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FASEB President describes critical role biomedical research plays in improving public health

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) President Mark O. Lively, Ph.D., addressed a Capitol Hill audience, including congressional staff, and members of the Coalition for Health Funding today to describe the critical role biomedical research plays in improving public health.

3 Mar 2010

ASGE and TV actor encourage African-Americans to undergo screening for colon cancer

CSI: New York actor Hill Harper has joined forces with the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), representing doctors who specialize in endoscopy and colon cancer screening, in a new Public Service Announcement (PSA) to encourage African-Americans to undergo screening for colon cancer

3 Mar 2010

GOP, Dems continue battle over using 'reconciliation' to move health reform forward

Democrats are defending the use of the budget reconciliation in a health care overhaul as "nothing extraordinary" while Republicans are accusing them of "trying to ram through legislation using a parliamentary trick that Republicans say was never designed for such a big bill," The Wall Street Journal reports.

2 Mar 2010

Cleveland HeartLab completes $3.0M fundraising round

Cleveland HeartLab LLC (CHL) today announced that it has completed a $3.0-million fundraising round. The company’s new shareholders include local business leaders, and Glengary LLC, Second Generation Ltd. and Zapis Capital Group LLC.

2 Mar 2010

Researchers face variety of barriers to addressing obesity in children

The US is facing many challenges in controlling the childhood obesity epidemic. Despite recent efforts and some progress, one third of US children are still overweight or obese. Yet research has shown that the road to obesity begins early in life, and it is more common and difficult to address for low-income children.

2 Mar 2010

Tampa hospital allows use of electronic cigarettes

As special interest groups and politicians continue to make weak claims against the electric cigarette, another hospital in Tampa, Florida made the decision last week to allow the use of electronic cigarettes within their facility. Smoking is a recreational privilege that while banned in most public places, can be done with the alternative E-cigarette without offending others. This new invention allows the smoker to get their nicotine fix just like the coffee or soda drinkers get their caffeine fix.

2 Mar 2010

FDA announces membership, meeting information for TPSAC; Committee to provide advice on tobacco-related issues

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced membership and meeting information for the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee. The Committee, required through the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act), will provide advice, information, and recommendations to FDA on a wide range of tobacco-related issues.

2 Mar 2010

Prenatal cocaine exposure affects sustained attention and self-regulated behavior in children

Children exposed to cocaine in the womb face serious consequences from the drug, but fortunately not in certain critical physical and cognitive areas as previously believed, according to a new comprehensive review of research on the subject from scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. When a pregnant woman uses cocaine, it can interrupt the flow of nutrients and oxygen to the baby, putting such children at risk for premature birth, low birth weight and many other problems.

2 Mar 2010

Health Impact Project announces $150,000 grant to examine health impacts of cap-and-trade regulation

The Health Impact Project today announced the award of a $150,000 grant to the Oakland-based Public Health Institute to collaborate with the California Department of Public Health on a health impact assessment (HIA) of a proposed "cap-and-trade" regulation under California's 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act.

2 Mar 2010

Agilent Technologies, NCFST enter into collaboration to develop new scientific methods for food testing

Agilent Technologies Inc. and the National Center for Food Safety and Technology today announced that they have entered into a collaboration to develop new scientific methods for food testing, with the goal of solving a wide range of persistent problems facing global food supply chains.

2 Mar 2010

Ban Asbestos Now campaign launched to educate public on the dangers of asbestos inhalation

"Ban Asbestos Now," a national campaign to build awareness of the continued use of asbestos in the United States, launched today to educate the public on the dangers of asbestos inhalation and urge Americans to pressure U.S. lawmakers to finally ban this toxic and often deadly substance. It is considered "the largest manmade public health crisis in history" according to the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization.

2 Mar 2010

Individuals having greater purpose in lives less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease: Study

Individuals who report having greater purpose in their lives appear less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease or its precursor, mild cognitive impairment, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

2 Mar 2010

Canyon Pharmaceuticals announces the availability of Iprivask inhibitor for prevention of DVT

Canyon PharmaceuticalsTM (www.canyonpharma.com) today announced the availability of Iprivask (desirudin for injection), the first direct thrombin inhibitor (DTI) approved in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which may lead to pulmonary embolism in patients undergoing elective hip replacement surgery.

2 Mar 2010

Columbia University, FairChoice Systems sign agreement to market student health information system

Columbia University and FairChoice Systems, Inc. have signed a multi-year commercialization agreement that will bring to market a cost-effective, online student health information system developed and implemented by Columbia University's own Student Health Services.

2 Mar 2010

Association between depression and obesity bidirectional

Obesity appears to be associated with an increased risk of depression, and depression also appears associated with an increased risk of developing obesity, according to a meta-analysis of previously published studies in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

2 Mar 2010

HMS initiates new interoperability product for customers

Healthcare Management Systems, Inc. ® announced today the launch of a new interoperability product for customers that will enable the exchange of clinical data between third party systems, health information exchanges, and public registries. The new product will assist clients in qualifying for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act HITECH stimulus funds.

2 Mar 2010

New report: Federal spending for public health flat for nearly five years

Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today released a new report, Shortchanging America's Health: A State-By-State Look at How Public Health Dollars Are Spent, which finds federal spending for public health has been flat for nearly five years, while states around the country cut nearly $392 million for public health programs in the past year, which leaves communities around the country struggling to deliver basic disease prevention and emergency health preparedness services.

2 Mar 2010

Thirty-six organizations urge Congress to pass health reform legislation

State, regional and national public health associations today called on Congress to send comprehensive health reform legislation to the president in the coming weeks. Thirty-six organizations representing tens of thousands of public health professionals from Alaska to Maine, Iowa to Kentucky and states in between signed on to a letter to members of Congress urging action.

1 Mar 2010

McGill University and RI MUHC secure $300,000 CIHR grant to develop VLP vaccines

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have awarded a $300,000 grant for research focusing on the nature of the immune response induced by the action mechanisms of plant-made Virus-Like Particles (VLP) to Dr. Louis Vezina, Chief Scientific Officer of Medicago and to Dr. Brian Ward and Dr. Ciriaco Piccirillo of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC) and McGill University.

1 Mar 2010

Axolotl celebrates 15 years of software development and HIE implementation

Axolotl Corp., the nationwide leader in health information exchange (HIE) services and solutions, celebrates fifteen successful years of software development and HIE implementation. Since its founding in 1995, Axolotl has been providing advanced Clinical Networking™ solutions to meet the diverse and changing needs of physicians, hospitals, regional health information organizations (RHIOs) and statewide HIEs to achieve interoperability across entire medical trading areas.

1 Mar 2010

Public Health News and Research

FASEB President describes critical role biomedical research plays in improving public health

ASGE and TV actor encourage African-Americans to undergo screening for colon cancer

GOP, Dems continue battle over using 'reconciliation' to move health reform forward

Cleveland HeartLab completes $3.0M fundraising round

Researchers face variety of barriers to addressing obesity in children

Tampa hospital allows use of electronic cigarettes

FDA announces membership, meeting information for TPSAC; Committee to provide advice on tobacco-related issues

Prenatal cocaine exposure affects sustained attention and self-regulated behavior in children

Health Impact Project announces $150,000 grant to examine health impacts of cap-and-trade regulation

Agilent Technologies, NCFST enter into collaboration to develop new scientific methods for food testing

Ban Asbestos Now campaign launched to educate public on the dangers of asbestos inhalation

Individuals having greater purpose in lives less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease: Study

Canyon Pharmaceuticals announces the availability of Iprivask inhibitor for prevention of DVT

Columbia University, FairChoice Systems sign agreement to market student health information system

Association between depression and obesity bidirectional

HMS initiates new interoperability product for customers

New report: Federal spending for public health flat for nearly five years

Thirty-six organizations urge Congress to pass health reform legislation

McGill University and RI MUHC secure $300,000 CIHR grant to develop VLP vaccines

Axolotl celebrates 15 years of software development and HIE implementation

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