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BSI implements plans to expand its medical device Notified Body scope to include IVD devices

BSI, a world-class Notified Body providing regulatory and quality management reviews and product certification for medical devices, is rapidly implementing plans to expand its medical device Notified Body scope to include in vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices.

13 Nov 2009

Health Insurer tells its employees to directly lobby U.S. Senators for weaker health reform and higher insurer profits

The nation's largest health insurance company, United Healthcare, launched a new push this week to get employees to directly lobby U.S. Senators for weaker health reform and higher insurer profits. The new campaign, in an e-mail sent to all employees Nov. 10, offers employees template letters to send from company computers on company time and urges them to write grassroots-style letters to the editor to local newspapers. Consumer Watchdog, which obtained the letters, called on the Senate and newspapers to reject this deceptive corporate-directed campaign.

13 Nov 2009

$1.2 million federal grant to University of Illinois for botanical dietary supplements research

The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a two-year, $1.2 million federal grant to develop a new method to identify the contents of botanical dietary supplements and how they work.

13 Nov 2009

State Fund to offer a series of free seminars to help employers protect from H1N1 influenza

In response to recent fears of the H1N1 influenza and a possible pandemic, State Fund has partnered with UC Berkeley's Center for Infectious Disease and Emergency Readiness to offer a series of free seminars statewide helping employers protect their workforces and business operations.

13 Nov 2009

Majority of New Hampshire voters support food safety legislation

An overwhelming majority of New Hampshire voters - 90 percent - support food safety legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) new authority to ensure the food Americans eat does not make them sick, according to a new poll commissioned by the Pew Health Group and conducted by Hart Research and Public Opinion Strategies.

13 Nov 2009

Southeast Pain Care supports American Pain Foundation

Southeast Pain Care, a division of Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants, is sponsoring the Dec. 3 performance of "Grease" at Ovens Auditorium and giving $10 for every ticket sold to the American Pain Foundation.

13 Nov 2009

Low-level physical activity has beneficial effects on materno-foetal health: Study

Contrary to more conservative customs, exercising up to the end of pregnancy has no harmful effect on the weight or size of the foetus. This is what has been indicated in a study carried out by researchers of the Universidad Polit-cnica de Madrid (Polytechnic University of Madrid), which also shows the positive relationship between the weight of sedentary mothers before pregnancy and the body size of their babies. The conclusions appear in the International Journal of Obesity.

13 Nov 2009

People with hemianopia have difficulty detecting pedestrians, study cautions against allowing them to drive

Schepens Eye Research Institute scientists have found that--when tested in a driving simulator--patients with hemianopia (blindness in one half of the visual field in both eyes) have significantly more difficulty detecting pedestrians (on their blind side) than normally sighted people. These results, published in the November 2009 issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, fly in the face of some recent on-road studies that have found most people with hemianopia safe to drive.

13 Nov 2009

PAF receives additional funding support for serving patients with multiple myeloma

Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) -- a national non-profit organization that seeks to safeguard patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability relative to their diagnosis of life threatening or debilitating diseases -- is pleased to announce that it has received additional funding support for serving patients with multiple myeloma through its Co-Pay Relief Program (CPR).

13 Nov 2009

$Post-menopausal women in Asia hospitalized with fragility fracture are not aware whether they had osteoporosis or not$

Post-menopausal women in Asia hospitalized with fragility fracture are not aware whether they had osteoporosis or not

New results from a survey of 1,122 post-menopausal women in Asia found that nearly half (48.5 percent) were not aware whether or not they had osteoporosis despite being hospitalized with a fragility fracture.

13 Nov 2009

People in their 60s may have more disabilities than their counterparts from prior generations

In a development that could have significant ramifications for the nation's health care system, Baby Boomers may well be entering their 60s suffering far more disabilities than their counterparts did in previous generations, according to a new UCLA study. The findings, researchers say, may be due in part to changing American demographics.

13 Nov 2009

Medicare Part D program exceeds expectations, majority of seniors approve their plan and coverage

Almost four years after the Medicare Part D prescription drug program went into effect, an overwhelming majority (88 percent) of America's seniors approve of their individual plan and coverage. In a national survey released this morning by the nonpartisan Medicare Today Coalition, 95 percent of seniors who used their plan and received prescriptions over the past year also reported that their plan has worked well, while 85 percent continue to find their monthly premium to be affordable.

13 Nov 2009

Orthopedic surgeon specializes in cutting-edge shoulder procedures from a 45-minute technique

Orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Corey G. Solman specializes in cutting-edge shoulder procedures including everything from a 45-minute technique called shoulder resurfacing to a reversed shoulder replacement that relieves pain, restores shoulder function and improves range of motion.

13 Nov 2009

Poor mental health in children and teenagers impacts on the length of time they will stay in school: Study

"Our study shows that poor mental health in children and teenagers has a large impact on the length of time they will stay in school," says Dr. Lehrer. He notes a large number of school-based programs have recently been introduced to prevent childhood obesity through lifestyle changes, but suggests the net should be cast more widely. "It's important for policymakers to target health conditions that are not the easiest to identify - like inattention - but may have larger impacts on one's future."

13 Nov 2009

Alliance HealthCare Services commences cash tender offer for its 7¼% Senior Subordinated Notes

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc. announced today that it commenced a cash tender offer for any and all of its outstanding 7¼% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “notes”). In connection with the tender offer, Alliance is soliciting holders to consent to proposed amendments to the indentures governing the notes, which will eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and certain other provisions.

13 Nov 2009

Focus on healthy lifestyle to maintain weight this holiday season

Making sure you get right back on your weight loss plan after a big holiday meal is what will help you maintain your weight this holiday season.

13 Nov 2009

Pharmacyclics to present clinical updates and posters relating to PCI-24781 and PCI-32765

Pharmacyclics, Inc. today announced that posters related to PCI-24781 and PCI-32765 have been selected for presentation at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), December 5-8, 2009 in New Orleans, LA.

13 Nov 2009

New survey illustrates confused state of people about how they will pay for long-term care services

Even as the average annual cost of a home health aide now tops more than $40,000 and private nursing home care is approaching an average cost of $75,000 a year, a new survey by the nonprofit LIFE Foundation finds nine out of 10 Americans do not have a realistic plan to pay for these expenses. Nearly one in four say they will rely on family and friends, while others mistakenly believe their health insurance coverage or government programs such as Medicare will help pay their long-term care costs.

13 Nov 2009

ADS' Medics Suite satisfies the unique needs of New Hope Foundation

Dr. Comerford is the President and CEO of the New Hope Foundation, a non-profit corporation dedicated to the treatment of alcoholism, drug addiction and compulsive gambling. The Foundation provides state-of-the-art care, with the ongoing certification of the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).

13 Nov 2009

Axelar AB to present data from ongoing Phase I/II clinical trial of AXL1717

Axelar AB today announced that promising data from the ongoing Phase I/II clinical trial concerning their lead anticancer product AXL1717, an insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) receptor inhibitor, will be presented next week at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

13 Nov 2009

Medical News

BSI implements plans to expand its medical device Notified Body scope to include IVD devices

Health Insurer tells its employees to directly lobby U.S. Senators for weaker health reform and higher insurer profits

$1.2 million federal grant to University of Illinois for botanical dietary supplements research

State Fund to offer a series of free seminars to help employers protect from H1N1 influenza

Majority of New Hampshire voters support food safety legislation

Southeast Pain Care supports American Pain Foundation

Low-level physical activity has beneficial effects on materno-foetal health: Study

People with hemianopia have difficulty detecting pedestrians, study cautions against allowing them to drive

PAF receives additional funding support for serving patients with multiple myeloma

Post-menopausal women in Asia hospitalized with fragility fracture are not aware whether they had osteoporosis or not

People in their 60s may have more disabilities than their counterparts from prior generations

Medicare Part D program exceeds expectations, majority of seniors approve their plan and coverage

Orthopedic surgeon specializes in cutting-edge shoulder procedures from a 45-minute technique

Poor mental health in children and teenagers impacts on the length of time they will stay in school: Study

Alliance HealthCare Services commences cash tender offer for its 7¼% Senior Subordinated Notes

Focus on healthy lifestyle to maintain weight this holiday season

Pharmacyclics to present clinical updates and posters relating to PCI-24781 and PCI-32765

New survey illustrates confused state of people about how they will pay for long-term care services

ADS' Medics Suite satisfies the unique needs of New Hope Foundation

Axelar AB to present data from ongoing Phase I/II clinical trial of AXL1717

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