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Medicare reveals what hospitals charge for many procedures

News outlets continue plumbing newly released federal data that details for the first time what hospitals charge for some of the most common in-patient procedures.

14 May 2013

Understanding different forms of hepatitis

It's Hepatitis Awareness Month. Understanding the different forms of hepatitis, who is at risk and how it can be prevented and treated can be confusing.

14 May 2013

Food Defense Plan Builder: FDA's new tool to help food industry craft defense measures

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released a new tool to help bolster the food industry's defense measures against an act of intentional food contamination.

14 May 2013

Medicaid opinions: Several state leaders come in for heat for not moving toward expansion

Editorials and columnists in several papers around the country pressed officials toward accepting a Medicaid expansion and offered suggestions about implementation. Also, comments continued about a recent study on Medicaid.

14 May 2013

Drug cost disparities, small business worries continue to surround health law's implementation

The Associated Press reports on the emergence of concerns regarding the health law and drug cost disparities. Meanwhile, other news outlets report on how employers continue to have angst about the measure's price tag.

14 May 2013

Noninvasive imaging tests may play bigger role in diabetes management

New approaches to applying noninvasive imaging tests such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance, and positron emission tomography may play a bigger role in evaluating and managing patients with diabetes.

14 May 2013

Catholic-secular hospital mergers further complicate crowded abortion-rights battlefield

Mergers between Catholic and secular hospitals could mean wider restriction of abortion, even as lawmakers in many states consider tighter regulation or bans on the procedure.

14 May 2013

Chinese scientists suggest strong measures to prevent a possible pandemic

On 31 March 2013, the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission announced human cases of novel H7N9 influenza virus infections.

14 May 2013

NAPHS releases new study that examines readmission patterns within Medicare IPF PPS

The National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems today released a new study by The Moran Company that is the first to examine readmission patterns within inpatient psychiatric facilities paid under the Medicare IPF prospective payment system.

13 May 2013

TriStar Wellness Solutions completes acquisition of HemCon Medical Technologies

TriStar Wellness Solutions, Inc., a health and wellness company that targets opportunities in the self-care and professional marketplace, has acquired HemCon Medical Technologies Inc., a Portland, Oregon-based leading researcher and manufacturer of products for bleeding and wound management.

13 May 2013

First Edition: May 13, 2013

Today's headlines include reports that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has been seeking out funds from private sources to support efforts to publicize the health law.

13 May 2013

Researchers looking into new technology to improve response strategies during disasters

Debates about emergency responses to acts of terrorism, natural disasters and major accidents are no strangers to the media. Every accident is followed by a discussion about who was responsible, who was to blame, and what might have been done better

13 May 2013

Study examines key factors that influence development of mental disorder in Andalusia

Being a woman, unemployed and living in a situation of social adversity are the three strongest trigger influences in subjects with a genetic predisposition to mental disorder.

13 May 2013

Centura Health Cancer Network receives silver accreditation

This week, the Centura Health Cancer Network was awarded silver accreditation by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, becoming the first Integrated Network Cancer Program in Colorado.

13 May 2013

Care and Support Bill could transform the lives of elderly and disabled people in UK

Jon Rouse, the Director General of Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships has told ITN Productions that the Care and Support Bill could transform the lives of thousands of elderly and disabled people in the UK.

13 May 2013

DESSO launches campaign to raise awareness of the continued dangers of bad indoor air quality

To support the aims of the EU's Year of Air, DESSO, a leading European carpet and sports pitches manufacturer is launching its own campaign, 'The Great Indoors' to raise awareness of the continued dangers of bad indoor air quality and to demonstrate what business and innovation can do to combat the problem.

13 May 2013

The president's impassioned health law speech: 'We're going to keep fighting'

President Barack Obama was unusually detailed in his defense of the law, emphasizing the scope of insurance coverage for many Americans.

13 May 2013

Lincor Solutions releases MEDIVista MOBILE to improve quality of nursing care

Lincor announces the latest addition to the MEDIVista product suite - MEDIVista MOBILE, during eHealth Week in Dublin.

13 May 2013

Who is responsible for retired football players' medical costs?

Who should bear the costs of football-related medical problems that arise years after retirement? This question is at the heart of Williams's case - and scores of others like it.

13 May 2013

New challenges to military medicine

Better body armor and rapid aeromedical evacuations enable American service members to survive blasts that would have proved fatal in Vietnam or even the first Gulf War, but they pose new challenges to military medicine - how to deal with the excruciating pain of injuries, especially severe burns from IED blasts that body armor can't protect.

13 May 2013

Healthcare News

Medicare reveals what hospitals charge for many procedures

Understanding different forms of hepatitis

Food Defense Plan Builder: FDA's new tool to help food industry craft defense measures

Medicaid opinions: Several state leaders come in for heat for not moving toward expansion

Drug cost disparities, small business worries continue to surround health law's implementation

Noninvasive imaging tests may play bigger role in diabetes management

Catholic-secular hospital mergers further complicate crowded abortion-rights battlefield

Chinese scientists suggest strong measures to prevent a possible pandemic

NAPHS releases new study that examines readmission patterns within Medicare IPF PPS

TriStar Wellness Solutions completes acquisition of HemCon Medical Technologies

First Edition: May 13, 2013

Researchers looking into new technology to improve response strategies during disasters

Study examines key factors that influence development of mental disorder in Andalusia

Centura Health Cancer Network receives silver accreditation

Care and Support Bill could transform the lives of elderly and disabled people in UK

DESSO launches campaign to raise awareness of the continued dangers of bad indoor air quality

The president's impassioned health law speech: 'We're going to keep fighting'

Lincor Solutions releases MEDIVista MOBILE to improve quality of nursing care

Who is responsible for retired football players' medical costs?

New challenges to military medicine

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

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