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Headaches, back pain and arthritis cost companies more than $61 billion per annum

Headaches, back pain, arthritis and other aches distract employees and cost companies more than $61 billion a year in lost productive time, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

1 Oct 2010

World Bank President calls for new, more open approach to economic development

"World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Wednesday called on economists to rethink the way they look at issues affecting developing nations and said he was overhauling the way his institution approached research," Reuters reports (Wroughton, 9/29).

1 Oct 2010

CSHL professor receives NIH grant to study mechanism behind autism and schizophrenia

Anthony Zador, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Program Chair in Neuroscience at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), has been awarded a $2.17 million, 5-year grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s Transformative Research Projects Program (T-R01).

1 Oct 2010

Praesidian Capital invests $6 million in Meta Pharmaceutical Services

Praesidian Capital, a leading provider of mezzanine capital for small and mid-sized companies, has invested $6 million in subordinated debt in Meta Pharmaceutical Services, a leading sales and marketing data services provider. The investment supports the recapitalization of Meta Pharmaceutical Services by DFW Capital Partners and management.

1 Oct 2010

Swedish Medical Center researcher receives NIH grants to study pregnancy complications

Michelle A. Williams, Sc.D., co-director and principal investigator at the Center for Perinatal Studies at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle and Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health at the University of Washington, has received two grants totaling $5.6 million for research into complications affecting pregnancy.

1 Oct 2010

Today's Opinions: Concerns about ACOs; Obama challenged on health care claims; Scare tactics

There is a very real danger that by the time policy makers get around to reading and understanding this section of law (on accountable care organizations) that the health care marketplace will have irreversibly changed (Dustin Corcoran, 9/30).

1 Oct 2010

New legislation introduced to assess critical care services in the U.S.

Yesterday, House Energy and Commerce Committee Member Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced legislation to assess and critical care health services in the United States.

1 Oct 2010

Researchers discover key leukemia defense mechanism

Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researcher Steven Grant, M.D., and a team of VCU Massey researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which leukemia cells trigger a protective response when exposed to a class of cancer-killing agents known as histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs).

1 Oct 2010

Health Canada approves Meridian Bioscience's illumigene C. difficile molecular amplification assay

Meridian Bioscience, Inc., today announced that it has received an approved medical device license from Health Canada for its new molecular amplification assay, illumigene C. difficile. Clostridium difficile is a bacterium that can cause diarrhea and, in severe cases, a life-threatening inflammation of the colon.

1 Oct 2010

KHN column: The NAIC's effort to find balance in its medical loss ratio regulation

In his latest Kaiser Health News column, Timothy Jost writes that the development of this draft rule is not a contest with winners and losers, but an effort to create a framework to press insurers to spend less money on bureaucracy and more on health care in a way that benefits consumers and keeps insurance markets viable (9/30).

1 Oct 2010

Family and friends may pose the greatest threat to caregivers' health and well-being

The biggest cause of stress for people who care for loved ones after a stroke may not be worrying about the affected family member.

1 Oct 2010

RN expert provides an overview on healthcare quality measurement

Students at Louisiana State University today heard an executive with Baton Rouge-based Amedisys talk about how quality is measured in health care and why it should matter to all Americans. Amedisys is the largest home health care and hospice company in the U.S., providing care to more than 35,000 patients every day.

1 Oct 2010

States cutting Medicaid benefits as they stagger under economic downturn

Kaiser Health News writer Phil Galewitz reports on a new study that finds Medicaid programs across the country cutting back benefits.

1 Oct 2010

South Asian ethnicity is a risk factor for cardiovascular events after renal transplantation

Ethnicity is a contributing risk factor of cardiovascular problems in kidney recipients of South Asian origin post-transplant, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN).

1 Oct 2010

HIV/AIDS researchers, government officials track progress, forecast challenges for HIV vaccine development

More than 1,000 researchers, government officials and advocates are gathering in Atlanta this week to discuss the progress and future challenges in the development of a vaccine that protects against HIV, FierceVaccines reports (Carroll, 9/29). The AIDS Vaccine 2010 meeting, which kicked off Tuesday, will run through Friday, according to the website for the meeting (undated).

1 Oct 2010

Medical News

Headaches, back pain and arthritis cost companies more than $61 billion per annum

World Bank President calls for new, more open approach to economic development

CSHL professor receives NIH grant to study mechanism behind autism and schizophrenia

Praesidian Capital invests $6 million in Meta Pharmaceutical Services

Swedish Medical Center researcher receives NIH grants to study pregnancy complications

Today's Opinions: Concerns about ACOs; Obama challenged on health care claims; Scare tactics

New legislation introduced to assess critical care services in the U.S.

Researchers discover key leukemia defense mechanism

Health Canada approves Meridian Bioscience's illumigene C. difficile molecular amplification assay

KHN column: The NAIC's effort to find balance in its medical loss ratio regulation

Family and friends may pose the greatest threat to caregivers' health and well-being

RN expert provides an overview on healthcare quality measurement

States cutting Medicaid benefits as they stagger under economic downturn

South Asian ethnicity is a risk factor for cardiovascular events after renal transplantation

HIV/AIDS researchers, government officials track progress, forecast challenges for HIV vaccine development

New processing technology uses low-energy electron beams to decontaminate food

Arthritis Foundation applauds House for passing bipartisan arthritis legislation

Albert Einstein College of Medicine receives grant to study role of proteins in health and disease

Lawmaker proposes trust fund for veterans' growing health costs

Maven Semantic updates gastroesophageal reflux research database

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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