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Study finds the cost of cancer care is skyrocketing

USA Today: "The cost of cancer treatment is 'skyrocketing' — both for individual patients and the nation, a new analysis shows. From 1990 to 2008, spending on cancer care soared to more than $90 billion from $27 billion. The increase was driven by the rising costs of sophisticated new drugs, robotic surgeries and radiation techniques, as well as the growing number of patients who are eligible to take them, says Peter Bach of New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Cancer, co-author of an analysis in today's Journal of the American Medical Association.

18 Mar 2010

CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent demonstrates efficacy advantages over Medtronic's Endeavor

Investigators reported the long-term follow-up of the largest randomized comparison between the CYPHER(R) Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent and Medtronic's Endeavor(R) Stent highlighting significant and sustained clinical differences. These important findings were presented at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting, (ACC 2010) in Atlanta and published on-line in the prestigious journal The Lancet.

18 Mar 2010

Health care reform: Obama, Hispanic voters differ on priorities

Hispanic voters are troubled by the direction of the country and are very concerned about the economy, spending, debt and national security, according to a new Resurgent Republic survey. The study, released today, showed that most are responsive to fiscally conservative messages and believe that President Obama is pursuing a different main priority on health care than what they think should be the top priority.

18 Mar 2010

Competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment: Myths and realities

Medicare has been touting the merits of the "competitive" bidding program for durable, or home medical equipment and services (HME) to convince Congress that the program is good for seniors. Unfortunately, proponents have conveyed misleading information and cherry-picked facts that exaggerate the benefits and ignore the severe shortcomings of the program.

18 Mar 2010

Patients can partner with their caregivers to prevent health risks and errors

Being hospitalized for acute care presents health risks beyond the medical treatment at hand. Medication errors, patient identification errors, falls and infections are just some of the risks that can be prevented through a closer partnership of patients, their families and medical providers.

18 Mar 2010

New campaign invites people share their journeys through Ontario's health care system

Ontario's doctors are giving a voice to patients across the province with their latest public awareness campaign. The campaign features real people sharing their journeys through Ontario's health care system and highlights the unique relationship between patients and their doctors.

18 Mar 2010

Medical Connections Holdings enters into stock purchase agreement with Trustaff Management

Medical Connections Holdings, Inc., one of the nation’s fastest growing healthcare staffing companies specializing in allied health, nurse and physician staffing and recruiting services, said it has entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Trustaff Management, Inc., an Ohio corporation and its five wholly-owned limited liability companies.

18 Mar 2010

Adjuvant chemotherapy may benefit older patients with stage III colon cancer

Even though older patients with colon cancer are less likely to receive chemotherapy following surgery because of concerns of adverse events, new research indicates that when they do receive this treatment, it is less toxic and of shorter duration than therapy younger patients receive, and older patients experience fewer adverse events, according to a study in the March 17 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on cancer.

18 Mar 2010

U.N. Secretary-General names new UNICEF head, board expected to approve selection

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday selected President Barack Obama's nominee to head UNICEF - Anthony Lake, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. UNICEF's board must approve Ban's selection and is expected to do so, the newspaper writes (3/17).

18 Mar 2010

FCC makes recommendations for using high-speed broadband networks to increase use of telemedicine

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. was pleased on learning that The Federal Communication Commission’s national strategy for broadband issued today emphasizes health care, including electronic health record adoption and use, health data exchanges, telemedicine and mobile health services.

18 Mar 2010

Family planning will not be included in Canada's G8 maternal health initiative, Foreign Minister says

"Canada's 'signature' initiative at June's G8 summit - a strategy to improve the health of mothers and young children in poor countries" will not include family planning programs, Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said on Tuesday, the Globe and Mail reports. Cannon said the initiative "does not deal in any way, shape or form with family planning. Indeed, the purpose of this is to be able to save lives."

18 Mar 2010

U.N. Secretary-General launches report aimed at meeting MDGs by 2015

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "warned on Tuesday that failure to meet" Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets by the 2015 deadline could result in "increased instability, violence, epidemic diseases and overpopulation," Agence France-Presse/Mail & Guardian reports (3/17).

18 Mar 2010

AARP opposes passage of ‘Freedom of Conscience’ bill

Idahoans may soon learn someone else's "conscience" at the worst possible time. Today, after two days of heated debate, the Idaho House passed the Freedom of Conscience bill (SB 1353), which allows all health care professionals, including dieticians, nurses and pharmacists, to walk away from any end-of-life care that violates their conscience.

18 Mar 2010

Haiti should have final say over rebuilding, Preval says

In an interview with Reuters, Haitian President Rene Preval on Tuesday said that the U.S. State Department Human Rights report, which says corruption is "widespread in all … levels of government" in Haiti, is "arrogant" and that Haiti should have the final say in approving plans to rebuild the country after the January earthquake, the news agency reports.

18 Mar 2010

Costs almost double for health care for Pennsylvania poor; New study finds percentage of people taking insurance through work declines

Facing a sharp rise in costs, Pennsylvania has almost doubled the monthly bill for a state health insurance program for poor people who do not qualify for Medicaid and are on a waiting list for a less costly option. On March 1, the cost of the plan rose to about $600 a month, up from $313 a month, for the roughly 2,400 state residents on the waiting list.

18 Mar 2010

Dems move forward with 'deem and pass' strategy; Some Dem. holdouts express support for reform

The Hill's Blog Briefing Room: "The House will have a clean up-or-down vote on the Senate's healthcare vote in the form of a rules vote, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Wednesday. As Democrats prepare to move forward with health reform efforts, Hoyer seemed to confirm the so-called 'deem and pass' strategy that would see the House indirectly approve the Senate's health bill through a vote on a rule making changes to it.

18 Mar 2010

Device manages care online for chronic disease patients

The Cleveland Plain Dealer: A pilot project at the Cleveland Clinic that monitored 250 patients with chronic diseases showed patients were able to increase the number of days between visits. The study used a medical device that shared daily patient data online with doctors and nurses and found that patients better managed their care using the system.

18 Mar 2010

New dental health awareness campaign targeting Massachusetts seniors

Universal Dental Plan newly launched its first ever dental health awareness campaign targeting Massachusetts seniors. Based on a large body of major medical research, the organization built its 2010 keynote outreach initiative around three main objectives -- to alert seniors on the high costs and acute health risks of delayed dentistry, educate them on easy and actionable ways to keep major dental problems at bay, and introduce them to a convenient solution that makes dentistry affordable for all.

18 Mar 2010

Nature News examines GAVI Alliance's budget gap

Nature News examines GAVI Alliance's multi-billion-dollar budget shortfall ahead of a donors meeting in The Hague on March 25-26.

18 Mar 2010

Senate parliamentarian wields authority over Democrats' health care efforts

The Associated Press: "When Congress battles over thorny bills, parliamentarian Alan Frumin has been known to sleep in his office — on call 24/7 as the Senate's Solomon, divining the answers. Frumin's ability to review long-standing rules and centuries of precedent to resolve Senate questions makes the mustachioed parliamentarian something of a Washington rock star these days.

18 Mar 2010

Health Care News and Research

Study finds the cost of cancer care is skyrocketing

CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent demonstrates efficacy advantages over Medtronic's Endeavor

Health care reform: Obama, Hispanic voters differ on priorities

Competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment: Myths and realities

Patients can partner with their caregivers to prevent health risks and errors

New campaign invites people share their journeys through Ontario's health care system

Medical Connections Holdings enters into stock purchase agreement with Trustaff Management

Adjuvant chemotherapy may benefit older patients with stage III colon cancer

U.N. Secretary-General names new UNICEF head, board expected to approve selection

FCC makes recommendations for using high-speed broadband networks to increase use of telemedicine

Family planning will not be included in Canada's G8 maternal health initiative, Foreign Minister says

U.N. Secretary-General launches report aimed at meeting MDGs by 2015

AARP opposes passage of ‘Freedom of Conscience’ bill

Haiti should have final say over rebuilding, Preval says

Costs almost double for health care for Pennsylvania poor; New study finds percentage of people taking insurance through work declines

Dems move forward with 'deem and pass' strategy; Some Dem. holdouts express support for reform

Device manages care online for chronic disease patients

New dental health awareness campaign targeting Massachusetts seniors

Nature News examines GAVI Alliance's budget gap

Senate parliamentarian wields authority over Democrats' health care efforts

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