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This is how Obama really got elected: Ohio voter casts six votes, fraud widespread
Prior to the November elections, Republican efforts to overhaul voter identification laws, according to the White House, congressional Democrats and most of the mainstream media, were nothing more than thinly veiled attempts to prevent legal Americans (especially minorities...
Source: NaturalNews.com - February 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Arkansas House Approves Veterans Home Bill
Arkansas lawmakers have approved legislation to authorize the state to establish a new veterans home to replace one that closed last year.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Miners to protest again at Peabody headquarters
Members of the United Mine Workers of America plan to march at Peabody Energy’s headquarters in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday, their third such protest in recent weeks.
Hundreds of active and retired coal miners plan to march from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court on 10th Street to Peabody’s headquarters at 701 Market St., beginning at 10 a.m.
They say they are protesting “the scheme by executives of Peabody and Arch Coal to avoid payment of their health care obligations by creating a subsidiary…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Greta Weiderman Source Type: research
Steven Chu Returning to Stanford
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu will be returning to his position as a professor of physics at Stanford University upon leaving the Department of Energy. Earlier this month, the Nobel laureate announced that he would be stepping down from the helm of the U.S. Department of Energy. The word now is that he'll be returning to Stanford, though news reports have not indicated when he would return ... in part because he hasn't yet announced an exact date for his departure, nor has a successor been officially named by President Obama....Read Full Post
Source: About.com Physics - February 22, 2013 Category: Physics Source Type: news
FDA Panel Endorses Epilepsy Device
(MedPage Today) -- SILVER SPRING, Md. -- An implanted neurological device that is intended to reduce the frequency of epileptic seizures gained the unanimous backing of an FDA advisory panel Friday.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Oxygen Biotherapeutics stock plummets by 32%
Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. saw its stock lose 32 percent of its value Friday on an announcement that it would sell more shares.
After placement agent fees and other expenses, Morrisville-based Oxygen Biotherapeutics Inc (Nasdaq: OXBT) would raise $2.1 million from institutional investors, according to estimates. At close of market Thursday, Oxygen had a market capitalization of $17 million, but that dropped to $11 million as an above-average trading day brought the stock price down to 34¢ per…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Jason deBruyn Source Type: research
U.S. sticks to limits on health insurance charges for older people
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday finalized new consumer safeguards for health insurance that impose tighter restrictions on what insurers can charge older customers, despite industry warnings that the young may be forced to pay more as a result.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Top Accentia executive steps down
Samuel Duffey has resigned as the top executive at Accentia Biopharmaceuticals Inc.
Duffey was president, CEO, general counsel and principal executive officer of Accentia (OTCQB: ABPI), a drug development firm headquartered in Tampa.
Garrison Hasara was appointed acting CEO, along with his current job as acting chief financial officer and controller. Hasara, a Certified Public Accountant, has been acting CFO since January 2012 and controller since 2005. Hasara also was designated Accentia’s principal…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Margie Manning Source Type: research
New flu vaccine to protect against more strains
A new flu vaccine will for the first time contain four viruses to better protect people from the flu, according to Dr. Sharon Frey, clinical director for the Center of Vaccine Development at Saint Louis University.
The new vaccine, a quadrivalent, will protect against two influenza A strains and two influenza B. Traditionally, the vaccine only offered protection against two A strains and just one B.
A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday that this year’s…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Samantha Liss Source Type: research
Lots to brag about in south Denver area
The mayors and a city leader from south metro Denver’s four biggest cities touted their cities’ accomplishments in 2012, revealed the groundwork for future economic growth and made some noteworthy announcements Friday at the FirstBank Community Leaders Forum in Littleton.
From business expansions to new apartments and a new corporate campus, the mayors playfully tried to one-up each other at the forum, attended by about 300 people at Arapahoe Community College, but seriously talked about the…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Dennis Huspeni Source Type: research
State building alternative energy and biotech incubator at NELHA
Hawaii is looking to build a $3.9 million alternative energy and biotechnology demonstration incubator at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority’s Hawaii Ocean Science and Technology Park in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island.
The project — which includes design and engineering for the renovation of the existing main administration building by adding a 9,000 square-foot “footprint” to expand it to 18,000 square feet of incubator/office space — is being funded by the U.S. Economic…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Duane Shimogawa Source Type: research
Highmark-WPAHS deal hits another snag
Highmark’s acquisition of the West Penn Allegheny Health System bogged down again Friday, the latest hitch in the review by the state Insurance Department.
State regulators have asked Highmark to revise its financial projections of the deal based on a possible contract extension with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Although UPMC has said an extension is not possible, Highmark is “actively pursuing an extension of its contract with UPMC while not disclosing any financial projections…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Kris B. Mamula Source Type: research
In this week’s issue: Women of Influence
As you might have heard, Forbes magazine recently named its list of America’s most promising CEOs under 35.
It was missing something: women. There wasn’t a single woman on it.
So I’m especially pleased that Albuquerque Business First’s Women of Influence special publication, spotlighting 32 incredible New Mexican women for outstanding achievement in business and the community, hits the streets today.
It’s your chance to learn more about powerful women you know and get your first glimpse…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Rachel Sams Source Type: research
Congresswoman Eshoo on sequestration: 'This is gonna hurt'
Sequestration is coming to a home, workplace and federal government office near you, says U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo.
The federal across-the-board budget ax will make its cuts March 1 if Congress can't pass a budget deal by March 1. Over the current fiscal year, that reportedly will trigger $44 million in automatic cuts, or $10 trillion over 10 years.
On top of that, a government shutdown would occur March 27 if stop-gap spending bills aren't passed.
"These are all manufactured crises," Eshoo, a 20-year…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: research
At Orlando lab, researchers look for secrets to boosting metabolism
The unassuming chamber looks like a budget motel room with a treadmill. Yet behind the ho-hum interior lies a sophisticated system that can precisely measure — minute-by-minute — how many calories the subject inside is burning.
It also can...
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
McKesson, PSS complete merger deal
McKesson Corp. has completed its merger PSS World Medical Inc., according to a SEC filing.
As of Friday, PSS is a wholly owned subsidiary of McKesson.
McKesson (NYSE: MCK) agreed in October to acquire the Jacksonville-based distributor of medical supplies (NASDAQ: PSSI) for a total of $2.1 billion.
PSS shareholders approved the merger on Tuesday.
It’s unclear what kind of Jacksonville presence the company will have.
Its headquarters, at the intersection of J. Turner Butler Boulevard and Interstate…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Ashley Gurbal Kritzer Source Type: research
Pressure Rising to Avoid Cuts to Health Programs
(MedPage Today) -- Representatives of the medical research community, as well as patient advocates and other health experts, say Congress must find a way to stop the automatic spending cuts set to begin March 1.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
CDC Pitching in on LA TB Outbreak
(MedPage Today) -- The CDC is planning to send a research team to Los Angeles to investigate an outbreak of tuberculosis mainly among the city's homeless.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
FDA enters into consent decree with Chicago sprout producer due to unsanitary conditions
U Joo Foods, a Chicago sprout grower and processor and the company’s owner and president, Kiyoung Chin have agreed to enter into a consent decree of permanent injunction sought by the Justice Department on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Source: Food and Drug Administration - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Is China's Military Behind Cyberattacks on U.S.?
A new report released by an American security firm alleges the Chinese military is linked to extensive cyberattacks against American corporations and government agencies. Is China engaged in cyberwarfare? How should the Obama Administration respond to cybersecurity threats?» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chris Hadfield: the superstar astronaut taking social media by storm
Previously unheralded Canadian veteran brings space's beauty and banality to new generation – helped by his web-savvy sonsA few weeks ago, Chris Hadfield did not generate much name recognition, even in his native Canada. The 53-year-old may have been the country's most experienced astronaut, the first Canadian to walk in space and a veteran of two Shuttle missions, but few people would have stopped him in the street to ask for an autograph. Then, on December 21, Hadfield arrived at the International Space Station for his latest mission and everything changed.In a deliberate campaign to take Earth by storm, Hadfield harn...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 22, 2013 Category: Science Tags: United States Nasa World news Social media guardian.co.uk Canada Science Space Source Type: news
Get Tickets Here for the 25th Arkansas Business of the Year Awards
Finalists have been named for the 25th annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards, presented by Centennial Bank and Arkansas Business and scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 26.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
DePuy Orthopaedics LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve: Class I Recall - Taper Connection May Not Accommodate Physiologic Loads
Fracture of the sleeve at the taper joint may lead to loss of function or loss of limb, infection, compromised soft tissue or death.
Source: FDA MedWatch - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
HITRUST to bolster health cyber-security
The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) announced this week that it will establish a new working group to support the White House Cybersecurity Executive Order.
The Executive Order, issued Feb. 12 by President Obama following his State of the Union address, warns that "the cyber threat to critical infrastructure continues to grow and represents one of the most serious national security challenges we must confront."
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Source: Healthcare IT News - February 22, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Cybersecurity Working Group Daniel Nutkis Department of Health and Human Services HITRUST HITRUST Cybersecurity Working Group Industry News Kevin Charest White House Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Car Source Type: news
FDA approves new treatment for late-stage breast cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine), a new therapy for patients with HER2-positive, late-stage (metastatic) breast cancer.
Source: Food and Drug Administration - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
'Ventriloscope' Is New Approach to Med Training
(MedPage Today) -- A modified stethoscope for trainees that reproduces real patient sounds when used on healthy actors is now available from an Ohio-based company.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
State forgoes federal funds to go its own way on Medicaid expansion
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker proposes to cover the poorest of the poor under Medicaid, the rest on the health insurance exchange.
Source: American Medical News - GOVERNMENT - February 22, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Medicare Officials Raise Issue of Fraud as Greater Use of Electronic Health Records Increases the Number of Claims Upcoded to More Complex CPT Codes
Issue does not directly affect clinical laboratories and pathology groups, but puts spotlight on some hospitals and physicians who frequently use these codes. Could increased use of electronic health records (EHR) systems be causing more hospitals and physicians to commit fraud because of upcoding? That’s the assertion of certain federal health officials. They attribute the [...]
Source: Dark Daily - February 22, 2013 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: jude Tags: Coding, Billing, and Collections Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory News Uncategorized AAHC AAMC AHA AHIMA American Health Information Management Association American Hospital Association Source Type: news
[News of the Week] Around the World
In science news around the world this week, many research advocates were smiling after President Barack Obama's annual State of the Union address, U.S. health officials finalized a framework for reviewing proposals to alter the bird flu virus, people may spread a new novel coronavirus, and more.
Source: Science: Current Issue - February 22, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Stewart Wills (mailto:swills at aaas.org) Source Type: research
This is your brain on neuroscience
The Obama administration has just announced a far-reaching 10-year program to map the human brain down to the last neuron of activity.
So let's begin with this:
"The mind is not a material object at all. The mind is not the brain."
If you made that statement...
Source: NaturalNews.com - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
World Briefing | Europe: Germany: Morning-After Pill Allowed for the Victims of Rape, Bishops Say
In a softening of their stance, Germany’s Roman Catholic bishops said that church-run hospitals could give women who had been raped versions of the pill that prevent fertilization.
Source: NYT - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: By MELISSA EDDY Tags: Germany Sex Crimes Birth Control and Family Planning Roman Catholic Church Source Type: news
Brown may forge alliance with GOP governors on health plan
The governor and Republican leaders see the Affordable Care Act as a solution to healthcare systems overtaxed by large numbers of uninsured. SACRAMENTO — When Gov. Jerry Brown meets with the nation's other governors this weekend in Washington, D.C., he will find common ground with some unlikely counterparts on an unlikely issue: President Obama's healthcare plan.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - February 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mike Beebe to Meet with Kathleen Sebelius About Medicaid Flexibility
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe is meeting with the Obama administration this week to see how much flexibility Arkansas may have as it decides whether to expand Medicaid's eligibility under the federal health care law.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Often Felt Depressed,* by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2010–2011†
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Announcement: Introduction to Public Health Surveillance Course
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Zinc Deficiency Dermatitis in Cholestatic Extremely Premature Infants After a Nationwide Shortage of Injectable Zinc — Washington, DC, December 2012
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Updated Recommendations for Use of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine (Tdap) in Pregnant Women — Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2012
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Update: Influenza Activity — United States, September 30, 2012–February 9, 2013
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Interim Adjusted Estimates of Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness — United States, February 2013
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Invasive Cancer Incidence — United States, 2009
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Arkansas Receives $42M Grant for Medicaid Reforms
Arkansas has been awarded a $42 million grant from the federal government for the state's initiative to change the way Medicaid pays for services.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
CTRC treating cancer patient using GenSpera compound
GenSpera Inc. officials said Thursday that the first hepatocellular carcinoma patient has been treated in the Phase II clinical trial of the company’s lead compound, G-202.
The patient is being treated at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
San Antonio-based GenSpera (OTCBB: GNSZ) is working on successfully completing the clinical trials on G-202 with a goal of eventually gaining FDA approval on the drug.
GenSpera’s technology…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: James Aldridge Source Type: research
Eisai to sell U.S. rights to Targretin in $65M deal
Eisai Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Japanese drug maker Eisai Co. Ltd., has sold off the U.S. rights to Targretin, a drug used to treat skin rashes that occur in patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), a rare disease where T-cells become cancerous and affect the skin and the blood.
Eisai, which has a research and development facility in Andover, Mass., sold off the U.S. rights to the drug to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (NYSE:VRX) for a $65 million upfront payment plus additional…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Patricia Resende Source Type: research
B-Cycle to add more bike-share stations in San Antonio
B-Cycle has had so much success with its bike-sharing program in San Antonio that it is expanding service.
The nonprofit organization plans to add five new B-Cycle stations in the following locations:
• San Antonio Zoo (3903 N. St. Mary’s St.);
• Witte Museum (3801 Broadway St.);
• TriPoint (3233 N. St. Mary’s St.);
• Amtrak Station (350 Hoefgen Ave.);
• Ace Mart (1220 S. St. Mary’s St.).
B-Cycle sells annual and 24-hour memberships to customers looking to take a recreational…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: W. Scott Bailey Source Type: research
If Facebook likes mean better care, how do MN hospitals stack up?
There's a fun little study out today showing that there may be a correlation between how many "likes" a hospital has on its Facebook page and the quality of care it provides.
If the study — which focused on hospitals in New York — is correct, here's a look at how some Twin Cities hospitals would stack up. The study also found that hospitals with more "likes" also have greater patient satisfaction.
The study didn't say it factored in marketing budgets, which must also play a role in how many…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Katharine Grayson Source Type: research
Restoration of fed tax credit aids RPCI project
Plans by Roswell Park Cancer Institute to begin construction on its latest medical treatment and research center has received a push.
Sen. Charles Schumer, during a Thursday afternoon appearance at Roswell Park, confirmed the federal “New Market Tax Credit” program, which had been on the chopping block last fall, was restored and because of that Buffalo’s cancer treatment and research hospital can move forward with construction of a $42 million Clinical Services Center.
The 11-story, 140,000-square-foot…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: James Fink Source Type: research
Brewer gets more company on Obamacare Medicaid expansion
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is getting some more Republican company when it comes to expanding Medicaid under President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has reversed course and is now on board with the Medicaid expansion, which dangles federal matching funds in front of states, according to Bloomberg. The GOP governors of Ohio, New Mexico, Michigan and Nevada are also agreeing to Medicaid expansion and federal matching dollars.
Scott and those governors have something in…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Mike Sunnucks Source Type: research
Wal-Mart outlook dims... Netflix CEO sued over Facebook post... 'Amazon tax' not as lucrative as expected... A double-decker I-94 in Wis.?... McLaren's new $1 million car — (Video)
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Wal-Mart profit rises, but outlook dims (USA Today)Existing home sales edge higher, inventory at 13-year low (Reuters)DOJ charges peanut butter executives over salmonella outbreak, fraud (Fox)Small businesses to get more — and pay more — for Obamacare's 'essential health benefits' (The Business Journals)The unit that caused hacking havoc likely wasn't even China's 'A-Team' (Forbes)States collect 'Amazon tax,' but not as much as they expected (TechFlash)Pentagon:…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 21, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Ed Stych Source Type: research
