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High-dose rate brachytherapy procedure to treat prostate cancer

Beaumont Hospital radiation oncologists have launched a research study to treat men with low to intermediate risk prostate cancer with a single dose of radiation.

17 Dec 2010

Health law challenges shift to Florida courtroom

Today marks a "new day in court" as oral arguments will be heard in a Florida courtroom regarding the 20-state legal challenge. This lawsuit includes issues surrounding the health law's individual mandate and Medicaid expansions. Meanwhile, analysis continues regarding Monday's decision by a federal court judge in Virginia and a new round of debate regarding whether the health overhaul lawsuits bring to light issues of judicial bias.

16 Dec 2010

Today's Opinions: Health law spending; Funding threats undercut U.S. legal tradition; Medicaid falls short

Rising entitlement spending is already driving the federal budget off a cliff. But Obamacare would add fuel to the fire with the largest entitlement expansion since the 1960s. So it takes a special kind of audacity for Obamacare's apologists to continue to insist that the new law will cut the projected budget deficits.

16 Dec 2010

Guardian 24/7 selects Glowpoint's video managed services for remote diagnosis and patient collaboration

Glowpoint, Inc., a provider of cloud-based managed services for telepresence, video conferencing and collaboration, today announced that Guardian 24/7, a health care provider for high-profile executives, has selected Glowpoint's video managed services for providing remote diagnosis and patient collaboration using high-quality video conferencing.

16 Dec 2010

First Edition: December 16, 2010

In today's headlines, continuing analysis of how the health law is faring in the courts and what the sweeping measure's future might look like.

16 Dec 2010

RAD to restore SCI's Radiation Treatment Center

Swedish Cancer Institute (SCI) has embarked on a bold approach to rapidly restore community-based radiotherapy cancer treatment in the Ballard community utilizing state-of-the-art building technology that is swift and green.

16 Dec 2010

PCSBI issues 18 recommendations in emerging field of synthetic biology

The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues today released its first report-a wide-ranging review of the emerging field of synthetic biology-issuing 18 recommendations including a call for coordinated federal oversight of scientists working in both large institutions and smaller settings.

16 Dec 2010

MedicAlert Foundation's 'Code of Conduct' helps evaluate integrity of emergency medical information

The non-profit MedicAlert Foundation published a "Code of Conduct" in an effort to help consumers evaluate the integrity of organizations providing emergency medical information and identification services. In addition, as part of the "Code of Conduct" the Foundation has established business practice standards for medical information and identification service organizations that house consumer health information. Across the country millions of consumers are using personal health records, emergency medical information services, personal medical alarms systems or medical identification jewelry services.

16 Dec 2010

Determinants of health have stronger impact on Canadians' health than healthy lifestyle

A report released today by the Health Council of Canada declares that unless governments change their approach to addressing the needs of poorer and socially disadvantaged Canadians, we are destined to continue to spend large amount of dollars on our health care system. Governments must expand their approach to health promotion in order to tackle the major societal factors that lead to poor health and to take pressure off health care budgets.

16 Dec 2010

WHO report shows significant progress in global malaria fight, highlights need for continued funding

Since 2008, global malaria control efforts have "helped reduce infections across Africa and [eliminate] the disease in Morocco and Turkmenistan, but a slowdown in funding risks undoing those achievements," according to the WHO's annual malaria report, which was released on Tuesday, Reuters reports (Nebehay, 12/14).

16 Dec 2010

New York Times examines debate over aid strategy in Afghanistan

"At least 100 relief workers in Afghanistan have been killed so far this year, far more than in any previous year, prompting a debate within humanitarian organizations about whether American military strategy is putting them and the Afghans they serve at unnecessary risk. ... Has American counterinsurgency strategy militarized the delivery of aid?" the New York Times writes looking at the different perspectives in this debate.

16 Dec 2010

SIDS deaths surge 33% on New Year's Day

Not a happy holiday thought, but an important one: The number of babies who die of SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome, surges by 33 percent on New Year's Day. The suspected reason? Alcohol consumption by caretakers the night before.

16 Dec 2010

International Bionic Engineering Conference to be held from 18-20 September, 2011

The International Bionic Engineering Conference 2011 organised by Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, aims to bridge the gap between academic research and industrial development in a field that is rapidly growing and gaining recognition across many disciplines.

16 Dec 2010

Affordable Care Act provisions will increase breastfeeding among working mothers

Millions of working mothers were not able to express breast milk while at work until the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). The law requires employers to provide nursing breaks and a private, sanitary place to express breast milk for most mothers employed on an hourly basis. The ACA provisions for breastfeeding cover three-fifths of employed women living in families below 350 percent of the government poverty line (about $50,000 for a family of two).

16 Dec 2010

NextGen Healthcare announces partnership with Wills Eye for meaningful use

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, and leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced an agreement with Wills Eye Health System to deploy NextGen® Ambulatory EHR and NextGen® Practice Management.

16 Dec 2010

Alzheimer's Foundation of America praises House, Senate passage of National Alzheimer's Project Act

The Alzheimer's Foundation of America issued this statement today regarding passage of the National Alzheimer's Project Act. The National Alzheimer's Project Act would create the National Alzheimer's Project, which would coordinate government efforts to prevent and treat the disease and create a national strategy for defeating Alzheimer's disease.

16 Dec 2010

Justice Department will appeal health ruling, Virginia decision viewed as one step in long path to Supreme Court

The Justice Department makes clear its intent to appeal the Virginia federal court decision striking at the health overhaul's individual mandate. Meanwhile, news outlets explore the reach of that decision, noting that it may be more narrow than the reaction immediately following its release would indicate. Also explored: the next steps for this central provision within the health law and how it has become the sweeping overhaul's "central villain."

16 Dec 2010

New visualisation software tool for older people to understand mobility problems

Mobility challenges facing older people can now be better understood by clinicians, healthcare practitioners and design professionals, thanks to a new innovative software tool.

16 Dec 2010

UT Southwestern and Rabin Medical Center enter innovative 5-year affiliation agreement

UT Southwestern Medical Center and Rabin Medical Center, Israel, two of the world's top academic medical centers, announced today that they have entered into an innovative affiliation agreement for the next five years.

16 Dec 2010

Harmful ingredients in toxic toys need to banned

Manufacturer recalls of toys, promotional drinking glasses, and other children's products constitute an ongoing "toxic toys crisis" that requires banning potentially harmful ingredients in these products and other changes in policy and practices. That's the conclusion of a new analysis in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology.

16 Dec 2010

Healthcare News

High-dose rate brachytherapy procedure to treat prostate cancer

Health law challenges shift to Florida courtroom

Today's Opinions: Health law spending; Funding threats undercut U.S. legal tradition; Medicaid falls short

Guardian 24/7 selects Glowpoint's video managed services for remote diagnosis and patient collaboration

First Edition: December 16, 2010

RAD to restore SCI's Radiation Treatment Center

PCSBI issues 18 recommendations in emerging field of synthetic biology

MedicAlert Foundation's 'Code of Conduct' helps evaluate integrity of emergency medical information

Determinants of health have stronger impact on Canadians' health than healthy lifestyle

WHO report shows significant progress in global malaria fight, highlights need for continued funding

New York Times examines debate over aid strategy in Afghanistan

SIDS deaths surge 33% on New Year's Day

International Bionic Engineering Conference to be held from 18-20 September, 2011

Affordable Care Act provisions will increase breastfeeding among working mothers

NextGen Healthcare announces partnership with Wills Eye for meaningful use

Alzheimer's Foundation of America praises House, Senate passage of National Alzheimer's Project Act

Justice Department will appeal health ruling, Virginia decision viewed as one step in long path to Supreme Court

New visualisation software tool for older people to understand mobility problems

UT Southwestern and Rabin Medical Center enter innovative 5-year affiliation agreement

Harmful ingredients in toxic toys need to banned

Sensing a Healthier Future

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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