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Third-quarter 2009 results announced by Tongjitang Chinese Medicines

Tongjitang Chinese Medicines Company, a leading specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on the development, manufacturing, marketing and selling of modernized traditional Chinese medicine in China, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and the repurchase of ordinary shares in a private transaction.

18 Nov 2009

MU occupational therapy professor says recovery from brain injuries can last a lifetime

Until recently, scientists believed that, following a stroke, a patient had about six months to regain any lost function. After that, patients would be forced to compensate for the lost function by focusing on their remaining abilities. Although this belief has been refuted, a University of Missouri occupational therapy professor believes that the current health system is still not giving patients enough time to recover and underestimating what the human brain can do given the right conditions.

18 Nov 2009

Cymetrix announces a partnership with Montefiore Medical Center

Cymetrix, a leader in providing hospitals and healthcare networks with revenue cycle management solutions, today announced a partnership with Montefiore Medical Center to provide a unique service to reduce ambulatory charity and bad-debt write-offs.

18 Nov 2009

First Edition: November 18, 2009

Mary Agnes Carey writes about what might become of the Children's Health Insurance Program. One of it's staunchest backers, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D- W.Va., isn't ready to see it swallowed up by a new health insurance marketplace designed by Congress (Kaiser Health News).

18 Nov 2009

Homecare, an important part of the solution to nation's healthcare crisis

During November -- National Homecare Month -- the American Association for Homecare celebrates the thousands of dedicated professionals who provide cost-effective and consumer-preferred homecare.

18 Nov 2009

VirWall KBS-1 keyboard sanitizer eradicates bacteria and viruses on computer keyboards

Engineer/pilot/attorney Jon Roberts, PhD, has dozens of inventions to his credit. They include technology that thwarts piracy in movie theatres, gadgets that track important items inadvertently left behind, devices to enhance airport security and even an electronic matchmaker that alerts two nearby individuals with similar interests that they have, indeed, found their match.

18 Nov 2009

End of life research focuses to improve psychological outlook of severely ill patients

Hospice workers have watched patients emerge from comas and cling to life long enough to tell someone they love or forgive them.

18 Nov 2009

Drug interaction between clopidogrel and omeprazole: New safety information

Today the FDA notified healthcare professionals of new safety information concerning a drug interaction between clopidogrel, an anti-clotting medication, and omeprazole, a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) used to reduce stomach acid.

18 Nov 2009

Movea unveils SmartMotion Development Kit at MEDICA 2009

Movea, the global leader in technology, patents, and products for motion-sensing applications, today unveiled its SmartMotion™ Development Kit (SMDK) at MEDICA 2009. The SMDK allows application developers, OEMs, and healthcare researchers to effortlessly add motion-sensing capabilities to their products or R&D projects.

18 Nov 2009

MSF's volunteer physicians receive free access to Elsevier's electronic CDS tool

The physicians of the world renowned Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999, will receive free access to MD Consult (www.mdconsult.com), Elsevier's premier electronic clinical decision support (CDS) tool, as the result of a special new Elsevier campaign.

18 Nov 2009

IBM scientists create one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test based on innovative silicon chip

IBM (IBM) scientists have created a one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test, based on an innovative silicon chip, that requires less sample volume, is significantly faster, portable, easy to use, and can test for many diseases, including one of world's leading causes of death, cardiovascular disease.

18 Nov 2009

Enigma ML, the fully automated Point-of-Care mini-laboratory instrument to be showcased

Enigma Diagnostics Limited, the decentralised point-of-care molecular diagnostics company, announces the showcasing of its fully automated Point-of-Care mini-laboratory instrument, the Enigma ML, at MEDICA 2009 at the Dusseldorf Trade Fair Centrehas in Dusseldorf, Germany in Hall 1, stand E07a between 18-20 November.

18 Nov 2009

Drug market for acute ischemic stroke to reach $450M in 2018

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that sales of agents to treat acute ischemic stroke will remain relatively flat over the next decade, increasing from $360 million in 2008 to $450 million in 2018 in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Japan.

18 Nov 2009

Smokers face increase risk of seizures; caffeine or alcohol does not increase seizure activity

A recent study determined there is a significant risk of seizure for individuals who currently smoke cigarettes. Boston-based researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School also found that long-term, moderate intake of caffeine or alcohol does not increase the chance of having a seizure or developing epilepsy.

18 Nov 2009

Maintenance and Facility Management Software to be integrated with Wi-Fi RFID solution

Ultimo Software Solutions today announced that it is partnering with AeroScout to integrate its Maintenance and Facility Management Software, which includes inventory and work order administration, with AeroScout’s Wi-Fi RFID solution.

18 Nov 2009

ViPS introduces comprehensive software solutions for health payer customers

ViPS, a General Dynamics Information Technology company, today announces its next-generation STARS Solutions suite, an advanced, comprehensive solution to assist health payers -- organizations liable for healthcare coverage for plan members or beneficiaries -- stop healthcare fraud, waste and abuse (FWA).

18 Nov 2009

Thomas Memorial Hospital equips itself with the latest technology from Spacelabs Healthcare

Thomas Memorial Hospital has completed the purchase to equip its critical care, perioperative, telemetry and outpatient surgery areas with the latest technology from Spacelabs Healthcare, a leader in patient monitoring and other healthcare products and services for over 50 years.

18 Nov 2009

Planning and Forecasting system for healthcare organizations

CPM Marketing Group, Inc., the market leader for healthcare customer relationship management (CRM) and strategic marketing solutions, announced today the introduction of its Planning and Forecasting (P&F) system designed to provide actionable forecasting information to assist hospitals and health systems in planning.

18 Nov 2009

SIRO Clinpharm and Mediscis team up to expand clinical development plans

SIRO Clinpharm, a global Contract Research Organization (CRO) with bases in India, US, Europe and Israel today announced their alliance with Mediscis, an early drug development company based in Poitiers and La Rochelle, France.

18 Nov 2009

Report calls for refocusing health spending in developing countries to save children's lives

"More than 24,000 infants die daily from preventable diseases in developing countries," and child deaths have fallen in countries where governments "have shown a high level of political leadership on child health," World Vision International said in a new report (.pdf) released on Monday as part of a five-year campaign to reduce child deaths worldwide, the Associated Press/San Francisco Chronicle reports.

17 Nov 2009

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Third-quarter 2009 results announced by Tongjitang Chinese Medicines

MU occupational therapy professor says recovery from brain injuries can last a lifetime

Cymetrix announces a partnership with Montefiore Medical Center

First Edition: November 18, 2009

Homecare, an important part of the solution to nation's healthcare crisis

VirWall KBS-1 keyboard sanitizer eradicates bacteria and viruses on computer keyboards

End of life research focuses to improve psychological outlook of severely ill patients

Drug interaction between clopidogrel and omeprazole: New safety information

Movea unveils SmartMotion Development Kit at MEDICA 2009

MSF's volunteer physicians receive free access to Elsevier's electronic CDS tool

IBM scientists create one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test based on innovative silicon chip

Enigma ML, the fully automated Point-of-Care mini-laboratory instrument to be showcased

Drug market for acute ischemic stroke to reach $450M in 2018

Smokers face increase risk of seizures; caffeine or alcohol does not increase seizure activity

Maintenance and Facility Management Software to be integrated with Wi-Fi RFID solution

ViPS introduces comprehensive software solutions for health payer customers

Thomas Memorial Hospital equips itself with the latest technology from Spacelabs Healthcare

Planning and Forecasting system for healthcare organizations

SIRO Clinpharm and Mediscis team up to expand clinical development plans

Report calls for refocusing health spending in developing countries to save children's lives

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