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Study: Women use more medications during pregnancy

Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Harvard School of Public Health, have reported widespread and increasing medication use among pregnant women.

26 Apr 2011

Tai chi exercise linked to improved quality of life in CHF patients

Tai chi exercise appears to be associated with improved quality of life, mood and exercise self-efficacy in patients with chronic heart failure, according to a report in the April 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

26 Apr 2011

AAA honors anatomy researchers with prestigious scientific award

The American Association of Anatomist's presented its highest awards on April 12 during the society's Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. This year's honors went to:

26 Apr 2011

ACC/AHA release consensus document to help clinicians reduce risk of hypertension in older adults

Hypertension is very common among older adults. 64 percent of older men and 78 percent of older women have high blood pressure, placing them at heightened risk for heart disease including heart failure, stroke, coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation, as well as chronic kidney disease and diabetes mellitus.

26 Apr 2011

Bioengineering students develop new device that can detect patients with dry eye

Rice University bioengineering students responded to an ophthalmologist's cry for help with a device to diagnose dry eye, the itching and burning sensation that results when a person doesn't produce enough tears or the tears evaporate too quickly.

26 Apr 2011

BCBSMA develops goals to support four Massachusetts community areas

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, a locally-based, community-focused health plan, today announced its goals for advancing the company's four community focus areas - developed to support those living and working in Massachusetts.

26 Apr 2011

State roundup: Fla. hospitals divided public/private oversight; generous health benefits for Calif. elected officials

Hundreds of part-time elected officials throughout the Bay Area received full-time health care benefits in 2010 at taxpayer expense, with individual policies sometimes costing tens of thousands of dollars, according to government compensation data acquired by Bay Area News Group and published on its websites Sunday.

26 Apr 2011

Scientists identify key enzyme that destroys lung tissue in TB

Scientists have identified a key enzyme responsible for destroying lung tissue in tuberculosis, they report today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Drugs that inhibit this enzyme are already available, meaning that the finding could lead quickly to new treatments.

26 Apr 2011

SI-BONE receives FDA approval for updated iFuse Implant System

SI-BONE, Inc., a medical device company that is pioneering the use of a minimally invasive surgical device to treat the sacroiliac joint announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a major modification to the existing product label.

26 Apr 2011

UC Davis professor receives $4.8 million federal grant for child obesity study

UC Davis professor Adela de la Torre, a national expert on Chicano and Latino health issues, today received a five-year, $4.8 million federal grant to discover the best ways to help Mexican-heritage children in California maintain healthy weights.

26 Apr 2011

MACHC offers Phytel's Proactive Patient Outreach solution to members

Phytel, the leader in physician-led health improvement, and the Mid-Atlantic Association of Community Health Centers (MACHC) have formed a strategic partnership under which MACHC will support utilization of Phytel's population health management tools by its member community health centers in Maryland and Delaware.

25 Apr 2011

Adults with PTSD and history of childhood trauma have shorter telomeres

Adults with post-traumatic stress disorder and a history of childhood trauma had significantly shorter telomere length than those with PTSD but without childhood trauma, in a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.

25 Apr 2011

EACC to host Health & Wellness conference in Cincinnati

The European-American Chamber of Commerce will host a conference on Health & Wellness in Cincinnati to explore the challenges and opportunities organizations face as health care policies undergo dramatic changes locally, nationally and abroad.

25 Apr 2011

XenoPort files SPA with FDA for arbaclofen placarbil Phase 3 trial in multiple sclerosis

XenoPort, Inc. announced today that it had reached agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on a Special Protocol Assessment for a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of arbaclofen placarbil, previously known as XP19986, as a potential treatment of spasticity in multiple sclerosis patients.

25 Apr 2011

VDF seeks nominations for PAD and venous disease research awards

The Vascular Disease Foundation is seeking nominations for research awards through its Peripheral Arterial Disease and Venous Disease Coalitions. Research awards recognize the important research relevant to the understanding and/or treatment of arterial and venous diseases.

25 Apr 2011

CareView closes $20 million financing with HealthCor

CareView Communications, Inc., an information technology provider to the healthcare industry, announced that it has closed a $20 million financing with funds managed by HealthCor Partners Management, L.P. and HealthCor Management, L.P.

25 Apr 2011

Africa's football leaders earn UAM recognition for combating malaria

Today on World Malaria Day, the United Against Malaria campaign, under the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, recognized leaders from Africa's football and corporate spheres for their role in bringing malaria control messages to more than two billion 2010 World Cup spectators through public service announcements and media, and to 10 million employees through "Malaria Safe" corporate initiatives.

25 Apr 2011

USC School of Medicine to host world congress on ultrasound for healthcare providers

The first World Congress on Ultrasound in Medical Education will be held in Columbia, S.C., April 29-May 1, bringing together physicians, medical students, educators and health care professionals from around the world to learn more about the technology known as the "stethoscope of the future."

25 Apr 2011

New study reports national survey results of physicians who deliver childhood vaccinations

A new study led by Allison Kempe, MD, MPH, professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and director of the Children's Outcomes Research Program at The Children's Hospital, reports the results of a national survey of primary care physicians who deliver vaccinations to children.

25 Apr 2011

Pranashama Yoga Institute to begin teacher training in Ubud, Bali

Pranashama Yoga Institute, Dashama's Yoga School, will lead their first yoga teacher training in Ubud, Bali, the same city Julia Roberts filmed the movie Eat, Pray, Love. In addition to immersing themselves in the culture of Bali, Indonesia, the participants will be practicing yoga and learning how to be yoga teachers as well.

25 Apr 2011