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LA/hypnosis combination during surgery can aid healing process, reduce drug use and hospital stay time

Using a combination of hypnosis and local anaesthesia (LA) for certain types of surgery can aid the healing process and reduce drug use and time spent in hospital, anaesthesiologists have found. The combination could also help avoid cancer recurrence and metastases, according to new research to be presented today at the European Anaesthesiology Congress in Amsterdam.

13 Jun 2011

Pawlenty rips Romney's health plan; other GOP candidates get ready to rumble

In advance of Monday night's GOP presidential contenders' debate, news outlets covered candidates ramping up the rhetoric on health care.

13 Jun 2011

IMS Health acquires Med-Vantage

IMS Health has acquired Med-Vantage, a San Francisco-based software solutions company, to further expand its presence and capabilities in the payer marketplace. Med-Vantage offers its clients a comprehensive suite of provider performance management and member engagement solutions that promote high-quality care and address the complexities of new reimbursement and care delivery models.

10 Jun 2011

Premier healthcare alliance awards new agreements for ophthalmology products

The Premier healthcare alliance has announced that new agreements for ophthalmology products have been awarded.

10 Jun 2011

GE and Mayo Clinic receive $5.7 million NIH grant to study dedicated MRI brain scanner technology

Driving new technologies that will help expand the availability of MRI scanners beyond the hospital to smaller clinic settings, GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company, and Mayo Clinic, have received a five-year, $5.7 million grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), components of the National Institutes of Health.

10 Jun 2011

State news: Mass. immigrant care; Pension benefit changes in Calif. cities

Thousands of legal immigrants may have to wait weeks longer to find out whether the state's highest court will order Massachusetts to restore their full health insurance benefits. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Associate Justice Robert J. Cordy today ordered lawyers for the state to file their motions by June 23.

10 Jun 2011

Large medical groups urge OMB to be careful with ACO budget expectations

The American Group Management Association asked the Obama administration to scale back the anticipated savings that are expected from the creation of accountable care organizations. Setting the savings bar too high, the organizations said, could cause the ACO program to be unsuccessful.

10 Jun 2011

Senate Dems pledge to fight big Medicaid cuts

Meanwhile, a left-leaning advocacy group released a report on how GOP budget plans to change the program would impact New Hampshire -- a clear step designed to bring Medicaid into the realm of presidential politics.

10 Jun 2011

Life Technologies enters exclusive agreement for TAL Effector Technology license

Life Technologies Corporation has signed an exclusive license agreement for novel technology that enables synthetic biologists to effectively program and control the genetic circuitry in engineered pathways and organisms.

10 Jun 2011

Centric Health first quarter revenue increases 67% to $23.0 million

Centric Health Corporation, Canada's leading diversified healthcare services company, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

10 Jun 2011

Spanish scale measures concern about cancer in healthy people

When a person has a family history of cancer, their worry about developing the disease may lead to them refusing to have preventive tests. Advice from genetic counselling units reduces their anxiety but, until now, nobody knew how much. Now, a scientific team has validated the 'Escala de Preocupaci-n por el C-ncer - EPC' (equivalent of the Cancer Worry Scale), the first of its kind in the Spanish language, in order to evaluate it.

10 Jun 2011

German hospital adopts Luminex new diagnostic assay to manage current E.coli outbreak

Luminex Corporation and the Kliniken der Stadt Koln, Institute of Pathology and Institute for Hygiene today announced that Luminex's newly released xTAG Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel (GPP) is being used successfully as a first-line screen for patients at Kliniken der Stadt Koln suspected of having an E. coli infection.

From Luminex 10 Jun 2011

Chinese medical devices market to achieve revenues of $30.6B by 2017

The Chinese medical devices market has enjoyed rapid growth of late and is forecast to achieve revenues of $30.6 billion by 2017, according to a report released on companiesandmarkets.com.

10 Jun 2011

New article warns Asians about striking increase in asbestos-related deaths

An alarming new article in Respirology issues a serious warning of massive rises in deaths from asbestos-related lung diseases in Asia. Dr Ken Takahashi, Acting Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Occupational Health, and his team put together important data on asbestos use in 47 Asian countries in this landmark article. Cyprus, Israel and Japan had the highest age-adjusted mortality rates in Asia.

10 Jun 2011

Report examines how African governments can work with private sector to improve health care

A new report from the World Bank and International Finance Corporation outlines how the public and private sectors in Africa can work together to improve health care quality and access, VOA News reports.

10 Jun 2011

Walden University's School of Psychology offers two new new online degree programs

Professionals or aspiring professionals in the field of psychology want to help people cope in trying times, maintain their sense of well-being or even promote productivity and performance in the workplace. Two new online degree programs in Walden University's School of Psychology are designed to prepare students to meet the needs of individuals, groups and organizations in today's sometimes challenging world.

10 Jun 2011

Battle over health law moves to Atlanta courtroom as judges weigh limits of the measure's powers

In perhaps the weightiest of the dozens of challenges to the Obama health care law, a panel of appellate judges grappled Wednesday with the essential quandary of the case: if the federal government can require Americans to buy medical insurance, what constitutional limit would prevent it from mandating all manner of purchases and activities?

10 Jun 2011

University of Sheffield's ScHARR team develops new index to measure hospital mortality rates

A team from the University of Sheffield's School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) has developed a new index to measure hospital mortality rates that has been accepted for use by the Department of Health.

10 Jun 2011

Masimo receives GOLD 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award for Pronto-7 noninvasive hemoglobin

Masimo Corporation announced today that its Pronto-7 handheld noninvasive hemoglobin, arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse rate, and perfusion index spot-check testing device has received the GOLD 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award—the highest award given in the general hospital devices and therapeutic products category.

10 Jun 2011

Study identifies sharp rise in Parkinson's prevalence in Israel from 2000 to 2007

In a new study published today in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Parkinson's Disease, Israeli researchers report that by tracking pharmacy purchases of anti-Parkinson drugs they could estimate the number of Parkinson's disease (PD) cases in a large population.

10 Jun 2011

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

LA/hypnosis combination during surgery can aid healing process, reduce drug use and hospital stay time

Pawlenty rips Romney's health plan; other GOP candidates get ready to rumble

IMS Health acquires Med-Vantage

Premier healthcare alliance awards new agreements for ophthalmology products

GE and Mayo Clinic receive $5.7 million NIH grant to study dedicated MRI brain scanner technology

State news: Mass. immigrant care; Pension benefit changes in Calif. cities

Large medical groups urge OMB to be careful with ACO budget expectations

Senate Dems pledge to fight big Medicaid cuts

Life Technologies enters exclusive agreement for TAL Effector Technology license

Centric Health first quarter revenue increases 67% to $23.0 million

Spanish scale measures concern about cancer in healthy people

German hospital adopts Luminex new diagnostic assay to manage current E.coli outbreak

Chinese medical devices market to achieve revenues of $30.6B by 2017

New article warns Asians about striking increase in asbestos-related deaths

Report examines how African governments can work with private sector to improve health care

Walden University's School of Psychology offers two new new online degree programs

Battle over health law moves to Atlanta courtroom as judges weigh limits of the measure's powers

University of Sheffield's ScHARR team develops new index to measure hospital mortality rates

Masimo receives GOLD 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award for Pronto-7 noninvasive hemoglobin

Study identifies sharp rise in Parkinson's prevalence in Israel from 2000 to 2007

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