Oct 17, 2017
Magstim, a pioneer in the study and development of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), has received a contract from the Veterans Administration to help treat Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in Veterans who have failed to achieve satisfactory improvement from...
Oct 17, 2017
Ketamine administration is not associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the military trauma setting, according to a study published online Oct. 3 in Anaesthesia. Georges Mion, M.D., from Cochin Hospital in France, and colleagues conducted a...
Oct 16, 2017
Federal agencies met the government-wide small business goal for the fourth straight year in fiscal 2016. Last year also saw a $9 billion increase in the total of prime contracts going to small firms. What these numbers aren’t showing, and what should really worry the...
Oct 16, 2017
BATON ROUGE, La. (Office of the Governor) – On Monday, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that Dr. Rebekah Gee, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Election to the National Academy of Medicine is...
Oct 16, 2017
Engility Corp. has reported six wins of task orders worth $63 million combined for healthcare informatics and medical coding work at 14 Air Force bases. SOURCE – READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT:...
Oct 16, 2017
The Department of Veterans Affairs sent a bill proposal to Congress that would overhaul how veterans receive health care in the private sector and do away with the widely criticized “30-day/40-mile” rule, the agency announced Monday. SOURCE – READ THE FULL...
Oct 15, 2017
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is set to issue a hard-copy photo ID to any honorably discharged veteran who applies for one. On July 20, 2015, then-President Obama signed into law the Veterans Identification Card Act of 2015, which allows veterans to apply...
Oct 13, 2017
Surgical supplies company Manus Medical has won a $9.9 million contract with the US Department of Defense to supply it with medical equipment, according to a DoD release. SOURCE – READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT:...
Oct 12, 2017
A USA TODAY Network investigation revealed that for years, the Department of Veterans Affairs didn’t address misdeeds by staff members that put patients at risk. Comments are edited for clarity and grammar… SOURCE – READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT:...
Oct 11, 2017
If House Speaker Paul Ryan comes down with the flu this winter, he and his security detail won’t be screeching off toward the closest CVS for his Tamiflu.Instead, he can just walk downstairs and pick up the pills, part of a little-known perk open to every member of...
Oct 11, 2017
Loyola Medicine plans to buy MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, further expanding its reach while adding another name to the list of suburban hospitals snapped up by Chicago-area health systems. It also marks the beginning of the end of Tenet Healthcare Corp. in Chicago. The...
Oct 11, 2017
A 115-year-old vaccine vial has provided an important clue in the search for an answer to one of medicine’s enduring mysteries: What went into the world’s first vaccine? SOURCE – READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT:...
