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Rising trend in youth sports-related injuries

Thirty million children and teens are busy gearing up for the fall athletic season. What they're not gearing up for is a sprained, strained or fractured ankle. However, US Consumer Product Safety Commission statistics reveal 3.5 million children and teens get hurt annually playing organized and/or school sports.

18 Sep 2009

Drugs industry names the contraceptive pill as the greatest pharmacy innovation of the past 150 years

The Contraceptive Pill has been crowned the greatest pharmacy innovation of the past 150 years, by leading figures in the drugs industry.

18 Sep 2009

Preventive treatment extension after kidney transplantation reduces the risk of CMV disease

For kidney transplant recipients, infection with a virus called cytomegalovirus (CMV) may lead to devastating complications. New research suggests that extending the period of preventive treatment after kidney transplantation can reduce the risk of CMV disease, according to an upcoming report in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

18 Sep 2009

GENova Biotherapeutics and Korean university sign strategic partnership agreement

GENova Biotherapeutics Inc. ("GENova") today announced that it has signed a LOI for a strategic partnership agreement with the Hospital Medical Information Department of Suncheon Cheongam University in Seoul, South Korea to gain access to its ground-breaking cancer stem cell research information.

18 Sep 2009

Consumer Watchdog urges California Attorney General to investigate insurers' employee programs

As the House Subcommittee on Domestic Policy reconvenes hearings today on the bureaucratic abuse of insured patients by for-profit insurance companies, Consumer Watchdog called on the nation's two largest insurers to answer questions about their use of employees to lobby Congress on company time.

18 Sep 2009

HTDS update on its H1N1 project status

HTDS- The Company is pleased to provide the following update to its shareholders and followers on the (H1N1) Vaccine for Mellow Hope Inc, its China based subsidiary; and other general business matters.

18 Sep 2009

Two-day forum addresses maternal, child mortality in Asia-Pacific region

Poor health care, gender inequality, violence and poverty are to blame for Asian-Pacific countries' failure to significantly reduce maternal and child mortality rates in the region, Noeleen Heyzer, executive secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), said during the Asia-Pacific Forum on International Conference on Population and Development in Bangkok.

18 Sep 2009

How Republicans would overhaul the health system: The wish list

KHN reports that "[a]t least three comprehensive GOP bills have been introduced: one by Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina and Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin; another by Rep. Tom Price of Georgia and a third by Rep. John Shadegg of Arizona. All three bills have a few themes in common with their Democratic proposals. ... While the main GOP proposals have no chance of passage, they could influence the debate" (Appleby, 9/16).

18 Sep 2009

Video library to address health insurance concerns

My Insurance Expert, one of the nation’s leading online services to compare and secure affordable health insurance, has launched a video library “Q&A” of unbiased perspectives on various health care insurance topics including how health care reform may affect individual and group coverage, determining the correct amount of co-pay and deductible, how to compare policies correctly, health savings account and much more.

18 Sep 2009

Calypso Medical raises funds for commercial expansion

Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc., a developer of real-time localization technology used for the precise tracking of tumor targets, today announced the completion of a $50 million round of venture capital financing, led by Skyline Ventures and Frazier Healthcare Ventures.

18 Sep 2009

LifeWise Health Plan expands individual health-plan benefits

LifeWise Health Plan of Washington is announcing the expansion of individual health-plan benefits to provide consumers with more choices and greater coverage.

18 Sep 2009

New bill to address Medi-Cal payment shortfalls

California's Medi-Cal program provides essential health care services to the poorest and most vulnerable Californians. Yet, the state ranks dead-last in the nation when it comes to funding health care for these patients. In 2008, California hospitals lost more than $4.2 billion in unpaid Medi-Cal costs.

18 Sep 2009

Biomaterial gel for treating spinal cord injury

Research led by a scientist at the Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has shown injecting biomaterial gel into a spinal cord injury site provides significantly improved healing.

18 Sep 2009

AAPA applauds Baucus' efforts to move forward on health care reform legislation

The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), representing 75,000 clinically practicing physician assistants (PAs) in the United States, is very pleased that America's Healthy Future Act of 2009, produced yesterday by Senator Max Baucus, fully integrates PAs into new team-based models of care that are designed to promote primary care and the coordination of care for patients with chronic medical conditions.

18 Sep 2009

Plans could change how Medicare pays doctors, hospitals

Sen. Max Baucus' health proposal includes achieving cost savings, in part, by reconfiguring the way doctors and hospitals are paid for their services, The Wall Street Journal reports.

18 Sep 2009

AFA welcomes inclusion of cognitive impairment screening in healthcare reform proposal

The Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) today applauded Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), who spearheaded the provision, for including cognitive impairment screening for Medicare beneficiaries in Baucus' healthcare reform proposal, "America's Healthy Future Act of 2009."

18 Sep 2009

Foundation launches public service campaign

The Word-OUT! Awareness Foundation, a member of the Congressional District Program 501(c)(3)-509(a)(1), will launch the third year of its You Gotta Wash Your Hands! A Public Service Campaign, on September 21, 2009. The press conference will start promptly at 1:30 p.m. and take place on the lawn of The Philadelphia High School For Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA), located at Broad and Christian Streets.

18 Sep 2009

Federal officials say Louisiana owes $362 million for overpayments to public hospitals

The federal government says Louisiana public hospitals were overpaid by hundreds of millions of dollars.

18 Sep 2009

PSC activation mechanisms help develop novel therapeutic approaches for pancreatic fibrosis

Fibrosis is a key feature of chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. The extensive deposition of extracellular matrix proteins fosters the development of an exocrine and endocrine organ insufficiency, and accelerates progression of the tumour. Pancreatic stellate cells (PSC) are the principal effector cells in pancreatic fibrosis. They are activated by profibrogenic mediators, which include, for example, cytokines and ethanol metabolites.

18 Sep 2009

Merck, Wellcome Trust to launch vaccine center in India to produce vaccines for developing countries

Pharmaceutical company Merck and the Wellcome Trust have joined together to create a non-profit, £90-million (about $150 million) research center in India to facilitate the development of new vaccines, "including [those for] neglected diseases for which inadequate or no vaccines exist," Nature News reports.

18 Sep 2009

Medical News

Rising trend in youth sports-related injuries

Drugs industry names the contraceptive pill as the greatest pharmacy innovation of the past 150 years

Preventive treatment extension after kidney transplantation reduces the risk of CMV disease

GENova Biotherapeutics and Korean university sign strategic partnership agreement

Consumer Watchdog urges California Attorney General to investigate insurers' employee programs

HTDS update on its H1N1 project status

Two-day forum addresses maternal, child mortality in Asia-Pacific region

How Republicans would overhaul the health system: The wish list

Video library to address health insurance concerns

Calypso Medical raises funds for commercial expansion

LifeWise Health Plan expands individual health-plan benefits

New bill to address Medi-Cal payment shortfalls

Biomaterial gel for treating spinal cord injury

AAPA applauds Baucus' efforts to move forward on health care reform legislation

Plans could change how Medicare pays doctors, hospitals

AFA welcomes inclusion of cognitive impairment screening in healthcare reform proposal

Foundation launches public service campaign

Federal officials say Louisiana owes $362 million for overpayments to public hospitals

PSC activation mechanisms help develop novel therapeutic approaches for pancreatic fibrosis

Merck, Wellcome Trust to launch vaccine center in India to produce vaccines for developing countries

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