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Members of Congress receive messages from lupus advocates during Lupus Advocacy Day

Members of Congress received more than 2500 emails, messages, and stories from lupus advocates across the country during the Lupus Foundation of America's Thirteenth Annual Advocacy Day held February 28-March 1, 2011. More than 200 individuals met in person with their Congressional Representatives and staff on Capitol Hill, and countless others called, wrote letters, or helped spread the word online through Facebook and Twitter, to raise awareness about the need for increased federal funding for lupus research, education, and awareness programs.

5 Mar 2011

Pennsylvanians to observe Problem Gambling Awareness Week

The state departments of Health, Revenue and Agriculture – along with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board – are working together to highlight "Problem Gambling Awareness Week," March 6-12, to ensure that Pennsylvanians with gambling addiction problems know that help is available.

5 Mar 2011

US District Court certifies class-action lawsuit against McKesson for drug price manipulation

Today a United States District Court judge certified a nationwide, class-action lawsuit against McKesson Corporation on behalf of municipalities claiming McKesson engaged in a scheme to inflate fraudulently the price of more than 400 brand-name prescription drugs, including blockbusters such as Prozac, Lipitor, Zocor and Vioxx.

5 Mar 2011

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice's current issue explains impact of PPACA

The current issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, provides a definitive analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is now under fire as an unconstitutional exercise of federal power.

5 Mar 2011

SLM, Johns Hopkins, MDSNe partner to provide medical education for European healthcare providers

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, San Lucas Medical, a leading London-based medical education communications company and medical publisher of fifteen medical journals throughout Europe and Asia and MDSNe, a healthcare specific, social media startup, announced today their partnership to design, implement and distribute medical education to European healthcare providers based on social learning.

5 Mar 2011

NIEHS, NTP to mark 50th anniversary of SOT

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program, part of the National Institutes of Health, will mark the 50th anniversary of the Society of Toxicology at the SOT annual meeting in Washington, D.C., March 6-10, 2011.

5 Mar 2011

Efficient medical treatments to be showcased at SIR's 36th Annual Scientific Meeting

The Society of Interventional Radiology will feature minimally invasive scientific advances and new discoveries in treating a host of diseases at its 36th Annual Scientific Meeting March 26–31 at McCormick Place (West) in Chicago, Ill. The theme of the meeting is "IR Rising: Leading Image-guided Medicine," chosen to reflect interventional radiology's continued revolutionizing of modern medicine.

5 Mar 2011

Core Performance uses IBM software to help consumers reach their fitness goals

IBM today announced that a leading provider of corporate fitness services is using business rules software to customize individual workouts to help consumers reach their fitness goals in the New Year.

5 Mar 2011

Deal Search Online: Pharma is the single most active sector in decade's health care M&A market

According to Deal Search Online, an Irving Levin Associates M&A database, there has been a total of 1,431 pharmaceutical M&A deals, totaling $632.3 billion dollars committed to the industry during the ten-year period ended December 31, 2010.

5 Mar 2011

Walgreens joins Care Continuum Alliance as new member

The Care Continuum Alliance today announced its newest member: Walgreens, the nation's largest drugstore chain and a health and wellness leader.

5 Mar 2011

U.N. panel recommends reparations fund for victims of sexual violence in DRC

A high-level U.N. panel on Thursday recommended that the international community "create a special reparations fund for victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo," following an assessment of the conditions faced by survivors of such acts, Agence France-Presse reports.

5 Mar 2011

GW Health Policy Researchers play a major role in AJPM supplement

GW Health Policy Researchers, led by Wilhelmine Miller, Ph.D., associate research professor in the School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy, played a major role in the supplement of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

5 Mar 2011

Study examines effectiveness of active video games for improving health, fitness

A multidisciplinary team from the Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, Universitat Jaume I, University General Hospital from Valencia and the Biomedical Research Network Centre on Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn) is developing a study on the effectiveness of active video games in children and teenagers (know as "exergaming platforms") for exercising and improving their health and fitness.

5 Mar 2011

Senate Republicans urge White House to withdraw Berwick nomination

The Obama administration used a "recess appointment" last July to appoint Donald Berwick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Yesterday, 42 GOP senators signed on to a letter asking that this appointment be withdrawn.

5 Mar 2011

Psychiatrist releases new book on wide range of issues about life

Most immigrants fantasize about finding the American Dream, often associating fame with material wealth. Many give up in their quest because it takes hard work and discipline. But obstacles and failures should be learning experiences, not total barriers.

5 Mar 2011

WSJ: A windfall for HCA investors

Meanwhile, a report by Health Care For America Now details profits for the nation's five largest insurers and draws a strong reaction from the industry.

5 Mar 2011

NFBI to hold seminar on everyday tips and techniques for blind people in Burlington

The National Federation of the Blind of Iowa, Iowa's largest consumer group of blind people, will hold its third technology seminar titled "Independence Is Easy -- Do You Know What I Know?" on Saturday, March 12. The seminar will be held at the Comfort Suites in Burlington.

5 Mar 2011

Physicians, care provider organizations near deadline for processing submittals to CMS for 2010 PQRI

Covisint, a Compuware company, today announced that physicians and care provider organizations are nearing the absolute deadline for processing submittals to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the 2010 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative. Leveraging Covisint DocSite PQRI, physicians and practice managers can now submit 2010 PQRI data through March 15, 2011.

5 Mar 2011

First Lady to discuss Let's Move! initiative on childhood obesity during NLC Conference

Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States of America, will address city leaders during the National League of Cities' 2011 Congressional City Conference on March 15th in Washington, DC. The conference sessions will focus on federal policy issues and an economic growth agenda for America's hometowns and the country.

5 Mar 2011

FLSPMP moves to set record straight on issue of patient privacy, PDMP

The Florida Society of Pain Management Providers moves to set the record straight on the issue of patient privacy and the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.

5 Mar 2011

Healthcare News

Members of Congress receive messages from lupus advocates during Lupus Advocacy Day

Pennsylvanians to observe Problem Gambling Awareness Week

US District Court certifies class-action lawsuit against McKesson for drug price manipulation

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice's current issue explains impact of PPACA

SLM, Johns Hopkins, MDSNe partner to provide medical education for European healthcare providers

NIEHS, NTP to mark 50th anniversary of SOT

Efficient medical treatments to be showcased at SIR's 36th Annual Scientific Meeting

Core Performance uses IBM software to help consumers reach their fitness goals

Deal Search Online: Pharma is the single most active sector in decade's health care M&A market

Walgreens joins Care Continuum Alliance as new member

U.N. panel recommends reparations fund for victims of sexual violence in DRC

GW Health Policy Researchers play a major role in AJPM supplement

Study examines effectiveness of active video games for improving health, fitness

Senate Republicans urge White House to withdraw Berwick nomination

Psychiatrist releases new book on wide range of issues about life

WSJ: A windfall for HCA investors

NFBI to hold seminar on everyday tips and techniques for blind people in Burlington

Physicians, care provider organizations near deadline for processing submittals to CMS for 2010 PQRI

First Lady to discuss Let's Move! initiative on childhood obesity during NLC Conference

FLSPMP moves to set record straight on issue of patient privacy, PDMP

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