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AVAC report calls for greater access to combination prevention strategies, protection of research funding

AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention on Tuesday "released its annual report that calls for an ambitious pace of funding, implementation, and research," VOA News reports, noting the report, titled "Achieving the End: One Year and Counting," "calls for a three-part agenda for ending AIDS: Deliver, Demonstrate, and Develop."

29 Nov 2012

Child Neurology Society honors LSUHSC professor with 2012 Hower Award

The Child Neurology Society presented Ann Henderson Tilton, MD, Clinical Professor of Neurology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, with the 2012 Hower Award at the 41st Annual CNS Meeting in November.

29 Nov 2012

Viewpoints: Republicans offer 'nonconcessions' in fiscal talks; Obama must lead Democrats to entitlement cuts

Congressional Republicans seem to think they are being flexible on taxes simply because a few of them have grudgingly admitted that some new revenues can be part of the current fiscal negotiations. We're unimpressed. … In exchange for these nonconcessions, Republicans want vast cuts in Medicare, Medicaid and other programs that benefit the middle class and the poor.

29 Nov 2012

Toshiba offers courses for Aquilion PRIME and RXL CT systems

Providing customers with advanced training for their imaging technology, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s Institute of Advanced Imaging in Irvine, Calif., offers courses for the Aquilion PRIME and Aquilion RXL CT systems.

29 Nov 2012

Pharma companies improving access to medicines but lack oversight of outsourced clinical trials, analysis says

Pharmaceutical companies are showing "greater accountability in the boardroom today over access to medicines, with more openness, targets and investment in drugs relevant to the poor," but they "show no evidence that they adequately supervise the conduct of outsourced clinical drug trials, according to a new analysis released on Wednesday," the Financial Times reports.

29 Nov 2012

Medical and anthropological expertise can promote multicultural women's healthcare

Collaboration between medical and anthropological expertise can solve complex clinical problems in today's multicultural women's healthcare, shows Pauline Binder, a medical anthropologist, who will present her thesis on 1 December at the Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala University, Sweden.

29 Nov 2012

CBO: Expanding health, other benefits for domestic partners would have little impact on federal employee program costs

Extending federal employee health insurance and retirement survivor benefits to same-sex domestic partners would have a relatively small impact on the number of people covered and on the cost of those programs, according to an analysis done for Congress.

29 Nov 2012

VTT develops new patient-safe management tool

For the purpose of improving patient safety, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a new management model based on customer needs. All the actors taking part in the organizational activity in social and health care organizations play a key role in safety management - including the patient. Both in Finland and abroad, there is a clear need for the systematic improvement of patient safety. Patient safety cannot be improved by simply making new rules.

29 Nov 2012

Study identifies toxic flame retardants in many home couches across the U.S.

Scientists are reporting an increasing use of flame retardants in the main gathering spot for adults, children and family pets in the home - the couch. In a study published in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology, they describe the first efforts to detect and identify the flame retardants applied to the foam inside couches found in millions of family rooms and living rooms across the U.S.

29 Nov 2012

Packard Children's Health Alliance announces addition of Peninsula Pediatric Medical Group

Packard Children's Health Alliance announced today that the Peninsula Pediatric Medical Group has joined their fast-growing network of care.

29 Nov 2012

NACHC, American College of Physicians announce program to offer Medical Home Builder 2.0

The American College of Physicians (ACP) and the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) announced today a national effort to help federally-qualified health centers (FQHCs) improve care by offering ACP's Medical Home Builder 2.0 at a discounted rate.

29 Nov 2012

'Sharing Age' campaign receives EC grant to encourage health ageing

The European Commission has awarded €1 million to fund a campaign promoting health ageing 'Sharing Age' coordinated by Dr Sabina Brennan of the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience.

29 Nov 2012

Report finds decline in overall number and rate of healthcare-associated infections in Pennsylvania

The overall number and rate of healthcare-associated infections obtained while receiving medical care decreased more than 3 percent, according to an annual report released today by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

29 Nov 2012

Creative art therapy combined with MBSR program shows promise for women with breast cancer

Cancer and stress go hand-in-hand, and high stress levels can lead to poorer health outcomes in cancer patients. The Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine combined creative art therapy with a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for women with breast cancer and showed changes in brain activity associated with lower stress and anxiety after the eight-week program.

29 Nov 2012

WellStar Health System implements Xenex’s room disinfection system

WellStar Health System was the first to implement and is the only health system in metro-Atlanta using Xenex Healthcare Services' room disinfection system in its patient and operating rooms. A "green," mercury-free technology, the Xenex system is the fastest, safest and most effective method for the advanced cleaning of hospital rooms, scientifically proven to destroy all major classes of microorganisms that cause hospital acquired infections (HAIs), such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile (C. diff).

29 Nov 2012

Musical Moments for MS honors Kessler Foundation expert with Medical Excellence Award

John DeLuca, PhD, Vice President for Research and Training at Kessler Foundation, was named this year's recipient of the Medical Excellence Award by Musical Moments for MS. Dr. DeLuca will be honored at the 10th Anniversary of Musical Moments for MS on Tuesday, December 11 at NJPAC in Newark, NJ.

29 Nov 2012

Roundup: Big insurance premium hikes sought in Calif., Conn.; Lawsuit alleges state regulators pad nursing home profits

California's largest for-profit health insurer, Anthem Blue Cross, is seeking to raise rates an average of 18 percent for more than 630,000 individual policyholders, drawing scrutiny from regulators and the ire of consumers already struggling with soaring premiums. Some Anthem customers may see rates rise as much as 25 percent in February under the company's proposal at a time when medical inflation is running at historic lows nationwide.

29 Nov 2012

Aviacode, NextGen partner to provide integrated cloud-delivered medical coding services

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced today it has partnered with Aviacode, the industry leader in technology-enabled medical coding services, to provide integrated cloud-delivered medical coding services to NextGen Healthcare clients.

28 Nov 2012

The Journal of Nursing Research first in Taiwan to be included in JCR

The Taiwan Nurses Association announced today that its official publication, The Journal of Nursing Research, is now recognized by the 2011 Journal Citation Reports- (JCR) and is the first Taiwan nursing journal to receive an Impact Factor ranking.

28 Nov 2012

French National Center for Scientific Research scientist wins American Epilepsy Society award

Richard Miles, Ph.D., Research Director, French National Center for Scientific Research, and Group Leader, Cortex and Epilepsy, Institute for the Brain and Spinal Cord, Centre Hospitalier Universtaire Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, has been named recipient of the prestigious 2012 Epilepsy Research Recognition Award for Basic Science conferred by the American Epilepsy Society (AES).

28 Nov 2012

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AVAC report calls for greater access to combination prevention strategies, protection of research funding

Child Neurology Society honors LSUHSC professor with 2012 Hower Award

Viewpoints: Republicans offer 'nonconcessions' in fiscal talks; Obama must lead Democrats to entitlement cuts

Toshiba offers courses for Aquilion PRIME and RXL CT systems

Pharma companies improving access to medicines but lack oversight of outsourced clinical trials, analysis says

Medical and anthropological expertise can promote multicultural women's healthcare

CBO: Expanding health, other benefits for domestic partners would have little impact on federal employee program costs

VTT develops new patient-safe management tool

Study identifies toxic flame retardants in many home couches across the U.S.

Packard Children's Health Alliance announces addition of Peninsula Pediatric Medical Group

NACHC, American College of Physicians announce program to offer Medical Home Builder 2.0

'Sharing Age' campaign receives EC grant to encourage health ageing

Report finds decline in overall number and rate of healthcare-associated infections in Pennsylvania

Creative art therapy combined with MBSR program shows promise for women with breast cancer

WellStar Health System implements Xenex’s room disinfection system

Musical Moments for MS honors Kessler Foundation expert with Medical Excellence Award

Roundup: Big insurance premium hikes sought in Calif., Conn.; Lawsuit alleges state regulators pad nursing home profits

Aviacode, NextGen partner to provide integrated cloud-delivered medical coding services

The Journal of Nursing Research first in Taiwan to be included in JCR

French National Center for Scientific Research scientist wins American Epilepsy Society award

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