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RMEI and PIM sponsor medical education virtual lecture for physicians on HAE management

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a disease affecting between 4,000 and 10,000 people in the United States each year, causing recurrent attacks of intense localized edema. HAE can be both difficult to diagnose and difficult to treat.

7 Jan 2010

CMS launches annual provider satisfaction survey

Modern HealthCare reports that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid "has launched its fifth annual healthcare provider-satisfaction survey regarding Medicare fee-for-service contractors that process and pay more than $370 billion in Medicare claims each year."

7 Jan 2010

NEH awards Challenge Grant to The Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health

The National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) has awarded a Challenge Grant to The Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

7 Jan 2010

Researchers identify new approach to eliminate side effects of drugs

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have taken an early step toward identifying a new approach to drug discovery that may eventually yield drugs with fewer side effects.

7 Jan 2010

Negative experiences with coaches and instructors can result in lifetime of inactivity

Humiliation in physical education class as a child can turn people off fitness for good, according to a University of Alberta researcher.

7 Jan 2010

Nonin Medical to demonstrate Onyx II fingertip pulse oximeter

Nonin Medical, Inc., a leading innovator of physiological monitoring solutions and the inventor of fingertip pulse oximetry, will demonstrate the World's first Continua(TM) Certified Bluetooth® fingertip pulse oximeter, the Onyx® II, Model 9560, as part of the historic first end-to-end Continua(TM) connected health solution.

7 Jan 2010

Health-IT experts discuss privacy and security requirements of computerized PHRs at upcoming forum

A key cornerstone of President Obama’s health-care reform efforts is a national web of computerized Personal Health Records (PHRs), provided by a burgeoning industry of health-IT providers such as Google, Microsoft and IBM. But before this industry can be fully built out, health providers, technologists, and legislators need to agree on a slew of privacy and security safeguards and standards.

7 Jan 2010

Child abuse and neglect can increase when families are under stress

The holidays are over and the tree is down. For millions of families reality is setting in. Between the bills that will come due in January, the struggling economy and the stress that comes with it, it can be a very dangerous time for children. Experts say many parents who are overwhelmed often take out their anxieties and frustrations on their kids.

7 Jan 2010

Data highlights importance of follow-up exams for patients with history of advanced adenomas

A new study examines the occurrence of interval colorectal cancer despite regular colonoscopy and highlights the importance of close follow-up for patients who have a history of advanced adenomas, which are precancerous polyps.

7 Jan 2010

Veterans Affairs and Kaiser Permanente launch pilot medical data exchange program in San Diego

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Kaiser Permanente recently launched a pilot medical data exchange program in San Diego using the Nationwide Health Information Network. This

7 Jan 2010

ASME releases ‘Engineering for Medicine and Biology Journal Package’

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has announced the release of its Engineering for Medicine and Biology Journal Package, a collection of journals developed specifically for medical professionals. The package includes a new journal on Nanomedicine launched in Fall 2009, as well as four other established ASME journal publications.

7 Jan 2010

MSU researcher discovers link between diabetes and bone marrow nerve damage

A research team led by a Michigan State University professor has discovered a link between diabetes and bone marrow nerve damage that may help treat one of the disease's most common and potentially blindness-causing complications.

7 Jan 2010

Senate: Democratic retirements raise questions about political support for health reform

The retirement announcements from Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) [are] unlikely have a direct impact on the final push for health care legislation, Democratic and health care insiders said Wednesday.

7 Jan 2010

Dana-Farber researcher honored for scientific advancement

Kai W. Wucherpfennig, MD, PhD, a researcher at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has been named a Fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

6 Jan 2010

CSHL scientist discovers how bookmarking protein triggers leukemia

Each cell inherits genes from its parent as well as epigenetic information - what amounts to an instruction manual that specifies which genes should be activated or "expressed," when and to what level.

6 Jan 2010

LifeVantage receives formal approval to launch Protandim in Mexico

LifeVantage Corporation, the maker of science-based solutions to oxidative stress, announced today that the Company has received formal approval from the Mexican government to launch its flagship product, Protandim®, in Mexico. Initial shipments have cleared customs and Protandim® has been shipped to distributors in Mexico.

6 Jan 2010

ASTRO: Sexual function does not decline in prostate cancer patients receiving EBRT

Sexual function in prostate cancer patients receiving external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) decreases within the first two years after treatment but then stabilizes and does not continuously decline as was previously thought, according to a study in the January 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

6 Jan 2010

Weill Cornell Medical College offers innovative program to teach medical students about health care system

While medical students are required to know the names of every body part and disease, most graduate with only a cursory understanding of how the health care system actually works, and some of the ways it doesn't.

6 Jan 2010

Montefiore Medical Center first to perform minimally invasive procedure on uterine fibroids

Montefiore Medical Center recently became the only hospital on the East Coast to conduct the Radio Frequency Ablation procedure to shrink uterine fibroids in women 30 years and older.

6 Jan 2010

Sg2: Demand for outpatient services to increase by nearly 22% over the next decade

Between now and 2019, the health care industry will see demand for outpatient services increase by nearly 22% while demand for inpatient services remains flat, according to Sg2, a future-focused health care information systems company. This will require hospitals to shift focus beyond the acute care center and look to services that span the care continuum.

6 Jan 2010

Education News and Research

RMEI and PIM sponsor medical education virtual lecture for physicians on HAE management

CMS launches annual provider satisfaction survey

NEH awards Challenge Grant to The Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health

Researchers identify new approach to eliminate side effects of drugs

Negative experiences with coaches and instructors can result in lifetime of inactivity

Nonin Medical to demonstrate Onyx II fingertip pulse oximeter

Health-IT experts discuss privacy and security requirements of computerized PHRs at upcoming forum

Child abuse and neglect can increase when families are under stress

Data highlights importance of follow-up exams for patients with history of advanced adenomas

Veterans Affairs and Kaiser Permanente launch pilot medical data exchange program in San Diego

ASME releases ‘Engineering for Medicine and Biology Journal Package’

MSU researcher discovers link between diabetes and bone marrow nerve damage

Senate: Democratic retirements raise questions about political support for health reform

Dana-Farber researcher honored for scientific advancement

CSHL scientist discovers how bookmarking protein triggers leukemia

LifeVantage receives formal approval to launch Protandim in Mexico

ASTRO: Sexual function does not decline in prostate cancer patients receiving EBRT

Weill Cornell Medical College offers innovative program to teach medical students about health care system

Montefiore Medical Center first to perform minimally invasive procedure on uterine fibroids

Sg2: Demand for outpatient services to increase by nearly 22% over the next decade

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