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Norris Cotton Cancer Center research estimates impact of R rating for movie smoking

The connection between smoking in films and its influence on adolescent behavior is well established by research and its impact was listed today in consumer materials accompanying the Surgeon General's Report: The Health Consequences of Smoking: 50 Years of Progress

20 Jan 2014

Novo Nordisk to use Trialbee's services for e-recruitment of patients for clinical studies

Trialbee has developed a web based platform and methodology which enable the Novo Nordisk to perform fast and effective patient recruitment to specific clinical trials. Trialbee helps reduce the time required for recruitment resulting in important efficiency gains for the pharmaceutical company.

20 Jan 2014

Feds file record number of health care fraud cases last year

Federal prosecutors filed a record number of health care fraud cases last fiscal year, perhaps reflecting the greater emphasis the government has placed on combatting the crime costing taxpayers billions of dollars per year.

20 Jan 2014

Sen. Coburn, watchdog of federal spending, is retiring; Ed Gillespie launches Senate campaign in Va. on opposition to health law

Coburn is leaving his Oklahoma seat two years early. Meanwhile, Gillespie, a Republican, is seeking to unseat Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.

20 Jan 2014

Going barefoot contributes to hookworm infections

Going barefoot in parts of Africa, Asia and South America contributes to hookworm infections, which afflict an estimated 700 million of the world's poor. The parasitic worm lives in the soil and enters the body through the feet. By feeding on victims' blood, the worms cause anemia and, in children, stunted growth and learning problems.

20 Jan 2014

CNIC hosts most prestigious international conferences in cardiovascular area

Organizing this conference is a great honor, and highlights the Center's growing international profile, with the CNIC seeing off competition from an institute in Shanghai. The CNIC's candidature, led by Jos- Luis de la Pompa, was presented in 2011 by the Cardiovascular Development and Repair Department, and enjoyed institutional backing from important Spanish bodies including the Madrid regional government and the Spanish Society of Developmental Biology.

20 Jan 2014

EBCC-9: Most exciting breast cancer conference in Europe

The most exciting breast cancer conference in Europe, it is the only one that involves all the major players in breast cancer. The conference encourages interaction and collaboration between clinicians, scientists and patients in a partnership of equals to talk not just about scientific advances, but also the ethical, social, political, and practical issues associated with caring for patients with breast cancer. EBCC-9 is expected to attract around 5000 delegates from around 90 countries worldwide.

20 Jan 2014

Healthcare.gov's back-end system still being built

A top Obama administration official told Congress Thursday that the automated system to send payments to insurance companies is still under construction and didn't offer a completion date, media outlets report.

20 Jan 2014

Viewpoints: Is overhaul really a 'war' on the young?; war on poverty requires spending; maternity leave in America

A long-shot lawsuit that could have damaged the effectiveness of health care reform got a well-deserved brushoff from a federal district judge on Wednesday.

20 Jan 2014

State highlights: Battle over jail medical care in Texas jails; Medicaid coverage for inmates; N.C. docs sue over Medicaid billing system

In November, David Conis Jr. sat in a Henderson County courtroom, vomiting repeatedly because of his vacillating blood-sugar levels, terrified that he was facing a diabetic coma. ... Henderson County state district Judge Carter Tarrance, concerned that the county jail was not providing adequate care, sent Conis to a local clinic and ordered the jail to follow the doctor's instructions (Grissom, 1/17).

20 Jan 2014

Research roundup: Nursing home transitions; the impact of raising Medicare premiums; workers' views of job-based insurance

Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.

20 Jan 2014

Large-scale HIV intervention project conducted by Penn Nursing at South Africa proves successful

A large-scale human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) intervention/education effort aimed at helping South African men take a proactive role in the prevention of that disease has proven successful, an important development considering that country has the largest number of HIV infections in the world.

20 Jan 2014

Senate clears $1.1 trillion spending bill

The measure, which already passed the House and is expected to be signed by President Barack Obama, will fund the government until Oct. 1. It provides targeted increases for various programs, including biomedical research.

20 Jan 2014

Exposure to secondhand smoke increases odds of kids being readmitted to hospital for asthma

A new study shows that exposure to secondhand smoke at home or in the car dramatically increases the odds of children being readmitted to the hospital within a year of being admitted for asthma.

20 Jan 2014

Poisonous bacteria may one day become useful tool for industry and environmental protection

Buried deep in the mud along the banks of a remote salt lake near Yosemite National Park are colonies of bacteria with an unusual property: they breathe a toxic metal to survive.

20 Jan 2014

Jersey Shore's Molly Berkowitz wins Outstanding Emergency Medical Services Educator Award

Jersey Shore University Medical Center's Molly Berkowitz, R.N., Trauma Injury Prevention Coordinator, recently received the "Outstanding Emergency Medical Services Educator Award" at the annual New Jersey statewide conference on Emergency Medical Services, an event attended by more than 750 EMS professionals.

20 Jan 2014

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Norris Cotton Cancer Center research estimates impact of R rating for movie smoking

Novo Nordisk to use Trialbee's services for e-recruitment of patients for clinical studies

Feds file record number of health care fraud cases last year

Sen. Coburn, watchdog of federal spending, is retiring; Ed Gillespie launches Senate campaign in Va. on opposition to health law

Going barefoot contributes to hookworm infections

CNIC hosts most prestigious international conferences in cardiovascular area

EBCC-9: Most exciting breast cancer conference in Europe

Healthcare.gov's back-end system still being built

Viewpoints: Is overhaul really a 'war' on the young?; war on poverty requires spending; maternity leave in America

State highlights: Battle over jail medical care in Texas jails; Medicaid coverage for inmates; N.C. docs sue over Medicaid billing system

Research roundup: Nursing home transitions; the impact of raising Medicare premiums; workers' views of job-based insurance

Large-scale HIV intervention project conducted by Penn Nursing at South Africa proves successful

Senate clears $1.1 trillion spending bill

Exposure to secondhand smoke increases odds of kids being readmitted to hospital for asthma

Poisonous bacteria may one day become useful tool for industry and environmental protection

Jersey Shore's Molly Berkowitz wins Outstanding Emergency Medical Services Educator Award

Docs give low grades to nation's emergency rooms

Surgeon general: Smoking linked to more than 30 diseases, conditions

Hospitals with more experience caring for patients with severe sepsis achieve better outcomes

Study: People with learning disabilities largely invisible within hospitals

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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