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NCCN Updates Infection Guidelines to Include Information About H1N1 Virus (Swine Flu)

' NCCN recently updated the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology(TM) for the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer-Related Infections to include information about the H1N1 virus, also known as "swine flu." The NCCN Guidelines provide specific recommendations on the prevention, di...

Lexi-Comp Expands iPhone™ Offering to Include Free Trials and Multi-Year Subscriptions

Users can now download a 30-day free trial of Lexi-Comp databases for the iPhone and iPod® touch Hudson, OH (PRWEB) July 20, 2009 -- Lexi-Comp, Inc., a provider of clinical reference information for healthcare professionals, has expanded its popular iPhone product o...

LocumTenens.com Expands Service Lines to Include Primary Care

Physician recruiting firm expands into specialties of internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics and hospitalists. Alpharetta, GA (Vocus) July 8, 2009 -- Physician recruiting firm LocumTenens.com has announced its expansion into the high demand specialties of inte...

Brain Injury Association of America Urges President Obama to Include Cognitive Rehabilitation for Returning Service Members as a Part of TRICARE Coverage

WASHINGTON, June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With an estimated 20% of injured American soldiers who have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan experiencing a possible traumatic brain injury (TBI), the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) has today called on President Obama to extend milita...

Abbott and AstraZeneca Extend Relationship to Include Co-Promotion of TRILIPIX(R) (fenofibric acid)

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT ) and AstraZeneca announced today that they have entered into an agreement for AstraZeneca to co-promote Abbott's TRILIPIX(R) (fenofibric acid), a medication for use alone or in combination with a statin to treat certain l...

NxStage Extends Supply Agreement with B. Braun Medical Inc. to Include Streamline(R) Technology

LAWRENCE, Mass., June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NxStage Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM ), a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today announced that its Medisystems in-center business has completed development of the new Streamline blood tubing sets for use on the B. Braun Dialo...

Voters Urged to Support Budding Moves to Include Long Term Care in National Health Reform

Now's the Time to Write or Call Your Representatives, Says LTC Expert Denise Gott KIRKLAND, Wash., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Although President Obama has called for affordable, accessible, high-quality health care for all Americans, "There's no guarantee the legislation will bridge the long term...

Health Reform Bill Should Include Clinical Preventive Services, Businesses and Health Advocates Urge Congressional Leaders

Cost-effective services often under-utilized WASHINGTON, May 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than a dozen health advocacy organizations and businesses from across the country Monday urged congressional leaders to provide coverage and incentives for clinical preventive services such as imm...

Barriers to diabetes care include restaurants and high-risk lifestyles, says international review

Eating out, lack of social support and high-risk lifestyles are just some of the barriers that stop patients with type 2 diabetes from controlling their condition, according to a research review that covered 8,900 patients and 4,550 healthcare providers from 28 countries. The study, published ...

Health Reform Must Include Health Workforce, AAHC President Tells Congress

Health system reform will not succeed without coordinated national health workforce planning WASHINGTON, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health system reform cannot be successful without simultaneously changing how the nation develops and implements health workforce policy, Dr. Steven A. ...

Companion Global Healthcare Expands Service to Include Hospitals in Mexico

COLUMBIA, S.C., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Medical travel company Companion Global Healthcare Inc. announced today that its individual clients and U.S. employer groups now have additional options for saving money on surgery and other medical care while remaining closer to home. Comp...

Over 170 Groups Urge Bill Conferees to Include 'Double Duty' Public Health Funds in Stimulus for Jobs and Health Care Savings

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 170 public health organizations issued a letter today to Congressional Conferees urging them to maintain the House-passed level of funding for prevention and wellness programs in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009. The final ...

APHA Urges Congress to Include Public Health Provision in Stimulus Bill

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP (E), Executive Director, American Public Health Association: "At a time when more and more Americans are losing their jobs and turning to the nation's public health system as ...

NutriSystem Expands Voluntary United States Recall of Peanut Butter Granola Breakfast Bar to Include Canada Due to Possible Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) Contamination and Potential Health Risk

No Cases of Illness Reported; No Other Products Within the NutriSystem Food Portfolio Are Affected By The Recall HORSHAM, Pa., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- NutriSystem Inc., a leading provider of weight management products and services, today announced an expanded voluntary recall of its NutriSyst...

Versus Technology, Inc. Announces Expansion of Real-Time Location System to Include Anesthesia Clinic at PeaceHealth RiverBend Campus

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Versus Technology, Inc. today announces a successful implementation and expansion of Enterprise VISion(TM), a wireless real-time location system (RTLS), at the new Sacred Heart Anesthesia Clinic located in Springfield, Oregon. This infrar...

Transdel Expands Program to Include Cosmetic/Cosmeceutical Products

LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Transdel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TDLP) ( www.transdelpharma.com ), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing non-invasive, topically administered medications, announced today plans to expand its product development progra...

Healthcare Reform Should Include Connected Health and Participatory Medicine, Says Report Submitted to President Obama by Center for Connected Health

Online discussion included feedback from academic and business leaders, technologists, physicians, heath insurers, patients and payers. BOSTON, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to President Obama's call for recommendations on healthcare reform, the Center for Connected Health, a...

American Heart Association 2008 Wrap-Up Report: Top Research Advances Include Studies That Influence Medical Care, Apply Science To 'Real World' Communities

DALLAS, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Clinical studies that may influence medical care and research that demonstrates how science can be effectively applied in the real world top the list of cardiovascular disease and stroke advances from 2008, said Timothy Gardner, M.D., president of the Ame...

Latest Facelifting Techniques Include Fat Repositioning to Deliver More Youthful, Natural Results

TELLURIDE, Colo., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Among the hot topics at this week's American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) Annual Winter Symposium at The Peaks Resort was minimally invasive face lifting and restoration of facial volume -- a new technique which helps to ac...

Law Firm Freedland Russo Spearheads Record-Setting Whistleblower Case Against Pharmaceutical Giant Eli Lilly -- Firm Expands Offices to Include L.A. Entertainment Branch

Florida based law firm of Freedland Russo publicly revealed the law firm that initiated the nation's largest federal whistleblower case to date, which was unsealed in Philadelphia on Thursday, January 15. As part of a settlement with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eli Lilly & Company will pay ou...

Study Finds Failure to Include Nurses in Process of Admitting Errors to Patients, Families

Need for team approach to disclosing medical mistakes shown OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Even though nurses routinely disclose nursing errors to their patients, a new study published in the January 2009 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient...

NABP Expanding Computer-Based Test Delivery to Include Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination(R)

BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearson VUE, the computer-based testing business of Pearson, today announced that it has signed an agreement with the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy(R) (NABP(R)) to be the exclusive test delivery provider of the computer-based Foreign Pharmacy...

M Resort, Spa and Casino to Include On-Property Pharmacy

M Pharmacy to bring convenience and unparalleled level of service to guests LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Officials at the M Resort, Spa and Casino, the newest resort destination on South Las Vegas Boulevard set to open March of 2009, announced today that they will add an on-pro...

Elsevier to Include Doyma Spanish Medical Collection Titles on ScienceDirect

AMSTERDAM, January 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elsevier, the world's leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today that fifty prestigious titles from the Elsevier Doyma Spanish Medical Collection are available on ScienceDirect, its on...

Internists ask President-elect Obama to include aid for primary care in stimulus proposal

Washington At the request of the presidential transition team, ideas on advancing health care reform in the stimulus package were provided today by the American College of Physicians (ACP). ACP represents 126,000 internal medicine physicians and medical student members. It is the nation's larg...

Nursing Data on Patient Safety in California Will Expand to Include Two Pacific Northwest States

Washington and Oregon Nursing Executives Will Infuse Additional Funding and Extensive Collaboration to Strengthen Research and Reporting Tools SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Nursing Outcomes Coalition Database Project launches a new strategic alliance! CALNOC...

UPDATE: HAP Expands Medicare Advantage Options to Include Acupuncture and Chiropractic Services

Growing list of wellness services available to seniors DETROIT, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health Alliance Plan (HAP) is adding acupuncture and chiropractic services to its Flexible Health Options Benefit for individual Medicare Advantage members beginning January 1, 2009. HAP's g...

HAP Expands Medicare Advantage Options to Include Acupuncture and Chiropractic Services

Growing list of wellness services available to seniors DETROIT, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health Alliance Plan (HAP) is adding acupuncture and chiropractic services to its Flexible Health Options Benefit for Medicare Advantage members beginning January 1, 2009. HAP's growing list...

In Support of World AIDS Day, FHSSA Announces New Partnerships That Include the First In-Country Partnerships in Namibia and The Gambia

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, more than 740 children will die of AIDS. In fact, nearly 7,000 people die each day due to HIV/AIDS. December 1 is World AIDS Day, a day of awareness and outreach to help people worldwide understand the impact of HIV/AIDS. A cent...

State Budget Discussions Must be Broadened to Include Revenue Options

HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania policymakers must close a growing hole in the state budget without jeopardizing critical investments in education, transportation, health care, and other core services, said Sharon Ward, director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center...

Corporate Parent Hospital Partners of America Files Voluntary Chapter 11 Petition; Filings do not Include any Hospital Facilities

Filings to Facilitate Orderly Sale and Disposition of Hospital Assets Patient Care to Remain Uninterrupted At HPA Hospitals CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospital Partners of America ("HPA" or "the Company") announced today that it and certain intermediate entities have filed vol...

VaxGen Provides Financial Update Following the Filing of Its 10-Q for Second Quarter With SEC; Results Include $8.5 Million Charge in Respect of Manufacturing Plant Asset Impairment

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VaxGen, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VXGN), a biopharmaceutical company, today provided a financial and operational update since the filing of its quarterly report on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14,...

More Movies to Include Anti-Smoking PSAs to Protect Children's Health

Statement from the American Legacy Foundation(R) WASHINGTON, July 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the California Governor's office announced that anti-smoking public service announcements (PSAs) developed by the state will be included in youth-rated DVD movies from several major Hollywo...

Rising Medical Solutions, Inc. Expands Its California Managed Care Services to Include Utilization Review Program

CHICAGO, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Rising Medical Solutions, Inc. (Rising), a leading medical cost containment and care management organization, has extended its offerings in California to include Utilization Review (UR) services in addition to its Medical Bill Review and Medical Provider Network...

Chindex International, Inc. Announces Receipt of Key Regulatory ApprovalsChina SFDA Certificates Received Include Intuitive Surgical daVinci S

BETHESDA, Md., July 2 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Chindex International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHDX ), an independent American provider of international healthcare services and Western healthcare products in the People's Republic of China, today announced that it has received long-awaited approval from th...

Federal Advisory Committee Votes to Include Newly Licensed Pentacel(R) Vaccine in Vaccines for Children Program

- New combination vaccine offers good fit to childhood immunization schedule providing protection with fewer shots - SWIFTWATER, Pa., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group, announced today that its Pentacel(R), Diphtheria and Tetanus...

FDA Expands Tomato-Salmonella Warning to Include Entire Nation

Restaurants, markets stop offering some products after 163 sickened in 17 states, CDC reports TUESDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- As U.S. health officials expanded on Tuesday the warning about salmonella-contaminated tomatoes to include the entire nation, experts said consumers will n...

Medical Research Should Include More Women Participants and Examine the Role of Gender in Disease Incidence and Treatment

ROCHESTER, Minn., May 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Are the health needs of women adequately addressed by medical research as it is currently conducted? In the May issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, a team of Australian researchers and two cardiologists closely examine this question. "The t...

Medical research should include more women participants and examine the role of gender in disease

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Are the health needs of women adequately addressed by medical research as it is currently conducted? In the May issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, a team of Australian researchers and two cardiologists closely examine this question. The traditional model of medical research w...

Statement: Congress Should Include the Physician Self-Referral Provision in the Farm Bill for Patients and Communities

WASHINGTON, April 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the American Hospital Association, Federation of American Hospitals and Coalition of Full Service Community Hospitals: Congress has long been concerned about physician self-referral and the conflict of interes...