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Specialty groups: We shouldn't have to pay to fix Medicare's physician payment formula

Doctors shouldn't have to foot the bill if Congress comes up with a new way to set their Medicare payments, a group of medical specialties said Monday. There are few policies -; if any -; that are more important to doctors' organizations than a permanent repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.

28 Sep 2011

Dialog Devices receives CE mark and ISO certification for Padd

A ground-breaking device which "sees" beneath the skin to spot circulation problems has passed an important milestone on its journey to commercialisation.

28 Sep 2011

UCSF neuroscientist wins PECASE award for research into addiction

Linda Wilbrecht, PhD, a neuroscientist at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), is one of 94 researchers named today by President Obama as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

28 Sep 2011

New Banner MD Anderson center to deliver unprecedented cancer care in Arizona

Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, a unique collaboration between Banner Health and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, opens today, ushering in a new era of unprecedented cancer care in Arizona.

27 Sep 2011

USF receives U.S. Department of Defense award for musculoskeletal research

The University of South Florida School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences has received a $1.59-million U.S. Department of Defense award for leading-edge musculoskeletal research intended to benefit active duty soldiers and veterans and improve military preparedness.

23 Sep 2011

SANUWAVE announces dermaPACE Phase III trial results on diabetic foot ulcers

SANUWAVE Health, Inc., an emerging medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of noninvasive, biological response activating devices in regenerative medicine, today announced that the Company's dermaPACE device will be the subject of a presentation at Plastic Surgery 2011, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons' National Meeting being held September 23-27 in Denver.

23 Sep 2011

UAB surgeons perform second toe-to-thumb transplant

Cary Ramey has the word Carpe tattooed on the underside of his right wrist and Diem tattooed on the left. He loves extreme sports, especially mountain biking and "rock climbing without the ropes."

21 Sep 2011

Cardiff develops simple and effective wound test that could save NHS millions

Scientists in Cardiff are developing a simple but effective test to predict whether chronic wounds will respond to conventional treatment - which could save the NHS tens of millions of pounds annually.

20 Sep 2011

NYU Langone creates new Joan H. Tisch Center for Women's Health in New York City

NYU Langone Medical Center announced the establishment of its new Joan H. Tisch Center for Women's Health on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.

20 Sep 2011

Revolution in drug discovery underway in West Midlands, UK

A revolution in the drug discovery industry is underway, with universities across the West Midlands leading the effort by working in partnership with industry to focus on improving patient care.

19 Sep 2011

Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions leases 70,000-square-foot space in Phoenix

Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions, a leading provider of scientific information and analytics to pharmaceutical and healthcare professionals, today announced the signing of an 8-year lease on 70,000 square feet of new office space in the Biltmore Financial Center office park in Phoenix, AZ.

17 Sep 2011

NHS hospitals in their current form are failing and need to “change or disappear completely”: Report

In a report published by Reform, Professor Paul Corrigan, who was a health special advisor to Tony Blair, argues that “the old model and concept of the hospital are failing”, leading to poor standards of care in far too many bankrupt institutions. “Hospitals will have to change or disappear completely” to “provide better, safer healthcare”.

16 Sep 2011

GOP debate audience's reaction to treating uninsured sparks controversy

When presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul was asked if society should let an uninsured man who needs treatment die, some members of the audience cheered.

15 Sep 2011

New Johns Hopkins building with healing environment can improve patients' state of mind

Most HGTV fans will agree that good design can improve one's state of mind. Designers at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore also believe it can help patients heal, which is why its new 1.6 million square-foot patient care building, scheduled to open in April 2012, features an elegant design with peace and quiet for patients as a priority.

15 Sep 2011

Heart specialists reveal how pacemaker works at the biological level

Heart specialists at Johns Hopkins have figured out how a widely used pacemaker for heart failure, which makes both sides of the heart beat together to pump effectively, works at the biological level.

15 Sep 2011

CBO: Medicaid, health sector likely to fare better with trigger cuts then with 'super committee' trims

Meanwhile, the deficit panel is getting input from a variety of sources -; Medicare patients, actuaries, policy analysts and physician groups -; on how critical issues about health care costs and spending should be considered.

14 Sep 2011

New treatment strategy for dominant forms of muscular dystrophy

Investigators at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital are studying a potential new treatment strategy for dominant forms of muscular dystrophy, thanks to preliminary funding from The Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science.

12 Sep 2011

Au. sediba demonstrates unique combination of features, never before seen in early human ancestors

A series of five papers based on new evidence pertaining to various aspects of the anatomy of the species Australopithecus sediba will appear in the prestigious journal Science.

9 Sep 2011

Golden Meditech launches Taiwan representative office

Golden Meditech Holdings Limited, which embodies a leading medical devices enterprise, a major brand name in haematology hospital and the largest stem cell cord blood banking operator in China, is pleased to announce the launch of its Taiwan representative office today.

6 Sep 2011

Scientists discover highly conserved mechanism governing brain development

If you think today's political rhetoric is overheated, imagine what goes on inside a vertebrate embryo. There, two armies whose agendas are poles apart, engage in a battle with consequences much more dire than whether the economy will recover---- they are battling for whether you (or frogs or chickens) will have a forebrain.

3 Sep 2011

Foot News and Research

Specialty groups: We shouldn't have to pay to fix Medicare's physician payment formula

Dialog Devices receives CE mark and ISO certification for Padd

UCSF neuroscientist wins PECASE award for research into addiction

New Banner MD Anderson center to deliver unprecedented cancer care in Arizona

USF receives U.S. Department of Defense award for musculoskeletal research

SANUWAVE announces dermaPACE Phase III trial results on diabetic foot ulcers

UAB surgeons perform second toe-to-thumb transplant

Cardiff develops simple and effective wound test that could save NHS millions

NYU Langone creates new Joan H. Tisch Center for Women's Health in New York City

Revolution in drug discovery underway in West Midlands, UK

Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions leases 70,000-square-foot space in Phoenix

NHS hospitals in their current form are failing and need to “change or disappear completely”: Report

GOP debate audience's reaction to treating uninsured sparks controversy

New Johns Hopkins building with healing environment can improve patients' state of mind

Heart specialists reveal how pacemaker works at the biological level

CBO: Medicaid, health sector likely to fare better with trigger cuts then with 'super committee' trims

New treatment strategy for dominant forms of muscular dystrophy

Au. sediba demonstrates unique combination of features, never before seen in early human ancestors

Golden Meditech launches Taiwan representative office

Scientists discover highly conserved mechanism governing brain development

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