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Desperate Conditions for Children in Camps Without Clean Water as Cyclone Aftermath Worsens

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - NEW YORK, -- The situation for children continues to worsen in Myanmar as thousands of children have been separated from their families, many more are living in desperate conditions in relief camps, and some are drinking water from ponds covered with dead bodies, a UNICEF report stated today.

May 11, 2008 - 10:11:29 AM

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AmeriCares Relief Worker Arrives in Myanmar

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - STAMFORD, Conn., May 10 -- An AmeriCares emergency relief expert arrived in Myanmar earlier today to assess the crisis situation and continue with efforts to obtain clearance for the organization's airlift of 15 tons of essential medicines and medical supplies to Yangon.

May 10, 2008 - 4:41:49 PM

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AMA Works to Advance E-Prescribing

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Medical Association highlighted its support for electronic prescribing today, and outlined key steps to move forward with broader adoption of e-prescribing at a meeting with stakeholders held at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. AMA Board Member and emergency physician Steven Stack, M.D. discussed the AMA’s work to address adoption barriers among physicians, and the important role e-prescribing will play in transforming health care.
May 9, 2008 - 10:50:08 AM

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Michael E. DeBakey Receives Congressional Gold Medal

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WASHINGTON, -- Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR) Board Chairman Dr. Michael E. DeBakey was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor Congress can bestow, on Wednesday.

Apr 24, 2008 - 4:31:41 PM

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VA Calling All Recent Combat Vets

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WASHINGTON, -- On May 1, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will begin contacting nearly 570,000 recent combat veterans to ensure they know about VA's medical services and other benefits.

Apr 24, 2008 - 3:49:24 PM

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IOF Announces Professor John A. Kanis as New President

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) announced today that Professor John A. Kanis has been elected to the role of IOF President, following recent Board elections.
Apr 18, 2008 - 10:24:31 AM

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Cell Phone Usage Continues to Increase

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ROCHESTER, N.Y. - April 4, 2008 ¯ Use of cell phones is increasing and traditional landline telephone coverage is decreasing. In fact, one in five adults do not have a landline and only 79 percent currently do. One in seven adults now uses only cell phones. Furthermore, while the use of cell phones among younger segments of the population has been widely reported, the technology is becoming increasingly popular among older populations as well.
Apr 4, 2008 - 9:56:42 AM

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Thomas R. Cech to Step Down as HHMI President

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - “Leading HHMI is truly one of the great jobs in American science — if not the world — but I recently decided that the time had come to consider a transition for HHMI and myself,” Cech said in a communication to HHMI staff. “I'm ready to return to the adventure of my own research and my own teaching.”

Apr 1, 2008 - 6:07:27 PM

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National Walk for Epilepsy Brings People and Celebrities Together

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WASHINGTON, -- The second annual National Walk for Epilepsy brought nearly 10,000 people to the National Mall and raised $1.5 million to help build awareness of epilepsy, eliminate stigma attached to this condition and to raise much-needed funds. The event was sponsored by the Epilepsy Foundation and Ortho-McNeil Neurologics.

Mar 29, 2008 - 1:04:48 PM

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Thomas W. Burke, MD, Elected 40th President of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - CHICAGO, -- Thomas W. Burke, MD, Executive Vice President and Physician-in-Chief at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, has been elected the 40th President of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO) at the organization's 39th Annual Meeting, held March 9-12, 2008 in Tampa, Florida.

Mar 26, 2008 - 10:55:47 AM

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VA Putting Mobile Pharmacies on the Road

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WASHINGTON, -- To support veterans and their families during major emergencies, especially natural disasters, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has begun to deploy mobile pharmacies that will provide vital medicine when patients are unable to fill their prescriptions. VA will also open up the facilities to help communities during major disasters and other emergencies.

Mar 18, 2008 - 2:04:43 PM

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Hospital Treatment Costs for Violence Top $2 Billion Annually
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - U.S. hospitals treated 308,200 people for attempted suicide, assault, rape, abuse, and other violence-related trauma in 2005 at a cost of $2.3 billion, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Mar 14, 2008 - 8:44:23 AM

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Flu Epidemic's 90th Anniversary
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Profile America -- Tuesday, March 11th. One of the most devastating public health crises of modern times hit the U.S. on this day 90 years ago and experts are still studying it, hoping to head off a similar global pandemic. The first cases were reported among soldiers at Fort Riley, Kansas, just back from fighting in Europe. Called the "Spanish influenza," the virus moved quickly, and in October, the worst month, 195,000 Americans perished.
Mar 11, 2008 - 9:31:18 AM

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Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. Honors Top Physicians at Third Annual National Physician of the Year Awards

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - The third annual Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. National Physician of the Year Awards will take place on Tuesday, evening, March 18, 2008 at The Manhattan Center in New York City. The evening will begin with cocktails at 6:30pm followed by the dinner and the awards at 7:30pm.
(Pictured: John J. Connolly, Ed.D.)
Mar 5, 2008 - 11:40:06 AM

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Taxpayers Urged to be Cautious in Claiming Charitable Deductions

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - MAHWAH, N.J. – With less than two months left to submit their returns, taxpayers are running out of time to identify ways to reduce their tax bill. Itemizers that donated to charity in 2007 may be entitled to a charitable deduction. But taxpayers should be cautious in making these claims since the IRS, increasingly concerned by taxpayers inflating the value of their philanthropic endeavors, plans to scrutinize claims for both cash and noncash contributions.
Mar 3, 2008 - 12:04:27 AM

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Electronic Personal Health Record Definition

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ePHR is a universally accessible, layperson comprehensible lifelong tool for managing health information, promoting health maintenance and assisting with chronic disease management via an interactive, common data set of electronic health information and e-health tools.
Feb 29, 2008 - 12:25:57 PM

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Record-breaking HIMSS Conference & Exhibition
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ORLANDO, Fla. — Today, the last day of the 2008 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference & Exhibition, I am proud to announce that this has been a record-breaking event, with more than 28,400 attendees and 900 exhibiting companies, as of yesterday afternoon. Previously, our most successful conference was in San Diego in 2006, where 24,870 healthcare IT professionals attended and 859 companies exhibited.
Feb 28, 2008 - 11:13:36 AM

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VA Has Added 20 New Vet Centers
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - PHILADELPHIA – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake today said an expansion by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of its Vet Centers, which provide readjustment counseling and outreach services to returning combat veterans, is well ahead of schedule.

Feb 28, 2008 - 11:02:13 AM

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$50 Million Gift to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - NEW YORK –NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center announced today that Ronald O. Perelman, chairman of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., has made a $50 million gift to the Medical Center to be equally divided between NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College, in support of health care in New York City and around the world.
Feb 28, 2008 - 10:48:59 AM

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The National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative Collaborates with Google
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ORLANDO, FL – February 28, 2008 – Direct from the 2008 HIMSS Exhibition and Conference, Allscripts, the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced a collaboration between the National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative™ (NEPSI™) and Google Health to provide physicians a new means of sharing health information over the Internet with their patients.

Feb 28, 2008 - 10:45:21 AM

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Asolva Unveils Quocient at HIMSS08 in Orlando
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Los Angeles, CA -- Asolva, Inc., a leading developer of technology solutions for the healthcare and education markets, announced today the upcoming release of Quocient, the next generation software tool for collection and analysis of survey, audit and inspection data. Asolva will demonstrate a pre-release version of Quocient at the HIMSS08 Annual Conference & Exhibition in Orlando, Florida (booth #1726). Quocient will be released in a private beta at the end of Q1 2008.

Feb 27, 2008 - 2:56:16 PM

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HIMSS Expands Davies Awards of Excellence to Recognize Community Health Organizations
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ORLANDO, Fla. — At its Annual Conference & Exhibition, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) today announces the expansion of the Davies Award of Excellence program to include the Davies Community Health Organization (CHO) Award to accompany the Organizational, Ambulatory, and Public Health Awards. Established in 1994 in honor of Dr. Nicholas Davies, these awards recognize excellence in the implementation and use of health information technology, specifically electronic health records (EHRs).

Feb 27, 2008 - 2:51:10 PM

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Northrop Grumman Showcases Health IT Solutions At HIMSS Annual Conference
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ORLANDO, Fla., -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) highlighted its clinical and public health interoperability and services next week at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2008 Annual Conference and Exposition.
Feb 27, 2008 - 2:45:48 PM

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GE Healthcare Announces Participation by Centricity Health Information Ex change Services at 2008 Cennectathon
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ORLANDO, FLA, – GE Healthcare IT announced today that many of its Centricity® solutions, including Centricity Health Information Exchange (HIE) Services, passed important integration profiles established by Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE). The IHE testing process is a critical step in achieving systems interoperability to enhance the quality of patient care. Many of these profiles were also recently recognized by the US Department of Health and Human Services, and will be required for use in Federal programs, and by contractors under those programs.

Feb 27, 2008 - 2:38:38 PM

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More Than 60,000 Clinicians Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical to Streamline Their Clinical Documentation Process
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - HIMSS 2008 – ORLANDO, FLA - Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), a leading supplier of speech solutions, is today announcing that its Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions division has achieved another milestone in the rapidly evolving speech recognition for healthcare market by crossing the 60,000 license threshold with its Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® Medical solution.

Feb 27, 2008 - 2:32:47 PM

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DB Technology Showcases New Automated Information and Report Software at HIMSS 2008
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ORLANDO, Fla., – DB Technology, a recognized leader in automated information and report distribution solutions, is showcasing the latest version of its flagship software suite, Report Automation System (RAS) at this year's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference and exhibition. The software suite enables data from disparate computer systems and applications to be captured in a single repository for easy, fast and unencumbered access.

Feb 27, 2008 - 2:25:22 PM

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Former Sen. Bill Frist and CEO of Google to Give Keynote Addresses at Healthcare IT Conference & Exhibition Feb. 24-28

(HealthNewsDigest.com)- CHICAGO — More than 26,000 health information technology experts are expected to meet in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 24-28, to learn about the latest solutions for improving healthcare through information technology. The international conference will focus on hot topics such as the retail health phenomenon, e-Discovery, patient-centric Electronic Health Records (EHRs), using technology to control costs, the role of international standards in healthcare delivery, and more.

Feb 24, 2008 - 7:00:41 AM

News : World
The Hunt for An Addiction Vaccine

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - New York—Although the American Medical Association recognized addiction as a disease back in 1956, only now are we beginning to see treatments that target the underlying biochemistry of that disease, Newsweek reports in the March 3 cover, “The Hunt for an Addiction Vaccine” (on newsstands Monday February 25).
Feb 23, 2008 - 6:34:00 PM

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CDC State Preparedness Report Highlights Progress and Challenges

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Improvements noted in disease detection, investigation, and laboratory response An inaugural report on public health preparedness released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates states have made significant progress with respect to emergency preparedness, but that significant challenges remain.
Feb 20, 2008 - 6:08:11 PM

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Dazzling Dissection Images from Famed Bassett Collection Now Online

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - By injecting the arteries and veins with red and blue material, Bassett demonstrates their distribution in these dissected kidneys. The image provides a detailed view of the lymphatic drainage of the region.

Feb 20, 2008 - 11:23:00 AM

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His Royal Highness The Duke of York Helps Launch UK-Based Pharmaceutical Company, ProStrakan, in the United States

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - NEW YORK, -- His Royal Highness, The Duke of York, was the guest of honour today at a lunch held to mark the United States launch of UK-based specialty pharmaceutical company, ProStrakan Group plc . ProStrakan's first US product, Sancuso, is currently under consideration for licensing by the US Food & Drug Administration.
Feb 14, 2008 - 6:36:34 PM

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Novartis Vaccines Launches Online Resource for Ordering Fluvirin¨ Influenza Virus Vaccine for 2008-2009 Influenza Season

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Cambridge, MA, February 6, 2008 - Novartis Vaccines announced today the launch of the company’s new influenza vaccine online ordering portal, www.NovartisVaccinesDirect.com. Through this site, Fluvirin® Influenza Virus Vaccine is available for convenient ordering in the United States for the 2008-2009 influenza season.
Feb 14, 2008 - 4:26:03 PM

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New Study Finds Slow Rate of Growth in Overall Medical Technology Prices

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WASHINGTON, -- AdvaMed, the Advanced Medical Technology Association, today released an important new study that demonstrates the slow rate in growth in overall prices in the highly competitive medical technology sector. (Stephen J. Ubl, president and CEO, AdvaMed)
Feb 13, 2008 - 12:41:05 PM

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Winnipeg Welcomes the World at the 5th World Conference on Breast Cancer

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - The World Conference on Breast Cancer is a 5-day event that brings together survivors, advocates, healthcare professionals and researchers from all over the world. Delegates benefit from interactive workshops, conference speakers, and poster presentations. The conference provides the opportunity to participate and learn about aspects of breast cancer research, diagnosis, treatment, support, prevention, outreach and education. It builds and strengthens international networks concerned with breast cancer while advancing global action in the fight against breast cancer.

Feb 12, 2008 - 3:56:56 PM

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Healthcare Reform During the Presidential Cycle - Meeting in New York

(HealthNewsDigest.com)- New York, – UPDATE: The Executive Council of New York, the premier business forum for leaders and innovators, announced the addition of Dr. Paul Keckley, head of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, for an initiative that will bring together business, government and regulatory leaders to discuss the issue of healthcare reform during the Presidential cycle.
Feb 10, 2008 - 1:38:18 PM

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New Report on Global Tobacco Control Efforts

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - NEW YORK -- WHO released new data showing that while progress has been made, not a single country fully implements all key tobacco control measures, and outlined an approach that governments can adopt to prevent tens of millions of premature deaths by the middle of this century.

Feb 9, 2008 - 3:58:27 PM

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Tax Tips For Americans With Disabilities

(HealthNewsDigest.com)-You don't have to be disabled to be touched by disability. The diverse community of people who have a disability or care for those who do is made up of mothers and models, surfers and surgeons, babies and baby boomers.

Feb 9, 2008 - 9:12:35 AM

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Medical School Professor Honored with UMass President's Public Service Award

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - WORCESTER— University of Massachusetts Medical School professor Stephen J. Doxsey, PhD, was honored yesterday with the 2007 University of Massachusetts President’s Public Service Award for his efforts as co-founder of the UMass Laboratories for Worcester Area High Schools program, which brings high school students to the Medical School campus for hands-on research experiences in state-of-the-art labs, while providing opportunities for faculty to encourage high school students to consider careers in the sciences.
Feb 8, 2008 - 1:59:41 PM

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Leading Business and Government Experts to Initiate Dialogue on Healthcare Reform

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - New York, – The Executive Council of New York, the premier business forum for leaders and innovators, today announced an initiative that will bring together business, government and regulatory leaders to discuss the issue of healthcare reform during the Presidential cycle.
Feb 3, 2008 - 2:55:34 PM

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Displaced Kenyans Lacking Critical Health Care

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Nairobi- Geneva- The World Health Organization (WHO) expresses concern for the health of the people who have fled their homes in the midst of the conflict in Kenya's Rift Valley, and who are now sheltering around Nairobi, Eldoret, Nakuru and Naivasha.
Feb 1, 2008 - 10:32:52 AM

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