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BancorpSouth Insurance chooses Medical Management Analytics solution from MedeAnalytics

MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management solutions, announced that BancorpSouth Insurance, based in Tupelo, Miss., has selected MedeAnalytics' Medical Management Analytics solution. The agreement, which also includes Pharmacy Analytics and Employer Group Reporting Analytics, enables BancorpSouth Insurance to better control costs for employee benefit clients.

1 Apr 2010

Patient-safety incidents: 10% died

Nearly one million patient-safety incidents occurred among Medicare patients over the years 2006, 2007, 2008, a figure virtually unchanged since last year's annual study of patient safety by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. In all, the incidents were associated with $8.9 billion in costs. One in ten patients -- 99,180 individuals -- experiencing a patient-safety incident died as a result, the study found.

1 Apr 2010

DATATRAK International, NTT DATA to sell Enterprise Transfer services within Japanese market

DATATRAK International, Inc., a technology and services company focused on global eClinical solutions for the clinical trials industry, today announced NTT DATA, its strategic partner in Japan, has signed its first Enterprise Transfer client.

1 Apr 2010

Hybrid concierge practice models stress prevention and wellness

The nation's leading provider of hybrid concierge medicine, Concierge Choice Physicians, sees historic opportunities for patients and physicians under the recently enacted healthcare law. Hybrid concierge practice models emphasize prevention and wellness and give physicians a way to offer a concierge option while continuing to care for all of their patients.

1 Apr 2010

Derma Sciences reports 69% increase in Advanced Wound Care sales for fourth-quarter 2009

Derma Sciences, Inc., a specialty medical device/pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, reported financial and operating results today for the three months and fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.

1 Apr 2010

ICF International awarded new contract to conduct SHPPS 2012

ICF International, a leading provider of consulting services and technology solutions to government and commercial clients, has been awarded a new contract by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health, to conduct the School Health Policies and Practices Study 2012.

1 Apr 2010

UC Irvine Healthcare's heart failure program earns the Gold Seal of Approval

UC Irvine Healthcare's heart failure program and Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center have again earned the Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission, healthcare's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body.

1 Apr 2010

GeoVax Labs files registration statement for offering to sell up to $40.0 million of units

GeoVax Labs, Inc., an Atlanta-based biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities Commission for a best efforts offering to sell up to $40.0 million of units consisting of one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase 0.20 shares of common stock. The offering anticipates including shares of common stock to be sold by selling stockholders.

1 Apr 2010

PolyMedix secures $14M credit facility with Hercules Technology II

PolyMedix, Inc., an emerging biotechnology company focused on developing new therapeutic drugs to treat acute cardiovascular disorders and infectious diseases, has secured a $14 million credit facility with Hercules Technology II, L.P., an affiliate of Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.

1 Apr 2010

Biostar Pharmaceuticals fiscal 2009 revenues up 57.2%

Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the Xianyang-based manufacturer of a leading over-the-counter Hepatitis B medicine, Xin Aoxing Oleanolic Acid Capsule, and other pharmaceutical products, today announced its 2009 year-end financial results.

1 Apr 2010

Binge eating: Helping to stop binging while saving money

A new study finds that a self-guided, 12-week program helps binge eaters stop binging for up to a year and the program can also save money for those who participate. Recurrent binge eating is the most common eating disorder in the country, affecting more than three percent of the population, or nine million people, yet few treatment options are available.

1 Apr 2010

Soligenix's revenues for 2009 increase by 22%

Soligenix, Inc., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced its financial results for 2009.

1 Apr 2010

Investment report on ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals

BeaconEquity.com announces an investment report featuring ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals Inc. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and pertinent industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

1 Apr 2010

NSF panel to discuss advances in vaccine development and production in Asia/Australia

How did China and Australia develop and produce swine flu vaccine months before North America and Europe? A panel of U.S. experts will try to answer this question and report on other comparative findings in a workshop at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, VA, on May 5, 2010.

1 Apr 2010

Medical Connections Holdings anticipates revenues in excess of $65MM following Trustaff Management acquisition

Medical Connections Holdings, Inc., one of the nation's fastest growing healthcare staffing companies specializing in allied health, nurse and physician staffing and recruiting services, commented today on the attributes of its pending acquisition of Trustaff Management, Inc.

1 Apr 2010

Scientists discover how bats are so adept at avoiding objects

For years, Brown University neuroscientist James Simmons has filmed bats as they flew in packs or individually chased prey in thick foliage. All the while, he asked himself why the bats never collided with objects in their paths or with each other.

1 Apr 2010

WellPoint to re-label administrative costs as "medical care": Consumer Watchdog calls for probe

Consumer Watchdog called on the Obama Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services today to probe insurance giant WellPoint Inc. in light of an electronic message to investors describing how it would simply re-label administrative costs as "medical care" in response to the new health reform law. The message follows revelations that WellPoint, parent company of Anthem Blue Cross, also intentionally padded already huge premium increases in California, just in case regulators demanded reductions.

1 Apr 2010

Canadians can join Canadian Cancer Society in the fight against cancer

With the support of generous corporate partners, the Canadian Cancer Society is fighting back against cancer. This April, the Society will raise funds and awareness in partnership with companies across Canada. Supporting the companies that support the Canadian Cancer Society is another way Canadians can join the fight against cancer.

1 Apr 2010

Perception, rather than actual sleep quality may predict postpartum mood disturbances in new mothers

A study of healthy new mothers in the April 1 issue of the journal Sleep found that the perception of poor sleep and the conscious awareness of its impact on daytime functioning might be stronger predictors of immediate postpartum mood disturbances than actual sleep quality and quantity.

1 Apr 2010

Americans looking more closely at health-care reform

Health care is on the minds of most Americans today. And according to Euro RSCG Worldwide's Spring 2010 "U.S. Mind and Mood Report," 67.6 percent of men and 61.5 percent of women are more interested in the subject than they were during the previous 12 to 18 months.

1 Apr 2010

Medical News

BancorpSouth Insurance chooses Medical Management Analytics solution from MedeAnalytics

Patient-safety incidents: 10% died

DATATRAK International, NTT DATA to sell Enterprise Transfer services within Japanese market

Hybrid concierge practice models stress prevention and wellness

Derma Sciences reports 69% increase in Advanced Wound Care sales for fourth-quarter 2009

ICF International awarded new contract to conduct SHPPS 2012

UC Irvine Healthcare's heart failure program earns the Gold Seal of Approval

GeoVax Labs files registration statement for offering to sell up to $40.0 million of units

PolyMedix secures $14M credit facility with Hercules Technology II

Biostar Pharmaceuticals fiscal 2009 revenues up 57.2%

Binge eating: Helping to stop binging while saving money

Soligenix's revenues for 2009 increase by 22%

Investment report on ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals

NSF panel to discuss advances in vaccine development and production in Asia/Australia

Medical Connections Holdings anticipates revenues in excess of $65MM following Trustaff Management acquisition

Scientists discover how bats are so adept at avoiding objects

WellPoint to re-label administrative costs as "medical care": Consumer Watchdog calls for probe

Canadians can join Canadian Cancer Society in the fight against cancer

Perception, rather than actual sleep quality may predict postpartum mood disturbances in new mothers

Americans looking more closely at health-care reform

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Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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