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Enigma, Beijing Leadman sign agreement for MiniLab molecular diagnostic Point-of-Care platform

Enigma Diagnostics Ltd. and Beijing Leadman Biochemistry Co., Ltd. signed a joint venture agreement with the principal goal of delivering the Enigma MiniLab molecular diagnostic Point-of-Care platform into the Chinese health care market to support its growing diagnostic needs.

23 Jul 2015

UT Southwestern named one of 'Most Wired' hospitals in nation for fifth consecutive year

UT Southwestern Medical Center is on the national "Most Wired" hospitals list for a fifth consecutive year, thanks to its use of such technologies as databases to help physicians better identify high-risk patients and tools that keep physicians, nurses, and patients communicating effectively.

23 Jul 2015

Screening for HIV in pregnancy eliminates vertical transmission

Canada has almost eliminated mother-to-child HIV transmission, known as vertical transmission, in recent years by ensuring that all women have the opportunity to be screened for HIV in pregnancy and that women with the disease receive treatment before giving birth.

23 Jul 2015

Unique collaboration aims to transform geriatric care in North Texas

UNT Health Science Center will team up with JPS Health Network, Texas Christian University and the United Way's Area Agency on Aging of Tarrant County to transform geriatric care in North Texas by improving medical training and health-care delivery for the region's rapidly growing population of older residents.

22 Jul 2015

Tyrone Regional Health Network signs letter of intent to become member of Penn State Health

Tyrone Regional Health Network and Penn State Health have signed a letter of intent to enter into formal affiliation. With approval by organizational boards and state authorities, Tyrone Regional will become a member of Penn State Health.

22 Jul 2015

Research suggests that only one in three older Americans have diabetes under control

Only one in three older Americans have their diabetes under control as measured by guidelines set by the American Diabetes Association, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests.

22 Jul 2015

UCLA Health's hospitals named among nation's best in U.S. News and World Report

UCLA Health's hospitals in Westwood and Santa Monica have been named to U.S. News and World Report's 2015-2016 Best Hospitals Honor Roll. UCLA, which previously ranked No. 5 in the country, tied for No. 3 this year.

22 Jul 2015

Researchers design virtual IPE curriculum for students in medical and nursing schools

The Institute of Medicine has identified interprofessional education (IPE) as a key innovation for achieving the triple aim of better care, better outcomes and reduced health care costs. Yet, a shortage of qualified faculty and difficulty with aligning learners' schedules often prevent sustainable and scalable IPE.

22 Jul 2015

ICER’s drug assessment program to provide trusted source of information about new drugs

With drug prices for cancer and many other conditions soaring to new highs amid questions about their true value to patients, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review today launched a program to transform the way new drugs are evaluated and priced in the United States.

22 Jul 2015

Men gain weight after they become dads, new Northwestern Medicine study finds

All those leftover pizza crusts you snatch from your kids' plates add up. Men gain weight after they become fathers for the first time whether or not they live with their children, reports a large, new Northwestern Medicine study that tracked the weight of more than 10,000 men from adolescence to young adulthood.

22 Jul 2015

Two Pennsylvania nursing homes receive 2015 Silver National Quality Award

Two Pennsylvania nursing homes have received the 2015 Silver National Quality Award, the second of three distinct awards that honor facilities that serve as models of excellence in providing high-quality long term care.

21 Jul 2015

PAREXEL introduces next generation Perceptive MyTrials Analytics solution

PAREXEL International Corporation, a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, today launched the next generation of its Perceptive MyTrials platform with advanced analytics capabilities. With the Perceptive MyTrials Analytics solution, clinical trial sponsors can now use a mobile-enabled, single entry-point to access predictive data analytics for multiple studies simultaneously.

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UC San Diego Health ranked again among nation's best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report

Once again, UC San Diego Health and its hospitals are ranked #1 in San Diego, and recognized among the best in the nation, by U.S. News & World Report for 2015-16. The annual U.S. News "Best Hospitals" rankings distinguish hospitals that excel in treating the most challenging health conditions.

21 Jul 2015

MD Anderson ranked No. 1 hospital in nation for cancer care

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has been ranked the No. 1 hospital for cancer care in the nation by U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" survey.

21 Jul 2015

Study: 10% of health care providers prescribe antibiotics for patients with cold, bronchitis or other ARI

10 percent of health care providers write an antibiotic prescription for nearly every patient (95 percent or more) who walks in with a cold, bronchitis or other acute respiratory infection (ARI), according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-supported study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine and led by the Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System and the University of Utah.

21 Jul 2015

New genomic fingerprint may predict prostate cancer risk in African American men

African American men are more likely to develop prostate cancer than European American men, and are also more than twice as likely to die from it. Although there are many reasons that contribute to this health disparity, new research shows that African American men may have a distinctly different type of prostate cancer than European American men, according to new genomic fingerprinting results.

21 Jul 2015

MU researcher receives $2.2 million grant to develop system to display clear blood pressure information

Physicians receive lots of information about patients in a short amount of time, and sometimes that information is scattered, disorganized or difficult to comprehend. Now, a researcher at the University of Missouri School of Medicine has received funding to develop a simpler and clearer system to display blood pressure information.

21 Jul 2015

State healthcare regulations linked to late-stage cancer diagnoses

States' regulations of health insurance and practitioners significantly influence when patients receive colorectal or breast cancer diagnoses, especially among people younger than the Medicare-eligible age of 65, according to a new study by researchers at Georgia State University's School of Public Health and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

21 Jul 2015

Stanford researchers identify iron-containing microglia in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease

Examining post-mortem tissue from the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, Stanford University School of Medicine investigators identified what appear to be iron-containing microglia -- specialized scavenger cells that sometimes become inflammatory -- in a particular part of the hippocampus, a key brain structure whose integrity is critical to memory formation.

21 Jul 2015

Emergency physicians can safely reduce x-rays in kids with ankle injuries

Emergency physicians can safely reduce x-rays in children with hurt ankles by as much as 23 percent and save emergency patients both money and time. The results of a cost analysis of the Low Risk Ankle Rule (LRAR) were published online Tuesday in Annals of Emergency Medicine "Cost Consequence Analysis of Implementing the Low Risk Ankle Rule in Emergency Departments".

21 Jul 2015

Health Care News and Research

Enigma, Beijing Leadman sign agreement for MiniLab molecular diagnostic Point-of-Care platform

UT Southwestern named one of 'Most Wired' hospitals in nation for fifth consecutive year

Screening for HIV in pregnancy eliminates vertical transmission

Unique collaboration aims to transform geriatric care in North Texas

Tyrone Regional Health Network signs letter of intent to become member of Penn State Health

Research suggests that only one in three older Americans have diabetes under control

UCLA Health's hospitals named among nation's best in U.S. News and World Report

Researchers design virtual IPE curriculum for students in medical and nursing schools

ICER’s drug assessment program to provide trusted source of information about new drugs

Men gain weight after they become dads, new Northwestern Medicine study finds

Two Pennsylvania nursing homes receive 2015 Silver National Quality Award

PAREXEL introduces next generation Perceptive MyTrials Analytics solution

UC San Diego Health ranked again among nation's best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report

MD Anderson ranked No. 1 hospital in nation for cancer care

Study: 10% of health care providers prescribe antibiotics for patients with cold, bronchitis or other ARI

New genomic fingerprint may predict prostate cancer risk in African American men

MU researcher receives $2.2 million grant to develop system to display clear blood pressure information

State healthcare regulations linked to late-stage cancer diagnoses

Stanford researchers identify iron-containing microglia in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease

Emergency physicians can safely reduce x-rays in kids with ankle injuries

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