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Fewer patients struggle with medical debt

People across various demographic categories reported improvement in their ability to pay for care.

Targeting Obesity With Health Care Reform

By TOMMY THOMPSON & KENNETH THORPE The Medicare Board of Trustees just released its latest report on the program’s finances and the results are terrifying. Despite a decline in health care costs, the Medicare Trust Fund will be bankrupt in...

HealthSaaS™ Announces Agreement to Become a Qualcomm Life 2net Ecosystem Participant

Portland, OR, June 18, 2013 --(PR.com)-- HealthSaaS is working with Qualcomm Life, Inc. to connect data from the 2net™ Hub into collaborative enterprise solutions. Integration of the 2net Hub and associated biometric devices will enhance the HealthSaaS Connected Outcomes Platform by allowing our customers to visualize even more data within patient and provider portals, telehealth services a...

HealthSaaS™ Announces Agreement to Become a Qualcomm Life 2net Ecosystem Partner

Portland, OR, June 18, 2013 --(PR.com)-- “HealthSaaS is working closely with Qualcomm Life to connect data from the 2net Hub into collaborative enterprise solutions. Integration of the 2net Hub and associated biometric devices will enhance the HealthSaaS Connected Outcomes Platform by allowing our customers to visualize even more data within patient and provider portals, telehealth services...

Concerns raised about disproportionate impact of changes in hospital payment methods

Teaching hospitals with a higher intensity of physician-training activity achieve lower mortality rates, but higher hospitalization readmission rates for key medical diagnoses, reports a study in the July issue of Medical Care, published by Lippincot...

Age disparities exist in continuum of care for patients with HIV

Age disparities exist in the continuum of care for patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with people younger than 45 years less likely to be aware of their infection or to have a suppressed viral load, according to a report published O...

Men with low-risk prostate cancers can choose watchful waiting for better quality of life, study says

Many men with low-risk, localized prostate cancers can safely choose active surveillance or "watchful waiting" instead of undergoing immediate treatment and have better quality of life while reducing health care costs, according to a study by researc...

Chembio's SURE CHECK(R) HIV 1/2 Assay for Rapid Point-of-Care Detection of HIV Receives CE Mark Approval

MEDFORD, N.Y., June 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chembio Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq:CEMI) a leader in point-of-care ("POC") diagnostic tests for infectious diseases, announced today that it's SURE CHECK® HIV 1/2 Assay has received CE Mark approval from European regulators. The SURE CHECK® HIV 1/2 Assay is now cleared for commercialization within the European Union (EU) for rapid, point-of-care d...

AMA Adopts New Policies on First Day of Voting at Annual Meeting

CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwired - June 17, 2013) -  The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation's largest physician organization, voted today during its Annual Meeting to adopt the following new policies: Delivery of Care and Financing Reform for Medicare and Medicaid Dually Eligible PatientsIn 2011, approximately $300 billion was spent by the federal government and states for individuals who q...

Novo Nordisk A/S: Federal Circuit Court rules on patent litigation involving Prandin(R) (repaglinide)

BAGSVAERD, DENMARK -- (Marketwired) -- 06/18/13 -- Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit partially affirmed a 2011 District Court decision, with a 2-1 ruling that a claim in a Novo Nordisk patent related to the use of repaglinide in combination with metformin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes was invalid. This decision favors approval and launch of a generic repaglinide prod...

Aesculap Implant Systems Introduces the New CeSpace(TM)XP Cervical Interbody System

CENTER VALLEY, PA--(Marketwired - June 18, 2013) -  Aesculap Implant Systems recently introduced the CeSpaceXP Interbody System for ACDF procedures. The CeSpaceXP fuses two proven materials, an innovative Plasmapore®XP osteoconductive porous Titanium coating and a PEEK-Optima® radiolucent core, that deliver enhanced implant stability, artifact-free imaging, and an optimal scaffold for cervical...

Robert M. Wah, M.D., Elected President-Elect of AMA

CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwired - June 18, 2013) -  Robert M. Wah, M.D., a reproductive endocrinologist and ob-gyn in the Washington, D.C. area, has been elected president-elect of the American Medical Association, the nation's largest physician organization. Dr. Wah will serve as president-elect for one year and be sworn in as AMA president in June 2014. "I greatly appreciate the trust my colleagues...

OrthoSensor(TM) Receives FDA Clearance for VERASENSE(TM) Knee System with Limb Alignment

SUNRISE, FL -- (Marketwired) -- 06/18/13 -- OrthoSensor™, Inc., the leader in intelligent orthopedics, today announced that the Company has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the VERASENSE™ Knee System with limb alignment. VERASENSE is the first intraoperative instrument system to combine quantifiable data on limb alignment, implant position and soft...

Doctors Fight Coverage to Give Care, Writes AAPS President Juliette Madrigal-Dersch, M.D.

TUCSON, Ariz., June 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- While all the talk on healthcare reform focuses on "coverage," Juliette Madrigal-Dersch, M.D., who practices internal medicine and pediatrics in Austin, Texas, explains how coverage is often an actual barrier to care, in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Madrigal-Dersch is the president of the Association of...

MEDIA ADVISORY: AMA Annual Meeting Begins Second Voting Session Today at 9 am (CT)

CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwired - June 18, 2013) -  The nation's broadest assembly of physicians and medical students gather today in Chicago to shape the health care agenda of the American Medical Association (AMA), the country's largest physician organization. The AMA's House of Delegates is the policy-making body at the center of American medicine, bringing together an inclusive group of physicians...

LeadingAge California Selects National Research Corporation for Senior Care Resident, Family, Employee Satisfaction Surveys

SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LeadingAge California has selected National Research Corporation as its preferred quality measurement survey vendor. The two-year agreement, with the option to automatically renew, will provide LeadingAge California members the opportunity to implement premier quality measurement and improvement solutions to collect the opinions of residents,...

Miscarriage Fears Deter Nearly Half of Women From Amniocentesis, Finds National Ariosa Survey

SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/18/13 -- Results from the 2013 Pregnancy and Prenatal Care study released today by Ariosa Diagnostics and conducted online by Harris Interactive®, show that medical conditions such as Down syndrome and autism are a cause of concern for the majority of recent mothers. More than half of mothers who gave birth in the last ten years said they worried about Down sy...

Previously Unknown Surveillance Mechanism Used By Cells To Monitor Oxidatively Damaged DNA

In current health lore, antioxidants are all the rage, as "everybody knows" that reducing the amount of "reactive oxygen species" -- cell-damaging molecules that are byproducts of cellular metabolism -- is critical to staying healthy. What everyone d...

Racial And Ethnic Disparities Found In Gastroenterology, Psychiatry Or Psychology Care For Children With Autism

A study from investigators at MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) found that African-American or Hispanic children diagnosed with autism were significantly less likely than white children to have received subspecialty care or procedures related...

Psychiatric Disorders May Be Linked To Protein Involved In Memory Formation

Researchers have discovered a pathway by which the brain controls a molecule critical to forming long-term memories and connected with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The discovery was made by a team of scientists led by Alexei Morozov, an assist...

Computer modeling technique goes viral at Brandeis

(Brandeis University) Sophisticated computational models and advances in graphical processing units are helping scientists understand the complex interplay between genomic data, virus structure and the formation of the virus' outer "shell" -- critica...

NSAID Prescription In At-Risk Patients Increases Likelihood Of Heart Attack/Death In Primary Care

New study data presented at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, demonstrate a high prevalence of NSAID prescriptions in patients at risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD). Published evidence suggest significant c...

New York Cardiovascular Associates Names Top Treatments for Varicose Veins That Aren’t on the Legs

Varicose veins aren’t only on the legs, says New York Cardiovascular Associates, but treatments are available. New York City, NY (PRWEB) June 17, 2013 New York Cardiovascular Associates has released a new article on their website stating that, while varicose veins are most associated with the legs, this is not the only place varicosities can appear. The New York City vein center aims to further...

Dr. Casad Offers Hybrid Concierge Model from Concierge Choice Physicians

Dr. Connie Casad is the first gynecologist in the nation to provide the hybrid concierge model for enhanced gynecologic procedures. Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) June 17, 2013 Dallas-based physician Dr. Connie Casad has become the first gynecologist in the nation to offer the hybrid concierge model from Concierge Choice Physicians. Dr. Casad chose the hybrid model to offer her patients a wider variety o...

New Monitoring System Will Better Protect NASA Astronauts on ISS

NASA deployed an improved Air Quality Monitoring (AQM) system in March that helps better monitor potentially harmful chemicals in the air on the International Space Station. The microAnalyzer V2.0, which was developed by Draper Laboratory, is now being used on the International Space Station. CAMBRIDGE, MA (PRWEB) June 17, 2013 NASA deployed an improved Air Quality Monitoring (AQM) system in Marc...