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Diaxonhit, XDx agree to market and perform AlloMap Molecular Expression Testing in Europe

Diaxonhit, the leading French provider of specialty diagnostic solutions, and XDx, Inc., a U.S. molecular diagnostics company focused on non-invasive tests for transplantation and autoimmune disease, announced today that they have entered into a memorandum of agreement for the exclusive license to market and perform AlloMap Molecular Expression Testing (AlloMap) in Europe.

4 Jun 2013

States grapple with mental health care after federal inaction

Mental health legislation is taking the spotlight in states after federal lawmakers have failed so far to act. In Wisconsin, some mental health care changes gain momentum.

4 Jun 2013

Comprehensive Care Corporation enters into agreement with leading healthcare consulting firm

Comprehensive Care Corporation, a leading behavioral health, substance abuse and pharmacy management provider for employers, Taft-Hartley health and welfare funds, and managed care companies, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Upstate Financial Service/ John Argiro (collectively, "Mr. Argiro"), a leading consulting firm in healthcare to local and national unions, municipalities and private-sector groups.

4 Jun 2013

Communicating about death with patients is difficult and stressful, say oncologists

A group of oncologists have revealed in a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers that communicating about death and dying with their patients is one of the most difficult and stressful parts of their work.

4 Jun 2013

Baylor Endocrine Center seeks volunteers to compare long-term benefits and risks of diabetes drugs

Baylor Endocrine Center is looking for volunteers to take part in a study to compare the long-term benefits and risks of four widely used diabetes drugs in combination with metformin, the most common first-line medication for treating type 2 diabetes. The project is called the GRADE: Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study.

4 Jun 2013

Report: 83% of cancer doctors face oncology drug shortages

Eighty-three percent of cancer doctors report that they've faced oncology drug shortages, and of those, nearly all say that their patients' treatment has been impacted, according to a study from researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania that will be presented today at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (Abstract #CRA6510).

4 Jun 2013

New strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill children

Implementation of a bundle for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill infants and children may lead to lower rates of VAP in these patients, according to an article in the June issue of Critical Care Nurse.

4 Jun 2013

PrescribeWellness reaches milestone in pharmacy-to-patient healthcare communications

PrescribeWellness today marked a significant milestone in the advancement of pharmacy-to-patient healthcare communications with more than one million patients now receiving automated messages to help increase immunizations, improve medication adherence and better manage their chronic diseases.

4 Jun 2013

MBA program offers doctors business background amid health law changes

An Indiana business school is hoping to catch more doctors interested in learning something about business as the practice of medicine changes.

4 Jun 2013

Health care professionals have opportunity to share resources through innovative online platform

Boston - Thousands of health care professionals across the country have a new opportunity to share resources, ideas and information thanks to an innovative concept in medicine - the virtual community.

4 Jun 2013

NAPHS lauds Administration's initiative to launch national dialogue on mental health

"The National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems and its members applaud the Administration's launch today of a national dialogue on mental health," said NAPHS President and CEO Mark Covall.

4 Jun 2013

Mayo Clinic offers patient education resources to small medical practices

Mayo Clinic today announced that its thousands of patient education resources will be offered to small medical practices throughout the United States. This will be accomplished through an agreement with drchrono, an electronic health record company formed in 2009. Future contracts may make the materials even more broadly available.

4 Jun 2013

Viewpoints: Current insurance was made cheaper by turning away the sick; Even in Obama's Illinois, implementing changes is tough

Some people will find the new rules make insurance more expensive. That's in part because their health insurance was made cheap by turning away sick people. The new rules also won't allow for as much discrimination based on age or gender. The flip side of that, of course, is that many will suddenly find their health insurance is much cheaper, or they will find that, for the first time, they're not turned away when they try to buy health insurance (Ezra Klein, 6/1).

4 Jun 2013

ProMPT Project to describe new model for distributing mosquito nets to prevent malaria in Ghana

In a report to be released this month, the Promoting Malaria Prevention and Treatment (ProMPT) Project will describe an innovative model for distributing over 12 million mosquito nets to prevent the transmission of malaria in Ghana.

4 Jun 2013

State highlights: Calif. bill would fine big employers with employees on Medi-Cal; Abortion fight set in N.Y. Senate

For years, politicians and labor unions have pilloried Wal-Mart and other large employers for paying workers so little that many qualify for government health insurance at taxpayers' expense. Now critics fear the public will get stuck with an even bigger tab as California and other states expand Medicaid as part of the federal health care law.

4 Jun 2013

Chances for deficit deal diminish as Medicare's outlook improves

Last week's report on Medicare projected that the program's hospital trust fund would be solvent until 2026 -- two years longer than the last prediction. That slowing of health care costs, combined with shrinking near-term federal deficits and partisan gridlock are making a congressional deficit deal unlikely, at least until after the 2014 elections.

4 Jun 2013

Medicaid expansion deepens GOP intraparty rifts

The different positions taken by various Republican governors on the health law's Medicaid expansion underscore the political divisions in play.

4 Jun 2013

Physicians call for tax hike on tobacco, alcoholic beverages; new tax on sugary drinks, fatty foods

Go ye and sin no more -- or pay for it, when it comes to junk food, smoking and consuming alcohol. That's the message from two Mayo Clinic physicians who say raising "sin" taxes on tobacco and alcoholic beverages and imposing them on sugary drinks and fatty foods would lead many people to cut back, improving public health.

4 Jun 2013

Court challenges, congressional charges and questions about key health law initiatives

The success of the healthcare law "depends on reaching everyone who is uninsured, but particularly young people who may feel like they don't need insurance," said Larry Levitt, a senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation. Convincing them to spend money on insurance, he said, will be a "marketing challenge" (Gorman, 6/2).

4 Jun 2013

Scientists work together to optimize the quality, availability of fecal microbiota transplants

Monarch Labs and the BioTherapeutics, Education & Research Foundation announced today their collaboration to develop two fecal microbiota transplantation products.

4 Jun 2013

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Diaxonhit, XDx agree to market and perform AlloMap Molecular Expression Testing in Europe

States grapple with mental health care after federal inaction

Comprehensive Care Corporation enters into agreement with leading healthcare consulting firm

Communicating about death with patients is difficult and stressful, say oncologists

Baylor Endocrine Center seeks volunteers to compare long-term benefits and risks of diabetes drugs

Report: 83% of cancer doctors face oncology drug shortages

New strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill children

PrescribeWellness reaches milestone in pharmacy-to-patient healthcare communications

MBA program offers doctors business background amid health law changes

Health care professionals have opportunity to share resources through innovative online platform

NAPHS lauds Administration's initiative to launch national dialogue on mental health

Mayo Clinic offers patient education resources to small medical practices

Viewpoints: Current insurance was made cheaper by turning away the sick; Even in Obama's Illinois, implementing changes is tough

ProMPT Project to describe new model for distributing mosquito nets to prevent malaria in Ghana

State highlights: Calif. bill would fine big employers with employees on Medi-Cal; Abortion fight set in N.Y. Senate

Chances for deficit deal diminish as Medicare's outlook improves

Medicaid expansion deepens GOP intraparty rifts

Physicians call for tax hike on tobacco, alcoholic beverages; new tax on sugary drinks, fatty foods

Court challenges, congressional charges and questions about key health law initiatives

Scientists work together to optimize the quality, availability of fecal microbiota transplants

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