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Penn Nursing, Surgeon General partner to promote breastfeeding awareness in the U.S.

While 75 percent of U.S. babies start out breastfeeding, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports only 13 percent are exclusively breastfed at the end of six months. Six months of exclusive breastfeeding is the American Academy of Pediatrics' minimum recommendation.

30 Apr 2011

Health practitioners need to assess health literacy to overcome barrier to quality care: MD Anderson nurse

Low health literacy is a significant barrier to quality care, especially among elderly patients, but increased use of simple and effective health literacy assessment tests by nurses and clinicians can help improve communication and health outcomes.

30 Apr 2011

North Dakota moves forward on health law's insurance exchange

other news related to the health law, NPR reports that emergency room docs predict that the health law will worsen ER crowding.

30 Apr 2011

Brain function variations may increase person's risk of drug abuse

One can look at drug addiction as a moral issue, a social ill, or a criminal problem. But Lynn Oswald's experience studying the neuroscience of addiction tells her that it is something else entirely: a disease of the brain.

30 Apr 2011

Dual-energy CT has potential to allow non-invasive diagnosis of gout, say radiologists

The incidence of gout is on the rise and duel energy CT has the potential to allow non-invasive diagnosis of the disease, according to radiologists at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, in Vancouver, BC.

30 Apr 2011

Polo Biology Global Group reports sales of $1,225,000 for fourth quarter 2010

Polo Biology Global Group Corporation today announced its financial results for the three months and twelve months ended December 31, 2010.

30 Apr 2011

Children with TVs in their bedrooms more likely to be overweight: Study

A new small study of Hispanic children found that those with TVs in their bedrooms were more likely to be overweight.

30 Apr 2011

Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care acknowledges importance of fine-tuning Medicare payment system

Expressing alarm about a proposed rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that could result in funding reductions as high as $4 billion to seniors' Medicare-funded skilled nursing care, the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care today acknowledged the importance of fine-tuning the complex and evolving Medicare payment system in a manner that "gets it right" while also protecting seniors' care quality, preserving caregivers' jobs, and ensuring accountability to U.S. taxpayers.

30 Apr 2011

The AFA completes yearlong fertility educational series

The American Fertility Association is pleased to announce the completion of a yearlong fertility educational series which was funded by Attain Fertility Centers.

30 Apr 2011

Opinions: NCDs must be tackled worldwide; myths surround usefulness of foreign aid

Jake Marcus, a post-bachelor fellow at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, examines why non-communicable diseases have been a neglected part of global health care in a New Republic opinion piece.

30 Apr 2011

Healthcare advertising agencies earn Med Ad News recognition

UBM Canon has announced the winners of the 22nd annual Med Ad News Manny Awards 2011. The gala event, held at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, culminated with the naming of AbelsonTaylor Inc. as Agency of the Year: Category I.

30 Apr 2011

Abortion-rights supporters face tough choices about where to focus efforts

News outlets also report on restrictive legislation advancing in the Florida and Kansas legislatures. Meanwhile, funding issues related to Planned Parenthood continue to receive attention.

30 Apr 2011

WAST NHS to equip its frontline ambulances with ZOLL E Series EMS monitor/defibrillator

ZOLL Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS is equipping its frontline ambulances with the ZOLL E Series EMS monitor/defibrillator.

30 Apr 2011

Diversinet reports net loss of $1.1 million for first quarter 2011

Diversinet Corp., a leader in "connected and protected" mobile healthcare communications, reported its first quarter 2011 results for the period ended March 31, 2011. All dollar amounts are in U.S. dollars.

30 Apr 2011

AACN to present Flame of Excellence Award to VCU researcher

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses will present the Flame of Excellence Award to noted researcher and educator Mary Jo Grap, RN, PhD, FAAN, professor, School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.

30 Apr 2011

Unintentional injury deaths of young children can be prevented: Study

Patricia Schnitzer, associate professor in the MU Sinclair School of Nursing, says that most unintentional child injury deaths of young children result from inadequate supervision or failure to protect children from harm. Although injuries to children may be unintentional, they can be prevented and should not be considered accidents.

30 Apr 2011

Missouri American Water supports DEA's prescription drug collection program

Missouri American Water is providing information about the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day to more than 150,000 households across Missouri through their water bills.

30 Apr 2011

NASA grants development order to Flexpoint's Bend Sensors

Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. today announced that they have received a development order from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to supply their patented Bend Sensors.

30 Apr 2011

Study finds association between ERBB4 gene, LVOT malformations

A gene known to be important in cardiac development has been newly associated with congenital heart malformations that result in obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract. These are the findings from a study conducted by Nationwide Children's Hospital and appearing in the journal Birth Defects Research Part A.

30 Apr 2011

People with Alzheimer's, cardiovascular risk gene experience early memory decline

People who carry a gene associated with Alzheimer's disease and have cardiovascular risks experience age-related memory decline 20 to 25 years sooner than people who carry the gene without cardiovascular risk according to a 17-year Mayo Clinic-led study recently published in Neurology.

30 Apr 2011

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Penn Nursing, Surgeon General partner to promote breastfeeding awareness in the U.S.

Health practitioners need to assess health literacy to overcome barrier to quality care: MD Anderson nurse

North Dakota moves forward on health law's insurance exchange

Brain function variations may increase person's risk of drug abuse

Dual-energy CT has potential to allow non-invasive diagnosis of gout, say radiologists

Polo Biology Global Group reports sales of $1,225,000 for fourth quarter 2010

Children with TVs in their bedrooms more likely to be overweight: Study

Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care acknowledges importance of fine-tuning Medicare payment system

The AFA completes yearlong fertility educational series

Opinions: NCDs must be tackled worldwide; myths surround usefulness of foreign aid

Healthcare advertising agencies earn Med Ad News recognition

Abortion-rights supporters face tough choices about where to focus efforts

WAST NHS to equip its frontline ambulances with ZOLL E Series EMS monitor/defibrillator

Diversinet reports net loss of $1.1 million for first quarter 2011

AACN to present Flame of Excellence Award to VCU researcher

Unintentional injury deaths of young children can be prevented: Study

Missouri American Water supports DEA's prescription drug collection program

NASA grants development order to Flexpoint's Bend Sensors

Study finds association between ERBB4 gene, LVOT malformations

People with Alzheimer's, cardiovascular risk gene experience early memory decline

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