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Preferred Family Healthcare receives federal grant for Assertive Community Treatment for Transitional Aged Youth

Preferred Family Healthcare received a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to expand Assertive Community Treatment for Transitional Aged Youth (ACT-tay) within six Northeast Missouri counties. Preferred Family …

Pharmacare is not a top health-care priority for Canadians, poll finds

Now that marijuana legalization is out of the way, a new poll suggests the Liberal government’s next big drug policy — the possible creation of national pharmacare — is not a top health-care priority for Canadian voters. Between July 27 and Aug. 3, …

HealthCare.gov system hack leaves 75,000 individuals exposed

A hack was detected earlier this month in a government computer system that works alongside HealthCare.gov, exposing the personal information of approximately 75,000 people, according to the agency in charge of the portal. In a statement to CNN, the …

Comptroller reports growth in statewide healthcare jobs

As employment has grown across the country, the rate of healthcare related jobs in New York State have outpaced all other fields. A report by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli shows that, health care employment in New York State has grown at an average of …

First-ever research on healthcare needs of transgender carried out in Pakistan

Resear­ch reveal­s majori­ty of health­care practi­tioner­s in Pakist­an lack knowle­dge regard­ing transg­ender health issues­ PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD .: The first ever research carried out in Pakistan regarding healthcare needs of transgender community …

Hackers breach Healthcare.gov system, taking files on 75,000 people

Source: TechCrunch - Posted by Brittany Day    A government system used by insurance agents and brokers to help customers sign up for healthcare plans was breached, allowing hackers to siphon off sensitive and personal data on 75,000 people. The Centers …

GOP candidates lying about healthcare

As Health care has emerged as the single biggest issue in the Midterms, Republicans are desperate to change the subject and erase people's memory of when they tried to repeal the ACA. Watch TV shows, movies and more on Yahoo View. About All In with …

HealthCare: Democrats Must Embrace History

[HealthCare: Op-Ed] Five years ago, 20,000 SEIU members shut down San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge to deliver a message: our nation could wait no longer to solve our growing healthcare crisis. Nurses, doctors, home care aides and other healthcare …

Batelco provides cloud solutions for healthcare sector

Bahrain’s leading telecom service operator has announced the launch of ‘MyClinic’ application, a digital cloud-based solution that is ideal for medical staff working in hospitals and clinics across the kingdom.   This comes in line with the kingdom’s …

SIU hones in on healthcare sector: 'Prosecutions have to follow'

After two days of deliberations on the National Health Insurance, delegates are expected to summarise findings and present the way forward. Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s two-day health summit concludes Saturday. Held in Boksburg east of Johannesburg, …

Tax reform pushes 200,000 patients off private healthcare and back onto the NHS

The bosses of the country's biggest health insurers have warned Philip Hammond against further insurance tax reform, following a damning report which has revealed a £126million knock-on cost to the NHS.      In a letter seen exclusively by This is …

Hackers breach HealthCare.gov system, get data on 75,000

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — No one won the latest Mega Millions drawing, meaning the jackpot climbs to a staggering $1.6 billion. Mega Millions officials say no tickets matched all six numbers to claim the estimated $1 billion grand prize in Friday night' …

Mabuza: Govt committed to making healthcare more affordable

Mabuza: Govt committed to making healthcare more affordable Mabuza was speaking at the two-day presidential health summit which kicked off in Boksburg on Friday. Deputy President David Mabuza. Picture: GCIS. JOHANNESBURG – Deputy President David Mabuza …

HealthCare.gov Portal Suffers Data Breach Exposing 75,000 Customers

Hackers Breach Healthcare.gov

The Affordable Care Act’s federal exchange system for insurance was breached and about 75,000 consumer files compromised, the Trump administration said Friday. Suspicious activity was detected early this week in a part of the exchange system that allows …

HealthCare.gov Portal Suffers Data Breach Exposing 75,000 Consumers

Sensitive information belonging to roughly 75,000 individuals was exposed after a government healthcare sign-up system got hacked, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said on Friday. The agency said that “anomalous system activity” was …

Hackers breach HealthCare.gov system, get data on 75,000  

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government computer system that interacts with HealthCare.gov was hacked earlier this month, compromising the sensitive personal data of some 75,000 people, officials said Friday. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made the …

LU Dems welcome WI candidates to Healthcare Town Hall

On Thursday, Oct. 11, the LU College Democrats partnered with Citizen Action Wisconsin and the Northeast Wisconsin Organizing Co-op to host a healthcare town hall featuring Wisconsin Attorney General candidate Josh Kaul and State Assembly candidate Matt …

Healthcare issues

ALTHOUGH health services are provided at primary, secondary and tertiary levels supported by a number of projects funded by international donors like WHO, World Bank, Asian Bank, etc., the outcome till date is disappointing. Health department is the most …

Inmedix CEO to Co-Chair Immuno-autonomics Study Group at 2018 Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology.

Andrew J. Holman, MD, Inmedix CEO & Co-founder, to highlight how linkage between the brain and immune function adversely affects autoimmune disease treatment. NORMANDY PARK, WA, USA, October 20, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Inmedix, the …

OncoMed Announces Interim Phase 1b Results for Navicixizumab and Paclitaxel Combination Therapy in Platinum-resistant ...

Overall Clinical Benefit Rate of 85%, Partial Response Rate of 42% and Progression Free Survival of 5.4 Months Observed in Patients with > 2 Prior Therapies and/or Prior Bevacizumab REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OncoMed …

Two Ways Intermountain Healthcare Is Improving Access To Healthcare In Utah

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA, October 19, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Intermountain Healthcare gives donations to many community partners to support its mission of helping people live the healthiest lives possible — and here are just two examples of …

Muhammad Kaleem Arshad MD addresses the concepts and controversies regarding Attention Deficit Disorder

Muhammad Kaleem Arshad MD, a board certified psychiatrist discusses the controversies surrounding ADD and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES, October 19, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Muhammad …

Life Care Planning: Post-Sanchez Decision

MODESTO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, October 19, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Academic Physician Life Care Planning, LLC provides Sanchez proof testimony for its defense and plaintiff life care plans that relates to the anticipated cost of …

Miles Clark, Director Of Clinical Research for Clinical Based Research Company, Excited To Be A Part of Waite Enterprise

Waite Enterprise CEO Daniel Waite working closely with Miles Clark to build out the health sector of Corporate Holdings. DALLAS, TX, USA, October 19, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Clinical Based Research is a successful clinical research …

Donna L. Lauck of Collaborative Care to be Featured on CUTV News Radio

ABINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES, October 19, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Donna L. Lauck is one of those people who is proud to say she became what she wanted to be as a child. From the time she could talk, Donna told everyone she wanted to …

UPDATE – GrandOmics Biosciences Offers Genetic Test Using the Saphyr System for Molecular Diagnosis of ...

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bionano Genomics, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNGO), a life sciences instrumentation company that develops and markets Saphyr, a platform for ultra-sensitive and ultra-specific structural variation detection in genome …

Sanofi: FDA approves asthma indication for Dupixent® (dupilumab)

FDA approves asthma indication for Dupixent® (dupilumab) Only biologic approved for both moderate and severe asthma patients with eosinophilic phenotype Only biologic approved for oral corticosteroid-dependent asthma, regardless of phenotype Only asthma …

Syneos Health Schedules Third Quarter 2018 Earnings Call for Tuesday, November 6, 2018

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Syneos HealthTM (Nasdaq: SYNH), the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization combining a Contract Research Organization (CRO) and Contract Commercial Organization (CCO), will release …

Texas Orthopedic Hospital Recognized as One of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare in 2018

Houston, Oct. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Texas Orthopedic Hospital was ranked #25 nationally among healthcare providers by Modern Healthcare’s 2018 Best Places to Work in Healthcare, the seventh year in a row it's been ranked on the list. The …

Arizona Mesothelioma Victims Center Now Urges a Public Utility or Power Plant Worker with Mesothelioma in Arizona to ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA, October 19, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Arizona Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "We are urging a nuclear power, public utility, electric, water, or natural gas worker who has recently been diagnosed with …

Globus Medical Schedules Third Quarter 2018 Earnings Release and Conference Call

AUDUBON, Pa., Oct. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Globus Medical, Inc. (NYSE:GMED), a leading musculoskeletal solutions company, will announce its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2018 after the market close on Thursday, November …

Correction of Press Release dated September 24, 2018 (‘Golden Leaf Holdings' Subsidiary, Medical Marijuana Group Corp, ...

TORONTO, Oct. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Golden Leaf Holdings Ltd. (“Golden Leaf” or the “Company”) (CSE:GLH) (OTCQB:GLDFF) wishes to advise that the press release issued on September 24, 2018 contained an error relating to the currency denomination. …

GrandOmics Biosciences Offers Genetic Test Using the Saphyr System for Molecular Diagnosis of Facioscapulohumeral ...

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bionano Genomics, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNGO), a life sciences instrumentation company that develops and markets Saphyr, a platform for ultra-sensitive and ultra-specific structural variation detection in genome …

Bespoke Extracts Sponsors Motorcycle Racer Sean Dylan Kelly at 35th Annual Race of Champions at Daytona International ...

SUNNY ISLES, Fla., Oct. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bespoke Extracts, Inc. (OTCQB: BSPK), producer of high quality, great tasting, hemp-derived CBD products, today announced that it will be a title sponsor of motorcycle racer Sean Dylan Kelly, who will …

Vital Vio CEO and Co-Founder Colleen Costello Among Goldman Sachs’ “100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2018”

Troy, NY, Oct. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is recognizing Vital Vio Co-Founder and CEO Colleen Costello, a pioneer in continuous disinfection technology, as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2018 at its Builders + …

Nextech to Offer Educational Sessions and EMR Innovations at AAO 2018

TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nextech Systems, a leading provider of healthcare technology solutions for specialty physician practices, including Ophthalmology, will offer multiple educational opportunities in their booth #2262 at the  …

Canntab Files Application to Become Licensed Producer

TORONTO, Oct. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canntab Therapeutics Limited (CSE:PILL) (“Canntab” or the “Company”), a leader in the development of precision oral dose cannabis tablets and capsules, is pleased to announce that it has filed an application to …

Misonix to Report Fiscal 2019 First Quarter Financial Results and Host Conference Call and Webcast on November 8

FARMINGDALE, N.Y., Oct. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Misonix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSON) (“Misonix” or the “Company”), a provider of minimally invasive therapeutic ultrasonic medical devices that enhance clinical outcomes, announced today that it will report its …