The good news: More people survive stroke now than 10 years ago due to improved treatment and prevention. The bad news: Women who survive stroke have a worse quality of life than men, according to a study published in the Feb. 7 online ...
News outlets reported that the company blamed the law and the health costs of two "distressed babies" for a significant change in how it matches 401(k) contributions. The Washington Post: AOL Chief Reverses Changes To 401(k) Policy After ...
Tags: Obamacare, AOL, 'Distressed Babies', Bad Publicity
Today's headlines include stories about the health law's coverage gap. Kaiser Health News: Arkansas' Medicaid Experiment, Key To Obamacare Expansion, On Ropes Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz reports: "The Arkansas' ...
Tags: Kaiser Health, Health Law, ACA, CMS
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis of the International Medical Device Connectivity Market - Forecasts to 2019" report to their offering. Acquiring medical device data for automated documentation in ...
Tags: Medical Device, MDC, GAGR, EMR
The New York Times: Health, Work, Lies On Wednesday, Douglas Elmendorf, the director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, said the obvious: losing your job and choosing to work less aren't the same thing. If you lose your job, ...
Tags: Health, Labor Market, Obamacare, 'Narrow Networks'
In their first results of the heralded program -- which was set up in the health law -- federal officials say about half of the accountable care organizations slowed spending but few met the requirements to qualify for bonuses. Kaiser ...
Tags: Healthcare Delivery Reforms, reduce healthcare costs, Medicare
Santa Maria Foods Corporation, a Rexdale, Ontario, Canada establishment, is recalling approximately 8,895 pounds of various meat products, because they were imported without the benefit of full USDA inspection, the U.S. Department of ...
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Following opposition by public health professionals, the Bali administration has finally declared its official stance on the plan to hold Inter-tabac Asia 2014, an international trade fair for tobacco products and smoking accessories, in ...
Tags: E-Cigarette, E Cigarette, Cigarette
Graphic Packaging's European subsidiary is all set to acquire the UK-based food and healthcare packaging firm Benson Group for approximately $165m. Subject to standard closing requirements, the transaction will be funded with existing ...
Tags: Graphic Packaging, Packaging
Pluristem Therapeutics, a developer of placenta-based cell therapies, has been granted a new patent by the Australian Patent Office. Patent #2007228341 covers the method and composition of matter for three-dimensional (3D) expansion of ...
Tags: 3D Cell Expansion, Pluristem
Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) and consumer packaging manufacturer Chesapeake Services have formally completed the merging of their businesses. The merger has led to the creation of a new firm in the print and packaging industry with ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing the initiation of the Secure Supply Chain Pilot Program to enhance the security of imported drugs. In August 2013, the FDA published a notice in the Federal Register (78 FR 51192) to ...
Advanced Accelerator Applications ("AAA" or "the Company"), a fast growing international specialist in Molecular Nuclear Medicine (MNM), announced today that it had successfully completed a capital increase of €41 million. This ...
Los Angeles Times: Democrat Leading In Florida Race Eyed As Test Of Obamacare A Democratic candidate who has explicitly defended Obamacare holds a slight lead in a special congressional election in Florida that both parties are eyeing as ...
Quiet fixes to healthcare.gov are helping some shoppers on the troubled website, but some still remain without insurance coverage. In the meantime, insurers are skeptical the latest marketplace enrollment numbers are cause for health law ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Healthcare