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Coordinated, two-part approach could help reduce hospital-acquired infections

By coordinating with state health departments and communicating with each other about patients with C. difficile and antibiotic-resistant infections, hospitals, long-term acute-care facilities and nursing homes could reduce the number of such hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) by an estimated 619,000 cases in the next five years, a new Centers for Disease Control 9 (CDC)-led report has found.

5 Aug 2015

Access to dental care by low-income Americans becomes exception as only fewer dentists accept Medicaid

More than 2 percent of all emergency department visits are now related to nontraumatic dental conditions, according to a study by researchers at Stanford University, the University of California-San Francisco, Truven Health Analytics and the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

5 Aug 2015

New health care program covered by Medicaid improves some aspects of care for disabled adults

UF Health researchers have found that care linked to heart attacks and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, among disabled adults covered by Medicaid has improved with the expansion of a new health care program in Texas over the last decade.

5 Aug 2015

Armada, UMass Medical School partner to enhance ArmadaOne Specialty Pharmacy Workflow Platform

Armada Health Care has partnered with University of Massachusetts Medical School's Clinical Pharmacy Services business unit to provide enhancements and support regarding clinical protocols and therapy interventions within the ArmadaOne Specialty Pharmacy Workflow Platform.

4 Aug 2015

Netsync Network Solutions achieves Telehealth Authorized Technology Provider status from Cisco

Netsync Network Solutions announced today that it has achieved Telehealth Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) status from Cisco. This designation recognizes Netsync Network Solutions as having fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites to sell, deploy and support Cisco Telehealth solutions.

4 Aug 2015

European Commission grants orphan drug designation to SGX301 for treatment of CTCL

Soligenix, Inc., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing products that address unmet medical needs in the areas of inflammation, oncology and biodefense, announced today that the European Commission, acting on the positive recommendation from the European Medicines Agency Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP), has granted orphan drug designation to synthetic hypericin (the active pharmaceutical ingredient in SGX301) for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), a rare disease and a class of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer of the white blood cells that are an integral part of the immune system.

4 Aug 2015

Cipher receives Acceptance Review Notification from FDA for 510(k) submission for Dermadexin

Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that it has received an Acceptance Review Notification for its 510(k) submission for Dermadexin to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

4 Aug 2015

California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine selects two demonstration projects

Two demonstration projects that aim to yield quick results for patients have been selected by the new California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine, a public-private effort launched by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.

4 Aug 2015

Capital Impact Partners provides $27.5 million in financing to support underserved communities

Capital Impact Partners announced today that it provided nearly $27.5 million in financing to projects delivering social impact for underserved communities across the U.S. during the second quarter of 2015. These projects are expected to increase access to health care services, dignified aging options, healthy food, and education for low-income people in seven states, while also creating nearly 250 jobs.

4 Aug 2015

Academic stress increases injury risk among college football players

Coaches and trainers strive to keep their players healthy so they can perform at their maximum potentials. Injury restrictions, or limits on athletes' physical activity due to illnesses or injuries, can keep athletes on the bench for a game or even an entire season. Now, University of Missouri researchers have found college football players are more likely to experience injuries during test weeks than during training camp.

4 Aug 2015

NurseWise moves to new, larger clinical care center in El Paso

NurseWise, a national multilingual nurse advice and health education provider, has moved its El Paso Clinical Care Center operations into a larger space to accommodate the company's continued growth and commitment to increasing the number of individuals it serves.

3 Aug 2015

15th Annual Geriatric Health Care Symposium now open for registration

Registration is now open for the 15th Annual Geriatric Health Care Symposium, "Maximizing Independence for Optimal Aging," presented by the University of Louisville Institute for Sustainable Health & Optimal Aging.

3 Aug 2015

Soligenix signs $10M equity purchase agreement with accredited institutional investors

Soligenix, Inc., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing products that address unmet medical needs in the areas of inflammation, oncology and biodefense, announced today that it has entered into a $10 million equity purchase agreement with accredited institutional investors, Kodiak Capital Group, LLC, Kingsbrook Opportunities Master Fund LP and River North Equity, LLC.

3 Aug 2015

National League for Nursing awards Center of Excellence designation to UT Arlington

The University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation has been designated a Center of Excellence by the National League for Nursing, the nation's foremost organization for nursing faculty and leaders in nursing education.

3 Aug 2015

WABA calls for global action to support women to combine breastfeeding and work

This World Breastfeeding Week, WABA calls for concerted global action to support women to combine breastfeeding and work.

3 Aug 2015

U-M’s Taubman Health Sciences Library reopens as transformed space for learning, teaching

The books moved out two years ago, and the construction crews moved in. And today, the University of Michigan's Taubman Health Sciences Library reopens as a transformed space for learning, teaching and gathering.

3 Aug 2015

Lancet Series examines enduring radiological, psychological impact of nuclear disasters

On the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a three-part Series published in The Lancet looks at the enduring radiological and psychological impact of nuclear disasters, including the most recent accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan in 2011.

3 Aug 2015

3D-printed models of children's brain anatomy help reduce operative risk of complex procedures

Boston Children's Hospital physicians report the first cases of children benefiting from 3D printing of their anatomy before undergoing high-risk brain procedures.

3 Aug 2015

New IMA device could improve diagnosis, treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain

More than 100 million people across Europe suffer from chronic musculoskeletal pain, with an estimated 40 per cent undiagnosed. Ageing populations throughout Europe means that this only going to increase in the coming years.

31 Jul 2015

Eisai, Halozyme partner to evaluate eribulin and PEGPH20 in HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer

Eisai Inc. announced today that its parent company Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, President and CEO: Haruo Naito) and Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (Headquarters: San Diego, California, President and CEO: Dr. Helen Torley) have signed a clinical collaboration agreement to evaluate Eisai's agent eribulin mesylate (brand name: Halaven, "eribulin") in combination with Halozyme's investigational drug PEGPH20 (PEGylated recombinant human hyaluronidase) in first line HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

31 Jul 2015

Health Care News and Research

Coordinated, two-part approach could help reduce hospital-acquired infections

Access to dental care by low-income Americans becomes exception as only fewer dentists accept Medicaid

New health care program covered by Medicaid improves some aspects of care for disabled adults

Armada, UMass Medical School partner to enhance ArmadaOne Specialty Pharmacy Workflow Platform

Netsync Network Solutions achieves Telehealth Authorized Technology Provider status from Cisco

European Commission grants orphan drug designation to SGX301 for treatment of CTCL

Cipher receives Acceptance Review Notification from FDA for 510(k) submission for Dermadexin

California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine selects two demonstration projects

Capital Impact Partners provides $27.5 million in financing to support underserved communities

Academic stress increases injury risk among college football players

NurseWise moves to new, larger clinical care center in El Paso

15th Annual Geriatric Health Care Symposium now open for registration

Soligenix signs $10M equity purchase agreement with accredited institutional investors

National League for Nursing awards Center of Excellence designation to UT Arlington

WABA calls for global action to support women to combine breastfeeding and work

U-M’s Taubman Health Sciences Library reopens as transformed space for learning, teaching

Lancet Series examines enduring radiological, psychological impact of nuclear disasters

3D-printed models of children's brain anatomy help reduce operative risk of complex procedures

New IMA device could improve diagnosis, treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain

Eisai, Halozyme partner to evaluate eribulin and PEGPH20 in HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer

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