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Four-step plan for allergy sufferers to improve quality of life

While most of us acknowledge the need to see a doctor and take antibiotics for, say, strep throat, many of us attempt to power through when it comes to allergies. Whether we take pride in toughing it out, put off making a doctor's appointment, or simply assume allergies will go away quickly on their own, many of us suffer unnecessarily, a Saint Louis University allergist says.

31 Aug 2011

Medicaid news: Calif. providers seek more details on cuts

Several N.C. businesses will now offer employees the opportunity to use a well-known medical home network that has primarily served Medicaid enrollees. Meanwhile, in California, hospitals and doctors are complaining that the state has not given them adequate details about its plans to cut Medicaid costs.

31 Aug 2011

Nurses should model healthy exercise behavior for patients: Study

Nurses, just like many of their patients, struggle to find time and motivation to exercise. But a new study may give these all-important caregivers some additional pressure and responsibility: nurses' attitudes can influence whether their patients commit to a healthy lifestyle.

31 Aug 2011

Epilepsy 'treatment gap' in Sierra Leone a result of stigma, lack of resources, experts say

In Sierra Leone, "one of Africa's poorest countries, ... scarce health care resources and the stigma surrounding epilepsy add up to a 'treatment gap' of more than 90 percent -- meaning that fewer than 10 percent of the estimated 60,000 to 100,000 Sierra Leoneans with epilepsy are getting the treatment they need," the New York Times reports.

31 Aug 2011

Hospitalized children with colonized with MRSA more likely to develop full-blown infections

A Johns Hopkins Children's Center study of more than 3,000 hospitalized children shows that those colonized but not sick with the antibiotic-resistant bacterium MRSA are at considerable risk for developing full-blown infections.

31 Aug 2011

Simple tips for children's shoe shopping

As parents and children begin the back to school shopping ritual that includes fashionable shoes, the Ontario Society of Chiropodists (OSC) stresses that fit is more important than looks. Well-fitting shoes reduce the incidence of foot and ankle injuries and encourages physical activity, helping to increase self esteem through sport.

31 Aug 2011

Roundup: Laid-off IT workers in Conn. prepare for health jobs

Julie Michaelson has spent five years working on her hospital's information technology system. ... Mary McAward worked for years in data processing before being laid off. ... Both are taking federally funded courses at Capital Community College, part of a national effort to educate more than 10,500 people in the electronic systems that, after years of discussion, are poised to become commonplace in medicine. That means jobs, to build, install and maintain the systems.

31 Aug 2011

Global climate change linked with asthma-related ER visits among children

Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have found that climate change may lead to more asthma-related health problems in children, and more emergency room (ER) visits in the next decade.

31 Aug 2011

Viewpoints: States' anti-abortion laws; unproven cancer therapy; paying for retirees' health benefits

Since last year, 13 states, including Kansas, have enacted laws banning insurance coverage of abortion in the health insurance exchanges created by the federal health care reform law. Some states have gone even further, aggressively restricting abortion coverage even in private insurance plans sold outside the exchanges. ... These cases, some of which are being appealed, are testing whether the antiabortion movement will get its way. It shouldn't.

31 Aug 2011

Racial, ethnic and poverty disparities in human papillomavirus vaccination completion

Barriers that hinder young African-American, Hispanic and poor women from completing a series of three vaccinations to prevent human papillomavirus infection (HPV) also leave them at higher risk for cervical cancer and death.

30 Aug 2011

Study finds alarming results about parents' beliefs on importance of sleep in their children's lives

A study conducted by The Better Sleep Council and The Sleep Council found alarming results about parents' beliefs on the importance of sleep in their children's lives, aged 7-18.

30 Aug 2011

Invacare announces winners of Real Life campaign contest

Invacare Corporation, the global leader in the manufacture and distribution of home and long-term care medical products, today announced the winners of its Real Life campaign contest.

30 Aug 2011

Streamline Health receives Drummond Group's ONC-ATCB certification for AccessAnyWare v5.1

Streamline Health Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise and departmental document management solutions and business process workflows for healthcare, announced today that AccessAnyWare v5.1 has received the federal government's "meaningful use" stamp of approval by earning modular inpatient EHR certification for the following requirements: 170.302 O-V and 170.306 E, H.

30 Aug 2011

First Edition: August 30, 2011

Today's headlines include a report about a new federal and state program that will apply scrutiny to any health-premium increase of more than 10 percent.

30 Aug 2011

PharMEDium offers solutions for hospitals to improve patient safety

David N. Jonas, CEO, PharMEDium Services, announces the commitment to continue corporate R&D investments for innovations with an unprecedented focus on patient safety, quality and efficiency, providing hospital pharmacists with a steady stream of technologically-driven service advancements.

30 Aug 2011

AAMPS, ChromaDex sign exclusive marketing agreement for African Herbal Pharmacopoeia

ChromaDex Corporation, a world leader in phytochemical reference standards, botanical reference materials and contract analytical testing services, has signed an exclusive marketing agreement with the Association for African Medicinal Plants Standards (AAMPS) to sell and market the AAMPS African botanical standards and the African Herbal Pharmacopoeia.

30 Aug 2011

Iranian HIV physician released from Tehran prison

"Iranian HIV doctor Arash Alaei has been released from jail in Tehran after spending more than three years behind bars for allegedly conspiring against the regime, his U.S.-based brother said Monday," Agence France-Presse reports.

30 Aug 2011

Water and sanitation, NTD sectors should work together

In a post on the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases' "End the Neglect" blog, Kerry Gallo of Children Without Worms writes, "Effective control strategies for several NTDs such as soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH), trachoma, and schistosomiasis require that communities have access to water and latrines to break the cycle of infection," concluding, "The intertwined nature of water and sanitation issues and NTD control shows that our two sectors should work together in partnership to improve the health of communities and maximize impact".

30 Aug 2011

FAO warns mutant form of H5N1 bird flu poses threat to Asia

"The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday warned about a new mutant strain of the deadly bird flu H5N1 virus in China and Vietnam, saying there could be a 'major resurgence' of the disease," Agence France-Presse reports.

30 Aug 2011

Ardent to expand system-wide use of SIS Anesthesia solution

Surgical Information Systems ("SIS"), a leader in perioperative information systems, announced today that Ardent Health Services of Nashville, Tenn. will expand its system-wide use of the SIS Solution to include anesthesia automation, analytics and patient tracking on a single perioperative record.

30 Aug 2011

Healthcare News

Four-step plan for allergy sufferers to improve quality of life

Medicaid news: Calif. providers seek more details on cuts

Nurses should model healthy exercise behavior for patients: Study

Epilepsy 'treatment gap' in Sierra Leone a result of stigma, lack of resources, experts say

Hospitalized children with colonized with MRSA more likely to develop full-blown infections

Simple tips for children's shoe shopping

Roundup: Laid-off IT workers in Conn. prepare for health jobs

Global climate change linked with asthma-related ER visits among children

Viewpoints: States' anti-abortion laws; unproven cancer therapy; paying for retirees' health benefits

Racial, ethnic and poverty disparities in human papillomavirus vaccination completion

Study finds alarming results about parents' beliefs on importance of sleep in their children's lives

Invacare announces winners of Real Life campaign contest

Streamline Health receives Drummond Group's ONC-ATCB certification for AccessAnyWare v5.1

First Edition: August 30, 2011

PharMEDium offers solutions for hospitals to improve patient safety

AAMPS, ChromaDex sign exclusive marketing agreement for African Herbal Pharmacopoeia

Iranian HIV physician released from Tehran prison

Water and sanitation, NTD sectors should work together

FAO warns mutant form of H5N1 bird flu poses threat to Asia

Ardent to expand system-wide use of SIS Anesthesia solution

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

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