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With concerns growing over childhood obesity, a Cleveland Clinic program focuses on healthier habits for the entire family. The program is called Fit Youth and it is for children from 7 to 16 years old. It's for young people who want to lose weight and their families.
Ohioans with pre-existing health conditions, such as cancer or diabetes, can apply for insurance coverage under a new high-risk pool beginning Aug. 1. The insurance pool is a key piece of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. The programs will be in place until 2014 — when health insurance companies will no longer be allowed […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Police Chief Frank Bova said the department is investigating an incident where a man shot himself outside the emergency room at South Pointe Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic hospital, about 9:30 a.m. Friday. Police say Michael Allen, 41, of Shaker Heights, arrived at the hospital where he announced he wanted to kill himself. Hospital security officers stepped in and […]
MedCity News President Chris Seper appeared on air of content partner WKYC-TV, discussing three Cleveland-area medical device companies: AxioMed Spine, CerviLenz and Neuros Medical.
Hospitals can be huge, intimidating places when you’re sick and scared. In an effort to calm the nerves of patients, help guide them through multiple appointments, and enhance the overall patient experience, Cleveland Clinic is using a new kind of patient GPS that tracks patients from check-in to check-out. Patients visiting Cleveland Clinic’s Glickman Urological […]
The Cleveland Eye Clinic is using a revolutionary new computer device that helps cataract patients avoid a second surgery to fix a lens. Lenny Rock was a competitive archer until he developed a cataract. “My vision was going. I couldn’t see. That’s the reason I slowed down on competition. It was like looking through a […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
AKRON — For the past decade, Dr. Judit E. Puskas, professor of polymer science at The University of Akron, has worked to develop a new and innovative breast prosthesis safer for implant patients than the current silicone variety. With one in eight American women diagnosed with breast cancer each year – 70,000 of whom undergo mastectomies […]
AKRON — Akron Children’s Hospital is participating in the third phase of the international DiaPrevent study evaluating the effectiveness of a vaccine to prevent further progression of Type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes, in newly-diagnosed patients. Jessica Richiutti recently learned she’s a Type 1 diabetic. Her disease causes her immune system to attack […]
In tonight’s In Focus, the Cleveland Clinic’s Medical Director of Employee Health Dr. Paul Terpeluk is here to talk about the Clinic’s new “Healthy Choice” program. Terpeluk discusses who qualifies, how the program works and where the idea for the “Healthy Choice” program came from. Is this going to be the new trend in health insurance?
The family of Kent W. Clapp, the late CEO of health insurer Medical Mutual of Ohio, has sued the charter airline company involved in the Dec. 3, 2008, crash that claimed the lives of Clapp and his fiancee, Tracy Turner. The family also has filed a claim with the Federal Aviation Administration.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Marianne Alciati, the head of research science for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, visited Cleveland last week to see what local researchers are doing to fight breast cancer. Dr. Joseph Barr of the Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals is investigating a vaccine that could help breast cancer patients with triple negative cancer to boost their immune system and avoid recurrence. Drugs are being used to kill cancer cells.
GOJO Industries Inc., the leading maker of consumer hand sanitizing gel products that makes Purell, says it cannot keep pace with orders for the hand sanitizer, even with its factories working 24 hours a day, seven days a week.