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HealthInsight and HealthMedia join to deliver Internet-based Digital Coaching solutions

HealthInsight, provider of the only value-based health care administration platform, today announced a partnership with HealthMedia, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, to deliver Internet-based Digital Coaching™ solutions focused on lifestyle and behavioral change.

16 Dec 2009

HHS to provide H1N1 response update on December 17, 2009

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and senior HHS officials leading the H1N1 response at the Department will hold a press conference, at the National Press Club on Thursday, December 17, 2009.

16 Dec 2009

Studies reveal new benefits of Peptan in preventing osteoporosis

Studies Conducted at INRA-Agroparistech Laboratory Under Pr. Daniel Tome's Supervision and Published in November 2009, in the Official Journal of the International Bone and Mineral Society "Bone", Reveal new Benefits for Peptan(TM) in Osteoporosis Prevention

16 Dec 2009

New research building at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia receives LEED certification

Building materials that better retain heat in the winter, and reflect it in the summer; plumbing fixtures that save water; and facilities that encourage employees to bicycle to work. Environmentally-friendly features like these enable the new research building at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to be certified as a green structure.

16 Dec 2009

GlobalHealth Education & Training service established to meet growing demand in healthcare

Long-time healthcare education business owner, Deborah Kann Schwarzberg, has established GlobalHealth Education & Training®, a corporate training and degree-granting educational service. GlobalHealth was formed to respond to the growing demand for trained employees and management within the healthcare and ancillary industries to enhance their formal education and attain advanced degrees online.

16 Dec 2009

Cancer Research UK's phase I trial results of CHT25 published in Clinical Cancer Research

TWO THIRDS of Hodgkin's lymphoma patients treated with an experimental radioactive cancer therapy responded well to the treatment, reveal the results of a Cancer Research UK phase I trial published in Clinical Cancer Research, today (Tuesday).

16 Dec 2009

DNA reveals earliest proven case of leprosy, Turin Shroud not from Jesus-era Jerusalem

The DNA of a 1st century shrouded man found in a tomb on the edge of the Old City of Jerusalem has revealed the earliest proven case of leprosy. Details of the research will be published December 16 in the PloS ONE Journal.

16 Dec 2009

Deaths from heart disease peak in December and January, US database reveals

'Tis the season… for a heart attack? According to Dr. Keith Churchwell, associate director of the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a US database of 53 million deaths occurring between 1973 and 2001 reveals that deaths from heart disease peak in December and January, with spikes on Christmas and New Year's Day.

16 Dec 2009

AARP says bipartisan amendment can bring down medication costs

The U.S. Senate today rejected an amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that would have helped make prescription drugs more affordable by allowing for the safe and legal importation of lower priced drugs from abroad. The bipartisan amendment, endorsed by AARP and sponsored by Senators Dorgan, Snowe, McCain, Grassley and Stabenow, would have improved competition and helped to bring down the skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs.

16 Dec 2009

Couples sharing responsibility have higher average measures of happiness and life satisfaction

A new study published by The University of Western Ontario reveals that couples who share the responsibility for paid and unpaid work report higher average measures of happiness and life satisfaction than those in other family models.

16 Dec 2009

EU border security market boosted by unauthorised immigration and illegal drug trafficking

European Union (EU) member states are spending more on protecting their borders, which are increasingly subjected to unauthorised immigration and illegal drug trafficking. High investment in advanced technology security and IT-based systems will boost the border security market.

16 Dec 2009

Eppendorf initiates import ban against Nanosphere's Verigene and Verigene SP systems

Eppendorf has initiated an import ban for Nanosphere, Inc.'s Verigene(R) and Verigene(R) SP systems for infringement of European patent EP 1 179 180 B2, titled "Method for the identification and/or the quantification of a target compound". The import ban covers any and all imports of the respective products into any country of the European Union. Customs authorities are required to confiscate any violating products.

16 Dec 2009

Senator discusses small business amendments in health bill

United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair, Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., yesterday spoke on the Senate floor about the significant small business reforms within the Senate health bill that would provide entrepreneurs with more choices and stable costs.

16 Dec 2009

LifeSpan TR200 folding treadmill receives Best New Treadmill award

The new compact LifeSpan TR200 folding treadmill, made by PCE Health and Fitness ( www.LifeSpanFitness.com ), was highly praised by treadmill review groups in recent reviews of the best treadmills for 2010. The compact TR200 folding treadmill received awards for Best New Treadmill, Recommended Unique Design, and Best Treadmill under $1000.

16 Dec 2009

Gynaecological visits presents great opportunities for dialogue about sexual health

Visits to a gynaecologist or midwife are generally associated with different tests and/or prescriptions for contraceptives, but could offer so much more. Women, doctors and midwives are agreed that gynaecological visits presents great opportunities for dialogue about sexual health, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

16 Dec 2009

Academics and drug companies must work together to win funds for scientific research, says research director

Academics and drug companies must forge more productive relationships in the face of pressure from politicians and funders for more applied biomedical research, a research director has warned.

16 Dec 2009

Pharmacy directors willing to cover tanezumab at lower prices

HealthLeaders-InterStudy and Fingertip Formulary find that 70 percent of surveyed pharmacy directors expect to cover Pfizer's tanezumab if it is approved for the treatment of chronic pain. Tanezumab, which is expected to be the first biologic approved for chronic pain and is administered intravenously under medical supervision, will likely be covered as a medical benefit rather than a pharmacy benefit according to surveyed pharmacy directors.

16 Dec 2009

Food and Health Bureau invites EOI from Hong Kong in developing private hospitals

The Food and Health Bureau has invited expressions of interest (EOI) from Hong Kong and overseas parties in developing private hospitals at four sites in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

16 Dec 2009

Almac Diagnostics expands its Bioinformatics department

Almac has shown significant growth in the last year, with employee numbers growing by 15% in the UK and 10% in the US. For the Diagnostics division, this trend continues through the expansion of the Bioinformatics Department and the subsequent opening of a dedicated bioinformatics facility in Manchester (UK).

16 Dec 2009

Consumer Watchdog calls for preserving state authority, ban on annual benefit limits and effective rate regulation

Consumer Watchdog condemned the removal of the Medicare buy-in provision for those over 55 and the public option from the U.S. Senate health reform bill. But the group said that the Senate must still make three essential fixes to the greatly weakened bill to prevent ceding the entire health care system to the insurance industry.

16 Dec 2009

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HealthInsight and HealthMedia join to deliver Internet-based Digital Coaching solutions

HHS to provide H1N1 response update on December 17, 2009

Studies reveal new benefits of Peptan in preventing osteoporosis

New research building at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia receives LEED certification

GlobalHealth Education & Training service established to meet growing demand in healthcare

Cancer Research UK's phase I trial results of CHT25 published in Clinical Cancer Research

DNA reveals earliest proven case of leprosy, Turin Shroud not from Jesus-era Jerusalem

Deaths from heart disease peak in December and January, US database reveals

AARP says bipartisan amendment can bring down medication costs

Couples sharing responsibility have higher average measures of happiness and life satisfaction

EU border security market boosted by unauthorised immigration and illegal drug trafficking

Eppendorf initiates import ban against Nanosphere's Verigene and Verigene SP systems

Senator discusses small business amendments in health bill

LifeSpan TR200 folding treadmill receives Best New Treadmill award

Gynaecological visits presents great opportunities for dialogue about sexual health

Academics and drug companies must work together to win funds for scientific research, says research director

Pharmacy directors willing to cover tanezumab at lower prices

Food and Health Bureau invites EOI from Hong Kong in developing private hospitals

Almac Diagnostics expands its Bioinformatics department

Consumer Watchdog calls for preserving state authority, ban on annual benefit limits and effective rate regulation

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