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Florida, California, Kansas eyeing cuts in Medicaid funding

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that as the recession continues to increase the number of people without jobs, many more are seeking health care through the state's Medicaid program, "driving up costs and playing a major role in a potential $3 billion state budget shortfall next year.

27 Jan 2010

Phadia's ImmunoCAP Rapid System receives FDA marketing clearance

Phadia, the world leader in allergy blood testing diagnostics, today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the ImmunoCAP® Rapid Reader II, a part of the ImmunoCAP Rapid System, used to aid in the diagnosis of allergy in the physician’s office.

27 Jan 2010

Promising results in mice could prevent fatal iron buildup in humans

A new study shows that a protein found in blood alleviates anemia, a condition in which the body's tissues don't get enough oxygen from the blood. In this animal study, injections of the protein, known as transferrin, also protected against potentially fatal iron overload in mice with thalassemia, a type of inherited anemia that affects millions of people worldwide.

27 Jan 2010

Ben-Gurion University lecturer honored with 2010 Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research

Dr. Anne Bernheim, a senior lecturer at the Department of Chemical Engineering of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, has been awarded a prestigious Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research 2010.

27 Jan 2010

BioOhio launches Annual Scholarship program to promote bioscience career pursuits among students

The connection between higher education and pursuing a bioscience career is without question. The availability of funds for a student to pursue a bioscience education, however, is sometimes less certain.

27 Jan 2010

World’s largest repository of correlated genetic genealogical information under creation in Mali

The Utah Arts Council today announced it has selected Faces of Mali, an exhibit of photographs of village life in western Africa, for its 2010 traveling art program. The show, sponsored by Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF) and Mali Rising—two Utah-based non-profit organizations—and the Embassy of Mali, opens a window for viewers into a region with a 600-year history as a center for scholarship and trade. The first traveling exhibit is scheduled for Canyon Community Center in Springdale beginning Feb. 4.

25 Jan 2010

NPD Group names yogurt as food trend of the decade

Americans are eating more yogurt than ever before, and Dairy Council of California advises that consumers can benefit from even more culture.

25 Jan 2010

Blood donors extend their life-saving gifts to help Haiti's earthquake victims

New York Blood Center (NYBC), serving New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and New Jersey, will donate one dollar to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF for each blood donation made from January 25-31.

25 Jan 2010

Bill Gates' annual letter highlights innovations aimed at combating disease, hunger and poverty

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, today released his second annual letter -- a personal appraisal of the foundation's efforts to date and how innovation impacts priorities of the foundation.

25 Jan 2010

Isha Foundation wins the coveted $1mm online competition

On Thursday night, people from all over Southern India rallied to bring out the vote for Isha Foundation’s race to win the Chase Community Giving charity contest hosted on line by Facebook. The Isha Foundation, an international non-profit humanitarian social organization with U.S. headquarters in middle-Tennessee and international headquarters in Tamil Nadu, India worked tirelessly to win the coveted $1mm first place prize.

24 Jan 2010

Mitchell Group's clinically proven cosmetic products focus customer's safety above anything else

Mitchell Group, a global manufacturer and distributor of clinically proven and locally inspired cosmetic and beauty products, puts their customer's safety above anything else.

23 Jan 2010

University of Kentucky's fast-track protocol reduces risk of death in heart attack patients

Heart attack patients won't go to the emergency room as part of a new University of Kentucky plan designed to reduce those patients' risk of dying by nearly 8 percent for every half hour shaved off the time between the ambulance and treatment at the hospital.

23 Jan 2010

New evidence identifies mechanical factors that limit human running speeds

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt's record-setting performances have unleashed a wave of interest in the ultimate limits to human running speed. A new study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology offers intriguing insights into the biology and perhaps even the future of human running speed.

23 Jan 2010

Haiti earthquake: ReachMD to broadcast report on health impact and medical response

ReachMD, the nation’s fastest growing media communications provider for medical professionals, will broadcast a special report on the health impacts of the Haiti earthquake with specific focus on the medical response throughout the week of January 25, 2010. The special program was recorded on Wednesday, January 20th and can be previewed here – http://www.ReachMD.com/haiti.

23 Jan 2010

Grand Circle Foundation and Grand Circle travelers donate funds in support of Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti

Alan Lewis, Chairman of Grand Circle Corporation, which owns Grand Circle Travel and Overseas Adventure Travel, today reported that $517,719 has been donated by their charitable arm, Grand Circle Foundation, and by more than 4,000 travelers (4,029) in support of Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti.

23 Jan 2010

New findings suggest trauma patients are insulated from ‘weekend effect’

People who are in car crashes or suffer serious falls, gunshot or knife wounds and other injuries at nights or on weekends do not appear to be affected by the same medical care disparities as patients who suffer heart attacks, strokes, cardiac arrests and other time-sensitive illnesses during those "off hours," according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

23 Jan 2010

SYSPRO USA to sell its comprehensive ERP software solution through VAR channel

SYSPRO USA, the leading provider of visionary, pragmatic ERP software, has today again reaffirmed the company’s commitment to selling its comprehensive ERP software solution through a VAR channel. As a privately held company, SYSPRO is able to focus on customer and VAR relationships rather than the interest of shareholders.

23 Jan 2010

First U.S. facial transplantation procedure: Functional, psychological, and social outcome excellent

Detailed information on the first facial transplantation procedure performed in the United States is presented in the January issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

23 Jan 2010

UK Gill Heart Institute offers individualized fitness program for heart patients

How do you change health habits among a population with some of the highest heart disease rates in the world? Tackling heart disease in Kentucky - an epicenter of heart health problems - the University of Kentucky Gill Heart Institute Cardiac Rehabilitation Program is helping high-risk patients make radical, lasting changes to improve their heart health.

23 Jan 2010

DHMC patient surveillance system decreases adverse events in postoperative care

A simple yet enormously effective patient surveillance system implemented by anesthesiologists at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, New Hampshire has proven to dramatically decrease the number of rescue calls and intensive care unit transfers in postsurgical patients, allowing doctors to intervene in more cases before a crisis situation develops.

23 Jan 2010

Education News and Research

Florida, California, Kansas eyeing cuts in Medicaid funding

Phadia's ImmunoCAP Rapid System receives FDA marketing clearance

Promising results in mice could prevent fatal iron buildup in humans

Ben-Gurion University lecturer honored with 2010 Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research

BioOhio launches Annual Scholarship program to promote bioscience career pursuits among students

World’s largest repository of correlated genetic genealogical information under creation in Mali

NPD Group names yogurt as food trend of the decade

Blood donors extend their life-saving gifts to help Haiti's earthquake victims

Bill Gates' annual letter highlights innovations aimed at combating disease, hunger and poverty

Isha Foundation wins the coveted $1mm online competition

Mitchell Group's clinically proven cosmetic products focus customer's safety above anything else

University of Kentucky's fast-track protocol reduces risk of death in heart attack patients

New evidence identifies mechanical factors that limit human running speeds

Haiti earthquake: ReachMD to broadcast report on health impact and medical response

Grand Circle Foundation and Grand Circle travelers donate funds in support of Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti

New findings suggest trauma patients are insulated from ‘weekend effect’

SYSPRO USA to sell its comprehensive ERP software solution through VAR channel

First U.S. facial transplantation procedure: Functional, psychological, and social outcome excellent

UK Gill Heart Institute offers individualized fitness program for heart patients

DHMC patient surveillance system decreases adverse events in postoperative care

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