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Bangkok Hospital Group selects Elsevier's ClinicalKey to support clinical decision-making

Elsevier's flagship 'clinical insight engine' provides fast, comprehensive and trusted medical content and answers to more than 500 clinicians.

16 Sep 2013

Relmada Therapeutics collaborates with the Malvern Consulting Group

Relmada Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage company developing novel therapies for the treatment of chronic pain, today announced that has signed a collaboration agreement with the Malvern Consulting Group as clinical and regulatory advisor.

16 Sep 2013

First Edition: September 16, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about new polling indicating that the health law still faces an uphill climb.

16 Sep 2013

Speed Queen partners with BCRF to support search for breast cancer cure

For over 100 years, Speed Queen has been committed to manufacturing best-in-class laundry equipment to make families' lives easier. Today, the brand is reinforcing its commitment to families by partnering with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to support the search for a cure for breast cancer by donating a portion from the purchase of a limited-edition washer and dryer pair.

16 Sep 2013

GrowLife opens 7th hydroponic retail in Santa Rosa, CA

GrowLife, Inc., a provider of highly effective indoor growing technologies and unique lifestyle brands, is pleased to announce that the Company will open its 7th hydroponic retail location in Santa Rosa, CA in October.

16 Sep 2013

Climate change not likely to make malaria situation worse in West Africa, say researchers

As public-health officials continue to fight malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers are trying to predict how climate change will impact the disease, which infected an estimated 219 million people in 2010 and is the fifth leading cause of death worldwide among children under age 5.

16 Sep 2013

Obama blasts GOP efforts to defund health law

About the looming debt and deficit issues in Congress, Obama blasted the ongoing Republican insistence that his signature health care law get defunded as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling. "I think it's fair to say that never in history have we used just making sure that the U.S. government is paying its bills as a lever to radically cut government at the kind of scale that they're talking about," Obama said. "It's never happened before.

16 Sep 2013

Obama administration turns down unions' request on health law

Organized labor had sought to get premium subsidies for workers who get insurance through union benefit plans sponsored by more than one employer, which are common in some industries.

16 Sep 2013

First Edition: September 13, 2013

Today's headlines include stories highlighting how the health law factors into Capitol Hill's current political dynamics.

13 Sep 2013

Griffith’s Bachelor of Midwifery Program recognised for novel approach to building workforce capacity

Griffith’s Bachelor of Midwifery Program has been applauded for its excellent clinical training for midwives and its commitment to driving Australia’s National Maternity Reform Agenda.

13 Sep 2013

Health policy innovation is translational research directed at improving public's health

A researcher's voice of reason entered the national debate on "Obamacare" today when Springer Science+Business Media released The Affordable Care Act as a National Experiment: Health Policy Innovations and Lessons, edited by Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH and June S. Wasser, MA. The book's fresh perspective asserts that health policy innovation is translational research directed at improving the public's health.

13 Sep 2013

Overly ambitious objectives may limit success of Meaningful Use EHR Incentive program

An aggressive timeline combined with overly ambitious objectives may unnecessarily limit the success of the entire Meaningful Use EHR Incentive program, the American College of Physicians (ACP) warned today in a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

13 Sep 2013

As opponent presses McConnell on conservative credentials, Senate Minority Leader to offer new bill delaying health law provision

This might come as news to the Obama administration - Mitch McConnell apparently has done nothing in the Senate to thwart the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. At least that's the charge leveled by Matt Bevin, a tea party-backed candidate who claims the Republican leader is not conservative enough.

13 Sep 2013

Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion wins prestigious design award from American Institute of Architects California Council

Cedars-Sinai's new Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion, designed to bring patient care and translational research together in one site and encourage scientists and physicians to collaborate when developing new treatments, has won a prestigious design award from the American Institute of Architects California Council.

13 Sep 2013

Three organizations team up to raise $1M to save lives of Central Florida's tiniest babies

JetBlue Airways, Golf Channel, and Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge have teamed up to raise $1 million over the next five years to help save the lives of Central Florida's tiniest babies.

13 Sep 2013

SPHHS releases resources on website that help understand issues related to health information laws

Health Information & the Law, a project at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS), released new resources on a website that offers easy-to-understand content on key issues related to the use and exchange of health information and how it affects the transformation of the U.S. health care system to a patient-centered, value-based system.

13 Sep 2013

Longer looks: Understanding the mind; facebook depression; planning for a successful end of life

Every week reporter Ankita Rao selects interesting reading from around the Web.

13 Sep 2013

Safety measures intended to improve bariatric surgery outcomes may impede obese minorities' access to care

Safety measures intended to improve bariatric surgery outcomes may impede obese minorities' access to care. This is according to a new research letter published online in the September 12 issue of JAMA which compares rates of bariatric (weight-loss) surgery for minority Medicare vs. non-Medicare patients before and after implementation of a Medicare coverage policy.

13 Sep 2013

AACN to grant nearly $200,000 to support acuity and critical care nursing practice

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) invites clinicians and researchers to apply for its grants, with awards ranging from $10,000 to $50,000.

13 Sep 2013

Professional soccer team signs up to help D.C. health exchanges

On the other side of the issue, the Heritage Foundation unveils a new billboard in New York City.

13 Sep 2013

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Bangkok Hospital Group selects Elsevier's ClinicalKey to support clinical decision-making

Relmada Therapeutics collaborates with the Malvern Consulting Group

First Edition: September 16, 2013

Speed Queen partners with BCRF to support search for breast cancer cure

GrowLife opens 7th hydroponic retail in Santa Rosa, CA

Climate change not likely to make malaria situation worse in West Africa, say researchers

Obama blasts GOP efforts to defund health law

Obama administration turns down unions' request on health law

First Edition: September 13, 2013

Griffith’s Bachelor of Midwifery Program recognised for novel approach to building workforce capacity

Health policy innovation is translational research directed at improving public's health

Overly ambitious objectives may limit success of Meaningful Use EHR Incentive program

As opponent presses McConnell on conservative credentials, Senate Minority Leader to offer new bill delaying health law provision

Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion wins prestigious design award from American Institute of Architects California Council

Three organizations team up to raise $1M to save lives of Central Florida's tiniest babies

SPHHS releases resources on website that help understand issues related to health information laws

Longer looks: Understanding the mind; facebook depression; planning for a successful end of life

Safety measures intended to improve bariatric surgery outcomes may impede obese minorities' access to care

AACN to grant nearly $200,000 to support acuity and critical care nursing practice

Professional soccer team signs up to help D.C. health exchanges

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