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AstraZeneca grants $2.5 million to 14 U.S.-based organizations to improve cardiovascular health

The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation today announced grants totaling more than $2.5 million to 14 U.S.-based nonprofit organizations from Maine to California dedicated to improving cardiovascular health in local communities.

8 Mar 2011

Costs and profits: News from the hospital industry

The Boston Globe reports on how Children's Hospital Boston is zeroing in on its costs. Meanwhile, the LA Times reports on another example of regional variation in the cost of care.

8 Mar 2011

Experts develop financial modeling tool to assess economic impact linked with accountable care

Experts from 28 of the nation's leading health systems developed a comprehensive financial modeling tool to assess the economic impact associated with a system-wide transition to accountable care.

8 Mar 2011

FDA clears Spacelabs' EFM Visualization used in Anesthesia System

OSI Systems, Inc., a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Healthcare division, Spacelabs Healthcare, has received FDA 510k clearance for Enhanced Flow Meter Visualization which will be utilized on the BleaseSirius Anesthesia System.

7 Mar 2011

Flinders overcrowding problems to be addressed

The Health Minister John Hill has promised to find ways to ease overcrowding at Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) in Adelaide. At present ambulance crews have left people on stretchers in the hospital’s corridors or in ambulances for long periods before they can be given emergency beds sources reveal.

7 Mar 2011

Olivia’s cancer center’s future hangs in balance due to funds crunch

After the new Victorian government said that there is a “black hole” in funding the project, the proposed Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre in Melbourne may face difficulties in coming into being. About 2000 Victorians are expected to receive treatment at the centre, which was due to open in early 2013.

7 Mar 2011

Elsevier offers Arabic bilingual medical texts to major universities in the Middle East

Elsevier, the leading global publisher of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, announced today it has begun offering Arabic bilingual editions of leading Elsevier medical texts to major universities in the Middle East. The first order was recently received by Kalamoon University in Syria.

7 Mar 2011

Carnot LSI launches new website for industrial contacts

Developed by Floralis, the University Joseph Fourier's technology transfer, the new website www.carnot-lsi.com www.carnot-lsi.com is more detailed comprehensive, more user-friendly and most of all more accessible to its target audience of industrial contacts.

7 Mar 2011

AusBiotech, WMDO to offer online medtech courses

WMDO, the leading global provider of innovative online training for medical device professionals, and AusBiotech, Australia's leading biotechnology industry organization, announced today a strategic partnership that offers AusBiotech Members access to WMDO's professional online training.

7 Mar 2011

New website to encourage healthy behavior changes in Oklahomans

In 2010, Strong & Healthy Oklahoma, a division of the Oklahoma State Department of Health, conducted a 12-question survey to capture current physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco programs/resources across the state.

7 Mar 2011

Poll explores link between Americans' use of communication technologies and sleep habits

The 2011 Sleep in America- poll released today by the National Sleep Foundation finds pervasive use of communications technology in the hour before bed. It also finds that a significant number of Americans aren't getting the sleep they say they need and are searching for ways to cope.

7 Mar 2011

Food safety lawyer calls on DeFranco & Sons to pay medical bills for hazelnuts victims

Food safety lawyer Fred Pritzker is calling on DeFranco & Sons, a Los Angeles, California wholesaler to pay medical bills and other costs incurred by victims of the multi-state E. coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with eating in-the-shell hazelnuts, also known as filberts.

6 Mar 2011

Study examines impact of clinical, basic biomedical research on future work, products, healthcare

Clinical research has greater societal impact over a 15-20 year timescale, while basic research has greater academic impact, according to a new study from RAND Europe and the Health Economics Research Group at Brunel University.

6 Mar 2011

Romney: Federal health reform worse than Mass. plan

News outlets covered a major political speech by former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney on Saturday.

6 Mar 2011

CPCHE launches multi-year project to promote healthier home energy retrofits

Home energy retrofits tackle climate change and when done right they should make homes healthier, while aiding families struggling with utility bills.

6 Mar 2011

Health care political battles tied to budget, insurance costs

"As Congress continues to debate the new health care law, health insurance costs are still rising, particularly for small businesses. Republicans are seizing on the trend as evidence that the new law includes expensive features that are driving up premiums. But the insurance industry says premiums are rising primarily because of the underlying cost of care and a growing demand for it. Across the country, premiums have more than doubled in the last decade, with smaller companies particularly hard hit in recent years, federal officials say".

6 Mar 2011

Mintz Levin's Health Law Practice to sponsor WBL's 10th Annual Summit

The Health Law Practice of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. is a sponsor of the Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation and WBL's 10th Annual Summit.

5 Mar 2011

Leading advocacy organizations to mark International Women's Day with panel discussion

Leading advocacy organizations American Jewish World Service, Women Thrive Worldwide and the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network will mark International Women's Day, on March 8 at 8:30 a.m. with a breakfast and panel discussion highlighting the importance of women to a more effective, accountable, and results-oriented U.S. approach to promoting development in poor countries.

5 Mar 2011

NCRM, CSCRM to become national force in regenerative medicine

In a move to streamline and accelerate the research and development of new stem cell and regenerative medicine technologies, the National Center for Regenerative Medicine and the Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine at Case Western Reserve University have been rolled into a single entity housed within the university's School of Medicine.

5 Mar 2011

1 800 GET THIN to sponsor Wendy's Knowledge Is Power program

1 800 GET THINSM is proud to sponsor Wendy Carrillo in this year's Walk for Wishes and encourages you to live a healthier life, get involved in your community and help brighten children's lives, one step at a time! Wendy Carrillo is the host of Knowledge Is Power, Power 106 FM's Los Angeles community platform where awareness on issues that matter to Angelenos are raised.

5 Mar 2011

Healthcare News

AstraZeneca grants $2.5 million to 14 U.S.-based organizations to improve cardiovascular health

Costs and profits: News from the hospital industry

Experts develop financial modeling tool to assess economic impact linked with accountable care

FDA clears Spacelabs' EFM Visualization used in Anesthesia System

Flinders overcrowding problems to be addressed

Olivia’s cancer center’s future hangs in balance due to funds crunch

Elsevier offers Arabic bilingual medical texts to major universities in the Middle East

Carnot LSI launches new website for industrial contacts

AusBiotech, WMDO to offer online medtech courses

New website to encourage healthy behavior changes in Oklahomans

Poll explores link between Americans' use of communication technologies and sleep habits

Food safety lawyer calls on DeFranco & Sons to pay medical bills for hazelnuts victims

Study examines impact of clinical, basic biomedical research on future work, products, healthcare

Romney: Federal health reform worse than Mass. plan

CPCHE launches multi-year project to promote healthier home energy retrofits

Health care political battles tied to budget, insurance costs

Mintz Levin's Health Law Practice to sponsor WBL's 10th Annual Summit

Leading advocacy organizations to mark International Women's Day with panel discussion

NCRM, CSCRM to become national force in regenerative medicine

1 800 GET THIN to sponsor Wendy's Knowledge Is Power program

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