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Mayo Clinic develops 'The ABCs of Influenza' flash cards

Influenza is a serious viral infection that causes illness, hospitalizations and thousands of deaths every year in the U.S. Mayo Clinic recommends getting a vaccine each year to prevent illness and protect the people around you.

9 Mar 2016

Valley Hospital, Holy Name Medical Center collaborate to defeat C. difficile

The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ, and Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, NJ, are collaborating to defeat a common foe: a dangerous drug-resistant bacterium called Clostridium difficile, or C. difficile.

9 Mar 2016

Researchers explore prenatal marijuana use in legalized environment

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus are studying the detection of prenatal marijuana use in a legalized environment. The study of marijuana use in pregnancy is only possible in a few states.

9 Mar 2016

Baylor College of Medicine and Baylor Scott & White Health agree to expand biomedical research in Texas

Baylor College of Medicine and Baylor Scott & White Health have entered into an agreement to expand biomedical research in North and Central Texas.

9 Mar 2016

Research findings may provide highly effective therapeutic strategy for treatment of Alzheimer's, AMD

For the first time, researchers at LSU Health New Orleans have shown that a protein critical to the body's ability to remove waste products from the brain and retina is diminished in age-related macular degeneration, after first making the discovery in an Alzheimer's disease brain. The research team, led by Walter Lukiw, PhD, Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience and Ophthalmology at LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center, also discovered a key reason, identifying a new treatment target.

8 Mar 2016

Novel mechanism identified to protect the brain from many neurodegenerative conditions

Scientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a novel mechanism that could be used to protect the brain from damage due to stroke and a variety of neurodegenerative conditions, including sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease.

8 Mar 2016

Merck introduces new products for separation and analysis at Pittcon 2016

Merck, a leading science and technology company is launching a range of new products for separation and analysis at the Pittcon Conference and Expo 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia, March 6 - 10, the world's largest conference for laboratory science.

8 Mar 2016

Ethicon agrees to acquire NeuWave Medical

Ethicon, a medical device company of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire NeuWave Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company that manufactures and markets minimally invasive soft tissue microwave ablation systems.

8 Mar 2016

FDA allows marketing of one-time use contact lens to help measure patient's intraocular pressure

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of a one-time use contact lens that may help practitioners identify the best time of day to measure a patient's intraocular pressure (IOP). Elevated IOP is often associated with the optic nerve damage that is characteristic of glaucoma.

7 Mar 2016

Complex biomarker tests for molecularly targeted therapies lack evidentiary standards

Potentially useful biomarker tests for molecularly targeted therapies are not being adopted appropriately into clinical practice because of a lack of common evidentiary standards necessary for regulatory, reimbursement, and treatment decisions.

7 Mar 2016

NYU researchers develop new system to manage dementia care at home

Over two thirds or the home health care population consists of adults over the age of 65, approximately 36% have some form of cognitive impairment, including dementia. According to the Institute of Medicine, the number of home health care (HHC) providers qualified to properly care for the older adults, including those with dementia, is inadequate.

7 Mar 2016

New recommendations call for creating novel approach to health care

Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, along with experts from across the country, have developed a set of policy recommendations that would improve the quality of behavioral health care patients receive in clinical settings.

7 Mar 2016

RUVICA (ibrutinib) capsules approved for treatment-naïve CLL patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved IMBRUVICA (ibrutinib) capsules for treatment-naïve patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

4 Mar 2016

Job market study: More PAs enticed towards specialty care than primary care practices

The job market is luring more physician assistants, or PAs, to jobs in specialty care rather than primary care practices such as family medicine and general pediatrics, according to new research from Duke Health.

4 Mar 2016

Cardiac reprogramming could shrink heart scar tissue, improve patients' heart function

Patients with heart failure often have a buildup of scar tissue that leads to a gradual loss of heart function. In a new study published today in the journal Cell Stem Cell, researchers from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine report significant progress toward a novel approach that could shrink the amount of heart scar tissue while replenishing the supply of healthy heart muscle.

4 Mar 2016

New pain management technique can reduce loss of muscle strength in ACL knee surgery patients

Anesthesiologists can significantly reduce loss of muscle strength in ACL knee surgery patients using a new pain management technique, a new study has found.

4 Mar 2016

Allied health professionals to discuss ways to improve clinical research at Sheffield Hallam

Allied health professionals from across the country will meet at Sheffield Hallam University today to discuss how they can improve clinical practice and patient care through research.

4 Mar 2016

Incidence of IBD much higher in Rhode Island

A study led by the Hasbro Children's Hospital Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases found that the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Rhode Island is one of the highest ever reported in the United States and that IBD rates nationally are much higher than previously reported.

4 Mar 2016

Preterm neonatal progenitor cells may be a powerful tool for regeneration of damaged kidneys

Cells collected noninvasively from the urine of preterm infants may lead to breakthroughs in regenerative kidney repair for patients with kidney disease and injury, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

4 Mar 2016

UTHealth's Melissa Valerio named Chancellor’s Health Fellow

Melissa Valerio, Ph.D., regional dean of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health San Antonio Regional Campus, has been named a 2016 Chancellor's Fellow for The University of Texas System Office of Health Affairs.

4 Mar 2016

Health Care News and Research

Mayo Clinic develops 'The ABCs of Influenza' flash cards

Valley Hospital, Holy Name Medical Center collaborate to defeat C. difficile

Researchers explore prenatal marijuana use in legalized environment

Baylor College of Medicine and Baylor Scott & White Health agree to expand biomedical research in Texas

Research findings may provide highly effective therapeutic strategy for treatment of Alzheimer's, AMD

Novel mechanism identified to protect the brain from many neurodegenerative conditions

Merck introduces new products for separation and analysis at Pittcon 2016

Ethicon agrees to acquire NeuWave Medical

FDA allows marketing of one-time use contact lens to help measure patient's intraocular pressure

Complex biomarker tests for molecularly targeted therapies lack evidentiary standards

NYU researchers develop new system to manage dementia care at home

New recommendations call for creating novel approach to health care

RUVICA (ibrutinib) capsules approved for treatment-naïve CLL patients

Job market study: More PAs enticed towards specialty care than primary care practices

Cardiac reprogramming could shrink heart scar tissue, improve patients' heart function

New pain management technique can reduce loss of muscle strength in ACL knee surgery patients

Allied health professionals to discuss ways to improve clinical research at Sheffield Hallam

Incidence of IBD much higher in Rhode Island

Preterm neonatal progenitor cells may be a powerful tool for regeneration of damaged kidneys

UTHealth's Melissa Valerio named Chancellor’s Health Fellow

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