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DestinationRx analysis shows increase in consumers choosing to enroll in health plans online

DestinationRx, a leading provider of Medicare plan and drug comparison tools, today announced the results of a DestinationRx analysis showing a significant increase in consumers choosing to enroll in health plans online, coupled with a parallel decrease in call center enrollments. An analysis of DestinationRx commercial enrollments shows a 12 percent shift from call center to online enrollment for 2008 to 2009 and an 11 percent shift from 2009 to 2010, for a 23 percent total increase in online enrollments over just two years.

16 Sep 2010

Computer game addicted mom punished for child neglect

In a bizarre incident, a British mother’s addiction to a computer game made her negligent towards her children and pets. The 33 year old mother of three (aged 9, 10 and 13), has not been named for legal reasons. She got addicted to an online game so much, that she didn’t feed her children and dogs properly.

15 Sep 2010

Harvard neurologist starts new program for doctor education; Study finds journal authors often do not disclose ties to medical device companies

The Boston Globe reports on Dr. Martin Samuels, a Harvard Medical School neurologist, who started "a new company that he says will provide continuing medical education to doctors across the country — without funding from the pharmaceutical industry.

15 Sep 2010

Dana-Farber doctor hosts live program on Twitter to discuss head and neck cancers

The recent news that Michael Douglas has been diagnosed with stage 4 throat cancer has raised public awareness of head and neck cancer. What causes throat cancer and what are the symptoms? Are there ways to prevent or reduce the risk of throat cancer? How is the human papillomavirus (HPV) related to oral cancer?

14 Sep 2010

Independa launches unobtrusive wireless sensors to enhance elderly care

Long overdue since "I've fallen and I can't get up", today San Diego based Independa, Inc., launched integrated technologies and subscription services to help family caregivers help their elderly loved ones live at home longer, safer and more comfortably.

14 Sep 2010

U.S. adults support restrictions on e-cigarettes based on potential risks

According to the makers of electronic cigarettes, they are new devices that allow users to inhale nicotine but not the toxins of tobacco cigarettes. Advocates hail e-cigarettes as a possible quit-smoking aid.

14 Sep 2010

ALIAS research project to initiate elderly care through robots

A partnership among 20 European states, the European Union and a number of private enterprises has launched a three-year, 3.87-million-euro project to make robots capable of serving as adaptable, interactive, and above all safe assistants for elderly people. The research project, known as ALIAS, places special emphasis on maintaining social networks, warding off feelings of loneliness and isolation, and increasing activities that may protect and enhance cognitive capabilities.

14 Sep 2010

Physicians Against ObamaCare challenges AMA

As Americans learn what ObamaCare will mean for quality and access to medical services, "we are witnessing an ever-increasing chorus of Americans -- from think tanks to tea partiers to accountants -- who are decrying the underhanded tactics" used to get the legislation passed, including the exploitation of the AMA's claim to speak for doctors.

14 Sep 2010

MSKCC to open new 7,745-square-foot outpatient chemotherapy center in Brooklyn

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) today celebrated a new outpatient chemotherapy center, which is scheduled to open later this month, pending approval from the State Department of Health. The 7,745-square-foot facility, called the Brooklyn Infusion Center, will provide leading-edge chemotherapy services to current MSKCC patients who live in or near Brooklyn — which amounts to more than 15 percent of MSKCC's patients currently being treated in Manhattan.

14 Sep 2010

Health In Reach provides new Internet-based service to access quality health care

To address the skyrocketing costs of out-of–pocket medical expenses, Health In Reach, Inc. today announced a new Internet-based service to make health care more accessible and affordable.

14 Sep 2010

Heart Failure Society of America's 14th Annual Scientific Meeting convenes September 12, 2010

The Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) 14th Annual Scientific Meeting convened Sunday, September 12, 2010 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. This four-day meeting -- a forum for heart failure specialists to present research findings and advances in treatment -- will address emerging trends in research and new developments in the approach to treating patients with all stages of heart failure.

13 Sep 2010

LORENZ Life Sciences announces final agenda for userBridge.10 conference

LORENZ Life Sciences Group, the largest supplier of eCTDs in the world, announced the final agenda for userBridge.10, their well-established user's conference, taking place this year from September 21st-23rd in Frankfurt, Germany.

13 Sep 2010

JDRF selects Convio's Common Ground CRM for primary constituent relationship management

Convio, Inc. announced today that Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) has selected Convio as their standard for constituent relationship management (CRM), online marketing and fundraising, and special events for JDRF's national headquarters and all chapters. JDRF will use Convio's integrated, on-demand marketing, fundraising and advocacy suite to power and support their efforts to engage constituents and raise money.

13 Sep 2010

Zargis enters agreement with OTN for testing of telemedicine stethoscope system

Zargis Medical Corp., a majority-owned subsidiary of Speedus Corp., today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) providing for the delivery and testing of Zargis' award-winning telemedicine stethoscope system.

10 Sep 2010

Researchers present study results of psychosocial trauma experienced at 2006 Dawson College shooting

A research team from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and Fernand-Seguin Research Centre of Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital presented today the results of its three-year study, a world first, into the 2006 Dawson College shooting to the Government of Quebec's Ministry of Public Security.

10 Sep 2010

Study proves brain imaging data can track aberrant brain development

Five minutes in a scanner can reveal how far a child's brain has come along the path from childhood to maturity and potentially shed light on a range of psychological and developmental disorders, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown.Researchers assert this week in Science that their study proves brain imaging data can offer more extensive help in tracking aberrant brain development.

10 Sep 2010

Summit negotiators seek to get MDGs 'back on track'

"World powers are moving slowly toward an accord on the strategy to be embraced at a looming United Nations summit aiming to get the lofty Millennium Development Goals [MDGs] back on track," Agence France-Presse writes in an article examining the ongoing debates over how best to achieve the MDGs before the 2015 deadline.

10 Sep 2010

Democrats position for November fight using health care while GOP leader draws line in the sand

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine is defending his party's accomplishments on health care as he paints Democrats as underdogs in November's elections, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. "Kaine, a former governor of Virginia, blasted the Republicans as obstacles to progress for seven decades, warning supporters gathered at the University of Pennsylvania that President Obama's agenda was at risk with less than two months before the Nov. 2 election.

10 Sep 2010

Evolvent assists DoD progress towards National Health Information Network

Evolvent Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare information technology services to the Federal Government, is assisting the Department of Defense (DoD) progress towards the National Health Information Network (NHIN).

9 Sep 2010

Eating Disorder Hope poise growth from Timberline Knolls sponsorship to educate sufferers

Eating Disorder Hope, a respected independent resource for individuals suffering from anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and other body image and eating disorders, is poised for growth following a significant sponsorship commitment by Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center.

9 Sep 2010

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DestinationRx analysis shows increase in consumers choosing to enroll in health plans online

Computer game addicted mom punished for child neglect

Harvard neurologist starts new program for doctor education; Study finds journal authors often do not disclose ties to medical device companies

Dana-Farber doctor hosts live program on Twitter to discuss head and neck cancers

Independa launches unobtrusive wireless sensors to enhance elderly care

U.S. adults support restrictions on e-cigarettes based on potential risks

ALIAS research project to initiate elderly care through robots

Physicians Against ObamaCare challenges AMA

MSKCC to open new 7,745-square-foot outpatient chemotherapy center in Brooklyn

Health In Reach provides new Internet-based service to access quality health care

Heart Failure Society of America's 14th Annual Scientific Meeting convenes September 12, 2010

LORENZ Life Sciences announces final agenda for userBridge.10 conference

JDRF selects Convio's Common Ground CRM for primary constituent relationship management

Zargis enters agreement with OTN for testing of telemedicine stethoscope system

Researchers present study results of psychosocial trauma experienced at 2006 Dawson College shooting

Study proves brain imaging data can track aberrant brain development

Summit negotiators seek to get MDGs 'back on track'

Democrats position for November fight using health care while GOP leader draws line in the sand

Evolvent assists DoD progress towards National Health Information Network

Eating Disorder Hope poise growth from Timberline Knolls sponsorship to educate sufferers

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