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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) announced today that its members can now import their BCBSMA health history into their own Google Health™ Personal Health Record (PHR). BCBSMA is the first health insurance company to integrate on the Google Health platform allowing BCBSMA members to import their personal health information into their Google Health [...]

President Bush has signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2007 (H.R. 2764), which includes a provision directing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide the public with open online access to findings from its funded research. This is the first time the U.S. government has mandated public access to research funded by [...]

A chair that undulates, a mouse that vibrates, a monitor suspended over a desk on a movable arm. These are some of the kinds of newfangled ergonomic products that Alan Hedge, international authority on office ergonomics, studies to see if they can prevent repetitive motion injuries among the estimated 100 million people who now use [...]

Researchers at the University of Minnesota plan to begin a clinical trial to test a Web-based software program that aims to fight the spread of HIV by reducing risky behaviors that can spread the virus, ANI/Malaysia Sun reports.
The research team — led by Joseph Konstan, a professor of computer science and engineering at the university, [...]

Several Minnesota health insurance companies have launched Web sites that encourage consumers to post comments about their experiences with health care providers in the insurers’ networks, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. The sites — including Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota’s healthcarescooop.com, Medica’s mainstreetmedica.com, and sites by HealthPartners and PreferredOne — are “part [...]

Early identification of adverse effects of drugs before they are tested in humans is crucial in developing new therapeutics, as unexpected effects account for a third of all drug failures during the development process. Now researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have developed a novel technique using computer modeling to identify potential [...]

As cold and flu season hits this year amid growing debate over the necessity of vaccinations, University of Toronto researchers have uncovered widespread misinformation in related videos on YouTube.
In the first-ever study of its kind, U of T researchers Dr. Kumanan Wilson and Dr. Jennifer Keelan analyzed 153 videos about vaccination and immunization on YouTube, [...]

Oregon could become a national leader in the effort to create centralized electronic health records in the U.S., House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Tuesday in Portland, the Oregonian reports. Pelosi said that EHRs are essential for lowering medical costs, reducing medical errors and improving care in rural areas.
Pelosi said, “This is the future. I [...]

Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc., a diagnostic imaging leader dedicated to furthering medical education, announced enhancements to the Toshiba Learning Center Web site - http://www.ToshibaLearningCenter.com. The Web site, now in its second generation, will include online continuing medical education (CME) courses, physician courses and a section for medical articles.
“We are excited to see the evolution [...]

Scientists have known which genes are linked to inflammation, but now researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have organized this information to develop a powerful tool to aid investigators in studying the genetics of inflammatory diseases.
Using complex web-based software called Ingenuity Pathway Analysis®, the researchers were able to systematically map out pathways, or [...]