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Hamilton Medical, Inc., HAMILTON-T1 Ventilators with Software Versions 1.1.2 and Lower
Possible miscalculation of oxygen supply
Source: FDA MedWatch - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Southern Diet Might Explain the 'Stroke Belt'
Study found those who ate fried, salty foods and processed meats were more likely to have strokes Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: African-American Health, Nutrition, Stroke
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Breast-Feeding Still Less Common for Black Babies: CDC
Racial gap suggests need for additional, targeted support, experts saySource: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: African-American Health, Breast Feeding
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

More Insurance Claims Filed Electronically
(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare providers continue to file more insurance claims electronically and submit claims more quickly, a report from the leading health insurance industry group showed.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

State Shutters 10 Compounding Pharmacies
(MedPage Today) -- Officials in Massachusetts ordered 10 pharmacies to halt sterile compounding activities after surprise inspections found major violations of quality standards, the state's public health department said.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Mike Beebe Will Sign Ban on Insurance Coverage for Abortion
The Arkansas Senate has passed a bill to ban insurers participating in an exchange created under the federal health care law from covering abortions.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

U.S. May Not Meet Greenhouse Gas Emissions Pledge without More Action
The United States is not on track to meet its Copenhagen climate change target, according to a new major study that could undermine the Obama administration's claims to the international community that it is headed in the right direction. [More]
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 7, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Energy & Sustainability,Climate,Alternative Energy Technology,Alternative Energy Technology,Environment,Energy Source Type: research

NIAAA honors nonprofit leader with Senator Harold Hughes Memorial Award
Marianne "Mimi" Fleury, president and co-founder of the Community of Concern of North Bethesda, Md.,today received the Senator Harold Hughes Memorial Award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. NIAAA Acting Director Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D., announced her selection during the 132nd meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

FDA offers new guidance on developing drugs for Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer's disease draft guidance
Source: Food and Drug Administration - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Researchers find gene variant linked to aortic valve disease
A newly identified genetic variant doubles the risk of calcium buildup in the heart’s aortic valve. Calcium buildup is the most common cause of aortic stenosis, a narrowing of the aortic valve that can lead to heart failure, stroke, and sudden cardiac death.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Study: Check Brain Blood Flow in TBI (CME/CE)
HONOLULU (MedPage Today) -- Soldiers with traumatic brain injuries have high rates of cerebral vasospasm and intracranial hypertension detected with transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound, researchers found.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Leishmaniasis in Skin Squashed by Novel Creams (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Two novel topical antibiotic formulations cleared up parasitic skin lesions from the bite of the Tunisian sand fly, a clinical trial showed.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Obama Advisor Ondra Hired As Top Doc At Blue Cross Plan
In another sign of the serious nature health plans are taking the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the nation’s fourth-largest health insurance company is naming a key former health advisor to President Obama as its top doctor.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 7, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Japsen Source Type: news

Wells Fargo loses most-valuable-bank title; Obama picks REI chief for cabinet; Iger on Disney-Netflix
Business news from around the Web: • Obama picks REI CEO Jewell for Interior Secretary (Read more at Bizjournals) • Netflix deal won't hurt Disney's cable business, Iger says (Read more at Bizjournals) • Wells Fargo loses most-valuable-bank title to JP Morgan (Read more at Bloomberg) • American/US Air combo takes shape (Read more at WSJ) • FAA approves crew-only 787 flight by Boeing (Read more at NYT) • Burden of layoffs is seen in work-trends survey (Read more at NYT) Expected…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 7, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Mark Reilly Source Type: research

People With Mental Illness More Likely to Be Smokers, Study Finds
People with mental illness are 70 percent more likely to smoke cigarettes than people without mental illness, two federal health agencies reported Tuesday.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

State Senate Committee Approves Abortion Coverage Ban
An Arkansas Senate panel approved a measure Wednesday banning insurers participating in an exchange created under the health care law from covering most abortions, while the sponsor of legislation banning abortions 20 weeks into a pregnancy said he's facing resistance for it not exempting victims of rape or incest.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

UPMC's Q2 operating income down 52 percent
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has come down with a case of the sniffles. Aggressive case management by insurers and shrinking government reimbursement for medical services drove down operating income by more than half for the six months ending Dec. 31, trimming the system’s operating margin to a wafer-thin 0.4 percent, according to results released on Thursday. The operating margin was the lowest in at least five years for UPMC, the state’s biggest non-governmental employer. UPMC…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Kris B. Mamula Source Type: research

Homeland Security buying 7,000 'assault rifles' that government doesn't want citizens to own
The Obama White House and several members of Congress don't want you to have military look-alike rifles they say are unnecessary for self-defense, but apparently this administration has no problem arming itself with the same weapons...
Source: NaturalNews.com - February 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

North Korea's secret gulag prisons serve as model for where Obama is taking America
They say technology is making the world smaller, and that is especially true of surveillance technology, as Google Earth proved once again recently by exposing the location of scores of North Korean gulags where as many as 250,000 political prisoners considered enemies...
Source: NaturalNews.com - February 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

New Partners for Smart Growth Q&A: Paul Zykofsky
NewPublicHealth spoke with Paul Zykofsky, associate executive director at the Local Government Commission, which assists local governments in establishing and developing the key elements of livable communities, and organizes the conference.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Maternal Depression, Violence at Home May Raise Child's ADHD Risk
Preschoolers whose parents report depression and intimate partner violence may be more likely to develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by the age of 6, new research suggests.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

More Details Emerge in Recall of Sprouts for Listeria Risk
Sprouters Northwest, the company that recalled all of its products last week, including its sprouted seeds, pea shoots and wheatgrass, after samples of the finished product tested positive for Listeria, has provided more details about the recalled items.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Sharp Drop in Drink Deaths Follows Alcohol Price Rise
Increasing the minimum price of alcohol by 10 percent can lead to immediate and significant drops in drink-related deaths and may also have long-term beneficial health effects, according to a study published on Thursday.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Poll: Americans back climate change regulation, not taxes
(Duke University) Now that President Obama has put climate change back on the table in his second inaugural address, a new national poll finds growing public support for regulating greenhouse gas emissions and requiring utilities to switch to lower-carbon fuel sources.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 7, 2013 Category: Biology Source Type: news

DFW companies named as DBJ's 2013 Healthiest Employers
The Dallas Business Journal has named 30 Dallas-Fort Worth companies to its 2013 Healthiest Employers list. After a rigorous application process, these companies were selected as the top organizations committed to creating a healthy workplace. The award, powered by Indianapolis-based Healthiest Employers LLC, measures wellness in six categories: culture and leadership commitment, foundational components, strategic planning, communication and marketing, programming and interventions, and reporting…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 7, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Steven R. Thompson Source Type: research

House Bill Will Repeal SGR, Raise Doc Pay Yearly
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Legislation to end the widely disliked sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula for physician reimbursement under Medicare and replace it with yearly payment increases was introduced Wednesday.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Birmingham Health Care earns $4M grant renewal
Birmingham Health Care will receive $4 million in renewed funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to continue providing care to underserved groups in Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair and Shelby counties. Al.com reports the one-year award is funding the nonprofit center has received since 2001. The nonprofit has six locations in Birmingham.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Yann Ranaivo Source Type: research

REI chief is Obama's pick for Interior secretary
Sally Jewell lacks government experience. But her credentials in engineering, banking and conservation could appeal to feuding interest groups.WASHINGTON — President Obama nominated a former petroleum engineer and commercial banker who is also a conservationist and chief executive of an environmentally conscious retailer to lead the Interior Department on Wednesday, making an unorthodox selection for his first female nominee to his second-term Cabinet.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - February 6, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news

Is Jan Brewer starting a political move to the middle?
There’s a governor of a U.S. state that has supported big tax increase to close a budget gap; favors new national educational standards and backed a Medicaid expansion to take advantage of big federal matching funds. That governor’s state is looking at paying for the Medicaid expansion via new taxes on hospitals. That governor is not California’s Jerry Brown, New York’s Andrew Cuomo or from a state back East such as Maryland or Massachusetts. It is Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer. While Brewer…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Mike Sunnucks Source Type: research

Antiseptic Wipes Reduce ICU Infections (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Infection control was improved when hospital ICU patients were washed daily with chlorhexidine-soaked washcloths in a randomized trial, researchers reported.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

CMS Program Aims at Cutting ESRD Spending
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Healthcare providers and suppliers will be able to test new payment and delivery models for end-stage renal disease under a program announced this week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Calls for More Engagement with Patients Grow
(MedPage Today) -- Payment models that reward doctors for helping patients take a greater part in planning their care are needed, and providers need to be taught how to engage patients in that planning, health policy experts said.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Michigan Republican governor Snyder backs Medicaid expansion
(Reuters) - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on Wednesday endorsed an expansion of health coverage for the poor under President Barack Obama's reform law, joining five other Republican governors who have agreed to widen the Medicaid program in their states.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Debate Rages On Even As Research Ban On Gun Violence Ends
President Obama has ordered an end to a 16-year-old ban on federal funding of research on guns and health. But the political controversy that led to the ban in the first place continues to rage on.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

HHS and IRS Release Proposed Regulations on Your 'Shared Responsibility'
Last Wednesday, the Obama Administration released new regulations regarding the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act. The proposed regulations, released by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Internal Revenue Service, laid out the rules by which citizens can receive an exemption from the mandate, as well as the methods for receiving said exemptions and how the IRS will estimate penalties for those who remain uninsured.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 6, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Nicole Fender Fisher Source Type: news

Out-of-Network Charges Out of Line with Medicare
(MedPage Today) -- Out-of-network doctors sometimes charge several times more -- often thousands of dollars more -- than Medicare pays for the same service in the same area, according to a report from the leading health insurance industry group.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Obama adviser to make ‘zero harm in the NHS a reality’, pledges PM
Don Berwick, the man who advised President Barack Obama on his health reforms, has been appointed to spearhead a “zero harm” agenda in the NHS, David Cameron has revealed.
Source: HSJ - February 6, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Quality of e-visits not yet equal to office visits
A study’s findings support the idea that telemedicine can help reduce health care costs but identify areas of concern.
Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Jason Rapert Changing His 'Heartbeat' Abortion Bill
An Arkansas lawmaker said Tuesday that he would ease his proposed ban on most abortions in the state so the procedure could still be performed until a heartbeat is detected using an abdominal ultrasound.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Reflex control could improve walking after incomplete spinal injuries
A training regimen to adjust the body’s motor reflexes may help improve mobility for some people with incomplete spinal cord injuries, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

AAFP Statement: AAFP Will Listen for Continued Commitment To Patients’ Access to High Quality Health Care in State of the Union Address
“As President Obama delivers his State of the Union address next week, the American Academy of Family Physicians will be listening for continued commitment to ensuring Americans’ access to care both today and in the future.
Source: AAFP News Releases and Statements - February 6, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Some Whooping Cough Strains Now Outsmarting Vaccine
The bacteria responsible for whooping cough may be evolving into different strains, and the current vaccine can't offer complete protection against these new strains, researchers report.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

An Alzheimer’s ‘Epidemic’ Could Hit the USA by 2050
A new government-funded report confirms what advocacy groups have been warning for years: The number of people in the USA with Alzheimer's disease will almost triple by 2050, straining the health care system and taxing the health of caregivers.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Exposure to Smog in Early Pregnancy Linked to Complications
Women exposed to elevated levels of ozone air pollution in the first three months of pregnancy may be at increased risk for complications such as preeclampsia and premature birth, a new study suggests.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Older Motorcyclists More Likely to Be Seriously Hurt in Crashes
Older motorcyclists are up to three times more likely than younger riders to be seriously injured in a crash, a new study shows. The findings are especially important in light of the growing number of older riders, the researchers added.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Smoking, Once Used to Reward, Faces a Ban in Mental Hospitals
After decades in which smoking by people with mental illness was supported and even encouraged — a legacy that experts say is causing patients to die prematurely from smoking-related illnesses — Louisiana’s move reflects a growing effort by federal, state and other health officials to reverse course
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

New Whooping Cough Strain in U.S. Raises Questions
Researchers have discovered the first U.S. cases of whooping cough caused by a germ that may be resistant to the vaccine. Health officials are looking into whether cases like the dozen found in Philadelphia might be one reason the nation just had its worst year for whooping cough in six decades. The new bug was previously reported in Japan, France and Finland.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Flu Shot May Not Work as Well for Seniors
Seniors seem to get a weaker boost to their immune system following a flu shot than young people do, a small study shows.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Enforcement Report for February 06, 2013
Source: Food and Drug Administration--Enforcement Report - February 6, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Warning Too Late for Some Babies
Experts do not know how the product may be linked to necrotizing enterocolitis, but Jack is not the only child to die after receiving SimplyThick. An F.D.A. investigation of 84 cases, published in The Journal of Pediatrics in 2012, found a “distinct illness pattern” in 22 instances that suggested a possible link between SimplyThick and NEC. Seven deaths were cited; 14 infants required surgery.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - February 5, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news