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Reps. John Tanner, D-Tenn., and David Hobson, R-Ohio, will kick off Medtrade 2007 with a video keynote address on Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 a.m. in Room W/110 A/B of the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The two legislators are authors of H.R. 1845 — known as the Tanner-Hobson bill — which would alter the competitive bidding program to ensure beneficiary access and allow all qualified providers to participate in Medicare at the bid rate.

150% Percent by which the U.S. pulse oximetry market is projected to grow by 2013.

Source: Frost & Sullivan

42 Age of the Medicare program, as of July 30.

114 Age of Japanese woman Yone Minagawa, the world’s oldest person. Japan is also home to the world’s oldest male, Tomoji Tanabe, 111. In the past 10 years, the number of Japanese living past 100 years of age has almost quadrupled and is expected to grow to more than 28,000 this year.

Source: MSNBC

745,000 Number of pending disability appeals backlogged with the Social Security Administration, a record. As of July, the wait time for a hearing averaged 17 months.

Source: USA Today

Moderate exercise, like walking, could be as healthy or healthier than intense workouts when it comes to particular heart health measures, according to new research.

Source: Reuters/Journal of Applied Physiology

31 Number of states in which obesity rates continued to climb last year. No state showed a decline.

Source: Trust for America’s Health