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Tenet Healthcare signs multi-year agreement with MultiPlan

Tenet Healthcare Corporation today announced that it signed a multi-year agreement with MultiPlan, Inc., effective Jan. 1, 2010. The agreement includes participation in the PHCS (formerly Private Healthcare Systems) Network, the MultiPlan Network and, in select markets, PHCS Savility, which is MultiPlan’s newest primary PPO network.

3 Feb 2010

CSC, ALS TDI extend collaboration in advancing potential stem cell therapy for ALS

California Stem Cell, Inc. (CSC) and ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) are pleased to announce an extension and expansion of their collaboration aimed at advancing a potential stem cell therapy for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). This effort will build on work that has already been completed as part of this on-going partnership to understand how stem cells, and their derivatives, may be applied to treatment of this fatal neurodegenerative disease.

3 Feb 2010

Students collect money to support vital cancer research initiatives

Millions of students across the country soon will share more than their "two cents" as they collect spare change to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) School & Youth campaign during Olive Garden's 16th-annual Pasta for Pennies program.

3 Feb 2010

Women of Baycrest to find answers: why women are more vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease than men

"Beat Brain Sag: Ladies, Give Your Grey Matter a Lift!" is an event for both women and men who want to take charge of their lives before cognitive decline takes charge of them. Presented by the Women of Baycrest in partnership with Baycrest's Aging, Innovation & the Mind Speaker Series, the event will be held Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 7 p.m., at The Guvernment.

3 Feb 2010

ALEC commends Kansas legislators for filing Health Care Freedom Amendment

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) — the nation's largest nonpartisan individual membership association of state legislators — congratulates Kansas State Senator Mary Pilcher Cook and Representatives Peggy Mast and Brenda Landwehr for filing the Kansas Health Care Freedom Amendment, which would protect the right of individuals to make their own health care choices.

3 Feb 2010

Fat tissue in PCOS patients may predispose them to diabetes and heart disease

Fat tissue in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome produces an inadequate amount of the hormone that regulates how fats and glucose are processed, promoting increased insulin resistance and inflammation, glucose intolerance, and greater risk of diabetes and heart disease, according to a study conducted at the Center for Androgen-Related Research and Discovery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

3 Feb 2010

Some states restart health reforms while others push back

"Lawmakers in at least two states, California and Missouri, have introduced legislation for the current session to create government-backed coverage for state residents," The Wall Street Journal reports.

3 Feb 2010

Sales of Nutra Pharma's Cobroxin totaled $583,955 for fourth-quarter ending December 31, 2009

Nutra Pharma Corp., a biotechnology company that is developing treatments for Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN), HIV and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), has announced today that sales of its recently launched over-the-counter pain reliever, Cobroxin, totaled $583,955 for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2009.

3 Feb 2010

Celsis IVT alleges patent infringement, files lawsuit against Sekisui Chemical and subsidiaries

Celsis In Vitro, Inc. announced today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against XenoTech LLC, Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd., and Sekisui Medical Co. Ltd. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago. XenoTech and Sekisui Medical are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Sekisui Chemical.

3 Feb 2010

Obama's FY 2011 budget gives global health funding boost

President Barack Obama's FY 2011 budget request for global health totals $9.6 billion and includes funding for global health activities within the State Department, USAID and HHS, the Wall Street Journal reports

3 Feb 2010

RevenueMed introduces new service for EMR/EHR implementations

RevenueMed, the global leader in healthcare business process outsourcing, today announced the launch of RevAbstract(TM) Services for EMR/EHR implementations.

2 Feb 2010

Local programs for medical homes, free care may offer blueprint for larger changes

News outlets explore the increasingly popular concept of "medical homes" -- a coordinated system that emphasizes primary care, prevention and wellness -- and another program that provides free care to those in need.

2 Feb 2010

NeoMatrix, Novation sign new technology agreement

NeoMatrix, Inc., developers of the innovative HALO® Breast Pap Test, has been awarded a new technology agreement by Novation, the supply contracting company of VHA Inc, University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) and Provista.

2 Feb 2010

Entelos awarded U.S. patent for apparatus and methods of assessing metabolic substrate utilization

Entelos, Inc., a simulation and modeling company focused on human health, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted U.S. Patent No. 7,654,955 entitled “Apparatus and Methods for Assessing Metabolic Substrate Utilization” to the Company. These methods further strengthen the Entelos® Metabolism PhysioLab® platform and leverage insights about human physiology that can lead to improved diagnosis, clinical testing, and personalized treatment across a highly variable patient population.

2 Feb 2010

Amedisys acquires De Queen Home Health Agency in Arkansas

Amedisys, Inc., one of America’s leading home health and hospice companies, today announced that it has acquired De Queen Home Health Agency located in De Queen, Arkansas, a Permit of Approval state.

2 Feb 2010

Women's metabolic disorder remains largely undiagnosed

Gail Donnelly's classmates nicknamed her "Knobby" because she was so skinny all her bones seemed to poke out from under her skin. But when Donnelly turned 27, that once knobby frame disappeared under mysteriously ballooning weight.

2 Feb 2010

MISI opens new comprehensive spine care facility in Las Colinas

The Minimally Invasive Spine Institute, one of the most advanced diagnostic and treatment facilities for back and neck pain as well as spinal disorders in the United States, has opened a comprehensive spine care facility in Las Colinas to offer both holistic and traditional approaches to spine care, advancing physician practices by forever changing the patient experience.

2 Feb 2010

Obama's budget includes a tempered vision of health reform

Democrats' health overhaul efforts are stalled in Congress, but President Obama's 2011 budget offers a "modest" back-up plan, the Associated Press reports. "The budget released Monday contains lots of respectable ideas to squeeze savings, expand coverage and improve quality, but no ambitious change that launches the nation on a path to health care for all."

2 Feb 2010

African leaders discuss ways to achieve universal malaria control measures deadline

The challenges associated with protecting the people of Africa from malaria took center stage Monday during the second day of the African Union (AU) Summit, the New Times/allAfrica.com reports (2/2).

2 Feb 2010

Lannett Company plans to submit NDA for Morphine Sulfate products to FDA

Lannett Company, Inc. today announced plans to submit its New Drug Application (NDA) for its Morphine Sulfate products to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at the end of the month.

2 Feb 2010