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People who rely on the print media for their health information tend to do better than Web-seekers at following a healthy lifestyle

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Today the Department of Health and Human Services announced that Geisinger Health System will receive $16 million to create the Keystone Beacon Community as part of HHS’s Beacon Community cooperative program.

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Washington, D.C. and New York—Each year, between 50 and 85 percent of health center patients - or between ten and seventeen million people - experience unmet legal needs, many of which negatively impact their health, according to a new study from the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. This number is likely to increase given the profound changes in eligibility, plan enrollment, provider selection, and service delivery embodied in the newly enacted health reform law.

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The George Washington School of Public Health and Health Services has partnered with the Grassroot Project, an organization of NCAA Division I varsity athletes using the universal language of sports to engage youth in educational outreach about HIV/AIDS. GW researchers are working with the Grassroot Project to develop and implement a sustainable monitoring and evaluation plan.

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A book offers an integrative action plan based on a 30-year clinical model.

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The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $9.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study access to care and health disparities among underserved and minority women with breast cancer in Chicago.

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UF McKnight Brain Institute scientists will study the use of a versatile type of brain cell to restore brain function in an animal model of cortical dysplasia, a condition where the brain develops abnormally before birth, causing severe epilepsy in children and adults.

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Rush University Medical Center has been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Rush Center for Urban Health Equity. The aim of the Center is to find ways to promote changes to eliminate the disparities in heart and lung disease affecting inner city residents, in particular those who are low-income persons of color.

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Driving in traffic, mowing the lawn, playing an instrument, listening to an MP3 player, going to the movies, concerts or athletic games – all the types of noise people experience day after day.

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Dallas-based Trajectory Health, LLC has announced a partnership with HeartMath® to deliver clinical stress management solutions to the corporate marketplace.

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The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) today offered its support to help the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) meet the challenges of reducing the amount of sodium in foods.

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Best practices for managing medical emergencies in dental clinics have evolved over the past decade to account for advances in knowledge and the development of new medications and medical equipment. A Tufts clinician offers dental providers an updated emergency preparedness checklist and information on emergency medications and equipment.

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First Pacific Corporation, one of this country's best kept secrets in dentistry, announced today it will be releasing the newestversion of their practice management software program as part of its current offering to existing and new clients. Version 8.01 includes real-time electronic claim status so doctors can see the status of outstanding electronic claims. This saves time and money by not having to wait on hold with insurance companies. It will also include the ability to track collections by individual provider.

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Just in time for Better Hearing & Speech Month, Seton Hall University faculty will address pediatric communication disorders at the New Jersey Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s annual convention.

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In collaboration among the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA), the National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF), and the Detroit Pistons, three new video PSAs will be premiered today featuring NAAF National Spokesperson, Detroit Piston, Charlie Villanueva and teammate Austin Daye. Two videos released by AARDA spotlight autoimmune diseases, while one released by NAAF highlights the autoimmune disease alopecia areata.

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The Council for Systems Biology in Boston (CSB2) is excited to announce that registration is now open for the 2010 International Conference on Systems Biology of Human Disease. This three-day conference (June 16-19) will focus on mammalian systems biology, particularly as it applies to human disease and therapy. In addition to talks by invited speakers, SBHD will include two poster sessions and additional talks selected from submitted poster abstracts. The conference will take place at The Joseph B. Martin Conference Center on the campus of Harvard Medical School.

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Today’s announcement that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Provengeâ, a new form of therapy for some prostate cancer patients, marks the beginning of an era in which patients’ own immune systems become part of the standard therapeutic arsenal against cancer, say Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators who led a study of the treatment’s effectiveness in patients.

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The University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago is the first academic medical center in the country to introduce a new "no stress" diagnostic system for assessing patients with heart failure and optimizing their treatment.

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Data mining technology, originally developed for use in business and scientific research, is now being used to automatically monitor clinical information among hospital data sets including pharmacy, lab, admission/discharge and medical transcripts. For example, by linking pharmacy and lab results, infection control practitioners can quickly identify clusters of organisms found in the patient population and then administer the appropriate antimicrobial drugs.

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BioMedica Diagnostics Inc, a company that uses innovative technology to link the medical needs of developed countries with those of less advantaged populations is growing.

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As the days get longer and temperatures rise, so do incidences of outdoor-related injuries.

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First-ever national grassroots movement to end asthma deaths in the united states.

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Practitioners get benefits of electronic records without doing time-consuming entry themselves.

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When Peter von Dyck founded e-Zassi.com, he realized his online business network for the medical device industry would help connect a wide range of companies to commercialize products more efficiently. What he did not realize was how useful the site would be for those in the industry looking for employment.

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Though the healthcare bill was fought long and hard, and the fight is not over yet, the focus within the healthcare industry is now moving towards delivering more services to more people. This means more medical information, needed more quickly, and without duplication or error. As a result, there should soon be a dramatic increase in the hiring of people with technical skills in information technology services, clinical development, and medical and regulatory affairs.

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Health educators nationwide who run youth smoking cessation programs now have access to a free toolkit to evaluate their programs at www.HYSQ.org.

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Head-to-toe examinations will mark the beginning of Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month in May.

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A new poll indicates that middle-aged Americans are much more likely to approve of the health care bill. A national University of Iowa Hawkeye Poll released today suggests that 53 percent of 35- to 54-year-olds are in favor of the legislation. This support is despite the fact that only 28 percent of the age group believes the reform will improve quality of coverage, and 63 percent expect it to increase their out-of-pocket medical costs.

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Health-care workers from five downtown Toronto hospitals will come together on Wednesday to kick off the city’s first-ever Inter-Hospital Health Challenge — an initiative designed to encourage greater daily physical activity levels, healthier eating habits and awareness of how overall wellbeing can enhance work performance.

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System invented by clinical researchers at School of Medicine displays up-to-the-minute analytical data on a patient from laboratory tests.

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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), the genetic disease in which the muscle of the heart thickens in the absence of an apparent cause, is the leading cause of sudden death in children and young adults. HCM accounts for 40 percent of all deaths on athletic playing fields across the U.S.

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10 tips on how to be your own personal healthcare manager.

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Awareness of cancer health disparities, the burden of the current economic crisis on these inequities, and interventions and policy initiatives to improve health disparities will be explored during a three-day forum hosted by the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies.

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Shoulder and upper extremity injuries are very common according to Non-Surgical Orthopaedics, P.C. Many of them result from years of cumulative injuries punctuated by a trauma such as a motor vehicle accident, falls, or sports injuries. These injuries cost consumers, their employers and insurance companies billions of dollars a year in treatment and productivity losses.

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The American Medical Group Association announced that the first two meetings in a series of regional meetings focused on accountable care organizations (ACOs) were unqualified successes, drawing healthcare leaders together to network in an intimate setting and to learn from leading medical groups and organized systems of care that are exemplars of the ACO model. AMGA and its members developed the ACO model based on the experiences of its members in the CMS Physician Group Practice Demonstration and the practice patterns of high-performing health care organizations.

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The George Washington University and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launch Health Reform GPS, a Web portal that will help key stakeholders understand and operationalize health reform legislation.

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The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released the “Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit,” which was prepared for AHRQ by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The toolkit, which can be downloaded as a PDF from the AHRQ website, is designed to help primary care doctors and their staffs learn how to communicate more effectively with their patients.

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RENCI (the Renaissance Computing Institute) is working with the Department of Psychiatry at Duke University Health Center to build an easy-to-use data analysis dashboard to help doctors quickly determine the best treatment options for their patients.

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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) have come up with innovative ways to provide parenting tips to new parents of all demographics.

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Motivated clinicians and an Internet connection combined with computers and e-mail access have the power to transform pediatric cancer treatment in the most remote corners of earth.

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An all-star cast of sports heroes and community activists, including Garth Brooks, Troy Aikman, John Elway, Kyle Orton, Brian Griese, Haven Moses and others, will gather Saturday, April 24th for a VIP ribbon cutting to officially open the Rocky Mountain Region’s first – and only – Child Life ZONE.

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The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) announced today that it will launch two collaborative focused on practical steps toward creating high-performing organizations and systems of care termed Accountable Care Organizations: a Development Collaborative and an Implementation Collaborative.

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On Saturday, April 24, 2010, families throughout New York City will have a rare opportunity to learn about new breakthroughs and emerging treatments in mental health from some of the nation’s best and brightest mental health researchers. The NYU Child Study Center of NYU Langone Medical Center will join more than 40 other institutions nationwide to partner with NARSAD in presenting its “Healthy Minds Across America” series of public talks. Each event brings science to families seeking hope for better treatments of a broad range of mental illnesses.

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With the advent of information technology, the term "personalized medicine" has taken on new dimensions. The final event in the 2009-10 Indiana Life Sciences Collaboration Conferences Series poses the question, "Personalized Medicine -- Are We There Yet?"

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Through a major community partnership, the Houston Texans and quarterback Matt Schaub have joined the Methodist Concussion Center to educate thousands of student athletes, coaches and athletic trainers throughout the greater Houston area on the dangers and proper medical management of concussions.

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A new guide designed to help employers improve the delivery of child and adolescent behavioral services, and provide services for family caregivers, was officially released today by the National Business Group on Health, a national non-profit organization representing more than 280 mostly large, U.S. employers.

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TrueBeamTM system expands radiotherapy treatment options for even the most challenging cases.

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Sexual addiction is defined as any sexually-related, compulsive behavior which interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family, friends, loved ones, and one's work environment. Sex becomes the organizing principle of an addict’s life to the extent they are willing to sacrifice what they cherish most in order to preserve and continue their unhealthy behavior.

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Mental health activist & author Terrie M. Williams serves as Campaign Spokesperson and Co-Executive Producer of Powerful Healing PSAs featuring National Cares’ Susan L. Taylor, member of the Bloods, and A Preacher’s Daughter in web video diaries Sharing Battle with Depression.

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Federal approval for an alternative therapy to heart transplantation led to a new lease on life for a UT Southwestern Medical Center patient who suffered from heart failure for nearly a decade.