An executive from the Verizon Connected Healthcare Solutions practice group will participate in a panel discussion at the World Health Congress Leadership Summit on Health Information Technology on Nov. 9 in Alexandria. [More]

With his proposed health care reform plan, President Barack Obama has set his sights on cutting name-brand prescription drug costs by 50 percent for Medicare patients who fall into the "Part D" coverage gap, universally known as the "donut hole." Plan advocates rave about the potential cost-cutting and feel it's a promising start to health care reform. [More]

Mental Health America grieves at the loss of life at Fort Hood and expresses its deepest sympathies to the families and friends of the victims. Our thoughts are with the men and women who proudly serve in our nation's armed forces and the families who support them. [More]

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) will again be participating in Gap Inc.'s Give & Get program, which in its first two campaigns this past spring and summer, garnered more than $1 million to support LLS's blood cancer research funding and patient education and support services. [More]

A team from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center will be meeting with leaders in medicine and health insurance and as well as patients during a visit to Guam this week. [More]

We Work for Health, an alliance of Washington state business, academic, government and community leaders, today released the results of a first-of-its-kind economic impact study showing that employment in Washington's life sciences sector has passed many of the traditional resource-based industries on which the state's economy was founded, and is in the same range of importance as some of the new, technology-based industries of the state. [More]

The scientific ability to quickly and accurately identify species through DNA "barcoding" is being embraced and applied by a growing legion of global authorities - from medical and agricultural researchers to police and customs authorities to palaeontologists and others. [More]

"We stand on the threshold of history. Real, affordable healthcare reform will have a far-reaching impact on our nation and especially on those who live in our cities and great metropolitan areas. [More]

"The National Medical Association (NMA) is anxious to see health reform put to a vote on Saturday. We believe this is long overdue for America," said Dr. Willarda Edwards, President of the National Medical Association (NMA). [More]

Experts on both sides of the Atlantic applaud President Barack Obama and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, representing the European Union (EU) Presidency, for establishing a transatlantic task force to address antibiotic resistance, an urgent and growing problem that threatens patient safety and public health worldwide. [More]

Registration is now open for the Society of Interventional Radiology's "Image-guided Interventional Oncology (IO) Therapies" Webinar, which will provide the latest updates on percutaneous and transcatheter treatment of liver tumors, kidney tumor ablation and lung tumor ablation. [More]

The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape presented awards to five community members or organizations Friday at its annual board meeting in State College. [More]

Natural Health Trends Corp., an international direct selling company, today announced that it has decided not to pursue a costly appeal of a delisting notice it received from The Nasdaq Stock Market on November 2, 2009. This decision was reached as part of the Company's overall strategy to improve cost-effectiveness and focus its resources on revenue-generation activities and support for member activities. [More]

The 'Help is Here Express' bus tour will be stopping in South Carolina and Georgia throughout the week of November 9-13 at various cities in order to help uninsured and financially-struggling patients access information on programs that provide prescription medicines for free or nearly free. [More]

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Portugal Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2009" report to their offering. [More]