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U.S. Court grants preliminary approval of $350M settlement in lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group

The American Medical Association (AMA) announced today that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has granted preliminary approval of the previously disclosed $350 million settlement that would resolve a class-action lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group.

4 Dec 2009

Sudbury & District Public Health Unit nurses reach tentative settlement with employer

Following a long and difficult negotiations process, public health nurses with the Sudbury & District Public Health Unit have reached a tentative settlement with their employer.

4 Dec 2009

Effective prevention of smoking among teenagers narrows racial disparity in lung cancer rates

Effective prevention of smoking among teenagers, particularly black teenagers, is narrowing the disparity in lung cancer rates between blacks and whites, according to a report published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. The December issue has a special focus on tobacco.

4 Dec 2009

2010 American Occupational Health Conference to be held in Orlando

The Nation's largest occupational and environmental medicine conference, the 2010 American Occupational Health Conference (AOHC®) will be held May 2-5 at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Fla. AOHC is the annual meeting of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), an international medical society of more 4,000 occupational and environmental physicians and other health care professionals.

4 Dec 2009

MoneyTV features bioengineering and stem cell topics this week

Bioengineering, extracting health products from waste tobacco, stem cells, unemployment, wind energy; this week on MoneyTV, hosted by anchor Donald Baillargeon.

4 Dec 2009

Family Research Council responds to Senate's approval of Mikulski amendment

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins responded today to the U.S. Senate's approval of an amendment authored by U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) to authorize the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to include abortion as "preventive care" in their guidelines.

4 Dec 2009

Smokefree Innotec's Swiss patent and trademark attorneys start nationalizing PCT patent application

Smokefree Innotec, Inc. announced today that its Swiss patent and trademark attorneys Spierenburg & Partners AG have started nationalizing and regionalizing the PCT patent application for SFIO's Real Smokefree product.

4 Dec 2009

First Edition: December 4, 2009

Today's headlines focus on the Senate's first health bill votes and the behind-the-scenes negotiations regarding the public option.

4 Dec 2009

New discoveries to treat life-threatening blood disorder presented at ASH annual meeting

A genetic variation that may indicate a patient's risk of developing a potentially life-threatening blood disorder if exposed to certain pharmaceutical therapies or chemicals is one of several medical discoveries scientists at cancer diagnostics leader Quest Diagnostics will present during the 51st American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, December 5-8, 2009, in New Orleans, LA.

4 Dec 2009

Sirona announces fourth-quarter and fiscal year end 2009 results

Sirona, the dental technology leader, today announced its financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2009.

4 Dec 2009

Study shows herbal medicine is effective for treating acute rhinosinusitis

Rhinosinusitis is an inflammatory process involving one or more of the paranasal sinuses that typically follows a viral upper respiratory tract infection (RTI). The term ‘acute rhinosinusitis’ is used instead of ‘acute sinusitis’ because it is the currently internationally accepted terminology.

4 Dec 2009

Internap Network Services completes SAS 70 Type II audit for its company-controlled data centers

Internap Network Services Corporation, a global provider of end-to-end Internet business solutions, today announced it has successfully completed the Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70) Type II audit for its company-controlled data centers. This activity is part of a continued commitment by Internap to provide advanced services to IT professionals interested in facilities that have demonstrated capabilities against the highest standards for service delivery.

4 Dec 2009

Oncologists optimistic about the potential of clinical trials for personalized medicine

According to a national poll of oncologists and clinical research professionals, there is a high level of optimism about the potential of clinical trials for personalized medicine. While oncologists view cost as a barrier to treatment and research, they think policy initiatives are opportunities to effectively promote personalized medicine.

4 Dec 2009

Severity of injury has the most effect on workers' compensation

The severity of injury and level of impairment -- not the workers' legal fees -- have the most effect on payout for workers' compensation claims among Illinois construction workers, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health have found.

4 Dec 2009

Medical News

U.S. Court grants preliminary approval of $350M settlement in lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group

Sudbury & District Public Health Unit nurses reach tentative settlement with employer

Effective prevention of smoking among teenagers narrows racial disparity in lung cancer rates

2010 American Occupational Health Conference to be held in Orlando

MoneyTV features bioengineering and stem cell topics this week

Family Research Council responds to Senate's approval of Mikulski amendment

Smokefree Innotec's Swiss patent and trademark attorneys start nationalizing PCT patent application

First Edition: December 4, 2009

New discoveries to treat life-threatening blood disorder presented at ASH annual meeting

Sirona announces fourth-quarter and fiscal year end 2009 results

Study shows herbal medicine is effective for treating acute rhinosinusitis

Internap Network Services completes SAS 70 Type II audit for its company-controlled data centers

Oncologists optimistic about the potential of clinical trials for personalized medicine

Severity of injury has the most effect on workers' compensation

Healthcare professionals from Kaiser Permanente facilities to leave SEIU and join NUHW

New Jersey hospitals fight to recover from economic downturn

New smokers more likely to use menthol cigarettes

Long term care insurance and the home care option make it easier for Austin couple

Muscle Flex gets ready for National commercial release of its Beagle StepFit Pedometer

Biogen Idec increases its offer to $17.50 for purchase of Facet Biotech shares

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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