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NASBE selects four states to receive grants to fight childhood obesity in their public schools

The National Association of State Boards of Education, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of its Leadership for Healthy Communities (LHC) national program, will select four states to receive grants this spring to help them develop policies to fight childhood obesity in their public schools.

17 Feb 2010

Medical journal finds divide between doctors and patients on new mammogram recommendations

News outlets explore confusion about cancer screening guidelines and questions raised about the effects of high tech procedures on health care costs and quality.

17 Feb 2010

Iowa State University researchers awarded 30 ARRA grants worth $16.38M

Iowa State University researchers have so far won 30 grants worth a total $16.38 million from federal agencies awarding money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

17 Feb 2010

Shared Health partners with MEDai to provide HIE platform to the state of Tennessee

Shared Health, Inc., Tennessee's largest public/private health information exchange (HIE) has partnered with MEDai, an Elsevier company, to provide a rich, interoperable, clinically relevant HIE platform to the state of Tennessee. This partnership delivers best in class solutions and technologies that support clinical excellence and operating efficiencies.

17 Feb 2010

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals' IPO: Underwriters exercise over-allotment option

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the underwriters of its February 2, 2010 initial public offering (IPO) have exercised their over-allotment option in full on an additional 2.5 million shares of Ironwood’s Class A common stock. With the completion of the IPO and the exercise of the over-allotment option, Ironwood has approximately 97.4 million shares of common stock outstanding (approximately 19.2 million shares of Class A common stock and 78.2 million shares of Class B common stock).

17 Feb 2010

New report focuses on how to reduce and control hypertension

High blood pressure is the second leading cause of death in the United States, triggering more than one-third of heart attacks and almost half of heart failures each year even though it is relatively easy to prevent and inexpensive to treat.

17 Feb 2010

In naming Islamic Conference Envoy, Obama highlights global health, food security efforts

During a video address to the 7th U.S.-Islamic World Forum meeting in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday, President Barack Obama appointed Rashad Hussain, deputy associate White House counsel, to serve as Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the Associated Press reports.

17 Feb 2010

GeneNews granted second U.S. patent for Sentinel Principle technology

GeneNews Limited, a company focused on developing blood-based biomarker tests for the early detection of diseases and personalized health management, today announced that it has been granted a second U.S. patent for its core platform technology, the Sentinel Principle(R). U.S. Patent # 7,662,558, entitled "Method of profiling gene expression in a human subject."

17 Feb 2010

Study: Earlier detection of lung cancer can reduce number of late stage lung cancer deaths

The first ever actuarial analysis of lung cancer mortality, published today in Population Health Management Journal, provides strong evidence that earlier detection could reduce the number of late stage lung cancer deaths by over 70,000 people each year in the US.

17 Feb 2010

USPTO issues two new patents for EKR Therapeutics' RTU Cardene I.V. Premixed Injection

EKR Therapeutics, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on commercializing acute-care hospital products, today announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has issued two new patents covering methods of treatment and methods of preparation for the Company’s Ready-to-Use (RTU) Cardene® I.V. (nicardipine hydrochloride) Premixed Injection.

17 Feb 2010

AZ&Me Prescription Savings programs help 13% more patients in 2009

AstraZeneca announced today that it provided $769.6 million in savings to 507,475 patients in the United States last year through its AZ&Me™ Prescription Savings programs.

17 Feb 2010

4 Senate Democrats ask Reid to go back to public option

Four Senate Democrats are asking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to revisit a plan for a government run health plan, or public option, in the health care overhaul legislation.

17 Feb 2010

WebMD Health introduces new enhancements for Medscape Mobile for physicians

WebMD Health Corp., the leading source of health information, today announced a set of new enhancements for Medscape Mobile to assist physicians in diagnosis and treatment at the point-of-care. Medscape Mobile, WebMD's free medical application for physicians, now provides access to thousands of in-depth clinical reference articles on diseases, conditions, and procedures, in addition to complete reference information on over 7,000 brand name, generic and OTC medications.

17 Feb 2010

APCER PHARMA to demonstrate pharmacovigilance/drug safety and regulatory services at GPhA meeting

APCER PHARMA executives will discuss and demonstrate their expertise in providing generic drug manufacturers with the best in class pharmacovigilance/drug safety, regulatory and risk management services at the GPhA Annual Meeting, February 16-18, at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Florida. APCER will be in Booth #27.

17 Feb 2010

Utah dentists use Apex OneTouch solution to process patient insurance claims for reimbursement

Apex EDI, one of the nation’s leading e-claims reimbursement companies for dental and medical professionals, has served more than 1,100 dentists in Utah with leading-edge technology solutions focused on streamlined and efficient claims processing. More than 50 percent of all dentists in Utah actively use the Apex electronic claims solution to process patient insurance claims for reimbursement -- more than all other clearinghouses combined.

17 Feb 2010

Senators Durbin, Brown travel to Africa to focus on health, other issues

U.S. senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) departed Friday "for a trip to Africa," the Associated Press/Chicago Tribune reports. The Senators "planned to visit Tanzania, Congo, Ethiopia and Sudan. They [are] expected to return to the United States on Feb. 19" (2/13).

17 Feb 2010

Exagen Diagnostics, EndoChoice announce agreement for promoting diagnostic services to U.S. gastroenterologists

Exagen Diagnostics, Inc., a molecular diagnostics laboratory that discovers, develops and markets proprietary genomic tests, today announced an exclusive sales and marketing agreement with EndoChoice, Inc. to promote its diagnostic services to gastroenterologists throughout the United States.

17 Feb 2010

Research assesses the overall efficacy of palliative chest RT in patients with advanced NSCLC

Research published in the February edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology sought to assess the overall efficacy of split-course palliative chest radiotherapy (RT) for symptom relief in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Additionally, researchers investigated the impact the regimen's two-week break has on survival outcomes.

17 Feb 2010

CMS study predicts healthcare spending may double by 2019

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc.. Unlike other industries, spending on healthcare showed no signs of slowing down and the sector made its biggest one-year jump ever according to a new study by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

17 Feb 2010

Emphasising emotional benefits of exercise is more effective in promoting physical fitness

Emphasising the emotional benefits of exercise is more effective at increasing levels of physical activity than highlighting traditional health benefits. This is the finding of research published online today, 17th February 2010, in the British Journal of Health Psychology.

17 Feb 2010

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NASBE selects four states to receive grants to fight childhood obesity in their public schools

Medical journal finds divide between doctors and patients on new mammogram recommendations

Iowa State University researchers awarded 30 ARRA grants worth $16.38M

Shared Health partners with MEDai to provide HIE platform to the state of Tennessee

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals' IPO: Underwriters exercise over-allotment option

New report focuses on how to reduce and control hypertension

In naming Islamic Conference Envoy, Obama highlights global health, food security efforts

GeneNews granted second U.S. patent for Sentinel Principle technology

Study: Earlier detection of lung cancer can reduce number of late stage lung cancer deaths

USPTO issues two new patents for EKR Therapeutics' RTU Cardene I.V. Premixed Injection

AZ&Me Prescription Savings programs help 13% more patients in 2009

4 Senate Democrats ask Reid to go back to public option

WebMD Health introduces new enhancements for Medscape Mobile for physicians

APCER PHARMA to demonstrate pharmacovigilance/drug safety and regulatory services at GPhA meeting

Utah dentists use Apex OneTouch solution to process patient insurance claims for reimbursement

Senators Durbin, Brown travel to Africa to focus on health, other issues

Exagen Diagnostics, EndoChoice announce agreement for promoting diagnostic services to U.S. gastroenterologists

Research assesses the overall efficacy of palliative chest RT in patients with advanced NSCLC

CMS study predicts healthcare spending may double by 2019

Emphasising emotional benefits of exercise is more effective in promoting physical fitness

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