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Pelosi chooses compromise approach to public option in reform bill

A health care reform bill set to be unveiled this morning will include a government-run public option for health insurance that will negotiate rates with insurers, much like private insurers operate.

29 Oct 2009

Health bills limit out-of-pocket costs, but there's a catch in the fine print

Health care bills pending in Congress could limit the out-of-pocket costs for consumers, but some of the fine print may cause sticker shock. "Consumers would be spared having to pay huge medical bills under Democratic health care legislation that's moving through Congress, as lawmakers agree on the need to put limits on how much people would pay out of their own pockets," McClatchy reports.

29 Oct 2009

Gruve, an activity-based weight management solution from Muve

Muve, Inc., the activity-based weight management company, continues to see increased interest in measurable, sustainable wellness solutions by employers trying to reduce employee health care costs. Muve’s product, the Gruve Solution, helps corporate clients and their employees to become more healthy and productive, while reducing health care costs through measurable results.

29 Oct 2009

Study looks at the impact of health insurance on the number of preventable deaths in the U.S.

Lack of health insurance might have led or contributed to nearly 17,000 deaths among hospitalized children in the United States in the span of less than two decades, according to research led by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

29 Oct 2009

WaveMark CIMS implemented at St. Joseph’s Hospital

WaveMark, Inc., a leading provider of real-time inventory management (RTIM) solutions for high value medical products, and St. Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta, GA today announced the use of WaveMark’s hospital inventory management solution, WaveMark CIMS™, by St. Joseph’s Hospital to manage its high value, specialty inventory. St. Joseph’s will use WaveMark’s point of use RTIM technology to track physician preference items in its Cardiac Cath and Electrophysiology (EP) labs.

29 Oct 2009

Procter & Gamble reports net sales of $19.8 billion for the July - September quarter

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) reported net sales of $19.8 billion for the July - September quarter which exceeded the Company's guidance.

29 Oct 2009

AARP: Budget cuts for safety net programs spell health care disaster for Idaho residents

While Idaho's part-time employees face massive health care premium increases, state retirees are bracing to lose their state health care in the coming months, all as programs and services providing a critical safety net continue to be cut. AARP says it's a combination that spells health care disaster for many Idaho residents and the Association is calling on lawmakers to address it.

29 Oct 2009

Gentiva Health Services reports decreased net revenues for 2009 third quarter

Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTIV), a leading provider of comprehensive home health services, today reported the following 2009 third quarter results.

29 Oct 2009

First Edition: October 29, 2009

Today's headlines are all about the unveiling of the House health bill -- expected later this morning.

29 Oct 2009

Tool to support the development of age-based dosing regimens for malaria drugs developed

Scientists at LSTM have developed a tool to support the development of appropriate age-based dosing regimens for malaria drugs. Weight-based dosing is challenging in many malaria endemic countries because access to formal health services is limited, functioning scales may be scarce and many treatments are given at home using antimalarials bought from shops and street vendors.

29 Oct 2009

Aetna operating earnings decrease by 38% in third-quarter 2009

Aetna today announced third-quarter 2009 operating earnings of $308.2 million, or $.69 per share, a 38 percent decrease from the prior-year quarter. Operating earnings exclude net realized capital gains (losses) and other items. The decrease in operating earnings per share from the prior-year quarter reflects a lower Commercial underwriting margin and a previously announced increase in pension expense partially offset by the impact of a lower number of shares outstanding year-over-year.

29 Oct 2009

Challenges elderly patients face in hospital to home transition

A project in two regions of the province that captured the experiences and challenges of elderly patients moving from hospital to home or long-term care has already precipitated changes to improve those transitions.

29 Oct 2009

Initiative to help families face the challenges of parental depression and early childhood developmental delays

A Pittsburgh-based maternal and child health care collaborative will undertake a unique and innovative initiative to help families face the challenges of parental depression and early childhood developmental delays.

29 Oct 2009

GeckoSystems first annual conference to discuss its extensible low-level hierarchal architecture

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. announced today that during their first annual "Mobile Robots in Motion" conference November 4-5, 2009 attendees will be able to observe and discuss GeckoSystems' extensible low-level hierarchal architecture.

29 Oct 2009

Residents can serve a vital role in promoting CT colonography awareness

Residents can serve a vital role in educating Congress, the medical community, and the general public regarding the efficacy of cutting-edge technologies like CT colonography (CTC) as well as the importance of radiologists' training and education and the role that radiologists serve in the provision of quality health care, according to an article published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR).

29 Oct 2009

PSI to highlight the plight of world's migrant workers at GFMD

Public Services International, a global federation of public sector trade unions, will highlight the plight of the world’s migrant workers 2-5 November 2009 at the Civil Society Days of the Third Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD). PSI will call for wider access to quality public services, decent work, and economic policies that are fair to both workers and development efforts in their countries.

29 Oct 2009

PFNC presents Wake Forest psychiatrist the Eugene A. Hargrove, M.D., Award

Vaughn McCall, M.D., M.S., chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, has been presented the Eugene A. Hargrove, M.D., Award by the Psychiatric Foundation of North Carolina (PFNC).

29 Oct 2009

Intrauterine contraception is most popular amongst European women

A European study has defined the profile for the usage of long-acting contraceptive methods. The work, presented with the National Congress of Gynaecology award, shows, amongst other things, that 10% of women use these methods, the majority over 30 years old.

29 Oct 2009

CHS, BPC and CHEP integrated into one hypertension entity

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada today welcomed the integration of the Canadian Hypertension Society (CHS), Blood Pressure Canada (BPC), and the Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) into one hypertension entity.

29 Oct 2009

Study on quality of health care for US-born Latinos and undocumented Latinos

Where Latinos are born and their immigration status affect the quality of health care they receive in the US, according to Professor Michael Rodr-guez and colleagues from the UCLA Department of Family Medicine and the Network for Multicultural Research on Health and Healthcare based in Los Angeles, California.

29 Oct 2009