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New Policies Protect Employers, Workers Who Choose Global Health Care

COLUMBIA, S.C., July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amid rising health care costs, U.S. companies increasingly are weighing the money-saving benefits of including international medical travel coverage in their employee health plans. Some of those employers also are concerned about possibl...

Nurses Choose Exergen TemporalScanner(TM) Thermometer as 'Most Valuable Product' in Annual Industry Survey

WATERTOWN, Mass., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Exergen Corporation's patented TemporalScanner(TM) Thermometer was selected by nurses as the 2009 Most Valuable Product in the annual survey by Therapy Times, the only all-inclusive community Web site for therapeutic professionals in the health...

Photos: One Million Patients Choose Hologic's NovaSure(R) System Over Hysterectomy

BEDFORD, Mass., July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hologic, Inc. (Hologic or the Company) (Nasdaq: HOLX ), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, today a...

UMass Memorial and Bethesda Health Systems Choose Siemens Health IT

Two additional U.S. health systems successfully launch Soarian in their facilities. MALVERN, Penn., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UMass Memorial Health Care and Bethesda Healthcare System have just signed multi-year contracts for Soarian, Siemens' innovative, fully web-based Healthcare In...

More Educated Choose Healthier Foods, But Pay More

Higher quality diets also associated with higher income levels, study finds FRIDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) -- People with higher levels of education and income tend to eat healthier diets, but pay more for selecting foods that are less energy-dense (lower calorie/higher nutrient conten...

One-Third of American Women Choose Youth Over Savings

In the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, a recent study reveals women are willing to give up 10% of their savings to look 10 years younger NEW YORK, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- No woman wants her skin to reveal, or worse, belie her age -- and now a new study finds ...

Houston Plastic Surgeon Cites ‘Therapeutic' Benefits for Women that Choose Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy

Referencing an American Society of Plastic Surgeons study indicating that 98% of breast cancer patients are satisfied with their choice to undergo reconstructive surgery, renowned Houston plastic surgeon , Dr. Bob Basu explains why breast reconstruction following a mastectomy provides therapeuti...

National Physicians' Study: Nearly One Third Would Choose Different Career Today

- Negotiated rates are main reason for doctors wanting to switch professions - FLEMINGTON, N.J., April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- A new national study among 929 physicians revealed that 30% of doctors in the U.S. would choose a different profession if they could start over today. Physicians between ...

Companion Global Healthcare Clients May Choose Brazil for JCI-Accredited Care

COLUMBIA, S.C., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical travel facilitator Companion Global Healthcare Inc. announced today that it has accepted Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo, Brazil, into its international network of accredited hospitals that treat American patients at aff...

Blue Shield of California Launches Online Spanish-Language Service to Help Members Choose a Medical Provider

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Blue Shield of California is making health care easier and more accessible for California's Spanish-speaking population by launching Busca a un Proveedor Medico , the Spanish version of its existing English Find a Provider service. The serv...

GetWellNetwork Closes $10 Million Financing, Eight Hospitals Choose PatientLife System(R) for Unparalleled Patient Care

GetWellNetwork Reports Significant Growth, Industry Leadership in Interactive Patient Care BETHESDA, Md., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- GetWellNetwork, Inc. , the leading provider of Interactive Patient Care (IPC) solutions, today announced that it received $10 million in a Series C financing roun...

Official Launch of ABLE TO CHOOSE Public Awareness Campaign

RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ --- The ABLE TO CHOOSE public awareness campaign, www.abletochoose.org , driven by two years of research into public opinion on people with disabilities, will officially launch February 11, 2009, at the General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia. "The ABLE TO C...

For Your Eyes Only - How to Choose and Use Your Eye Doctor

CHICAGO, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Continuing its efforts to educate, inform, and empower the people of Chicago, SAVE THE PATIENT, a not- for-profit patient-focused organization, is hosting its 25-minute live call-in show, "Community Health," on Chicago Access Network (CAN-TV) on Mond...

Filling in the gaps: Personality types lead people to choose certain brands

Why do Gap brand jeans appeal to people who seek intimacy in relationships? It may be a result of their upbringing. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research , people's relationship styles can affect their brand choices. In psychology, different relationship styles are know...

Top Heart Programs Choose Safety of Medivance's Non-Invasive Arctic Sun(R) for Therapeutic Hypothermia

Best hospitals adhere to trend in medicine favoring non-invasive interventions that minimize needless complications LOUISVILLE, Colo., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's top-rated heart programs continue to favor the non-invasive, safe and technologically advanced Arctic Sun Temperature...

Parents Often Choose ER for Routine Kids' Care

Wait times, frustration with primary care doctors is driving the trend, study finds MONDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Parents who take their kids to the emergency room for non-urgent care aren't doing it to abuse the system. Instead, they're doing so because they have concerns an...

Faircount Media Group Choose "Call-Shadow" for IP Call Recording After Extensive Market Review

Shadow Technology today announced that Faircount Media Group, based in London, Tampa and Sydney had selected Shadow Technology's IP Call Recording product "Call-Shadow" after spending several months evaluating a number of different products. Hertfordshire, UK...

Black patients with terminal cancer more likely to choose aggressive care at end of life

CHICAGOBlack patients with advanced cancer were more likely than whites to die in a hospital intensive care unit, reflecting a greater preference among blacks for life-extending treatment even in the face of a terminal prognosis, according to a study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Instit...

Black Men Less Likely to Choose Elective Stomach Aorta Surgery

White men more likely to have operation before emergency procedure is needed TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Black men are less likely than white men to have elective surgery to repair abdominal aortic aneurysms, a new study shows. Researchers analyzed Medicare data on men 65 an...

The Magnificence of Exercise: Choose Movement Over Medication

SAN FRANCISCO, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Psychotherapist Bob Livingstone writes about the benefits of exercise in his new book "The Body Mind Soul Solution: Healing Emotional Pain through Exercise" (Pegasus Books). He feels that the program in his book that combines exercise, self-question...

Subordinate monkeys more likely to choose cocaine over food

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Having a lower social standing increases the likelihood that a monkey faced with a stressful situation will choose cocaine over food, according to a study at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. More dominant monkeys undergoing the same stressful situation had fewer chan...

Meetings Set in Southeast PA to Help State Retirees Choose Best Plan to Continue Health Care Benefits

Some Southeast Hospitals Refusing Plan Despite No Change in Payments HARRISBURG, Pa., March 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Office of Administration today said it will conduct fifteen additional informational sessions at five locations to help more than 5,000 retired state employees in ...

Apple Valley SMMC Workers Choose USW

Union Adds Another 450 Southern California Healthcare Employees SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., March 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that over 450 service workers at St. Mary Medical Center (SMMC) in Apple Valley have voted in a secret ballot election oversee...

African-Americans less likely to choose epidurals for postoperative pain relief

PHILADELPHIA Minority and low-income patients are less likely than those who are white or more well off to agree to post-surgery epidural pain relief, according to new research from physicians at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. The study, published recently in the journal Anest...

American women are more likely to choose overly aggressive treatments for breast cancer

Despite a 1990 consensus recommendation from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that lumpectomy plus radiation was the treatment of choice for early stage breast cancer, the United States continues to have the highest rate of mastectomy surgery among industrialized countries. Why would a pers...

Whittier Hospital RNs Choose CNA/NNOC in Landslide 87% Election Victory

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- By a landslide 87 percent vote, registered nurses at Whittier Hospital Medical Center in the Los Angeles area Wednesday night elected the nation's fastest growing union, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC), to r...

Saint Mary's Reno RNs Choose CNA/NNOC in Landslide 64 Percent Vote for 500 RNs

Nevada Breakthrough for Fastest Growing Union RENO, Nev., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Registered nurses at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno Thursday night voted by over 64 percent to join the nation's fastest growing union, the California Nurses Association/ National Nurses...

White Paper Details How to Choose the Right EMS Provider for Medical Products Outsourcing

CRANSTON, R.I., Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- A new, free white paper advises medical device original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) on choosing the right electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider for medical products outsourcing. It's available free to download at http://www.federalelec.co...

Statewide Meetings Will Help Pennsylvanians to Choose Among Medicare Prescription Plans

HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Secretary of Aging Nora Dowd Eisenhower today urged older adults and other Medicare beneficiaries to attend local enrollment meetings designed to help them choose a federal Medicare Part D prescription plan. The meetings, organized by the sta...

Survey shows gender differences are factor when surgeons in training choose a subspecialty

CHICAGO (November 9, 2007) A gender difference exists among surgeons who choose a surgical subspecialty, particularly when they evaluate the factors that may influence their career choice, according to results of a new survey published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College ...

Study shows blood markers can help choose best dose for antiangiogenic drugs

Scientists at Sunnybrook have new information that may help to improve the use of anti-cancer drugs designed to block the growth of new blood vessels in tumors, a process called angiogenesis that is critical to tumor growth. While these antiangiogenic drugs are effective, at present there are no r...

Pelosi: In 48 Hours, Congress Must Choose Between Meeting the Needs of America's Children or Not

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senator Orrin Hatch were joined by singer Paul Simon, Families USA, Easter Seals, and other advocates at a news conference this morning to urge Members of Congress to override the Preside...

Pelosi: This Week, Members Must Choose Between Partisan Obstruction and Health Insurance for 10 Million Children

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on the Oct. 18 vote to override President Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) legislation: "This week, those Republicans in the House who have not already...

Wai Wai choose conservation economy for traditional Amazon territory

Konashen District, Guyana (Oct. 2, 2007) Three years after gaining formal title to their traditional territory in the northern Amazon, the Wai Wai people of Guyana have achieved another milestone when the region was declared the nations first Community Owned Conservation Area. Under regulation...

How do patients choose the best treatment for their disease?

The diagnosis has come in, and its not good. Worse, the patient has to choose from treatment options that are sometimes contradictory and risky. None of them promises complete success. How do patients make an informed decision, choosing the very best treatment for their own healthcare? These ...

Genomic profiling of lung tumors helps doctors choose most effective treatment

DURHAM, N.C. -- Determining the genetic profile of a particular lung tumor can help clinicians make the crucial decision about which chemotherapy treatment to try first. A new study led by researchers from the Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Duke Institute for Genome Science...

Photo: Tanger Outlet Center Shoppers Nationwide can Choose Pink to Fight Breast Cancer

New 25% Pink Savings Cards Give Tanger Shoppers the Chance to Help Make a Difference & Join the Fight While Saving Money on Their Purchases GREENSBORO, N.C., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- This fall, Pink is the color of savings and hope at Tanger Outlet Centers. Tanger is celebrating its 14th anni...

Weight Management Solution Helps You Lose or Gain as Much Weight as You Choose

TUCSON, Ariz., June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- You can lose 15 pounds, 150 pounds and more, or even gain weight if you are below your ideal weight according to a new weight management system designed by Michael Dow, a new author. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080605/NYFNSA03 ) Dow...

Kidney Care Community Voices Strong Support for Kidney Patients' Right to Choose

House of Representatives' Extension of Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) for Kidney Dialysis Patients Praised for Providing Clinical, Economic and Family Benefits for Patients WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the House-passed Children's Health and Medicare Protectio...

Check Your Physiology Before You Choose A Diet

According to American research, the most effective weight-loss diet for any person depends on his physiology . Lead author David Ludwig, director of the Optimal Weight for Life Program at Children's Hospital Boston, who says that 'This study shows that one diet doesn't necessarily fit all', ...