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PDA emphasizes the importance of developing healthy teeth and gums at early age

It's National Children's Dental Health Month, an oral health campaign designed to educate children about the importance of good oral health. The Pennsylvania Dental Association emphasizes developing good habits at an early age to help children get a good start on a lifetime of healthy teeth and gums.

18 Feb 2010

AMGA commends Senator for ensuring EMR incentive payments for medical groups

The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) applauds Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) for her efforts to assure fairness in payment of electronic medical record (EMR) incentive payments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

18 Feb 2010

AppSec's whitepaper provides database assessment solutions for enterprise organizations

Application Security, Inc., the leading provider of database security, risk and compliance solutions for the enterprise, today announced the availability of a FREE whitepaper that simplifies the selection process for a database vulnerability assessment solution.

18 Feb 2010

BG Medicine, Merck collaborate in development of novel biomarker for lipid disorder management

BG Medicine, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a research collaboration with Merck, through a subsidiary, for the development and validation of a novel biomarker with potential application in the management of lipid disorders. BG Medicine will pursue development and validation of an immunoassay and investigate its clinical utility as a biomarker. If successful, BG Medicine plans to complete the development and validation studies and seek regulatory clearance for the test.

18 Feb 2010

Report estimates Haiti earthquake damages could reach nearly $14B

The total cost of the destruction in Haiti, resulting from the major earthquake last month, could add up to twice the value of the country's annual economy, three Inter-American Development Bank economists said in a report on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports.

18 Feb 2010

Quintiles launches QTEA solution to speed patient recruitment

Quintiles today launched innovative, web-based technology to enable world-class marketing for clinical trial enrolment at an individual site-level. Named Quintiles Trial Enrolment Accelerator (QTEA), this new solution will speed patient recruitment by helping customers better manage the quality, consistency and effectiveness of messaging and media outreach.

18 Feb 2010

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics secures funds for ALS clinical trials

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (OTCBB:BCLI), a leading developer of adult stem cell technologies and therapeutics, is pleased to announce that it has entered into agreements with three investors with each investing $500,000 for a total of investment of $1.5 million into BrainStorm.

18 Feb 2010

New database answers question: How healthy is your county?

A new database compares the health of the more than 3,000 counties in the U.S.

18 Feb 2010

Dental insurance fraud: Solutions for benefit cost containment

When Dianne Rose, D.D.S., and her partner, Anthony Paciello, D.M.D., inaugurated P&R Dental Strategies, Inc. over 20 years ago to provide third-party claim review services for national insurance companies, trade unions, self-administered corporations and other dental claims payers, they could not have imagined how far they would eventually be able to take the art of insurance claim review.

18 Feb 2010

Obesity doubles the risk of developing kidney stones: Study

Obesity in general nearly doubles the risk of developing kidney stones, but the degree of obesity doesn't appear to increase or decrease the risk one way or the other, a new study from Johns Hopkins shows.

18 Feb 2010

Northern California Cancer Center becomes Cancer Prevention Institute of California

As the only organization in the country dedicated solely to cancer prevention research, the Northern California Cancer Center has changed its name to the Cancer Prevention Institute of California. The new name immediately communicates the organization's critical mission to prevent cancer and reflects its service to the entire state of California.

18 Feb 2010

Additional 4M people in Asia could fall to 'extreme poverty' level this year, report says

While approximately 17 million Asians fell into "extreme poverty" due to the global economic situation in 2009, another four million in the region "could this year slip into the same situation due to the effects of the slump," according to a report released by representatives from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) in Manlia on Wednesday, Agence France-Presse reports.

18 Feb 2010

Nationwide Better Health awarded full Comprehensive Wellness accreditation from URAC

Nationwide Better HealthSM, a leading provider of health and productivity management solutions, has been awarded full Comprehensive Wellness accreditation from URAC, a Washington, DC-based health care accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the health care industry.

18 Feb 2010

Advitech to transfer business operations to subsidiary Botaneco Speciality Ingredients

Advitech Inc. announces today its intention to close its office on boulevard Lebourgneuf in Quebec City. Advitech's business operations will be transferred to its subsidiary in Calgary, Botaneco Speciality Ingredients Inc. ("Botaneco"). Following the merger of Advitech and Botaneco in November 2009, this is a significant step towards integrating and optimizing operations of the combined entity.

18 Feb 2010

Review: Giving employees more flexibility over their work schedules likely to boost their health

A new evidence review suggests that giving employees more flexibility over their work schedules is likely to boost their health as judged by measures like blood pressure and stress. But interventions that are motivated or dictated by the needs of the employer, such as cutting hours, either have no effect on employee health or make it worse.

18 Feb 2010

People who are happy and content are less likely to develop heart disease

People who are usually happy, enthusiastic and content are less likely to develop heart disease than those who tend not to be happy, according to a major new study published today (Thursday 18 February).

18 Feb 2010

Ibuprofen may reduce risk of Parkinson's disease, says study

New research shows people who regularly take ibuprofen may reduce their risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto April 10 to April 17, 2010.

18 Feb 2010

AGHE to hold conference to discuss on gerontological and geriatric education and training

The Association for Gerontology in Higher Education - the educational branch of The Gerontological Society of America - will hold its 36th Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference from March 4 to 7, 2010, at The Peppermill in Reno, NV. This conference provides a forum for professionals in the field of aging to present their work and share ideas about gerontological and geriatric education and training.

18 Feb 2010

Program for healthcare writing opportunities

With ever-rising healthcare spending, writing opportunities about the health and wellness industry are unlimited. “Regardless of economic conditions, writers will always have lots of topics to cover,” says Sherry Shameer Cohen, President of the Connecticut Press Club.

18 Feb 2010

Roche Molecular Systems, Merck Sharp & Dohme announce cancer therapeutics collaboration

Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. announced today a research collaboration with Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.) providing Merck access to Roche's developmental microarray-based AmpliChip p53 Test, which is designed to detect mutations in the tumor suppressor gene p53. By identifying cancers that harbor a dysfunctional p53 gene, the companies aim to achieve better treatment outcomes in cancer patients by determining which patients are most likely to respond to certain investigational therapeutic candidates.

18 Feb 2010

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PDA emphasizes the importance of developing healthy teeth and gums at early age

AMGA commends Senator for ensuring EMR incentive payments for medical groups

AppSec's whitepaper provides database assessment solutions for enterprise organizations

BG Medicine, Merck collaborate in development of novel biomarker for lipid disorder management

Report estimates Haiti earthquake damages could reach nearly $14B

Quintiles launches QTEA solution to speed patient recruitment

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics secures funds for ALS clinical trials

New database answers question: How healthy is your county?

Dental insurance fraud: Solutions for benefit cost containment

Obesity doubles the risk of developing kidney stones: Study

Northern California Cancer Center becomes Cancer Prevention Institute of California

Additional 4M people in Asia could fall to 'extreme poverty' level this year, report says

Nationwide Better Health awarded full Comprehensive Wellness accreditation from URAC

Advitech to transfer business operations to subsidiary Botaneco Speciality Ingredients

Review: Giving employees more flexibility over their work schedules likely to boost their health

People who are happy and content are less likely to develop heart disease

Ibuprofen may reduce risk of Parkinson's disease, says study

AGHE to hold conference to discuss on gerontological and geriatric education and training

Program for healthcare writing opportunities

Roche Molecular Systems, Merck Sharp & Dohme announce cancer therapeutics collaboration

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