Fertility Centers of Illinois, S.C., (FCI) has made holiday dreams come true for two deserving couples struggling with infertility and unable to afford medical fertility treatments, by giving away two free In-Vitro-Fertilization (IVF) cycles valued at $10,000 each. Infertility affects 1 in 8 couples...
New Year, New Baby: Holiday Wishes Come True For Two Couples Looking To Start Families In ‘08
Recommendations For Diagnosis And Management Of Venous Thromboembolism
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and American College of Physicians (ACP) has released new clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Key elements of the diagnosis guideline include the use of clinical prediction rules to establish pretest...
Physicians Worry Poor Breast Cancer Drug Compliance Could Lead To Recurrence, Reduced Chance Of Survival, Los Angeles Times Reports
Some physicians are concerned by recent research that showed as many as one-third of women taking breast cancer drugs developed in the past 10 years do not complete their recommended five-year course, which could lead to a recurrence of the disease and a reduced chance of survival, the Los Angeles Times...
Editorials, Opinion Pieces Address Bill To Require HHS Secretary To Negotiate Medicare Prescription Drug Prices
Several recent editorials and opinion pieces addressed entitlement spending, including a bill passed last week by the House that would require the HHS secretary to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies on prices for medications under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Summaries appear...
Some Health Insurance Agents Might Be Violating Medicare Rules By Aggressively Marketing Fee-for-Service Plans
Health care advocates say that some insurance agents might have violated Medicare rules by soliciting fee-for-service plans to businesses door-to-door and that some agents are targeting beneficiaries with cognitive problems or limited English skills, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. According to...
Statehealthfacts.org Updates Information On Medicaid, SCHIP Programs, Medicare Part B
New data, Statehealthfacts.org: Statehealthfacts.org recently posted new and updated information on Medicaid, SCHIP programs and Medicare Part B for all states and the nation. The updated information includes data from July 2006 on Medicaid eligibility for children, parents and pregnant women, and SCHIP...
Mayo Clinic Research Shows 35 Percent Of 49 Young People Who Died Suddenly And Inexplicably Had Genetic Heart Defects
In 49 young people who died suddenly and inexplicably at an average age of 14, conventional autopsies found no cause of death. But when Mayo Clinic researchers conducted a sophisticated form of postmortem genetic testing — known as a molecular autopsy — they found that more than one-third...
World’s First Users Meeting On Endoluminal Surgery Unites Leading Digestive Surgeons And Gastroenterologists Throughout Europe
EndoGastric Solutions, Inc. (EGS), the world leader in endoluminal intragastric surgery, announces that over 120 surgeons and gastroenterologists from more than 50 hospitals across Europe came together to discuss the evolution of incisionless transoral digestive surgery for the treatment of GastroEsophageal...
Imaging Technique Is Highly Accurate In Diagnosing, Locating Pancreas Defects In Newborns
The noninvasive imaging technology called positron-emission tomography (PET scan) is extremely accurate in diagnosing a type of congenital hyperinsulinism (HI), a rare but severe imbalance of insulin levels in newborns. When that disease is confined to a limited section of the baby’s pancreas,...
FDA Approves NovoLog(R) Category Change For Use In Pregnant Women With Type 1 Diabetes
Novo Nordisk announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved NovoLog(R) (insulin aspart [rDNA origin] injection) for pregnancy Category B rating, further validating NovoLog(R) as a safe and effective treatment for pregnant women with Type 1 diabetes and their...