By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – An effort by House Republicans to highlight problems with President Barack Obama’s health care law by bailing out a program for people with pre-existing medical conditions appeared to backfire Wednesday. GOP leaders postponed a scheduled vote after the measure met strong opposition from two directions: from conservative groups resistant to any federal role in health care and from Democrats who objected that the Republicans planned to pay for the high-risk patient program by raiding a disease prevention provision the administration says is essential to the overhaul Continue reading
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Under criticism, GOP puts off its health care bill
WASHINGTON (AP) An effort by House Republicans to highlight problems with President Barack Obamas health care law by bailing out a program for people with pre-existing medical conditions appeared to backfire Wednesday. GOP leaders postponed a scheduled vote after the measure met strong opposition from two directions: from conservative groups resistant to any federal role in health care and from Democrats who objected that the Republicans planned to pay for the high-risk patient program by raiding a disease prevention provision the administration says is essential to the overhaul. The legislation, a departure from the usual GOP efforts to kill the Affordable Health Care Act outright, also faced a White House veto threat. Continue reading
Eight Addiction Medicine Fellowship Programs Accredited by ABAM Foundation
Newswise The American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) Foundation today announced the accreditation of eight addiction medicine fellowship programs, bringing the total number of accredited programs to 18. Continue reading
Freedom Shrine on display in St. Charles
ST. CHARLES Each day, about a thousand people walk through the main hallway of the Kane County Court branch at 540 S. Continue reading
Penn Medicine researcher awarded prestigious Grand Prix Scientifique by the Institut de France
Public release date: 15-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Karen Kreeger karen.kreeger@uphs.upenn.edu 215-349-5658 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA Garret FitzGerald MD, FRS, chairman of the Pharmacology Department and director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded the 2013 Grand Prix Scientifique by the Institut de France. FitzGerald shares the prize with Carlo Patrono MD, chairman of Pharmacology at the Catholic University, Rome. Continue reading
MU Internal Medicine Chair to Lead Largest Medical Specialty Group in U.S.
Newswise David Fleming, MD, chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and director of the Center for Health Ethics at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, will be named president-elect of the American College of Physicians (ACP) the largest medical specialty organization in the United States. Continue reading
African Society for Laboratory Medicine, CDC, and SoftTech Health Help African Labs Leapfrog over Technical Obstacles
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Since its inception in 2011, the African Society of Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) has focused on building capacity in African healthcare laboratories, recognizing that providing efficient and accurate diagnostic services is critical to patient health. To this end, the ASLM has leapfrogged over many of the traditional barriers to entry for adoption of medical technology, enabling medical labs in Africa to benefit from state-of-the-art software solutions that power some of the largest laboratories in America Continue reading
New Report Underscores the Importance of Safe Medicine Storage
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– According to the new report An In-Depth Look at Keeping Young Children Safe Around Medicines, released today from Safe Kids Worldwide, seven of 10 emergency department visits for medicine poisonings are due to curious young children getting into their grandparents or mothers medicine that was left within reach. The report notes one of the most effective ways to reverse this trend is through safe medicine storage at home and when traveling. Continue reading
Researchers, FDA Evaluating Experimental Gene Therapy Procedures for Mesothelioma Treatment
Mesothelioma Law Firm Baron and Budd Repeats ADAO Platinum Sponsorship to Support Advocacy for Accelerated Breakthroughs DALLAS (PRWEB) March 05, 2013 Currently, gene therapy is still one of the treatment strategies under investigation, but accumulating clinical data suggest that it can produce anti-tumor effects which have not been achieved by other therapies, Japanese researchers at Chiba University in Chiba, Japan, write. Mesothelioma is obviously one of the target tumors for gene therapy, and in fact several clinical studies are now in progress. Continue reading
ACRM | American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Announces Co-Editors-in-Chief of Archives of Physical Medicine and …
The ACRM | American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine announces that effective 1 January 2013, Leighton Chan, MD, MPH, and Allen W. Heinemann, PhD, ABPP, were appointed Co-Editors-in-Chief of its journal, the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Continue reading
Communicating about Science, Health and Medicine: Can it Really be that Difficult? – Video
Communicating about Science, Health and Medicine: Can it Really be that Difficult? Dr Continue reading
Digital Medicine: Machines for living
25 February 2013 Last updated at 04:25 ET By Peter Bowes BBC News, Los Angeles Prevention not cure has always been good health advice but the trick has been to diagnose early enough. Now a range of medical technologies for use both inside and outside the body may give prevention the upper hand and close the gap between diagnosis and cure. Nowadays doctors are able to monitor the health of their patients without meeting them. Continue reading
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Fox Friends Questions Threat To'Freedom,' Asks'Are The Days Of Constitutional Gov't Over' 2/18/13 – “Are the days of constitutional government over?” asked Peter Johnson, Jr. Continue reading
Collaboration and innovation win CWRU School of Medicine grant to study gastric cancer
Public release date: 7-Feb-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Christine A. Somosi christine.somosi@case.edu 216-368-6287 Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND February 7, 2013 – The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $220,000 grant from the DeGregorio Family Foundation to study gastric cancers, which remain among the most deadly forms of disease. The two-year grant from the foundation, which focuses on stomach and esophageal cancer research and education, will support studies aimed at identifying and developing more effective treatments for gastric and esophageal malignancies Continue reading
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Invests $50M to Establish the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas-Austin
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation announced today a new $50 million commitment to establish the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin Continue reading
Women and Infants Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist selected for editorial team
Public release date: 11-Jan-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Amy Blustein ablustein@wihri.org 401-681-2822 Women & Infants Hospital Dwight J. Continue reading
CORRECTED-Institute of Medicine to study US youth sports concussions
(Corrects first and second paragraphs, headline to show that Institute of Medicine is not part of government) WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – The Institute of Medicine launched on Monday a sweeping study of rising sports-related concussions among U.S. youth, amid concerns that the injuries may have contributed to the suicides of professional football players. The Institute, part of the private, non-profit National Academies, will probe sports-related concussions in young people from elementary school through early adulthood. Continue reading
Research and Markets: General Medicine Education Publishing Market – Global Industry Size, Market Share, Trends …
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/35pljq/general_medicine) has announced the addition of the “General Medicine Education Publishing Market – Global Industry Size, Market Share, Trends, Analysis And Forecast, 2012-2018″ report to their offering. Continue reading
Institute of Medicine to study U.S. youth sports concussions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Institute of Medicine launched on Monday a sweeping study of rising sports-related concussions among U.S. youth, amid concerns that the injuries may have contributed to the suicides of professional football players. Continue reading
Quaker Chemical Introduces Metalworking Technology to the U.S. Aerospace Industry
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –The Aerospace industry faces complex challenges from the development of innovative next-generation aircraft programs to increasing demand for improved quality control and performance. Quaker Chemical (KWR), a global leader in metalworking process fluids, continually supports customers in meeting industry challenges with high-performance fluids. Continue reading