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J & J: Hospital Deal Will Hurt Medical Device Sales
The CFO for Johnson & Johnson"s said President Obama"s deal with hospitals to cut Medicare costs will reduce the sales of medical devices, Bloomberg reports: "Hospitals buy medical devices, including J&J"s artificial hips and stents to prop open clogged arteries, directly from the manufacturer, (Johnson and Johnson CFO Dominic) Caruso said today in an interview with Bloomberg News. The hospitals are reimbursed by government-run health plans for the cost of a procedure regardless of the price of the equipment, pressuring hospitals to cut purchases of the latest technologies, he said. ò€¦ "The deal that the hospital industry struck will obviously have an impact on the medical-device business," Caruso said. "Medicare reimburses the hospital for a basket of costs related to a procedure, of which medical devices are included"" (Randall, 7/14).
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Inner Ear Balance Disorders Common, Associated With Falls Among Older Americans
An estimated 35 percent of U.S. adults age 40 and older have vestibular dysfunction (inner ear balance disorders), and those who do may have a higher risk of falling, according to a report in the May 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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Research Team Finds Key Target Of Aging Regulator
Researchers at The Wistar Institute have defined a key target of an evolutionarily conserved protein that regulates the process of aging. The study, published June 11 in Nature, provides fundamental knowledge about key mechanisms of aging that could point toward new anti-aging strategies and cancer therapies.
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Statistical Press Notice: GP Extended Opening Hours - Monthly Update, UK

The following statistics were released by the Department of Health: GP extended opening hours for month ending April 2009. This data shows the number of GP practices within each Commissioner area (PCTs and Commissioning Care Trusts) and how many of those practices were offering extended opening hours on the census date (21st April 2009) Key findings this month: - Of 8,250 practices, 6,159 (74.7%) offered extended opening hours on the census date. This compares with 73.5% in March. - 151 (99.3%) Commissioners have achieved the Operating Framework aim of 50% of their GP Practices offering extended opening hours. This is the same as March. - 72 (47.4%) Commissioners have 75% or more of their practices offering extended hours. In March this was 69 (45.4%). - 3 PCTs (2%) had 100% of their practices offering extended hours this compares with 2 (1.3%) in March. Links: GP Extended Opening Hours data. Department of Health, UK


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