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Opinions Harden on Health - Wall Street Journal/NBC

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Democratic lawmakers may be tempted to vote against the health-care overhaul plan pending in Congress because it remains unpopular with a broad swath of the public. But a new poll suggests that those who do so risk further dispiriting their core supporters ahead of November mid-term elections.

Mar 16, 2010 - 6:50:00 PM

News : World
Progress in Access to Safe Drinking-Water

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - GENEVA / NEW YORK, – With 87% of the world’s population or approximately 5.9 billion people using safe drinking-water sources, the world is on track to meet or even exceed the drinking-water target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to the new WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report titled: "Progress on Sanitation and Drinking-Water –2010 Update Report," released today.

Mar 15, 2010 - 8:45:00 AM

News : National
Improving Patient Care with Health IT Drives Attendees to HIMSS10

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - CHICAGO — The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) today announced preliminary registration figures for its 2010 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in Atlanta, Ga. from March 1-4
Mar 12, 2010 - 4:50:53 PM

News : National
Harvard Medical School's 2010 Annual Report on Prostate Diseases

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - BOSTON—Harvard Medical School today released its first ever Annual Report on Prostate Diseases, which covers the basics in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), erectile dysfunction, prostatitis, and related issues, along with recent scientific and medical advances. A group of talented prostate disease specialists contributed to the publication.

Mar 10, 2010 - 2:58:42 PM

News : World
Asexual Plant Reproduction May Seed New Approach for Agriculture

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Arabidopsis thaliana, a small flowering mustard plant, normally reproduces sexually. But Jean Philippe Vielle-Calzada and his colleagues have show that silencing a protein called Argonaute 9 causes the plant to begin reproducing asexually instead. The blue shading shows the area involved in gamete formation that is disrupted when Argonaute 9 is silenced.
Mar 8, 2010 - 9:37:31 AM

Diabetes Issues
World's Leading Diabetologists Prepare for Ground Breaking Congress in Abu Dhabi

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The Health Authority - Abu Dhabi (HAAD), the regulatory body of the healthcare sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) confirmed that they will host the 1st International Abu Dhabi Diabetes Congress (ADDC), at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi from 12th to 14th March 2010.

Mar 8, 2010 - 8:50:57 AM

News : National
March of Dimes President Dr. Jennifer L. Howse Wins Prestigious Humanitarian Award

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., -- Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, who has served as president of the March of Dimes since 1990, today received the 2010 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award.

Mar 3, 2010 - 12:34:00 PM

News : National
New York Organ Donor Network Saved 682 Lives in 2009

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - New York, NY – February 23, 2010: The generosity of 914 organ and tissue donors in the greater New York metropolitan area saved the lives of 682 people through organ transplants in 2009 and saved or improved the lives of countless others through eye, skin, bone, heart valve and other transplants, according to the New York Organ Donor Network.
Mar 3, 2010 - 12:27:43 PM

News : National
Verizon Wireless' Mobile Healthcare Solutions Let Hospitals And Clinics Streamline Communications And Access Critical Data

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and ATLANTA – Healthcare organizations ranging from large city hospitals to rural community health clinics can count on Verizon Wireless to deliver customized wireless solutions that allow caregivers the ability to utilize resources that enhance the patient experience.
Mar 2, 2010 - 10:15:34 AM

News : National
Physicians Outraged at Today's Steep Medicare Cut

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WASHINGTON, -- The U.S. Senate's failure to act before today's 21 percent Medicare physician payment cut has put seniors at grave risk of reduced access to health care and choice of physician.

Mar 1, 2010 - 4:54:57 PM

News : World
CDC Releases First-Ever County-Level Report on Heart Disease

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Heart disease hospitalization rates among Americans aged 65 years and older vary substantially depending on where they live, accordingto a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Mar 1, 2010 - 12:04:04 PM

News : National
Darkness Increases Dishonest Behavior

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Darkness can conceal identity and encourage moral transgressions; thus Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in “Worship” in The Conduct of Life (1860), “as gaslight is the best nocturnal police, so the universe protects itself by pitiless publicity.”
Mar 1, 2010 - 10:49:12 AM

News : National
New AMA Platform Will Include One-stop Shop for EMR and Information Exchange for Physicians Nationwide

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ATLANTA, – The American Medical Association (AMA) and Dell announced today that they are collaborating to help physicians adopt useful health information technology such as electronic medical records (EMR), ePrescribing, and laboratory services through the AMA’s new health information solutions platform for physicians, which will launch nationally later this year.
Mar 1, 2010 - 10:16:58 AM

News : National
Cisco Launches HealthPresence Telemedicine Solution

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ATLANTA and SAN JOSE, Calif., – At the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference in Atlanta today, Cisco announced the availability of the Cisco HealthPresence™ platform.
Mar 1, 2010 - 10:01:38 AM

News : National
Celebrate National Wildlife Week March 15-21

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Newswise — It’s time to get those “inside kids” to take a walk on the wild side, and National Wildlife Week is the perfect time to do it.

Feb 27, 2010 - 8:58:48 AM

News : National
CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommends Universal Annual Influenza Vaccination

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - A panel of immunization experts voted today (February 24, 2010) to expand the recommendation for annual influenza vaccination to include all people aged 6 months and older. The expanded recommendation is to take effect in the 2010 - 2011 influenza season. The new recommendation seeks to remove barriers to influenza immunization and signals the importance of preventing influenza across the entire population.

Feb 24, 2010 - 7:52:13 PM

News : World
Monique da Silva Joins Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide to Lead North America Healthcare Practice

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - NEW YORK, -- Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (Ogilvy PR), a leading global communications firm, announced today that Monique da Silva has joined the agency as Executive Vice President/Head of North America Healthcare Practice.

Feb 23, 2010 - 4:14:39 PM

News : National
Katsi’s MedAZ Healthcare Software Earns Surescripts® Certification

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - PLAINSBORO, N.J., – After rigorous testing, MedAZ v100103.000, the comprehensive healthcare software solution from Koni Ameri Tech Services, Inc.(KATSI). MedAZ (http://www.medaz.net), is now Surescripts® certified for prescription routing messaging.

Feb 22, 2010 - 5:22:28 PM

News : National
Psychologists Can Help End Homelessness

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WASHINGTON – Providing housing without addressing the psychosocial factors associated with homelessness is not enough to solve the overarching problem, according to a presidential task force report released today by the American Psychological Association.

Feb 22, 2010 - 12:59:21 PM

News : National
Influenza Season Week 6 ending February 13, 2010

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Synopsis: During week 6 (February 7-13, 2010), influenza activity remained at approximately the same levels as last week in the U.S.

Feb 19, 2010 - 12:34:43 PM

News : National
CDC to Monitor Reactions and Errors Associated with Blood Transfusions

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched the first national surveillance system to monitor adverse events in patients who receive blood transfusions. CDC is encouraging healthcare facilities
across the country to enroll in this new surveillance system, which was designed to improve patient safety.

Feb 18, 2010 - 9:49:27 AM

News : National
Growing Medical Technology Use

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - The use of medical technology in the United States increased dramatically between 1996 and 2006, according to "Health, United States, 2009," the federal government's 33rd annual report to the President and Congress on the health of all Americans.

Feb 17, 2010 - 11:42:07 AM

News : National
Influenza Season Week 5 ending February 6, 2010

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Synopsis: During week 5 (January 31-February 6, 2010), influenza activity remained at approximately the same levels as last week in the U.S.

Feb 12, 2010 - 12:55:03 PM

News : World
Red Cross Raises More Than $32 Million Via Mobile Giving Program

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WASHINGTON, -- Hundreds of thousands of cell phone users have made $10 donations to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development Fund by sending the word "Haiti" to 90999, raising a record-shattering $32 million in mobile giving for the ongoing relief efforts.

Feb 11, 2010 - 10:56:37 AM

News : National
Electronic Cigarettes - Study Reveals a Need to Evaluate and Regulate

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - RICHMOND, Va. – Electronic cigarettes should be evaluated, regulated, labeled and packaged in a manner consistent with cartridge content and product effect – even if that effect is a total failure to deliver nicotine as demonstrated in a study supported by the National Cancer Institute and led by a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher.

Feb 10, 2010 - 3:52:23 PM

News : National
Pay-for-Performance in Healthcare

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - BOSTON — Although the idea of pay-for-performance (P4P) is popular among healthcare policy makers and private insurers, the results do not necessarily translate to the patient.
Feb 8, 2010 - 10:49:46 AM

News : National
Influenza Season Week 4 ending January 30, 2010

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Synopsis:During week 4 (January 24-30, 2010), influenza activity remained at approximately the same levels as last week in the U.S.

Feb 5, 2010 - 10:25:25 AM

News : National
Healthcare, Obama and Wall Street

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - New York, NY, – The Executive Council, the premier forum for business leaders and innovators, announced it’s annual healthcare symposium today. The event will take place on the morning of Tuesday, February 9, 2010 and will include leaders from all sectors of the healthcare industry – payors, providers, pharma, government/regulatory and life sciences.

Feb 5, 2010 - 8:18:34 AM

News : National
New Health Spending Projections

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Washington, DC – Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), released the following statement today in response to new health spending projections released by CMS which found that health care’s share of the economy grew 1.1 percentage points in 2009 – the largest one-year increase in GDP share since the federal government began keeping track in 1960:

Feb 4, 2010 - 5:54:11 PM

Safety
U.S. Opens Formal Probe of Toyota Prius Brake Problems

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - U.S. highway safety regulators opened a formal investigation of brake problems in the 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid. Earlier Thursday, Toyota said it had discovered and fixed software problems with early versions of Prius, and that it is investigating the brakes in all of its gas-electric hybrid models.

Feb 4, 2010 - 10:53:44 AM

News : National
End Gay Military Ban - American Psychological Association

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WASHINGTON – The American Psychological Association urged both the Pentagon and Congress today to move swiftly to end the restrictions on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military, noting that there are decades of scientific research demonstrating no threat to military readiness or morale.

Feb 4, 2010 - 10:13:34 AM

News : National
Cohn & Wolfe Appoints Mike Kan as Global Healthcare Practice Leader

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - NEW YORK and LONDON, -- Cohn & Wolfe, a leading global communications agency, today announced the appointment of Mike Kan as Global Healthcare Practice Leader. In the role, Mike will oversee the strategic development of Cohn & Wolfe's global healthcare offering, one of the largest in the industry with more than 300 healthcare communications professionals around the world.
Feb 4, 2010 - 9:53:09 AM

News : World
The Lancet's Vaccine Retraction

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - A medical journal's role in the autism scare. The British medical journal The Lancet yesterday offered a mea culpa of sorts for its role in launching a global vaccine scare. Its regrets come about 12 years too late.

Feb 3, 2010 - 8:20:22 AM

News : National
Many Hospitals Fail To Lower Infection Risk Despite Lifesaving Checklist

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - YONKERS, N.Y., -- Far too many hospitals expose patients to deadly central-line bloodstream infections despite the availability of a simple life-saving checklist proven to prevent hospital acquired infections, says a new investigative article in the March issue of Consumer Reports.
Feb 2, 2010 - 8:07:55 AM

News : National
Food Waste - A Huge Issue in America

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Food waste is a huge issue in America, especially in light of the growing divide between the profligate rich and the hungry poor. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Loss Project, we throw away more than 25 percent—some 25.9 million tons—of all the food we produce for domestic sale and consumption.
Jan 30, 2010 - 12:52:55 PM

News : World
Bill and Melinda Gates Pledge $10 Billion in Call for Decade of Vaccines

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - DAVOS, Switzerland -- Bill and Melinda Gates announced today that their foundation will commit $10 billion over the next 10 years to help research, develop and deliver vaccines for the world’s poorest countries.
The Gateses said that increased investment in vaccines by governments and the private sector could help developing countries dramatically reduce child mortality by the end of the decade, and they called for others to help fill critical financing gaps in both research funding and childhood immunization programs.

Jan 29, 2010 - 5:25:47 PM

News : National
MS&L Names Jeanine O'Kane North America Director of MS&L Healthcare

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - NEW YORK, -- MS&L has named Jeanine O'Kane North America Director of MS&L Healthcare, effective February 8, 2010.

Jan 29, 2010 - 2:41:37 PM

News : National
Influenza Season Week 3 ending January 23, 2010

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Synopsis:During week 3 (January 17-23, 2010), influenza activity remained at approximately the same levels this week in the U.S.

Jan 29, 2010 - 12:03:14 PM

News : National
More Recruiting of Underrepresented Minorities Needed at U.S. Medical Schools

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Ann Arbor, Mich. — The number of underrepresented minorities among U.S. medical school faculty remains low, even as the U.S. population becomes increasingly diverse.

Jan 28, 2010 - 8:03:06 PM

News : National
Fear of Flying During Heightened Security (Interview)

HealthNewsDigest.com: Airports around the world are tightening security, resulting in longer lines and more travel stress. Despite these stepped-up security measures, there are still breaches. How do these enhanced security measures and occasional breaches affect people who are already nervous about flying and what can they do to relax?
Jan 28, 2010 - 12:16:30 PM

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