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		<title>Evidence-Based Protocols In Cancer Treatment Reduce Variation, Improve Efficacy And Safety Of Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MedSolutions, a leading provider of medical cost management services, announced the launch of its oncology management program, which uses evidence-based guidelines to ensure appropriate use of diagnostic imaging, radiation therapy and drugs for cancer patients. "There is a vast and expanding body of research on cancer care, and doctors are understandably challenged to keep up with innovations in technology and best practices in treatment," said Gregg Allen, M.D., MedSolutions' chief medical officer. "This is further complicated by the number of new cancer cases in the U.S... ]]></description>
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		<title>Prometheus And Bayer Schering Pharma To Apply Novel Diagnostic Platform To Oncology Therapeutic Candidates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prometheus Laboratories Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical and diagnostic company, announced the execution of a research collaboration and license agreement with Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany, a worldwide leading specialty pharmaceutical company. The collaboration partners Prometheus' proprietary oncology diagnostic platform with Bayer's broad oncology pipeline in an effort to stratify patients to appropriate drug candidates and potentially accelerate the development of novel oncology therapeutic products... ]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalreplies.com/prometheus-and-bayer-schering-pharma-to-apply-novel-diagnostic-platform-to-oncology-therapeutic-candidates/</link>
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		<title>Slo-Niacin(R), A Non-Prescription Dietary Supplement, Features Nicotinic Acid - The Most Effective Agent For Increasing HDL, &#8216;Good Cholesterol&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Niacin, or nicotinic acid, when used under the care and monitoring of a healthcare provider, is the most effective agent available for increasing high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or "good cholesterol (1)." HDL is known as "good cholesterol" because it has protective effects on the heart and blood vessels. It not only removes excess cholesterol in the blood and brings it to the liver for disposal, it may also have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-clotting effects (2). Some experts also believe that HDL removes excess cholesterol from arterial plaque, slowing its buildup (3)... ]]></description>
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		<title>Physicians Practice And All Children&#8217;s Hospital To Improve Patient Care In St. Petersburg, FL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Physicians Practice and All Children's Hospital have joined forces to help provide area physicians and their staff more time to devote to patient care. This new partnership is a unique program designed to help doctors in the St. Petersburg area better handle the cumbersome and time-consuming issues of managing a busy practice. Through this new alliance, All Children's Hospital will use Physicians Practice's extensive resources to deliver essential practice management tools to help local physicians manage the business aspects of medicine more efficiently and effectively... ]]></description>
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		<title>BD Diagnostics Launches The BD Protect(TM) Infection Surveillance And Prevention Software Portfolio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced the launch of the BD Protect™ Infection Surveillance and Data Management System, a portfolio of healthcare management software solutions that tracks infections and helps prevent their transmission at three levels -- from patient to patient, between patients and healthcare workers, and from community sources to healthcare settings... ]]></description>
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		<title>Prime Minister Visits General Practice, Australia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning, The Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister, visited the Hornsby GP Unit in NSW to see first hand how GPs manage the complexity of their patient consultations and to observe the teams and teamwork in place in general practices. Dr Elizabeth Marles, Chair of the RACGP NSW/ACT Faculty and GP at the Hornsby GP Unit, said that this was a great opportunity for the Prime Minister to increase his understanding of general practice and prevocational training... ]]></description>
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		<title>Statement From American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown On Publication Of FDA Rule Prohibiting Sales And Marketing Of Tobacco To Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new Food and Drug Administration rule is an important step towards breaking the cycle of addiction and preventing children from developing a deadly habit. Too often, children are swayed by insidious marketing campaigns from the tobacco industry that encourage them to adopt a destructive lifestyle. About 3,500 children a day smoke their first cigarette - more than the total population of many small towns and municipalities -- and about 1,100 become new, regular daily smokers... ]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalreplies.com/statement-from-american-heart-association-ceo-nancy-brown-on-publication-of-fda-rule-prohibiting-sales-and-marketing-of-tobacco-to-children/</link>
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		<title>American College Of Physicians Urges Congress To Vote &#34;Yes&#34; On Comprehensives Health Reform Legislation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American College of Physicians, representing 129,000 internal medicine physician and medical student members, said that Congress should cast the final votes needed to get comprehensive health care reform enacted into law. Without reform, ACP said, tens of millions of Americans stand to lose access to affordable health care and out-of-control spending will trigger an unprecedented fiscal and budgetary crisis. ACP said that H.R... ]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalreplies.com/american-college-of-physicians-urges-congress-to-vote-yes-on-comprehensives-health-reform-legislation/</link>
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		<title>Residency Match Results Not Encouraging For Adults Needing Primary Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of U.S. medical students choosing internal medicine residencies inched higher from 2009 but not enough to significantly impact the shortage of primary care physicians. According to the 2010 National Resident Matching Program report, 2,722 U.S. seniors at medical schools enrolled in an internal medicine residency program, a 3.4 percent increase from 2,632 in 2009. The internal medicine enrollment numbers are similar to 2008 (2,660), 2007 (2,680), and 2006 (2,668). In comparison, 3,884 U.S. medical school graduates chose internal medicine residency programs in 1985... ]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalreplies.com/residency-match-results-not-encouraging-for-adults-needing-primary-care/</link>
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		<title>AHIP Statement On Health Care Reform Legislation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) President and CEO Karen Ignagni released the following statement on proposed health care reform legislation: "For health care reform to work, everyone needs to be covered and the growth in health care costs must be brought under control. Health care reform legislation that does not address underlying medical costs cannot be sustained. Unfortunately, this legislation will drive up health care costs by adding billions in new health care taxes and encouraging people to wait until they are sick before getting insurance... ]]></description>
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