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ArroHealth included in Inc. Magazine's list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.

ArroHealth, a full-service provider of risk adjustment and HEDIS services for health plans and provider groups, has been named to Inc. Magazine's 34th annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. ArroHealth's significant revenue growth over the past four years qualified it for the distinguished list.

20 Aug 2015

New scientific conference 'Aspirin in the 21st Century' to be held in London

What more can be said about aspirin, a medicine that was first prescribed at the end of the 19th century? It is known and accepted in every country. For over a hundred years it has been the standard by which all other, newer, painkillers have had to be judged, and it has never been found to be inferior. It is still considered the world's leading analgesic.

20 Aug 2015

Cheshire woman searches for lifesaving blood stem cell donor

A search is taking place to find someone with a matching tissue-type who can donate blood stem cells to save the life of a woman from Cheshire.

20 Aug 2015

Health 2.0 announces confirmed speakers at inaugural Innovating Care Delivery Symposium

As the 9th Annual Health 2.0 Fall Conference rapidly approaches, Health 2.0 is excited to announce confirmed speakers at the inaugural Innovating Care Delivery Symposium. The day-long session features an agenda with executives and providers from some of the most progressive health systems in the nation, including UCLA, UCSF, Stanford, Henry Ford, and many others.

20 Aug 2015

Simple exercises, stretches can help eliminate postural stressors

Modern lifestyle factors, such as texting, reaching for your keyboard or wearing high heels, can create postural stressors that often cause muscle imbalances and injury. Having good posture is essential for good health; however, understanding what good posture is and maintaining it are hard.

20 Aug 2015

AfroCentric, FICO partner to offer payment integrity platform to reduce healthcare fraud in South Africa

The AfroCentric Health Group and global analytics software firm FICO today announced a strategic partnership that establishes the South African healthcare industry's leading fraud management solution. AfroCentric's healthcare IT services subsidiary, Helios IT Solutions, and FICO now offer this fraud management and payment integrity platform to all medical schemes in South Africa.

20 Aug 2015

Elsevier launches open access journal Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announces the launch of open access journal Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online.

20 Aug 2015

Penn State College of Medicine students to work with medical educators to design new curriculum

The medical school model that has existed for decades involves two years of study in the basic sciences followed by two years of clinical study. An initiative under way at Penn State College of Medicine will involve students in developing a new curriculum that integrates the two areas of study, with a goal of preparing physicians for the new realities of health care.

20 Aug 2015

Loyola doctor provides tips to alleviate back-to-school anxiety in children

As the number of days of summer vacation decrease, children and adolescent anxiety levels often increase. In addition to getting school supplies, registration completed and vaccinations up to date, it's important for parents to talk to their kids and understand how they feel about heading back to school.

20 Aug 2015

NC State researchers develop new algorithm that interprets patients’ wheezing sounds over time

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an efficient algorithm that can interpret the wheezing of patients with breathing difficulties to give medical providers information about what's happening in the lungs.

20 Aug 2015

SLUCare cardiac surgeon aims to connect underserved population in St. Louis region with health care services

A new project spearheaded by a Saint Louis University cardiac surgeon is aiming to connect an underserved population with health care services in the St. Louis region.

20 Aug 2015

Yokohama to host 2016 Asia Pacific Dyslexia Festival

Yokohama will host an event to promote a better understanding of people with reading and writing disabilities in June next year as a prelude to the 2020 World Dyslexia Forum to be held in Japan, the Yokohama Convention and Visitors Bureau (YCVB) said Aug. 20.

20 Aug 2015

Teenage smokers experience guilt and shame

There are fewer smokers in the current generation of adolescents. Current figures show about 25 per cent of teens smoke, down dramatically from 40 per cent in 1987.

20 Aug 2015

Parents need to enforce traffic-safety rules for kids heading back to school

Part of heading back to school is actually getting your kids back to school safely. According to the Centers for Disease Control, on average, there is one pedestrian death every two hours and a pedestrian injury every eight minutes in the United States. Vehicles and kids can be a very scary combination whether the child is walking, biking, riding or driving.

20 Aug 2015

Having depressed friends doesn't affect your mental health, study finds

Having friends who suffer from depression doesn't affect the mental health of others, according to research led by the University of Warwick.

20 Aug 2015

New NIH study shows nearly 50 million U.S. adults experience chronic pain or severe pain

Nearly 50 million American adults have significant chronic pain or severe pain, according to a new study prepared by National Institutes of Health's National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, which appears this month in The Journal of Pain, published by the American Pain Society.

20 Aug 2015

New study offers first clinical recommendations for headache diagnosis in pregnant women

If a pregnant woman with high blood pressure and no history of headache suddenly develops a headache that quickly gets worse, she could be at risk for pregnancy complications, including preeclampsia, which put both the mother and fetus at risk.

20 Aug 2015

A hearty bowl of instant oatmeal helps control food intake at lunch

A new study revealed that your cereal choice at breakfast might have an impact on how much you eat for lunch. Newly published research in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition showed that a hearty bowl of instant oatmeal helped curb food intake at lunch better than a leading oat-based, cold cereal -- even when each bowl provided the same number of calories.

20 Aug 2015

Ancient Chinese practice lowers hypertension, may lessen risks of stroke and heart disease

Patients with hypertension treated with acupuncture experienced drops in their blood pressure that lasted up to a month and a half, researchers with the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine have found.

20 Aug 2015

Australia’s emergency nurse practitioner publishes first set of clinical practice standards

Dr Jane O'Connell, Australia's first endorsed nurse practitioner specialising in emergency care, is leading the way in re-defining the role specialty nurse practitioners play in the health system.

19 Aug 2015

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ArroHealth included in Inc. Magazine's list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.

New scientific conference 'Aspirin in the 21st Century' to be held in London

Cheshire woman searches for lifesaving blood stem cell donor

Health 2.0 announces confirmed speakers at inaugural Innovating Care Delivery Symposium

Simple exercises, stretches can help eliminate postural stressors

AfroCentric, FICO partner to offer payment integrity platform to reduce healthcare fraud in South Africa

Elsevier launches open access journal Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online

Penn State College of Medicine students to work with medical educators to design new curriculum

Loyola doctor provides tips to alleviate back-to-school anxiety in children

NC State researchers develop new algorithm that interprets patients’ wheezing sounds over time

SLUCare cardiac surgeon aims to connect underserved population in St. Louis region with health care services

Yokohama to host 2016 Asia Pacific Dyslexia Festival

Teenage smokers experience guilt and shame

Parents need to enforce traffic-safety rules for kids heading back to school

Having depressed friends doesn't affect your mental health, study finds

New NIH study shows nearly 50 million U.S. adults experience chronic pain or severe pain

New study offers first clinical recommendations for headache diagnosis in pregnant women

A hearty bowl of instant oatmeal helps control food intake at lunch

Ancient Chinese practice lowers hypertension, may lessen risks of stroke and heart disease

Australia’s emergency nurse practitioner publishes first set of clinical practice standards

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