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Hearing Loss Clinic plans for Kenya mission trip to provide people with hearing instruments

The Hearing Loss Clinic, today announced plans for the eight day hearing mission trip to Mombasa, Kisumu, and Nairobi, Kenya projected to result in fitting more than 3,000 adults and children receiving over 6,000 hearing instruments.

18 Feb 2011

Pittsburgh researchers awarded funds for testing brain-computer interfaces in patients with spinal cord injuries

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have been awarded funding for two projects that will place brain-computer interfaces (BCI) in patients with spinal cord injuries to test if it is possible for them to control external devices, such as a computer cursor or a prosthetic limb, with their thoughts.

18 Feb 2011

Legislation to repeal health law's 1099 reporting requirement would cut premium tax credits

The Republican majority in the House, with President Obama's support, plans to scale back health care subsidies for the uninsured in order to pay for eliminating the "burdensome" requirement that small businesses file 1099 forms with the Internal Revenue Service when contractors are paid over $600.

18 Feb 2011

TI Pharma launches new research project on stem cell transplant

Top Institute Pharma is today launching a new research project that should make stem cell transplants more successful. A stem cell transplant is usually performed on adults with acute leukemia.

18 Feb 2011

Retired NC judge calls for full compensation on medical malpractice damages

A new bill designed to limit the rights of patients injured by medical malpractice is dangerous because it puts patients at risk, according to a bipartisan group that shared stories and opinions at a public hearing, as well as unconstitutional.

18 Feb 2011

Media examines foreign aid stakeholders' reactions to FY11, FY12 budgets

In the wake of President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2012 budget proposal and the negotiation of the fiscal year 2011 budget bill in the House of Representatives, news outlets looked at stakeholders' responses to the measures and analyzed different pieces of the bills.

18 Feb 2011

U.S. Chamber of Commerce commends House Judiciary Committee's approval of medical liability reform legislation

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today commended the approval of comprehensive medical liability reform legislation by the House Judiciary Committee. The legislation – H.R. 5, the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act – was approved by the committee yesterday by a vote of 18 to 15 and now goes to the full House of Representatives for consideration.

18 Feb 2011

AHRQ: Low-income rural Americans with COPD more likely to be hospitalized

Low-income Americans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and those who lived in rural areas or the South or Midwest in 2008 had the highest rates of hospitalization for symptoms of the disease, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

18 Feb 2011

First implantation of Amedica/US Spine's Infinia silicon nitride ceramic femoral head performed in hip replacement

Amedica/US Spine, a spine and reconstructive implant and instrument manufacturer focused on unique silicon nitride (SiN) technologies, implanted its first silicon nitride total hip implant this week in the international marketplace. A patient at the George Provincial Hospital in Western Cape South Africa received the implant that uses an Infinia silicon nitride ceramic femoral head as part of the total implant.

18 Feb 2011

UNC, Cleveland Clinic choose Carefx Physician Insight Plus tool for performance improvement

Carefx Corp., a leading provider of interoperable workflow solutions, announced today that the University of North Carolina Hospitals has chosen Fusionfx Physician Insight Plus™, one of many performance improvement dashboards offered by Carefx and developed in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic.

18 Feb 2011

DiaGenic fourth quarter operating revenue increases to NOK 1,078 thousand

DiaGenic has significantly altered its business strategy during 2010 to leverage more effectively its commercial potential, and strengths in Intellectual Property (IP). The Company has made significant progress in its business activities towards big pharma since implementation of the new strategy. DiaGenic is well positioned as a multimodal partner with large pharma and imaging companies.

18 Feb 2011

Daily Report Global Health Conversations: Global health funding and the FY11, FY12 budgets

As Congress considers both the FY11 and FY12 budgets, the Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report's Jaclyn Schiff spoke to Adam Wexler, a senior policy analyst for global health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, about the potential implications for global health funding.

18 Feb 2011

CCS Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines help Canadian physicians recognize and treat heart conditions

The Canadian Cardiovascular Society Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines 2010 help Canadian physicians better recognize and treat a common heart condition that affects about 250,000 Canadians.

18 Feb 2011

Scottsdale Healthcare implants MRI-safe pacemaker

Scottsdale Healthcare Shea Medical Center is the first hospital in the southwestern United States to implant an MRI-safe pacemaker, a major technological breakthrough for patients who need MRI diagnostic scans, which can damage older style pacemakers or cause serious health complications.

18 Feb 2011

Rinsing technique with betadine may reduce infection rate following total knee, hip arthroplasty

A rinsing technique with betadine that costs just a little over one dollar per patient may significantly reduce the infection rate following total knee and hip joint replacement surgery according to a study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center.

18 Feb 2011

Certain uses of terbutaline could lead to maternal heart problems and death, FDA warns

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that terbutaline administered by injection or through an infusion pump should not be used in pregnant women for prevention or prolonged (beyond 48-72 hours) treatment of preterm labor due to the potential for serious maternal heart problems and death. In addition, oral terbutaline tablets should not be used for prevention or treatment of preterm labor.

18 Feb 2011

Longer looks: KHN's best health policy picks from thought-provoking publications

A law under consideration in South Dakota would expand the definition of "justifiable homicide" to include killings that are intended to prevent harm to a fetus—a move that could make it legal to kill doctors who perform abortions.

18 Feb 2011

RyMed's InVision-Plus IV Connector decreases catheter-related bloodstream infections by 92.6%

Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA exhibited a poster at the recent 11th National Conference on Cancer Nursing Research in Los Angeles, in which their clinical study showed RyMed Technologies' zero displacement InVision-Plus® IV Connector significantly decreased the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSIs) by 92.6% on average when compared to a simple split septum with negative displacement IV connector (Becton-Dickinson Q-Syte®) and a reversed split-septum device with negative displacement IV connector (ICU Medical Clave®).

18 Feb 2011

Cell Therapeutics enters securities purchase agreement with single life sciences institutional investor

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement to sell, subject to certain closing conditions, securities in a registered offering to a single life sciences institutional investor. The Company may use a portion of the net proceeds to fund possible investments in, or acquisitions of, complementary businesses, technologies or products.

18 Feb 2011

Positive interim data from cabozantinib Phase 2 metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer trial

Exelixis, Inc. today reported updated interim data from the cohort of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) treated with cabozantinib (XL184) in an ongoing phase 2 adaptive randomized discontinuation trial.

18 Feb 2011

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Hearing Loss Clinic plans for Kenya mission trip to provide people with hearing instruments

Pittsburgh researchers awarded funds for testing brain-computer interfaces in patients with spinal cord injuries

Legislation to repeal health law's 1099 reporting requirement would cut premium tax credits

TI Pharma launches new research project on stem cell transplant

Retired NC judge calls for full compensation on medical malpractice damages

Media examines foreign aid stakeholders' reactions to FY11, FY12 budgets

U.S. Chamber of Commerce commends House Judiciary Committee's approval of medical liability reform legislation

AHRQ: Low-income rural Americans with COPD more likely to be hospitalized

First implantation of Amedica/US Spine's Infinia silicon nitride ceramic femoral head performed in hip replacement

UNC, Cleveland Clinic choose Carefx Physician Insight Plus tool for performance improvement

DiaGenic fourth quarter operating revenue increases to NOK 1,078 thousand

Daily Report Global Health Conversations: Global health funding and the FY11, FY12 budgets

CCS Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines help Canadian physicians recognize and treat heart conditions

Scottsdale Healthcare implants MRI-safe pacemaker

Rinsing technique with betadine may reduce infection rate following total knee, hip arthroplasty

Certain uses of terbutaline could lead to maternal heart problems and death, FDA warns

Longer looks: KHN's best health policy picks from thought-provoking publications

RyMed's InVision-Plus IV Connector decreases catheter-related bloodstream infections by 92.6%

Cell Therapeutics enters securities purchase agreement with single life sciences institutional investor

Positive interim data from cabozantinib Phase 2 metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer trial

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