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Cantel Medical's fiscal 2010 second-quarter net income up 29%

CANTEL MEDICAL CORP. reported a 29% increase in net income to $4,876,000, or $0.29 per diluted share, on a 6.7% increase in sales to $66,587,000 for the second quarter ended January 31, 2010. This compares with net income of $3,774,000, or $0.23 per diluted share, on sales of $62,420,000 for the second quarter ended January 31, 2009.

9 Mar 2010

AHF’s Magic Johnson ‘Testing America’ Tour arrives in Charlotte, North Carolina

AHF’s Magic Johnson ‘Testing America’ Tour, a six month, 48 state national cross country HIV testing tour, arrives in Charlotte, North Carolina and will offer free HIV testing, along with local partner the Regional HIV/AIDS Consortium, today Tuesday, March 9th at Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, 727 West Trade Street, from 12:00 noon until 6:00 pm.

9 Mar 2010

Trinity Health goes live with first stage of Novo Grid deployment

Medicity, Inc. announced today that top-ranked health system Trinity Health, comprised of 44 hospitals and numerous healthcare facilities in eight states, went live with the first stage of its Novo Grid deployment – establishing electronic health information exchange (HIE) with 297 affiliated physician practices and 991 physicians in three months.

9 Mar 2010

First Edition: March 9, 2010

Today's headlines reflect the latest news on President Obama's effort to build support -- both among the public and lawmakers-- for his health plan. Meanwhile, the GOP pledges to make the reform face off a key issue in the midterm elections.

9 Mar 2010

Quantros announces support for National Patient Safety Week with video about Clinical Cafe

Quantros, a leading healthcare software and services provider of data management, decision support analytics, and clinical business intelligence solutions, today announced its support for National Patient Safety Week with a video about Quantros' Clinical Cafe, a new online networking community for healthcare professionals working in patient safety, quality of care and regulatory compliance.

9 Mar 2010

ONE launches Women ONE2ONE campaign to increase opportunities for women live in extreme poverty

This International Women's Day, March 8, 2010, ONE will launch Women ONE2ONE, a major new campaign designed to save lives and increase opportunities for women who live in extreme poverty.

9 Mar 2010

March designated as 'National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month'

On the evening of March 4, 2010, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution designating March as "National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month" and supporting efforts to increase awareness of autoimmune diseases and increase funding for autoimmune disease research. The Senate resolution (S.RES.372) was introduced by Michigan Senator Carl Levin on December 8, 2009.

9 Mar 2010

Ministry of Defence appoints Lexicon Public Relations to provide online internal communications for JMC

The Ministry of Defence has appointed Yorkshire-based PR agency, Lexicon Public Relations Limited, to provide online internal communications for the Joint Medical Command.

9 Mar 2010

CHS to help healthcare clients better manage patient populations with quality-focused tools from MEDai

Community Health Solutions of America, LLC of St. Petersburg, FL, will help its healthcare clients better manage their patient populations and track their clinical and financial objectives with quality-focused tools from MEDai, an Elsevier company and a leading provider of predictive analytic solutions.

9 Mar 2010

PAF launches resource directory to assist underinsured consumers

Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) – a national non-profit organization that seeks to safeguard patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability relative to their diagnosis of life threatening or debilitating diseases – with the Patient Action Council Delegates, unveiled The National Underinsured Resource Directory, which is intended to help underinsured individuals and families locate important resources and seek alternative coverage options or methods to cover their healthcare needs.

9 Mar 2010

Researchers examine benefits of collaboration between family physicians and community pharmacists

A research team from the Laval Centre de sant- et de services sociaux, Universit- de Montr-al and McGill University Health Centre has examined the benefits of greater collaboration between family physicians and community pharmacists for select patients.

9 Mar 2010

AMGA applauds Representative Pomeroy for assuring fairness in EMR incentive payment under ARRA

The American Medical Group Association applauds Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND, At-Large) for his efforts to assure fairness in payment of electronic medical record (EMR) incentive payments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

9 Mar 2010

Saddle Up Safely campaign: Understanding how diseases of horse can affect humans

Although it is rare for humans to pick up a disease from a horse, education on the subject is the best source of prevention, and the Saddle Up Safely campaign addresses diseases, clinical signs and professional advice in a new booklet on this topic.

9 Mar 2010

HHS Secretary calls for health insurance companies to publicly justify proposed premium increases

In a letter to the CEOs of UnitedHealth Group Inc., WellPoint Inc., Aetna Inc., Health Care Service Corporation and CIGNA HealthCare Inc., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called on the executives to publicly justify proposed health insurance premium increases. Sebelius’ letter comes after a meeting last week with these executives at the White House.

9 Mar 2010

Viatronix V3D-Colon software used for the President's colon cancer screening exam

Viatronix Incorporated, a Stony Brook, New York, based company announced that its V3D-Colon software is used at the National Naval Medical Center where the President's annual physical was done. "Our software is being utilized at several DOD facilities since the landmark Virtual Colonoscopy clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine back in December 2003," said Zaffar Hayat, President of Viatronix Incorporated.

9 Mar 2010

Haitian President to meet with Obama as long-term rebuilding plans take shape

Haitian President Rene Preval is expected to meet with President Barack Obama Wednesday in the U.S. to ask for "billions of dollars to rebuild" Haiti, Agence France-Presse reports.

9 Mar 2010

Herceptin as add-on to standard chemotherapy for gastric cancer earns Decision Resources' gold standard status

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, for the treatment of gastric cancer, Roche/Genentech/ Chugai's Herceptin as an add-on to standard chemotherapy earns Decision Resources' proprietary clinical gold standard status in 2013, following its approval for the first-line treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive gastric cancer in 2010.

9 Mar 2010

Positive results from international study of Oncotype DX breast cancer RS

Genomic Health, Inc. today announced the publication of positive results from a large international study which demonstrated that the Oncotype DX® breast cancer Recurrence Score® (RS) result is a significant independent predictor of distant recurrence in both node-negative and node-positive, hormone receptor-positive, postmenopausal breast cancer patients who are treated with either anastrozole or tamoxifen.

9 Mar 2010

Obesity - Body's effort to protect organs from lipids' toxic effects

The collection of symptoms that is the metabolic syndrome-insulin resistance, high cholesterol, fatty liver, and a greater risk for diabetes, heart disease, and stroke-are all related to obesity, but, according to a review in the March 9th issue of the Cell Press publication Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, not in the way you probably think they are.

9 Mar 2010

Edward Hospital: ER wait times available through text message, online and phone

Edward Hospital is among the first hospitals in the country to make Emergency Room wait times available via text message, online and by phone.

9 Mar 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Cantel Medical's fiscal 2010 second-quarter net income up 29%

AHF’s Magic Johnson ‘Testing America’ Tour arrives in Charlotte, North Carolina

Trinity Health goes live with first stage of Novo Grid deployment

First Edition: March 9, 2010

Quantros announces support for National Patient Safety Week with video about Clinical Cafe

ONE launches Women ONE2ONE campaign to increase opportunities for women live in extreme poverty

March designated as 'National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month'

Ministry of Defence appoints Lexicon Public Relations to provide online internal communications for JMC

CHS to help healthcare clients better manage patient populations with quality-focused tools from MEDai

PAF launches resource directory to assist underinsured consumers

Researchers examine benefits of collaboration between family physicians and community pharmacists

AMGA applauds Representative Pomeroy for assuring fairness in EMR incentive payment under ARRA

Saddle Up Safely campaign: Understanding how diseases of horse can affect humans

HHS Secretary calls for health insurance companies to publicly justify proposed premium increases

Viatronix V3D-Colon software used for the President's colon cancer screening exam

Haitian President to meet with Obama as long-term rebuilding plans take shape

Herceptin as add-on to standard chemotherapy for gastric cancer earns Decision Resources' gold standard status

Positive results from international study of Oncotype DX breast cancer RS

Obesity - Body's effort to protect organs from lipids' toxic effects

Edward Hospital: ER wait times available through text message, online and phone

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