Public Health

Public health is the scientific, political and sociological approach by a society to maximise the health of the population through disease preventaion and mainenance of healthy life-styles. The main...

Health IT Information Technology

Why Health IT?   Health information technology (Health IT) makes it possible for health care providers to better manage patient care through secure use and sharing of health information - e...

Mental Health

Mental health, although not being as obvious as physical health, is very important, causing great unhappiness to those affected, causing additional physical health problems and costing the economy m...

Sexual Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of sexual health; "the state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being related to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, d...

Improving health

Cardinal Health 1Q net income rises 15 percent

Cardinal Health posted a 15 percent jump in first-quarter net income as sales of low-cost generic drugs rose.Those sales pushed pharmaceutical profits higher and the company also reported modest gro...

Cardinal to buy medical supplier AssuraMed for $2.07 billion

(Reuters) - Cardinal Health Inc plans to buy direct-to-home medical supply distributor AssuraMed from private equity group Clayton Dubilier & Rice for about $2.07 billion, the U.S. drug wholesaler sai...

TEXT-Fitch on Express Scripts contract, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health

Aug 1 - The $18.5 billion Express Scripts Holding Co. (ESRX) contract awarded to AmerisourceBergen Corp. (ABC) has a moderate credit impact on the credit profiles of both ABC and Cardinal Health, Inc....

TEXT-Fitch affirms Cardinal Health at 'BBB+' on AssuraMed acquisition announcement

Feb 14 - Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings of Cardinal Health, Inc. (Cardinal), including the long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB+', following the announcement of the company's acquis...

TEXT-Fitch rates Cardinal Health's proposed notes 'BBB+'

Feb 19 - Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB+' rating to Cardinal Health, Inc.'s $1.3 billion proposed senior unsecured notes. Proceeds will be used to fund a portion of the acquisition of AssuraMed, In...

Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions Launches PathWare™ Decision Support Transaction Solutions

DUBLIN, Ohio, May 29, 2012 /- Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions today launched PathWare™ Decision Transaction Solutions, a new technology system that makes it easier for payors and physic...

Cardinal Health Looks To Differentiate Itself In China To Maximize Value

Up against domestic heavyweights SinoPharm and Shanghai Pharma, U.S. pharmaceutical distributor Cardinal Health is counting on unique business models in China.

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We are advised by Cardinal Logistics Management Corporation that journalists and other readers should disregard the news release, Cardinal Logistics Management Transports Dry Ice to Save Years of Medi...

Policy Statement--Recommendation for Mandatory Influenza Immunization of All Health Care Personnel.

The purpose of this statement is to recommend implementation of a mandatory influenza immunization policy for all health care personnel. Immunization of health care personnel is a critically important...

Mindfulness Interventions to Reduce Stress Among Nursing Personnel: An Occupational Health Perspective.

Workplace stress within health care settings is rampant and predicted to increase in coming years. The profound effects of workplace stress on the health and safety of nursing personnel and the financ...

Interviewer gender and self-reported sexual behavior and mental health among male military personnel.

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether self-reported sexual behavior and mental health varied by interviewer gender in a population of male military personnel. METHODS: Eight male and six female data collec...

Psychiatric symptoms and psychosocial functioning among hospital personnel during the Gaza War: A repeated cross-sectional study.

Studies of mental health among hospital personnel during armed conflict are scarce and usually include single time point investigations without a comparison group. The authors compared the psychiatric...

Breast Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes and Screening Behaviors in Two Groups of Iranian Women: Physicians and Non-health Care Personnel.

Breast cancer is one of the most frequent malignancies worldwide which is characterized by early onset and diagnosis at advanced stages in Iranian women. Increasing women's awareness and implementing...