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Washing hands with contaminated soap can increase bacterial infection

People who wash their hands with contaminated soap from bulk-soap-refillable dispensers can increase the number of disease-causing microbes on their hands and may play a role in transmission of bacteria in public settings according to research published in the May issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

3 May 2011

CMS: States to analyze Medicaid provider payments, access issues

CMS officials may have kept the Supreme Court from injecting itself into the controversy over disparate state Medicaid payment rates for various providers through a proposed rule issued Friday.

3 May 2011

Simbionix to exhibit new training simulator for pelvic floor repair at ACOG

Simbionix USA Corporation, the world's leading provider of medical education and simulation training products for medical professionals and the healthcare industry, is pleased to announce its new training simulator for pelvic floor repair, to be exhibited for the first time at the ACOG 59th Annual Clinical Meeting in Washington, DC, April 30- May 4, 2011.

3 May 2011

FDA approves Perrigo's Minoxidil Foam, a generic version of Men's Rogaine Foam

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 over-the-counter Minoxidil Foam, a generic version of Men's Rogaine Foam.

3 May 2011

Diabetes cell implant company approved for Argentina clinical trial

Living Cell Technologies Limited, a company pioneering the development of a cell implant to treat diabetes, has obtained approval to commence a Phase II DIABECELL clinical trial in Buenos Aires, Argentina, DIABECELL's third jurisdiction to date which has approved human trials. Up to eight adult patients with Type 1 diabetes, including those with unstable diabetes and severe hypoglycaemia, will each receive two implants of DIABECELL, three months apart with a dose seeking component. The trial is expected to begin in the second half of this year.

3 May 2011

IASIS Healthcare acquires St. Joseph Medical Center

IASIS Healthcare LLC today announced the completion of its acquisition of a 79% ownership interest in St. Joseph Medical Center a 792 licensed bed facility in downtown Houston, Texas.

3 May 2011

Omnicell first quarter revenue is $57.2 million for 2011

Omnicell, Inc., a leading global provider of system solutions to acute healthcare facilities, today announced results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

From Omnicell, Inc. 3 May 2011

VITAS acquires operating assets of Alabama-based Family Comfort Hospice

Chemed Corporation today announced that its VITAS Healthcare Corporation subsidiary has acquired the operating assets of Family Comfort Hospice based in Alabama, effective April 29, 2011.

3 May 2011

Caliper first quarter revenue increases 25% to $35.8 million

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., today reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2011. First quarter revenue increased to $35.8 million, or 25%, from $28.7 million in the same period of 2010.

2 May 2011

Beijing Kanglian, Dehaier sign cooperation agreement for rural healthcare project

Dehaier Medical Systems Ltd., an emerging leader in the development, assembly, marketing and sale of medical devices and homecare medical products in China today announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Beijing Kanglian Medicines Co, Ltd, to develop, operate and implement for a new rural healthcare construction project in Hunan and Anhui provinces.

2 May 2011

CHS to acquire Tenet for $7.25 per share

Community Health Systems, Inc. today announced that it has raised its all-cash offer to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Tenet Healthcare Corporation to $7.25 per share from $6.00 per share.

2 May 2011

First Edition: May 2, 2011

With Congress due back to work in Washington, D.C., after its spring recess, the next stage of the budget battle is expected to heat up. News reports detail the part Medicare and Medicaid will play in the debate.

2 May 2011

OU-COM receives Osteopathic Heritage Foundation grant to address healthcare issues

The Osteopathic Heritage Foundations' $105 million award to Ohio University's College of Osteopathic Medicine represents the largest private donation ever given to a college or university in Ohio. This gift will be used to address some of the most pressing health care issues across the state and the nation - the impending shortage of primary care physicians and the diabetes epidemic.

2 May 2011

CT with 3D scanning can effectively identify contraband smuggling

With the high prevalence of drug abuse and trafficking in major cities throughout the world, one new study shows how advanced CT with 3D scanning can help radiologists better identify ingested or hidden contraband items more effectively.

2 May 2011

Hartford credits NICHE with hospital's success in improving older patients' care

"On the Front Line of Change" was the theme of the 14th annual conference of NICHE, held last month in Las Vegas, Nevada. The conference brought together hundreds of nurses, nursing administrators, educators and other healthcare professionals from across the US and Canada, whose shared passion and purpose is to improve the quality of care for hospitalized older adults.

2 May 2011

Clinton says Supreme Court might strike the individual mandate from the health law

There's a chance that the Supreme Court could rule the so-called "individual mandate" in the healthcare reform law unconstitutional, but on the whole the bill will stay intact, former President Bill Clinton said.

2 May 2011

Many herbal medicines banned under EU directives

According to the new EU rules that came into force over the weekend, hundreds of herbal remedies are now banned. The laws are aimed at protecting consumers from potentially damaging “traditional” medicines.

1 May 2011

Study finds under-reporting of adverse events in hospitals

Patient safety is a hot topic in the U.S., Australia and Europe. Large resources are set aside for research projects that will make life safer for patients. In Norway, the research field is still new - but researchers from Stavanger are in the forefront.

30 Apr 2011

Childs Medical Clinic uses Greenway Medical Technologies' PrimeSUITE 2011

Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. announced today that Childs Medical Clinic of Samson, Ala. is the first Greenway customer utilizing the company's integrated electronic health record, practice management and interoperability solution PrimeSUITE 2011 to successfully attest and receive payment notice within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Stage 1 meaningful use incentives program within the Medicare pathway.

30 Apr 2011

Harvard Medical School and BIDMC professor delivered Solomon A. Berson Distinguished Lectureship

Christos Mantzoros, MD, DSc, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, delivered the Solomon A. Berson Distinguished Lectureship at the annual meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology held earlier this month in Washington, DC.

30 Apr 2011