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Mirth MUx Selected By HealthBridge For Next Generation Healthcare Infrastructure.

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:17:16 PST

Irvine, CA and Cincinnati, OH, November 10, 2009 – Mirth Corporation, the leader in commercial open source healthcare information technology, and HealthBridge, one of the nation’s largest and most...

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Philadelphia Jury Find GlaxoSmithKline Guilty In Paxil-Birth Defects Lawsuit

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:16:16 PDT

Philadelphia jury has found GlaxoSmithKline guilty of negligence, but not guilty of outrageous conduct. It Awarded 2.5 million. The verdict is the first of about 600 similar Paxil lawsuits filed...

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HealthCare At It's Best "CT Scan "Reset Error" Gives 206 Patients Radiation Overdose"

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:36:03 PDT

And they worry about malpractice? Via Slasdot "As the LA Times reports, 206 patients receiving CT scans at Cedar Sinai hospital received up to eight times the X-ray exposure doctors intended. (The...

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Google Org Maps Flu Trends Over 16 Countries.

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:34:27 PDT

Google Org has expanded it's flu trends coverage to include 16 countries including most of the Europe. I see the patern of wintering countries of this year but the odd man out is Australia and New...

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Google Health Marches Along

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:10:07 PDT

Google Health is marching forward slowly but surely and have posted an update, Fall Update on Google Health. We have kept close watch on the Google Health initiative and our selves have embarked on...

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Fight The Flu Wash Your Hands

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:45:56 PDT

-------------------------------------------------- Cal Messages to keep the campus updated on H1N1 influenza will be sent to faculty, staff, and other campus groups as circumstances warrant during...

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UC Berkeley Prepares For H1N1 influenza (Swine Flu)

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:40:15 PDT

UC Berkeley BERKELEY — A campus team led by University Health Services (UHS) is preparing for the arrival at Berkeley of an unwanted visitor: H1N1 influenza. First called swine flu, H1N1 flu has...

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PLoS Currents: Influenza, Infobase for luenza Research

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:01:08 PDT

Public Library of Science (PLoS) has launched "PLoS Currents"(Beta), A innovative and experimental website to share the research results and ideas rapidly. Keeping up with current issues and...

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Truth About Health Care CEO, Rick Scott, Who's Funding Anti-Reform Effort, Revealed By CNN Anchor Sanchez.

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:22:15 PDT

First of all Thanks goes to Anchor Sanchez for having a backbone and CNN for allowing him to have one. CNN's Sanchez today smacked Rick Scott, the founder of an organization, Conservatives for...

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Guidance on Preventing Melamine Contamination For Pharmaceutical Industry

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:31:28 PDT

FDA Issues Pharmaceutical Industry Guidance on Preventing Melamine Contamination In a guidance issued today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that certain pharmaceutical ingredients used...

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Ground Beef Recall : Beef Packers, Inc., a Fresno, California, Recalls 825,769 pounds of ground beef due to salmonellosis Outbreak

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:34:04 PDT

Class I Recall Beef Packers, Inc., a Fresno, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 825,769 pounds of ground beef products that may be linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis, the U.S....

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FDA Rejects KRYSTEXXA As A Treatment For Chronic Gout

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:23:37 PDT

Savient Pharmaceuticals (SVNT) announced that it has received a complete response letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration stating that the FDA cannot at this time approve the Company's...

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Conn. Sen. Dodd will spend the month of August pushing for health care reform

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:14:05 PDT

Sen. Chris Dodd will spend the month of August working for national health care reform. He will also be dealing with his own health care, stemming from detection of cancer. Goog Luck with both,...

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Malaria, Chimps Gift To Mankind.

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:49:29 PDT

UCI’s Francisco AyalaDeadly parasite jumped to humans from chimpanzees, perhaps through one mosquito — Irvine, Calif., August 3, 2009 — Researchers have identified what they believe is...

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FDA Issues Draft Guidelines To Eliminate Microbial Contamination In Tomatoes, Leafy Greens, And Melons.

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:09:01 PDT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published three draft guidances designed to help growers and others across the entire supply chain minimize or eliminate microbial contamination in tomatoes,...

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Onglyza (saxagliptin), New Drug To Treat Type 2 Diabetes, Approved By FDA

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:34:46 PDT

For Immediate Release: July 31, 2009 Media Inquiries: Karen Riley, 301-796-4674, karen.riley@fda.hhs.gov Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA FDA Approves New Drug Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes The...

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Abbott Vascular Recalls POWERSAIL® Coronary Dilatation Catheters.

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:00:24 PDT

Abbott Vascular has recalled three lots of POWERSAIL® Coronary Dilatation Catheters from United States distribution and one lot from international distribution as a result of four complaints (one...

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Guidance for Industry, Drug-Induced Liver Injury

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:17:36 PDT

FDA has released a guidance to assist the pharmaceutical industry and other investigators who are conducting new drug development in assessing the potential for a drug or a product to cause severe...

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New Abd Genetic Drug Approvals By FDA (July 28th 2009)

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:02:04 PDT

After being absent for a while, new and generic drug approvals by FDA will be listed again. Following Drugs were Approved by FDA on July 28, 2009 Actonel (risedronate sodium) Tablets, P & G...

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Electronic Cigarettes (e-Cigarettes) Could Increase Nicotine Addiction, FDA Warns

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:39:55 PDT

Image From Wikipedia If you are a smoker, please just stop! You can get help at Smokefree.Gov FDA and Public Health Experts Warn About Electronic Cigarettes The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

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National Institutes of Health Stops Viagra Trial

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:10:44 PDT

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped a clinical trial testing a drug treatment for pulmonary hypertension in adults with sickle cell...

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FDA Warns Against Body-building Supplements Claiming To Be Steroids

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:00:12 PDT

The FDA is notifying the public about new safety information concerning products marketed for body building and increasing muscle mass. The FDA has sent a Warning Letter to a manufacturer of body...

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Tanning Beds, As Dangerous As Arsanic And Cigarettes.

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:06:12 PDT

An IARC Working Group has classified UV-emitting tanning devices as “carcinogenic to humans” (Group 1). The Working Group was convened by the IARC Monographs programme and the conclusions are...

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HealthCare Insurance Reform, What You Stand To Gain!

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:26:39 PDT

No Discrimination for Pre-Existing ConditionsInsurance companies will be prohibited from refusing you coverage because of your medical history.No Exorbitant Out-of-Pocket Expenses, Deductibles or...

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Summer, Barbecuing, And Food Safety

noreply@blogger.com (ravenII) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:40:54 PDT

We all love to have a barbecue in this nice and warm sunny days of summer. What a better way to enjoy a day with friends and family. Usually these are the occasions that brings families together and...

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