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MDG Advocacy Group urges international community to push to reach 2015 goals

At a meeting on the sidelines of the 67th U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday in New York, the MDG Advocacy Group -- which comprises representatives from the private sector, academia, governments and civil society -- "urged the international community to step up efforts for the final three years of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)," the U.N. News Centre reports.

28 Sep 2012

Boston Scientific receives CE MARK approval for Vercise DBS to treat Parkinson's

Boston Scientific Corporation received CE Mark approval for use of its Vercise Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) System for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

28 Sep 2012

Integration, country ownership key to improving commodities supply, distribution

Noting the U.N. Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children on Wednesday "released 10 bold recommendations which, if achieved, will ensure women and children will have access to 13 life-saving commodities," Jennifer Bergeson-Lockwood, a maternal health adviser with USAID, writes in USAID's "IMPACTblog" that the agency is working "to integrate systems across commodities to better and more efficiently serve women and children everywhere, and scale up programs to have nation-wide impact."

28 Sep 2012

Evidence does not support claims of Cogmed Working Memory Training

A target article in the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition concludes that evidence does not support the claims of Cogmed Working Memory Training. Additional experts weigh in with commentary papers in response.

28 Sep 2012

Texas budget cutting causes closure of 50 clinics offering family planning services

Cuts to Texas' budget have caused more than 50 clinics that provide family planning services to close, a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine reports.

28 Sep 2012

3M launches new physician education modules to provide ICD-10 training

3M Health Information Systems is enriching its web-based ICD-10 Education Program with 18 new physician education modules that address the critical issue of physician readiness for ICD-10.

28 Sep 2012

African leaders renew commitment to providing HIV treatment, prevention services

"African leaders meeting on the sidelines of the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly called Wednesday for innovative solutions to accelerate the response to AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and to advance health for people on the continent," the U.N. News Centre reports.

28 Sep 2012

Health Canada's announcement confirms safety of BPA use in food-contact materials

In response to the release of Health Canada's Updated Assessment of Bisphenol A (BPA) Exposure from Food Sources, which found that that BPA is safe for use in food-contact materials, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) has issued the following statement: "Health Canada's announcement today once again confirms that BPA is safe for use in food-contact materials," said Steven G. Hentges, Ph.D. of ACC's Polycarbonate/BPA Global Group.

28 Sep 2012

Care Harbor to provide free medical, dental and vision services in L.A.

Today marked the start of the largest free healthcare clinic in the United States, organized by Care Harbor. In collaboration with L.A. Care Health Plan and Dignity Health, Care Harbor will provide free medical, dental and vision services to those in need beginning today through September 30.

28 Sep 2012

Elsevier to unveil new EduCode Clinical Documentation Improvement eLearning curriculum

Elsevier's MC Strategies, a leader in providing eLearning solutions to more than 1,300 healthcare organizations, today announced the continued development of its ICD-10 Roadmap with the introduction of new curricula, including a comprehensive clinical documentation curriculum.

28 Sep 2012

RTI Biologics donates BioSet RT Allograft Paste implants to CURE International

RTI Biologics Inc. (RTI), a leading provider of orthopedic and other biologic implants, recently donated several BioSet RT Allograft Paste implants to Lemoyne, Pa.-based CURE International.

28 Sep 2012

BioLineRx’s BL-1020 safe and effective in treating schizophrenia

BioLineRx, a biopharmaceutical development company, announced today the publication of results from the Phase II EAGLE clinical trial for BL-1020, a first in class, orally available, GABA-enhanced antipsychotic for the treatment of schizophrenia, showing that BL-1020 is safe and effective in improving schizophrenia, in addition to improving cognitive impairment associated with this condition.

28 Sep 2012

Medicaid: Ariz. expansion savings detailed; Kan. prepares for managed care approval

In Medicaid news, a report details how an expansion there would save Arizona money. And a Kansas official says a planned move of recipients to managed care is likely to be approved by federal authorities.

28 Sep 2012

UNMCC researcher to investigate possible mechanism for cancer tumor development

Most of us think of DNA mutations as the culprits that cause cancer. Scott Ness, PhD, University of New Mexico Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Associate Director at the UNM Cancer Center, thinks there may be another, more elusive culprit. If Dr. Ness is right his research, funded as part of the National Cancer Institute's Provocative Questions Project, might open a whole new arena in which to target anticancer drugs.

28 Sep 2012

Recovery from single-site laparoscopy is less painful for kidney cancer patients

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that recovery from an emerging, minimally invasive surgical technique called Laparo-Endoscopic Single-Site Surgery (LESS) was less painful for kidney cancer patients than traditional laparoscopic surgery.

28 Sep 2012

Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, YMCA Alliance announce 2.25M expansion grant for Healthy U

The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey and the New Jersey YMCA State Alliance announced today a $2.25 million expansion grant for Healthy U - a collaborative initiative to combat the obesity epidemic among New Jersey children.

28 Sep 2012

Efavirenz drug may play a key role in brain damage

The way the body metabolizes a commonly prescribed anti-retroviral drug that is used long term by patients infected with HIV may contribute to cognitive impairment by damaging nerve cells, a new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

28 Sep 2012

Inspector general: Medicare wrongly paid millions for refills on restricted prescriptions

Medicare routinely refilled pain pills and other restricted medications that are barred by federal law from renewal without a fresh prescription, government inspectors said in a report Thursday.

28 Sep 2012

UCSD receives NCI grant to continue research into chronic lymphocytic leukemia

An international consortium of scientists studying chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), based at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has been awarded a 5-year, $20 million grant by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.

28 Sep 2012

Incarcerated patients with chronic HCV likely to achieve sustained viral response

Incarcerated patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are just as likely to respond to treatment for the disease as patients in the community, according to findings published in the October issue of Hepatology, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

28 Sep 2012

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MDG Advocacy Group urges international community to push to reach 2015 goals

Boston Scientific receives CE MARK approval for Vercise DBS to treat Parkinson's

Integration, country ownership key to improving commodities supply, distribution

Evidence does not support claims of Cogmed Working Memory Training

Texas budget cutting causes closure of 50 clinics offering family planning services

3M launches new physician education modules to provide ICD-10 training

African leaders renew commitment to providing HIV treatment, prevention services

Health Canada's announcement confirms safety of BPA use in food-contact materials

Care Harbor to provide free medical, dental and vision services in L.A.

Elsevier to unveil new EduCode Clinical Documentation Improvement eLearning curriculum

RTI Biologics donates BioSet RT Allograft Paste implants to CURE International

BioLineRx’s BL-1020 safe and effective in treating schizophrenia

Medicaid: Ariz. expansion savings detailed; Kan. prepares for managed care approval

UNMCC researcher to investigate possible mechanism for cancer tumor development

Recovery from single-site laparoscopy is less painful for kidney cancer patients

Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, YMCA Alliance announce 2.25M expansion grant for Healthy U

Efavirenz drug may play a key role in brain damage

Inspector general: Medicare wrongly paid millions for refills on restricted prescriptions

UCSD receives NCI grant to continue research into chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Incarcerated patients with chronic HCV likely to achieve sustained viral response

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