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Patients with low back pain can benefit from immediate physiotherapy

Immediate treatment by a physiotherapist, bypassing a waiting list, can reduce problems with recurring low back pain, reveals a thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

19 Apr 2011

Countries agree to draft framework on virus sharing, WHO says

After almost four years of negotiations, the WHO on Saturday announced it had reached an agreement on sharing flu virus samples, Agence-France Presse reports.

19 Apr 2011

Medical device industry focuses on dodging health law tax

iWatch News: Medical Device Industry Lobbies IRS, Congress To Dodge Health Law Tax.

19 Apr 2011

G20 finance ministers' meeting concludes

G20 finance ministers "concluded three days of talks late Saturday with pledges of greater cooperation to avert another financial crisis, leaving uncertain how far they would go in changing their domestic policies in response to international pressures," the Associated Press/Christian Science Monitor reports.

19 Apr 2011

House passes FY12 budget resolution

The House on Friday passed "on a nearly party line vote of 235-193" an FY12 budget resolution, National Journal reports.

19 Apr 2011

Health care innovator offers new book on ACOs

He Works On Strategies To Make Health Care Better, And Cheaper

19 Apr 2011

HHWC introduces Executive Edge Wellness Program

Hotze Health & Wellness Center, a world leader in the alternative health care industry, today announced the launch of its newly created Executive EdgeTM Wellness Program.

19 Apr 2011

Also in global health news: U.N., Libyan government reach deal over aid; USAID monitoring HIV/AIDS in Philippines; WFP warns of Afghanistan food shortages; U.N. appeals for more aid in Cote d'Ivoire, Namibia

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday at a press conference in Hungary announced that the organization had reached an agreement with the Libyan government to provide humanitarian aid in the country's capital city of Tripoli, the Associated Press reports.

19 Apr 2011

Molina Healthcare reports net income of $17.4 million for first quarter 2011

Molina Healthcare, Inc. today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

19 Apr 2011

Obama to rally support for his deficit-reduction plan

President Barack Obama will take his message on the road with a "series of campaign-style stops" in an effort to block a Republican deficit-reduction blueprint that would dramatically change Medicare and other social programs.

18 Apr 2011

Rural health providers get IT shopping tips

Medical providers, especially those in rural and small offices, who are shopping for an electronic health record vendor should consider the issue of data portability before making a decision, said David Blumenthal, who until this spring was the national coordinator for health information technology.

18 Apr 2011

California's state mental hospital will no longer be subject to hiring freeze

The freeze was lifted on Friday in response to concerns about rising violence in the state's system.

18 Apr 2011

Hospital consolidation trend continues in Atlanta

The Henry Medical Center announced last week that it would enter partnership talks with Piedmont Healthcare.

18 Apr 2011

How would Medicaid block grants work?

One of the most controversial ideas in Washington right now is to turn Medicaid into a block grant program. ... Instead of an entitlement with open-ended funding, Medicaid would be converted into a grant program with set funding levels.

18 Apr 2011

QHR to connect over 72 physicians to AccuroEMR

QHR Technologies Inc., a leading Canadian Healthcare technology provider announced that its Electronic Medical Records (EMR) division, Optimed Software Corporation, will connect over 700 users including 72 physicians, in the community of Barrie, Ontario to its Accuro®EMR, creating the largest integrated healthcare network in Canada using one EMR software.

18 Apr 2011