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Important tips to prevent food allergies

Food allergies affect over 1.4 million Canadians, and this number is increasing. Allergic reactions to a food can happen quickly and without warning.

4 Feb 2015

Recession of mid-2000s continues to impact America's children

The bipartisan children's advocacy organization First Focus and PolicyLab at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia released a new analysis today showing that, five years after its technical end, the recession of the mid-2000s continues to impact America's children.

4 Feb 2015

HIV science and treatment knowledge can end AIDS epidemic in the US

The scientific evidence is clear. As a result of extraordinary advances in biomedical research, we now have the tools we need to end the HIV epidemic in the United States. Or do we?

4 Feb 2015

BIANJ to host annual event to raise funds for NJ residents living with brain injury

The Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey (BIANJ) is excited to host its 9th Annual Gala on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at the Crystal Plaza in Livingston, New Jersey.

4 Feb 2015

Winners of Verizon Powerful Answers Award bring solutions to redefine the world

Four great ideas were named first place winners of the Verizon Powerful Answers Award, a year-long global challenge to discover and help bring to market technology-based solutions with the potential to change our world.

4 Feb 2015

Free dementia workshops to be held at Houston's Alzheimer's Association

Since December 2003, Marsene Boldt, RN, has been providing care services for Houston area residents with her At Your Side Home Care location at 16868 Royal Crest Dr.

4 Feb 2015

AMS sponsors ‘Healthy Body Healthy Mind’ series to promote awareness on stress urinary incontinence

American Medical Systems Inc. (AMS), a subsidiary of Endo International plc and leading provider of medical technologies for pelvic health, is proud to be a sponsor of an episode of the popular Healthy Body Healthy Mind series titled "Managing Female Stress Urinary Incontinence."

4 Feb 2015

Congressman Fattah meets with Amarantus regarding research efforts for degenerative brain diseases

Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), architect of the Fattah Neuroscience Initiative, met last week with Amarantus, a biotechnology company on their recent efforts to develop treatment and diagnostics for degenerative brain diseases, including Alzheimer's.

4 Feb 2015

One in four nonsmokers still exposed to secondhand smoke, shows CDC report

Although secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in the United States dropped by half between 1999 to 2000 and 2011 to 2012, one in four nonsmokers -- 58 million people -- are still exposed to SHS, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

4 Feb 2015

BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York introduces health benefit gift box

It's a new day for health insurance companies. As the Affordable Care Act forces an industry shift towards consumerism, individuals are becoming more involved in their own health care decisions and insurers are becoming more involved in their members' lives.

4 Feb 2015

Study evaluates association of participation in ACS NSQIP with surgical outcomes, costs

Nicholas H. Osborne, M.D., M.S., of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and colleagues evaluated the association of participation in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program with surgical outcomes and payments among Medicare patients.

4 Feb 2015

Home health leaders raise concerns over proposed budget cuts and copayments on Medicare beneficiaries

Leaders in the home health community raised concerns today in response to President Obama's Fiscal Year 2016 budget that calls for the re-imposition of a copayment on Medicare home health beneficiaries.

4 Feb 2015

New study suggests link between food insecurity and adverse experiences in childhood

The roots of children's hunger today may stretch back, in part, to the past childhood trauma of their caregivers. Evidence amassed over the past two decades has demonstrated that stress and deprivation during childhood have lifelong consequences on health, as well as school and job performance. A new small-scale study from Drexel University now suggests a strong relationship between exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and household food insecurity among mothers of young children.

4 Feb 2015

HCCN's national service provides spiritual and emotional support to veterans, active service members

HealthCare Chaplaincy Network (HCCN) today introduced a national service that provides spiritual and emotional support to veterans, active service members, and their families, including the opportunity for one-on-one conversations with professional chaplains via phone, email and video call.

4 Feb 2015

Oncology experts study use of fertility-sparing cancer treatments

While families around the world delay childbearing to later in life, cancer diagnoses are affecting people ever earlier in life. When these lifestyle trends collide, we see an increasing number of young women rendered infertile by cancer or cancer treatments.

4 Feb 2015

'Mission: Lifeline' initiative aims to improve outcomes for heart attack patients in rural Iowa

The American Heart Association, Midwest Affiliate, announced at a press conference on Tuesday, February 3, 1:00 p.m. in the State Historical Building of the Capitol Complex in Des Moines a $4.6 million grant award to enhance systems of care, save lives, and improve outcomes for heart attack patients in rural Iowa, called Mission: Lifeline.

4 Feb 2015

EyePromise® eye vitamins offers education guide to promote awareness on AMD

Due to the aging Baby Boomer population, AMD, or Age-related Macular Degeneration, is expected to double by the year 2020.

4 Feb 2015

Whole exome sequencing helps Mayo Clinic neurologist solve a medical mystery

Precision medicine is getting a jump-start from a new national initiative announced in President Obama's State of the Union message. One Georgia family has already experienced its benefits: genomic testing called whole exome sequencing helped Mayo Clinic neurologist Zbigniew Wszolek, M.D., solve a medical mystery that had left a boy with painful, jerking spasms that at times prevented him from walking or talking.

4 Feb 2015

Government of Barbados launches National Health Information System using Populus technology

Populus Global Solutions Inc., a New Brunswick, Canada-based company, is pleased to report that the Government of Barbados has launched its new National Health Information System using the Populus technology.

4 Feb 2015

Food 4 Less raises funds to support La Rabida Children's Hospital in Chicago

Food 4 Less, Chicagoland's leading price-impact supermarket chain, is pleased to announce that it is raising funds to support Chicago's La Rabida Children's Hospital.

4 Feb 2015

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Important tips to prevent food allergies

Recession of mid-2000s continues to impact America's children

HIV science and treatment knowledge can end AIDS epidemic in the US

BIANJ to host annual event to raise funds for NJ residents living with brain injury

Winners of Verizon Powerful Answers Award bring solutions to redefine the world

Free dementia workshops to be held at Houston's Alzheimer's Association

AMS sponsors ‘Healthy Body Healthy Mind’ series to promote awareness on stress urinary incontinence

Congressman Fattah meets with Amarantus regarding research efforts for degenerative brain diseases

One in four nonsmokers still exposed to secondhand smoke, shows CDC report

BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York introduces health benefit gift box

Study evaluates association of participation in ACS NSQIP with surgical outcomes, costs

Home health leaders raise concerns over proposed budget cuts and copayments on Medicare beneficiaries

New study suggests link between food insecurity and adverse experiences in childhood

HCCN's national service provides spiritual and emotional support to veterans, active service members

Oncology experts study use of fertility-sparing cancer treatments

'Mission: Lifeline' initiative aims to improve outcomes for heart attack patients in rural Iowa

EyePromise® eye vitamins offers education guide to promote awareness on AMD

Whole exome sequencing helps Mayo Clinic neurologist solve a medical mystery

Government of Barbados launches National Health Information System using Populus technology

Food 4 Less raises funds to support La Rabida Children's Hospital in Chicago

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

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