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External cooling to achieve normothermia in patients with septic shock found safe

Fever control using external cooling in sedated patients with septic shock is safe and decreases vasopressor requirements and early mortality, according to a new study from researchers in France.

18 Feb 2012

CVS Caremark's integrated businesses help patients achieve better health

CVS Caremark's chief health care strategy officer today outlined how the company's integrated offerings -- retail pharmacy, pharmacy benefit management (PBM) and retail clinics -- are helping patients achieve better health by working to increase medication adherence and targeting behaviors to improve treatment for chronic diseases.

18 Feb 2012

CCF endorses bill to identify students at risk of sudden cardiac death

Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced today during National Heart Month the Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Risk Assessment and Training in the Schools (HEARTS) Act to the Senate.

18 Feb 2012

In young children autism does not appear suddenly, but develops over time

A new study led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found significant differences in brain development starting at age 6 months in high-risk infants who later develop autism, compared to high-risk infants who did not develop autism.

18 Feb 2012

Global Health Technologies Coalition blog responds to President's FY13 budget request

In this post in the Global Health Technologies Coalition's (GHTC) "Breakthroughs" blog, Ashley Bennett, senior policy associate at GHTC, responds to the release of President Obama's FY 2013 budget request, writing, "In his introduction to the overall budget request, Obama emphasized that research and development (R&D) programs are essential to the U.S. economy and the country's future.

18 Feb 2012

Researchers discover significant differences in brain development in infants who later develop autism

Researchers have found significant differences in brain development in infants as young as six months old who later develop autism, compared with babies who don't develop the disorder.

18 Feb 2012

New publication explains role of standards-based interoperable digital identities in healthcare

A new publication explains how standards-based interoperable digital identities are needed to transform healthcare to a paperless and fully electronic business environment. It is being issued in conjunction with the annual meeting of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), February 20-24 in Las Vegas.

18 Feb 2012

Substituting antiepileptic drugs may lead to increase in risk of epilepsy

The substitution of brand-name antiepileptic drugs with cheaper generic equivalents has been an ongoing point of contention among doctors, federal officials and people with epilepsy.

18 Feb 2012

Medicare Part D beneficiaries flock to lower cost Part D plans with competitive pharmacy networks

New 2012 Medicare Part D data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) show the growing popularity among Medicare Part D beneficiaries in choosing plans featuring lower cost preferred pharmacy network options.

18 Feb 2012

Not-for-profit company leads push for automation of Medicaid enrollment process

Venture capitalists and Wall Street have invested millions of dollars to capitalize on the health care industry's burgeoning demand for information technology. But in New York State, the push to automate the Medicaid enrollment process is being led not by a behemoth IT corporation, but by a tiny not-for-profit: the Hudson Center for Health Equity & Quality (Hudson Center). And 2012 is shaping up to be its breakout year.

18 Feb 2012

UM's Momentum2 Campaign receives $100M gift from DRIF

Accelerating its longstanding commitment to cure diabetes, the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation is making the lead gift of $100 million to Momentum2: The Breakthrough Campaign for the University of Miami.

18 Feb 2012

NSU launches blogs targeted toward brokers and insureds

National Specialty Underwriters, Inc. (NSU), a leading insurance program administrator, is launching two blogs targeted toward brokers and insureds in the hospitality and healthcare industries respectively.

18 Feb 2012

Mobius selects The Apothecary Shops as distribution partner for Mitosol Kit for Ophthalmic Use

Apothecary Shop Wholesale, Inc., an affiliate of The Apothecary Shops Specialty Pharmacies, has received exclusive distribution rights from Mobius Therapeutics, LLC for its new drug Mitosol (mitomycin for solution) 0.2 mg/vial Kit for Ophthalmic Use.

18 Feb 2012

FDA to reconsider diet drug that failed to get approval in 2010

Next week, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will recommend whether the agency should approve the first new prescription diet pill in 13 years. The F.D.A. rejected the drug under review, Qnexa, in 2010, amid safety concerns, and the drug's manufacturer is now presenting additional data to argue its case.

18 Feb 2012

Celebrity Nutritionist endorses Pure Health's Black Raspberry supplement

Pure Health's fresh freeze dried 100 percent pure Black Raspberry capsule supplements have earned the endorsement by Celebrity Nutritionist Dr. Lindsey Duncan, CN, ND, who recently appeared on a major national TV show talking about the benefits of fresh freeze dried Black Raspberry to support cancer prevention.

18 Feb 2012

Provena Health and Resurrection Health Care are now joined as Presence Health

Presence Health has been chosen as the name of the new healthcare system formed by the November 2011 merger of Provena Health of Mokena, IL, and Resurrection Health Care of Chicago, IL. A formal rollout of a new logo and related branding will occur over the next several months.

18 Feb 2012

More than 1 in 4 elderly patients received potentially hazardous drugs during 2007

More than one in four elderly patients was given potentially hazardous medication during 2007. That is the conclusion of a study by Ute Amann and her co-authors in the current issue of the Deutsches Ärzteblatt International.

18 Feb 2012

Novel feeding device may decrease risk of FTT in newborns with congenital heart defects

A novel feeding device developed at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing may decrease the risk of failure to thrive (FTT), which currently affects half of all newborns with congenital heart defects even after their surgical lesions are corrected.

18 Feb 2012

Ala. mental hospitals to close; La. hospital copes with budget cuts; D.C. gets mental health system

Alabama will shut down most of its mental health hospitals by the spring of 2013 in a sweeping plan to cut costs and change how the state's psychiatric patients receive treatment, state officials announced on Wednesday.

18 Feb 2012

Clinton holds press conference marking International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday marking the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, recognized on February 6, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton "said ... that there is no cultural justification for female genital cutting, a practice that is sometimes referred to as female circumcision," and that "governments and non-governmental organizations are making progress toward ending female genital mutilation, or FGM, by reaching out to those who still practice it," VOA News reports.

18 Feb 2012

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External cooling to achieve normothermia in patients with septic shock found safe

CVS Caremark's integrated businesses help patients achieve better health

CCF endorses bill to identify students at risk of sudden cardiac death

In young children autism does not appear suddenly, but develops over time

Global Health Technologies Coalition blog responds to President's FY13 budget request

Researchers discover significant differences in brain development in infants who later develop autism

New publication explains role of standards-based interoperable digital identities in healthcare

Substituting antiepileptic drugs may lead to increase in risk of epilepsy

Medicare Part D beneficiaries flock to lower cost Part D plans with competitive pharmacy networks

Not-for-profit company leads push for automation of Medicaid enrollment process

UM's Momentum2 Campaign receives $100M gift from DRIF

NSU launches blogs targeted toward brokers and insureds

Mobius selects The Apothecary Shops as distribution partner for Mitosol Kit for Ophthalmic Use

FDA to reconsider diet drug that failed to get approval in 2010

Celebrity Nutritionist endorses Pure Health's Black Raspberry supplement

Provena Health and Resurrection Health Care are now joined as Presence Health

More than 1 in 4 elderly patients received potentially hazardous drugs during 2007

Novel feeding device may decrease risk of FTT in newborns with congenital heart defects

Ala. mental hospitals to close; La. hospital copes with budget cuts; D.C. gets mental health system

Clinton holds press conference marking International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

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