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Researchers: Docs often use treatments that have little scientific support

Even when following medical guidelines to the letter, doctors often use treatments that have little or no scientific support, U.S. researchers said Monday.

11 Jan 2011

Pro and con: Varying perspectives on the overhaul

While Tim Pawlenty, the former governor of Minnesota, detailed what he sees as flaws in the health overhaul, Obama administration advisor Nancy-Ann DeParle defended the measure.

11 Jan 2011

How chlamydia increases risk of ectopic pregnancy

Women who have had chlamydia are at greater risk of an ectopic pregnancy because of a lasting effect of the infection.

11 Jan 2011

Roundup: Calif., Conn. plan budget cuts; Md. implements health reform; Boston ambulances 'heavy up'

Following serious cuts initiated by former Gov. Schwarzenegger, [Gov. Jerry] Brown also will be cutting welfare, social services and health care for the poor (Michaels, 1/10).

11 Jan 2011

Race, ethnicity and geography influence colon cancer screening

New research from UC Davis Cancer Center has found that whether a person gets screened for colon cancer often depends on where they live in addition to their race or ethnicity.

11 Jan 2011

First Edition: January 11, 2011

Today's headlines include reports about how a recent high court ruling may offer clues as to how the Supreme Court will view a key aspect of the health overhaul law.

11 Jan 2011

California's DWC releases new medical bill regulations for public comment

New California electronic medical billing regulations and revised paper medical billing requirements were released January 6th for public comment by California's Division of Workers Compensation (DWC). The regulations, part of the Division's 12-point plan to help control medical costs in California's workers' compensation system, will be signed into law in approximately 60 days.

11 Jan 2011

Cleveland Clinic and MedStar Health collaborate to create Innovation Alliance

Cleveland Clinic and MedStar Health have agreed to create an Innovation Alliance to benefit patients through collaborative innovation projects, research, clinical investigation, and commercialization application.

11 Jan 2011

Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim enter global agreement to develop and commercialize diabetes compounds

Eli Lilly and Company and Boehringer Ingelheim today announced a global agreement to jointly develop and commercialize a portfolio of diabetes compounds currently in mid- and late-stage development.

11 Jan 2011

Qui Tam case against NeoGenomics dismissed with prejudice

NeoGenomics, Inc. announced today that it has been notified that the Qui Tam complaint filed against it and several other healthcare companies in 2009 has been voluntarily dismissed with prejudice by the relator in the case. As a result, no further action will be taken against NeoGenomics in this matter.

11 Jan 2011

Tri-Valley Medical Group physicians discuss issues impacting roll-out of health care reform

Local physicians from Tri-Valley Medical Group recently spent a week in Washington D.C. to discuss the fundamental issues impacting the roll-out of health care reform - and came away with a new appreciation of its challenges.

11 Jan 2011

Medical aid workers should take pre-travel precautions to prevent disease transmission

Guidance about pre-travel precautions and preventive measures are highlighted in the December 1, 2010 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, written by clinicians and researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and their partners from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Naval Medical Research Center and others.

11 Jan 2011

Current and anticipated regulatory landscape for manufacturers of home healthcare equipment

Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a world leader in safety testing and certification, announced today the release of a white paper that addresses the current and anticipated regulatory landscape for manufacturers of home healthcare equipment. The white paper, "Home Healthcare Equipment: An Overview," examines the new IEC 60601-1-11 standard, and highlights the unique challenges for manufacturers with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) recently announced Medical Device Home Initiative.

11 Jan 2011

African-American men's delay in getting preventive medical care more attributable to medical mistrust than masculinity

Whether they see themselves as tough or just self-reliant, men are less likely than women to seek routine, preventive medical care, like blood pressure and cholesterol screenings.

11 Jan 2011

Aid groups, U.N., U.S. discuss response to Haiti's earthquake as year anniversary approaches

On Friday, the Office of the U.N. Special Envoy to Haiti said that 63.6 percent of the aid international donors "pledged to Haiti in 2010 after a devastating earthquake nearly one year ago" has been disbursed, Deutsche Presse-Agentur/M&C reports (1/7).

11 Jan 2011

AlertNet features 20 low-cost ideas that could improve health, reduce poverty

AlertNet posed health, technology, water and other experts questions, such as, "[w]hat cheap, low-tech innovations could be used to improve the lives of the poor? Which potentially life-saving ideas have been knocking around for years but still aren't widely practised?"

11 Jan 2011

Baylor Hamilton offers Arctic Front Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter system treatment for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Physicians at Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital are the first in North Texas to offer the Arctic Front® Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter system, the first and only cryoballoon in the United States indicated to treat drug refractory recurrent symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF), a serious heart rhythm disorder that affects millions of Americans.

11 Jan 2011

CQ looks at plans for House Foreign Affairs Committee to evaluate U.N. programs

CQ Today examines how Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, "has vowed to use her new [position] to take on the U.N. and some of its more controversial practices." Ros-Lehtinen scheduled a public briefing titled "The United Nations: Urgent Problems that Need Congressional Action" for Jan. 12, during which the "committee will hear from a host of groups long critical of the U.N., including the Heritage Foundation and U.N. Watch," according to the news service.

11 Jan 2011

Group of health research funders calls for increased sharing of public health data

Public health research data "must be made more widely available in the scientific community if researchers are to unlock its full potential and make progress in public health, the world's top health funding agencies said Monday," Reuters reports. "In a joint statement, 17 major health research funders from around the world pledged to work together to support 'timely and responsible' sharing of data gathered during studies on health," the news service notes (Kelland, 1/10).

11 Jan 2011

Access Intelligence announces acquisition of OR Manager

Access Intelligence LLC and its Dorland Health division announced today the acquisition of OR Manager, the premier media brand and annual educational conference and trade show for operating room executives, managers and hospital directors. This acquisition represents Access Intelligence's growing role in the healthcare management industry within four niche markets: medical coding, case management, patient advocacy and operating room management.

10 Jan 2011

Health Care News and Research

Researchers: Docs often use treatments that have little scientific support

Pro and con: Varying perspectives on the overhaul

How chlamydia increases risk of ectopic pregnancy

Roundup: Calif., Conn. plan budget cuts; Md. implements health reform; Boston ambulances 'heavy up'

Race, ethnicity and geography influence colon cancer screening

First Edition: January 11, 2011

California's DWC releases new medical bill regulations for public comment

Cleveland Clinic and MedStar Health collaborate to create Innovation Alliance

Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim enter global agreement to develop and commercialize diabetes compounds

Qui Tam case against NeoGenomics dismissed with prejudice

Tri-Valley Medical Group physicians discuss issues impacting roll-out of health care reform

Medical aid workers should take pre-travel precautions to prevent disease transmission

Current and anticipated regulatory landscape for manufacturers of home healthcare equipment

African-American men's delay in getting preventive medical care more attributable to medical mistrust than masculinity

Aid groups, U.N., U.S. discuss response to Haiti's earthquake as year anniversary approaches

AlertNet features 20 low-cost ideas that could improve health, reduce poverty

Baylor Hamilton offers Arctic Front Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter system treatment for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

CQ looks at plans for House Foreign Affairs Committee to evaluate U.N. programs

Group of health research funders calls for increased sharing of public health data

Access Intelligence announces acquisition of OR Manager

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Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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