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Public health officials should determine community storage of anthrax-preventing antibiotics

As part of preparations for a possible large-scale anthrax attack, public health officials on the state and local levels should determine where and how anthrax-preventing antibiotics should be stored in their communities, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

1 Oct 2011

Jackson Health System, Panera Bread partner to raise awareness on breast cancer

Jackson Health System has partnered with Panera Bread to raise awareness of breast cancer and help patients battling the disease. During October, South Floridians are encouraged to eat Panera's pink bagels in support of Jackson Memorial Hospital's Taylor Breast Center/Roberta Orlen Chaplin Digital Breast Imaging Center.

1 Oct 2011

State highlights: Many states moving workers' children to CHIP plans

After a nine-year court battle, a landmark class-action settlement was preliminarily approved this week that would require the state to provide more effective mental health services for the children in or about to enter foster care. Its reach is expected to be significant. California has 61,000 children in the foster care system, and it runs the nation's largest child welfare system at a cost of about $4.7 billion per year.

1 Oct 2011

Safeway introduces chain-wide breast cancer fundraising initiative

Safeway Inc. today launched its annual October chain-wide breast cancer fundraising initiative. The company has raised more than $94 million for the cause since 2001.

1 Oct 2011

Tips for seniors to avoid serious complications from prescription meds

For seniors, October is a month in which medications - particularly prescription meds - will likely be on their minds. Not only is October national "Talk About Prescriptions Month," but Oct. 15 marks the start of Medicare's Annual Election Period during which beneficiaries can disenroll from, switch or enroll into a Medicare Advantage or Part D plan.

1 Oct 2011

Dengue fever outbreak overwhelms northeastern Kenyan town; WHO sends essential drugs

"An outbreak of dengue fever in Mandera, northeastern Kenya, is spreading fast, with at least 5,000 people infected within weeks, due to limited health facilities, a shortage of medical personnel and poor sanitation, officials told IRIN."

1 Oct 2011

CSRO survey explores impact of health insurance barriers

The Coalition of State Rheumatology Organizations today released the findings of a nationwide survey that explored the impact of health insurance barriers such as prior authorization and step therapy on the ability of rheumatologists to provide effective care to patients.

1 Oct 2011

New research analyses maternal breastfeeding in Spain

New research analyses maternal breastfeeding in Spain throughout the second half of the twentieth century. Experts believe that its development is associated with socio-demographic factors such as the advice of healthcare professionals, longer maternity leave, a woman's integration into the workplace and her level of education.

1 Oct 2011

New MFA report: Total medical expenses increase 1.7% in 2010

Total medical expenses, that is the amount of money health plans dispensed to pay for medical and hospital benefits, grew 1.7% in 2010, from $395 billion in 2009 to $401 billion in 2010, according to a new report by Mark Farrah Associates.

1 Oct 2011

Bedtime found to be important for preteens, teens to keep them slimmer and active: Study

Ben Franklin was right, at least on the healthy part. "Early to bed and early to rise" appears to have helped a cross-section of early-bird Australian youths keep slimmer and more physically active than their night-owl peers, even though both groups got the same amount of sleep.

1 Oct 2011

Multi-drug resistance in first-time TB patients shows 'substantial' transmission of MDR-TB, study says

Nearly half of patients diagnosed with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) at a Chinese hospital had not had the disease before, showing "'substantial' transmission of the deadly superbug," according to a study conducted by researchers from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, Bloomberg reports.

1 Oct 2011

Dialysis patients with kidney failure more likely to develop serious complications from flu

For most people, the flu is a temporary setback that makes them feel under the weather for a week or two. For dialysis patients with kidney failure, however, the flu is a serious health threat that can lead to pneumonia and other life-threatening complications.

1 Oct 2011

Hospital, physician groups work to advance, protect interests in deficit reduction debate

Hospital executives will lobby Congress next week to raise the eligibility age for Medicare instead of reducing payments to hospitals. Doctors are ginning up their grass-roots efforts to pressure the 'super committee' to repeal Medicare's sustainable growth rate formula.

1 Oct 2011

DMEI dedicates new $46M research and clinical facility

Officials from the Dean McGee Eye Institute today announced the dedication of the Institute's new $46 million, five-story, 78,000-square-foot, world-class research and clinical facility.

1 Oct 2011

Survey calls for greater clinical consensus on diagnosis, treatment of breakthrough cancer pain

Today, the results from a European Survey of Oncology Nurse Breakthrough Cancer Pain Practices were presented for the first time at The European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress in Stockholm.

1 Oct 2011

Walgreens, Walmart partner with Coventry to offer First Health Value Plus in the U.S.

Coventry Health Care, Inc. announced today that it has joined in partnership for 2012 with the nation's largest and best known names in retail and pharmacy—Walgreens, Walmart, and Target—to offer a novel Medicare prescription drug plan known as First Health Value Plus.

1 Oct 2011

Study confirms that CNAP-PPV method offers precise therapy control during surgery

The well-established high tech company CNSystems once again attracts international attention with a big mile stone. The Bordeaux University Hospital (France) confirms that the validated CNAP blood pressure wave offers the possibility of precise therapy control during surgery.

1 Oct 2011

Literacy Bridge launches program to improve health of women, at-risk children across rural Ghana

Literacy Bridge is responding to the need for a comprehensive solution in global health and hunger by kicking off its Health & Agriculture Communication for Women & Children Program, which is designed to improve the health of 24,000 women and at-risk children in 75 low-literate communities across rural Ghana.

1 Oct 2011

Finally, agreement: Both sides in legal clash over health law petition high court to rule this term

News outlets examine the latest developments related to the challenges to the health law and handicap some of the possible outcomes.

1 Oct 2011

Wireless Vital Signs Monitor for trauma victims enters clinical trial phase

A collaboration among a medical device innovator, the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (ISR), the nonprofit National Trauma Institute and the State of Texas enters its final phase as the FDA-approved Wireless Vital Signs Monitor (WVSM) begins clinical trials this month in the Memorial Hermann Medical Center emergency department and on Houston Life Flight.

1 Oct 2011

Healthcare News

Public health officials should determine community storage of anthrax-preventing antibiotics

Jackson Health System, Panera Bread partner to raise awareness on breast cancer

State highlights: Many states moving workers' children to CHIP plans

Safeway introduces chain-wide breast cancer fundraising initiative

Tips for seniors to avoid serious complications from prescription meds

Dengue fever outbreak overwhelms northeastern Kenyan town; WHO sends essential drugs

CSRO survey explores impact of health insurance barriers

New research analyses maternal breastfeeding in Spain

New MFA report: Total medical expenses increase 1.7% in 2010

Bedtime found to be important for preteens, teens to keep them slimmer and active: Study

Multi-drug resistance in first-time TB patients shows 'substantial' transmission of MDR-TB, study says

Dialysis patients with kidney failure more likely to develop serious complications from flu

Hospital, physician groups work to advance, protect interests in deficit reduction debate

DMEI dedicates new $46M research and clinical facility

Survey calls for greater clinical consensus on diagnosis, treatment of breakthrough cancer pain

Walgreens, Walmart partner with Coventry to offer First Health Value Plus in the U.S.

Study confirms that CNAP-PPV method offers precise therapy control during surgery

Literacy Bridge launches program to improve health of women, at-risk children across rural Ghana

Finally, agreement: Both sides in legal clash over health law petition high court to rule this term

Wireless Vital Signs Monitor for trauma victims enters clinical trial phase

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