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MauroNewMedia receives User-Centered Product Design Award

The Product Design Technical Group (PDTG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society congratulates MauroNewMedia on receiving the 12th Annual Stanley H. Caplan User-Centered Product Design Award. The winning product is the Jewelry Polishing Ergonomic Workstation, which solves critical ergonomic issues encountered by jewelers.

8 Oct 2013

Advergames promote foods that are full of fat, sugar and sodium, say researchers

Not only do some online video games promote a less-than-active lifestyle for children, the content of some of these games also may be contributing to unhealthy diets.

8 Oct 2013

UNM School of Medicine recruited two new hires for Department of Surgery

The Surgical Oncology Department of the University of New Mexico Cancer Center is growing even larger. Ashwani Rajput, MD, Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology in the Department of Surgery at the UNM School of Medicine, has recently recruited two new hires for the department. Bridget Fahy, MD, who specializes in colorectal and complex pelvic cancer, and Anna Voltura, MD, who specializes in breast cancer, are both excited about the opportunity to work in an NCI designated cancer center.

8 Oct 2013

Health law provisions also help those who already have insurance; enrollment fights in Texas, Calif. could heavily impact law

Although many people think of the federal health law's focus on the uninsured, it also is driving changes for those who have coverage. Meanwhile, two news outlets look at the importance of signing up young, health individuals in Texas and California.

8 Oct 2013

Motor vehicle crashes can be hazardous for pregnant women, indicates study

A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine indicates that motor vehicle crashes can be hazardous for pregnant women, especially if they are not wearing a seat belt when the accident occurs.

8 Oct 2013

Boehner: No change in shutdown, no debt vote without health law concessions

The White House hit back on House Speaker Boehner's threats, saying the president is willing to negotiate over the budget but not until the government reopens and Republicans drop the health care fight. Some cracks are appearing in the GOP stance among Tea-Party aligned members.

8 Oct 2013

ASBH proposes new method for assessing quality of clinical ethics consultants

Clinical ethicists play a vital role in hospitals and other health care systems by helping to resolve ethical conflicts that arise between patients, families, and clinicians about end-of-life care and other important medical decisions.

8 Oct 2013

Supreme Court likely to rule on abortion laws, contraception mandate in new term

The Supreme Court's new session will almost certainly see a ruling on state power to limit the use of some abortion-inducing drugs and one on Arizona's law outlawing abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

8 Oct 2013

Drug companies paid to attend FDA advisory panel meeting on painkillers' safety and effectiveness

A scientific panel that shaped the federal government's policy for testing the safety and effectiveness of painkillers was funded by major pharmaceutical companies that paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the chance to affect the thinking of the Food and Drug Administration, according to hundreds of e-mails obtained by a public records request.

8 Oct 2013

The Cochrane Collaboration, Wiley launch new health professional development resource

The Cochrane Collaboration and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., the publisher of The Cochrane Library and Wiley Health Learning activities, today announced that they have extended their partnership by launching a new health professional development resource called Cochrane Learning.

8 Oct 2013

The health law and older Americans

A pair of stories examining the health law and Medicare's prescription drug "doughnut hole" as well as what might change for people who are near retirement age, but not yet eligible for Medicare.

8 Oct 2013

Researchers use ARRAYit Microarray Platform to discover important biomarkers

ARRAYit Corporation reports today that researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Northeastern University have used the ARRAYit Microarray Platform to discover biomarkers important in the treatment of prostate cancer.

8 Oct 2013

Health exchanges grapple with software, server issues

The Wall Street Journal reported that the Obama administration acknowledged Sunday that it needs to make design, as well as capacity, fixes to the website set up to help consumers shop for health coverage. Other news outlets examined the capacity challenges faced both by the federal and state exchanges and the adjustments made over the weekend.

8 Oct 2013

Consumers see big variations in costs and networks

A Kaiser Health News analysis shows that a buyer's home county may make a big difference in the insurance options they can choose from on the new online insurance marketplaces, while Politico reports that areas where co-op plans are offered are seeing lower prices.

8 Oct 2013

State Medicaid programs pose problems for federal insurance markeplace

Communications issues between the state agencies that administer the program and the federal exchange are interfering with the concept of one-stop shopping.

8 Oct 2013

Obama asks Americans to give exchanges and Obamacare time to work

President Barack Obama defended the problem-plagued rollout of the health law's insurance exchanges late last week. In an interview with The Associated Press, he asked Americans to not give up on changes the law is making and to give it time to work.

8 Oct 2013

Study: Seniors in long-term care facilities are at high risk of head injuries

A study by Simon Fraser University researchers has found seniors in long-term care facilities are at high risk of head injuries - nearly 40 per cent of those who fall experience head impact.

8 Oct 2013

Shutdown spurs relitigation of Obamacare

Editors at the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine urge the nation's physicians to make their views on the health law known to their congressional representatives, noting their own favorable stance, while a conservative Georgia district urges the House GOP to keep up its fight to defund the law.

8 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 7, 2013

Today's headlines include reports detailing the ins and outs of the federal government's online health insurance markeplace as well as the latest from Capitol Hill on the shutdown.

7 Oct 2013

Solar Senior Capital acquires Gemino Healthcare Finance

Gemino Healthcare Finance today announced it has been acquired by Solar Senior Capital Ltd. ("Solar Senior Capital"). Over the last seven years, Philadelphia-based Gemino has earned a strong reputation in the market as a provider of asset-based and term financing solutions for small to mid-size healthcare companies.

7 Oct 2013