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Teva launches generic Xeloda Tablets in the U.S.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announces the launch of the generic equivalent to Xeloda (Capecitabine) Tablets, 150 MG and 500 MG, in the United States. Xeloda is marketed by Genentech in the United States.

8 Mar 2014

MD² commemorates 18 years of practicing highly personalized care

Widely credited with originating the concept of concierge medicine, MD² celebrates 18 years of practicing highly personalized care.

7 Mar 2014

Longtime allies team up to create Penn Medicine/CHOP Friedreich's Ataxia Center of Excellence

Three longtime allies have joined forces to create the new Penn Medicine/CHOP Friedreich's Ataxia Center of Excellence.

7 Mar 2014

First Edition: March 7, 2014

Today's headlines include stories about new studies that attempt to measure the health law's headway in signing up uninsured Americans for health coverage.

7 Mar 2014

Simple online tool helps predict patient's risk of complications following surgery

The presence - or absence - of complications following surgery is a strong indicator of which patients are likely to be readmitted to the hospital in the 30 days following their procedure, according to a study published today in JAMA Surgery.

7 Mar 2014

APS annual meeting to be held in Tampa from April 30 to May 3, 2014

The 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society (APS) will convene April 30 through May 3 at the Tampa Convention Center.

7 Mar 2014

Agendia co-founder to be honored with 2014 European Union Prize for Women Innovators

Agendia co-founder Laura van 't Veer, Ph.D., will receive a 2014 European Union Prize for Women Innovators in ceremonies next Monday. Dr. van 't Veer, of the Netherlands, is the inventor of Agendia's MammaPrint® breast cancer test.

7 Mar 2014

Research paper takes broader snapshot of returning soldiers' mental state

Much of the research on post-combat mental health of veterans focuses on problems like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depression. A paper co-authored by R. Tyson Smith, visiting assistant professor of sociology, takes an even broader snapshot of returning soldiers' mental state by focusing instead on the identity conflict many face when transitioning from soldier to civilian life and how that conflict manifests as mental distress.

7 Mar 2014

Viewpoints: Revamping health law regs -- again; Arkansas decision on Medicaid reverberates nationwide

The Obama administration wrote a new chapter Wednesday in the "if you like your health plan, you can keep it" chronicles, decreeing that plans it once derided as "junk" or "substandard" can remain in effect until October 2017 -- long after the next presidential election. The point, administration officials say, is to help those in the market for individual or small-group plans make a smoother transition into Obamacare (Jon Healey, 3/5).

7 Mar 2014

Georgia's Pre-K Program produces positive outcomes for children

Scientists from UNC's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute today reported that Georgia's Pre-K Program produces significant positive outcomes for children, regardless of family income level or English language skills. FPG's research on nearly 1,200 children reveals strong results in language, literacy, math, and general knowledge for students enrolled in the state's universal pre-k program.

7 Mar 2014

Treating long wait-times dictate long-term success of spinal cord stimulation therapy

Success rates soared to 75% for patients who waited less than 2 years for a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) implant, compared with 15% for patients whose implants happened 20 years after the onset of pain, according to a retrospective analysis.

7 Mar 2014

Doctors' unconscious biases does not affect high BP treatment for minority patients, says study

Doctors' unconscious biases favor whites but do not affect high blood pressure treatment for their minority patients, according to a University of Colorado Boulder study, even though a previous study by the same research group found that doctors' biases are reflected in lower ratings by African-American patients.

7 Mar 2014

Highlights: Va. mental health budget; Calif. nursing home Bankruptcy; nurses' practice in Minn.

Lawmakers in Richmond are deep in budget negotiations and will soon decide which parts of the mental health-care system will receive a funding boost. The House and Senate proposals have a number of differences, and what emerges will likely be a mash-up of the two (Shin, 3/5).

7 Mar 2014

LSUHSC model of care provides mental health services in areas after by Gulf Oil Spill

A model of care developed by the Department of Psychiatry at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine to provide mental health services after the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill reduced both mental health and general medical symptoms.

7 Mar 2014

Epigenetics has much to offer in future treatment and prevention of dental disease, says dentist

A visit to the dentist could one day require a detailed look at how genes in a patient's body are being switched on or off, as well as examining their pearly whites, according to researchers at the University of Adelaide.

7 Mar 2014

Medicaid expansion: With Arkansas 'private' plan authorized for another year, officials now focus on possible fixes

After surviving an effort earlier this week to defund it, supporters of the state's private option are now working on alterations that will smooth its future. Meanwhile, the back-and-forth over whether to pursue the expansion continues in Virginia and Utah.

7 Mar 2014

Prescriptions for benzodiazepines with opioid analgesics may lead to medication-related deaths

Prescriptions for benzodiazepines are rising in primary care, and their frequent combined use with opioid analgesics may be contributing to medication-related deaths, a finding that goes largely unreported, according to Stanford researchers.

7 Mar 2014

White House says risk corridors will be budget neutral; key health law official resigns

In news on the implementation of the health overhaul, administration officials seek to rebut Republican charges that the risk corridors will be a "bailout" for the insurance industry. Meanwhile, Gary Cohen, who helped oversee many of the rules for rolling out the law, is leaving the government.

7 Mar 2014

Neuroscientist hopes to paint fuller picture of minds and bodies in Neuroscape lab

How does an autistic child take in information when he sits in a classroom abuzz with social activity? How long does it take someone with multiple sclerosis, which slows activity in the brain, to process the light bouncing off the windshield while she drives?

7 Mar 2014

Arizona sued over abortion restrictions

Abortion providers filed suit Wednesday to block new state regulations that limit the use of the most common abortion drugs. Meanwhile, two more Texas abortion clinics are closed as a result of that state's restrictions, bringing total closures to 12.

7 Mar 2014

Healthcare News

Teva launches generic Xeloda Tablets in the U.S.

MD² commemorates 18 years of practicing highly personalized care

Longtime allies team up to create Penn Medicine/CHOP Friedreich's Ataxia Center of Excellence

First Edition: March 7, 2014

Simple online tool helps predict patient's risk of complications following surgery

APS annual meeting to be held in Tampa from April 30 to May 3, 2014

Agendia co-founder to be honored with 2014 European Union Prize for Women Innovators

Research paper takes broader snapshot of returning soldiers' mental state

Viewpoints: Revamping health law regs -- again; Arkansas decision on Medicaid reverberates nationwide

Georgia's Pre-K Program produces positive outcomes for children

Treating long wait-times dictate long-term success of spinal cord stimulation therapy

Doctors' unconscious biases does not affect high BP treatment for minority patients, says study

Highlights: Va. mental health budget; Calif. nursing home Bankruptcy; nurses' practice in Minn.

LSUHSC model of care provides mental health services in areas after by Gulf Oil Spill

Epigenetics has much to offer in future treatment and prevention of dental disease, says dentist

Medicaid expansion: With Arkansas 'private' plan authorized for another year, officials now focus on possible fixes

Prescriptions for benzodiazepines with opioid analgesics may lead to medication-related deaths

White House says risk corridors will be budget neutral; key health law official resigns

Neuroscientist hopes to paint fuller picture of minds and bodies in Neuroscape lab

Arizona sued over abortion restrictions

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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