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Machine perfusion offers significant improvements for 3-year graft survival in kidney transplantation

Study results published today in the New-England-Journal of Medicine show that 3-year graft survival is significantly greater in all transplanted kidneys machine perfused in the LifePort Kidney Transporter compared to those stored in a traditional box of ice. The graft survival difference at three years was most pronounced for kidneys from expanded criteria donors.

23 Feb 2012

Breast feeding information collected by WIC verified through telephonic survey

While medical professionals have long known breastfeeding positively impacts infant and maternal health, few effective tools are available to measure breastfeeding practices nationally. According to a new study, one preexisting government-funded program is a potential wealth of accurate data about the breastfeeding practices of low-income mothers. This study was published in a recent issue of the Journal of Human Lactation.

23 Feb 2012

Care Connectivity Consortium to demonstrate data exchange technology at 2012 HIMSS conference

Less than one year after announcing a new initiative to securely exchange electronic health data, the five innovative and leading health systems that make up the Care Connectivity Consortium, will demonstrate their data exchange technology and process at the 2012 Annual Health Information Management Systems Society Conference in Las Vegas, Nev. Feb. 20-24.

23 Feb 2012

States wage internal battles to fund mental health systems, overhauls

States are grappling with funding mental health programs: Iowa lawmakers are fighting over how to pay for an overhaul of the system, Kansas' mental health workforce is dwindling and Illinois cuts endanger emergency care for the mentally ill.

23 Feb 2012

High-tech human patient simulation bolsters faculty teaching capacity and enhances clinical learning

To address the faculty shortage problem, schools of nursing are reexamining how they provide clinical education to undergraduate students to find ways to use faculty resources more efficiently so they can maintain student enrollment and meet the future need for nurses.

23 Feb 2012

New CETP blockers continue to show promise as viable heart drugs

Mindful of lessons from a failed heart drug that cost $800 million to develop, drug companies are taking another shot at new medications that boost levels of so-called "good cholesterol," which removes cholesterol from the body.

23 Feb 2012

INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics & Operations Research to take place in April

Analytics, the increasingly important specialty that has been cited by Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Gartner, and Accenture for aiding better decisions at organizations, will be the focus of a conference hosted by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS-), the premier organization for advanced analytics professionals.

23 Feb 2012

Feds launch health insurance co-ops with $639 million in low-interest loans

Seven organizations received the funding, which is designed to advance the formation of health insurance co-operatives -- an alternative to the idea of a government-run public option and an entity to compete against private insurance plans.

23 Feb 2012

Real beauty and self-esteem begins from within, not from makeup

The Renfrew Center Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to advancing the education, prevention, research and treatment of eating disorders, today announced survey results which revealed that nearly half of all women have negative feelings about their image when not wearing makeup and associate a "bare face" with feeling unattractive and insecure.

23 Feb 2012

Underreporting of alcohol's role in crime and accidents decreases public support for liquor laws

Reading a newspaper article about the role alcohol played in an injury accident or violent crime makes people more supportive of enforcing alcohol laws, a new study suggests.

23 Feb 2012

Patients' Choice ranks Dr. Ali Gheissari among top reviewed physicians

Dr. Ali Gheissari of Los Angeles, CA has been ranked among the top physicians in the nation based on patient reviews.

23 Feb 2012

ATA predicts 2012 as the most significant year ever for telemedicine growth

The Industry Council Chairman for the American Telemedicine Association is predicting that 2012 will be lauded as the most significant year ever for telemedicine growth.

23 Feb 2012

Sustainable funding needed to reduce Burma's HIV, TB treatment gap

"While international attention focuses on Burma, [also known as Myanmar,] a health crisis in the country looms large," Joe Billiveau, operations manager of Medecins Sans Frontieres' (MSF) operational center in Amsterdam, writes in this opinion piece in Bangkok's Nation.

23 Feb 2012

Study examines views on money, coercion and undue influence in participation for research

Researchers almost always offer money as an incentive for healthy volunteers to enroll in research studies, but does payment amount to coercion or undue inducement to participate in research?

23 Feb 2012

Radiation risk from Japan's nuclear disaster debris not a worry, but other aspects might be

The first anniversary is approaching of the March, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated Fukushima, Japan, and later this year debris from that event should begin to wash up on U.S. shores - and one question many have asked is whether that will pose a radiation risk.

23 Feb 2012

Overall positive attitude towards concept of uniform CVD prevention guidelines across Europe

The next Joint European CVD Prevention Guidelines, scheduled for publication later this year at EuroPRevent 2012, will be shorter, tighter and supported by fewer references.

23 Feb 2012

Scientific American examines Gates Foundation toilet-design initiative

"Advocates for universal access to and use of basic personal sanitation hope their efforts will get a big boost in August, when the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation present several hygienic innovations developed through its Reinventing the Toilet Challenge," Scientific American reports in a feature article.

23 Feb 2012

Videotaped encounter evaluates medical students conveying bad news to 'standardized patients'

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and the University of South Florida (USF) College of Medicine evaluated the experience of medical students who participated in videotaped sessions where they practiced conveying difficult news to "standardized patients" (SPs). The SPs role-played patients with a variety of cancers and who were receiving bad medical news.

23 Feb 2012

Fair management, positive leadership can ameliorate job worries among elder care staff

For nurses working in elder care facilities, the type of facility ownership can affect job insecurity and stability, reports a paper in the March issue of Advances in Nursing Science. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

23 Feb 2012

Lack of coverage of alcohol's harm may dampen public's support for alcohol-control laws

If people see news coverage of alcohol's role in violent crime and fatal injuries, they may give more support to alcohol-control laws, according to a study in the March issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

23 Feb 2012

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Machine perfusion offers significant improvements for 3-year graft survival in kidney transplantation

Breast feeding information collected by WIC verified through telephonic survey

Care Connectivity Consortium to demonstrate data exchange technology at 2012 HIMSS conference

States wage internal battles to fund mental health systems, overhauls

High-tech human patient simulation bolsters faculty teaching capacity and enhances clinical learning

New CETP blockers continue to show promise as viable heart drugs

INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics & Operations Research to take place in April

Feds launch health insurance co-ops with $639 million in low-interest loans

Real beauty and self-esteem begins from within, not from makeup

Underreporting of alcohol's role in crime and accidents decreases public support for liquor laws

Patients' Choice ranks Dr. Ali Gheissari among top reviewed physicians

ATA predicts 2012 as the most significant year ever for telemedicine growth

Sustainable funding needed to reduce Burma's HIV, TB treatment gap

Study examines views on money, coercion and undue influence in participation for research

Radiation risk from Japan's nuclear disaster debris not a worry, but other aspects might be

Overall positive attitude towards concept of uniform CVD prevention guidelines across Europe

Scientific American examines Gates Foundation toilet-design initiative

Videotaped encounter evaluates medical students conveying bad news to 'standardized patients'

Fair management, positive leadership can ameliorate job worries among elder care staff

Lack of coverage of alcohol's harm may dampen public's support for alcohol-control laws

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

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