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Deaths from overdoses of prescription painkillers are not rising as quickly, but the reasons for that trend are unclear and could be linked to the legalization of marijuana, according to reports released today.

In the wake of Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University HealthSystem's proposed merger, America's Health Insurance Plans is leading the charge to prevent this and similar mergers and acquisitions.

MicroRNAs have the potential to be predictive biomarkers that can predict survival as well as response to chemotherapy, as this study discovered.

This recommendation follows the list of 5 released last year by the organization, with the aim of helping the patient and physician choose appropriate treatments.

Following Herceptin earlier this year, Roche has announced that tampered vials of it's blood cancer drug MabThera (Rituxan) were found in Germany.

Despite the current high cost of Gilead Science's hepatitis C drug, the next generation version will be even more expensive. However, the company also struck deals with generic drugmakers to bring the drug to developing countries.

Weighing the cost-benefit ratio of proton radiation therapy, private and public payers are placing coverage limitations on the use of this treatment.

More than 1,000 health centers in every US state and territory will receive Affordable Care Act funds to expand their primary care services, according to an announcement from Health and Human Services' Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell.

Open enrollment season is almost upon us. That will bring a test of whether the website for the federal exchange, HealthCare.gov can perform better in its second year than in its disastrous debut.

Rapid advances in detection technology, coupled with an increased awareness about screening, have ignited a debate on overdiagnosis and overtreatment of precancerous lesions. Should physicians use their discretion and implement a "wait-and-watch" approach?

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has announced the approval of 50 research funding awards, totaling $30 million over two years, through its Pilot Projects Program, which will address a broad range of questions about methods for engaging patients in the health research and dissemination process.

Tecemotide, a synthetic lipopeptide immunotherapy was being developed as a cancer vaccine against the MUC1 glycoprotein that is often aberrantly overexpressed in NSCLC.

A meta-analysis published in The Lancet found that the combination was most successful in achieving the target A1C, with a minimal risk of hypoglycemia and weight loss.

Despite reported glitches, CMS plans to launch the database that will provide information on payments for research, gifts, meals, or speaker fees received by providers and teaching hospitals from the pharmaceutical industry.

A newly announced merger between Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University HealthSystem will create Illinois' largest integrated healthcare delivery system, serving 3 million patients annually.

A bill in New Jersey to regulate sober living homes points up a quandary of trying to bring resources to those struggling with addiction: too few rules can put people with mental health issues at risk. But too many could put facilities out of business, leaving even fewer places for addicts, who may have few resources, to seek care.

Retail health insurance marketplaces, also known as exchanges, are on the cusp of dramatically changing the health insurance business, according to a new report from PwC's Health Research Institute.

The study, published in BMC Medical Genomics, identified ethnicity-based variability in microRNA expression that could lead to health disparities in cancer across the globe.

The study, which evaluated the top 20 pharmaceutical companies, identified Amgen, AstraZeneca, and Celgene as the most dedicated to clinical trial data sharing.

GNS Healthcare, a leading provider of big data analytics in health care, today announced the appointment of Jan Berger, MD, MJ, to its board of directors. Berger, who served CVS Caremark as chief clinical officer for nearly 10 years, is an internationally recognized expert in medication adherence and value-based health care. She is currently president and CEO of Health Intelligence Partners, a consultancy providing business strategies and solutions to clients across the care continuum.

The panel, developed in collaboration with immunooncology scientists around the world, including at INSERM, will help researchers create a profile of the human immune response in all cancer types.

The call for all women age 30 and older to have genetic testing for the mutations that cause breast and ovarian cancer raises a host of ethical and practical concerns, to say nothing of the cost, which could run in the billions of dollars in the United States, according to a physician for a major insurer who has implemented a genetic counseling policy.

Although baby boomers are expected to place a large burden on healthcare resources, consumer health technologies could help stem increasing needs and costs, according to a new study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

The FDA approval will greatly influence the reach of the drug which was approved for use in advanced prostate cancer patients.

An analysis of hospital administrative costs across 8 countries found hospital bureaucracy accounts for a quarter of hospital spending in the United States.

The retrospective study, conducted at the Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, found that watchful waiting among black men with early stage prostate cancer who had undergone surgery, resulted in a more aggressive disease.

US school children and especially teens are eating too much salt, and they're doing so with the staples of the American diet — things like pizza, bread, snacks, chicken nuggets, and cheeseburgers. Children ages 6-18 consumed 42 percent more sodium on average than needed, with teens consuming nearly 60 percent more than recommended levels, according to a 2009-2010 survey released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Health Care Cost Institute and the National Academy for State Healthy Policy are launching a grant program to fund studies that will analyze how the states are implementing health reform.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released a final rule for electronic health record certification that offers more flexibility for health information technology developers, providers, and consumers.