgical deliveries were performed before or after labor had begun, the New York Times reports (Grady, New York Times, 8/30). Since 1996, the c-section rate in the U.S...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BiGpN12QNphAch__SOvr5kND_60/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BiGpN12QNphAch__SOvr5kND_60/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BiGpN12QNphAch__SOvr5kND_60/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BiGpN12QNphAch__SOvr5kND_60/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/WHWd6OH7ulw" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Iowa Lawmakers Should Update Abortion Laws To Accommodate Use Of Telemedicine, Editorial Says
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| By using telemedicine to dispense abortion medication, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland is applying the technology "as it was intended: to expand access to legal health services in rural Iowa," the Des Moines Register states in an editorial. Telemedicine "allows real-time, two-way communication between doctors and patients" and is "widely used to give patients access to health services they wouldn't have otherwise," the editorial notes...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yj2k6LNrWtp65P1GiA6WViJcnBw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yj2k6LNrWtp65P1GiA6WViJcnBw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yj2k6LNrWtp65P1GiA6WViJcnBw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yj2k6LNrWtp65P1GiA6WViJcnBw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/LHQodAUg7WM" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Blogs Comment On Reproductive Health Legislation, Research, Other Topics
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| The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "Electronic Mnemonics and the Pill," Laura Lloyd, National Campaign To Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy's "Pregnant Pause": Although oral contraceptives are the most popular birth control methodamong U.S. teens and young adults, the pill "tends to be less effective than it could be thanks to user error," Lloyd writes. The pill, when taken perfectly, is 99...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WhLBBP6VZSOgqZeW2582y2Dd4Ic/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WhLBBP6VZSOgqZeW2582y2Dd4Ic/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WhLBBP6VZSOgqZeW2582y2Dd4Ic/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WhLBBP6VZSOgqZeW2582y2Dd4Ic/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/ku80df_EUb4" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Blogs Comment On Reproductive Health Legislation, Research, Other Topics
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| The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "Electronic Mnemonics and the Pill," Laura Lloyd, National Campaign To Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy's "Pregnant Pause": Although oral contraceptives are the most popular birth control method among U.S. teens and young adults, the pill "tends to be less effective than it could be thanks to user error," Lloyd writes. The pill, when taken perfectly, is 99...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qdd_9V7dcGmBd9tg0ZMpntkN9lY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qdd_9V7dcGmBd9tg0ZMpntkN9lY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qdd_9V7dcGmBd9tg0ZMpntkN9lY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qdd_9V7dcGmBd9tg0ZMpntkN9lY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/gKc9JOcusRE" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Studies Examine Health Care Use, Quality
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| News outlets offered a variety of articles about health care use and quality. The New York Times: A new study finds "that more than half of the 354 million doctor visits made each year for acute medical care, like for fevers, stomachaches and coughs, are not with a patient's primary physician, and that more than a quarter take place in hospital emergency rooms...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cLocDNCVQ6AB8mK_ptZN6Sg_1-o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cLocDNCVQ6AB8mK_ptZN6Sg_1-o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cLocDNCVQ6AB8mK_ptZN6Sg_1-o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cLocDNCVQ6AB8mK_ptZN6Sg_1-o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Thvi_l2Sh14" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Study: Malpractice Costs $55.6 Billion Annually, Most In Defensive Medicine
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| An analysis by the journal Health Affairs has found that $55.6 billion, 2.4 percent of all annual health spending, is spent on medical malpractice, reports Modern Healthcare. "The estimate includes defensive-medicine activities, such as ordering tests or treatments ... which alone costs an estimated $45.6 billion per year, the study found. ... To get more concrete answers, the study's researchers analyzed different areas of the medical liability system such as payments made to malpractice plaintiffs, defensive medicine and administrative costs, and the costs of lost clinician work time...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IVeY4LY7chmwIIMKPIjPwxvVADk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IVeY4LY7chmwIIMKPIjPwxvVADk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IVeY4LY7chmwIIMKPIjPwxvVADk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IVeY4LY7chmwIIMKPIjPwxvVADk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/wexppcVPrrc" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Health Law Rollout Effects: Delivering 'Accountable' Care, Device Tax, Nursing Mothers
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| Today's updates on the continuing implementation of the health law include Medicare chief Don Berwick's behind the scenes push for 'accountable care organizations,' tax anxiety in the medical device industry, and the promise of new help for pregnant women. The Boston Globe: "Newly installed Medicare chief Donald Berwick, keeping a low public profile after encountering controversy over his appointment, is moving quickly behind the scenes to seed the US health care system with 100 to 300 sites to test new models of caring for patients...<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Cj0duMpiBeyk8VKP9GApRE_hO24/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Cj0duMpiBeyk8VKP9GApRE_hO24/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Cj0duMpiBeyk8VKP9GApRE_hO24/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Cj0duMpiBeyk8VKP9GApRE_hO24/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/1f3Qb-g6WO8" height="1" width="1"/> |
