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Massachusetts Health Insurance Law Lowered Uninsured Rate, Had 'Marginal' Effect On Spending, Group Says
The Massachusetts Health Insurance Law of 2006 has allowed the state to have the lowest uninsured rate in the country while having a "marginal impact" on state spending, according to a report by the Massachusetts Taxpayer Association, the AP/Boston Globe reports. MTA was among the groups supporting the bill"s original passage. The report shows that health care spending will increase by $707 million from fiscal year 2006 to FY 2010. Half of that increase would be covered by the federal government, so the annual cost increase for the state would be $88 million, according to MTA. It noted that many workers who had chosen not to purchase employer-provided insurance before the law took effect now have done so, which has resulted in about $750 million in additional costs for businesses each year (AP/Boston Globe, 5/20). A summary of the report is available online. The full report also is available on the same page (.pdf).
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What Is Shingles? What Causes Shingles?
Shingles is caused by the herpes varicella-zoster (or simply zoster) virus. This virus also causes chickenpox. Most of us get chickenpox during childhood, but after we recover the virus remains inactive (dormant) in our nervous system. Our immune system stops the virus from becoming active. However, later in life it may become reactivated, causing shingles. Shingles is an infection of a nerve and the area of skin around it.
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Timing Is Everything: Growth Factor Keeps Brain Development On Track
Just like a conductor cueing musicians in an orchestra, Fgf10, a member of the fibroblast growth factor (Ffg) family of morphogens, lets brain stem cells know that the moment to get to work has arrived, ensuring that they hit their first developmental milestone on time, report scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the July 16, 2009, edition of the journal Neuron.
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New Informa Healthcare Web Site Now Live - Site Features More Than 180 Peer-Reviewed Journals

Informa Healthcare - one of the world"s leading medical and scientific publishers- has announced that the new interactive http://www.informahealthcare.com site is now live and delivers online content from more than 180 peer-reviewed journals. The site combines all the Informa Healthcare journal titleslisted on InformaWorld.com and InformaPharmaScience.com to help simplify the customer experience. The new site utilizes the online content management and delivery system provided by Atypon Systems, Inc. - an e-publishing solutions supplier for a number of leading information providers including JSTOR, New England Journal of Medicine and the American Chemical Society. The Atypon system enables Informa Healthcare to integrate a comprehensive archive service - dating back to 1918 - giving pharmaceutical, medical and healthcare professionals one central, high-quality of information. "The new site will help researchers, authors and librarians connect user behavior through commonly read articles," said Phil Garner, Publishing Director at Informa Healthcare. "Our goal is to offer a robust selection of specialty content to promote information exchange and further professional research or development." The new platform offers the option of online trials, advanced searching, alerting, and single article purchases. The site also provides COUNTER-compliant reports and statistics to help subscribers analyze usage. "We are delighted to be able to partner with Informa Healthcare and provide a cost-effective, interactive platform that offers great functionality and navigation options," said Chris Beckett, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Atypon Systems. "We have worked closely with Informa HealthCare to deliver a site that will grow their revenues and better engage their user community." There will be a dual-hosting period with the InformaWorld platform, which currently hosts the medical content, through 2009 allowing for a gradual migration. Informa Healthcare will set up customer accounts in August and will notify subscribers of the change to ensure a seamless transition to the new site. Customers with journals on InformaPharmaScience.com will be automatically re-directed. "We want to make the transition as easy and productive as possible for our customers," said Phil. "We encourage healthcare, academic and corporate professionals to review the new site and send us feedback." To review a list of journal titles on the new site or for more information, visit http://www.informahealthcare.com. Informa Healthcare


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