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Congressmen Mike Ross and Kendrick Meek Introduce Bill to Protect Medicare Patients Who Require Medical Oxygen Therapy at Home

American Association for Homecare Applauds 'Medicare Home Oxygen Therapy Act of 2009' Which Would Repeal Harmful Rules that Cause Confusion, Service Disruption, and Reduced Access to Care for More than One Million Seniors ARLINGTON, Va., July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Th...

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Applaud Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) For Introducing Legislation to Require Insurance Coverage for Children With Congenital Deformities

ROSEMONT, Ill., June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) applauds Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) on introducing S. 1235, the Senate companion bill to H.R. 1339, the Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation and Surgery (CARES)...

Children with concussions require follow-up care before returning to play, say researchers

Children hospitalized with concussions should wait until they are seen by a clinician in a follow-up exam before returning to regular sports or playtime activities, according to researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Rather than only consulting a doctor when there are obvious ...

Children with Concussions Require Follow-up Care Before Returning to Play, Say Researchers

PHILADELPHIA, May 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Children hospitalized with concussions should wait until they are seen by a clinician in a follow-up exam before returning to regular sports or playtime activities, according to researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Rath...

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Applaud Congresswoman McCarthy's Legislation to Require Insurance Coverage for Children With Congenital Deformities

ROSEMONT, Ill., March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) applauds Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) on her recent introduction of H.R. 1339, the Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation and Surgery (CARES) Act , which ...

Bill Would Require Nutrition Info on Chain Restaurant Menus and Menu Boards, Says Center for Science in the Public Interest -- News Conference on Tuesday, March 3 in Annapolis

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Supporters of legislation that would require nutrition information on chain restaurant menus and menu boards in Maryland will hold a news conference at noon on Tuesday in Annapolis, Md. Following the news conference a hearing on the measure will be h...

Bill Would Require Nutrition Info on Chain Restaurant Menus and Menu Boards, Says Center for Science in the Public Interest

News Conference on Tuesday, March 3 in Annapolis WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Supporters of legislation that would require nutrition information on chain restaurant menus and menu boards in Maryland will hold a news conference at noon on Tuesday in Annapolis, Md. Followi...

New Research Shows Dental Implants Require Significantly More Follow-Up Treatment Than Root Canals

Dental Professionals and Patients Should Strive to Preserve Natural Teeth before Considering Implants CHICAGO, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study addresses the growing controversy among dental health professionals regarding the best course of treatment when evaluating betw...

Federal Regulation Will Require Renovators to Work Safely with Lead-Paint

Advocates Welcome Rule while Urging EPA to Fix Rule Flaws WASHINGTON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alliance for Healthy Homes and the National Center for Healthy Housing praise the new EPA regulation as a step in the right direction in saving children, workers and occupants from exposur...

Commission's Revenue Cap Proposal Would Require Cuts in Education, Health, and Safety, and Harm Business Climate

WASHINGTON, March 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Florida would likely suffer significant cuts in education, public health, public safety, infrastructure and other priorities under the revenue cap proposal the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission will consider on Wednesday, March 26, according ...

More States Move to Require Hospitals to Screen Patients for MRSA

New Research Shows MRSA Screening Results in Significantly Lower Infection Rates AUSTIN, Texas, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Concerns about the rising incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have prompted lawmakers in a n...

Even tiny breast tumors can be aggressive and may require maximum therapy

SAN ANTONIO Breast tumors that are 1 centimeter in size or smaller no more than 0.4 inch in length can still be very aggressive and may require more intensive therapy than is routinely offered today, say researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. The study, which is being presented at ...

PCMA on Electronic Health Records: The First Step is to Require E-Prescribing in Medicare

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association released the following statement today: "We applaud the commitment of Secretary Leavitt and Administrator Weems to accomplish President Bush's goal of broad physician adoption of Electronic Health R...

India, UK Join Growing List of Countries to Require Pictorial Tobacco Warnings

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- India and the United Kingdom have become the latest countries to require large picture warnings on all packs of cigarettes and other tobacco products, demonstrating global support for this important measure to reduce tobacco use. At least 14 count...

Memory tasks require more coordinated brain blood flow for people with high blood pressure

Blood flow to the parts of the brain that support memory function differs between people with high blood pressure and those with normal blood pressure, and this difference seems to increase when high blood pressure is treated with medications, researchers reported today at the American Heart Assoc...

PET Imaging Identifies Aggressive Kidney Cancers That Require Surgery

The ability to identify an individual’s specific tumor type prior to surgery could have important implications for the management of patients diagnosed with kidney cancer.// A newly published study demonstrates that imaging with Positron Emission Tomography (PET) using a radiolabeled antibody accur...

Dark Skin Require More Sun Exposure for Vitamin D

Dark-skinned people need up to six times as much sunlight as those with fair skin to produce the same levels of Vitamin D, says a new study// . Researchers at the Australian National University found that fair-skinned people need over four minutes in the summer sunshine to produce enough Vita...

Pet Dogs Also Require Exercise

Lorraine Corriveau, a Purdue University veterinarian says that pet animals also require regular exercise like human beings. The daily time taken for exercise should be at least 30 to 45 minutes, according to him.// He went on to add that 25% of the pet cats and dogs suffered from obesity. 'O...

SAD Patients Require Treatment

People in general tend to get the blues during the course of the winter and fall months, from which they recover soon enough. It is far more difficult to overcome the seasonal affective disorder (SAD), and the people who suffer // from it require help. Those who suffer from SAD overeat, slee...

Stem Cell Bank In UK Would Require 150 Embryo-Derived Stem Cell Lines

A results of a study conducted in Britain to project stem cell requirements for the establishment of a therapeutic stem cell bank has concluded that approximately 150 embryo-derived stem cell lines would// be required to support the functioning on a daily basis. Britain, South Korea and the U...

Terminally Ill Children Require Home Care

The Government has called upon the NHS to make improvements in the services it provides children. The British Government has declared that children who are terminally ill should not be compelled to visit // hospitals for specialist care. A guidance has been issued by the Department of Health ...

Fat Patients Require Longer Needles

Longer needles are required to inject fat people with intra-muscular injections due to the fatty tissues which prevent people from deriving the full benefits //of the dosage. This has been revealed by Victoria Chan, a scientist at the Adelaide and Meath Hospital in Dublin. This conclusion was arriv...

Indian hospitals require International Accreditation

Quality standards and strict hygienic conditions has to be monitored by all health care industries, with growing need of hospital care and increase in number of hospitals and physicians providing the health care, the healthcare standards should me monitored for the benefit of the // patients. ...

New diseases require holistic outlook to treatment

The emergence of new disease like SARS, Ebola, Marburg and Avian influenza can only be tackled if the situations// are looked into from a global perspective. In an article in the journal Foreign Affairs, the Wildlife Conservation Society of US have suggested that instead of tackling these epidem...

Cystic fibrosis patients may require a new treatment for bacterial infection

Patients suffering from cystic fibrosis often gets bacterial infections from the bacteria Pseudomonas.// Treatment for bacterial infections is often by administering antibiotics. Research suggests that antibiotic treatment may encourage the bacteria to affect the patient in a permanent infection....

HIV-positive Parents Require More Counseling

In a study done to evaluate the effect of diseases on contact with children it was seen that children of parents with HIV // were less likely to get the kind of affection other kids received. Results also showed about a quarter of HIV-positive parents report avoided certain types of physical con...

Umbilical Cord Blood Offers Hope For Patients Who Require Bone Marrow Transplants

Leukemia patients in need of a bone marrow transplant may have new hope, say researchers based on findings of a recent study // .Researchers say stem cell transplants from cord blood can be effective in people who don’t have a sibling to serve as a bone marrow donor or those who can’t find a suitab...

Some languages require more brain power

Mandarin speakers use more areas of their brains than people who speak English, scientists said on Monday, in a finding that provides new insight into how the brain processes language. Unlike English speakers, who use one side of their brain to understand the language, scientists at the Wellcom...

Researchers Produce First Nationwide Study of Homeless in ERs

...doctor," Dr. Oates explained. "Or it could be because the homeless population may be more prone to falls or injuries from assault -- injuries that may require x-rays." Studying emergency room use is important in the context of the current national healthcare reform effort, Oates said. "We alrea...

Fumbled handoffs can lead to medical errors

...pitalists and other medical staff. Test results such as those indicating positive blood culture, uncontrolled thyroid or declining kidney function can require post-discharge treatment but results of some tests may not be ready for weeks after the patient leaves the hospital. Most patients are unaware that te...

School Closures May Not Be Necessary When Swine Flu Strikes

...a vaccine ready for consumption by mid-October," Sebelius said. According to the CDC's Frieden, "the vaccine will most likely, at least for children, require two doses separated by about three weeks or more." "Because not a lot of kids get vaccinated against flu in a regular flu season, it's going to be ...

Midwest Medical Aesthetics Helps Defy Nature and Wrinkles with Artefill

...rom temporary dermal fillers that are made of different kinds of natural or synthetic materials that are completely absorbed by the body over time and require repeat injections to maintain wrinkle correction. A skin test is required prior to treatment or approximately four (4) weeks ahead of time, to ensure ...

Expanding Health Coverage May Not Improve Access

...report finds. One is the use of online consultations for patients who don't require a face-to-face visit. "Many insurers now are, in fact, engaged in pilots... But creating a system of care that encourages coordination-of-care will require a shift away from the traditional fee-for-service method of reimbursement, ...

FDA Approves New 3000 IU Vial Size for Kogenate(R) FS, antihemophilic factor (recombinant)

...) vial size of Kogenate(R) FS , antihemophilic factor (recombinant). The new vial size offers greater convenience for patients with hemophilia A who require a higher dose. The 3000 IU vial may eliminate the need for combining smaller vials and may allow some patients to achieve more precise dosing. ...

York Hospital Trauma Center Upgrade

...e levels of trauma centers. Level I trauma centers require trauma research, a surgical residency program, and...ter meets the same high level of care but does not require the research and residency components, and volume ...nters are smaller community hospitals which do not require a minimum volume of trauma patients. Their focus ...

The Ensign Group Reports Second Quarter 2009 Earnings of $0.39 per Share; Reaffirms 2009 EPS Guidance

...the application of existing or proposed government regulations, or the adoption of new laws and regulations, that could limit its business operations, require it to incur significant expenditures or limit its ability to relocate its facilities if necessary. Readers should not place undue reliance on any forw...

United Cargo Launches Temp Control Service

...gned for convenient shipping of healthcare and pharmaceutical products that require strict temperature controls and monitoring during transport. Because medications, vaccines and similar pharmaceutical products often require transport under strict temperature conditions in order to remain viable for...

Orexigen(R) Therapeutics Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...l trials may not be predictive of future results; Contrave or Empatic may not receive regulatory approval on a timely basis or at all, and the FDA may require Orexigen to complete additional clinical, non-clinical or other requirements prior to the submission or the approval of NDAs for either product candid...

President Clinton and Mylan Chairman and CEO Robert J. Coury Announce New Agreement to Lower Price of Treatment for Patients with Drug-Resistant HIV in Developing Countries

... evening) as required by alternative regimens. Additionally, the products will include the first-ever heat-stable version of Ritonavir, which does not require continuous refrigeration for its transport and distribution. Noting advantages in convenience and affordability, WHO has identified the devel...

US Oncology Reports Second Quarter Operating Results

...("REMS") proposal by manufacturers was filed with the FDA in August, 2008. The REMS is expected to focus on future ESA prescribing guidelines and may require additional patient consent/education requirements, medical guides and physician registration procedures. The length of time required for the FDA to a...