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Direct Flow Medical Announces Fifth Patent Issuance Of Their Unique Percutaneous Aortic Valve Technology
Direct Flow Medical, Inc. a privately held, emerging medical device Company developing a next generation, minimally invasive implant to treat patients with heart valve disease announced the issuance of its 5th patent on their Percutaneous Aortic Valve (PAV) Technology. The patent (USP# 7,534,259) entitled: "Nonstented Heart Valves with Formed in situ Support" provides further protection for this second generation PAV device.
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Importance Of 'Moral Values' Replaced By Economy, Health Care For Voters, Washington Post Columnist Says
Since the 2004 election, issues relating to the economic recession and health care have replaced "moral values" as the most important political topics in the U.S., columnist E.J. Dionne writes in a Washington Post opinion piece. He cites a survey released in May by the Pew Research Center that offered respondents the same list of issues that appeared on the 2004 exit poll and found that the importance of moral values had decreased by more than half. Dionne writes that concern over the economy and jobs had more than doubled on the survey, while issues such as health care and education also had "gained substantial ground." According to the survey, "The drop in concern over moral values was particularly sharp among older working-class voters who have been trending Republican for years," Dionne writes.According to Dionne, "Conservative moral values voters have become the heart of the Republican coalition, and if their ranks are shrinking, so is the GOP"s base." He writes that it "is no accident that President Obama takes every opportunity to shift the public debate to issues -- the economy, health care and education -- that the populist conservatives ... find appealing."According to Dionne, "[f]ew recent survey findings are more enlightening about what"s happening in American politics -- and what is likely to happen to the debate over the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor." He adds that it is "striking that while some antiabortion groups issued stinging press releases against Sotomayor, her views on abortion remain a mystery -- to the consternation of abortion-rights supporters." According to Dionne, "Both sides in the abortion debate want to have a confrontation that Sotomayor may not give them the opportunity to stage." He adds that the "vast majority of Americans are not clamoring for this particular battle" (Dionne, Washington Post, 6/1).
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Yissum Signs A Collaboration Agreement With Aurum Ventures MKI For The Development Of Breakthrough Liver-Bypassing Oral Drug Delivery Nanotechnology
Yissum Research Development Company Ltd., the Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, announced today at the ILSI-Biomed Israel 2009 conference, it has signed an agreement with Aurum, Ventures MKI, the technology investment arm of Mr. Morris Kahn, for the development of a nanotechnology controlled release drug delivery platform that increases the bioavailability of orally administered lipophilic drugs. The technology was developed by Prof. Simon Benita at the Hebrew University"s School of Pharmacy.
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Mathematica Policy Research: The National Health Plan Collaborative: Overview Of Its Origins, Accomplishments And Lessons Learned "Racial and ethnic minority groups confront disparities in the quality of health care that contribute to higher rates of disease, disability, and mortality," according to a Mathematica description of the document. This report describes National Health Plan Collaborative efforts "to help large national and regional health plans team up to reduce these disparities ... The NHPC initially emphasized collaboration to encourage participating health plans - and indirectly the insurance industry - to consider creative approaches to measuring and reducing disparities. In the second phase, plans focused on collecting primary data on members" race and ethnicity, and on providing translation services to those with limited English proficiency. Most participating plans made substantial progress in integrating and institutionalizing their disparities work into the mainstream of their organizations" (6/12). Pew Internet/California HealthCare Foundation: The Social Life Of Health Information When faced with a health question or concern, 61 percent of American adults turn to the internet in addition to seeking the advice of medical professionals or friends and family, according to the results of a national survey report released last week by the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the California HealthCare Foundation. The "survey finds that technology is not an end, but a means to accelerate the pace of discovery, widen social networks, and sharpen the questions someone might ask when they do get to talk to a health professional." The results of the report were based on a national phone survey conducted in Spanish and English. It involved "some 2,253 adults, age 18 and older" and "included 502 cell-phone interviews" (6/11). The Urban Institute: Health Care Reform for Children with Public Coverage: How Can Policymakers Maximize Gains and Prevent Harm? Though "universal coverage has the potential to increase access to care and improve the health and well-being of uninsured children and adults," "the effects of health care reform on the more than 25 million children who currently have coverage under Medicaid or the Children"s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are less clear." "Increased parental coverage will help these children since many have uninsured parents with unmet health needs. However, proposals to move these children into a new health insurance exchange could make them worse off through the potential loss of benefits and legal protections and possible exposure to higher cost-sharing; alternatively, if reimbursement rates are higher in the exchange than paid under Medicaid and CHIP, children"s access to providers could improve (Kenney and Dorn, 6/09)." This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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