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Accommodations sought for chronically ill, victims of domestic violence

Advocates press for help for thousands of consumers with pre-existing illnesses who face a March 31 closure of high-risk insurance pools and also for married victims of domestic abuse to allow them to qualify for subsidized coverage.

17 Mar 2014

TVM Capital Healthcare Partners signs affiliation with Joslin Diabetes Center

TVM Capital Healthcare Partners, the region's first private equity firm dedicated exclusively to the healthcare sector, has signed an affiliation with Joslin Diabetes Center.

17 Mar 2014

L. reuteri Protectis reduces diarrhea, respiratory tract infections in healthy children

Healthy children attending day-care centres have a significantly lower risk of getting diarrhoea or respiratory tract infections when given a daily supplement of Lactobacillus reuteri Protectis, a study in 336 children shows. "Our study confirms earlier published data in proving that preventive use of L. reuteri Protectis in healthy children reduces diarrhoeic episodes.

17 Mar 2014

Study finds that patients who lose weight have better joint replacement outcomes

While many overweight patients have the best intentions to lose weight after joint replacement, a study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that although some are able to achieve this goal, equal numbers of patients actually gain weight after hip or knee replacement.

17 Mar 2014

Self-assembling DNA cages hold potential promise in drug delivery

Move over, nanotechnologists, and make room for the biggest of the small. Scientists at the Harvard's Wyss Institute have built a set of self-assembling DNA cages one-tenth as wide as a bacterium.

17 Mar 2014

Patients with cleft palate can benefit from bone lengthening technique

A technique called distraction osteogenesis can create increased length of the upper jaw in patients with cleft lip and palate deformities, reports a study in the March issue of The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, edited by Mutaz B. Habal, MD, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

17 Mar 2014

New crowd funding campaign supports dementia patients

Opaque Multimedia and Alzheimer's Australia Vic today announced the launch of a Pozible crowd funding campaign to support the development of The Forest Project - a video game application designed to improve the quality of life of people living with dementia through the use of Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4 technology.

17 Mar 2014

New gaming technology receives national awards

Television shows have been using tension between hospital personnel as compelling drama for years. But, in the real world, misunderstandings and miscommunication in the healthcare environment can cause errors with long-lasting, even fatal consequences.

17 Mar 2014

When it comes to enrollment rates, some states, regions outpace others

The Washington Post notes that the Northeast appears to be doing the best with enrollment, but western states are doing well with implementation.

17 Mar 2014

Obama administration rule raises more questions about the individual mandate's reach

News outlets report that a hardship exemption was added that could potentially make it much easier for people to get around the requirement that they have health insurance.

17 Mar 2014

Merck's NOXAFIL injection gets FDA approval for intravenous use

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved NOXAFIL (posaconazole) injection (18 mg/ mL), a new formulation of NOXAFIL for intravenous (IV) use.

16 Mar 2014

Almost Family agrees to acquire Caldwell Medical Center's Medicare-certified home health agency

Almost Family, Inc., today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of the Medicare-certified home health agency owned by Caldwell Medical Center located in Princeton, Kentucky.

16 Mar 2014

First Edition: March 14, 2014

Today's headlines include reports about which states are doing well with health law enrollment and implementation, and which ones are not.

14 Mar 2014

How many sign-ups to reach 6 million goal? 42 a minute.

That's how fast signups would have to be happening for the health law to "pass its first physical," reports The Associated Press. Meanwhile, health consultant Avalere projects that 5.4 million are actually on track to sign up for coverage by March 31.

14 Mar 2014

Life Healthcare Communications joins as newest member of Indigenus network

Indigenus, the largest independent global network of healthwellness communication companies, today announced that Life Healthcare Communications, a leading independent agency based in Windsor, UK, joins as the newest member of the Indigenus network.

14 Mar 2014

Viewpoints: The impact of Florida's special election; drug testing for doctors; the toll from Alzheimer's

A rule of electoral politics is that when a Democratic wave is building, the media broadcast it like a foregone conclusion. When a Republican wave is building, Beltway pundits are the last to admit it. After Tuesday's GOP win in a Florida special House election, even the press corps now agrees that Republicans are poised for major gains in November, assuming the GOP has the wit to exploit it (3/12).

14 Mar 2014

Study finds that same-day bilateral knee replacement surgery safe for select patients with RA

Same-day bilateral knee replacement surgery is safe for select patients with rheumatoid arthritis, researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery in New York have found.

14 Mar 2014

Gov. Jan Brewer, Arizona's Medicaid expander, won't run again

The Republican governor pushed the state legislature to expand Medicaid coverage to most poor people in the state.

14 Mar 2014

House Republicans plan: Delay individual mandate for five years

The idea is to use the savings to reverse the annual SGR cut for Medicare doctors. Also, a group of Catholic employers in Oklahoma is suing about the health law's contraception coverage exception.

14 Mar 2014

Pioneer in nursing education receives GE Healthcare-AACN Pioneering Spirit Award

Carrie B. Lenburg, RN, EdD, FAAN, ANEF, a pioneer in nursing education, will receive the GE Healthcare-AACN Pioneering Spirit Award in recognition of her career-long focus on innovative educational models, with an emphasis on competency performance and program evaluation.

14 Mar 2014

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Accommodations sought for chronically ill, victims of domestic violence

TVM Capital Healthcare Partners signs affiliation with Joslin Diabetes Center

L. reuteri Protectis reduces diarrhea, respiratory tract infections in healthy children

Study finds that patients who lose weight have better joint replacement outcomes

Self-assembling DNA cages hold potential promise in drug delivery

Patients with cleft palate can benefit from bone lengthening technique

New crowd funding campaign supports dementia patients

New gaming technology receives national awards

When it comes to enrollment rates, some states, regions outpace others

Obama administration rule raises more questions about the individual mandate's reach

Merck's NOXAFIL injection gets FDA approval for intravenous use

Almost Family agrees to acquire Caldwell Medical Center's Medicare-certified home health agency

First Edition: March 14, 2014

How many sign-ups to reach 6 million goal? 42 a minute.

Life Healthcare Communications joins as newest member of Indigenus network

Viewpoints: The impact of Florida's special election; drug testing for doctors; the toll from Alzheimer's

Study finds that same-day bilateral knee replacement surgery safe for select patients with RA

Gov. Jan Brewer, Arizona's Medicaid expander, won't run again

House Republicans plan: Delay individual mandate for five years

Pioneer in nursing education receives GE Healthcare-AACN Pioneering Spirit Award

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