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Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation and partners applaud Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day

The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) today announced its partnership with the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and the Plastic Surgery Foundation (The PSF) in support of the first national Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day USA on October 17, 2012.

28 Aug 2012

Haiti at risk of fresh cholera outbreak after tropical storm Isaac hits island nation

"Rain-battered Haiti is at risk of a fresh cholera outbreak" after "tropical storm Isaac ripped through the impoverished Caribbean island Saturday," children's charity Plan International warns, according to AlertNet.

28 Aug 2012

Nearly 7% of urologic MDCT scans for hematuria result in incidental findings

A new study from Rhode Island Hospital reports that nearly seven percent of urologic multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scans for hematuria result in incidental findings that may be clinically important for the patient. The study is published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

28 Aug 2012

Views on abortion debate: Akin's defiance hurts Romney; Sen. Snowe on mending the GOP's image

Rep. Todd Akin doesn't look like he's going away. And that's a problem for Mitt Romney, the presumed Republican nominee. Akin's open defiance makes Romney look like a figurehead. After Romney joined other Republican Party leaders urging Akin to step down as the Republican Senate candidate in Missouri, Akin told the nominee to mind his own business. "Don't you think he may have built this thing up and made a bigger deal about it than he needed to?" Akin said on Sean Hannity's radio show. "Why couldn't he run his race and I'll run mine?"

28 Aug 2012

Viewpoints: Health law will leave some poor families 'in lurch'; Mich. Gov.'s effort to get health exchange

Confusing language in the health care reform law has raised the possibility that millions of Americans living on modest incomes may be unable to afford their employers' family policies and yet fail to qualify for government subsidies to buy their own insurance. This is a bizarre development that undercuts the basic goal of health care reform - to expand the number of insured people and make their coverage affordable.

28 Aug 2012

Roundup: Ga. AIDS Drug Assistance waiting list at zero; Mass. signs up for health law's disabled adults program

The state has eliminated a waiting list for a program that provides lifesaving medications to thousands of low-income, uninsured Georgians with HIV/AIDS more than two years after the list was first started. Established in July 2010, the wait list for Georgia's AIDS Drug Assistance Program rapidly ballooned to more than 1,600 -- at one time becoming the largest in the country. A spike in the need for the program was largely fueled by the economic downturn as people lost their jobs and health insurance.

28 Aug 2012

Chinese Medical Association, Copyright Clearance Center announce agreement

Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a not-for-profit organization and leading provider of licensing solutions, announces an agreement with the Chinese Medical Association (CMA), the largest medical journal publisher in China.

27 Aug 2012

Virtua achieves significant clinical milestone in the adoption of electronic health records

Today, Siemens Healthcare has announced that Virtua, a multi-hospital healthcare system, has achieved a significant clinical milestone in the adoption of electronic health records.

27 Aug 2012

Political cartoon: 'Opening Act?'

Kaiser Health News provides a fresh take on health policy developments with "Opening Act?" by John Deering.

27 Aug 2012

Diaverum plans to increase peritoneal dialysis use among patients with ESRD

Diaverum, one of the world's leading renal care providers, is planning to give more patients the possibility to be treated with peritoneal dialysis to increase their quality of life.

27 Aug 2012

Academic Urology signs new contract with Independence Blue Cross

Academic Urology, the largest urology specialty medical group in Pennsylvania, announced today that it has signed a new contract with Independence Blue Cross (IBC).

27 Aug 2012

Lunch boxes and school eating areas are hotspots for bacteria

Canadian moms earn top marks when it comes to good hygiene practices, but a new study by Lysol and the Global Hygiene Council reveals they could do more to safeguard against bacteria hotspots in schools, especially at lunch time.

27 Aug 2012

Study explores gender-related differences in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure

Women with acute heart failure have similar in-hospital mortality to men but are less treated in the real world, according to results from the global ALARM-HF registry presented today at the ESC Congress 2012. The findings were presented by Dr John T. Parissis from Greece.

27 Aug 2012

First Edition: August 27, 2012

Today's headlines include reports about this week's GOP convention, the politics of Medicare and abortion, and the latest health policy news from the states.

27 Aug 2012

Baylor Plano first hospital to merge MEM software and Epoch platform for atrial fibrillation therapy

Baylor Plano became the first hospital in the world on Friday to merge two highly advanced technologies for atrial fibrillation therapy.

27 Aug 2012

Health and defense applications account for 40% of business R&D: NSF report

Businesses in the United States are focusing a large portion of their research and development efforts on health and defense, according to a National Science Foundation (NSF) report released today.

27 Aug 2012

Obama, Romney exchange barbs on Medicare, abortion

The former Massachusetts governor, responding to charges of a GOP "war on women," says his state health overhaul provided health care for "all women and men." The president, meanwhile, fights back against charges that he is taking money out of Medicare by asserting he wants to strengthen and preverve the program. Both campaigns also debut new ads on Medicare.

27 Aug 2012

Loyola University Medical Center named among Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems

Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) has been named one of the nation's Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems, according to results of the 2012 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study.

27 Aug 2012

AIDS Healthcare Foundation acquires MOMS Pharmacy

On August 20, 2012, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) announced that it acquired MOMS Pharmacy, a specialty pharmacy focused exclusively on providing medications and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS.

27 Aug 2012

Essential Learning announces new partnership with Hazelden

Essential Learning, the leading provider of e-learning solutions to the behavioral health and human service industries, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Hazelden, a nonprofit organization for addiction treatment and publisher of treatment, behavioral health and youth violence educational resources.

27 Aug 2012

Healthcare News

Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation and partners applaud Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day

Haiti at risk of fresh cholera outbreak after tropical storm Isaac hits island nation

Nearly 7% of urologic MDCT scans for hematuria result in incidental findings

Views on abortion debate: Akin's defiance hurts Romney; Sen. Snowe on mending the GOP's image

Viewpoints: Health law will leave some poor families 'in lurch'; Mich. Gov.'s effort to get health exchange

Roundup: Ga. AIDS Drug Assistance waiting list at zero; Mass. signs up for health law's disabled adults program

Chinese Medical Association, Copyright Clearance Center announce agreement

Virtua achieves significant clinical milestone in the adoption of electronic health records

Political cartoon: 'Opening Act?'

Diaverum plans to increase peritoneal dialysis use among patients with ESRD

Academic Urology signs new contract with Independence Blue Cross

Lunch boxes and school eating areas are hotspots for bacteria

Study explores gender-related differences in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure

First Edition: August 27, 2012

Baylor Plano first hospital to merge MEM software and Epoch platform for atrial fibrillation therapy

Health and defense applications account for 40% of business R&D: NSF report

Obama, Romney exchange barbs on Medicare, abortion

Loyola University Medical Center named among Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems

AIDS Healthcare Foundation acquires MOMS Pharmacy

Essential Learning announces new partnership with Hazelden

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