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CPF proclaims September as 'Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month'

The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) announced today the month of September 2012 will be proclaimed "Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month." In previous years, the CPF has celebrated "National Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week" for one week each September, but expanding the time frame to a month will help achieve greater national awareness and fundraising in the race to find treatment and a cure.

7 Apr 2012

CHVI announces new member - Healthper

The nonprofit Center for Health Value Innovation (CHVI) announced today that Healthper, Inc., a social game-based health engagement and achievement platform, has joined as a member.

29 Mar 2012

IFHP releases 2011 Comparative Price Report

The International Federation of Health Plans today released its 2011 Comparative Price Report detailing its annual survey of medical costs per unit. Designed to showcase the variation in healthcare costs around the world, the report examines the costs of medical procedures, tests, scans and treatments in nine countries.

3 Mar 2012

CDC models show scaling up ART for HIV treatment can save money over time

During a webinar Thursday hosted by the Health Global Access Project, AVAC, and amfAR, John Blandford, chief of CDC's Division of Global HIV/AIDS Health Economics, Systems and Integration Branch, presented findings showing "that scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention in the developing world not only saves lives, but saves money too," the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog reports.

31 Jan 2012

Doctors press Boehner to stop mandated insurance code switch

The American Medical Association opposes implementation of the coding system known as ICD-10, saying it would require physician offices to deal with an estimated 68,000 insurance codes -- five times more than the current 13,000.

27 Jan 2012

AAN neurologist receives prestigious award at Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum

The American Academy of Neurology(AAN) has named neurologist Constantine Moschonas, MD, of Scottsdale, Ariz., as the AAN Donald M. Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum Advocate of the Year. Moschonas received his award at the Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum on January 14, 2012, in Austin, Texas, for his outstanding work in raising awareness about brain diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, autism, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis.

17 Jan 2012

OAC and Obesity PPM to launch long-term online educational initiative

In January 2012, the OAC and Obesity PPM will launch a long-term online educational initiative to increase understanding of the complexity of obesity and its many causes. The disease of obesity impacts individuals physically, emotionally, economically and socially. This initiative will look at various factors, both controllable and uncontrollable, impacting individuals affected by obesity.

29 Dec 2011

Groups provide policymakers new rules for better addressing weight-related health issues

Are words weighing down America's ability to improve its health? According to a group of weight and health experts assembled by the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance, the answer is yes. There is a need for media and policymakers to more responsibly address weight-related health issues, the experts said, and remove the verbal barriers that are getting in the way of a more informed, responsible conversation.

21 Oct 2011

Healthy people analysis: Nation's overall health improves, but disparities persist

Minorities and low-income groups continue to be less likely to have a regular source of medical care, despite a decade of efforts to reverse this circumstance.

7 Oct 2011

Webinar on Prescription Drug Abuse in Workers' Comp

Joseph Paduda, principal of Health Strategy Associates, will present "Prescription Drug Abuse in Workers' Comp," an hour-long webinar on Thursday, Sept. 1, starting 1 p.m. (PDT)/ 4 p.m. EDT.

25 Aug 2011

JAMIA highlights several perspectives, five research articles on translational bioinformatics

With the summer edition of JAMIA--currently online at www.JAMIA.org--AMIA's peer-reviewed journal on informatics in biomedicine and health opens the door to translational science, highlighting several perspectives and five research articles on translational bioinformatics (TBI), and suggesting that future publications in greater volume will help keep JAMIA readers abreast of new developments and applications of translational bioinformatics, just as more hospital and academic health centers are embracing molecular measurements for diagnosis and planning therapies.

4 Aug 2011

HFA develops free online webinar, 'Addressing Cultural Diversity in Hospice Care'

The Hospice Foundation of America has developed "Addressing Cultural Diversity in Hospice Care," a free online webinar that looks at how, and why, different cultures may, or may not, utilize hospice.

15 Jul 2011

Ticagrelor drug with low-dose aspirin effective against acute coronary syndrome

When taken with higher doses of aspirin, the experimental antiplatelet drug ticagrelor was associated with worse outcomes than the standard drug, clopidogrel, but the opposite was true with lower doses of aspirin.

28 Jun 2011

Tissue-engineered blood vessels from donor skin cells successfully implanted in patients

For the first time, blood vessels created in the lab from donor skin cells were successfully implanted in patients. Functioning blood vessels that aren't rejected by the immune system could be used to make durable shunts for kidney dialysis, and potentially to improve treatment for children with heart defects and adults needing coronary or other bypass graft surgery.

28 Jun 2011

GRACE, LUNGevity announce free webinar program to highlight lung cancer research

LUNGevity Foundation and GRACE announce a free webinar program to provide the highlights in lung cancer research from the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting held June 3-6, 2011 in Chicago.

20 Jun 2011

NYU Langone webinar discusses advances in the treatment of RA

Steven Abramson, MD, professor of medicine and director of the rheumatology division at NYU Langone Medical Center, hosted a webinar with colleagues from the medical center for rheumatoid arthritis community bloggers - bringing together, bench, bedside and the blogosphere to discuss advances in the investigation, care, and treatment of RA.

13 Jun 2011

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CPF proclaims September as 'Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month'

CHVI announces new member - Healthper

IFHP releases 2011 Comparative Price Report

CDC models show scaling up ART for HIV treatment can save money over time

Doctors press Boehner to stop mandated insurance code switch

AAN neurologist receives prestigious award at Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum

OAC and Obesity PPM to launch long-term online educational initiative

Groups provide policymakers new rules for better addressing weight-related health issues

Healthy people analysis: Nation's overall health improves, but disparities persist

Webinar on Prescription Drug Abuse in Workers' Comp

JAMIA highlights several perspectives, five research articles on translational bioinformatics

HFA develops free online webinar, 'Addressing Cultural Diversity in Hospice Care'

Ticagrelor drug with low-dose aspirin effective against acute coronary syndrome

Tissue-engineered blood vessels from donor skin cells successfully implanted in patients

GRACE, LUNGevity announce free webinar program to highlight lung cancer research

NYU Langone webinar discusses advances in the treatment of RA

LUMEDX releases new Webinar, The Power of Analytics: Managing Cath Lab Growth in Real Time

HFA develops free 'Alzheimer's Disease and Hospice Care' online webinar

FightSMA to host panel discussions on spinal muscular atrophy

Baxa increases recycling initiatives by 22%

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Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

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