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How to take control of your company’s social destiny in 2013

How to take control of your company’s social destiny in 2013

December 31, 2012 5:36 pm by | 3 Comments

Social media is rapidly evolving into a data-centric and performance-driven marketing discipline. While it will always revolve around compelling content, when you are paying for impressions, you will be called ... Read more
Study: Distributing Naloxone injection kits could help addicts reverse heroin overdoses

Study: Distributing Naloxone injection kits could help addicts reverse heroin overdoses

December 31, 2012 5:03 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Distributing a drug that reverses drug overdoses in heroin users would save lives and be cost-effective, according to a new analysis.U.S. researchers, who published their ... Read more
FDA approved 39 new drugs in 2012, hits a 16-year high

FDA approved 39 new drugs in 2012, hits a 16-year high

December 31, 2012 3:50 pm by | 0 Comments

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators approved 39 new drugs in 2012, the most in 16 years, suggesting that pharmaceutical makers are poised for growth after losing billions of dollars ... Read more
FDA approves Salix’s diarrhea drug for HIV/AIDS patients

FDA approves Salix’s diarrhea drug for HIV/AIDS patients

December 31, 2012 1:54 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators approved Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd's drug to treat diarrhea in HIV/AIDS patients on antiretroviral therapy, a combination of medicines used to treat HIV infection.Diarrhea is a ... Read more
Federal appeals court says Ilinois employer doesn’t have to cover birth control

Federal appeals court says Ilinois employer doesn’t have to cover birth control

December 31, 2012 9:37 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court has temporarily barred the U.S. government from requiring an Illinois company to ob... ... Read more
FDA OKs J&J med for drug-resistant tuberculosis that uses energy-producing enzyme

FDA OKs J&J med for drug-resistant tuberculosis that uses energy-producing enzyme

December 31, 2012 9:26 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have approved a new Johnson & Johnson drug for patients with tuberculosis who do not respond to other treatments, the company said.The drug is the ... Read more
Florida facing huge Medicaid, ‘Obamacare’ decisions in 2013

Florida facing huge Medicaid, ‘Obamacare’ decisions in 2013

December 31, 2012 7:43 am by | 0 Comments

TALLAHASSEE - Dealing with issues that affect the health care of millions of poor and uninsured residents, Florida leaders in 2013 could move forward with a long-awaited overhaul of the ... Read more
Startup uses nanotech to make organic makeup with Brazilian partner

Startup uses nanotech to make organic makeup with Brazilian partner

December 31, 2012 5:04 am by | 0 Comments

Laudiss Labs LLC is using proprietary nanotechnology and a manufacturing plant in Brazil to create cheaper, OTC products for the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and veterinary industries. The secret ingredient is one ... Read more
Replacing the happy hour with the sweat party: Social workouts led fitness trends in 2012

Replacing the happy hour with the sweat party: Social workouts led fitness trends in 2012

December 31, 2012 5:02 am by | 9 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) - From mud races to sweat parties to CrossFit competitions, workouts turned smarter, shorter and more social in 2012, experts say, as fitness was sweetened with a ... Read more
ACS using volunteer ‘champions’ to recruit participants for environmental study of cancer

ACS using volunteer ‘champions’ to recruit participants for environmental study of cancer

December 31, 2012 4:51 am by | 0 Comments

The American Cancer Society is launching a national study that aims to enroll 300,000 people to help understand factors, such as lifestyle, environment and genetics, that could cause or prevent ... Read more
Pediatricians: State laws should require a doctor in every school

Pediatricians: State laws should require a doctor in every school

December 31, 2012 2:06 am by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite no federal or uniform state requirements to do so, all school districts should have a doctor to oversee school health services, according to a ... Read more
10 Healthcare Trends to Watch in 2013

10 Healthcare Trends to Watch in 2013

December 31, 2012 1:27 am by | 4 Comments

 1. ICD-10 TransitionOctober 1, 2014 seems like a very long time from now. While predominantly impacting hospitals and payers, the impact of the change to a new classification scheme will ... Read more
Bucks County Specialty Hospital gets highest Medicare scores in Philly metro

Bucks County Specialty Hospital gets highest Medicare scores in Philly metro

December 30, 2012 11:36 am by | 0 Comments

>In the Philadelphia region, 18 hospitals are being penalized and 22 will get a bonus from Medicare, based on past performance, according to government data released this month and provided ... Read more
Michigan hospital opens outbreak clinic to find a cure for mold in brain membranes

Michigan hospital opens outbreak clinic to find a cure for mold in brain membranes

December 30, 2012 7:04 am by | 1 Comments

The St Joseph Mercy clinic in Ann Arbor has been at the front line of the fight against one of the biggest ever U.S. outbreaks of fungal meningitis. Of the ... Read more
Opponents of Obamacare ignore the basic economics of the insurance business

Opponents of Obamacare ignore the basic economics of the insurance business

December 30, 2012 5:01 am by | 2 Comments

The individual mandate won't radically change things. The healthcare insurance system will remain divided between a public sector that focuses primarily on aging and sick people and a private sector ... Read more