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D.C.'s Obamacare insurance exchange hits technology snag

The District of Columbia's online health exchange will not be able to immediately calculate a person's subsidy to help them buy coverage or sign up for Medicaid when the health law exchange opens Oct. 1. Instead, such determinations will be done offline as officials try to fix the problems.

27 Sep 2013

'Jekyll-and-Hyde' protein could be potent target for developing new cancer drugs

The mood changes of a 'Jekyll-and-Hyde' protein, which sometimes boosts tumour cell growth and at other times suppresses it, have been explained in a new study led by Oxford University researchers.

27 Sep 2013

Alliqua enters into distribution agreement with Carolon Health Care Products

Alliqua Inc., a biomedical company offering a suite of drug delivery technologies and wound healing solutions, has entered into an agreement with Carolon Health Care Products through which it will gain both new sales distribution pathways and established customers.

26 Sep 2013

Affinity Health Plan's Medicare Advantage plans to be expanded into five counties

On October 1, 2013, Affinity Health Plan's Medicare Advantage plans, currently offered in the five boroughs of New York City, will become available in Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland and Orange counties.

26 Sep 2013

First Edition: September 26, 2013

Today's headlines include details regarding the ongoing congressional battle over the future of the health law in the context of avoiding a government shutdown, as well as the developments on the ground as the Oct. 1 launch of the health law's insurance marketplace nears.

26 Sep 2013

IRIDEX's MicroPulse Laser Therapy to be featured at EURETINA and ESCRS conferences

IRIDEX today announced a number of key international conferences and workshops that will feature its proprietary MicroPulse Laser Therapy for the treatment of diabetes and glaucoma related disorders.

26 Sep 2013

Pittcon to exhibit at BioConference Live’s “Cancer: Research, Discovery and Therapeutics” online-only event

Pittcon is pleased to announce it will be exhibiting at the next BioConference Live virtual event. BioConference Live, the largest producer of online-only conferences focused on life sciences, laboratory animal sciences and clinical diagnostics, has announced the upcoming “Cancer: Research, Discovery and Therapeutics” online-only conference.

26 Sep 2013

Federal appeals court mulls whether businesses can be exempt from birth control Mandate

The court is considering a case in which two brothers who own businesses in Ohio say the requirement to cover the cost of contraceptives to their employees would violate their Roman Catholic beliefs.

26 Sep 2013

European and Brazilian Society of Cardiology join to deliver key cardio messages

Rio de Janeiro, 28 September 2013 - As the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (BSC) team up to deliver key cardio messages at the 68th BSC Congress in Rio de Janeiro (28 September to 1 October 2013), new research underscores the essential role of cardiology specialists in Brazil.

26 Sep 2013

Study evaluates reliability of scale to assess toxicity for patients receiving radiation therapy

The North Shore-LIJ Health System Department of Radiation Medicine presented a novel study to evaluate the reliability of different systems used by caregivers to assess toxicity for patients receiving radiation therapy. The study will be presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology in Atlanta, GA.

26 Sep 2013

Threatened shutdown may not officially slow health law's implementation but could trigger technical difficulties

Many aspects of the health law will be mostly untouched by the looming federal government shutdown. But some officials are concerned that it could jam up the exchanges' data hub.

26 Sep 2013

Michigan's Medicaid expansion could act as model for bipartisan health care reform in other states

Michigan's newly expanded Medicaid program could act as a model for other states to achieve bipartisan health care reform even in a heated national political climate, says the head of the University of Michigan's health policy institute in an article published online today by the New England Journal of Medicine.

26 Sep 2013

Finding innovative ways to manage total cost of care

The American Medical Group Association is convening more than 450 participants, representing the leaders of the nation's preeminent healthcare provider organizations, at the IQL 2013 Annual Conference, September 25 - 27 at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Arizona.

26 Sep 2013

Obama, Clinton make joint pitch to uninsured Americans

White House officials said the rare, hour-long appearance by the two presidents was an attempt to focus attention on next week's opening of enrollment in health insurance exchanges, which are key to the health law's expansion of coverage.

26 Sep 2013

Research by pharmacists can help improve health literacy

Limited health literacy can lead to difficulties in patients' self-care activities such as taking prescribed medications. Since a considerable amount of health information changes hands in the pharmacy setting, research by pharmacists into evaluating which tools are effective in practice can make a valuable contribution to goals set by the 2010 US National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy and lead to improvements in communications and health care, say experts in this special themed issue on "Pharmacy, Medication Use, and the National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy," published in the journal Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy.

26 Sep 2013

Ten health care innovations could save lives of mothers and children

Ten health care innovations, if brought to scale immediately in low-resource countries, could have the potential to save the lives of some 1.2 million mothers and children in 2015.

26 Sep 2013

Popular or unpopular, health law rollout fires up backers, detractors

The popularity, or unpopularity, of the health law in different parts of America remains a flashpoint issue in determining how the law rolls out, as lawmakers and health officials share their points of view with a skeptical public.

26 Sep 2013

Politics and strategies complicate GOP efforts to derail the health law

Democrats see the threat of shutting down the federal government over the health law as potentially bringing electoral gains in 2014. Meanwhile, House Republican leaders are mulling whether to attach new repeal amendments -- including one that would delay the health law's individual mandate -- to the pending bill to fund the government.

26 Sep 2013

First Edition: September 25, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about projected health insurance premium costs on the health law's new online marketplaces, as well as news from Capitol Hill and a joint appearance by President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton to talk about the overhaul.

25 Sep 2013

Janssen signs license agreement with PATH for early development HIV-1 medicine rilpivirine

Janssen R&D Ireland announced today it has signed a license agreement with PATH for the early development of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 medicine rilpivirine in a long-acting injection (depot formulation) as potential pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV infection.

25 Sep 2013

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

D.C.'s Obamacare insurance exchange hits technology snag

'Jekyll-and-Hyde' protein could be potent target for developing new cancer drugs

Alliqua enters into distribution agreement with Carolon Health Care Products

Affinity Health Plan's Medicare Advantage plans to be expanded into five counties

First Edition: September 26, 2013

IRIDEX's MicroPulse Laser Therapy to be featured at EURETINA and ESCRS conferences

Pittcon to exhibit at BioConference Live’s “Cancer: Research, Discovery and Therapeutics” online-only event

Federal appeals court mulls whether businesses can be exempt from birth control Mandate

European and Brazilian Society of Cardiology join to deliver key cardio messages

Study evaluates reliability of scale to assess toxicity for patients receiving radiation therapy

Threatened shutdown may not officially slow health law's implementation but could trigger technical difficulties

Michigan's Medicaid expansion could act as model for bipartisan health care reform in other states

Finding innovative ways to manage total cost of care

Obama, Clinton make joint pitch to uninsured Americans

Research by pharmacists can help improve health literacy

Ten health care innovations could save lives of mothers and children

Popular or unpopular, health law rollout fires up backers, detractors

Politics and strategies complicate GOP efforts to derail the health law

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Janssen signs license agreement with PATH for early development HIV-1 medicine rilpivirine

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