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Viewpoints: Trying to regulate insurance premium rates, fighting Medicare fraud

Big, powerful industries facing tougher government oversight — the health insurance industry, say — know that the legislative battle in Congress or state capitals is just the first skirmish. The more important fight is over the regulations that implement legislative policies (Michael Hiltzik, 1/25).

26 Jan 2011

Study: Low SES is linked to high risk of depression in patients with RA

Physical and Mental Health Disparities Found in Those with Low Socioeconomic Position. A recent study confirmed that low socioeconomic status is associated with higher risk of depressive symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

26 Jan 2011

Microvisk secures £6 million to launch world's first diagnostic SmartStrip

Microvisk Technologies, the developer of a handheld system to monitor the blood clotting status of patients taking the drug Warfarin, has raised £6 million through a rights issue to existing investors in an oversubscribed round. This is the third successful funding round for Microvisk, which has secured £10.5m in the past 12 months - the largest amount raised by a UK life science company**.

26 Jan 2011

Traffic noise and stroke risk: Study

A new study shows that traffic noise may increase the risk of stroke, particularly for older individuals. The study looked at the association between road traffic noise and stroke in more than 51,000 Danish people and found that for every 10-decibel increase in noise level, the risk of stroke increased by 14 percent. In those over 65, the risk of stroke increased 27 percent.

26 Jan 2011

Johnson & Johnson fourth quarter sales decreases 5.5% to $15.6 billion

Johnson & Johnson today announced sales of $15.6 billion for the fourth quarter of 2010, a decrease of 5.5% as compared to the fourth quarter of 2009. Operational sales declined 5.1% and the negative impact of currency was 0.4%. Domestic sales declined 8.1%, while international sales declined 3.1%, reflecting an operational decline of 2.3% and a negative currency impact of 0.8%.

25 Jan 2011

Nordic Naturals launches one-per-day omega-3 fatty acid gels

Nordic Naturals introduces Daily Omega, a line of three products that offers a simple solution for consumers concerned about what type of product to take on a regular basis to address their need for omega-3 essential fatty acids.

25 Jan 2011

Rodman & Renshaw announces Healthcare Reform Panel Discussion

Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc., a leading full service investment bank for growth oriented companies today announced that on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011, Rodman will host a Healthcare Reform Panel Discussion

25 Jan 2011

APIC announces initiative to eliminate central line-associated bloodstream infections

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology today announced a major initiative to eliminate one of the most preventable and deadly infections that patients can acquire in healthcare facilities: central line-associated bloodstream infections, which kill 30,000 people in the U.S. every year.

25 Jan 2011

Exploration Emergency Medicine Focus Program helps children to save people in crisis

Since when have 11-year-old kids spent the summer learning how to suture wounds and defibrillate patients in cardiac arrest? Since the world of summer camp moved beyond canoeing and friendship bracelets. Learning to save people in crisis is what 11- and 12-year-olds do when they attend the Exploration Emergency Medicine Focus Program outside of Boston, Massachusetts.

25 Jan 2011

UH researchers to discuss computational surgery at MITIE

More than a dozen University of Houston (UH) researchers will be making presentations, ranging from robot-assisted surgery techniques to improving heart and breast surgery procedures, at the third annual international conference in computational surgery Jan. 26-28. The symposium will be held at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute (TMHRI) in Houston.

25 Jan 2011

Study finds heart failure diagnosis four times higher in most economically disadvantaged communities

Heart failure diagnosis is four times higher in the most economically disadvantaged communities and twice as high among South Asians a new study at the University of Leicester has found.

25 Jan 2011

Middle-aged women could reduce risk of cardiovascular disease by lowering blood pressure

Large numbers of middle-aged women worldwide could reduce their risk of developing cardiovascular disease (stroke, heart attack and heart failure) and its complications by lowering their blood pressure, researchers report in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.

25 Jan 2011

American Heart Association: Cost of medical care for heart disease to raise in US by 2030

The cost to treat heart disease in the United States will triple by 2030, according to a policy statement published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

25 Jan 2011

FDA approves IDE Supplement for third patient allotment in HeartWare Ventricular Assist System ADVANCE trial

HeartWare International, Inc., a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies that are revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an IDE Supplement that allows HeartWare to enroll a third allotment, of 94 additional patients, in its "ADVANCE" bridge-to-transplant clinical trial under a Continued Access Protocol (CAP).

25 Jan 2011

St. Georg Hospital performs two live procedures using Endoscopic Ablation System

CardioFocus announced that two "live cases" using its Endoscopic Ablation System were recently conducted. The first live case was a satellite transmission performed at Centro Cardiologico Monzino in Milan, Italy; broadcast to the 16th Annual Boston Symposium on Atrial Fibrillation in Boston, MA.

25 Jan 2011

Eisai's eritoran ACCESS study in severe sepsis does not meet primary endpoint

Based on the preliminary findings from the ACCESS (A Controlled Comparison of Eritoran and Placebo in Patients with Severe Sepsis) trial, Eisai Inc. announced today that the company will not submit marketing authorization applications to regulatory authorities in the United States, the European Union and Japan by the end of the fiscal year (March 31, 2011), as previously planned.

25 Jan 2011

LHSC performs complicated aortic valve bypass surgery using Correx AVB device

Doctors at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) are the first in the world to use a new implantable surgical device that promises to revolutionize aortic valve bypass surgery.

25 Jan 2011

American Red Cross urges all eligible donors to donate blood

Severe winter weather throughout much of the eastern half of the United States in recent weeks has already caused the cancellation of more than 14,000 blood and platelet donations through the American Red Cross. With more winter weather and a possible coastal storm predicted, the Red Cross is urging all eligible blood donors to help boost its blood supply back up to sufficient levels.

25 Jan 2011

Researchers discover new treatment for difficult-to-control high blood pressure

Researchers were surprised to discover what may be a potential new treatment for difficult-to-control high blood pressure, according to a case report published in the January 25, 2011, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

25 Jan 2011

Cardiac Science receives U.S. Army's AWR certification for automated defibrillator

Cardiac Science Corporation, a global leader in automated external defibrillator and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices, has been awarded Airworthiness Release from the U.S. Army's Research, Development, and Engineering Command for the Powerheart AED G3 Pro automated defibrillator.

25 Jan 2011

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Viewpoints: Trying to regulate insurance premium rates, fighting Medicare fraud

Study: Low SES is linked to high risk of depression in patients with RA

Microvisk secures £6 million to launch world's first diagnostic SmartStrip

Traffic noise and stroke risk: Study

Johnson & Johnson fourth quarter sales decreases 5.5% to $15.6 billion

Nordic Naturals launches one-per-day omega-3 fatty acid gels

Rodman & Renshaw announces Healthcare Reform Panel Discussion

APIC announces initiative to eliminate central line-associated bloodstream infections

Exploration Emergency Medicine Focus Program helps children to save people in crisis

UH researchers to discuss computational surgery at MITIE

Study finds heart failure diagnosis four times higher in most economically disadvantaged communities

Middle-aged women could reduce risk of cardiovascular disease by lowering blood pressure

American Heart Association: Cost of medical care for heart disease to raise in US by 2030

FDA approves IDE Supplement for third patient allotment in HeartWare Ventricular Assist System ADVANCE trial

St. Georg Hospital performs two live procedures using Endoscopic Ablation System

Eisai's eritoran ACCESS study in severe sepsis does not meet primary endpoint

LHSC performs complicated aortic valve bypass surgery using Correx AVB device

American Red Cross urges all eligible donors to donate blood

Researchers discover new treatment for difficult-to-control high blood pressure

Cardiac Science receives U.S. Army's AWR certification for automated defibrillator

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