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Health insurers continue to rally after high court hearings

Certain segments of the health care marketplace appeared to be optimistic about signals from the court's consideration of the individual mandate and the sweeping health law.

3 Apr 2012

Supreme Court justices emerge as possible players in upcoming presidential election

Also in the news, President Obama talks about the health law while on the campaign trail, Vice President Joe Biden takes on GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and health law supporters begin to embrace the term "Obamacare."

3 Apr 2012

Views on the Supreme Court review: No matter what the decision, reform will go on; The case threatens the court's legacy

Listening to the lawyers talking nonstop last week about health care gave me a headache, so I decided to consult one of the nation's top doctors. He offered a real-world diagnosis of what's happening in health care - and a reminder of how much it's changing, regardless of what the Supreme Court decides about Obamacare. My medical guru is Delos "Toby" Cosgrove, chief executive of Cleveland Clinic, a $6 billion network that's one of the biggest and best providers in the country.

3 Apr 2012

NutraGene introduces first ever commercial type 2 diabetes genetic test

With the launch of the country's first ever commercial genetic test for type 2 diabetes, Indians will now have access to clinically relevant and cost effective genetic risk assessment services. NutraGene, a Delhi based genomics company that launched the tests believes that its type 2 diabetes genetic test will provide physicians an effective tool in assessing the risk of diabetes in the Indian population and will help in implementing personalized prevention and management strategies.

3 Apr 2012

Health reform means ER use jumps in Colo.; Calif. insurance premiums rise; Ore. waits to see who wants in on coordinated care

Even people who just got health insurance use the emergency departments to access their care, according to a new study by University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers. It's not just people who lost insurance or people living long without it, the researchers note -- any change in health insurance status, whether positive or negative, tends to send people to the ER because they don't know where else to go.

3 Apr 2012

Perspectives on the health law: Santorum offers his plan for health freedom; Cardinal Dolan's meeting with Obama; Dems' and GOP's 'misconception'

As the Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, we Americans need to remember that we have the freedom to make choices for ourselves. We, not our government, choose the food to eat, the clothes to wear, the ideas to believe. "ObamaCare" is the opposite of freedom. Under ObamaCare, the government, not the individual, has freedom. We can do better.

3 Apr 2012

Ventas acquires Cogdell

Ventas, Inc. announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Cogdell Spencer Inc.

3 Apr 2012

Hypnotherapy effective for treating bowel disorder IBS

Hypnosis can be a highly effective treatment for the bowel disorder IBS. Studies involving a total of 346 patients conducted by researchers at The Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, showed that hypnotherapy alleviated symptoms in 40 per cent of those affected - and that the improvement is long-term.

2 Apr 2012

Medicaid long-term care restrictions tighten

The Wall Street Journal offers tips on how to preserve some assets while attempting to qualify for Medicaid assistance.

2 Apr 2012

IPT has an ongoing protective effect against malaria in infants

Malaria infections among infants can be cut by up to 30 per cent when antimalarial drugs are given intermittently over a 12 month period, a three-year clinical trial in Papua New Guinea has shown.

2 Apr 2012

Democrats offer optimistic take on court's health law decision

Appearing on the Sunday talk shows, Vice President Joseph Biden and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., defended the health law and predicted it would be upheld by the high court.

2 Apr 2012

Linkwell to acquire Metamining Nevada

Linkwell Corporation, a developer, manufacturer and distributer of disinfectant healthcare products in China, announced today it has entered into a definitive share exchange agreement with Metamining Inc. to acquire Metamining Nevada, Inc., as a wholly owned subsidiary,

2 Apr 2012

Accountable Healthcare completes acquisition of MED-STAFF Oklahoma

Accountable Healthcare Holdings Corp, a provider of quality healthcare staffing solutions, today announced that it completed the acquisition of Tulsa, Oklahoma based MED-STAFF Oklahoma, a predominately Travel Nurse focused business that specializes in placing registered nurses, physical and occupational therapists and diagnostic imaging techs in all fifty U.S. states.

2 Apr 2012

Spacelabs Healthcare receives FDA 510(k) clearance for Arkon anesthesia delivery system

Spacelabs Healthcare has received clearance under Section 510(k) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market Arkon, a high-performance anesthesia delivery system designed from the anesthesiologist's perspective.

2 Apr 2012

First Edition: April 2, 2012

Today's headlines offer more analysis of what could become of the Supreme Courts consideration of the health law.

2 Apr 2012

Inovio awarded U.S. DOD grant to advance non-invasive surface electroporation delivery device

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today it has received a U.S. Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research Grant to advance the development of a low-cost, non-invasive surface electroporation (EP) delivery device and test its utility in combination with Inovio's novel synthetic DNA vaccines against viruses with bioterrorism potential, including hanta, puumala, arenavirus and pandemic influenza.

2 Apr 2012

Therakos introduces Lighting Up Lives campaign for patients with immune diseases

Therakos, Inc., a pioneer in the development of an innovative immune modulation therapy called extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP), today launched Lighting Up Lives, a 25-year anniversary campaign and year-long global initiative that honours the lives of patients with serious immune diseases impacted by ECP, as well as the healthcare professionals, caregivers and treatment centres that support them every step of the way.

2 Apr 2012

ViiV, Shionogi announce initial results from dolutegravir Phase III study on HIV-1

ViiV Healthcare and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. today announced that initial results have been received from the SPRING-2 (ING113086) Phase III study of the investigational integrase inhibitor dolutegravir in treatment-naive adults with HIV-1.

2 Apr 2012

Post-Supreme Court, political debate on health law heats up

Just a few days after the Supreme Court's marathon consideration of the health law, news coverage centered around political ramifications.

2 Apr 2012

Biden, Schumer expect court to uphold health law

Biden attacked Romney and the GOP broadly for only staking out a position against what the Obama administration has done, and not offering an alternative. Biden used the healthcare reform law as an example. "What is the Romney answer? There's nothing. All they argue is cut, get rid of that," he said. Biden said that there are "millions of people" benefiting from the law already, and that he was confident the Supreme Court would uphold it when it rules in June.

2 Apr 2012

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Health insurers continue to rally after high court hearings

Supreme Court justices emerge as possible players in upcoming presidential election

Views on the Supreme Court review: No matter what the decision, reform will go on; The case threatens the court's legacy

NutraGene introduces first ever commercial type 2 diabetes genetic test

Health reform means ER use jumps in Colo.; Calif. insurance premiums rise; Ore. waits to see who wants in on coordinated care

Perspectives on the health law: Santorum offers his plan for health freedom; Cardinal Dolan's meeting with Obama; Dems' and GOP's 'misconception'

Ventas acquires Cogdell

Hypnotherapy effective for treating bowel disorder IBS

Medicaid long-term care restrictions tighten

IPT has an ongoing protective effect against malaria in infants

Democrats offer optimistic take on court's health law decision

Linkwell to acquire Metamining Nevada

Accountable Healthcare completes acquisition of MED-STAFF Oklahoma

Spacelabs Healthcare receives FDA 510(k) clearance for Arkon anesthesia delivery system

First Edition: April 2, 2012

Inovio awarded U.S. DOD grant to advance non-invasive surface electroporation delivery device

Therakos introduces Lighting Up Lives campaign for patients with immune diseases

ViiV, Shionogi announce initial results from dolutegravir Phase III study on HIV-1

Post-Supreme Court, political debate on health law heats up

Biden, Schumer expect court to uphold health law

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