Employers Recognize Potential Impact of Employee Health Management on Future Plan Costs

Financial Incentives Rank High In Developing Better Health Care Consumers Indianapolis, Indiana (PRWEB) August 2, 2009 -- United Benefit Advisors, LLC (UBA), one of the nation's leading employee benefits advisory organizations reveals survey data sighting cost sharing t...

Congress Must Recognize Homecare as Cost-Effective Part of Health Care Reform

Statement by Tyler Wilson , President and CEO, the American Association for Homecare ARLINGTON, Va., July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In their effort to find savings in the healthcare system, the Obama administration and Members of Congress have been eyeing Medicare's hom...

New national adolescent weight control registry will recognize successful teen weight loss efforts

PROVIDENCE, RI According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 16 percent of children ages 6-19 years are overweight or obese a number that has tripled since 1980. In an effort to combat this epidemic of pediatric obesity, researchers at The Miriam Hospital and The...

First Spine Technology Awards to Recognize Excellence and Innovation

WAYNE, Pa., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- This November the Spine Technology Awards will recognize the best spine products, engineering teams and inventors for 2009. The first awards of their kind, they will focus exclusively on rewarding excellence and innovation. Awards will be presente...

New essays examine the use of fMRI to recognize deceit

Cambridge, Mass.June 8, 2009The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has published a volume of essays, "Using Imaging to Identify Deceit: Scientific and Ethical Questions," examining the scientific support for using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to recognize deception. The seve...

ConvaTec Launches New Programs to Support and Recognize WOC Nursing

Comprehensive Resources for Ostomy Care Nurses Now Available Online SKILLMAN, N.J., June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- ConvaTec, a world-leading developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital care, announced the launch of ConvaTecLINK (TM), an online, interactive ...

Veterans Recognize Hero in our Midst

Purple Heart Recipient Honored by National Coalition for Homeless Veterans WASHINGTON, May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Army Captain Scott Quilty (Ret.) received the Unsung Hero Award at the 2009 Conference of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV). Quilty, 29, served ...

How social insects recognize dead nestmates

RIVERSIDE, Calif. When an ant dies in an ant nest or near one, its body is quickly picked up by living ants and removed from the colony, thus limiting the risk of colony infection by pathogens from the corpse. The predominant understanding among entomologists scientists who study insects wa...

DoD and VA Recognize Innovative Healthcare Manufacturers for Excellence in Supply Chain Data Quality

PHILADELPHIA, April 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have recognized seven medical/surgical manufacturers for contributing to the success of the agencies' joint internal data synchronization program. Through this program, which includes manufactur...

As Physician Shortage Looms, Recognize Your Doctor On March 30, National Doctors' Day

EAST LANSING, Mich., March 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In Michigan, there are not enough jobs in manufacturing and construction, but the one area in which demand continues to overshadow supply is health care, particularly physicians. The health care needs of an aging population coupled with...

Baxa Corporation Launches 'Culture of Safety' Campaign to Recognize National Patient Safety Awareness Week

New campaign targets push towards cultural changes that promote patient safety. ENGLEWOOD, Colo., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Baxa Corporation, a leading developer of technology for the safe handling, packaging and administration of fluid medications, announces the launch of a targeted campaign ...

Time Teaches Brain to Recognize Objects

Research could pave way for enhanced computer vision systems, MIT study suggests THURSDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers say you really can't believe your eyes. A team of neuroscientists publishing in the Sept. 12 issue of Science ...

Special Summer Camp Helps Girls Recognize Inner and Outer Beauty

Retin-A Micro(R) PUMP and ELLEgirl.com Send Four Girls to My Beauty Camp this Summer LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Retin-A Micro(R) PUMP has teamed up with the popular teenage Web site ELLEgirl.com to send four contest winners later this summer to a weeklong...

Circle of Life Awards Recognize Innovative End-of-Life Care Providers

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and National Hospice Foundation honor the recipients of the 2008 Circle of Life Award(R). This prestigious award celebrates innovation in end-of-life care and highlights programs that demonstrate ...

Two National Health Organizations to Recognize the Nation's Best Health Systems for Patient Safety Leadership

IRVING, Texas and WASHINGTON, July 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The VHA Foundation, a foundation focused on improving the health and health care of all Americans, and the National Business Group on Health (NBGH), the nation's only non-profit organization consisting of mostly large employers de...

2008 IN-AWE Awards Recognize Cadient Group's Innovative Use of Digital Media

Cadient Group campaigns receive two gold awards and one silver award for relevant healthcare marketing WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Cadient Group, the premier strategic interactive marketing agency serving the healthcare industry, announced today it recei...

AABB and the Association of Donor Recruitment Professionals Partner to Recognize Blood Donors Worldwide

The Two Organizations Announce Plans for Celebrating World Blood Donor Day on June 14 BETHESDA, Md., June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To increase national and global appreciation of volunteer blood donors, AABB and the Association of Donor Recruitment Professionals (ADRP) are partnering to...

Women and heart attack: Study finds failure to recognize symptoms, failure to treat appropriately

ANN ARBOR, Mich. The gender gap is alive and well in heart disease, a new international study finds, with women differing from men on everything from symptoms to treatment in both heart attack and severe chest pain. One of the most striking findings was that women were twice as likely as men ...

Got Milk? Campaign Will Recognize and Reward Moms for Their Role as the Family's Chief Health Officer

$100,000 'Mom Paycheck' Provided for Successfully Tackling This Valuable Part of Her Job MIAMI, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Mothers have always had a lot on their plates -- from carpool queen to coach, counselor to chef. It's all been part of a day's work. However, with th...

California Veterinarians Recognize National Pet Week With Tips to Keep Your Animal in a Safe Environment

SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- National Pet Week, May 4-10, celebrates the relationships formed between humans and animals and is a great opportunity to emphasize the caretaking actions we can take for our animal friends, including providing regular health care as recommended by ...

Local Health Officials Recognize Threat of Global Warming

But survey finds many aren't prepared to tackle the problem in coming decades THURSDAY, April 24 (HealthDay News) -- While most public health department officials in the United States take the health threat of global warming seriously, the majority say they aren't prepared to confront ...

The National Association of Specialty Health Organizations to Recognize Excellence in Technology Education With Industry Award

WASHINGTON, April 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Association of Specialty Health Organizations (NASHO) today announced the first annual NASHO Industry Innovation Award. The recipient of the award will be honored for excellence in technology-supported education through innovative pr...

DeBakey Awards to Recognize Excellence in Biomedical Research Journalism

WASHINGTON, April 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- Entries for the eighth annual Michael E. DeBakey Journalism Awards, presented by the Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR) and named after FBR's chairman, are now being accepted. The competition is open to all professional journalists who...

Nationwide Awards Recognize Nurses, Associates and Nursing Teams That Specialize in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy

Recipients of 'Proud to be GI Awards' Honored for Commitment to Patient Care CINCINNATI, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals (P&G) is encouraging GI and Endoscopy professionals to recognize outstanding nurses and associates for th...

Authorities fail to recognize emotionally scarred brothers and sisters of child abuse victims

NORFOLK, Va. In many cases, when abusive parents with multiple children target just one child for emotional or physical cruelty, authorities often remove the abused child from the home and return the non-abused siblings. But brothers and sisters of abused children can suffer lifelong emotional...

GetWellNetwork Partners with DAISY Foundation to Recognize Extraordinary Nurses

Interactive Patient Care System Enables Patients to Provide Direct Feedback and Award Nurses for Compassionate Care BETHESDA, Md., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- GetWellNetwork, Inc., a leading provider of Interactive Patient Care (IPC) solutions, today announced that it is partnering wi...

Does artificial intelligence help clinicians to recognize atrophic gastritis with thyroid disease?

The association of ABG with thyroid disorders (TD) was first described about 40 years ago. These older studies assessed the association between Pernicious Anemia (PA) and Thyroiditis on the basis of gastric and or thyroid auto-antibodies. Only recently systematic studies have focused on this freq...

CME LLC Offers Education to Help Medical Professionals Better Recognize Adult ADHD

Meetings incorporate real life patient case studies and actual patient video to help clinicians learn how to recognize and treat this complex disorder IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- CME LLC ( http://www.CMELLC.com ), a leading provider of fully accre...

State Leaders Recognize Oklahoma's Improvement in Immunization Rankings

TULSA, Okla., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It takes a team effort to make tangible improvements in the health of Oklahomans. That's the message of an event scheduled for 10 a.m. today in the State Capitol's Blue Room. The event celebrates a significant improvement in Oklahoma's rates of e...

Baxa Corporation Launches Campaign to Recognize IV Nurse Day and Introduce the New PadLock(R) Set Saver

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Baxa Corporation announces the launch of a targeted campaign recognizing the dedication of infusion nurses to advancing the delivery of quality therapy to patients, promoting research and education in their practice and continually improving outcomes i...

Secretaries of Health and Public Welfare Recognize World Aids Day; Urge HIV-Testing

Encourage all Pennsylvanians to 'Know Your Status' HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of the Dec. 1 observance of World AIDS Day, Secretary of Health Dr. Calvin Johnson and Secretary of Public Welfare Estelle B. Richman today urged Pennsylvanians to be tested for H...

Diabetes Research Institute Unites with Global Diabetes Community to Recognize World Diabetes Day

Camillo Ricordi, MD, Urges Global Collaboration to Cure Millions Living with Diabetes MIAMI, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is joining the International Diabetes Federation, the...

Galderma Associates Itself to Cartier's Women's Initiative Awards to Recognize Female Entrepreneurs From Around the Globe

PARIS, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Galderma Pharma SA is proud to announce that President and CEO Humberto C. Antunes has served as Cartier Women's Initiative Awards Jury President for North America. Jury members for the prestigious business plan competition are chosen because of their achievement...

Latinos/Hispanics Across the Nation Recognize National Latino AIDS Awareness Day and Call to Action Leaders in Promoting HIV Testing, Prevention and Access to Care

NEW YORK, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On October 15th more than one thousand organizations in over 300 cities across the nation, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, will come together to promote HIV testing and prevention initiatives in recognition of National Latino AIDS...

Inability to Recognize Familiar Smells Could Signal Alzheimers

People who have difficulty recognizing familiar smells could be experiencing an early sign of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published Monday. Scientists already know that the first lesions of the degenerative brain disease tend to show up in an area of the brain that is home to...

Plants Have the Ability to Recognize Kin

Researchers at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, have found that plants 'know' more about their environment than they are often given credit for , and that they can sense the presence of neighbouring plants through changes in water or nutrients available to them or through chemical cues in th...

Hamster's Shows How Our Brains May Recognize Other Individuals

A team of Cornell University research psychologists have discovered, different areas of the brain react differently when recognizing// others, depending on the emotions attached to the memory, has found. The team, led by professor of psychology Robert Johnston, has been conducting experiments to st...

The Novel Cut and Splice Method Is Used To Recognize Different Microbes

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new technique for identifying the many species of microorganisms. They have // explained about their method in the journal of Applied Environmental Microbiology. Microbiology has many applications and one ...

GeoVax Labs, Inc. Announces Six Month 2009 Financial Results and Provides Operational Update

... milestone is a significant step for GeoVax and its efforts to develop an effective vaccine for prevention of AIDS." Dr. McNally continued, "We recognize the lengthy process to shepherd a preventative vaccine through clinical trials and FDA approval. We therefore have initiated a secondary clinical pat...

Allscripts Notified of Purported Class Action Lawsuit

...ttract and retain qualified personnel; our ability to identify and complete acquisitions, manage our growth and integrate acquisitions; the ability to recognize the benefits of the merger with Misys Healthcare Systems, LLC ("MHS"); the integration of MHS with the Company and the possible disruption of current...