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NICE Requests More Data On Imatinib As An Adjuvant Treatment For Gastrointestinal Stromal TumoursIn draft guidance, published, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has asked Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK to provide more data on its product imatinib (Glivec) as an adjuvant treatment for people who have had a gastrointestinal stromal tumour removed and who are at risk of the cancer recurring. NICE is currently appraising imatinib for this indication but the Appraisal Committee does not feel it has received enough sufficiently clear information from the manufacturer to be able to make a recommendation...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am AAP Statement On Final Health Reform Legislation PassageBy: Judith S. Palfrey, MD, FAAP, President, American Academy of Pediatrics "The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which represents 60,000 pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists, and surgical specialists, commends the United States Senate and House of Representatives for their historic votes today to pass the final component of comprehensive health reform legislation. The AAP applauds Congress for its landmark votes and steadfast commitment to passing significant health reform legislation. "It is a new day in America...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am RCGP Workshops Put Patient Access FirstOver 1,200 GPs and practice managers have attended the Royal College of General Practitioners' (RCGP) 'Achieving a Responsive Practice' workshops, to help make practices more responsive to patient need. Ten workshops have been held, one per Strategic Health Authority region, to help equip 500 practices with skills, knowledge and confidence to implement changes in their practice that improve access and responsiveness...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Alabama Makes Significant Progress In Controlling TBDid you know that tuberculosis, an airborne infectious disease, remains one of the leading causes of death on our planet? If your answer is "no," you are not alone. While we have made significant progress in the control of tuberculosis in the United States, the disease known as TB thrives in populations where hunger and homelessness converge and finds safe haven in poorer countries. In our country, tuberculosis is no longer a death sentence� we can treat and cure this disease. The TB bacterium was first identified as the causative agent of tuberculosis in 1882...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Ablynx Selects A Novel Pre-Clinical Development Candidate For Administration Via Pulmonary DeliveryAblynx [Euronext Brussels: ABLX] announced that it has advanced ALX-0171, a new Nanobody®-based therapeutic programme, into pre-clinical development for the treatment of respiratory synctial virus (RSV) infections. ALX-0171 is a Nanobody product which binds to RSV and neutralizes the virus. The Nanobody will be administered via the lungs and based on the in vivo data it has the potential to be effective both in the prevention of infection as well as in treatment once infection has occurred...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Symantec Urges Healthcare Organisations To Protect Medical Data And Applications, NowSymantec has urged private and public healthcare organisations to better protect their medical data and applications, following the news that personal medical information online will increase exponentially. Mike Jones, Principal Product Manager at Symantec, comments: "Healthcare organisations today are evermore data hungry, therefore demand for storage has increased exponentially around the world. We've already seen digital medical imaging grow at a rate of 20-40 per cent annually and it's no surprise that storage of personal medical data is now set to move online...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Statement By Medicare Rights Center President Joe Baker On Passage Of Reconciliation BillToday's Senate and House votes put in place the last-and for people with Medicare, the most important-building block of this historic health reform legislation. The bill passed today will phase out the coverage gap in the Medicare drug benefit by 2020; people with Medicare who have high drug costs will no longer have a benefit that cuts out when they need it most, forcing them to shoulder the full price for their medicines. The help comes quickly, starting with a $250 rebate for consumers who enter the coverage gap this year and a 50 percent discount on brand-name drugs in 2011...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am ACEVO Declares Neutering Of "Preferred Provider" Policy Complete, As Guidance For Commissioners Makes Clear That Competition Has Won The DayThird sector representatives ACEVO have congratulated the Government for listening to third sector concerns on Department of Health procurement policy, welcoming the guidance documents published today by the Department of Health, which make clear that commissioners should not favour or discriminate against providers from any one sector, thereby effectively neutering Andy Burnham's "preferred provider" policy. Stephen Bubb, CEO of ACEVO, said: "this guidance is the final nail in the coffin for the 'preferred provider' policy, which has been well and truly neutered...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Pharmacy Practice Model Summit AnnouncedAn invitational consensus conference will be held on November 7 - 9, 2010, in Dallas as part of the ASHP and ASHP Foundation's Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative. The conference will bring together thought leaders throughout hospital and health-system pharmacy to reach consensus on optimal practice models that are based on the effective use of pharmacists as direct patient care providers. Participants will be selected through a nomination process designed to ensure that attendees represent diverse practice settings and areas of expertise...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Medical Conditions Putting Seniors At Risk Of Medicare Donut HoleAmong seniors, women and patients with diabetes and dementia are the most likely to fall into the Medicare Part D prescription drug plan "donut hole" - the gap occurring after beneficiaries reach their annual coverage limit and before catastrophic coverage kicks in - according to new research published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 28 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am 'The beautiful game' changing young Indian livesThe rutted, dusty pitch at the Bombay Port Trust sports ground is a world away from the English Premier League and its plush, all-seater stadiums, manicured turf and big-money stars. ButSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Mar 2010 | 12:23 am World's iconic sites go dark to fight global warmingIconic New York City skyscrapers the Empire State and the Chrysler Building, along with landmarks from the Eiffel Tower to Sydney harbor went dark for an hour Saturday to raise awareness...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 28 Mar 2010 | 12:02 am Omega-3 PUFAs May Help Preserve Sinus Rhythm After AF CardioversionThe addition of omega-3 fatty acids at 1 g/day to standard antiarrhythmics cut the risk of recurrence after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation in a randomized trial.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Mar 2010 | 10:38 pm Dr Massimo Chiariello Dies, Age 64One of Italy's best-known cardiologists, a former president of the Italian Society of Cardiology and a "good and nice boss," Chiariello died earlier this week, after a battle with cancer.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Mar 2010 | 10:31 pm Puffed Out! Glasgow, KY, Goes Smoke-Free in Public SpacesCapping what may be one of the most rancorous and divisive fights ever chronicled on theheart.org, a town in the heart of Kentucky's tobacco belt will soon have cleaner air in its public buildings.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Mar 2010 | 10:23 pm Coffee Consumption Improves Markers of Inflammation and Oxidative StressIn addition, researchers also observed small but statistically significant increases in HDL-cholesterol levels, which, they say, need to be investigated in future studies.Heartwire Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 27 Mar 2010 | 10:14 pm Nominee to Disability Council Is Lightning Rod for Dispute on Views of AutismAri Ne’eman has become the focus of criticism from advocates who disagree with his view that society ought to concentrate on accepting autistic people, not curing them.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Mar 2010 | 10:03 pm Obama Chooses Health Policy Scholar as the Director for Medicare and MedicaidThe expected nominee, Dr. Donald M. Berwick, has challenged hospitals and doctors to provide better care at lower cost.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Mar 2010 | 10:01 pm Congressional Memo: A Health Legislation Fail-Safe Works, but Not as ExpectedThe budget reconciliation process was the kind of emergency exit President Bill Clinton did not get for his health overhaul efforts.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Mar 2010 | 10:01 pm Josephine letters fetch huge sums at French auctionLetters from Napoleon's first wife Josephine to France's national hero fetched huge sums Saturday at an auction, including one that went for nearly 87,000 euros. "This is a real...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Mar 2010 | 4:00 pm Liberals urged to champion politically risky health-care overhauladvice Saturday to champion the overhaul of one of Canada's most cherished national programs: medicare. Influential speakers at the party's policy renewal conference - including formerSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Mar 2010 | 2:03 pm Novelties: Replacement Bones, Grown to Order in the LabNow being tested, tissue-engineered bones may one day be common in operating rooms — and have various commercial applications.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Mar 2010 | 1:15 pm Unboxed: Paying Workers to Live Healthier LivesA fledgling industry is offering financial incentives for workers to adopt healthier habits in diet and exercise.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Mar 2010 | 1:08 pm Quebec health-care workers' union walks away from negotiating tableMONTREAL - The union representing some 58,000 public health-care workers in Quebec has walked away from the negotiating table. The federation of Quebec health-care workers accused the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Mar 2010 | 12:22 pm UPDATE 1-Semiconductor firm NXP planning IPO -sources* Company was spun off from Philips Electronics in 2006Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Mar 2010 | 11:53 am Geely, Ford to sign Volvo accord on Sunday--VolvoSTOCKHOLM, March 27 (Reuters) - Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, China's largest private-run car maker, will sign an agreement on Sunday with Ford Motor to buy the U.S. carmaker's Volvo car unit, a Volvo...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Mar 2010 | 11:47 am Parenting: Do Nannies Turn Boys into Future Adulterers? (Time.com)Time.com - A British psychiatrist has kicked up a bit of a ruckus by arguing that mothers who hire nannies to raise their sons may inadvertently be creating future adulterersSource: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Mar 2010 | 11:15 am Cancer question complicates 9/11 compensation deal (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 27 Mar 2010 | 10:21 am Some States Find Burdens in Health LawIn states where large numbers of additional residents will be insured, officials were concerned about how to finance expansions in Medicaid.Source: NYT > Health | 27 Mar 2010 | 7:28 am Semiconductor firm NXP planning IPO -source* Company was spun off from Philips Electronics in 2006Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Mar 2010 | 5:22 am Zain, Bharti deal could take months to close-TVKUWAIT, March 27 (Reuters) - The closing of the deal between Kuwaiti telecom firm Zain and India's Bharti Airtel could take weeks or months, Zain's chairman was quoted as saying.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 27 Mar 2010 | 3:05 am
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