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Reid Pushes For Votes on Health-care Bill
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Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid worked Thursday to nail down the votes needed to move to a final debate on health-care legislation, but a tepid assessment of the public insurance plan he crafted emerged as the latest potential obstacle to the passage of the far-reaching changes. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - November 21, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Thanks for the Reminder (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)Email this article to a colleague.
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Those of us who are still drawing paychecks can be especially thankful this year. An awful lot of good people in almost every field are out of work these days. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - November 21, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: info
Popeye's Near The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Sells For $1.15 Million (Real Deals)Email this article to a colleague.
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A look at important real estate transactions in Pulaski County. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - November 21, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: info
Nebraska Senator Will Vote to Start Health DebateEmail this article to a colleague.
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Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, one of three wavering Democrats, said Friday that he would vote to start debate on a giant health care bill. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 21, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Reform and Reorganization Debating Law and Legislation Medicine and Health Presidents and Presidency (US) Republican Party Nelson, Ben Source Type: news
U. of Nebraska Defeats Tighter Limits on Stem Cell ResearchEmail this article to a colleague.
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The effort had been seen by opponents as a possible new front in the national debate over the matter. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 21, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: By MONICA DAVEY Tags: Stem Cells Research Colleges and Universities Debating University of Nebraska Source Type: news
U.S. Attorney News Release: Camano Island Man Indicted for Scheme to Steal and Sell Diabetic SuppliesEmail this article to a colleague.
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MICHAEL RALPH WORLEY, 43, of Camano Island, Washington, and DONALD ALAN PEPIN, 55, of Jupiter, Florida, were charged late yesterday by a federal grand jury in Seattle, Washington, with Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Engage in Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property and six counts of Wire Fraud. WORLEY is also charged with two counts of Interstate Transportation of Stolen Goods, while PEPIN is charged with two counts of Receipt of Stolen Goods. The conspiracy involved the theft of diabetic supplies, including insulin, from an Everett, Washington, Pharmacy. The insulin and other supplies were then sold to PEPIN for...
Source: Food and Drug Administration - November 21, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations
Dialysis Unit Closing Hits Illegal Immigrants HardEmail this article to a colleague.
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When an Atlanta hospital closed its dialysis unit, many illegal immigrants had to scramble to find treatment. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 21, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: By KEVIN SACK Tags: Grady Memorial Hospital Health Insurance and Managed Care Reform and Reorganization Illegal Immigrants Medicine and Health Source Type: news
Ex-Smoker Wins Against Philip MorrisEmail this article to a colleague.
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If it survives an appeal, the verdict late Thursday would be the nation’s largest award of damages to an individual suing a tobacco company. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 21, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: By DUFF WILSON Tags: Smoking and Tobacco Suits and Litigation Philip Morris Companies Inc Decisions and Verdicts Altria Group MO NYSE Florida Source Type: news
Patient Money: How to Find Mental Health Care When Money Is TightEmail this article to a colleague.
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Hot lines, online groups and organizations that charge fees on a sliding scale are options for finding help. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 21, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: By LESLEY ALDERMAN Tags: Depression (Mental) Mental Health and Disorders Health Insurance and Managed Care Psychology and Psychologists Medicine and Health Source Type: news
Cancer Guidelines ScrutinizedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Having read the front-page story "Changing Strategy" [Nov. 17], I was absolutely shocked.
I am a breast cancer survivor and it was a self-examination that led to my diagnosis.
Yet, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has the audacity to recommend... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 21, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
UConn Scraps Plan To Merge Health Center With Hartford HospitalEmail this article to a colleague.
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University of Connecticut leaders have scrapped a proposal to merge the UConn Health Center with Hartford Hospital, determining that the latest plan for the health center's future could not win enough support to succeed.
That leaves university leaders in... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 21, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Meridia (sibutramine hydrochloride): Early Communication about an Ongoing Safety ReviewEmail this article to a colleague.
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FDA is reviewing preliminary data from a recent study suggesting that patients using sibutramine have a higher number of cardiovascular events (heart attack, stroke, resuscitated cardiac arrest, or death) than patients using a placebo. (Source: FDA MedWatch)
Source: FDA MedWatch - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations
Weekly FluView Map and Surveillance Report for Week ending November 14, 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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(Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Dendreon says FDA will disclose Provenge’s fate by May 1Email this article to a colleague.
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Dendreon Corp. said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it will make a regulatory decision on the biotech’s Provenge prostate cancer drug by May 1, 2010. (DNDN) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
Grijalva pushing to kill Stupak amendment to health care reformEmail this article to a colleague.
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U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., said Friday he wants abortions covered in federal health care reforms including a public option system pushed by the Obama administration. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
McCain promises to fight public option as health reforms face key Senate votesEmail this article to a colleague.
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U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is pledging to fight health care reform efforts as the Senate prepares to hold its first full-chamber vote on health reforms Saturday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
Tampa Bay Partnership celebrates with Brookings fellowEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Tampa Bay Partnership celebrated its 15th anniversary at its annual meeting and community update luncheon Friday afternoon. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
H1N1 vaccine available to all Albertans over six months of age starting Nov. 23Email this article to a colleague.
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Given a positive resolution to the national vaccine shortage, and good uptake of vaccine among the highest-risk groups previously announced, Alberta’s H1N1 immunization program will expand to include all members of the public starting Monday, Nov. 23. (Source: Alberta.ca from- Health and Wellness)
Source: Alberta.ca from- Health and Wellness - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations
Kansas City-area hospitals join to fight bloodstream infectionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Fourteen Kansas City-area and Northwest Missouri hospitals are participating in a program to fight bloodstream infections, the Missouri Hospital Association said Friday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
WHO Updates International H1N1 Flu SituationEmail this article to a colleague.
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As of 15 November 2009, worldwide more than 206 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 6770 deaths. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Public Health Significance of Virus Mutation detected in NorwayEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has informed WHO of a mutation detected in three H1N1 viruses. The viruses were isolated from the first two fatal cases of pandemic influenza in the country and one patient with severe illness. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
When health screening has a downsideEmail this article to a colleague.
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It seemed like a good idea at the time.
In 1984, Japan began screening the urine of six-month-old infants for neuroblastoma, the most common type of solid tumor in young children. The test was simple and could show signs of cancer long before clinical... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Fitch: Dousman senior facility still strongEmail this article to a colleague.
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Fitch Ratings affirmed its ‘A-’ rating and underlying rating on approximately $20 million in Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority revenue bonds issued in 2003 and 2004 for Three Pillars Senior Living Communities in Dousman. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
Next hospital to stop delivering babies: Mercy Suburban in East NorritonEmail this article to a colleague.
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Mercy Suburban Hospital announced it plans to stop delivering babies after June 30, 2010. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
Marlton Rehabilitation Hospital names new CEOEmail this article to a colleague.
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Marlton Rehabilitation Hospital, a 49-bed specialty medical center, named Michael Long as its new chief executive officer Thursday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
Study: Maryland ranks No. 21 in overall healthEmail this article to a colleague.
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Maryland residents are healthier this year compared with last, though high obesity rates and infectious diseases remain significant health challenges. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
Miami Valley Hospital relocating health clinicsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Miami Valley Hospital is preparing to relocate six clinics from its campus on Wyoming Street to a 19,000-square-foot building on South Ludlow Street. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
CambridgeSoft financing worth $31MEmail this article to a colleague.
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CambridgeSoft Corp. has disclosed the dollar value of a private financing it announced earlier this week, reporting in a regualtory filing that the equity funding received from Health Evolution Partners and Goldman Sachs & Co. was worth $31.3 million. The value of the deal was previously undisclosed. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
St. Vincent Opening Arkansas Neuroscience InstituteEmail this article to a colleague.
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The medical facility will introduce three neurosurgeons who will practice at the institute. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: info
Gates Foundation gives $15M to combat sleeping sicknessEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving $15 million to the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative to treat human African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
CDC Watching H1N1 Mutation, but No Cause for AlarmEmail this article to a colleague.
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The CDC is keeping a careful eye on a mutation in some strains of the pandemic H1N1 flu that Norwegian researchers isolated from three patients with severe disease. (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Lincoln a Question Mark as Senate Pushes Toward Health Care VoteEmail this article to a colleague.
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Senate Democratic leaders push toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: info
High-Income Surtax: How Not to Pay for Health CareEmail this article to a colleague.
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Congress is proposing a surtax on high-income individuals to help pay for health care reform that would burden the economy and slow its recovery from the recession. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D. Tags: Health Care Source Type: info
SinoFresh says study supports H1N1 treatmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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SinoFresh Healthcare Products Inc. said the company’s nasal spray product showed positive results in a study of the treatment of the H1N1 flu virus. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
Taxes Proposed to Pay for Health Care ReformEmail this article to a colleague.
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The U.S. Senate's proposal for a government-run hostile takeover of the entire U.S. health care system includes a barrage of higher taxes. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Curtis S. Dubay Tags: Health Care Source Type: info
University of Nebraska regents vote not to further restrict embryonic stem-cell research rulesEmail this article to a colleague.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were expanded after President Barack Obama took... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
New Publication Offers Relief to Those Suffering from Pain and Other Distressing Symptoms of IllnessEmail this article to a colleague.
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Dealing with the symptoms of a serious illness is difficult. But help is available -- a new brochure describes a comprehensive treatment that helps reduce or eliminate the pain and other distressing symptoms of illness and medical treatments. "Palliative Care: The Relief You Need When You're Experiencing the Symptoms of Serious Illness," produced by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), a component of the National Institutes of Health, explains in easy-to-understand language what palliative care is, who it benefits, and how it works. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Gephardt pushes for more investment in medical research, says it can cut costs, find curesEmail this article to a colleague.
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JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Richard Gephardt pushed Friday for Iowa to expand its focus on public health, arguing the state has the medical infrastructure in place to make it a leader in the field.
"Iowa, having great research... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Southern States Request Additional Funding for HIV/AIDS ProgramsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health care advocates and providers are calling for additional federal and state funding to administer outreach programs for individuals with HIV/AIDS living in Southern states, the Associated Press reports. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Notifiable Diseases/Deaths in Selected Cities Weekly InformationEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations
QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Reported to Have Excellent or Very Good Health, by Race --- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2008Email this article to a colleague.
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(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations
Announcement: Journal Supplement on Developing the Public Health WorkforceEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations
Mumps Outbreak --- New York, New Jersey, Quebec, 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations
Outbreak of Rickettsia typhi Infection --- Austin, Texas, 2008Email this article to a colleague.
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(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations
West Nile Virus Transmission via Organ Transplantation and Blood Transfusion --- Louisiana, 2008Email this article to a colleague.
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(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations
Estimated County-Level Prevalence of Diabetes and Obesity --- United States, 2007Email this article to a colleague.
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(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations
American Diabetes Month --- November 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations
Medicare May Pay for Ornish, Pritikin ProgramsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it was considering Medicare payment for the diet and exercise programs developed by Dean Ornish, MD, and Nathan Pritikin for reversing coronary heart disease. (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
The Joint Commission Introduces Perinatal Care Core MeasuresEmail this article to a colleague.
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Media Contact: Ken PowersMedia Relations Manager630-792-5175kpowers@jointcommission.org
(OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. – November 20, 2009) Beginning next year, Joint Commission accredited hospitals will be able to report on a set of perinatal care core measures to meet Joint Commission accreditation... (Source: Joint Commission News Releases)
Source: Joint Commission News Releases - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Players union says doctor who co-chairs NFL committee on concussions is not fit for jobEmail this article to a colleague.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL Players Association wants the league to remove the co-chairman of the league's committee on concussions because the union believes he is biased.
Dr. Ira Casson has criticized independent and league-sponsored studies... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
