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Cancer Treatment Centers of America recognized with Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction Award

Cancer Treatment Centers of America has been recognized by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition with the organization's "Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction Award". Members of the CTCA professional staff will be honored by A.S.P.E.N at its Clinical Nutrition Week Conference in Savannah, GA this January 2014. This award is presented to multi-discipline clinical teams that exemplify excellence in interdisciplinary clinical nutrition practice in compliance with A.S.P.E.N. standards, guidelines and values.

8 Jan 2014

New study finds that Americans had more health concerns during the recession

We ring in the New Year with hopes of being healthy, wealthy, and wise. A new study led by San Diego State University School of Public Health research professor John W. Ayers suggests that from a public health standpoint, health and wealth may be connected.

8 Jan 2014

Sanford Health gifts $125M to establish Imagenetics program that integrates genomic medicine into primary care for adults

Sanford Health announced today Denny Sanford, the preeminent health care philanthropist in the United States, will gift the organization $125 million to establish Sanford Imagenetics, a first-of-its-kind program in the country that integrates genomic medicine into primary care for adults.

8 Jan 2014

DFG provides fund to study the impact of new media technologies on quality of life

The "Young Scholars Network on Media Use and Well-Being" brings together the expertise of 15 international young researchers exploring the benefits and risks associated with the use of media and their effects on psychological well-being over a three-year period.

8 Jan 2014

Study: Combined medications may improve smoking cessation than single drug therapy

Among cigarette smokers, combining the smoking cessation medications varenicline and bupropion, compared with varenicline alone, resulted in higher smoking abstinence rates for one outcome but not the other at three and six months; rates were similar at one year, according to a Mayo Clinic study published this month in JAMA.

8 Jan 2014

State highlights: States' troubled health law websites fall hardest on poor; Va. Sen. Deeds introduces mental health bills after son's death; state abortion battle strategies

A selection of health policy stories from Virginia, Florida, Texas, Georgia and California.

8 Jan 2014

RESOLUTE selected to provide Patient and Guest Wi-Fi service for VA San Diego Healthcare System

RESOLUTE Partners, a leading provider of Guest Internet access and fixed wireless communications solutions for government and commercial applications has been selected to provide Patient and Guest Wi-Fi service throughout the VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla Village Drive campus.

8 Jan 2014

AHF opens new Men's Wellness Center in Brooklyn in partnership with GMAD

AIDS Healthcare Foundation will open its newest Men's Wellness Center in Brooklyn on Wednesday in partnership with local nonprofit Gay Men of African Descent.

8 Jan 2014

Analog Devices unveils high-precision meter-on-a-chip for different portable health applications

Analog Devices, Inc. unveiled today a high-precision, low-power meter-on-a-chip for a range of portable health applications such as point-of-care diagnostics, home/self-test health devices, and wearable vital signs monitors, including those for sports and fitness.

8 Jan 2014

Hospitals with higher rates of readmissions may suffer cut in Medicare payments by 2015

Hospitals that treat more poor seniors who are on both Medicaid and Medicare tend to have higher rates of readmissions, triggering costly penalties from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, finds a new study in Health Services Research.

8 Jan 2014

Southfield dentist wins prestigious Patients' Choice Award for the year 2013

Among the select few Dentists honored with the prestigious Patients' Choice Award this year is Sylvan Stern, DDS.

8 Jan 2014

Mental health crisis may be better served in homelike environment instead of traditional ER, says study

Emergency departments may not be the best choice for persons suffering from severe mental illness or emotional distress. According to a new qualitative study by DePaul University School of Nursing researchers, persons in a mental health crisis may be better served in an alternative recovery-oriented, homelike environment instead of a traditional emergency department.

8 Jan 2014

A&D Medical to partner with Salutron to expand Wellness Connected platform

In a strategic business decision to provide its customers with an optimized connected health experience, A&D Medical, a global manufacturer of precision measurement solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today it will partner with Salutron, the industry leader in wearable activity monitoring technology with heart rate. With this alliance, A&D Medical will include Salutron's LifeTrak family of Bluetooth Smart activity monitors as a core component of its new Wellness Connected Platform and device suite.

8 Jan 2014

CementBloc launches CopyMasons training program for development of copywriters

The CementBloc launched a training and mentoring program this week, called CopyMasons, exclusively for the development of copywriters who are new to health and wellness communications.

8 Jan 2014

Viewpoints: Slowing health costs; possibility of Medicaid deal in virginia; a new name for brain death

For decades a common refrain was that the rapid rise in health spending hurt the competitiveness of American businesses and ate into workers' take-home pay. Businesses and politicians from both sides of the aisle agreed that something had to be done to slow the growth of health-care costs.

8 Jan 2014

Yale study on impact of anti-smoking measures that began half century ago

A Yale study estimates that 8 million lives have been saved in the United States as a result of anti-smoking measures that began 50 years ago this month with the groundbreaking report from the Surgeon General outlining the deadly consequences of tobacco use. The Yale School of Public Health-led analysis is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

8 Jan 2014

Tanning tax, among others, kicking in

News outlets covered several elements of the tax features of the health law.

8 Jan 2014

Study debunks concern that people would move across state lines to get Medicaid

This concern has been a part of the debate over the health law's Medicaid expansion. Meanwhile, in Kansas, a new push is underway.

7 Jan 2014

Landes Bioscience releases special issue on sepsis

A special issue on sepsis has been released by the publisher Landes Bioscience (Austin, TX USA). The articles contained in this special issue of the journal Virulence have been authored by world-class investigators and provide new insights into both the pathogen-related factors and the host defense mechanisms that lead to septic shock and contribute to its resolution or fatal outcome.

7 Jan 2014

10 simple points to know and monitor alcohol intake

Much the same way individuals are encouraged to know their blood pressure and cholesterol numbers to maintain a healthy lifestyle, a new editorial in the Journal of Psychopharmacology urges the European public to know and monitor their alcohol intake number using a simple 10 point plan.

7 Jan 2014

Healthcare News

Cancer Treatment Centers of America recognized with Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction Award

New study finds that Americans had more health concerns during the recession

Sanford Health gifts $125M to establish Imagenetics program that integrates genomic medicine into primary care for adults

DFG provides fund to study the impact of new media technologies on quality of life

Study: Combined medications may improve smoking cessation than single drug therapy

State highlights: States' troubled health law websites fall hardest on poor; Va. Sen. Deeds introduces mental health bills after son's death; state abortion battle strategies

RESOLUTE selected to provide Patient and Guest Wi-Fi service for VA San Diego Healthcare System

AHF opens new Men's Wellness Center in Brooklyn in partnership with GMAD

Analog Devices unveils high-precision meter-on-a-chip for different portable health applications

Hospitals with higher rates of readmissions may suffer cut in Medicare payments by 2015

Southfield dentist wins prestigious Patients' Choice Award for the year 2013

Mental health crisis may be better served in homelike environment instead of traditional ER, says study

A&D Medical to partner with Salutron to expand Wellness Connected platform

CementBloc launches CopyMasons training program for development of copywriters

Viewpoints: Slowing health costs; possibility of Medicaid deal in virginia; a new name for brain death

Yale study on impact of anti-smoking measures that began half century ago

Tanning tax, among others, kicking in

Study debunks concern that people would move across state lines to get Medicaid

Landes Bioscience releases special issue on sepsis

10 simple points to know and monitor alcohol intake

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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