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PCMA reports increase in retail prices of popular brand-name drugs

The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) issued the following statement on a new AARP report that examined retail prices of brand-name drugs and found that the 217 products most used by seniors increased by an average of 8.3 percent during 2009, while over the last five years retail prices for the most popular brand-name drugs increased 41.5 percent:

26 Aug 2010

NCPA releases unbiased, detailed analysis of health care reform costs and benefits

The first detailed and objective consumer's guide on the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has just been released by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), titled "What Does Health Care Reform Mean To You? A Detailed Analysis"

26 Aug 2010

Transparency needed in administration of drug benefits by pharmacy benefit managers

According to a new AARP report, the average retail price of the most popular brand-name drugs increased by 8.3 percent in 2009 and by 41.5 percent over the past five years – rates well in excess of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index. At the same time, major pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) like CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, Inc. and Medco Health Solutions, Inc., hired by employers and other health plan sponsors to negotiate lower prices from drug manufacturers, experienced record profits, in some cases increasing five-fold over the past decade.

26 Aug 2010

QMA delegation adopts motion to modernize physician-network relationship

Physicians must take on a greater role and become accountable partners in management of the healthcare system.To achieve this goal, the professional relationship between physicians and the healthcare system needs to be modernized, since the network remains at a standstill despite successive reforms.

26 Aug 2010

Saint Thomas Health Services to offer program for neurosurgical patients’ better care

August is Neurosurgery Outreach Month, an effort to increase the public's knowledge about the powerful effects of neurosurgery, many of which are taking place at Saint Thomas Health Services in Tennessee.

26 Aug 2010

Henry Ford Health System introduces 'Pill Timer' for medication management

A leader in healthcare, Henry Ford Health System will introduce at its hospitals and pharmacies "The Pill Timer," representing a "breakthrough" designed to improve treatment outcomes and reduce adverse drug events often resulting in costly hospital admissions due to poor medication management by patients.

26 Aug 2010

New test helps to measure smoker's mainstream smoke deliveries of select chemicals per cigarette

A test for one of the thousands of chemicals in cigarette smoke has the potential for more accurately estimating smokers' mouth level exposure and may have applications for developing custom-tailored quitting approaches for the more than 43 million people in the United States who still smoke, and hundreds of millions elsewhere, scientists said here today.

26 Aug 2010

Data from PLX4032 Phase 1 clinical trial in melanoma patients with BRAF mutation published

Plexxikon today announced publication of data from the Phase 1 clinical trial of PLX4032 (RG7204), confirming that treatment of metastatic melanoma patients with the BRAF V600E mutation resulted in significant tumor shrinkage in the majority of patients. Specifically, in the melanoma extension cohort of the study, nearly all patients showed some response; 81 percent of patients had tumor shrinkage of at least 30 percent.

26 Aug 2010

Treating metastatic melanoma tumors with specific genetic signature shows promising results

Use of an experimental targeted drug to treat metastatic melanoma tumors with a specific genetic signature was successful in more than 80 percent of patients in a phase 1 clinical trial.

26 Aug 2010

Panasonic introduces digital hearing instruments in U.S. market

Panasonic Corporation of North America, today announced that Panasonic Hearing instruments have been delivered to the U.S. market. The company is debuting three types of digital hearing instruments, including a new form factor that resembles the style of an MP3 player, a receiver-in-canal and behind-the-ear models. Panasonic is currently establishing a distribution network throughout the U.S.

From PHC Europe B.V. 26 Aug 2010

N.C. Dept. of Corrections could cut inmate health care costs by requiring hospitals to bill Medicaid; Minn. lawmakers urge governor to seek enhanced Medicaid funds

WRAL: "The [N.C.] state Department of Correction could cut the health costs for inmates by $11.5 million a year by requiring hospitals and other medical service providers to bill Medicaid for eligible expenses, according to a state audit released Tuesday. The amount of potential savings would increase in 2014, when health care reform expands Medicaid eligibility, auditors said.

26 Aug 2010

Researchers develop magnetic nanoparticles for metallic implant drug delivery

If a drug can be guided to the right place in the body, the treatment is more effective and there are fewer side-effects. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now developed magnetic nanoparticles that can be directed to metallic implants such as artificial knee joints, hip joints and stents in the coronary arteries.

26 Aug 2010

InGenesis moves up to 684th rank on 2010 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies

InGenesis has made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies for the third consecutive year, according to 2010 rankings released by Inc. magazine. The company owned by Latina entrepreneur Veronica Ann Edwards also was the top minority-owned healthcare staffing firm in the Southwest region.

26 Aug 2010

PLX4032 therapy results in tumor shrinkage in metastatic melanoma patients

A multicenter study has concluded that treatment with a new targeted therapy called PLX4032 (also called RG7204) resulted in significant tumor shrinkage in 80 percent of patients with advanced melanoma.

26 Aug 2010

College students prevent female friends from engaging in risky sexual behavior after drinking alcohol

College students are less likely to let their female friends engage in risky sexual behavior after a night of drinking alcohol. Recent findings in the journal Communication Education examine how and why college students protect their friends who have been heavily drinking.

26 Aug 2010

Specific type of neurons determine frightening stimulus reaction: Research

Fear can make you run, it can make you fight, and it can glue you to the spot. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy and GlaxoSmithKline in Verona, Italy, have identified not only the part of the brain but the specific type of neurons that determine how mice react to a frightening stimulus.

26 Aug 2010

Bankers Healthcare Group ranks 1839th on 2010 Inc. 500/5000 America's fastest-growing organizations list

Bankers Healthcare Group, one of the nation's leaders in financing for healthcare professionals, is pleased to announce that they have been recognized once again on the 2010 Inc. 500/5000 list as one of America's fastest-growing organizations. BHG has earned the 1839th list position among 5000 selected companies.

26 Aug 2010

UNC Hospitals receives NCDR ACTION Registry-GWTG Silver Performance Achievement Award

UNC Hospitals has received the American College of Cardiology Foundation's NCDR ACTION Registry-GWTG Silver Performance Achievement Award for 2010 - one of only 26 hospitals nationwide to do so.

26 Aug 2010

Biomoda's CyPath assay for lung cancer detection receives Canadian patent

Cancer diagnostics company Biomoda, Inc. has received a notice of allowance for a Canadian patent application for a method of using its proprietary porphyrin-based compound that binds to cancer cells and causes them to fluoresce under specific frequencies of light when viewed under a fluorescent microscope.

26 Aug 2010

Critical mechanistic link between mutant protein and disease pathogenesis in ALS uncovered

New research uncovers what may be a primary neuron-damaging insult that occurs in an inherited form of a devastating neurodegenerative disorder. The study, published by Cell Press in the August 26th issue of the journal Neuron, describes a critical mechanistic link between a mutant protein and disease pathogenesis in an animal model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

26 Aug 2010

Medical News

PCMA reports increase in retail prices of popular brand-name drugs

NCPA releases unbiased, detailed analysis of health care reform costs and benefits

Transparency needed in administration of drug benefits by pharmacy benefit managers

QMA delegation adopts motion to modernize physician-network relationship

Saint Thomas Health Services to offer program for neurosurgical patients’ better care

Henry Ford Health System introduces 'Pill Timer' for medication management

New test helps to measure smoker's mainstream smoke deliveries of select chemicals per cigarette

Data from PLX4032 Phase 1 clinical trial in melanoma patients with BRAF mutation published

Treating metastatic melanoma tumors with specific genetic signature shows promising results

Panasonic introduces digital hearing instruments in U.S. market

N.C. Dept. of Corrections could cut inmate health care costs by requiring hospitals to bill Medicaid; Minn. lawmakers urge governor to seek enhanced Medicaid funds

Researchers develop magnetic nanoparticles for metallic implant drug delivery

InGenesis moves up to 684th rank on 2010 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies

PLX4032 therapy results in tumor shrinkage in metastatic melanoma patients

College students prevent female friends from engaging in risky sexual behavior after drinking alcohol

Specific type of neurons determine frightening stimulus reaction: Research

Bankers Healthcare Group ranks 1839th on 2010 Inc. 500/5000 America's fastest-growing organizations list

UNC Hospitals receives NCDR ACTION Registry-GWTG Silver Performance Achievement Award

Biomoda's CyPath assay for lung cancer detection receives Canadian patent

Critical mechanistic link between mutant protein and disease pathogenesis in ALS uncovered

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