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New Mosby's Index now available in easier-to-navigate format

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the revamping of Mosby's Index, the most robust journal abstracts and indexing database available for nurses and other healthcare professionals.

9 May 2013

Strax Rejuvenation reaches impressive milestone

Strax Rejuvenation, a plastic surgery and wellness center based in Florida, has just reached an impressive milestone: there have been over 40,000 patients who have had procedures performed by staff surgeons at various surgery facilities over the past seven years.

9 May 2013

AHF, KANCO organize NO RETREAT ON AIDS march to call for more global HIV/AIDS funding

Concerned that key partners in the fight against HIV & AIDS like the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief are losing funding due to government cuts, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in conjunction with Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium, have organized a NO RETREAT ON AIDS march from Jevanjee Gardens to Uhuru Park on Friday May 10, 2013 to protest the loss of lifesaving and much-needed funding.

9 May 2013

Accenture to help develop VET's integrated healthcare facility in Tamil Nadu, India

Accenture has been awarded a technology consulting contract by Velammal Educational Trust, a Tamil Nadu-based group of 25 educational institutes, to help it establish an integrated healthcare facility in the city of Madurai.

9 May 2013

End-of-life care issues need to become integral part of public health agenda, reveals new article

A new article available online in the American Journal of Public Health by two Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health faculty makes a compelling case that end-of-life care issues need to become an integral part of the public health agenda.

9 May 2013

Medicaid expansion: Different states rely on different strategies

The decision-making process in West Virginia was long and involved, while the outcome of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's push for the expansion is still in flux. In Ohio, advocates are considering taking the proposal to the voters if the legislature won't pass it.

9 May 2013

Frequent use of workplace wellness center improves overall quality-of-life

People who used a workplace wellness center on frequent basis reported an improvement in their overall quality-of-life, while those that used the center less often reported no improvements in their physical quality-of-life and a decline in their mental quality-of-life, finds a new study in the American Journal of Health Promotion.

9 May 2013

Loyola opens 20-bed unit for patients undergoing stem cell transplants for cancers

Loyola University Medical Center has opened a new 20-bed unit for patients undergoing stem cell transplants for cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma.

9 May 2013

Researchers discover that microRNAs link two defining characteristics of fit muscles

Researchers discovered that small pieces of genetic material called microRNAs link the two defining characteristics of fit muscles: the ability to burn sugar and fat and the ability to switch between slow- and fast-twitch muscle fibers.

9 May 2013

Harkin lifts hold on Tavenner nomination to lead CMS

But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the timing for a Senate vote on her confirmation as head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is unclear.

9 May 2013

People enroll in fitness program to qualify for lower out-of-pocket health care costs

It was a controversial move when a health insurer began requiring people who were obese to literally pay the price of not doing anything about their weight - but it worked, a new study finds.

9 May 2013

Products from The Compounding Shop lack sterility assurance, FDA warns

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care providers, hospital supply managers, and pharmacists that the FDA's preliminary findings of practices at The Compounding Shop of St. Petersburg, Fla., raise concerns about a lack of sterility assurance for sterile drugs produced at and distributed from this site.

9 May 2013

'Grand bargain' budget deal appears increasingly unlikely

News outlets report that pressure is diminishing as the federal government's "red ink" recedes, leaving Democrats far less likely to consider major changes and trims to Medicare that Republicans view as the building block for any such agreement.

9 May 2013

Delivery services at birth center safe for low-income women and their infants

Low-income women who chose to deliver their baby at a birthing center under the care of a certified nurse-midwife had the same or better birthing experience as women under traditional care with a hospital-based obstetrician, according to a new study in Health Services Research.

9 May 2013

People with medical debt more likely to avoid medical care, finds new study

People with outstanding credit card or medical debt were more likely to delay or avoid medical or dental care, finds a new study in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

9 May 2013

GHS patients to have access to doctors' notes through MyGeisinger online patient portal

More than 100,000 Geisinger Health System patients will have access to their doctors' notes for the first time through the secure MyGeisinger online patient portal when Geisinger expands OpenNotes in May due to the initiative's overwhelming success.

9 May 2013

Mayo Clinic study examines use of telemedicine in rural Honduras

Every day, thousands of volunteer medical relief groups offer care to patients and assistance to understaffed medical teams in remote, underdeveloped locations around the world. Often these groups of doctors and nurses come for a short time, offer care and return home.

9 May 2013

Meridian Health celebrates Paint the Town Pink to emphasize importance of annual mammography

This May, Meridian Health celebrates Paint the Town Pink - a community-wide effort taking place in 23 Monmouth and Ocean County towns that raises awareness of the importance of annual mammography, as early detection is a woman's best defense against breast cancer.

9 May 2013

Viewpoints: Capitol Hill antics on budget; A mom's concern about Plan B decision

Republicans, after berating Democrats for enacting Obamacare and other bills behind closed doors with extra-parliamentary procedures, are insisting that any talks with Democrats be behind closed doors with extra-parliamentary procedures.

9 May 2013

State roundup: Ala. lawmakers OK shift to Medicaid managed care

A bill that restructures the way Medicaid is administered passed the Alabama Legislature Tuesday and now awaits the governor's signature. The State Medicaid Agency now pays doctors directly for services provided to Medicaid patients. Under the new policy, there will be several regions managed by privately owned, for-profit Regional Care Organizations that will contract with doctors and other providers (Wingard, 5/7).

9 May 2013

Healthcare News

New Mosby's Index now available in easier-to-navigate format

Strax Rejuvenation reaches impressive milestone

AHF, KANCO organize NO RETREAT ON AIDS march to call for more global HIV/AIDS funding

Accenture to help develop VET's integrated healthcare facility in Tamil Nadu, India

End-of-life care issues need to become integral part of public health agenda, reveals new article

Medicaid expansion: Different states rely on different strategies

Frequent use of workplace wellness center improves overall quality-of-life

Loyola opens 20-bed unit for patients undergoing stem cell transplants for cancers

Researchers discover that microRNAs link two defining characteristics of fit muscles

Harkin lifts hold on Tavenner nomination to lead CMS

People enroll in fitness program to qualify for lower out-of-pocket health care costs

Products from The Compounding Shop lack sterility assurance, FDA warns

'Grand bargain' budget deal appears increasingly unlikely

Delivery services at birth center safe for low-income women and their infants

People with medical debt more likely to avoid medical care, finds new study

GHS patients to have access to doctors' notes through MyGeisinger online patient portal

Mayo Clinic study examines use of telemedicine in rural Honduras

Meridian Health celebrates Paint the Town Pink to emphasize importance of annual mammography

Viewpoints: Capitol Hill antics on budget; A mom's concern about Plan B decision

State roundup: Ala. lawmakers OK shift to Medicaid managed care

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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