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Hy-Vee to kick off American Heart Month in February

Hy-Vee is kicking off American Heart Month in February with a special company-wide ad circular featuring nutrition information, shopping tips and heart-healthy recipes from Hy-Vee chefs.

29 Jan 2011

Awarepoint ends 2010 with 91 hospital sites contract containing RTLS network coverage

Awarepoint Corporation, a privately held San Diego-based corporation, today announced it ended 2010 with 91 hospital sites contracted consisting of 45,062,013 million square feet of real-time location system network coverage in U.S. hospitals and 135,265 healthcare assets under management.

29 Jan 2011

Scientists use full genome sequencing to identify precise steps in molecular evolution of S. pneumoniae

Despite penicillin and the dozens of antibiotics that followed it, streptococcus bacteria have remained a major threat to health throughout the world. The reason: the superb evolutionary skills of this pathogen to rapidly alter its genetic makeup.

29 Jan 2011

BMJ News reports on calls for WHO to control, prevent spread of cholera

BMJ News examines the growing pressure on the WHO to control and prevent the spread of cholera following the ongoing outbreak of the disease in Haiti.

29 Jan 2011

NextCare Urgent Care to fund educational program for AHCCCS patients

In response to further state budget cuts to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, NextCare Urgent Care, the state's largest urgent care provider, has offered to sponsor and fund an educational program for AHCCCS patients who utilize emergency rooms for minor injuries and illness or use the emergency rooms as an alternative to seeing a Primary Care Provider.

29 Jan 2011

Research roundup: Barriers to trauma care, immunizations; Small business tax credit; Medicare coverage of preventive care

Possible Geographical Barriers To Trauma Center Access For Vulnerable Patients In The United States - This study analyzes disparities in geographic access to trauma centers in 2005, drawing from data from the 2005 American Hospital Association annual survey.

29 Jan 2011

HBA to honor Pfizer chief medical officer as its 2011 Woman of the Year

The Healthcare Businesswomen's Association announced that its 2011 "Woman of the Year" is Freda Lewis-Hall, MD, chief medical officer of Pfizer. In her distinguished 30-year career, Dr. Lewis-Hall has held leadership roles in direct patient care, academics, media, government, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

29 Jan 2011

U-M researchers reveal molecular signals that regulate catch-up growth

University of Michigan researchers have uncovered molecular signals that regulate catch-up growth---the growth spurt that occurs when normal conditions are restored after a fetus, young animal or child has been ill, under stress or deprived of enough food or oxygen to grow properly.

29 Jan 2011

CIHR announces $8.6 million for new research on Alzheimer's disease

the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of State for Seniors, today announced $8.6 million for new research on Alzheimer's disease.

29 Jan 2011

Report shows how families, businesses can save insurance premiums under Affordable Care Act in 2014

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report showing how much families and businesses can save on health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs under the Affordable Care Act in 2014 - each year, a low-income family of four could save up to $14,900 and businesses will benefit from the savings and tax credits in the new law.

29 Jan 2011

Study explores why African-American men don't visit doctor more often

A majority of African American men said they do not go to the doctor because visits are stressful and physicians don't give adequate information on how to make prescribed behavior or lifestyle changes, a new University of Michigan study shows.

29 Jan 2011

King Pharmaceuticals awards payment to Pain Therapeutics for abuse-resistant medications

Pain Therapeutics, today announced that it had received a $5,000,000 milestone payment from King Pharmaceuticals, its exclusive commercial partner for abuse-resistant prescription pain medications.

29 Jan 2011

The latest example of corporate preparations for health law changes

The Wall Street Journal details how the restaurant chain Chili's is preparing for how its bottom line could be impacted by the health overhaul. Even so, The New York Times reports, a consulting firm concludes that current worries about the well-being of private health insurance are "misplaced."

29 Jan 2011

BioTime announces acquisition of CTI assets

BioTime, today announced that it has acquired substantially all the assets of Cell Targeting, a Cleveland, Ohio-based biotechnology company conducting research in regenerative medicine.

29 Jan 2011

UK government, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support efforts to stamp out polio

British Prime Minister David Cameron said today that the United Kingdom would double its current contribution to polio eradication.

29 Jan 2011

FDA approves Arteriocyte's Magellan MAR01 technology for Phase I trial to treat CLI

Arteriocyte, a leading clinical stage biotechnology company with offices in Cleveland, Ohio and Hopkinton, Massachusetts that develops proprietary stem cell and tissue engineering based therapies, announced today approval from the Food and Drug Administration to initiate a Phase I clinical trial using its Magellan MAR01 technology in the treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia.

29 Jan 2011

Light therapy can help preserve vocal cord function for patients with early stage laryngeal cancer: Study

Light, or photodynamic, therapy can help preserve the voice and vocal cord function for patients with early stage laryngeal (voice box) cancer, according to a study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

29 Jan 2011

Clinton, other speakers discuss poverty, development issues at World Economic Forum

"Poverty and unemployment reared their heads at the World Economic Forum on Thursday, with speakers urging the elite audience to bridge a growing gap between booming multinationals and the jobless poor," Reuters reports.

29 Jan 2011

United Concordia helps provide free dental care to more than 8,000 people during 2010

United Concordia Dental, one of the nation's largest dental insurers, helped provide nearly $1.7 million in free dental care to more than 8,000 children and adults with minimal or no insurance during 2010.

29 Jan 2011

Scientists discover key clue that can lead to sudden cardiac deaths

Australian researchers have come one step closer to understanding how the rhythm of the heartbeat is controlled and why many common drugs, including some antibiotics, antihistamines and anti-psychotics, can cause a potentially fatal abnormal heart rhythm.

29 Jan 2011

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Hy-Vee to kick off American Heart Month in February

Awarepoint ends 2010 with 91 hospital sites contract containing RTLS network coverage

Scientists use full genome sequencing to identify precise steps in molecular evolution of S. pneumoniae

BMJ News reports on calls for WHO to control, prevent spread of cholera

NextCare Urgent Care to fund educational program for AHCCCS patients

Research roundup: Barriers to trauma care, immunizations; Small business tax credit; Medicare coverage of preventive care

HBA to honor Pfizer chief medical officer as its 2011 Woman of the Year

U-M researchers reveal molecular signals that regulate catch-up growth

CIHR announces $8.6 million for new research on Alzheimer's disease

Report shows how families, businesses can save insurance premiums under Affordable Care Act in 2014

Study explores why African-American men don't visit doctor more often

King Pharmaceuticals awards payment to Pain Therapeutics for abuse-resistant medications

The latest example of corporate preparations for health law changes

BioTime announces acquisition of CTI assets

UK government, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support efforts to stamp out polio

FDA approves Arteriocyte's Magellan MAR01 technology for Phase I trial to treat CLI

Light therapy can help preserve vocal cord function for patients with early stage laryngeal cancer: Study

Clinton, other speakers discuss poverty, development issues at World Economic Forum

United Concordia helps provide free dental care to more than 8,000 people during 2010

Scientists discover key clue that can lead to sudden cardiac deaths

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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