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Study Finds Working Mothers Spend Less Time Daily On Their Children's Diet, Exercise
Date: Aug-28-2012When it comes to cooking, grocery shopping and playing with children, American moms with full-time jobs spend roughly three-and-half fewer hours per day on these and other chores related to their children's diet and exercise compared to stay-at-home and unemployed mothers, reports a new paper by a Cornell University health economist...
Narrow Band Imaging With Colonoscopy Is Accurate Enough To Allow For Distal Non-Cancerous Polyps To Be Left In Place
Date: Aug-28-2012According to a new study, the use of narrow band imaging (NBI) during colonoscopy is sufficiently accurate to allow distal hyperplastic (non-cancerous) polyps to be left in place without removal and small, distal adenomas (pre-cancerous polyps) to be removed and discarded without pathologic assessment. These findings validate NBI criteria based on color, vessels and pit characteristics for predicting real-time colorectal polyp histology...
Circumcision Benefits More Than Risks, AAP
Date: Aug-28-2012Male circumcision benefits are greater than the risks, says the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) after carrying out a comprehensive review of available scientific evidence. However, the Academy emphasizes that it does not consider the benefits are enough to advise parents to have their newborn male babies circumcised; this should be a parental decision based on their cultural, ethical and religious beliefs. The AAP added that circumcision should be covered by insurance. This is a change in the AAPs stance of circumcision...
Free 2nd World Cardiovascular, Diabetes, And Obesity Online Conference, September 11-14, 2012
Date: Aug-28-2012Target Meeting is a leading online life science conference organizer. Thousands of international speakers and ten thousands of attendees participated in the online symposiums and conferences at Target Meeting. With the persistent efforts, Target Meeting has achieved a well-respected reputation among the attendees and within life science community, based on the quality of organizers, speakers and scientific programs, as well as excellent attendee experience. TM's 2nd World Cardiovascular, Diabetes, and Obesity Online Conference will be held on September 11 - 14, 2012...
Pharma Marketing Show, Co Located Alongside DigiPharm Europe, 25-27 September 2012, London, UK
Date: Aug-28-2012What is the future of pharmaceutical marketing? This question is one of the hot topics that seems to be constantly queried within the pharma industry at present with a lot of marketing teams questioning how they are going to use technology effectively in the future to enhance their multichannel marketing strategies...
Preparing For New Healthcare Payment Models, 21-23 October 2012, Dallas, Texas
Date: Aug-28-2012With uncertainties around the Affordable Care Act and a shortage of physicians even before the influx of Baby Boomers, healthcare organizations have to face reality and address these issues, according to Larry Kaiser, President and Chief Executive Officer, Temple University Health System. "Hospitals that provide high quality care in a patient-centered environment will succeed, as patient satisfaction scores will be used in Medicare reimbursement," he says...
Medicare Advantage Compliance Summit, 13-14 December 2012, Miami, FL
Date: Aug-28-2012Discover innovative strategies and advanced tools to take your compliance initiatives to the next level! Join dynamic health plans and healthcare leaders to gain effective techniques for establishing successful compliance programs and managing fraud, waste and abuse. This unique summit will feature informative sessions, case studies, and panels on compliance management strategy, data quality, vendor management, internal audits, provider education tools, and RADV preparation...
The Next Generation Of Trial Design Innovation, 15-16 November 2012, Philadelphia, PA
Date: Aug-28-2012Conference organizer ExL Pharma is proud to bring The Next Generation of Trial Design Innovation to the Loew's Hotel in Philadelphia, PA on November 15-16, 2012. The mission is to bring to light the current status of the use of Trial Design Innovations in practice, share technology enhancements used for protecting trial integrity including the role of simulations, and examine the effect that FDA Draft Guidance has had on industry...
Stribild HIV-1 Infection Drug Approved By FDA
Date: Aug-28-2012Stribild, a medication to treat HIV-1 infection for treatment-naïve adults, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Stribild is a pill combination of four active ingredients - elvitegravir 150 mg/cobicistat 150 mg/emtricitabine 200 mg/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg - and is taken once a day. Treatment-naïve patients means those who have never been treated for HIV infection before. What is the difference between HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection? - there are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2...
Middle Aged Fitness Protects Health In Old Age
Date: Aug-28-2012Middle aged people who regularly exercise and are physically fit have a much lower risk of developing chronic health conditions associated with old age, researchers from the Cooper Institute, Dallas, USA reported in Archives of Internal Medicine. The authors added that even a moderate increase in fitness during midlife can help reduce the risk of developing several chronic conditions twenty years later. Several studies have looked into how physical fitness might impact on elderly health and longevity...
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