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On campaign trail, Santorum bashes Romney on health care

Mitt Romney's Medicare plan is dissected by the Boston Globe and neither he nor the president are talking up their health reform plans.

21 Mar 2012

MSN completes sale of HomeCare division to Epic

Medical Staffing Network Healthcare, LLC, one of the nation's largest healthcare workforce solutions companies, today announced it has completed the sale of its MSN HomeCare division to Epic Health Services of Dallas, Texas.

21 Mar 2012

Axial Exchange care transition products now available for cloud deployment

Axial Exchange, Inc. announced that its award-winning care transition products are now available for cloud deployment. The private cloud infrastructure scales to thousands of hospitals and clinics and millions of patients, and already has been validated by multi-hospital health systems as well as Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers.

21 Mar 2012

Majority of adults do not support legislation that addresses youth sexting

Sexting - sending sexually explicit, nude, or semi-nude photos by cell phone - has become a national concern, especially when it involves children and teens. A new poll shows that the vast majority of adults do not support legal consequences for teens who sext.

21 Mar 2012

Reuters examines global rise in drug-resistant tuberculosis cases

"[O]ften seen in the wealthy West as a disease of bygone eras," Reuters examines rising rates of tuberculosis (TB) -- drug-resistant TB in particular -- among the world's rich and poor. "[R]apidly rising rates of drug-resistant TB in some of the wealthiest cities in the world, as well as across Africa and Asia, are again making history," Reuters writes.

21 Mar 2012

HCD implements HLI's Language Engine

Health Language, Inc. (HLI), the global leader in healthcare terminology management, today announced its Language Engine has been selected by Health Care DataWorks, Inc. (HCD), to map disparate data entered into its KnowledgeEdge brand Enterprise Data Warehouse, providing health systems with standard code sets, enhanced analytics, reporting and business intelligence.

21 Mar 2012

Jersey Shore University Medical Center installs Asteres' ScriptCenter

Asteres Inc., the industry's leading provider of automated prescription pickup kiosks for retail, hospital, and Veterans Affairs/military pharmacies, announced today their first New Jersey hospital installation at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, a member of Meridian Health, in Neptune, New Jersey.

21 Mar 2012

Unseasonably warm weather triggers summer-type accidents

March 20 officially marks the first day of spring, but doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are already seeing summer-type accidents due to unseasonably warm weather.

21 Mar 2012

Six early-career researchers to receive Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize

The new recipients of the most important prize for early-career researchers in Germany have been announced. The selection committee, appointed by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), has chosen three young men and three young women to receive the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize 2012.

21 Mar 2012

IDSA releases new rhinosinusitis guidelines

The vast majority of sinus infections are caused by viruses and should not be treated with antibiotics, suggest new guidelines released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

21 Mar 2012

Drexel University to establish nation's first autism center

Drexel University has received a gift of $1.5 million from the Charles and Barbara Close Foundation, founded by Drexel alumnus Charles Close ('36), to help establish the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute.

21 Mar 2012

NCCN issues first ever clinical practice guidelines for ALL

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has issued its first ever NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

21 Mar 2012

Viewpoints: Rep. Ryan on his budget plan; Obama's contraceptive mandate could hurt McCaskill in tight Missouri race

On the critical issues of health security and tax reform, our budget draws a clear distinction between serious reformers and those who stand in the way of the growing bipartisan consensus for principled solutions. Our budget's Medicare reforms make no changes for those in or near retirement. For those who will retire a decade from now, our plan provides guaranteed coverage options financed by a premium-support payment. And this year, our budget adds even more choices for seniors, including a traditional fee-for-service Medicare option.

21 Mar 2012

Healthper mobile application now available for Apple devices

Healthper, Inc., a social game-based health engagement and achievement platform, announced today the launch of a mobile application for Apple mobile devices.

21 Mar 2012

Political cartoon: 'Hippocratic Oath?'

Kaiser Health News provides a fresh take on health policy developments with "Hippocratic Oath?" by Mike Peters.

21 Mar 2012

First Edition: March 20, 2012

Today's headlines include reports about the new GOP budget proposal, to be unveiled today by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

20 Mar 2012

RaySearch receives PMH contract for new adaptive radiation therapy solution

RaySearch Laboratories AB has been awarded a contract for a new adaptive radiation therapy solution at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) in Toronto, Canada. This means that RaySearch will deliver its treatment planning system RayStation to PMH where it will be used as the primary treatment planning tool for adaptive radiation therapy.

20 Mar 2012

Pediatricians' unconscious racial bias may affect pain medication decisions

Pediatricians who show an unconscious preference for European Americans tend to prescribe better pain-management for white patients than they do for African-American patients, new University of Washington research shows.

20 Mar 2012

NYSC launches 'Train Like a Tribute' Hunger Games-inspired workout

In celebration of The Hunger Games' blockbuster debut on March 23rd, the New York Sports Clubs (NYSC) is launching the first-ever "Train Like a Tribute" Hunger Games-inspired workout. With ticket presales for The Hunger Games movie setting records nationwide, the screen adaptation of the New York Times best-selling novel is on track to become the biggest pop-culture craze since Twilight.

20 Mar 2012

World Bank report calls for increased HIV prevention efforts in Africa

In a report published last week, the World Bank "called on African governments and international donors to increase efforts to prevent new HIV infections in order to control treatment costs," VOA News reports.

20 Mar 2012