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Topic: Missouri

On the web, clinical trial participants find information and comfort

On the web, clinical trial participants find information and comfort

May 9, 2013 5:56 am by | 0 Comments

Dawn Demet had never even heard the word metastatic.Then in September 2011, she was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer. She was told to go home, pack a bag, ... Read more
Suicide rate rose dramatically among middle-aged Americans

Suicide rate rose dramatically among middle-aged Americans

May 3, 2013 5:39 am by | 0 Comments

When a person writes to the White House and mentions suicide, the administration notifies local crisis workers -- who spring into action.The system has existed since the administration of President ... Read more
Researcher finds genetic link to couch-potato-itis in rats, maybe humans

Researcher finds genetic link to couch-potato-itis in rats, maybe humans

April 18, 2013 5:36 am by | 0 Comments

Couch-potato-itis may be genetic, rat studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia seem to indicate. The findings may eventually translate to sedentary humans.Frank Booth, professor of biomedical sciences, said the experiments ... Read more
Bayer lays off 40 employees at St. Joseph location

Bayer lays off 40 employees at St. Joseph location

April 4, 2013 3:59 pm by | 0 Comments

Bayer HealthCare has announced layoffs for approximately 40 employees at its St. Joseph facility.Bayer spokeswoman Staci Gouveia said the reductions relate to Bayer's acquisition of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' St. Joseph ... Read more
Drug shortages cause delays for patients, headaches for pharmacists

Drug shortages cause delays for patients, headaches for pharmacists

April 4, 2013 5:29 am by | 0 Comments

Cancer patients taking chemotherapy have enough to worry about, and may not realize the daily scramble among doctors and pharmacists to find enough drugs to treat them.For the past few ... Read more
Missouri House committee approves GOP-backed Medicaid alternative

Missouri House committee approves GOP-backed Medicaid alternative

April 4, 2013 5:28 am by | 0 Comments

JEFFERSON CITY -- A Missouri House committee has approved a Republican alternative to the Medicaid expansion plan outlined in the federal Affordable Care Act, setting up the proposal for a ... Read more
GERD label makes parents more likely to want medicine

GERD label makes parents more likely to want medicine

April 1, 2013 12:14 am by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Telling the parents of babies who spit up and cry frequently that their child has gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, makes them more likely to ... Read more

New cost transparency solution loops in payers, providers & patients to “let market forces work”

New cost transparency solution loops in payers, providers & patients to “let market forces work”

March 26, 2013 10:39 am by | 0 Comments

There’s a problem with “cost transparency” efforts in healthcare, according to Tami Hutchison. It’s that much of what is being done with cost data today is actually more reflective than ... Read more
One hospital took a stand on elective C-sections 5 years ago. Now everyone should follow it

One hospital took a stand on elective C-sections 5 years ago. Now everyone should follow it

March 24, 2013 11:00 pm by | 0 Comments

Some expectant mothers and their doctors bristled five years ago when Missouri Baptist Medical Center enforced a guideline of no elective births before 39 weeks of pregnancy. Now, the guideline ... Read more
Test for heart defects could be required in Missouri, Illinois hospitals

Test for heart defects could be required in Missouri, Illinois hospitals

March 14, 2013 10:39 am by | 0 Comments

About 300 babies born each year in the U.S. are sent home from the hospital with serious heart defects that went undetected by ultrasounds during pregnancy and examinations after birth. ... Read more
Patient-surgeon matchmaking platform wins H&R Block’s hackovate challenge

Patient-surgeon matchmaking platform wins H&R Block’s hackovate challenge

March 1, 2013 8:30 am by | 0 Comments

A health IT startup that sets out to help people find the most desirable surgeon by price range, quality ratings and location has won an innovation challenge that marked tax ... Read more
Tax planners H&R Block join healthcare innovation challenge trend

Tax planners H&R Block join healthcare innovation challenge trend

January 23, 2013 12:16 pm by | 0 Comments

A global healthcare innovation challenge, marking tax planners H&R Block’s first foray into healthcare, seeking out companies with disruptive healthcare tools across mobile, Web-based and social media technology to help ... Read more
Implantable device addresses the cause of severe GERD with electrical stimulation

Implantable device addresses the cause of severe GERD with electrical stimulation

January 3, 2013 2:50 pm by | 1 Comments

Researchers and medical device companies are using electrical stimulation in new products to address pain, sleep apnea, paralysis and ALS. But a young St. Louis company is applying electrical stimulation ... Read more
Startup turns oft-used mitomycin C for eye surgeries into a stable, FDA-approved kit

Startup turns oft-used mitomycin C for eye surgeries into a stable, FDA-approved kit

November 19, 2012 11:13 am by | 0 Comments

For years ophthalmologists have been using the drug mitomycin C off-label to modulate wound healing during eye surgeries. In glaucoma filtering surgery, it’s known to prevent post-operative scarring and reduce ... Read more
GOP governors have to quit stalling, start deciding on next steps for Obamacare

GOP governors have to quit stalling, start deciding on next steps for Obamacare

November 9, 2012 11:50 pm by | 0 Comments

Pockets of state-level resistance may delay or stall the law in some parts of the nation where governors, and in some cases, voters, are resisting enacting some of the key ... Read more