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People with disabilities are an integral part of available labor force, says NCD

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and this year's theme is Expectation + Opportunity = Full Participation. NCD embraces the Department of Labor's apt theme.

31 Oct 2009

Recent releases in Global Health

"Action always leads to reaction, a fundamental law of nature," write the authors of an introduction appearing in a Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) supplemental issue that focuses on global health systems.

30 Oct 2009

Health Communications' survey calls for a national discussion on the legal drinking age

Health Communications, Inc. (HCI), provider of the TIPS program and host of the Alcohol Responsibility Conference 2009 (ARC 2009), posted the pre- and post-survey results from one of the conference sessions, a debate entitled Should the Minimum Legal Drinking Age Remain 21? Dr. John McCardell, founder and president of Choose Responsibility and former President of Middlebury College, presented the case in favor of reducing the minimum drinking age.

30 Oct 2009

Siemens Hearing Instruments introduces new hearing solutions at the ADA 2009 Convention

Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., (www.usa.siemens.com/hearing) one of the largest manufacturers of hearing instruments in the world, today announced several new product models and enhancements at SPLASH: The Academy of Doctors of Audiology's (ADA) 2009 Convention held October 29-31, 2009, in Clearwater, Florida.

30 Oct 2009

FPB to develop research tools and strategies to include disabled people in future research

While the public has made accommodations for 54.4 million people with disabilities, many researchers regularly exclude people who cannot read, hear or write from participating in their research projects.

30 Oct 2009

Pelosi's remarks at a rally to unveil the Affordable Health Care for America Act

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Leaders, Committee Chairs, Members of Congress and Americans who are struggling under the current health care system held a rally on the West Front of the Capitol this morning to unveil H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Below are the Speaker's opening remarks.

30 Oct 2009

Republicans assail 'freight train of more mandates' in House health bill

ABC News reports: "Republicans, as expected, assailed the Pelosi bill, saying its 1,990 pages don't reflect any change. House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, billed it as a 'government takeover of the health care system.'

30 Oct 2009

Sweep Technology, a new way for adjusting hearing aids

Starkey Laboratories, Inc., one of the world’s leading hearing technology companies, is excited to introduce Sweep™ Technology – providing a completely new way to adjust hearing aids.

29 Oct 2009

Effects of head injuries on players in the NFL: House Judiciary Committee's call to experts

The House Judiciary Committee today called upon national experts and stakeholders in the fields of science and sport to better understand the effects of head injuries on players in the National Football League (NFL). Nationally recognized sports physician and neurosurgeon, Julian E. Bailes, M.D. was called to provide expert testimony based on decades of research detailing how repetitive head trauma on the field leads to long-term neurological damage among athletes.

29 Oct 2009

CTE cases are misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease, says CSTE researchers

The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) announced today that a recently deceased member of the NFL Hall of Fame suffered from the degenerative brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) when he died, becoming the 10th former NFL player diagnosed with the disease.

29 Oct 2009

Statement regarding the need to eliminate waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid submitted

Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member, on behalf of the American Association for Homecare's more than 4,000 member locations serving Medicare beneficiaries in every state in the nation, we appreciate the opportunity to submit this statement to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding the need to eliminate waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid.

29 Oct 2009

Gates Foundation praises U.S. global health investments, calls for 15-year goal of cutting child deaths worldwide by nearly half

As part of a "major push to convince the United States to maintain government spending on worldwide health initiatives, despite the financial crisis and a soaring U.S. budget deficit," the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is urging U.S. policymakers to commit to cutting "the number of child deaths each year, from 9 million to 5 million" by 2025, CNN reports (Evans, 10/28).

28 Oct 2009

States face unpopular cuts in health spending

State governments, especially New York's, are facing budget gaps that officials hope to close with cuts to health spending. But, their constituents are resisting the proposed changes that could result in fewer services.

28 Oct 2009

VitaSound Audio's Neuro-Compensator technology inbuilt into Sonomax Hearing Healthcare's Sono3 hearing aid

Sono3(TM), the innovative hearing aid based on patented instant custom fit technology from Sonomax Hearing Healthcare Inc. appears to have found the perfect partner in the revolutionary Neuro-Compensator(R) software technology that has been developed by Vitasound Audio Inc.

28 Oct 2009

SIDS America launches informative website about SIDS

Less than two years ago, the world came crashing in on Bill and Cheryl Darnell, SIDS America founders, when they went to wake their infant son, Billy, for his morning feeding and found him dead. Billy, who had seemed perfectly healthy just a few hours earlier, had fallen victim to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, the leading cause of death among infants between 1 and 12 months of age in America.

28 Oct 2009

Amgen to reduce price of Neulasta following Board's orders

The Board issued a Notice of Hearing on March 16, 2009, pertaining to allegations of Board Staff that Neulasta had been, and was being, sold by Amgen Canada Inc. at prices exceeding those indicated by the Board's Excessive Price Guidelines. On October 13, 2009, the Hearing Panel received a Joint Submission by Amgen and Board Staff along with a Voluntary Compliance Undertaking ("VCU") which proposed to resolve the issues raised in the Neulasta proceedings.

28 Oct 2009

A.P. Pharma to transfer listing from The Nasdaq Global Market to The Nasdaq Capital Market

A.P. Pharma, a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that on October 26, 2009, the Company received notice that the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel (Panel) has granted the Company’s request to transfer the listing of the Company’s common stock from The Nasdaq Global Market to The Nasdaq Capital Market, which will take effect with the opening of the market on Wednesday, October 28, 2009.

28 Oct 2009

Hearing News and Research

People with disabilities are an integral part of available labor force, says NCD

Recent releases in Global Health

Health Communications' survey calls for a national discussion on the legal drinking age

Siemens Hearing Instruments introduces new hearing solutions at the ADA 2009 Convention

FPB to develop research tools and strategies to include disabled people in future research

Pelosi's remarks at a rally to unveil the Affordable Health Care for America Act

Republicans assail 'freight train of more mandates' in House health bill

Sweep Technology, a new way for adjusting hearing aids

Effects of head injuries on players in the NFL: House Judiciary Committee's call to experts

CTE cases are misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease, says CSTE researchers

Statement regarding the need to eliminate waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid submitted

Gates Foundation praises U.S. global health investments, calls for 15-year goal of cutting child deaths worldwide by nearly half

States face unpopular cuts in health spending

VitaSound Audio's Neuro-Compensator technology inbuilt into Sonomax Hearing Healthcare's Sono3 hearing aid

SIDS America launches informative website about SIDS

Amgen to reduce price of Neulasta following Board's orders

A.P. Pharma to transfer listing from The Nasdaq Global Market to The Nasdaq Capital Market

Helix Hearing Care Centre and RA Centre host Healthy Aging Day

UCSF receives $6.5 million gift from philanthropists Irwin and Joan Jacobs of La Jolla

HHS releases new flu radio PSAs to promote flu prevention messages

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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