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Public health program to migrant preschool children helps reduce risk of obesity: Study

Migrant children are at increased risk of obesity, but a new study shows that a program teaching multiple lifestyle changes to predominantly migrant preschoolers and their parents helps the children reduce body fat and improve fitness. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.

23 Jun 2010

BGU researchers develop software program to detect depression in blogs, online texts

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) developed a software program that can detect depression in blogs and online texts. The software is capable of identifying language that can indicate the writer's psychological state, which could serve as a screening tool.

23 Jun 2010

Brain abnormalities associated with schizophrenia risk are detectable in babies, find researchers

Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental disorder affecting one in 100 people worldwide. Most cases aren't detected until a person starts experiencing symptoms like delusions and hallucinations as a teenager or adult. By that time, the disease has often progressed so far that it can be difficult to treat.

22 Jun 2010

WHO issues comprehensive recommendations on children's medicines

The WHO on Friday issued "its first-ever guidance on how to use more than 240 essential medicines for children under 13," the Associated Press reports. "The data provide information on use, dosage and side effects of medicines as well as warnings about which children should not take them" and possible complications from interactions from drugs taken together, according to the WHO, the news service reports (6/19).

22 Jun 2010

AORN supports Pennsylvania's signing of HB 1641 requiring perioperative RN during surgery

As advocates for patient safety in the operating room, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, (AORN), announced support for Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell's signing of HB 1641 requiring the presence of a circulating nurse in certain operating rooms. The bill, signed into law on June 16, applies to any hospital or class C ambulatory surgical facility.

19 Jun 2010

Research roundup: Medical homes working in poor areas, designing insurance exchanges, health law's effects

Moving Forward On Health Reform - This edition explores the issues relating to the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, including the impact of the law on health insurance as well as state and federal governments, large employers and public opinion and opportunities for small physician practices to pool resources in order support medical homes, among others (June 2010).

19 Jun 2010

Medicaid funds may not come through, leaving states in a lurch

If increased federal support for Medicaid isn't extended, states will have to fill budget holes next year that many legislatures have not anticipated.

19 Jun 2010

Friday Opinions: Uwe Reinhardt, Reps. Ron Paul and John Sarbanes, Minnesota nurses' strike

Alas, the penalties baked into the bill for disregarding the mandate, though not trivial, are low enough that many younger and healthier individuals are likely to find paying the penalty cheaper than owning up to the mandate. If that happens in significant numbers, as well it might, the premiums that private insurers will have to charge for the mandated coverage in the small-group market will be driven correspondingly higher (Uwe Reinhardt, 6/18).

19 Jun 2010

Merge Healthcare announces new distribution agreement with Microdata Tecnologia

Merge Healthcare, a leading health IT solutions provider , today announced a new distribution agreement with Microdata Tecnologia LTDA, a PACS and Medical Imaging Technology manufacturer in Brazil. Under the agreement, Microdata Tecnologia LTDA will have exclusive access to a Portuguese language version of eFilm Workstation, the world's most downloaded software for viewing medical images.

17 Jun 2010

ESC, EACPR urges MEPs to vote in favour of traffic light system for food labelling

The European Society of Cardiology http://www.escardio.org/ and its branch, the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation http://www.escardio.org/communities/EACPR/Pages/welcome.aspx, are joining forces with 12 other European Health and consumer communities to urge MEPs to vote in favour of a traffic light system for food labelling today.

16 Jun 2010

New public service advertisements to spread preventive medical testing awareness

Men are 24 percent less likely than women to have visited the doctor within the past year, according to new data released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. In addition, men are about 30 percent more likely than women to be hospitalized for preventable conditions such as congestive heart failure and complications from diabetes, according to new AHRQ data.

16 Jun 2010

WellPoint to begin offering 'electronic' house calls

The Indianapolis Star: "Indianapolis-based health insurance giant WellPoint unveiled a new program to give its members access to doctors and other health-care providers via the Internet. The house call would be initiated by a patient logging in for a video chat from work to describe a sore throat, or a parent at home texting about a child with poison ivy.

16 Jun 2010

Wisconsin CLTS Medicaid Waiver covers Rethink Autism program for children and youth

The State of Wisconsin has expanded the State's care for children with autism through its Children's Long-Term Support Medicaid Waiver, which now covers a family's use of the Rethink Autism program. This will be an important source of continued services for families who are no longer receiving intensive services.

15 Jun 2010

Senate wrangling on bill with 'doc fix,' Medicaid payments, possible COBRA subsidy

President Barack Obama seems to be losing the battle to include in the jobs bill - also known as the "extender" bill - a continuation of federal subsidies for laid-off workers to help pay for health insurance through COBRA, The Associated Press reports. Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, "who are seeking a vote this coming week, want to attach their nearly $7 billion provision to must-pass legislation that would extend unemployment benefits and make changes in dozens of federal programs.

15 Jun 2010

New SACS Instrument launched to assess and classify peristomal skin lesions

A new evidence-based instrument to assess and classify peristomal skin lesions was launched at the 2010 Joint Conference of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society and World Council of Enterostomal Therapists. The instrument, known as the SACS Instrument, represents the first content-validated instrument to objectively assess and classify peristomal lesions by type and location in relation to an individual's stoma.

14 Jun 2010

Trauma patients without insurance more likely to die of injuries than privately insured patients: Study

Trauma patients without insurance are more likely to die of their injuries from auto accidents and gunshot wounds than privately insured patients with similar injuries, according to findings of an analysis of 193,804 patients from 649 facilities conducted by University Buffalo emergency medicine physicians.

14 Jun 2010

DFG sets up new Research Training Groups for German researchers

To further enhance the promotion of young researchers in Germany, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has established twelve new Research Training Groups.

14 Jun 2010

PAF launches CINV CareLine to assist patients with cancer, CINV

Patient Advocate Foundation – a national non-profit organization that seeks to safeguard patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability relative to their diagnosis of life threatening or debilitating diseases – is pleased to announce that it has launched a new program, the CINV CareLine.

11 Jun 2010

PharmaTrust to demonstrate MedCenter technology at Annual Healthcare Conference

PharmaTrust has been invited to participate in the Private Company forum of the Goldman Sachs 31st Annual Healthcare Conference in Los Angeles, June 14th to 17th. The company will demonstrate its revolutionary Healthcare…Everywhere MedCenter which will connect conference 'patients' in Los Angeles to PharmaTrust pharmacists in Toronto.

11 Jun 2010

Sundise to implement Medidata Rave as its EDC and CDM solution

Medidata Solutions, a leading global provider of SaaS-based clinical development solutions, today announced that Traditional Chinese Medicine company Sundise will implement Medidata Rave as its electronic data capture and clinical data management solution. Selected for its ability to offer a broad global reach with local in-country support, Medidata will work with Sundise to conduct its first U.S. trial for its TCM treatment for liver fibrosis and will play a key role in supporting the company's strategy to launch in the U.S.

11 Jun 2010

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Public health program to migrant preschool children helps reduce risk of obesity: Study

BGU researchers develop software program to detect depression in blogs, online texts

Brain abnormalities associated with schizophrenia risk are detectable in babies, find researchers

WHO issues comprehensive recommendations on children's medicines

AORN supports Pennsylvania's signing of HB 1641 requiring perioperative RN during surgery

Research roundup: Medical homes working in poor areas, designing insurance exchanges, health law's effects

Medicaid funds may not come through, leaving states in a lurch

Friday Opinions: Uwe Reinhardt, Reps. Ron Paul and John Sarbanes, Minnesota nurses' strike

Merge Healthcare announces new distribution agreement with Microdata Tecnologia

ESC, EACPR urges MEPs to vote in favour of traffic light system for food labelling

New public service advertisements to spread preventive medical testing awareness

WellPoint to begin offering 'electronic' house calls

Wisconsin CLTS Medicaid Waiver covers Rethink Autism program for children and youth

Senate wrangling on bill with 'doc fix,' Medicaid payments, possible COBRA subsidy

New SACS Instrument launched to assess and classify peristomal skin lesions

Trauma patients without insurance more likely to die of injuries than privately insured patients: Study

DFG sets up new Research Training Groups for German researchers

PAF launches CINV CareLine to assist patients with cancer, CINV

PharmaTrust to demonstrate MedCenter technology at Annual Healthcare Conference

Sundise to implement Medidata Rave as its EDC and CDM solution

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