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Pre-cessation patch doubles quit success rate: Researchers call for labeling changes
DURHAM, N.C. -- Using a nicotine patch before quitting smoking can double success rates, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers. They say their latest data suggest changes should be made to nicotine patch labeling. "Right now, the nicotine patch is only recommended for use afte...NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- onFocus Healthcare, Inc., today announced a series of new strategic customer implementations for the Company's onFocus|epm(TM) system. The new accounts are Vanguard Health Systems, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, St. Francis Medical Centers, NorthC...
Winners awarded with trip to California to participate in the Foundation's Orange County Take Steps event NEW YORK, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, in partnership with Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals (P&GP), announces six winners from the seco...
Healthy Success for Kwik Fit Insurance
GLASGOW, Scotland, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading UK insurance intermediary Kwik Fit Insurance has been awarded the Gold Award from the Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives, confirming them as one of the safest and healthiest employers in the UK. The awards encourage employers to promo...New Studies Show Nursing Workforce Critical to Success of Health Reform
Policy experts examine evidence-based nursing solutions that address health care access, quality and cost WASHINGTON, June 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health Affairs today unveiled a series of six studies examining the nursing workforce in the context of health reform. The papers were r...Availability of diagnostic tests drive success in hospitalist-run short-stay units
Illinois, USA June 10, 2009 The most important factors for a successful stay in hospital short-stay units (SSUs) are the types of diagnostic tests performed and whether or not specialty consultations are needed. When hospitalists staff these units, they can ensure that only patients who need rea...PhRMA Launches Campaign to Raise Awareness of Success of Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
WASHINGTON, June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the debate over comprehensive healthcare reform now in full swing, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America is launching a new national broadcast advertising campaign touting the importance and success of free-market initiatives s...- U.S. and international thought leaders featured - SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Velos, Inc., the recognized leader and trusted resource for clinical trial management systems, this week hosted a constellation of prestigious academic medical centers, research institutions and industry...
Research by board-certified reproductive endocrinologist Richard Sherbahn, MD, at the Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago reveals that women with a higher body mass index have more eggs retrieved -- but not a correspondingly higher rate of success -- with in-vitro fertilization. ...
Worldwide success in treatment of liver tumors
Leicester consultant surgeon who has developed a pioneering technique using microwaves to destroy liver tumours has treated more than 100 patients in the UK and other patients are now being treated internationally. Worldwide, about one million people a year die of primary liver cancer, with...Haemonetics Shares Success of Outstanding Fiscal 2009 Performance with Employees
BRAINTREE, Mass., May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE: HAE ) today reported record revenues and earnings for fiscal 2009 and its eighth consecutive quarter of double digit revenue growth. For the year, Haemonetics reported GAAP net revenues of $598 million, up 16%; o...FORT WORTH, Texas, May 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Monday, May 4, Andrews Women's Hospital, part of Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth, will receive the "2009 Innovation in Women's Health" award at the Snowmass Institute, a national women's health conference for hospital...
New PSAs Engage Friends and Family of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans NEW YORK, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- To help ease the transition and readjustment challenges facing Iraq and Afghanistan veterans as they return home, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) joined the Ad C...
Mexico's health insurance success offers lessons for US reforms, Lancet study suggests
As America considers major healthcare reforms, it may have lessons to learn from Seguro Popular, Mexico's ambitious plan to improve healthcare for its estimated 50 million uninsured citizens, suggests Ryan Moore, co-author of a study published April 8 in The Lancet , a leading international medic...Study reports success in treating a rare retinal disorder
Ann Arbor, MI--Patients with a rare, blinding eye disease saw their vision improve after treatment with drugs to suppress their immune systems, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. Because autoimmune retinopathy (AIR) is difficult to diagnose, the biggest cha...SIMPSONVILLE, S.C., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Even in an economic recession, when jobs are hard to find, certain everyday practices can open the door to opportunities for new career paths and overall success in the workplace. Dr. Yehia El-Ibiary draws from more than 40 years of success in internati...
Mexico's health insurance success offers lessons for US reforms, Lancet study suggests
As America considers major healthcare reforms, it may have lessons to learn from Seguro Popular, Mexico's ambitious plan to improve healthcare for its estimated 50 million uninsured citizens, suggests Ryan Moore, co-author of a study published April 8 in The Lancet , a leading international medic...Craneware and St. Joseph to Present Revenue Enhancement Success Story at HIMSS
Program will focus on how a small hospital improved charge capture performance, finding $153,000 additional net revenue the first day using Craneware's Bill Analyzer ATLANTA, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Craneware, Inc. (AIM: CRW.L), the healthcare industry's trusted provider of financial performa...Surfing Your Stress to Success Program Offers a New Way of Dealing with Stress
HALLOWELL, Maine, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Kevin Polk, a clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience in stress management is offering a new web program and DVD for stress management. The program is based on Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT). It emphasizes decreasing strugglin...Celebrating UC Success Contest Seeks to Educate and Inspire Ulcerative Colitis Patients
Ulcerative Colitis "Quick Tips" Contest Winners will be Awarded Travel to CCFA California Event NEW YORK, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- For ulcerative colitis (UC) patients, managing their everyday life can be a challenge, but with perseverance and experience, many have found ways to hel...Material success and social failure?
It is common knowledge that in rich societies the poor have shorter lives and suffer more from almost every social problem. Likewise, large inequalities of income are often regarded as divisive and corrosive. In a groundbreaking book, based on 30 years' research, Richard Wilkinson, Emeritus Pro...MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Accelerated Community Oncology Research Network (ACORN(TM)), an oncology focused research network, announced today the highlights of its annual Principal Investigators' Meeting held in Scottsdale, AZ in February. Medical oncologists from communit...
Research reveals best paths for success as microfinance sector grows
As the microfinance sector passes the 150 million customer mark, an intense debate continues over the movement toward greater commercialization of an arena once led by nonprofits. "Microfinance Meets the Market," just published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives , advances the debate, presen...Trevor Immelman and Kenny Perry Have an Eye on Success in 2009
Transitions Optical Announces PGA TOUR Professionals as Healthy Sight Ambassadors PINELLAS PARK, Fla., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Transitions Optical, Inc. today announced that Trevor Immelman and Kenny Perry, both professional golfers on the PGA TOUR and currently ranked within the top 25 in the...MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Siegal's Direct Nutritionals, LLC, operator of e-commerce website CookieDiet.com ( www.CookieDiet.com ) and worldwide distributor of the internationally-popular Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET(R) hunger-controlling cookies, shakes and other products, today anno...
SAP Provides Prescription for Success to MetroSouth Medical Center
BLUE ISLAND, Ill., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SAP Public Services, Inc., a subsidiary of SAP AG (NYSE: SAP ), today announced that MetroSouth Medical Center has selected and implemented SAP(R) solutions to more effectively drive new levels of performance across its healthcare system in th...Health Care Service Corporation Finds Success With Innovative Program Targeting Obesity Epidemic
CHICAGO, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- As the debate begins to heat up about how best to improve the U.S. health care system over the next year, one of the nation's largest health insurers has an innovative program that can help its members today. Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), which operates ...Gastric Bypass Success Sparks Debate
Should older people and those with diabetes have the weight-loss surgery? SUNDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Recent studies showing that gastric bypass surgery extends the lives of obese patients is forcing surgeons to make tough decisions about who should go under the knife and who s...Hawaii Eye Surgeon Receives Small Business Success Award
HONOLULU, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Tyrie Jenkins, M.D., accomplished Hawaii ophthalmologist and eye surgeon, is a recipient of a Hawaii Business magazine 2009 Small Business Success Award. Dr. Tyrie Jenkins' success can be measured in many ways: professional trailblazer, health care advocate...MEDRAD Builds on Success of P3T Cardiac CT Injection Software
WARRENDALE, Pa., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Encouraged by successful results from use of its patented personalized patient protocol software P3T(TM) Cardiac, MEDRAD, Inc. is working on advancing the P3T family of products for clinical applications beyond Cardiac CT. MEDRAD will demonstrate some of th...Kaiser Permanente Honored for Success in Diabetes and Heart Disease Prevention
California Department of Managed Health Care recognizes health care organization with first-ever Director's Right Care Award OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Department of Managed Health Care has honored Kaiser Permanente with the "Director's Right Care Initiativ...Novel imaging approach may assist in predicting success of treatment for atrial fibrillation
SALT LAKE CITY University of Utah researchers have developed a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based method for detecting and quantifying injury to the wall of the heart's left atrium in patients who have undergone a procedure to treat atrial fibrillation. The results of the study are published ...SoLo's Olympic Success Fuels NBA Preseason
Fresh from the Success of the Beijing Olympics, SoLo Bars are Refueling the Best Players in Basketball as They Train and Prepare for the Upcoming NBA Preseason. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (PRWEB) October 3, 2008 -- The recent success of SoLo Powered athletes Paul Tichela...Modeled After Highly Successful MHA Keystone: ICU Patient Safety Program LANSING, Mich., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) today announced a three-year, $3 million national effort to reduce patients' risk of hospital-associated infections in intensive...
Medical Advertising Agency Healthcare Success Strategies Wins Two Gold Awards
Medical advertising agency, Healthcare Success Strategies, received two prestigious awards for excellence in medical advertising and medical commercials, taking Gold honors in both the 2008 Aster Awards and the 25th Annual Healthcare Marketing Report Healthcare Advertising Awards. ...Urologists report success using robot-assisted surgery for urinary abnormality
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Ashok Hemal, M.D., a urologic surgeon from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, and colleagues have reported success using robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery to repair abnormal openings between the bladder and vagina known as fistulas. Reporting on their experience ...Medicare PPO Strategy Sets Regence Blue Plans in Oregon and Washington Apart, According to a New Report from HealthLeaders-InterStudy NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that Regence BlueCross ...
Hunger Is Happening National Food Drive a Huge Success -- Donations Will Serve 68,000 Meals
University of Phoenix employees at 62 campuses, 43 affiliated sites open cupboards, hearts to help feed nation's hungry PHOENIX, July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- It was Thanksgiving in June for the nation's hungry as employees at University of Phoenix' 62 campuses, 19 online divisions, 20 c...New HRSA Report Illustrates Success of Health Centers
WASHINGTON, June 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new report released today by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) describes how HRSA-funded health centers improve the lives of the more than 16 million people they treat each year. Using personal stories, examples and backg...Companies Report Success in Driving Safety Culture at Workplaces
DuPont Announces Results of 2008 World Safety Declaration Survey SEOUL, Korea, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Driving a safety culture across organizations, extending it beyond the workplace and keeping it top of mind with a commitment to collaboration and sharing are critical for keepi...Other TagsBinkhorstMcIntyreFlexibleRigidMEDPORPrechopperOther Contentsatherosclerosisatherosclerosisatherosclerosisatriaatriaatopyatopyathetosisseptalseptalseptalflutterflutter
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Breaking Medicine News(10 mins):Health News:Teens Lose More Weight Using Healthy Strategies 2Health News:Epilepsy Patients Caught in Treatment Gap and Not Getting State-of-the-Art Care 2Health News:Epilepsy Patients Caught in Treatment Gap and Not Getting State-of-the-Art Care 3Health News:Epilepsy Patients Caught in Treatment Gap and Not Getting State-of-the-Art Care 4Health News:Cholesterol-lowering drugs also may protect stem cell transplant patients from GVHD 2Health News:High-Risk Women May Often Avoid Using Tamoxifen 2[0] Teens Lose More Weight Using Healthy Strategies[0] Epilepsy Patients Caught in Treatment Gap and Not Getting State-of-the-Art Care[0] Certain Childhood Cancers More Likely to Recur[0] Cholesterol-lowering drugs also may protect stem cell transplant patients from GVHD[0] High-Risk Women May Often Avoid Using Tamoxifen
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