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FDA unveils plan to improve marketing and review process for medical devices

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today unveiled a plan containing 25 actions it intends to implement during 2011 to improve the most common path to market for medical devices.

20 Jan 2011

Reform, repeal, replace ... looking behind the numbers and arguments

News outlets offer insights — and fact-checking — about the arguments surrounding the GOP effort to undo the health overhaul.

20 Jan 2011

AER changes journal name to Insight: Research and Practice in Visual Impairment and Blindness

With its mission of providing insight into issues surrounding blindness, the journal of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER) will now express that vision in its name. Insight: Research and Practice in Visual Impairment and Blindness has been the journal's new title as of January 1, 2011.

20 Jan 2011

ACT program receives $3.9 million Colorado grant to create whole-person health care systems

A new program designed to create comprehensive, integrated, whole-person health care systems for the people of Colorado has received a $3.9 million grant from the Colorado Health Foundation.

20 Jan 2011

TKA patients undergoing telerehabilitation experience similar results as traditional one: Study

Knee replacement patients undergoing telerehabilitation – a unique Internet-based postoperative rehabilitation program that can be conducted from the patient's home – experience the same results as patients who undergo traditional postoperative rehabilitation, according to a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

20 Jan 2011

World Bank announces additional $5m grant to fight cholera in Haiti

The World Bank on Tuesday "announced a $15 million grant to Haiti to fight a persistent cholera epidemic," SAPA/Health24 reports. In a press release, the bank said it approved an additional $5 million to be added to a previously announced $10 million grant. "The funds, said the organisation in [the] statement, will go towards public campaigns to prevent infection and increase the capacity of Haiti's health ministry to deal with the emergency," the news service writes (1/19).

20 Jan 2011

Health care, financial reform skirt Obama review, the Wall Street journal reports

President Barack Obama's government-wide review of federal regulations will have little effect on two of the president's major regulatory victories: an overhaul of Wall Street and the health care market, according to a White House budget official.

20 Jan 2011

Medicom, Wolters Kluwer enter joint venture to deliver clinical decision support to doctors in China

Wolters Kluwer Health today announced a joint venture with leading China drug information provider Medicom to deliver clinical decision support to doctors in China as the country prepares for significant changes to its healthcare system.

20 Jan 2011

SCAI publishes guiding principles for development of radiation safety programs in cardiac catheterization laboratories

Today the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions published guiding principles and best practices for the development of radiation safety programs in cardiac catheterization laboratories.

20 Jan 2011

WHO Director-General expresses concern over public mistrust of vaccines

During the WHO's executive board meeting Monday, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan expressed concerns over what she called a "'worrisome' public mistrust of vaccines, following signs of a tail-off in flu vaccination," Agence France-Presse reports (1/18).

20 Jan 2011

Polls offer mixed views of Americans' views on health law, repeal

Varying polls offer slightly different takes on where the American public stands regarding the health overhaul, its impact on the economy and whether it should be undone. Democrats are stepping up to try to sway these opinions. Meanwhile, a vocal physician organization has stepped into the fray in opposition of the overhaul.

20 Jan 2011

Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network adds 17 sites in Canada and the U.S

Autism Speaks and Autism Speaks Canada who together form North America's largest autism science and advocacy organization, is pleased to announce the expansion of its Autism Treatment Network to include 17 leading children's hospitals and academic medical centers in the Canada and the U.S.

20 Jan 2011

Failure to use research evidence leads to inefficiencies, reduced quality of life, says Dr. Sharon

Health care systems around the world are failing to use evidence obtained through research when making decisions, causing inefficiencies and reduced quantity and quality of life, according to a leading expert in the field of "knowledge translation."

20 Jan 2011

The long-term view: GOP hopes for scaled-back health plan; Dems see health care second-chance

News outlets report on the big-picture health policy goals of both parties. Republicans see the repeal effort as stretching far beyond today's House vote while the stretch of time may help Democrats.

20 Jan 2011

6 states join multi-state legal challenge against health law

The new tally in the lawsuit, led by the state of Florida, is 26.

20 Jan 2011

Eating more fruits and vegetables may reduce risk of heart disease: New Study

New research indicates that eating more fruits and vegetables may reduce your risk of dying from heart disease. According to a new study from the University of Oxford and published in the European Heart Journal, people who consumed eight or more servings of fruits and vegetables each day were 22 percent less likely to die from ischemic heart disease than those who consumed three or fewer servings a day.

20 Jan 2011

Children's Hospital Los Angeles becomes only Autism Treatment Network site in California

Following a competitive application process, Michele D. Kipke, PhD, Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, was awarded a $420,000 grant which will allow the hospital to become part of the Autism Treatment Network (ATN) as an ATN Center of Clinical Excellence.

20 Jan 2011

House to vote today on health law repeal

In the GOP-led effort to repeal the health overhaul, the dynamics of the health reform debate return to center stage. This time, in what is viewed as a symbolic effort in the lower chamber, many reports indicate the tone was collegial.

20 Jan 2011

Medicare's therapy policy under attack

Meanwhile, the AP reports on how some insurers are profiting from "playing the float."

20 Jan 2011

Viewpoints: Sebelius and Vilsack on rural health; Many thoughts on repeal vote; State budget cuts

As former governors from the Heartland, we've seen firsthand how Americans in rural areas struggle to get the health care they need. Whether it's a farmer losing his health insurance because he has no good choices or a mom putting off a treatment because there aren't enough doctors nearby, rural Americans often go without critical preventive care or key procedures.

20 Jan 2011

Healthcare News

FDA unveils plan to improve marketing and review process for medical devices

Reform, repeal, replace ... looking behind the numbers and arguments

AER changes journal name to Insight: Research and Practice in Visual Impairment and Blindness

ACT program receives $3.9 million Colorado grant to create whole-person health care systems

TKA patients undergoing telerehabilitation experience similar results as traditional one: Study

World Bank announces additional $5m grant to fight cholera in Haiti

Health care, financial reform skirt Obama review, the Wall Street journal reports

Medicom, Wolters Kluwer enter joint venture to deliver clinical decision support to doctors in China

SCAI publishes guiding principles for development of radiation safety programs in cardiac catheterization laboratories

WHO Director-General expresses concern over public mistrust of vaccines

Polls offer mixed views of Americans' views on health law, repeal

Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network adds 17 sites in Canada and the U.S

Failure to use research evidence leads to inefficiencies, reduced quality of life, says Dr. Sharon

The long-term view: GOP hopes for scaled-back health plan; Dems see health care second-chance

6 states join multi-state legal challenge against health law

Eating more fruits and vegetables may reduce risk of heart disease: New Study

Children's Hospital Los Angeles becomes only Autism Treatment Network site in California

House to vote today on health law repeal

Medicare's therapy policy under attack

Viewpoints: Sebelius and Vilsack on rural health; Many thoughts on repeal vote; State budget cuts

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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