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Experts implore chancellor to scrap duty escalator for alcohol in this year's budget

Writing on bmj.com, Katherine Brown, Director at the Institute of Alcohol Studies, says the UK chancellor should resist industry lobbying to scrap the annual rise in alcohol duty because "society simply can't afford for such cheap drink to get cheaper."

13 Mar 2014

First Edition: March 12, 2014

Today's headlines include stories about the Obama administration's latest tallies regarding how many Americans have signed up for Obamacare coverage and the outcome of a Florida special election that was marked by health law themes.

12 Mar 2014

Natural low-sodium salt ingredient addresses challenges to reduce sodium in bakery products, cereals

Salt of the Earth Ltd. introduces a novel, low-sodium sea salt ingredient to address food manufacturers' challenges to reduce sodium in bakery products, such as bread, breakfast cereals and snacks.

12 Mar 2014

STC Life and 97.7 B&H Clinic successfully treat pulmonary fibrosis patient

Stem cell research institute of STC Life Co., Ltd. (Chairman: KYE HO LEE) and 97.7 B&H Clinic (Representative Doctor: WON JU JUNG) successfully finished mesenchymal stem cell therapy for the pulmonary fibrosis patient who visited Korea from Calgary, Canada.

12 Mar 2014

Quintiles named ‘Best CRO in Asia’ for third time in event's four-year history

Quintiles last night was named the "Best CRO in Asia" at the 2014 BioPharma Asia Industry Awards dinner, the third time in the event's four-year history that Quintiles has received the honor.

12 Mar 2014

GE announces winners of the GE Healthcare 2013 Cell Imaging Competition

GE Healthcare Life Sciences (NYSE:GE) today announced Vanessa Auld from Canada, Martin Barr from Ireland and Graham Wright from Singapore as the winners of the GE Healthcare 2013 Cell Imaging Competition.

12 Mar 2014

Orexo signs multi-year agreement with OptumRx and UnitedHealth Group

Orexo AB, the manufacturer of ZUBSOLV® (buprenorphine and naloxone) sublingual tablets (CIII), announced a multi-year agreement with UnitedHealth Group® and OptumRx® providing preferred coverage and reimbursement of ZUBSOLV®.

12 Mar 2014

MUSC, Alliance Oncology announce strategic radiation therapy affiliation

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), one of the nation's top academic health science centers, and Alliance Oncology, a division of Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc., announce a newly formed affiliation designed to strengthen and expand MUSC's Hollings Cancer Center as the radiation therapy market leader in Charleston, South Carolina.

12 Mar 2014

Health groups urge Governor and Legislature to raise Ohio’s tobacco tax

As organizations committed to reducing tobacco use, the number one cause of preventable death in Ohio, we welcome Gov. John Kasich's concern about this important public health issue.

12 Mar 2014

FDA clears Toshiba’s CT Myocardial Perfusion technology

To improve cardiac diagnoses with simplified dose reduction technology, Toshiba announces the FDA clearance of its industry-exclusive CT Myocardial Perfusion capability. Available on Toshiba's AquilionTM ONE and Aquilion ONE ViSION Edition CT systems.

12 Mar 2014

Washington Trust offers $8.8M to two medical centers located in Providence, RI

Washington Trust's Commercial Real Estate Group recently provided $8.8 million in financing for the refinancing of University Medical Center, LLC located at 195 Collyer St. in Providence, R.I. and Collyer Rehabilitation Center, LLC located at 208 Collyer St.

12 Mar 2014

Researchers seek 400 treatment-naïve colon participants to measure non-invasive blood test

Investigators with Baylor Research Institute, a research arm of Baylor Scott & White Health, have opened participation for a new clinical trial that could determine whether a certain blood test can detect colon cancer before it even develops.

12 Mar 2014

Highlights: Calif. insurer satisfaction; Manchin and W. Va. abortion bill; Md. mental health legislation

For the seventh consecutive year, Kaiser Permanente ranked highest in customer satisfaction for health insurance among California policyholders, according to ratings firm J.D. Power & Associates.

12 Mar 2014

Parsing the ACA's impact on farmers, community health centers

Farmers, who often rely on individual policies, may find it easier to get routine medical care through policies sold on the health law's online exchanges. Meanwhile, community health centers face reduced federal support in fiscal 2016 and the battle over the law's contraception mandate highlights a dispute over whether certain forms of birth control prevent conception or destroy a fertilized egg.

12 Mar 2014

GOP to vote Friday on tying Medicare doctor pay fix to repeal of health law's insurance mandate

House Republicans are rallying around a new strategy to undermine the president's signature health care law. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor scheduled a vote on Friday to tie a delay of Obamacare's individual mandate, requiring all Americans to possess health insurance by March 31 or pay a penalty, to a piece of bipartisan legislation that would permanently fix Medicare's flawed physician payment system.

12 Mar 2014

Study: Sadness might aid consumers in becoming less prone to indulging in unhealthy foods

The instant gratification and the pleasure derived from consuming excessive chocolate and deep-fried foods can lead way to a double-edged sword of negative consequences ranging from weight gain to feelings of low self-esteem.

12 Mar 2014

Viewpoints: Exploiting botched exchanges; falling number of uninsured; Medicare drug plan retreat

Now that the badly botched rollout of the federal government's health care website seems to be behind us, Republicans have shifted their criticisms to several states that are experiencing problems enrolling people on their state-run exchanges.

12 Mar 2014

Senate Dems launch counterattack on Koch brothers

Charles and David Koch have underwritten millions of dollars worth of ads criticizing Democratic candidates on the federal health law and their ties to President Barack Obama.

12 Mar 2014

Asian Diabetes Prevention Initiative website aims to put stop to type2 diabetes in Asia

The rapidly emerging diabetes epidemic in Asia has the potential to overwhelm health care systems, undermine economic growth, and inflict unprecedented levels of disability on the world's most populous continent.

12 Mar 2014

Education improves cognitive performance decades after school completion

European populations are growing older on average, a trend that could pose serious challenges to health care, budgets, and economic growth. As a greater proportion of a country's population grows into old age, average cognition levels and national productivity tend to decline, and the incidence of dementia increases.

12 Mar 2014

Healthcare News

Experts implore chancellor to scrap duty escalator for alcohol in this year's budget

First Edition: March 12, 2014

Natural low-sodium salt ingredient addresses challenges to reduce sodium in bakery products, cereals

STC Life and 97.7 B&H Clinic successfully treat pulmonary fibrosis patient

Quintiles named ‘Best CRO in Asia’ for third time in event's four-year history

GE announces winners of the GE Healthcare 2013 Cell Imaging Competition

Orexo signs multi-year agreement with OptumRx and UnitedHealth Group

MUSC, Alliance Oncology announce strategic radiation therapy affiliation

Health groups urge Governor and Legislature to raise Ohio’s tobacco tax

FDA clears Toshiba’s CT Myocardial Perfusion technology

Washington Trust offers $8.8M to two medical centers located in Providence, RI

Researchers seek 400 treatment-naïve colon participants to measure non-invasive blood test

Highlights: Calif. insurer satisfaction; Manchin and W. Va. abortion bill; Md. mental health legislation

Parsing the ACA's impact on farmers, community health centers

GOP to vote Friday on tying Medicare doctor pay fix to repeal of health law's insurance mandate

Study: Sadness might aid consumers in becoming less prone to indulging in unhealthy foods

Viewpoints: Exploiting botched exchanges; falling number of uninsured; Medicare drug plan retreat

Senate Dems launch counterattack on Koch brothers

Asian Diabetes Prevention Initiative website aims to put stop to type2 diabetes in Asia

Education improves cognitive performance decades after school completion

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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