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GE Healthcare: Information and Resources for Journalists for Breast Cancer and National Mammography Day Stories
WAUKESHA, Wis. -- GE Healthcare is the largest provider of mammography systems worldwide and offers a full range of additional important technologies used in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.
Tags: breast cancer, General Electric Co., health care
Research articles 2004-09-30
Health plans honored
WASHINGTON - Four health plans have been honored by the American Assn. of Health Plans as providing exemplary breast cancer treatment programs. The four plans - Humana Health Plan of Chicago; Keystone Mercy Health Plan of Pennsylvania; Kaiser PermanenWASHINGTON - Four health plans have been honored...
Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, breast cancer, health care, women
Research articles 1998-09-21
Blue Cross incentives target breast cancer; Plan would pay more for better treatment.(News)(Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan Inc.)
Byline: Michelle Martinez Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan wants to do for breast cancer what it has done for heart attacks and pneumonia: pay more for improvements in treatment. The Blues and other insurers have linked higher hospital reimbu ...
Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, breast cancer, health care, incentive
Research articles 2005-12-12
GE Medical Systems Announces Interactive Breast Health Tools from NexCura, Inc. and the National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations -NABCO-
Business/Health Editors, Women's Writers
Tags: alliance, breast cancer, GE Medical Systems, health care
Research articles 2000-10-25
GE Healthcare and Confirma Form Alliance to Deliver MRI Computer-Aided Detection — CAD — for Breast Cancer
KIRKLAND, Wash. & WAUKESHA, Wis. -- Confirma, the market leader for computer-aided-detection CAD for breast magnetic resonance imaging MRI, and GE Healthcare announced today that the companies have signed a strategic alliance to bring the industry's leading MRI technologies for breast cancer detection to healthcare providers. Under the agreement, GE...
Tags: alliance, breast cancer, CAD, computer, General Electric Co., health care
Research articles 2004-07-02
Mixing Heritage, health for L.A. Latinas. (Marketing & Advertising).(Time Warner Cable's ties in Hispanic Heritage campaign with breast cancer effort)(Brief Article)
Time Warner Gable's Los Angeles division soon will combine the second half of its "Hispanic Heritage Month" promotional campaign with a tie-in to Lifetime Television's "Stop Breast Cancer for Life" effort. Time Warner Gable's Los Angeles division soon will combine the ...
Tags: breast cancer, health care, marketing, Time Warner Cable Inc.
Research articles 2002-09-23
Yale nursing faculty develop models of health care.(Southern Connecticut Regional Business)
Four faculty members of the Yale School of Nursing faculty are developing models of care related to Type 2 diabetes, safe and healthy child care, excessive weight gain during pregnancy and support following breast cancer therapy. The four projects Four faculty members of...
Tags: breast cancer, health care, Yale University
Research articles 2004-05-10
IBM Health Trial Continues as Breast-Cancer Survivor Testifies.
By Lori Aratani, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Lori Aratani, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Tags: breast cancer, health care, IBM Corp.
Research articles 2003-11-07
Aetna limits breast cancer marrow therapy.(Brief Article)
BLUE BELL, Pa.-Aetna U.S. Healthcare said last week it will limit coverage of a particular treatment for advanced breast cancer because researchers have failed to establish its effectiveness. Meanwhile, other health maintenance organizations say th BLUE BELL, Pa.-Aetna U.S. Healthcare said last week it...
Tags: Aetna Inc., breast cancer, health care, HMO, therapy
Research articles 2000-02-21
GE Healthcare Encourages Women to Take Action on National Mammography Day; Advances in Imaging Technologies Enhancing Breast Cancer Screening
WAUKESHA, Wis. -- GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), is urging all women over 40 and any "at-risk" patients to observe National Mammography Day by scheduling a mammogram.
Tags: breast cancer, General Electric Co., health care, imaging, women
Research articles 2005-10-21
Effects of Chronic Widespread Pain on the Health Status and Quality of Life of Women After Breast Cancer Surgery
Most research and treatment of post-breast cancer chronic pain has focused on local or regional pain problems in the operated area. The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast the pain characteristics, symptom impact, health status, and quality of life of post-breast cancer surgery women with regional chronic...
Tags: Pain, Women, Breast Cancer, Health Care, Gender And Diversity, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2005-04-28
Employment-Contingent Health Insurance, Illness, and Labor Supply of Women: Evidence From Married Women With Breast Cancer
This paper examines the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on married women's labor supply following a health shock. First, it develops a theoretical model that examines the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on the labor supply response to a health shock, to clarify under what conditions employment-contingent health insurance is...
Tags: Health Insurance, Women, Breast Cancer, Health Care, Gender And Diversity, Benefits, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Insurance, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance
White papers 2004-04-01
NEW GUIDANCE ON BREAST CANCER BENEFIT NOTICES.
WASHINGTON -- New guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor will give employers welcome flexibility in complying with annual notification requirements under a 1998 mastectomy benefits law. That law, which took effect Jan. 1, 1999, requires health WASHINGTON -- New guidance from the...
Tags: breast cancer, health care, U.S. Department of Labor
Research articles 1999-10-25

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drugstore.com inc. Lowers Price of Breast Cancer Treatment by More than 50 Percent
Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BELLEVUE, Wash.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 7, 2003 drugstore.com, inc. (Nasdaq:DSCM), the leading online retailer of health, beauty, wellness, personal care, and pharmacy products, today announced the availability of tamoxifen at prices 50 to 65 percent below previous retail prices. Tamoxifen is used to treat breast cancer...
Tags: drugstore.com Inc.
Research articles 2003-04-07
Chevron & America's Wealthiest Corporations Challenged to "Stop Ignoring Health Care Responsibilities"
New Website, ChevronWontYouJoinUs.org, Features Latina Immigrant Fighting Breast Cancer and Fighting to Expand Health Insurance for All Working Families
Tags: Chevron Corp., health care
Research articles 2006-10-12
Improving Quality of Care for Californians With Breast Cancer
Breast cancer threatens the lives of many women in California and across the country. One in eight women in California will develop breast cancer during her lifetime. According to the American Cancer Society, some 21,325 new cases excluding in situ cancers of female breast cancer will be diagnosed in California...
Tags: Women, Breast Cancer, California HealthCare Foundation, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources
White papers 2002-07-01
Oakwood Offers ``Breast Cancer Myths and Realities'' Seminar in November
Business Editors, Health & Medical Writers DEARBORN, Mich.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 14, 2002 These days there are so many questions regarding the best way to fight breast cancer. How effective are self-exams? When is the best time to start getting mammograms? What are the signs for early detection? At the...
Tags: Oakwood Healthcare Inc.
Research articles 2002-10-14
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, National and State Legislators and OhioHealth Call for Action to Reduce Disparities in Breast Cancer Survival
To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Kathy Berta of M+R Strategic Services, +1-216-533-2211, kberta@mrss.com, for Susan G. Komen for the Cure; or Katie Carter of Komen Columbus Affiliate, +1-614-297-8155, katiecarter@komencolumbus.org COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, breast cancer activists and survivors from the four Ohio Affiliates of Susan G. Komen...
Tags: OhioHealth
Research articles 2008-01-22
Columbia-based health care firm completes $2M placement
Celsion Corp. has completed a $2 million private placement that it will use to conclude trials and commercialize its breast cancer treatment system. The Columbia-based company did not disclose what it netted from the effort. Celsion is in Phase II clinical trials with its system, which the company...
Tags: Celsion Corp., microwave
Research articles 2002-06-04
Four Yale nursing faculty develop models of health care under Beatrice Renfield Clinical Research Initiatives Fund.
M2 PRESSWIRE-23 April 2004-YALE UNIVERSITY: Four Yale nursing faculty develop models of health care under Beatrice Renfield Clinical Research Initiatives FundC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04222004 New Haven, Conn. -- Yale School of Nursing faculty are developing models of care related to...
Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE, Yale University
Research articles 2004-04-23
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