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STDUniversity.org launches interactive, personalized STD test recommendation

STDUniversity.org is the first website to provide an interactive, personalized STD test recommendation developed by academic and medical experts. This expert-based tool incorporates screening guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF).

10 Feb 2010

MDS to divest remaining MDS Pharma Services Early Stage business for $45M

MDS Inc., a leading provider of products and services to the global life sciences markets, today announced that it has signed agreements to divest its remaining MDS Pharma Services Early Stage business, which provides Discovery through Phase IIa clinical trial services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, for $45 million and certain minority equity interests.

10 Feb 2010

sanofi-aventis reports 2009 fourth-quarter and full-year net earnings

Commenting on the Group's 2009 performance, sanofi-aventis Chief Executive Officer Christopher A. Viehbacher said, "2009 was the first year of implementation of our new strategy. Major steps have already been achieved in strengthening our growth platforms and reinforcing our R&D pipeline while delivering a double-digit EPS(1) growth".

10 Feb 2010

MEDecision completes latest round of interoperability tests with other leading EHR vendors

MEDecision, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative healthcare management solutions, today announced the successful completion of its latest round of interoperability tests with other leading electronic health record (EHR) vendors at the 11th Annual Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) North America Connectathon recently held in Chicago.

10 Feb 2010

First Edition: February 10, 2010

Today's headlines indicate that health reform is among the issues on the table as President Obama meets with Republican leaders and seeks to 'bridge the partisan divide.'

10 Feb 2010

Enrollment for SCAN Health Plan Arizona exceeds projections in Maricopa County

More than 6,300 Maricopa County residents selected SCAN Health Plan Arizona as their Medicare Advantage Plan (MAPD) for 2010, far exceeding SCAN's enrollment projections. Eligible individuals may continue to join SCAN until March 31, 2010.

10 Feb 2010

Eye physicians support reelection of Texas Governor

Praising Governor Perry's leadership on behalf of Texas patients, the Texas Ophthalmological Association (TOA), Texas' largest organization of eye physicians and surgeons, announced today that TOA has endorsed Texas Gov. Rick Perry for reelection in 2010.

10 Feb 2010

Cardiac arrest due to medication-induced heart rhythm disturbance: Rare but catastrophic

Hospital care providers need to be more aware that cardiac arrest from a medication-induced heart rhythm problem is a rare but potentially catastrophic event in patients, according to a joint scientific statement from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology.

10 Feb 2010

Cost reductions offset sales decline to move Allied Healthcare Products back into profitability

Cost reductions offset a recession-driven sales decline to move Allied Healthcare Products narrowly back into profitability in the second quarter of fiscal year 2010.

10 Feb 2010

Breast cancer patients taking antidepressant paroxetine at the same time as tamoxifen are at increased risk of death

Women with breast cancer who take the antidepressant paroxetine at the same time as tamoxifen are at an increased risk of death, concludes a study published on bmj.com today.

10 Feb 2010

Continua Certified USB-enabled platform now available for building agent healthcare devices

Texas Instruments Incorporated and S3 Group, a connected healthcare technology solutions company, today announced the availability of the first Continua Certified™ USB-enabled platform for building agent healthcare devices.

10 Feb 2010

Bulgaria deploys Gemalto' smart cards to secure access to personal health records for military personnel

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that Bulgaria has started deploying its smart cards to secure access to personal health records for the country’s military personnel and their family.

10 Feb 2010

Autism Speaks: Ten most significant autism research achievements in 2009

Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization has released its annual list of the 10 most significant research achievements to have impacted autism during the previous year. Every year, Autism Speaks documents the progress made toward its mission to discover the causes and treatment for autism spectrum disorders, and compiles a list of the 10 most significant research achievements to have impacted autism during the previous year.

10 Feb 2010

Measles vaccine does not increase risk of autism in children, reveals Polish study

As a pivotal paper linking childhood vaccinations to autism is discredited, a new study finds no evidence that the measles vaccine—given alone or as part of a combined measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine—increases the risk of autism in children. The study appears in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal (www.pidj.com), published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

10 Feb 2010

Pfizer, Keas collaborate on Keas platform to improve health and wellness of consumers

Pfizer and Keas announced today they have entered into an alliance to collaborate on the Keas platform to enable Health and Wellness experts to author, sell and distribute personalized online Care Plans directly to patients.

10 Feb 2010

New webinar to discuss financial and performance-related implications of medical homes

Recent and ongoing national conversations on healthcare reform have shone a spotlight on a new approach to patient-oriented, cost effective healthcare.

10 Feb 2010

J. Armand Bombardier Foundation donates $200 000 to advance prostate cancer research

Concerned with the health and well being of Canadians, the J. Armand Bombardier Foundation has donated $200 000 to the PROCURE Quebec Prostate Cancer Biobank, a tool to accelerate the pace of research on prostate cancer.

10 Feb 2010

States push ahead on health care reforms and policy issues, pre-empting some provisions of congressional efforts

"State lawmakers in at least three dozen states are pushing ahead with a series of measures aimed at pre-empting whatever might come out of Washington. On the left, Democrats in the California Senate recently approved a measure to establish a state-run, single-payer health care system favored by liberals on Capitol Hill. And on the right, conservatives in Virginia and other states are pushing legislation to stave off federal efforts to mandate that individuals secure insurance coverage or require businesses to provide it" (O'Connor, 2/9).

10 Feb 2010

Loyola University Chicago offers new research-intensive program for healthcare industry

Registration is underway for Loyola University Chicago's new infectious disease & immunology master's degree program that will prepare graduates for challenging health-related positions in government, research and private industry.

10 Feb 2010

Obama: No 'short cut' to deal with health reform issues

President Barack Obama surprised reporters by coming into the White House briefing Tuesday afternoon following a meeting with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders.

10 Feb 2010

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

STDUniversity.org launches interactive, personalized STD test recommendation

MDS to divest remaining MDS Pharma Services Early Stage business for $45M

sanofi-aventis reports 2009 fourth-quarter and full-year net earnings

MEDecision completes latest round of interoperability tests with other leading EHR vendors

First Edition: February 10, 2010

Enrollment for SCAN Health Plan Arizona exceeds projections in Maricopa County

Eye physicians support reelection of Texas Governor

Cardiac arrest due to medication-induced heart rhythm disturbance: Rare but catastrophic

Cost reductions offset sales decline to move Allied Healthcare Products back into profitability

Breast cancer patients taking antidepressant paroxetine at the same time as tamoxifen are at increased risk of death

Continua Certified USB-enabled platform now available for building agent healthcare devices

Bulgaria deploys Gemalto' smart cards to secure access to personal health records for military personnel

Autism Speaks: Ten most significant autism research achievements in 2009

Measles vaccine does not increase risk of autism in children, reveals Polish study

Pfizer, Keas collaborate on Keas platform to improve health and wellness of consumers

New webinar to discuss financial and performance-related implications of medical homes

J. Armand Bombardier Foundation donates $200 000 to advance prostate cancer research

States push ahead on health care reforms and policy issues, pre-empting some provisions of congressional efforts

Loyola University Chicago offers new research-intensive program for healthcare industry

Obama: No 'short cut' to deal with health reform issues

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