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Researchers cite stress from 'collective trauma' of terrorist attacks

The events of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way Americans travel and view the world. They may also have made us sicker and more likely to access healthcare services, according to a new UC Irvine study.

30 Jul 2011

HHS makes funds available for health insurance co-ops

The Department of Health and Human Services will make available $600 million in loans to help start these co-ops, which were authorized by the health law. Meanwhile, various regulations regarding the health law's coverage expansions are pending at the Office of Management and Budget.

30 Jul 2011

WARFARIN Study initiated to assess utility of genetic testing to reduce warfarin-related adverse events

Iverson Genetic Diagnostics, Inc. announced that the WARFARIN Study was initiated at Colorado Heart & Vascular, P.C. in Denver and other major hospital systems nationwide to assess the utility of genetic testing to determine a personalized warfarin dose for individual patients to reduce their risk of serious bleeding or clotting events.

30 Jul 2011

AACN recognizes Children's MSICU, NICU with gold-level Beacon Awards for Excellence

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has recognized the Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children's Hospital Boston with gold-level Beacon Awards for Excellence.

30 Jul 2011

Heart disease remains most costly condition in terms of health care expenditure for women: AHRQ

The cost of treating women for heart disease in 2008 was $43.6 billion, leading a list of the top 10 most expensive conditions for women, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

30 Jul 2011

State roundup: Protests over plans to close Brooklyn hospital

A stream of hospital administrators, a state assemblyman, doctors and advocates for immigrants took the microphone at a sometimes raucous hearing in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday to plead with state officials not to close, merge or shrink troubled hospitals in the borough.

30 Jul 2011

Medicare, health law stay in the political spotlight

In a pair of stories, Politico addresses various ways these health issues continue to make political waves in the run up to the next election. Also, CNN reports the AARP members are worried about what a debt deal will do to Medicare, and an AP poll underscores baby boomers concerns about health care costs.

30 Jul 2011

HHS announces grants to expand nursing education, training and diversity

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced $71.3 million in grants to expand nursing education, training and diversity.

30 Jul 2011

Standard Register reports net loss of $0.9 million for second quarter 2011

Standard Register today announced its financial results for the second quarter.

30 Jul 2011

Amgen reports 8% increase in second quarter total product sales to $3,893 million

Amgen reported total revenue increased 4 percent during the second quarter of 2011 to $3,959 million versus $3,804 million in the second quarter of 2010. Total product sales increased 8 percent in the second quarter of 2011 to $3,893 million versus $3,613 million in the second quarter of 2010. The increase in total revenue in the second quarter of 2011 included a decline in other revenue due to certain milestone payments earned in the second quarter of 2010.

29 Jul 2011

FDA approves Lannett's ANDA for Phentermine Resin Extended-Release Capsules

Lannett Company, Inc. today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Phentermine Resin Extended-Release Capsules, 15 mg and 30 mg, representing the fourth product approval the company has received in the last five weeks.

29 Jul 2011

Cadence confirms FDA dosing recommendations for OFIRMEV

Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today confirmed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved dosing recommendations for OFIRMEV (acetaminophen) injection remains 4,000 mg per day for adults and adolescents weighing at least 50 kg.

29 Jul 2011

Merck reports worldwide sales of $12.2 billion for second quarter 2011

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2011.

29 Jul 2011

HMS second quarter revenue increases 26% to $89.3 million

HMS today announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2011.

29 Jul 2011

Amerigroup second quarter total revenues increase 6.3% to $1.53 billion

Amerigroup Corporation today announced that net income for the second quarter of 2011 was $44.3 million, or $0.83 per diluted share, versus net income of $67.2 million, or $1.31 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2010 and compared to $70.5 million, or $1.37 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2011.

29 Jul 2011

Hospice services improve quality of care and support for dementia patients

Hospice services substantially improved the provision of care and support for nursing home patients dying of dementia and their families, according to an analysis of survey responses from hundreds of bereaved family members.

29 Jul 2011

Nation's health care tab continues to grow

The nation's health care tab is on track to hit $4.6 trillion in 2020, accounting for about $1 of every $5 in the economy, government number crunchers estimate in a report out Thursday. How much is that? Including government and private money, health care spending in 2020 will average $13,710 for every man, woman and child, says Medicare's Office of the Actuary.

29 Jul 2011

Time Temp Trac system can aid in successful conservation of stored blood

Human blood is a precious resource. Because stored blood has a very limited shelf life, keeping every available unit of it suitable for medical use is a crucial function at hospitals and other health care facilities - especially during supply shortages such as those currently being experienced in the Triad, other parts of North Carolina and numerous sections of the country.

29 Jul 2011

Health law challenge inches toward Supreme Court

The Supreme Court was asked on Wednesday to hear a challenge to the health care overhaul law, raising the possibility that the justices could rule on the matter by next summer, just months before the presidential election.

29 Jul 2011

Sorrento receives NIAID Phase I STTR grant to develop vaccines against C. difficile infection

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has received a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer Research grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.

29 Jul 2011