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Group-Based Child Care Appears To Be Associated With Reduced Risk For Emotional Problems In Children

Regulated group-based child care appears to be associated with reduced risk for emotional problems among children of mothers with maternal depressive symptoms, according to a study published Online First by JAMA Psychiatry, a JAMA Network publication...

Keeping the Promise of Cancer Care for the Whole Patient

Cancer Support Community launches Cancer Policy Institute. (PRWEB) June 19, 2013 The Cancer Support Community (CSC), an international nonprofit organization, will celebrate the promise of cancer care for the whole patient with the launch today of the Cancer Policy Institute at the Cancer Support Community. This inaugural event, held at the Newseum, will feature a keynote address by Ezekiel Emanue...

Small Group Health Insurance Enrollment Continues to Decline According to Mark Farrah Associates

Enrollment in small and large businesses fully-insured comprehensive health insurance policies declined 3.2% and 3.9%, respectively, between 2011 and 2012, according to a new Healthcare Business Strategy report released by Mark Farrah Associates (MFA). In 2012, more than 17.7 million people received comprehensive health insurance through fully-insured smal...

MedCurrent Announces Agreement with National Decision Support Company for ACR Select Guidelines

MedCurrent Embeds ACR Select™ American College of Radiology Imaging Guidelines in its OrderRight™ Decision Support Solution MedCurrent Corporation, a provider of clinical decision support solutions (CDS), announced that it has signed an agreement with the National Decision Support Company (NDSC). MedCurrent customers will have access to A...

New Down Centre pools expertise

June 18, 2013 - VUmc and Rijnland Ziekenhuis are starting the Down Centrum Nederland. The pooling of expertise, scientific research and education should lead to better care for children with Down syndrome.

BioGaia purchases outstanding 50% stake of TwoPac

Swedish health care company BioGaia has inked an agreement to acquire the remaining 50% shares of TwoPac, in a deal valued at nearly SEK30m ($4.67m), to gain full control over part of the company’s product manufacturing.

Bringing the World to Texas

LEAWOOD, Kan., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nueterra Global Alliance continues to develop its network of providers and is proud to welcome Methodist Hospital for Surgery to the alliance. "Our facility is built on the vision of personalized, individualized patient care," Chris Shoup, Chief Executive Officer at Methodist Hospital for Surgery shared. "Our staff is familiar with treating patients f...

EMA releases guidance on using transgenic animals as source for therapeutic proteins

Care is needed because experience is relatively limited, compared with longer-established biotechnology methods, says Agency

Local Physicians Open Healient Physician Group

LEAWOOD, Kan., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Healient Physician Group, a local physician-owned multi-specialty group, is proud to announce its opening at 4801 College Boulevard. Created with a goal to provide excellent service, the group is formed by five local physicians who provide care to patients with cardiac problems, peripheral vascular problems, wound healing and vein problems, and t...

hCGTreatments / Diet Doc hCG Diets & Weight Loss Plans Offers New Fast Weight Loss Programs for Patients Suffering with Health Care Concerns

Diet Doc's offers new hCG diets to utilize natural weight management supplements, now focusing on more nutrient rich meal plans to succeed in effective, fast weight loss and to alleviate weight-related health care concerns. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 19, 2013 Weight gain and obesity have been associated with a growing number of health care concerns including heart disease, kidney failure and hi...

Safinamide improves responder rates in fluctuating Parkinson's patients in Phase III study

Newron Pharmaceuticals S.p.A. ("Newron"), a research and development company focused on novel CNS and pain therapies, and its partner Zambon S.p.A., a pharmaceutical company strongly committed to the respiratory, primary care and CNS therapeutic area...

World-renowned leader in care and treatment of burn injury awarded highest honor from Loyola University

Richard L. Gamelli, MD, FACS, a world-renowned leader in the care and treatment of burn injury, is being awarded Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine's highest honor.

Thousands Of Free Dental Procedures Provided To Needy Patients At Mission Of Mercy In Bemidji

MINNEAPOLIS, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Minnesota Dental Association and the Minnesota Dental Foundation hosted its Minnesota Mission of Mercy on June 14 and 15 in Bemidji, providing free dental care to children and adults who face barriers to accessing dental care.  This second Mission of Mercy event held in Minnesota delivered free dental care valued at approximately...

Signaling pathway correlates with EGFR status and poor survival in breast cancer patients

Researchers have discovered and mapped the signaling network between two previously unconnected proteins, exposing a link that, if broken, could cut off cancer cell growth at its starting point.

Good quality end-of-life care 'hit or miss', claims report

The quality of end-of-life care for the terminally ill depends on “arbitrary” factors such as disease, age and geographical location, according to a new report.

Consensus vs Evidence in Stroke Care

Experts decide which guidelines should be evidence-based and which can be supported by consensus opinion. Medscape Nurses

Neonatal Diagnosis by Whole Genome Sequencing in Only Two Days

For me, the two most important current uses of whole-genome sequencing in clinical care relate to patients with malignant neoplasms and critically ill newborn infants (see: Neonatal Diagnosis by Whole-Genome Sequencing in 2 Days). This latter process...

U.S. and European Rheumatologists Agree That a Therapy's Induction of Remission is One of the Attributes That Most Influences Their Prescribing Decisions in Rheumatoid Arthritis

BURLINGTON, Mass., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, the majority of surveyed U.S. and European rheumatologists cite a therapy's induction of remission as one of the attributes that most influences their prescribing decisions....

RedBrick Health and ClearCost Health Announce Integrated Wellness and Transparency Platform

MINNEAPOLIS and SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RedBrick Health, a fast-growing leader in consumer health engagement and behavior change technology, and ClearCost Health, an innovator in health care price transparency, today announced a collaboration to create the first integrated offering designed to address two of the biggest barriers to controlling health care costs: unhealthy...

NextGen Healthcare Selected as Healthcare Information Technology Provider for Chinese Hospital

Solution to Help Prospective Pay Hospital System Integrate with Independent Practice Association (IPA), Increase Care Coordination and Achieve Meaningful Use NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare informatio

Dr. Ranier M. Adarve of Adarve Prosthodontics Launches a Safe, Secure and Convenient Patient Referral and Communication Platform

The practice utilizes a HIPAA-compliant web-based dental collaboration platform that centralizes communication between his practice and the referring dentists, specialists, physicians and dental labs. Apple Valley, MN (PRWEB) June 19, 2013 The specialty dental practice of Dr. Ranier M. Adarve believes that referral system between dentists and specialist should be easy and convenient without compr...

NYC Nursing Home Therapy Consortium Centers for Specialty Care Group Launches Flash Mob Contest Project Rock 'n' Roll

NEW YORK, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Centers for Specialty Care Group, a trusted care-giving group in New York and New Jersey, has recently launched a flash mob contest, which will take place across all of its centers. Available online at http://www.CentersHealthcare.com, the nursing home group prides itself on its innovative approach to better health care for its residents and community....

All-Natural Tween/Teen Skin Care Comes to Kinney Drugs with New Bellaboo Distribution

LOS ANGELES, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kinney Drugs, a leading community pharmacy and healthcare services company in New York and Vermont, is targeting the highly influential tween/teen consumer with the launch of natural tween/teen skin care brand, Bellaboo. (Photo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130619/PH34758-a )(Photo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130619/PH34758-b...

Ready Hands Founder Speaks to Arlington Support Group

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Granger Benson, an internal medicine specialist and founder of Ready Hands Home Care, recently gave a presentation to the Arlington Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Caregiver's Support Group. The talk, entitled "Understanding Home Care: Things to Know When a Loved One Needs Help," was designed for people who are family members of senior citizens...

Verizon Adds Machine-to-Machine Healthcare Companies to Its Partner Program

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As the healthcare IT industry continues to evolve, a growing number of medical device manufacturers are bringing to market innovative, machine-to-machine  solutions to enable better patient care. Verizon, through its Partner Program, is focusing on certifying these new M2M solutions for use on the company's wireless networks. Recent new memb...