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DePuy Synthes Power Tools announces launch of Anspach EG1 High Speed Electric System

DePuy Synthes Power Tools announced today the global launch of the Anspach EG1 High Speed Electric System, a next generation high-speed electric drill with multiple attachments and accessories, designed for use in neurosurgery, otology and spinal procedures. The announcement was made here at the 2014 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting (American Association of Neurological Surgeons).

8 Apr 2014

NBTS Sri Lanka to use Transfusion Evidence Library to ensure quality, safety of blood supply

Evidentia Publishing is pleased to announce that the National Blood Transfusion Service of Sri Lanka will be utilising the Transfusion Evidence Library - a unique, online database providing high quality, evidence-based information for all research related to transfusion medicine - in support of their efforts to ensure quality and safety of blood and blood components.

8 Apr 2014

Biosafe receives official registration of single use disposable kits with Chinese FDA

Biosafe is proud to report that it has just received the official registration of its single use disposable kits with the Chinese FDA. Following earlier approval of the Company's Sepax cell processing machine, Biosafe is now primed to launch sales of its products in the People's Republic of China.

8 Apr 2014

First Edition: April 8, 2014

Kaiser Health News staff writer Jay Hancock reports: "Under intense, bipartisan political pressure, the Obama administration backed down for the second year in a row on proposed payment cuts for insurance companies that offer private plans to Medicare members.

8 Apr 2014

Food safety experts to deliver presentations at Food Integrity and Traceability Conference

Food safety experts from around the world will be at Queen's University Belfast this week (8-10 April) to highlight current and emerging threats to the integrity of the food chain.

8 Apr 2014

Virginia Mason wins Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award for second consecutive year

Virginia Mason was today named a recipient of Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award for the second consecutive year. This distinction places it among the top 10 percent of hospitals in the nation for patient experience.

8 Apr 2014

African Americans are at higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease than white population

A new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center reviews research that suggests that the risk for developing Alzheimer's disease among older African Americans may be two to three times greater than in the non-Hispanic white population and that they differ from the non-Hispanic white population in risk factors and disease manifestation.

8 Apr 2014

Study: Seniors living in community with dementia are more likely to be hospitalized

Seniors living in the community who have dementia are more likely to be hospitalized and visit the emergency department than those who do not have dementia, according to a new study by researchers at RTI International.

8 Apr 2014

Support grows in Missouri for 'mini' Medicaid expansion

Some Missouri Republicans have remained adamantly opposed to expanding Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of adults by tapping into billions of federal dollars available under President Barack Obama's health-care law. Yet support has been quietly growing among some of those same Republicans for a mini Medicaid expansion (Lieb, 4/7).

8 Apr 2014

Curis and Debiopharm present data for Debio 0932 at Annual Meeting of AACR

Curis, Inc., an oncology focused company developing novel, targeted drug candidates for the treatment of human cancers, and Debiopharm Group™ (Debiopharm), a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical group of companies with a focus on the development of prescription drugs that target unmet medical needs, including oncology as well as companion diagnostics, today announced presentation of data for Debio 0932 at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) that demonstrated synergy between Debio 0932 and various standard of care (SOC) agents in multiple in vitro and xenograft models of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

8 Apr 2014

PatientsLikeMe collaborates with Genentech to develop innovative ways of researching patients' real-world experience with disease, treatment

PatientsLikeMe announced today a five-year agreement with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to explore use of PatientsLikeMe's global online patient network to develop innovative ways of researching patients' real-world experience with disease and treatment.

8 Apr 2014

Viewpoints: Despite enrollment success, health law has internal problems; burdens for both parties

For the foreseeable future, the health care debate probably isn't going to get any less intense. Instead, what we've watched unfold since 2009 is what we should expect for years, decades, a generation: a grinding, exhausting argument over how to pay for health care in a society that's growing older, consuming more care, and (especially if current secularizing trends persist) becoming more and more invested in postponing death.

8 Apr 2014

New analysis shows signs of emerging middle way toward reducing ranks of uninsured

With the political divide over health care reform still strong going into this year's elections, a new analysis of state-level decisions shows signs of an emerging middle way toward reducing the ranks of the uninsured.

8 Apr 2014

Minnesota state lawmakers will decide if online insurance marketplace needs top-to-bottom audit

The decision regarding a further investigation of MNsure's troubles is expected this week. A state legislative commission decides this week whether the state's new online health insurance marketplace, MNsure, should get a major, top to bottom audit. MNsure has received more than $150 million in federal grants and external reviews found poor management and serious software failures.

8 Apr 2014

State highlights: 'Balance billing' protection in N.Y.; L.A. nursing home complaint backlog

Hospital patients in New York are the latest in the nation to gain legal protection against unexpected bills from doctors who won't accept their insurance.

8 Apr 2014

Research suggests that person can slow aging process by exercising regularly

New research by Canadian sports medicine physician Mark Tarnopolsky, MD, PhD, suggests that a person can slow the speed at which they age by exercising regularly. Dr. Tarnopolsky presented his research titled, "Exercise as a Countermeasure for Aging: From Mice to Humans" today at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM). Dr. Tarnopolsky discussed how regular exercise not only improves the quality of life but can also extend a person's lifespan by up to five years.

8 Apr 2014

Despite hitting 7M, Obamacare faces plenty of challenges

Big tests await the health law, including whether premiums and other consumer costs can be held down in the face of pent up demand and also the GOP's continuing efforts to sabotage or repeal it heading into the midterm elections.

8 Apr 2014

Medical professionals offer tips for preventing accidents during spring cleaning

Medical professionals at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center want to make sure that families and children stay safe this spring while participating in spring cleaning.

8 Apr 2014

ASA chooses Premier to develop perioperative surgical home model of care

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today announced it has chosen Premier, Inc., a leading health care improvement company, to develop a first-of-its-kind learning collaborative for the ASA's Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) model of care.

8 Apr 2014

Medicaid enrollment increases by 3 million since health law enrollment began

The number is not yet complete because some states have not reported their numbers and it doesn't include March sign-ups.

8 Apr 2014

Healthcare News

DePuy Synthes Power Tools announces launch of Anspach EG1 High Speed Electric System

NBTS Sri Lanka to use Transfusion Evidence Library to ensure quality, safety of blood supply

Biosafe receives official registration of single use disposable kits with Chinese FDA

First Edition: April 8, 2014

Food safety experts to deliver presentations at Food Integrity and Traceability Conference

Virginia Mason wins Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award for second consecutive year

African Americans are at higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease than white population

Study: Seniors living in community with dementia are more likely to be hospitalized

Support grows in Missouri for 'mini' Medicaid expansion

Curis and Debiopharm present data for Debio 0932 at Annual Meeting of AACR

PatientsLikeMe collaborates with Genentech to develop innovative ways of researching patients' real-world experience with disease, treatment

Viewpoints: Despite enrollment success, health law has internal problems; burdens for both parties

New analysis shows signs of emerging middle way toward reducing ranks of uninsured

Minnesota state lawmakers will decide if online insurance marketplace needs top-to-bottom audit

State highlights: 'Balance billing' protection in N.Y.; L.A. nursing home complaint backlog

Research suggests that person can slow aging process by exercising regularly

Despite hitting 7M, Obamacare faces plenty of challenges

Medical professionals offer tips for preventing accidents during spring cleaning

ASA chooses Premier to develop perioperative surgical home model of care

Medicaid enrollment increases by 3 million since health law enrollment began

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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