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Practical support important to achieve glycemic control in diabetic patients

For physicians treating patients with diabetes, practical support is important in improving glycemic control. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health found that setting goals and pro-active follow-up helped patients achieve good glycemic control.

29 Sep 2009

Flu shots available at Concentra Urgent Care locations

The flu season is in full swing, and health officials predict this year’s outbreak of seasonal influenza to be stronger than usual. To help protect against this highly contagious illness, Concentra is offering seasonal flu vaccines at more than 300 medical centers across the country.

29 Sep 2009

Temps obtains assets of AIC's nurse staffing agency

Analysts International Corporation (AIC) (NASDAQ: ANLY), an information technology services company, today announced that it has sold the assets of Medical Concepts Staffing, a full-service nurse staffing agency and subsidiary of AIC, to Temps, Inc., a national provider of supplemental healthcare professionals.

29 Sep 2009

Additional countries to join in donating H1N1 vaccines to developing countries, U.N official says

Additional countries are expected to soon announce they will follow in the footsteps of nine developed countries who recently said they would donate H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine supplies to poorer nations, David Nabarro, of the U.N. said Friday, Reuters reports.

29 Sep 2009

Heparin-induced skin lesions may indicate platelets deficit

Heparin, a commonly used anticoagulant, can cause skin lesions, reports a study http://www.cmaj.ca/press/cmaj081729.pdf in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) www.cmaj.ca.

29 Sep 2009

Ban, Clinton call for increased food security efforts

At a meeting on Saturday of "leaders, ministers, experts and non-governmental organizations from nearly 100 countries," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for greater urgency in the fight against hunger, Agence France-Presse reports. According to Ban, 2009 has seen an increase in malnutrition rates around the world (9/26).

29 Sep 2009

NHGRI announces grant to establish Wisconsin Center of Excellence in Genomics Science

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health today announced an $8 million, three-year grant to establish a Wisconsin Center of Excellence in Genomics Science.

29 Sep 2009

Company gives officials, lawmakers a preview of how health 'exchanges' work

Officials and lawmakers got a preview of what a health reform plan may look like by examining how health exchanges will operate if implemented.

28 Sep 2009

Blood vessels in the retina may help predict risk of heart attack or stroke

For centuries eyes have been seen as windows to the soul. But medical researchers now believe the eyes may also offer vital clues to your risk of heart disease and stroke.

28 Sep 2009

G20 Addresses Food Aid, Advocates React To Commitments

The G20 said the World Bank trust fund for agricultural investment in poor countries that they called for on Friday "should be designed so that money will be disbursed quickly and countries can decide for themselves where they want it spent," Reuters reports.

28 Sep 2009

Kane Biotech's Dispersinb Topical Wound Gel passes cytotoxicity and primary skin irritation tests

Kane Biotech Inc., a biotechnology company engaged in the development of products that prevent and remove microbial biofilms is pleased to announce that DispersinB® Topical Wound Gel has passed the FDA-recommended Cytotoxicity and Primary Skin Irritation tests conducted by WuXi AppTec Inc. (St. Paul, MN) in compliance with Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). Thus, DispersinB® wound gel is considered non-cytotoxic and non-irritant.

28 Sep 2009

Insurance industry eyeing potential victories as overhaul efforts progress

For the insurance industry, the health system overhaul currently being considered in Congress so far would create a boon of new customers without the competitive challenge of a government-run option -- both elements that are viewed as victories.

28 Sep 2009

NIH funds Brown University's Samoan genotyping project

Do some people have special "susceptibility" genes that make them vulnerable to obesity and diabetes, triggered by poor diet and less exercise?

28 Sep 2009

Dialysis patients often not told about transplant options, Newspaper finds

"Thousands of kidney patients in the United States start dialysis without first being told of kidney transplants that would be cheaper and lead to longer lives, according to a four-month newspaper investigation published Sunday," The Associated Press reports.

28 Sep 2009

Secretary of State Clinton announces food security initiative

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday "unveiled … a food security initiative launched by the Obama administration to combat hunger worldwide," the Associated Press reports.

28 Sep 2009

SOHM launches 26 branded generic pharmaceutical products in India

SOHM, Inc., a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer that produces and markets generic drugs covering all major treatment categories, announced today the launch of 26 branded generic pharmaceutical products in India. The Company has already appointed two distributors in Northern India covering the largest state of India with a population of almost 1.5 billion people.

28 Sep 2009

NIH awards DiscoveryBioMed a Phase 2 SBIR grant for research on hypertension and cystic fibrosis

DiscoveryBioMed, Inc. (DBM) today announced that it has been awarded a $750,000 Small Business Innovations Research (SBIR) Phase 2 grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue the research into the discovery and development of small molecules to alleviate multiple chronic human diseases including cystic fibrosis (CF), hypertension and chronic kidney diseases with hypertension.

28 Sep 2009

Timeline tightening on Senate Finance reform bill

A merged Senate bill between the Finance and HELP committees could hit the Senate floor the week of Oct. 12 and Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D- Mont., readies his committee to finish its markup by Thursday or Friday.

28 Sep 2009

Mercy Memorial implements CDW's disaster recovery solution to increase reliability of critical clinical applications

CDW Healthcare, part of the public sector subsidiary of CDW Corporation and a leading provider of technology products and services to healthcare organizations, today announced that Mercy Memorial Hospital of Monroe, Mich., launched an extensive server virtualization and disaster recovery solution acquired from CDW Healthcare.

28 Sep 2009

Payment of healthcare through technology will ease the stress on overburdened healthcare workers

With all the noise being made about healthcare reform the past few months, focusing on everything from public option vs. insurance agencies and what will and will not be covered, what's slowly coming into focus is that it is not that healthcare is necessarily in need of an overhaul, but the way in which Americans pay for it.

28 Sep 2009