NEW YORK, NY –
As EMR adoption makes big gains in healthcare,
a new trend is emerging in the form of internet-based Personal Health
Records (PHR), which will vastly influence the healthcare industry.
Patients can obtain information, such as laboratory results, radiology
reports, medication lists, and culture test results with the click of a
mouse. A new report from Kalorama Information, “U.S. Markets for EMR
(Electronic Medical Records) Technology,” Read the rest of this entry »
They are the weight loss capsules taken by Vikings Pat Williams and Kevin Williams. And now the Food and Drug Administration says StarCaps are one of many over the counter dietary supplements which illegally contain prescription drugs.
Dr. Guilford Hartley is an internal medicine specialist with the Weight Loss Surgery Program at Hennepin County Medical Center.
He says StarCaps, “contain a prescription medication, that according to law, should Read the rest of this entry »
Fiji skipper Wes Naiqama admits his players won't have the fitness to match it with Australia in Sunday's World Cup semi-final, but says they do have what it takes “within”.
The Bati have emerged as the World Cup's most spiritual outfit with their post-match hymn singing – and Newcastle centre Naiqama is hoping that will help overcome a lack of battle-hardened National Rugby League stars at the Sydney Football Stadium on Sunday.
Asked Read the rest of this entry »
Cardinal Health Inc.’s charitable arm is backing a new statewide effort aimed at improving safety and cutting health-care costs.
is one of several organizations on Thursday that unveiled the Solutions for Patient Safety initiative, which includes 16 Central Ohio hospitals and Ohio’s eight children’s hospitals. For a complete list of participants, click
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Each hospital involved in Solutions for Patient Safety, initially Read the rest of this entry »
RALEIGH, N.C.–(
)–BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc., (Nasdaq: BDSI) announced that
the company continues to anticipate a resubmission containing the Risk
Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for its lead product ONSOLIS
to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December following a
meeting with the FDA this week.
In August 2008, BDSI received a Complete Response letter from the FDA
regarding the NDA Read the rest of this entry »
, a health care firm that provides disease management and wellness support services to chronically ill patients and their doctors, will add another office location in Baltimore.
The firm said it will open a 40,000-square-foot office in the
in Baltimore by early 2009. The new office will house eight departments that provide service to members and health care providers.
XL Health, with about 484 employees, plans to house about 150 employees in Read the rest of this entry »
The new Diet Coke campaign, which will see a shift away from the ‘Diet Coke Hunk’, will debut this Wednesday (18/02) starring Mercy singer Duffy.
The global premiere of the 60-second ad will take place during the live broadcast of The BRIT Awards 2009.
The ad stars Duffy alongside other strong, confident young women who are taking a stand against the pressures of modern life.
The spot shows the Grammy award winner coming off stage Read the rest of this entry »
Eating a high-fat diet in pregnancy may cause changes in the foetal brain that lead to over-eating and obesity early in life, research suggests.
Tests on rats showed those born to mothers fed a high-fat diet had many more brain cells specialised to produce appetite-stimulating proteins.
The Rockefeller University team say the finding may help explain why obesity rates have soared in recent years.
The study appears in the Journal of Neuroscience. Read the rest of this entry »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration assured us that trace amounts of melamine and other toxic chemicals found in infant formula tests are considered safe. Accroding to CNN, FDA officials Friday released some of the results of a nationwide testing effort undertaken in the wake of September’s Chinese infant formula scandal, in which high levels of melamine found in infant formula were linked to health problems in Asia.
Dr. Stephen Sundlof, the FDA’s Read the rest of this entry »
The global financial crash of the past few weeks has hammered home what should be common sense: A free market needs reasonable rules that safeguard the public interest. When you unshackle corporations and put the cops who would police them in handcuffs, ultimately everyone loses in the ensuing chaos.
As our Tuesday, October 14 op-ed ad in
points out, despite their spectacular “free market” economic failure, conservatives are still trying to use Read the rest of this entry »