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Major discovery for visual cognition using diffusion spectrum imaging
If you are looking for a particular object - say a yellow pencil - on a cluttered desk, how does your brain work to visually locate it?
read more →First Edition: February 22, 2012
In today's health policy headlines, the Supreme Court added 30 minutes to the time allocation for next month's health law arguments. Also in the news, the federal government announced funding awards yesterday to help launch consumer-governed health pla...
read more →Study on role of genetics and environmental influences on criminal and antisocial behavior
An assistant professor at Sam Houston State University, College of Criminal Justice is working to unlock the mysteries surrounding the role that genetics and environmental influences play on criminal and antisocial behavior.
read more →Analyzing the impact of the Court’s consideration of the health law
USA Today reports that the Supreme Court's review could cause the the health law debate to stretch through the presidential campaign. Other media outlets take a look at what would happen without the individual mandate, and at stakeholders' positions re...
read more →First use of HeartLight Endoscopic Ablation System to treat atrial fibrillation
For the first time in a new U.S. clinical trial, researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have used the HeartLight Endoscopic Ablation System (EAS) to correct abnormal electrical signals inside the heart of a patient affected by atrial fibrillatio...
read more →CMS unveils 2013 Medicare Advantage payment and policy guidelines
Federal officials said Friday that the trend toward relatively low premium charges and stable benefits will likely continue.
read more →ASH releases statement on FDA actions to alleviate drug shortages
The American Society of Hematology is encouraged by the steps FDA is taking to alleviate drug shortages that have significantly affected so many patients with hematologic malignancies under our members' care.
read more →Americans used less health care during recent U.S. economic recession
The recent U.S. economic recession was the longest and most severe since World War II. During this period, personal spending on health care grew at the slowest rate in over 50 years, suggesting that Americans used less health care.
read more →Southeast Minnesota Beacon Community to demonstrate HIE technology at HiMSS Conference
Medical records are an invaluable tool in treating patients. When a caregiver has ample information regarding a person's medical history, treatments are more effective and efficient. Unfortunately, few people have complete medical records -- due, in la...
read more →International effort to define ECG interpretation standards in athletes
On Feb. 13-14, the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) partnered with the ESC Sports Cardiology Section, the PACES, other leading U.S. cardiologists, BJSM, and F-MARC in an effort to define ECG interpretation standards in athletes and ...
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