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Stroke hospitalization rates in adolescents and young adults increase up to 37%

Ischemic stroke hospitalization rates in adolescents and young adults aged 15 to 44 increased up to 37% between 1995 and 2008 according to a study conducted by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2 Sep 2011

New meta-analysis reaffirms safety profile of aspirin for pain relief, fever

A new meta-analysis published this week in Drugs in R&D, reaffirms the safety profile of aspirin for short-term treatment of mild to moderate pain, and aches and fever due to colds when used as directed.

2 Sep 2011

HHS awards $40 million in public health grants

HHS handed out another $40 million in public health grants Wednesday - partly, but not completely, from ACA funds - to help beef up health departments and train the public health workforce.

2 Sep 2011

MRSA ‘superbug’: Everyone at risk!

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a type of staph bacteria that does not respond to commonly used antibiotic treatments, is a type of infection that has been a problem in hospital settings for many years. Back in 2000 it began steadily making its way into the lives of otherwise healthy people, especially children, who are not typically at risk for the fast-moving bacteria.

2 Sep 2011

Eleven UvA researchers named as recipients of ERC Starting Grants

Eleven researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have been named as recipients of Starting Independent Researcher Grants from the European Research Council.

31 Aug 2011

Microvisk introduces unique handheld device which monitors blood clotting status

Microvisk Technologies has introduced its unique handheld devices which monitor the blood clotting status of patients to the US market. Showcased at the prestigious American Association for Clinical Chemistry annual conference, the Microvisk devices attracted strong interest from distributors and potential partners ahead of clinical trials in major US medical centres this autumn and product launches in 2012.

31 Aug 2011

Bracing for deficit panel battle between defense, health interests

Meanwhile, home health advocates are launching campaigns to ward off more Medicare payment cuts when Congress returns to Capitol Hill.

31 Aug 2011

GAO reviews impact of health law's medical-loss ratio provision

Also in today's health policy headlines, the Wall Street Journal reports that a new state-federal program will put steep health premium increases under the microscope and the Washington Post showcases a map detailing state-by-state progress on creating health exchanges.

31 Aug 2011

Shriners Hospitals for Children uses Masimo SpHb during selected surgeries

The healthcare professionals at Shriners Hospitals for Children - Honolulu, which perform hundreds of orthopaedic surgeries on children each year, are using the latest in medical technology from Masimo to noninvasively monitor patient blood levels during selected surgeries.

31 Aug 2011

UCLA develops dual-mode microscope that uses holograms instead of lenses

To serve remote areas of the world, doctors, nurses and field workers need equipment that is portable, versatile, and relatively inexpensive. Now researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) have built a compact, light-weight, dual-mode microscope that uses holograms instead of lenses.

31 Aug 2011

Medicaid news: Calif. providers seek more details on cuts

Several N.C. businesses will now offer employees the opportunity to use a well-known medical home network that has primarily served Medicaid enrollees. Meanwhile, in California, hospitals and doctors are complaining that the state has not given them adequate details about its plans to cut Medicaid costs.

31 Aug 2011

Hospitalized children with colonized with MRSA more likely to develop full-blown infections

A Johns Hopkins Children's Center study of more than 3,000 hospitalized children shows that those colonized but not sick with the antibiotic-resistant bacterium MRSA are at considerable risk for developing full-blown infections.

31 Aug 2011

Insight Pharmaceuticals announces acquisition of MONISTAT business from McNEIL-PPC

Insight Pharmaceuticals, a portfolio company of Swander Pace Capital, announced today that it has acquired the MONISTAT North American brand portfolio from McNEIL-PPC, Inc.

31 Aug 2011

Perrigo's ANDA for Ketoconazole Foam, 2% receives final FDA approval to treat seborrheic dermatitis

Perrigo Company today announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its abbreviated new drug application for Ketoconazole Foam, 2%, the generic version of Extina Ketoconazole Foam, 2%.

31 Aug 2011

Omega board authorizes repurchase of $100M shares of common stock

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $100 million of its outstanding common stock, from time to time over the next 12 months.

31 Aug 2011

Streamline Health receives Drummond Group's ONC-ATCB certification for AccessAnyWare v5.1

Streamline Health Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise and departmental document management solutions and business process workflows for healthcare, announced today that AccessAnyWare v5.1 has received the federal government's "meaningful use" stamp of approval by earning modular inpatient EHR certification for the following requirements: 170.302 O-V and 170.306 E, H.

30 Aug 2011

First Edition: August 30, 2011

Today's headlines include a report about a new federal and state program that will apply scrutiny to any health-premium increase of more than 10 percent.

30 Aug 2011

IntraPace to launch new lifestyle management portal and support network at IFSO 2011 congress

IntraPace, Inc., the developer of the innovative abiliti implantable obesity management system, announced today that it will launch its new lifestyle management portal and support network this week at the XVI World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) in Hamburg, Germany.

30 Aug 2011

Daily remote ICD monitoring a safe alternative to conventional follow-up

Device management using a home monitoring system with daily telemetry in patients with ICDs is a safe alternative to conventional monitoring and could decrease the number of inappropriate shocks, according to results of the ECOST study, a multicentre randomised trial performed in France.

30 Aug 2011

Viewpoints: Spotlight on insurance industry; local health costs rising; obesity debate

The GOP candidate's positions are not a vision of the future for the U.S. but of a discredited past. ... Perry's proposed fixes for the healthcare system - tort reform, individual ownership of health insurance, portability of plans for people who move or change jobs - would do nothing to slow the growth of healthcare costs or reduce the number of uninsured Americans.

30 Aug 2011

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Stroke hospitalization rates in adolescents and young adults increase up to 37%

New meta-analysis reaffirms safety profile of aspirin for pain relief, fever

HHS awards $40 million in public health grants

MRSA ‘superbug’: Everyone at risk!

Eleven UvA researchers named as recipients of ERC Starting Grants

Microvisk introduces unique handheld device which monitors blood clotting status

Bracing for deficit panel battle between defense, health interests

GAO reviews impact of health law's medical-loss ratio provision

Shriners Hospitals for Children uses Masimo SpHb during selected surgeries

UCLA develops dual-mode microscope that uses holograms instead of lenses

Medicaid news: Calif. providers seek more details on cuts

Hospitalized children with colonized with MRSA more likely to develop full-blown infections

Insight Pharmaceuticals announces acquisition of MONISTAT business from McNEIL-PPC

Perrigo's ANDA for Ketoconazole Foam, 2% receives final FDA approval to treat seborrheic dermatitis

Omega board authorizes repurchase of $100M shares of common stock

Streamline Health receives Drummond Group's ONC-ATCB certification for AccessAnyWare v5.1

First Edition: August 30, 2011

IntraPace to launch new lifestyle management portal and support network at IFSO 2011 congress

Daily remote ICD monitoring a safe alternative to conventional follow-up

Viewpoints: Spotlight on insurance industry; local health costs rising; obesity debate

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