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Public Ready for Changes to Health-Care System But Unclear About Necessary Trade-Offs, Citizen Forums Suggest

NEW YORK, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Many Americans see the nation's health-care system as at or near the breaking point and no longer able to be sustained, according to new research released today by Public Agenda and the Kettering Foundation. The report, Public Thinking about Copin...

PA Secretary of Health Recognizes Pennsylvania Volunteers; Urges Greater Citizen Involvement

'National Volunteer Week' is April 19 - April 25 HARRISBURG, Pa., April 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health Secretary Everette James today praised Pennsylvania's volunteers for selflessly giving their time to help communities prepare for and respond to disasters and urged other citizens to...

'Above & Beyond Citizen Honors' Announces and Honors 2009 Recipients

One of the Highest Civilian Honors Given to Three Unsung Heroes by Medal of Honor Recipients WASHINGTON, March 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation today announced and nationally honored the Above & Beyond Citizen Honors recipients for 2009. After a...

Warner Chilcott Announces Receipt of FDA Response to Citizen Petition

HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Warner Chilcott Limited (Nasdaq: WCRX ) announced today that it has received the FDA's response to its citizen petition requesting that the FDA impose a 30-month stay of approval on Abbreviated New Drug Applications ("ANDAs") referencing DORY...

Nationally Recognized Medicaid Fraud Prosecutor Tim Terry Joins Successful Whistleblower Law Practice, Specializing in "Qui Tam" Citizen Suits Under False Claims Acts

L. Timothy Terry, formerly president of the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units and Director of Nevada's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, has joined the Whistleblower Action Network through his law firm, The Terry Law Firm, Ltd. of Carson City, Nevada. The Whistleblower Action Netwo...

Economic Stimulus Bill Mandates Electronic Health Records for Every Citizen without Opt-out or Patient Consent Provisions

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Institute for Health Freedom (IHF) warns that the economic stimulus bill mandates electronic health records for every citizen without providing for opt-out or patient consent provisions. "Without those protections, Americans' electronic health rec...

Public Citizen Petitions FDA to Ban Diabetes Drug Avandia, According to Avandia Plaintiffs Attorney Group

National non-profit organization documents upsurge in negative clinical data associated with use of Avandia, urges FDA commissioner to remove drug from U.S. market immediately Mineola, N.Y. (Lexis Nexis) November 6, 2008 -- Public Citizen, a non-profit organization repr...

Heritage Victor Valley Medical Group to Donate Computers to Victorville Senior Citizen Club

VICTORVILLE, Calif., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Victor Valley Medical Group announced today the donation of computers to the Victorville Senior Citizen Club. The Victorville Senior Citizen Club sponsors educational, social and recreational programs for seniors in the Victorville area. Th...

Creator of PubMed Central biomedical research database recognized for outstanding citizen service

Washington, DC June 23, 2008 The Partnership for Public Service, a Washington, DC-based non-profit group that aims to "revitalize the federal government by inspiring a new generation to serve and transforming the way government works," has announced that Dr. David Lipman, leader of the team that...

iDrug Technology Hopes to Promote Economic Stimulus at the Subconscious Level of Every Citizen

Technology of the Future or Future of Our Society? TACOMA, Wash., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- What if you were able to reprogram a person's mind? People looking to improve their lives can now prime their brains for success with the iDrug ( http://www.theidrug.com ) audio collection. The iDrug em...

Walker Friendly Neighborhood Keeps Senior Citizen Active

When there is a neighborhood which renders immense potential to walk around, the elders in the community are quite active. This was revealed in a survey conducted by// Ethan Berke of Dartmouth Medical School. The details of this study are ready for publication in the March issue of American Jour...

Hospitals Appeal to Citizen Groups to Rush Doctors, Paramedicals

Hospitals in the city tonight appealed to citizens and citizens groups to donate blood, rush doctors and paramedical staff to help treat those injured in this evening's serial bomb blasts' injured. // Doctors in several hospitals including KEM, V N Desai and Bhaba, which are getting hordes of...

Health Insurance Whistleblower Urges Obama Health Chiefs to Join Him at Free Urban Health Care 'Expedition' in L.A. Stadium

... people who lived in remote villages in third world countries. Soon after it was founded, about the time you and I first met, RAM's founder, a British citizen and former actor named Stan Brock, realized that there was a great and growing need for his organization's services all across America. RAM has...

NBCH Calls for Cost Containment and System Transformation in Health Care Reform Legislation

... all agree that the current path we are on is unsustainable," said Andrew Webber, president and CEO of NBCH. "The U.S. spends nearly twice as much per citizen on health care than any other industrialized country, and ranks in the lowest quartile on population health status. Unless we change health care to fo...

America Takes on the Challenge to Fight Obesity

...hallenge and NY Times bestselling author of The 4 Day Diet . "No single person can fight this alone; but with free tools and the motivation of each citizen in every town we can provide each other with a continuously growing support network that a million people have already found in The Challenge." ...

New Research Suggests Most Are Willing to Make Tradeoffs and Would Embrace Comprehensive Health Care Reform

...n to explore the feasibility of a stronger role for government in a more extensively overhauled model. Most supported a two-tier system in which every citizen has publicly funded basic coverage that they could supplement with private coverage purchased individually or through their employer. Most wou...

National Council on Disability to Call for Emergency Management Changes for People with Disabilities

...9:45 a.m. on August 12 at the International Association of Emergency Managers' 2009 National Conference on Community Preparedness -- The Power of citizen Corps at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. NCD Vice Chairperson Pat Pound will discuss the report's ...

ViroPharma Announces Support by Advisory Committee of The Office of Generic Drugs Proposed Guidelines for Developing Generic Versions of Oral Vancomycin Hydorchloride

...h in vitro dissolution testing will be successful. We cannot predict the timeframe in which the FDA will make a decision regarding either ViroPharma's citizen petition for Vancocin or the approval of generic versions of Vancocin. If we are unable to change the FDA's December 2008 bioequivalence guidance for ...

Premier of Split Estate at DocuWeeks 2009 to Call National Attention to Urban Drilling in New York and Los Angeles

...s clean drinking water to millions. Similarly, most Angelenos are also unaware of the industry's long history of drilling throughout the city, even as citizen groups in Los Angeles have labored for years to counteract the toxic impacts of urban drilling. A coalition of activist organizations in both citi...

New Book by Leading Authority Responds to National Initiative to Bring Undergraduate Public Health Education to All American Colleges and Universities

...ublication comes on the heels of a national initiative called The Educated citizen and Public Health --a collaboration of several prominent higher education o...th and Health Services and has taken a lead role in developing The Educated citizen and Public Health initiative. Public Health 101 is hardwired to the AAC&...

Swine Flu Advice from Confused.com

...ly to travel insurance , holidaymakers within the E.U should also carry the EHIC card on them. This card essentially recognises the holidaymaker as a citizen of that country and enables cheaper medical treatment. This card has to be on the person at time of treatment. For those holidaying out of the EU (whi...

National Council on Disability Monthly Bulletin for July, 2009

...sabilities on August 12 at the International Association of Emergency Managers' 2009 National Conference on Community Preparedness -- The Power of citizen Corps at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. NCD will also release the report on September 23 at the Wireless Emergency Com...

Growth in Personalized Medicine to Drive Alliances Between Diagnostics and Pharmaceutical Industries, According to PricewaterhouseCoopers

...enetic information may now encourage more people to undergo genetic testing or participate in innovative research. Genentech's citizen Petition of December 2008, which created new momentum around the discussion of the diversity of regulatory paths to market for in vitro diagnostics....

ViroPharma Incorporated Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...08 bioequivalence guidance for Vancocin will be successful. We cannot predict the timeframe in which the FDA will make a decision regarding either our citizen petition for Vancocin or the approval of generic versions of Vancocin. If we are unable to change the recommendation set forth by the FDA in December ...

Health and Environmental Groups Announce Intent to Sue Illinois Coal Plant Owners for Violating Clean Air Act

...espiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago and Sierra Club, filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue today, the first step in a Clean Air Act citizen suit. This action brings a new legal development in an ongoing campaign by environmental, health and community groups representing the communities in ...

Medifast Independent Director Lt. Gen. Dennis McCarthy Confirmed as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs

...ion by the U.S. Senate. The Board of Directors is delighted that he is serving our Nation in such an important position protecting our nation with our citizen Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines and we want to commend Gen. McCarthy for his service to the Company. Medifast Board Members and Execut...

House Democrats' Health Plan Contains Words of Coercion -- Not Choice -- Text Analysis Shows

...n searched the bill's text for these words. NTUF is the research arm of the 362,000-member National Taxpayers Union, a nonprofit, nonpartisan citizen group founded in 1969 to work for lower taxes, smaller government, and economic freedom at all levels. Note: For additional results of the analysis, ...

Counterfeit antimalarial drug discovered in Ghana

... last Friday. The discovery was made by a vigilant citizen who contacted the Medicines Quality Monitoring pro...to malaria control today. In this case, a local citizen brought a suspicious sample of "Coartem" to one of...., director of the program. "In this case, a local citizen brought the questionable medicine to one of the se...

FAIR CEO Blasts Kaiser Foundation & Public Agenda HIV/AIDS Study Results as "Absolute Nonsense"

...aiser Family Foundation and Public Agenda which conclude that Americans want more money spent on HIV/AIDS. Darling, a past National Public citizen of the Year (NASW) and three-time liver transplant recipient, states, "The findings by these non-profits that Americans want more money spent on ...

Lumension Webinar Highlights How Organizations Can Protect Information and Comply with Data Handling Procedures

...edures in Government ' report ('the Report') sets out clear and mandatory procedures to be followed by all UK government employees that have access to citizen data. Individual departments, as of June 2008, have responsibility to show compliance on their progress in meeting the requirements of the new Data Ha...

Dove and Early Canada Goose Seasons to Begin Sept. 1; Game Commission Posts Avian Influenza Information on Website

...'s wild bird mortality investigations have been part of a larger operation in cooperation with USDA Wildlife Services. In addition to following up on citizen reports of dead birds, Game Commission biologists have sampled mallards and other dabbling ducks statewide, as well as scaup (a species of diving duck...

LA BioMed President and CEO will be named president of the American Judicature Society

...ourts and Private Judging. Wagner Vallianos also is a Fellow of the California First Amendment Coalition and a former advisory board member of the citizen Access Project, University of Florida's Brechner Center for Freedom of Information. In addition, she is a member of Women Lawyers of Los Angeles, t...

FDA Mandates Tougher Warnings for Pain Pills

...e could result in additional regulatory action." Woodcock also announced that the FDA has denied a petition from the consumer advocacy group Public citizen asking for a phased withdrawal of products containing propoxyphene. "The reason for the denial is that FDA has determined that propoxyphene is an ...

Crestor Patent Invalidity Evidence Uncovered By Article One Partners Community

...ed to AstraZeneca's Crestor drug is a perfect example, where the public has provided information to potentially correct an improper patent grant. This citizen review is having a tremendous impact. Earlier this month, the U.S. Patent Office moved forward with a re-exam of Merck's Singulair U.S. patent based d...

New Assisted Living at Home (assistedlivingathome.com) Database Locates Ideal Retirement Communities for Your Loved One

...ent homes. Resort-like active retirement communities emphasize friendship and an outdoorsy lifestyle, and can actually be better places for a senior citizen than living alone with little human interaction. Choosing the right assisted care facility for an elderly family member can be a positive, liberatin...

Police work undermines cardiovascular health, comparison to general population shows

...ess of the carotid artery as an indicator of increasing risk for atherosclerosis," noted Violanti. "The plaque buildup was greater in police than the citizen population. "In future work, we will measure the carotid artery thickness again to see how much it has increased. At some point in time, the thic...

PatientAssistance.com Proposes a HOLI Solution to American Healthcare Reform

...nt costs to patients with cost recovery Life Insurance proceeds and decreasing the risk for employers, government and insurance companies. "Every citizen requires a lifetime of healthcare," says Rex Bowden, President of PatienceAssistance.com, Inc. "Therefore healthcare costs accumulate over the years f...

State's Good Government Agency Calls for Reforms at Stem Cell Agency

...ved service. The Commission is a balanced bipartisan board composed of five citizen members appointed by the Governor, four citizen members appointed by the Legislature, two Senators and two Assembly members...

Groups to Congress: Don't Sacrifice Patient Safety to Lower Health Costs

...ned the Alliance for Justice, Consumer Action, National Women's Health Network, NCCNHR: The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care, Public citizen and USAction to send the letter today. Download the letter here: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/MedErrors6-25-09.pdf See t...

NRPA Launches "Parks Build Community"

...ul park restoration and sustainable development. In addition to creating a better environment in which children can play, urban parks promote improved citizen health, decreased obesity rates, job creation, reduced crime, environmental stewardship and sustainable landscapes. "We aren't just putting u...