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FDA Approves Hologic's Less Invasive Permanent Contraception System
FDA has given final approval to Hologic"s Adiana permanent contraception system, the Boston Herald reports. The company hopes to market the procedure as an alternative to tubal ligation surgery for the roughly 700,000 U.S. women who undergo the procedure each year. Adiana is similar to Conceptus" Essure, which has been on the market since 2002.Adiana involves a two-step procedure that can be performed in about 15 minutes in a doctor"s office. The process consists of inserting a catheter into the fallopian tubes and delivering a low level of radio frequency energy to make a small lesion on the inside lining of each tube. The catheter then implants silicone polymer inserts, about the size of a grain of rice, on top of the lesions. The tubes become blocked as healthy cell tissue attaches to the inserts (McConville, Boston Herald, 7/9).

The Lung Association Celebrates Quitters For World No Tobacco Day 2009
On World No Tobacco Day, The Lung Association is celebrating those who have successfully quit smoking and sharing their success stories in the hopes of motivating others to quit.
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ASC X12 Releases Implementation Guide: "Personal Health Record Transfer Between Health Plans"
Standardized requirements for one health insurance plan to electronically send Personal Health Record (PHR) data to another health insurance plan, called the "Personal Health Record (PHR) Transfer Between Health Plans Technical Report, 005050X274," was released by the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12, providing monumental interoperability among insurance companies assisting consumers.
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Americans Who Say They Are In Excellent Health Enjoy More "Special" Birthday Celebrations

As the official sponsor of birthdays, the American Cancer Society announced new survey results that show people who say they are in excellent health enjoy better birthdays. The online survey of 2,002 U.S. adults, which demonstrated a strong link between health and attitudes about birthdays, revealed that people who say they are in excellent health are more likely to consider birthdays special and exciting events. In addition, people who say they are in excellent health are nearly twice as likely to love celebrating birthdays, generally consider them fun and feel more special on their birthday than people who say they are in poor health. "The American Cancer Society sees birthdays as symbolic of the progress we are making together with our supporters to help people stay well and get well, to find cures and fight back against cancer," said Elizabeth T.H. Fontham, M.P.H, Dr.P.H., national volunteer president, American Cancer Society. "This survey reinforces the benefits of a healthy lifestyle: eating right, being active, maintaining an appropriate weight, not smoking, and getting timely cancer screenings. Not only are these important ways to stay well, but, according to the findings, will also help make birthday celebrations with family and friends more enjoyable." Other key survey findings showed that perceptions of excellent health are directly tied to positive views of birthdays: - People who say they are in excellent health are more than twice as likely to think it is important to celebrate their own birthday (46 versus 21 percent). - People who say they are in excellent health are more likely to plan something special on their birthday (55 versus 25 percent) and want to celebrate their birthday with as many people as possible (33 versus 15 percent). - People who say they are in excellent health are more likely to want a lot of attention on their birthday (36 versus 18 percent), like people to know it"s their birthday (43 versus 27 percent) and prefer to tell people what they"d like for a birthday gift (28 versus 15 percent). The American Cancer Society invites people to join the movement to create a world with more birthdays by visiting morebirthdays.com where they can declare the American Cancer Society the official sponsor of their birthday, download a healthy "how to" birthday kit and send e-cards to friends and family. People can also spread the word via Facebook or by visiting the Society"s OfficialBirthdayBlog.com. About the Survey The online survey was conducted by Millward Brown among a sample of 2,002 adults age 18 and older between March 25 and April 1, 2009. The survey data is representative of national proportions by age, gender, ethnicity and region. Respondents were asked to self identify their health status as excellent, good, fair or poor. Research was conducted by online panels. The margin of sampling error for the results is +/- 2.2 percentage points. Margin of error is greater when analyzing smaller subgroups within the sample. American Cancer Society


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