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Aetna HealthFund Consumer-Directed Plans Continue to Reduce Health Care Costs for Employers - 10 Jan 2012
Employers that replaced their traditional health benefits plans with Aetna HealthFund® consumer-directed plans saved $21.8 million over a five-year period for every 10,000 members, based on a recent study of Aetna health care claims and utilization.
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Press Release - 10 Jan 2012
Pulmonx SARL today announced that its European notified body has granted CE approval for expanded labeling of its Zephyr® endobronchial valve (EBV). The approval was based upon an independent review of clinical data from numerous studies including the recently completed Chartis multi-center study1 and the European VENT study (a randomized multi-center European trial of Zephyr EBV therapy)2. The ...
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MAL3-101 appears to have potent anti-tumor effects on multiple myeloma - 10 Jan 2012
A new study from SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, shows that MAL3-101, a recently developed inhibitor of the heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70), appears to have potent anti-tumor effects on multiple myeloma, a bone marrow cancer.
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Pulmonx Gains Regulatory Approval for Expanded Labeling for Emphysema Treatment - 10 Jan 2012
Pulmonx SARL today announced that its European notified body has granted CE approval for expanded labeling of its Zephyr® endobronchial valve . The approval was based upon an independent review of clinical data from numerous studies including the recently completed Chartis multi-center study1 and the European VENT study 2.
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Study: Hypothermia Therapy Improves Survival, Protects Brain After Cardiac Arrest - 9 Jan 2012
An analysis of multiple studies has shown hypothermia therapy (HT) provides critical benefits for people who suffer cardiac arrest, though it remains under-utilized by hospitals and emergency medical service crews, researchers said
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Most Doctors In Europe Concerned About How They Will Be Treated When They Are Old - 9 Jan 2012
A new study from the Economist Intelligence Unit on healthcare provision for an aging population showed that the overwhelming majority of surveyed health professionals (81%) is concerned about the way they will be treated when they grow old, and remain skeptical whether current policies to address demographic shift caused by an aging population are realistic, comprehensive or sufficiently funded ...
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World Trade Center responders: PTSD and respiratory illness linked - 9 Jan 2012
More than 10 years after 9/11, when thousands of rescue and recovery workers descended on the area surrounding the World Trade Center in the wake of the terrorist attacks, a research team has published results of a study examining the relationship between the two signature health problems among WTC first responders—respiratory illness and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Methodist Mission Home Expands Opportunities to Offer Help and Hope for Young Adults with Disabilities - 4 Jan 2012
Methodist Mission Home & Southwest Center for Higher Independence Announce Partnership with San Antonio Food Bank to Offer Culinary Training for StudentsSan Antonio, Texas (PRWEB) January 04, 2012 An estimated 13% of the Texas population over the age of 5 lives with some type of disability, according to the Center for Personal Assistance Services (Disability Data for Texas: 2009 American ...
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Report: Navajo Nation Fails To Provide Disability Access - 28 Dec 2011
FARMINGTON -- An estimated 30 percent of adults age 21 through 54 living on the Navajo Nation have a disability. In residents age 64 and older, that estimate leaps to... Read more »
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Study of WTC Responders: PTSD and Respiratory Illness Linked - 22 Dec 2011
More than 10 years after 9/11, when thousands of rescue and recovery workers descended on the area surrounding the World Trade Center in the wake of the terrorist attacks, a research team led by Benjamin J. Luft, M.D., the Edmund D. Pellegrino Professor of Medicine, and Medical Director of Stony Brook's World Trade Center Health Program, and Evelyn Bromet, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor ...
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A.J. Pappanikou Center for Disability Studies: 249 Glenbrook Rd, Unit 2064 Storrs, CT 06269-2064 Tel: (806) 486-5035 (TDD) Email Web Page: Established in 1985, the ...
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