Greystone Associates Analyzes Demand Factors and Market Trends Fueling Growth of Prefilled Syringes

New York City's Health and Mental Hygiene Department is warning doctors about a mumps outbreak in Brooklyn that started back in August. The outbreak began among children from Borough Park who attended summer camp in Upstate New York. So far, 57 confirmed or probable cases have been identified. Cases of mumps have continued to occur in Borough Park since the start of the school year.

In mid-April, nurse assistant Amelia Mendoza, 52, was attacked by a violent patient. She was struck in the face, and on her head and neck while working at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena as a certified nurse assistant.

At yesterday's meeting of the Senate Finance Committee, the "Baucus bill," which addresses health insurance reform for the United States, passed in a vote of 14-9. However, now that health care reform is one step closer to a reality, liberals insist the bill is too moderate.

The hold-out Senate Finance Committee voted by a 14-9 margin to move the fifth and final health care reform proposal through the conservative panel. Senator Olympia J. Snowe was the lone republican who voted in favor of the reform proposal. She joined all 13 Democrats on the panel in support of the landmark bill.

A survey, conducted by one of the nation's leading health insurance providers CIGNA, says Americans are satisfied with the current health care system, but are stressed out about health costs and decisions.

More than half of Americans purchasing long-term care insurance paid less than $20 a week according to a new report by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, the industry trade group.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ final rule cutting Medicare payments for skilled nursing care by as much as $16 billion over ten years is expected to impact seniors. It could increase the sale of long-term care insurance by as much as 20 percent according to the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, the industry trade group.

Massachusetts US Senator Ted Kennedy in a letter already coined as dying wish letter, to the Mass. Governor, asks to “amend” the law to ensure continuity. Kennedy was diagnosis with brain cancer in May of 2008 and his health has been an issue since.