News For: National Self Employee AssociationStrong Association Found Between Prevalence Of Low White Blood Count And Women Of African Descent Researchers from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center, have found a strong association between women of African descent from the U.S. and Caribbean, who are otherwise healthy, and the prevalence of neutropenia, or low white blood count. Aetna Pharmacy Management Certified for Fourth Consecutive Year by HR Policy Association for Meeting Stringent ... Aetna NYSE:AET announced that the HR Policy Association, which represents 250 of the largest U.S. employers, re-certified Aetna's pharmacy benefit management organization for again meeting the HR Policy Association Pharmaceutical Coalition's transparency standards, which provide employers with the most rigorous level of drug purchasing transparency available in the marketplace. State Medical Association Ponders Greater Scrutiny of Doctors Without Admitting Privileges FORT WAYNE, IN Indiana's NewsCenter --- A patient safety ordinance proposed in Fort Wayne appears to be prompting the Indiana State Medical Association to push harder for oversight of doctors who don't have ties to local hospitals. Aetna Pharmacy Management Certified for Fourth Consecutive Year by HR Policy Association for Meeting Stringent ... Aetna 6869;NYSE:AET announced that the HR Policy Association, which represents 250 of the largest U.S. Australian Medical Students' Association Applauds Funding Boost For General Practice Training, Australia The Australian Medical Students' Association congratulated the federal government on their decision to boost funding to a program that will encourage more medical trainees to undertake a career in general practice. The Pre-Vocational General Practice Placement Program PGPPP is a scheme that gives junior doctors an opportunity to experience general practice in their prevocational years. The National Labor Office of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Selects Best Doctors as a Strategic Alliance Best Doctors�� Inc., the trusted medical resource for ensuring individuals with serious illnesses and injuries have the right diagnosis and the right treatment, today announced a strategic alliance with the National Labor Office of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Aetna Pharmacy Management Certified for Fourth Consecutive Year by HR Policy Association for Meeting Stringent ... HARTFORD, Conn.----Aetna announced that the HR Policy Association, which represents 250 of the largest U.S. employers, re-certified Aetna's pharmacy benefit management organization for again meeting the HR Policy Association Pharmaceutical Coalition's transparency standards, which provide employers with the most rigorous level of drug purchasing transparency available in the marketplace. Medical Students' Association Applauds National's Voluntary Bonding Scheme For Medical Graduates, New Zealand The New Zealand Medical Students' Association NZMSA welcomed the announcement by John Key of the National party's Voluntary Bonding Scheme for medical graduates and other health professionals. The policy will provide debt relief to doctors choosing to stay in New Zealand. American Urological Association releases best practice statement on cryosurgery Elsevier Health Sciences A panel of experts convened by the American Urological Association to develop a best practice statement reached a consensus that primary cryosurgery is an option for men who have clinically organ confined prostate cancer of any grade with negative metastatic evaluation. Clinicians using cryosurgery are advised to review this best practice statement, which is ... Packers CB Harris tested amid report of ruptured spleen Green Bay Packers cornerback Al Harris underwent additional medical tests Monday amid a report he might have ruptured his spleen in Sunday's loss to the Dallas Cowboys. The National Football Post, a website that lists Harris' agent as a contributor, reported that the injury could end Harris' season, but Harris was seeking a second opinion. Agent Jack Bechta did not immediately return a message ... |

