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Nominations open for 2010 National Courage Award

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 National Courage Award. Since 1980, Minnesota-based Courage Center has presented the National Courage Award, which recognizes an individual's contributions to the health, welfare and rehabilitation of people with disabilities.

9 Jan 2010

American Clinical Laboratory Association lauds ADA's recommendation of HbA1C test for diabetes

The American Clinical Laboratory Association's Results for Life Campaign today applauded the American Diabetes Association for its decision to recommend the hemoglobin A1C laboratory test as a means of diagnosing diabetes and identifying pre-diabetes.

9 Jan 2010

Medicare, fraud and abuse remains top health law issues for 2010

Health care reform will change, if not send shock waves through, virtually the entire field of health care law. That is the consensus of 24 health law practitioners from BNA's Health Law Reporter advisory board, in a survey conducted in December 2009.

9 Jan 2010

EGS announces improved clinical outcomes from its new TIF procedure

EndoGastric Solutions (EGS), the recognized leader in the emerging field of Natural Orifice Surgery (NOS), today announced that data from two single-center series demonstrate improved clinical outcomes from a third-generation technique for its Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF) procedure. The data includes two case series totaling nearly 70 patients from two independent investigators, Reginald Bell, MD (Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO), and William Barnes, MD (Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services, Inc., Salem, KY).

9 Jan 2010

Elysium Internet to exhibit direct navigation patient acquisition program

Elysium Internet, Inc., a next generation Local Internet advertising and digital media Company, today announced that it will exhibit its performance based, direct navigation patient acquisition program at the North Carolina Foot and Ankle Society's Winter Seminar, next week.

9 Jan 2010

Apollo Health Street launches two service lines to expand hospital revenue cycle management solutions

Apollo Health Street, a developer of world-class solutions that tackle healthcare’s toughest financial and IT challenges, is expanding their hospital revenue cycle management solutions by launching two service lines to help providers recover revenue they are due from denied and zero balance claims.

9 Jan 2010

Winter months presents a good opportunity to test our homes for radon

Keeping our homes more tightly closed during the winter months allows indoor air pollutants to build up in higher concentrations. It presents a good opportunity to test our homes for radon, a colourless, odourless gas that is produced from the natural breakdown of uranium in rocks and soil.

9 Jan 2010

KLAS survey reveals client confidence in athenaClinicals EHR

athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of internet-based business services to physician practices, today announced that according to a new KLAS report Ambulatory EMR: On Track for Meaningful Use?, athenaClinicalsSM, the Company’s web-based electronic health record (EHR) service offering, achieved 100% client confidence in its ability to enable them to meet 2011 Meaningful Use standards under the HITECH Act.

9 Jan 2010

Medicare Part D beneficiaries can now avail free review sessions at Walgreens pharmacy

Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain with more than 70,000 health service providers, is now offering free review sessions to Medicare Part D beneficiaries at all of its more than 7,100 pharmacies throughout the country.

9 Jan 2010

Carnegie Foundation report calls for enhanced education training for nursing workforce

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) applauds Dr. Patricia Benner and her team at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for recognizing the critical role education plays in a nurse’s ability to practice safely and achieve optimal outcomes in their new book titled Educating Nurses: A Call for Radical Transformation.

9 Jan 2010

Results of randomized, placebo-controlled study of Ambrotose complex announced

Mannatech, Incorporated, a global pioneer in the development of high-quality health, weight and fitness, and skin care solutions based on nutritional science, announced the results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study that shows healthy middle-aged adults who took one teaspoon of Ambrotose® complex twice daily performed significantly better on memory tasks and were overall more positive in their mood.

9 Jan 2010

RSB Spine's 1,000th InterPlate product implanted

RSB Spine, LLC, today announced a 38% increase in sales for year ended Dec. 31, 2009, versus year-end 2008, and a 42% sales increase for the fourth quarter of 2009 versus third-quarter 2009. Additionally, the company reported that it achieved an important milestone in 2009 with its 1,000th InterPlate® product being implanted.

9 Jan 2010

Origin Healthcare Solutions: TCV makes substantial growth equity investment

Origin Healthcare Solutions (“Origin” or the “Company”), an industry leader in healthcare revenue cycle management services and business and clinical intelligence systems, announced that Technology Crossover Ventures (“TCV”) has made a significant growth equity investment in the Company.

9 Jan 2010

Key mechanism for systemic delivery of RNAi therapeutics using LNPs discovered

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that it has discovered a key mechanism related to the systemic delivery of RNAi therapeutics using lipid nanoparticles (LNPs). The new pre-clinical research was presented at the “Advances in Biopharmaceuticals” Keystone Symposium held January 8-13, 2010 in Midway, Utah, and was performed in collaboration with scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics.

9 Jan 2010

PEPFAR's second five-year phase will strengthen healthcare systems

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, has praised the recent announcement that the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will increase its emphasis over the next five years on strengthening health systems in developing countries.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 9 Jan 2010

Arcadia Capital Advisors files intent to purchase remaining CPEX shares at $14 per share

CPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today confirmed that Arcadia Capital Advisors, LLC and its principal Richard Rofé, who hold approximately 12% of outstanding shares, have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) notice of intention of Mr. Rofé to make an unsolicited contingent offer to purchase the remaining shares of common stock of CPEX for $14.00 per share. Mr. Rofé indicated that any offer would require the CPEX Board of Directors to redeem the Rights under CPEX Shareholder Rights Plan.

9 Jan 2010

Research determines and validates the efficacy of T category in IASLC's Staging Manual

Research released in the January 2010 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology sought to determine and validate the efficacy of the recent reclassification of the T category in the IASLC's Staging Manual in Thoracic Oncology.

9 Jan 2010

Shah sworn in as USAID administrator

On Thursday, Rajiv Shah was sworn in as USAID administrator at an official ceremony in Washington, D.C., Foreign Policy's blog, "The Cable," reports. "Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed overwhelming praise and relief before swearing in Shah," according to the blog, which noted that Clinton's remarks provided some "insider details" about Shah.

9 Jan 2010

New iPhone application offers videos from a wide range of health topics

icyou today announced the launch of its iPhone app. Available for free on Apple's iPhone App Store, the application gives users convenient access to important health information when and where they choose. icyou Health Video for iPhone is available as a free download from Apple's App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.

9 Jan 2010

Acetylon Pharmaceuticals to utilise additional funding in multiple myeloma drug development

Acetylon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has closed on a $2 million investment from a new undisclosed private investor to bring its total financing to $9.25 million. This new investment will convert to stock in the next substantial round of preferred equity financing.

9 Jan 2010