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UK HealthCare to deploy Allscripts EHR, Practice Management solution for faculty providers

UK HealthCare, the patient care operations of University of Kentucky, will deploy the Allscripts lectronic Health Record and Practice Management solution to help its team of 6,000 physicians, nurses, pharmacists and health care providers enhance the quality of patient care, improve patient communications, and better manage the cost of care delivery.

24 Feb 2011

Takeda submits NDA to FDA for fixed-dose combination of azilsartan medoxomil plus CLD to treat hypertension

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced today that Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc. U.S., submitted a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an investigational fixed-dose combination of azilsartan medoxomil plus chlorthalidone for the treatment of hypertension, or high blood pressure.

24 Feb 2011

New strategies to improve developing countries' access to low-cost generic drugs needed, experts say

New strategies that ensure developing countries have access to low-cost generic medicines and encourage innovation are needed, according to experts who attended a recent meeting sponsored by the WHO, World Intellectual Property Organization, and World Trade Organization (WTO) that addressed growing concern that strict intellectual property protections are limiting access to low-cost generic medicines, BMJ News reports.

24 Feb 2011

U.N. commission on the status of women opens in New York

Kicking off the two-week 55th Annual Session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women in New York on Tuesday, Michelle Bachelet, the first under-secretary-general and executive director of U.N. Women, highlighted the role of gender equality in country development, peace and security, Angola Press reports (2/23).

24 Feb 2011

BRI and Eureka Genomics form strategic alliance to advance cancer treatments

Baylor Research Institute (BRI), the research arm of Baylor Health Care System, and bioinformatics pioneer Eureka Genomics (EG) have formed a strategic alliance to achieve a better understanding of the causes of colorectal cancer, potentially leading to advancements in the disease's prevention, management and treatment.

24 Feb 2011

Opinions: Foreign aid lessons from Britain; food security; Global Fund investigation; U.S. food aid cuts; Africa needs trade

"Before Republican budget hawks wield their knife, ... they should take a lesson from their conservative cousins in the United Kingdom: When belt-tightening gets serious, foreign aid should be improved, not gutted," according to an opinion piece in the New Republic written by Thomas Carothers, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

24 Feb 2011

Excess weight contributes to higher risk of death in Asians

A study of more than 1 million Asians found that those who were a normal weight were far less likely to die from any cause than individuals whose body-mass index (BMI) was too high or low. A similar association was seen between BMI and the risk of death from cancer, cardiovascular disease or other causes.

24 Feb 2011

Daily report global health conversations: Health sector corruption

Recent media reports have drawn attention to an internal audit that revealed several countries' misuse of Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grant money, totaling $34 million.

24 Feb 2011

Planned parenthood cuts draw opposition from state, local officials

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and two Democratic governors spoke out against House Republicans' family planning cuts Tuesday as the Senate prepares to take up the stop-gap funding bill for the rest of the year.

24 Feb 2011

Senate Majority Leader will attempt to pass new one-month stopgap measure to avoid government shutdown

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Tuesday "he will attempt to pass a 'clean' one-month stopgap funding measure at current spending levels when the Senate returns next week, in a bid to avoid a government shutdown," CQ reports.

24 Feb 2011

ProtoKinetix demonstrates ability of AAGP molecules against inflammatory diseases

ProtoKinetix (OTCBB: PKTX) (www.protokinetix.com ), a biotechnology company that has developed and patented a family of synthetic anti-aging glycopeptides (AAGP™) for medicine, biotechnology and cosmetic industries stated that it has repeatedly demonstrated the ability of their AAGP™ molecule to protect against the attacks of the most hostile inflammation causing agents known.

24 Feb 2011

Judge upholds health law's insurance coverage requirement

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., became the third federal judge to uphold the constitutionality of the health overhaul's individual mandate. The decision was issued Tuesday evening.

24 Feb 2011

Opponents of med-mal reform settle on new argument

Trial lawyers and consumer advocates are trotting out a novel argument as they fight off tort reform proposals: they say medical malpractice suits, rather than driving over-use of costly tests by risk-averse doctors, instead prevent rationing.

24 Feb 2011

Viewpoints: GOP's 'war' on family planning; state workers' health costs; health law already hurting U.S.

A bill passed by the Republican-controlled House last week would cut $75 million in funding to Planned Parenthood that is spent for family planning assistance.

24 Feb 2011

Will Massachusetts' health law derail Romney's presidential ambitions?

Mitt Romney doesn't really want to talk about "RomneyCare," the universal health care plan he signed into law as Massachusetts governor.

24 Feb 2011

Bacteria and fungi may protect against asthma in rural children: Study

Children who grow up on farms are less likely to suffer from asthma than other rural children. An international team of researchers including Dr. Markus Ege and Professor Erika von Mutius at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet has published a large-scale study that now indicates that this may be due to differences in the spectrum of microbes the two groups are likely to encounter.

24 Feb 2011

WSJ: IT companies could get boost from health care coding switch

Some venture-backed information-technology companies that serve hospitals and health insurers are getting a boost from what analysts call the "Y2K" of health care.

24 Feb 2011

Polio: Myanmar plans vaccination campaign after confirming first new case in three years; India fights disease in rural areas

UNICEF said that Myanmar is planning a mass polio vaccination campaign of children under age five after the country confirmed its first case of the disease in three years, Agence France-Presse reports.

24 Feb 2011

Australia’s top scientist takes on top job

Today, the man who is known for one of Australia’s greatest medical achievements – the development of a cervical cancer vaccine – has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Translational Research Institute (TRI) in Brisbane, Queensland.

23 Feb 2011

MEDSEEK chosen by Trinity Health to implement online patient experience

MEDSEEK, a provider of enterprise eHealth solutions that give patients, clinicians and administrative staff an optimal 360-degree online experience, today announced plans to deepen its relationship with long-time partner Trinity Health. It will develop, design and implement the healthcare system’s fully integrated online patient experience.

23 Feb 2011

Health Care News and Research

UK HealthCare to deploy Allscripts EHR, Practice Management solution for faculty providers

Takeda submits NDA to FDA for fixed-dose combination of azilsartan medoxomil plus CLD to treat hypertension

New strategies to improve developing countries' access to low-cost generic drugs needed, experts say

U.N. commission on the status of women opens in New York

BRI and Eureka Genomics form strategic alliance to advance cancer treatments

Opinions: Foreign aid lessons from Britain; food security; Global Fund investigation; U.S. food aid cuts; Africa needs trade

Excess weight contributes to higher risk of death in Asians

Daily report global health conversations: Health sector corruption

Planned parenthood cuts draw opposition from state, local officials

Senate Majority Leader will attempt to pass new one-month stopgap measure to avoid government shutdown

ProtoKinetix demonstrates ability of AAGP molecules against inflammatory diseases

Judge upholds health law's insurance coverage requirement

Opponents of med-mal reform settle on new argument

Viewpoints: GOP's 'war' on family planning; state workers' health costs; health law already hurting U.S.

Will Massachusetts' health law derail Romney's presidential ambitions?

Bacteria and fungi may protect against asthma in rural children: Study

WSJ: IT companies could get boost from health care coding switch

Polio: Myanmar plans vaccination campaign after confirming first new case in three years; India fights disease in rural areas

Australia’s top scientist takes on top job

MEDSEEK chosen by Trinity Health to implement online patient experience

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