The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) supports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) annual observance of National Influenza Vaccination Week to communicate the importance and availability of influenza vaccination into the winter months and beyond. It is...
The Leapfrog Group's annual class of top hospitals was announced in Washington, DC at Leapfrog's 10th anniversary meeting and named St. Anthony Summit Medical Center, a Centura Health hospital, in Frisco, Colorado. St. Anthony Summit Medical Center was selected as one of only five rural...
As the leading care, research and advocacy organization for Alzheimer's disease, the Alzheimer's Association® is pleased by a significant step forward in the fight against Alzheimer's disease. Today, the Association commends the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee for...
The Pennsylvania Department of Health will mark National Influenza Immunization Week by offering free public influenza vaccination clinics on Dec. 9, 10, and 11 in communities statewide. "Pennsylvania had a great opportunity to receive additional influenza vaccine," said acting Secretary of...
As the nation observes World AIDS Day, the consensus reached by nearly 400 HIV/AIDS experts taking part in the just completed 2010 National Summit on HIV Diagnosis, Prevention and Access to Care provides this stern warning to the country's policymakers: unless more is done to identify and...
Hi, I'm kind of new to this and I was wondering about a movie. My children are 12 and 10 and I was thinking about showing them National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Audrey the daughter, on the subject of sleeping in the same bed with her younger brother (who was about 14 or 15) says "I have...
Supermarket giant Sainsbury's is to launch a nationwide general practice network by allowing GPs to set up branch surgeries free of charge in up to 204 of its stores, Pulse reveals on its website today. The company will next week kick off a major recruitment drive to find GPs ready to take up...
Hospitals participating in the Premier healthcare alliance QUEST®: High Performing Hospitals national collaborative have saved an estimated 22,164 lives and reduced healthcare spending by $2.13 billion. If all hospitals in the country had been able to achieve similar results, estimates project...
According to the TSA's "Blogger Bob," basically nobody is choosing to opt out of the advance screening at airports across the country despite "National Opt-Out Day". Some airports report zero opt-outs. So much for the uprising. [Blog.TSA.gov] More »
Hey I was wondering if it was possible for me to get a tour of the National Headquarters for the Democratic Party, and how much would said tour cost? What about a tour of my state's HQ? (Colorado)
Recently bankrupted Blockbuster is jumping back in the game with a $15 to $20 million TV ad campaign. Reuters reports that Blockbuster is once again trying to raise awareness that it has new releases 28 days before Netflix and Redbox. More »
Zone24x7 and SRI International have received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to determine the technical feasibility of incorporating SRI's electroactive polymer artificial muscle (EPAM™) technology into a low-cost, mobile device that improves access to text documents, graphs...
The AVEENO® Brand has teamed up with the National Eczema Association to empower and educate sufferers of the common condition in preparation for the cold and dry winter months when dry skin is most common. Approximately 35 million people in the U.S. suffer from eczema, a chronic skin disorder...
Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MHS) today announced that its 2011 Medco Medicare Prescription Plan® earned the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) highest overall quality and performance rating 5 Stars for its national Prescription Drug Plan (PDP). CMS rates the relative...
that the Bush tax cuts must be extended? The Bush tax cuts will cost approx. $3.7 trillion dollars over a ten year period. Letting the tax cuts expire will take that $3.7 trillion off the top of the debt.
...citizens provided minimal coverage,? nominal copay [$10-$20 x 300 million ppl / a visit adds up], with an OPTION to increase with private coverage if more is desired? Reasonable & affordable?
A new tool for measuring patient safety shows that the American healthcare system "isn't as safe as we thought it was," according to David Classen, MD, senior partner at CSC and associate professor of medicine at the University of Utah. "While traditional measurements of patient safety show...