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FDA's Woodcock: personalized medicine a reality

Personalized medicine has "come of age," but a number of scientific and policy challenges must be overcome before it can mature, Janet Woodcock, director of FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said Tuesday at a meeting of the Personalized...

BARDA awards GSK up to $200M for antibacterials

HHS's Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) awarded GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE:GSK; NYSE:GSK) $40 million for an initial 18-month period to develop GSK's portfolio of antibacterial candidates to treat illnesses caused by bioter...

Italy's pharma market slump set to continue, warns GlobalData

The value of Italy's pharmaceutical market will continue to fall in the foreseeable future, due to government support of generics and a stringent drug pricing policy, states the latest report from research and consulting firm GlobalData.

Married Parents And Single Dads Have Leaner Children

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers from Rice University in Houston have found that children living in homes with both parents are less likely to become obese than their peers who live with divorced or separated parents. Following a 12-year study, the researchers say the data suggests children who grow up in a “traditional” home with married parents are at a...

Economic Cost Of Strokes To Double In Coming Years

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online According to the American Heart Association (AHA), the number of strokes in the US is expected to increase dramatically over the next 17 years, and the costs associated with this increase will more than double. With a large portion of the US population about to enter a higher-risk age bracket, the shifting demographics could translate into a...

Munich Health North America Symposium 2013 Highlights Divergent Views on Obamacare

Diverging opinions and perspectives about the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”) highlighted the Munich Health North America Symposium 2013, as keynote speakers Newt Gingrich and Ezekiel Emanuel, among others, debated the challenges and opportunities presented by health care reform in America. “Each year Munich Health convenes a diverse g...

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service® Report Finds One in Four Americans Could Be Excluded from ACA Health Coverage

“Unbanked” Impact Most Significant for African Americans and Hispanic Americans Millions of Americans eligible for programs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be unable to enroll in health coverage, according to a new study by Jackson Hewitt® titled

Doctors and hospitals’ use of health IT more than doubles since 2012

More than half of America’s doctors have adopted electronic health records HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that more than half of all doctors and other eligible providers have received Medicare or Medicaid incentive payments for adopting or meaningfully using electronic health records (EHRs). HHS has met and exceeded i...

Memphis Announces Major Initiatives for Protected Bike Lanes

BOULDER, Colo., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The city named as one of the worst for biking in the U.S. by Bicycling Magazine only five years ago is now aiming to be the best in Tennessee. Memphis Mayor AC Wharton announced groundbreaking plans today to implement a network of protected bike facilities as a part of their commitment to the Green Lane Project, a program associated with PeopleForBikes...

Political Cartoon: 'Set Paperwork To Stun?'

Kaiser Health News provides a fresh take on health policy developments with "Set Paperwork To Stun?" by David Fitzsimmons. Meanwhile, here is today's health policy haiku: FIGHTING WORDS? White House press guy says "Sebelius shakedown" is good old malarkey. -Anonymous If you have a health policy haiku to share, please send it to us at http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/ContactUs.aspx and let u...

As Hill Panels Focus On Medicare, Marketplace Examines How Part D Changed The Pharmaceutical Industry

Medicare is a topic of conversation on Capitol Hill as a Senate committee holds a hearing on the Medicare Part D drug program. Meanwhile, on the House side, members of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee heard testimony on patient cost-sharing that triggered a broad discussion of health care incentives within the program.  Marketplace: How Medicare Part D Changed The Drug Industry Later to...

PhRMA Names New Head of Policy & Research Department

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) today announced that Lori Reilly will become Executive Vice President of Policy and Research, effective June 7, 2013. She succeeds Rick Smith, who will retire after 11 years of service...

Americord Introduces New Logo And Tagline

NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Americord Registry announced today the launch of its new logo and tagline. Both were designed to better convey the company's commitment to making cord blood banking easy to understand and even easier to do. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130522/NY18754LOGO) The logomark design is a circle with six color bars, each of which has a white dot...

Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan Expanding Access to Medicine

Précis:  New findings suggest that if recent steps taken by the CIS countries are seen through to completion, it will revolutionize the pharma landscape, and open up access to medicines in these coun...

Medicare NewsDigest, A New Medicare NewsGroup Website, Targets Broader Audiences

Building on success, The Medicare NewsGroup launches Medicare NewsDigest, a second website to serve health care industry, policymakers and researchers interested in Medicare news and information. GLENCOE, IL (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 The Medicare NewsGroup (MNG), an independent resource for Medicare news and information, has launched Medicare NewsDigest, a new website to serve the health care industry...

United Spinal's 2nd Annual Roll on Capitol Hill: People with Disabilities Gather to Shape Health Care Policy

NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Spinal Association and leaders from its membership division, National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA), will gather in Washington, D.C. on June 16-19 for Roll on Capitol Hill, to directly express to legislators the need for greater access to health care, wheelchairs, and policymakers -- critical to the health and well-being of people w...

Federal Agency Offers Analysis of Medicaid Block Grants and Self Direction

BALTIMORE, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Council on Disability (NCD), an independent federal agency that advises the President, Administration, Congress, and other federal agencies on disability policy, is releasing two new Medicaid policy publications at the Medicaid Managed Care Congress in Baltimore, MD Wednesday, May 22 – one on the topic of Medicaid block granting...

TMJ Treatment | How “Truth About TMJ” Helps People Cure TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder) Naturally and Quickly – V kool

Truth About TMJ developed by David Spainhower is a new TMJ treatment book that provides people with TMJ treatment methods, and TMJ relief exercises. A full Truth About TMJ review on the site Vkool.com indicates if this book is worth buying. Seattle, Wa (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Truth About TMJ developed by David Spainhower is a new TMJ treatment book that provides people with TMJ treatment methods, an...

Term Life Insurance Quotes With No Medical Exam Now Available Online From EQUOTE.com

EQUOTE.com is now offering term instant life insurance quotes with no medical exam and low cost term life insurance quotes online at http://www.equote.com. San Diego, California (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 EQUOTE.com has announced that they are now offering instant life insurance quotes and hard to find term life insurance quotes with no medical exam on their website. EQUOTE.com’s new online quote s...

One in Ten Teenagers in the USA Using Study Drugs

One in ten teenagers in the USA are using "study drugs", but their parents are not paying attention. At this arduous period in the academic year, teens are reaching for something that will help them through. This comes in the form of stimulant medici...

India Cancels Plan Of Free Generics At Hospitals, Health Centers

India has canceled a plan of providing free generic drugs at the nation's hospitals and health centers because of an inability to formulate a drug-procurement policy along with financial restraints.

Hospitals’ Twenty First Century Time Warp

By Jeff Goldsmith There has been a lot of controversy in health policy circles recently about hospital market consolidation and its effect on costs.  However, less noticed than the quickened pace of industry consolidation is a more puzzling and larg...

DSP Group Announces Intent to Declassify Its Board of Directors, the Selection of New Chairman and the Proposed Adoption of a Stock Ownership Policy

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 22, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DSP Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:DSPG), a leading global provider of wireless chipset solutions for converged communications, today announced a plan to declassify the Company's Board of Directors, from three classes of directors to a single class, beginning in 2014. The Company also announced that as a move to improve corporate governance Eliyahu Ayalon...

WeedMaps CEO Comments on Anticipated Election Results for Marijuana Initiatives in Los Angeles

Justin Hartfield, CEO of WeedMaps, the leading online community for the medical marijuana industry and a Ghost Group company, today said no matter what the final results for Tuesday’s election in Los Angeles, the city is making steady progress toward the full legalization of cannabis. “The mere fact that marijuana initiatives are on the ballot speaks...

PurThread Technologies Finalist for American Technology Award in Health & Medical Technologies and Advanced Manufacturing Categories

DURHAM, N.C., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The antimicrobial textile technology being developed by PurThread Technologies is a finalist in the 2013 TechAmerica Foundation American Technology Awards (ATAs) in the categories of Health & Medical Technologies and Advanced Manufacturing. The life science and performance fabric firm is dedicated to developing textiles to reduce the bioburden in the...