NEW YORK, NY –
Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are
exacting a significant toll on human life, ranking among the top ten
leading causes of death in the United States. With an estimated 5%-10%
hospital patients acquiring an infection, about two million cases each year
and about 90,000 deaths, there is a huge associated financial burden which
a new report from Kalorama Information, “Nosocomial Infections: Market
Assessment for Diagnostics and Therapeutics,” Read the rest of this entry »

Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) — Human bird-flu infections may rise in
Asia as people handle more poultry for next week’s Lunar New Year
celebrations, according to a United Nations veterinarian who
tracks the virus in birds.
Health authorities in China, South Korea and Vietnam have
stepped up surveillance of H5N1 avian influenza among poultry
ahead of the festival, which starts Jan. 26. Production of
chickens and ducks swells as much as three times in the Read the rest of this entry »

Health-Care Focus Next for Obama in Speech, Budget Proposal
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — With the economic stimulus package
signed, President
this week will outline how he
plans to provide affordable medical coverage for all Americans,
an administration official said.
Obama tomorrow will tell a joint meeting of the House and
Senate that revamping the U.S. health system is a priority,
according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The Read the rest of this entry »

ASO UNDER FIRE / What next for the floundering Aso, LDP?
“Would you like to work with us to improve society?”
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hidenao Nakagawa posed this question last month to members of a faction led by former Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura.
Later this month, Nakagawa plans to set up a league of Diet members to discuss reforming the social security system. His question was posed in an effort Read the rest of this entry »

NFL defensive lineman Antwan Lake is co-owner of youth-focused gym opening January 2009 in Atlanta. International kids' fitness club franchise combines video games and other interactive technology with exercise to offer a fun, positive solution to the health challenges today's kids face, including the growing problem of childhood obesity.
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 11, 2008 — NexGym (
), the innovative new fitness club for kids aged Read the rest of this entry »

SKANEATELES FALLS, N.Y., Nov 24, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Welch Allyn, a leading global manufacturer of frontline medical products
and solutions, utilizes next generation wireless infrastructure in
FlexNet(TM), a new HIPAA-compliant, real-time continuous patient monitoring
solution for acute care settings. The new solution utilizes Welch
Allyn’s exclusive 802.11a wireless radio technology in patient-related
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KANNAPOLIS, N.C. —
President-elect Barack Obama could appoint a key player at the N.C. Research Campus as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Dr. Rob Califf, the author of Duke University’s MURDOCK Study in Kannapolis, is on the short list to head FDA, according to several blogs that cover the pharmaceutical industry.
The day after the Nov. 4 election, the Wall Street Journal’s Health Blog reported that Democratic Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 13, 2008 (financialwire.net via COMTEX) –
— October 13, 2008 (FinancialWire) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved Boston Scientific Corp.’s (NYSE:
) Taxus Liberte, the next-generation version of its widely used Taxus drug-coated stent and it plans to begin selling it early next month.
Boston Scientific has been operating under a cloud since it received a corporate warning letter from the FDA in 2006. It has been working to Read the rest of this entry »

The next Major Food Trend, Media Diet and Secret Hollywood Celebrity Diet is now revealed, Raw!!!
In Hollywood the hottest new Celebrity Diet,Major Food Trend and Secret is about to emerge into the next MAJOR NATIONAL DIET AND SENSATION! Did you know Britney Spears was on the raw organic diet and this helped her to recover fully? Or that it saved Super Model Carol Alt’s health, life, modeling career and she wrote 2 best selling raw books about Read the rest of this entry »

Now that election excitement has died down, the attention of the politically obsessed
has turned to speculation about who might be tapped to fill key leadership positions in President-Elect Barack Obama’s Cabinet. For the sexual and reproductive health community, the past
eight years has made it clear that we have to worry about much than just who fills
the secretary position at the Health and Human Services.
First, it’s important to remember Read the rest of this entry »