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Kaiser Permanente awards $500,000 grant to Community Health Alliance of Pasadena

Kaiser Permanente announced today that it is awarding a half million dollar grant to the Community Health Alliance of Pasadena to help fund the expansion of primary health care services at the Pasadena Community Care Center for residents of the San Gabriel Valley.

4 Mar 2010

NAEC elects Mayo Clinic as top epilepsy treatment center

Mayo Clinic has been designated a comprehensive epilepsy treatment center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC). Only the top epilepsy programs - those that can provide the most complex and advanced care - are selected for this designation, according to the association.

3 Mar 2010

Eyeing reconciliation for health reform, GOP launches preemptive strike on Senate parliamentarian

News outlets profile Senate parliamentarian Alan Frumin, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and the "everyday Americans" invited to a White House forum on health care last year.

3 Mar 2010

Winner of 2010 Thomas Parran Award

University of Washington's Dr. H. Hunter Handsfield, a long-time trailblazer in sexually transmitted diseases (STD) research, will receive the nation's highest honor in the STD field during the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2010 National STD Prevention Conference in Atlanta, March 8-11.

3 Mar 2010

$Phase 3 trial: Cabazitaxel improves survival in patients with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer$

Phase 3 trial: Cabazitaxel improves survival in patients with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer

Sanofi-aventis announced today results from a Phase 3 trial which demonstrated cabazitaxel, an investigational compound, plus prednisone/prednisolone significantly improved overall survival and progression-free survival in patients with metastatic (advanced) hormone-refractory prostate cancer whose disease progressed following treatment with docetaxel-based chemotherapy.

3 Mar 2010

House expanding inquiry of health insurance rate hikes

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which held a hearing last week on a California insurer's rate increases, is expanding its investigation.

3 Mar 2010

Democrats seem to gain momentum on health reform, but face many obstacles

As Democratic leaders pursue a go-it-alone strategy on health care, the real test will be whether their caucus can pull together and be effective, according to a Politico analysis.

3 Mar 2010

First Edition: March 3, 2010

This morning's news is all about President Obama's outreach yesterday to the GOP and his speech today detailing new elements of his health reform plan. Will this step resuscitate the Dem's overhaul efforts?

3 Mar 2010

UPMC develops its first EHR application for BlackBerry smartphones

In an effort to put critical patient information in the hands of physicians at the bedside, UPMC announced today that it has developed its first electronic health record (EHR) application for BlackBerry® smartphones. The pilot project gives physicians access to such information as a patient’s allergies, current medications and recently completed lab tests.

3 Mar 2010

Accenture: 58% of U.S. physicians intend to purchase EMR system within next two years

Fifty-eight percent of U.S. physicians who don’t use electronic medical records (EMRs) intend to purchase an EMR system within the next two years, according to a new report from Accenture.

3 Mar 2010

Study: Offspring of two parents with schizophrenia more likely to develop same illness

Offspring of two parents with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder appear more likely to develop the same illness or another psychiatric condition than those with only one parent with psychiatric illness, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

3 Mar 2010

Harvard Professor urges medical community to use ultrasound for diagnosing acute female pelvic conditions

In a bold, eye-opening editorial in the March 2010 issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Harvard Professor, Beryl Benacerraf, MD, urges the medical community to use ultrasound instead of Computed Tomography (CT) as the first-line imaging test for better diagnosis capability in the evaluation of acute female pelvic and lower abdominal conditions.

3 Mar 2010

Warren Buffet supports Senate bill, Franken and Ryan pushing their health reform ideas

CNBC interviewed billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who "called the nation's health care spending 'untenable,' comparing 'out of control' costs to a 'tapeworm eating at our economic body.' While he would support the current Senate health care reform bill if pressed, Buffett says he would prefer a 'Plan C' that would control costs by changing the financial incentives of the system" (Crippen, 3/1).

3 Mar 2010

Medicare coverage of CTC for seniors needed

President Obama, in his first routine physical exam as commander in chief, received a CT colonography (CTC), commonly known as a virtual colonoscopy, to screen him for colorectal cancer. However, Obama Administration officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) previously denied coverage of the same exam for seniors enrolled in Medicare, cutting off access for many to an exam proven to increase compliance with nationally accepted colon cancer screening guidelines.

3 Mar 2010

Altarum Institute urges government to implement effective BMI surveillance systems to combat childhood obesity

A report published today in the journal Health Affairs calls for increased body mass index surveillance as a tool to combat the childhood obesity epidemic and urges state and federal action to implement effective BMI surveillance systems nationwide.

3 Mar 2010

Reid Johnson: British Columbians should brace for another round of cuts to health care services

In spite of a budget speech that boasts a commitment to health care, British Columbians should brace themselves for another round of cuts to health care services around the province, Reid Johnson, President of the Health Sciences Association of BC said in response to the provincial budget released today.

3 Mar 2010

Opinions: Chile's preparedness; Evangelical Christians; 'Locavorism'

The earthquake in Chile "was the fifth biggest ever measured, and several hundred times larger than the one that killed more than 220,000 in Haiti," according to a Wall Street Journal editorial. The editorial highlights Chile's preparation for earthquakes, including stricter building codes. "But such preparation is also the luxury of a prosperous country, in contrast to destitute and ill-governed Haiti.

3 Mar 2010

Sec. of State Clinton arrives in Chile 'to offer support' as country deals with earthquake

During a scheduled trip to Latin America, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Chile Tuesday "to offer support" after a major earthquake struck over the weekend, Bloomberg/BusinessWeek reports (Boyd/Smith, 3/2).

3 Mar 2010

Adult day health programs help senior participants maintain their health and independence

A recent study by San Francisco’s Institute on Aging documents that adult day health programs play a vital role in helping senior participants maintain their health and independence. Since the 1970s, adult day health care has been promoted as an alternative to nursing home care for seniors with chronic illness, disability, or dementia.

3 Mar 2010

FASEB President describes critical role biomedical research plays in improving public health

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) President Mark O. Lively, Ph.D., addressed a Capitol Hill audience, including congressional staff, and members of the Coalition for Health Funding today to describe the critical role biomedical research plays in improving public health.

3 Mar 2010

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Kaiser Permanente awards $500,000 grant to Community Health Alliance of Pasadena

NAEC elects Mayo Clinic as top epilepsy treatment center

Eyeing reconciliation for health reform, GOP launches preemptive strike on Senate parliamentarian

Winner of 2010 Thomas Parran Award

Phase 3 trial: Cabazitaxel improves survival in patients with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer

House expanding inquiry of health insurance rate hikes

Democrats seem to gain momentum on health reform, but face many obstacles

First Edition: March 3, 2010

UPMC develops its first EHR application for BlackBerry smartphones

Accenture: 58% of U.S. physicians intend to purchase EMR system within next two years

Study: Offspring of two parents with schizophrenia more likely to develop same illness

Harvard Professor urges medical community to use ultrasound for diagnosing acute female pelvic conditions

Warren Buffet supports Senate bill, Franken and Ryan pushing their health reform ideas

Medicare coverage of CTC for seniors needed

Altarum Institute urges government to implement effective BMI surveillance systems to combat childhood obesity

Reid Johnson: British Columbians should brace for another round of cuts to health care services

Opinions: Chile's preparedness; Evangelical Christians; 'Locavorism'

Sec. of State Clinton arrives in Chile 'to offer support' as country deals with earthquake

Adult day health programs help senior participants maintain their health and independence

FASEB President describes critical role biomedical research plays in improving public health

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