http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=69&catid=146News Feed for - Healthcarehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96404004&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T08:02:00I hereby forfeit my claim to a right-wing conspiracy decoder ring by offering two cheers for the Democrats. I congratulate them on their victory Saturday night in the Senate, and while I can't quite wish Chicago Tribunehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96547973&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T07:34:00BRUSSELS, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Agfa Gevaert NV: * Says its division Agfa HealthCare has signed an agreement with Curagita Holding AG to acquire all the shares of its subsidiary Insight Agents GmbH. * Insight Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96555690&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T08:39:00* Says revenue, profit rose significantly in H1 * Says recent acquisitions helped growth (Adds details) Nov 26 (Reuters) - Healthcare IT specialist System C Healthcare Plc (SYS.L) on Thursday said it Reuters UKhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96547335&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T07:03:00The Yomiuri Shimbun About 40 percent of assisted-living fee-charging nursing homes provided end-of-life palliative care for at least one resident who died at the facility within the past year, according Yomiuri Shimbunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96530330&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T03:33:00National health insurance fees will increase by an average of 4.9 percent from next year. The fee rose 6.5 percent in 2007 and 6.4 percent in 2008 but was frozen in 2009 due to the recession. The Ministry Digital Chosunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96512852&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T00:11:00Senate must give straight answers to care questions - San Jose Mercury News MNGiRegistrationLoginUrl MNGiRegistrationUrl MNGiIDCookieName //General Information yld_mgr yld_mgr.slots sectionKeywords content_type_list San Jose Mercury Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96414278&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T08:41:00WASHINGTON One of the White House's biggest boasts about the health care legislation now moving through Congress is that it should reduce health care costs for both government and society. Many prominent Fort Mills Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96555715&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T08:55:00With the nation's health-care system in legislative flux, employers are maintaining the status quo when it comes to designing employee benefits. 'Very few employers are making major plan changes [for Philadelphia Inquirerhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96553535&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T08:26:00Last year, ESOMAR decided to replace its online research conference with a conference solely dedicated to online research. The program included a nice mix of traditional research into quality and reliability Insiteshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96417732&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T07:54:00Double-digit. That hyphenated adjective has been used most often recently to describe October's 10.2 percent unemployment rate. But it can also be used to describe the federal budget deficit as a percentage Jewish World Reviewhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96546063&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T06:35:00Mono-ubiquitylation of a transactivator is known to promote transcriptional activation of certain transactivator proteins. For the Sacchromyces cerevisiae transactivator, GAL4, attachment of mono-ubiquitin Bioscience Technology Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96343229&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T06:35:00Cosmetic surgery and procedure patients and health-care providers are lining up in opposition to a provision in the U.S. Senateā??s version of Health Care Reform which would impose a 5% tax on purely Grinzahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96542983&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T05:58:00Holly Sacks of HID Global provides insight into the use of contactless smart card technology in the Healthcare industry for introducing safer conditions for patients as staff as well as tackling the sensitive Pro Security Zonehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96542792&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T05:56:00On the eve of Thanksgiving, Stephen Pagliuca yesterday released the most pointed television ad yet of the Senate race, calling out rivals Martha Coakley and Michael Capuano as potential obstacles to the Boston Globehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96533181&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T04:14:00In a bid to offer quick and affordable diagnosis of heart diseases in India, GE Healthcare has introduced 'Mac I' ECG equipment. The equipment, a portable and easy-to-operate system, is part of the company's PharmaBizhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96532650&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T04:08:00I hereby forfeit my claim to a right-wing conspiracy decoder ring by offering two cheers for the Democrats. I congratulate them on their victory Saturday night in the Senate, and while I can't quite wish Houston Chroniclehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96396491&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T04:41:00Fifteen of top 25 are drug or device makers; hospitals and distributors round out the list Saying that, by identifying 25 top-performing firms in delivering value across a supply chain from manufacturer Pharmaceutical Commercehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96525150&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T02:28:00THE COST of health insurance from Quinn Healthcare is to go up by an average of 15 per cent in 2010, the company announced yesterday. It said the price increase was a direct result of the Government-imposed Irish Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96523447&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T02:07:00By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff On the eve of Thanksgiving, Stephen Pagliuca released the most pointed television ad yet of the Senate race today, calling out rivals Martha Coakley and Michael Capuano Boston Globehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96430981&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T07:26:00Healthcare fraud said to cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars a year has garnered increased attention amid the congressional debate about overhauling the healthcare system. MIAMI (Reuters) - 600 WREChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96522785&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T01:55:00A new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds Americans inclined to oppose congressional passage of healthcare legislation this year. The survey finds 42% against a bill, 35% in support of it. 49% overall said they Helicopter Association Int.http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96522296&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T01:50:00Aim: To study the microbiological and clinical profile of patients with microbial keratitis living in nursing homes. Methods: A retrospective analysis of hospital records from 1996 to 2006 of patients British Journal of Ophthalmologyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96517989&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T01:13:00FURTHER READING Topic diabetes insulin pump Medtronic has reported that its second quarter net earnings in the fiscal year 2010, which ended Oct. 30, more than double compared to the previous year-ago HealthImaginghttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96517243&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T01:02:00WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration pushed back Wednesday against claims that it's not doing enough to slow the growth of health care costs, a topic senators will debate heavily in coming weeks. White NewsMax.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96514679&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=1462009-11-26T00:31:00The version of healthcare reform passed by the House would tax employers that fail to offer health insurance to employees if they are above a certain size--$500,000 in annual payroll (the Senate version US News