SOURCE: American Diabetes Association ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwire - June 29, 2010) - A community-based lifestyle intervention program, modeled after one used in a landmark government … [Continue reading]
HHS Secretary Sebelius to Join Leaders From NIH, FDA and Academia to Discuss New Roles in Drug Discovery and Development
SOURCE: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation KANSAS CITY, MO--(Marketwire - June 29, 2010) - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and other national leaders … [Continue reading]
Vanguard Announces $225 Million Offering of Notes
SOURCE: Vanguard Health Systems, Inc. NASHVILLE, TN--(Marketwire - June 29, 2010) - Vanguard Health Systems, Inc. ("Vanguard") announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiaries, … [Continue reading]
StayWell Custom Communications Aligns With Leading SEO Firm to Offer Search Engine Marketing Services
SOURCE: StayWell Custom Communications SALT LAKE CITY, UT--(Marketwire - June 29, 2010) - Custom health communications company StayWell Custom Communications (SCC), a division of … [Continue reading]
Southern Chicago Healthcare Provider, Riverside Healthcare, Launches New Website
SOURCE: Riverside Medical Center KANKAKEE, IL--(Marketwire - June 29, 2010) - Riverside Healthcare is proud to have their new website up and running. Current users of … [Continue reading]
Medical Women’s International Association: Good Maternal Health Care Must Be Maintained in Order to Save Thousands of Lives
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - June 28, 2010) - Funding for maternal health care must stay front and centre as the G8 and G20 summits conclude. Approximately 500,000 women around the globe die each year from pregnancy related causes that … [Continue reading]
Diabetes Drug Rosiglitazone Not Associated With Increased Risk of Death, Stroke or Heart Attacks in BARI 2D Study
SOURCE: American Diabetes Association Study Confirms Higher Incidence of Fractures ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwire - June 28, 2010) - Rosiglitazone, a commonly used … [Continue reading]
FMX Ventures Announces Appointment of New CFO
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 28, 2010) - FMX Ventures Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:FXX.H)announced today that, subject to regulatory approval, it has appointed Mr. Carmelo Marrelli as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Marrelli replaces … [Continue reading]
American Diabetes Association Revised Embargo for Rosiglitazone Study
SOURCE: American Diabetes Association ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwire - June 28, 2010) - The American Diabetes Association has announced a change in the embargo time of the rosiglitazone … [Continue reading]
GuideStar Advises That June 30 Fiscal Year End Will Trigger New Form 990 Filing Deadline for Many Nonprofits
SOURCE: GuideStar USA, Inc. Failure to File May Lead to Loss of Tax-Exempt Status WASHINGTON, DC and WILLIAMSBURG, VA--(Marketwire - June 28, 2010) - GuideStar, … [Continue reading]
TetriDyn Solutions, Inc. Introduces Charge Catcher at Bear Lake Memorial and Steele Memorial Hospitals
SOURCE: TetriDyn Solutions, Inc. POCATELLO, ID--(Marketwire - June 28, 2010) - TetriDyn Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB: TDYS), a multi-channel technology innovator in the Information … [Continue reading]
Uni-Ter Names Vilches VP-Marketing
SOURCE: Uni-Ter Underwriting Management Corp. ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - June 28, 2010) - Armando L. Vilches, CPCU, a sales executive with 25 years of experience in … [Continue reading]
New Medline.com Website Offers Faster Product Search With Highly Intuitive, User-Friendly Enhanced Features
SOURCE: Medline Industries, Inc. New Site Increases Product Search Performance by More Than 50 Percent MUNDELEIN, IL--(Marketwire - June 28, 2010) - Medline … [Continue reading]
GetWellNetwork Webinar Shares Secrets to High Patient Satisfaction for Children’s Hospitals
SOURCE: GetWellNetwork, Inc. BETHESDA, MD--(Marketwire - June 28, 2010) - GetWellNetwork, Inc. will host a webinar on Tuesday, June 29th to demonstrate how children's hospitals can … [Continue reading]
ALR Technologies Appoints Healthcare Executive as President and Chief Operating Officer
SOURCE: ALR Technologies Inc. Lawrence Weinstein Brings Extensive Healthcare Industry Experience ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - June 28, 2010) - ALR Technologies … [Continue reading]
MedChoice Financial Adds New Capabilities in Its Platinum Provider Portal to Support Healthcare Practices
SOURCE: MedChoice Financial Provides Dental, Cosmetic, Laser Hair Removal/Restoration, and Medical Practitioners With Automated Processes, New Reporting Features and Increased … [Continue reading]
Presentation of preclinical data for NicOx’s ophthalmology candidate NCX 434
SOURCE: NICOX SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, FRANCE--(Marketwire - June 28, 2010) - www.nicox.com NicOx S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris: COX) today announced that new preclinical results for NCX 434 … [Continue reading]
Artificial Pancreas Improves Overnight Glucose Control for Range of Real-Life Situations, Latest Data Show
SOURCE: American Diabetes Association Researchers Also Identify Psychosocial Barriers to Use of CGM Devices; Symposium Provides Update on Advances That Could Lead to Rapid Commercial … [Continue reading]
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre: Emergency Medical Assistance Team Deployed for G8 Summit
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 26, 2010) - The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has deployed Ontario's Emergency Medical Assistance Team (EMAT) to support capacity at the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital site of Muskoka Algonquin … [Continue reading]
Bret Michaels Receives American Diabetes Association’s Chair’s Citation Award
SOURCE: American Diabetes Association Bret Michaels Presented With the Chair's Citation Award Prior to World's Largest Diabetes Meeting ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwire … [Continue reading]
Choosing To Switch To A Paperless Medical Practice
Most medical practices now use an electronic practice management (EPM) system. Usually this means some type of proprietary software, something different than the old system of hand-written calendar notes. In the last twenty years, the EPM market has … [Continue reading]
Laser Eye Surgery Belfast Clinics
If your at the stage where you feel you no longer feel like wear glasses – whether you only use them for driving at night or reading or daily use or or if you want a break from the hassle of constantly changing contact lenses you can go for laser eye … [Continue reading]
Health Insurance policy
Getting Health Insurance Quotes By Phone Though calling around for insurance quotes will be a terribly time-consuming task, it is a sensible approach to get your questions answered about the policy by a professional. In several cases, calling an … [Continue reading]
American Medical Association AMA Foundation Seed Grant Research Recipients
The American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation has awarded medical research grants to 38 junior investigators. Established in 2000, the Seed Grant Research Program provides medical students, physician residents and fellows with grants of up to … [Continue reading]
Fake Prescriptions Still an Issue; Corey Haim Death Highlights Problem
With the recent untimely death of actor Cory Haim this week, the public is learning about an industry-wide problem that continues to plague the health insurance industry, fake prescriptions. Corey Ian Haim (December 23, 1971 – March 10, 2010) … [Continue reading]
TriCipher myOneLogin SignatureBook Offers Digital Signatures On-Demand
TriCipher, a leading provider of Internet identity services, today announced a hosted, on-demand version of its powerful digital signature solution. myOneLogin SignatureBook is an on-demand service that accelerates and streamlines business processes … [Continue reading]
15 Ways to Take Care of Your Elderly Parents
US News and World Report Health has a great article about caring for elderly parents. They say that there are fifteen ways: "The first step toward avoiding such baptism by fire is to acknowledge you'll most likely take on caregiving … [Continue reading]
New Study Shows Uninsured Crisis Wildly Overestimated
The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) has released the results of a new study. that shows that the “widely employed estimate of 47 million uninsured Americans is a misleading representation of the problem.” The study, authored by Drs. June … [Continue reading]
US Healthcare System Prepared for Swine Flu
The entire healthcare system in the United States is prepared for the Swine Flu if it becomes a national epidemic. Many organizations are working with the CDC in order to keep updated on the latest information about this influenza virus. IBHS … [Continue reading]
New CenterWatch Report Examines Japan’s Surging Clinical Trials Market
In 2007, drug development in Japan, the world’s second largest pharmaceutical market, exploded six-fold over 2006 and should continue to grow, according to a new CenterWatch report released today. Japan: Opening the Door to Global Clinical Trials, … [Continue reading]
New CSC Survey Predicts Continued Decline in Health Plan Enrollment
According to a survey released today by CSC (NYSE:CSC), entitled “Insuring the Future: Health Plans Respond to the Financial Crisis”, about 75 percent of health plan executives expect the current economic crisis to have a greater impact on their … [Continue reading]
Medical Tourism: World-class Medical Care at Affordable Rates
The US healthcare system is the best in the world! --- Only if you can access and afford it. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a good healthcare system should ideally comprise of state of art medical facilities being fairly … [Continue reading]
150th Cyberknife System Installed Worldwide
Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, recently announced that 150 CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery Systems now have been installed worldwide. This milestone was achieved when Hospital Corporation of … [Continue reading]
Observational Study Finds Changes in Medicare Reimbursement for Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents Associated With Increased Need for Blood Transfusion
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Researchers today report that after the implementation of Medicare coverage limitations for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs), a significantly greater proportion of anemic cancer patients who were on … [Continue reading]
Investing in Healthcare Recruiting – Risks and Opportunities
Hospitals and healthcare are definitely on the reliable growth pace. Current industry trend is really reverse to what you would expect, being new to this sector - this is shortage of nurses and medical professionals, meaning that it is rather … [Continue reading]
AMERIGROUP Adds 3 Executives with Healthcare and Government Experience to Team
AMERIGROUP Corporation (NYSE:AGP) has appointed three senior executives to three key senior management positions within AMERIGROUP Corporation. Steven B. Larsen has been named Senior Vice President for State Government Relations; Tunde … [Continue reading]
AARP Announces Next Steps on Medicare Bill
Nancy LeaMond, AARP’s Executive Vice President of Social Impact, has recently announced the Association’s next round of activity to encourage the enactment of the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. After having been … [Continue reading]
Case Management Society of America CMSA Launches Software Solution for Case Managers
The Case Management Society of America (CMSA) and TCS Healthcare Technologies (TCS) have recently announced a partnership to bring a care management software application, called ACUITY AnyWare, to case managers as a membership benefit of … [Continue reading]
Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s CEO Hala Moddelmog Earns Recognition at 2008 Trumpet Awards
Hala Moddelmog, president and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the global leader in the fight to end breast cancer forever, has been recognized for her leadership in business at the 16th annual Trumpet Awards event in Atlanta with a ‘High Heels in … [Continue reading]
Family Healthcare Network Chooses InteGreat EHR
MED3OOO Group, Inc., a privately held national healthcare management and technology company, recently entered into an agreement to implement and deploy InteGreat EHR, a true browser-based electronic health record (EHR) application, within the Family … [Continue reading]
FDA Extends Marketing Exclusivity for LEVAQUIN
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted LEVAQUIN(R) (levofloxacin) an additional six months of marketing exclusivity, known as "pediatric exclusivity." The action attaches to the U.S. patent covering LEVAQUIN, extending exclusivity … [Continue reading]
Study Finds More Obese Teens Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
At a time when there are growing concerns about a national epidemic of obesity among teenagers, a new study focusing on morbidly obese teens who have last-resort bariatric surgery has found that the procedure poses no greater risks for them than for … [Continue reading]
Access Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Somanta Pharmaceuticals
Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: ACCP) and Somanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SMPM) have signed a letter of intent for Access to acquire Somanta. Somanta is an Irvine, California based biotechnology company with four novel … [Continue reading]
Allied Healthcare International Reports Fiscal 2006 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results
Allied Healthcare International Inc. (Nasdaq: AHCI; AIM: AHI), a leading provider of flexible healthcare staffing services in the United Kingdom, has announced the financial results of its fiscal 2006 fourth quarter and year-end. For the fiscal … [Continue reading]
AHC Healthcare Receivables Management Partners with Tucson Medical Center
Nationally recognized healthcare reimbursement experts, Tracy Knowles, Esq., Senior Vice President for AHC, and Maria Persons, Corporate Director of Patient Financial Services for Tucson Medical Center, recently provided education to the Texas … [Continue reading]
American Community Introduces Affordable Health Insurance Options
American Community Mutual Insurance Company has introduced two new consumer-choice health insurance plans for employer groups, families and individuals in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. The new plans are designed to make health insurance more … [Continue reading]
Acupressure Technique is Credited with Relieving Prostate Cancer Symptoms
In May 2004, Jonas Slonaker participated in a nine-day, on-camera retreat to focus on using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to address his symptoms of prostate cancer. He continues to do EFT daily; and today he is still free of any cancer … [Continue reading]
Age-Related Macular Degeneration Can Lead to Depression and Suicide
A White Paper issued today by AMD Alliance International (AMDAI) reports that the impact of vision loss due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) on patients’ Quality of Life and psychological well-being is comparable to that of cancer or … [Continue reading]
New Rogaine Foam Features VersaFoam
Connetics Corporation (Nasdaq:CNCT), a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes dermatology products, today announces the use of its proprietary VersaFoam(R) technology in Pfizer Consumer Healthcare’s new Men’s Rogaine(R) … [Continue reading]
Acupressure Technique Relieves Huntington’s Disease Symptoms
While researchers have spent ten years developing a cure for Huntington’s Disease (HD) in mice, people suffering with the disease have gained symptom relief with a simple do-it-yourself acupressure technique. According to the theory behind Emotional … [Continue reading]
ADVANTAGE Health Solutions Announces Multi-Year Contract With Athens Medical Group
Athens Medical Group and ADVANTAGE Health Solutions, Inc.(SM), a regional managed care health plan owned by the Sisters of St. Francis and Ascension Health, have signed a multi-year contract to provide health care in the Montgomery County region. … [Continue reading]
AMA Insurance Agency to Offer CIGNATURE Rx(SM) Medicare Drug Plan to Retired Physicians
CIGNA HealthCare* today announced an agreement with AMA Insurance Agency, Inc. (AMAIAI) to market the CIGNATURE Rx(SM) Medicare prescription drug plans to Medicare-eligible physicians and their spouses. “We are delighted AMAIAI has chosen to offer … [Continue reading]
AHC Healthcare Receivables Management Offers Hospitals a Full Spectrum of Reimbursement Services through Acquisition of Comprehensive Healthcare Solutions
AHC Healthcare Receivables Management, an industry leader in providing third-party reimbursement solutions and complimentary education offerings, announced today the completion of the company’s acquisition of Comprehensive Healthcare Solutions (CHS), … [Continue reading]
Top 10 Types of Health Insurance Plans in America
There are more and more forms of health insurance are showing in our society, since competition of health insurance is increase. Now I am list and briefly describe 10 of the most popular types of health inusrance plans in the United State … [Continue reading]
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