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Pelosi Adviser Says Democrats Will Introduce Health Information Technology Bill In Early 2009

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is committed to passing in the next session of Congress legislation that would require physicians nationwide to adopt health information technologies and could include negative consequences to encourage providers to do so, according to one of her senior advisers, CQ HealthBeat reports.

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30.10.2008 19:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Report Examines How Access To New Drugs Affects State Disability Rates; Articles Examine Massachusetts Health Insurance Law, More

"Alive and Working: How Access to Newer Drugs Keeps Americans Off Disability Rolls," Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: In the report, Columbia University business professor Frank Lichtenberg examines prescribing patterns in 49 states from 1995 to 2004 and finds that in states where a highe

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30.10.2008 19:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Editorial Says Big Pharma's Support For Democrats Could End Up Hurting Them In The Long Run

"With a liberal supermajority in Washington increasingly possible," the pharmaceutical industry is "trying to buy up protection in the hopes that Democrats will go easier on them," a Wall Street Journal editorial states, adding, "Money follows power, and obviously the drugmakers believe they need t

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30.10.2008 18:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Congressional Democrats Prepare To Address Medicare During Next Session

Democratic members of Congress are "girding for a major battle" next year over potential Medicare changes, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, regardless of whether Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) or Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.

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30.10.2008 18:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Make A Difference So That They Can, UK

The NMC is reforming its governance structures in order to ensure that effective decisions are made more efficiently and that the committees along with the Council are more accountable. The NMC is committed to involving members of the public who can help us develop meaningful and relevant standards, guidance and policies that support nurses and midwives in delivering safe and effective care.

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30.10.2008 18:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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FDA Statement On Release Of Bisphenol A (BPA) Subcommittee Report

We appreciate the hard work and long hours the subcommittee has invested in scientific peer review of the FDA's draft safety assessment of the use of BPA in food contact applications. The FDA requested this peer review to provide additional insight into this complex issue. This group of distinguished scientists has devoted their considerable knowledge and experience to this effort.

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30.10.2008 18:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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HHS/FDA Grants Tentative Approval For 75th Generic Anti-Retroviral Drug As Part Of President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief

The Food and Drug Administration within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reached the milestone of the 75th anti-retroviral generic drug approved or tentatively approved as part of President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

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30.10.2008 18:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Patient-Care Improving, East Of England Ambulance Service

Health chiefs have been able to see first-hand how more than Â£2m of funding for the East of England Ambulance Service is helping to further shape patient services. Health chiefs have been able to see first-hand how more than Â£2m of funding for the East of England Ambulance Service is helping to further shape patient services.

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30.10.2008 18:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Research Shows That The Pill Does Not Deserve Its Reputation For Causing Weight Gain

German Institute urges women to make informed choices about birth control and weight control / Some shortcuts to staying thin have a negative impact on health Research has not proven that the Pill causes weight gain. But many women are put off using contraceptive pills because this has been listed as one of their adverse effects.

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Handwashing Policies In Place In Virtually Every Hospital In Ontario, Canada, But Monitoring Hand Hygiene Remains A Challenge

According to a new analysis from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), 99% of the 103 Ontario hospitals participating in a 2008 patient safety survey reported that they had a formal hand hygiene policy in place, and just more than one-third of these (38%) established an auditing process to ensure that proper handwashing procedures are being followed.

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30.10.2008 18:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

Pelosi Adviser Says Democrats Will Introduce Health Information Technology Bill In Early 2009

Report Examines How Access To New Drugs Affects State Disability Rates; Articles Examine Massachusetts Health Insurance Law, More

Editorial Says Big Pharma's Support For Democrats Could End Up Hurting Them In The Long Run

Congressional Democrats Prepare To Address Medicare During Next Session

Make A Difference So That They Can, UK

FDA Statement On Release Of Bisphenol A (BPA) Subcommittee Report

HHS/FDA Grants Tentative Approval For 75th Generic Anti-Retroviral Drug As Part Of President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief

Patient-Care Improving, East Of England Ambulance Service

Research Shows That The Pill Does Not Deserve Its Reputation For Causing Weight Gain

Handwashing Policies In Place In Virtually Every Hospital In Ontario, Canada, But Monitoring Hand Hygiene Remains A Challenge

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