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Wake up call to the Americans regarding hunger issue

New data from the U.S. government shows more than 49 million Americans struggled to get enough to eat at some point in 2008, the highest total in 14 years. This means one in six Americans struggled with hunger.

5 Dec 2009

New Emergency Stroke System ensures patients’ access to effective treatment

Thanks to Los Angeles County's new Emergency Stroke System, individuals who experience a stroke may now be able to more quickly access some of the latest advances in stroke interventions.

5 Dec 2009

Zynx Health to highlight clinical decision support for improved and quality patient care

Zynx Health CEO and President Scott Weingarten, MD, MPH will be speaking at IHI on clinical decision support, specifically focusing on the implications of clinical decision support for meaningful use of EHRs and American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. Zynx is the leader in evidence-based and experience-based clinical decision support.

5 Dec 2009

Bayer Diabetes Care announces the winners of 'Express Your Simple Win Creativity Contest'

Bayer Diabetes Care today announced the three grand prize winners of Bayer's "Express Your Simple Win Creativity Contest." Nick Jonas, of the Jonas Brothers, selected the winning video entries submitted by children with diabetes from across the country.

5 Dec 2009

OrthoAccel Technologies announces the availability of new Continuing Education course

OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc., developers of the AcceleDent System, which is an acceleration device to enhance orthodontics, announced the availability of a new Continuing Education course published by PennWell Corporation, a leader in professional education for many industries, including medicine and dentistry.

5 Dec 2009

CareTech Solutions' client -hospital websites receive eHealthcare Leadership Awards

CareTech Solutions, an information technology (IT) and web products and services provider for hospitals and health systems, announced today that six of its client -hospital web sites earned ten awards in the Strategic Communications eHealthcare Leadership Awards competition.

5 Dec 2009

Health experts available to discuss health care reform

Edward D. Miller was named chief executive officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the 13th dean of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and vice president for medicine of The Johns Hopkins University in January 1997.

5 Dec 2009

United Country Lippard Auctioneers announces the public auction of former Kingfisher Regional Hospital

United Country Lippard Auctioneers, Inc., (www.lippardauctions.com) announces the public auction of the former Kingfisher Regional Hospital, according to Troy Lippard, auctioneer.

5 Dec 2009

UniCare Health Plan and Cross Lanes Walmart organize food drive to assist poor families

UniCare Health Plan of West Virginia, Inc., Cross Lanes Walmart and West Virginia Radio Corporation will be holding the second-annual Circle of Hope for Charleston-based Mountain Mission. Several local celebrities, including 2006 World's Strongest Man Phil Pfister, Pro Bass Fisherman Jeremy Starks, Secretary of State Natalie Tenant, and Governor and Mrs. Manchin will participate in the two-day food drive.

5 Dec 2009

Genomic Health to present its Oncotype DX multi-gene expression test studies at the 32nd SABCS

Genomic Health, Inc. today announced that the company will present results from five studies at the 32nd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), taking place December 9-13, 2009, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.

5 Dec 2009

Chicken pox vaccine also reduces risk of herpes zoster in children

Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, is very rare among children who have been vaccinated against chicken pox, according to a Kaiser Permanente study in the December issue of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal.

5 Dec 2009

Children's fire safety day to be conducted at Missouri Capitol

Farmers Insurance Missouri State Executive Director Paul Crosetti, State Fire Marshal Randy Cole, and Brad Ballard, the CEO and creator of a children's fire safety program sponsored by Farmers called FireFacts, will conduct a children's fire safety day at the Missouri Capitol December 9.

5 Dec 2009

First lifestyle magazine and website for nurses launched

Scrubs Magazine (scrubsmag.com), the first lifestyle magazine and website for nurses, premiered November 15. The magazine has paid circulation of 350,000 and will be sold in more than 1,500 nursing apparel stores nationwide. Strategic

5 Dec 2009

Join Sonic Foundry, Wisconsin Department of Health Services to host webinar on health information

When the spread of H1N1 flu accelerated this fall, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services needed to get more information to more people more quickly than ever before. Join Sonic Foundry, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOFO), the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, for a live webinar in which Matt Duffy from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, will share how in-house webcasting relieved fiscal pressures and made it easier to present increasingly complex data.

5 Dec 2009

Introduction of the Endocrine Disruption Prevention Act of 2009 commended

The Endocrine Society commends Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) for introducing the Endocrine Disruption Prevention Act of 2009 (H.R. 4190; S. 2828). The bill, endorsed by the Society, amends the Public Health Service Act by authorizing the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to conduct a research program on endocrine disruption aimed at preventing and reducing the production of and the public's exposure to harmful chemicals.

5 Dec 2009

STERIS acts in response to FDA's recent notice on SYSTEM 1 Sterile Processing System

STERIS Corporation was notified on December 3, 2009 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued a notice to healthcare facility administrators regarding the regulatory status of the STERIS SYSTEM 1® Sterile Processing System, as well as actions healthcare facilities should take if they use this device.

5 Dec 2009

Vertex Pharmaceuticals reports underwriters purchase additional stock at 38.50 per share

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated today announced that the underwriters of its public offering have exercised in full their option to purchase an additional 1,500,000 shares of common stock at the public offering price of $38.50 per share.

5 Dec 2009

97 new drugs and vaccines in development for HIV/AIDS treatment, finds report

Chemistry World recently highlighted a new report published by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) that identifies 97 new drugs and vaccines in development for HIV/AIDS and related conditions.

5 Dec 2009

New data reveals insurance-based discrimination is more common among lower income women

According to an analysis of statewide data taken from 1998-2001, women in Oregon who made less than $50,000 a year were more than three times likely to report they were discriminated against by health providers because of their insurance status during pregnancy and delivery

5 Dec 2009

PharmAthene's Valortim demonstrates potential for anthrax treatment

PharmAthene, Inc., a biodefense company developing medical countermeasures against biological and chemical threats, announced today that the Company is presenting results of a study demonstrating the effectiveness of Valortim® in an inhalation anthrax model in the New Zealand White (NZW) rabbit.

5 Dec 2009

Medical News

Wake up call to the Americans regarding hunger issue

New Emergency Stroke System ensures patients’ access to effective treatment

Zynx Health to highlight clinical decision support for improved and quality patient care

Bayer Diabetes Care announces the winners of 'Express Your Simple Win Creativity Contest'

OrthoAccel Technologies announces the availability of new Continuing Education course

CareTech Solutions' client -hospital websites receive eHealthcare Leadership Awards

Health experts available to discuss health care reform

United Country Lippard Auctioneers announces the public auction of former Kingfisher Regional Hospital

UniCare Health Plan and Cross Lanes Walmart organize food drive to assist poor families

Genomic Health to present its Oncotype DX multi-gene expression test studies at the 32nd SABCS

Chicken pox vaccine also reduces risk of herpes zoster in children

Children's fire safety day to be conducted at Missouri Capitol

First lifestyle magazine and website for nurses launched

Join Sonic Foundry, Wisconsin Department of Health Services to host webinar on health information

Introduction of the Endocrine Disruption Prevention Act of 2009 commended

STERIS acts in response to FDA's recent notice on SYSTEM 1 Sterile Processing System

Vertex Pharmaceuticals reports underwriters purchase additional stock at 38.50 per share

97 new drugs and vaccines in development for HIV/AIDS treatment, finds report

New data reveals insurance-based discrimination is more common among lower income women

PharmAthene's Valortim demonstrates potential for anthrax treatment

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