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Timing of exposure to moderate light may influence BMI, body fat

A new study suggests that the timing of exposure to moderate levels of light may influence body mass index (BMI) and body fat.

9 Jun 2015

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute named one of America's Best Hospitals for Cancer Care

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute has received the Women's Choice Award as one of America's Best Hospitals for Cancer Care for 2015. This award signifies Karmanos' commitment and passion towards providing an extraordinary healthcare experience for women and all patients.

9 Jun 2015

Intralign Health inks physician participation agreement with CareFirst

Intralign Health, LLC, a specialty healthcare services provider, announced today that it has signed a physician participation agreement with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, a not-for-profit health insurer serving approximately 3.4 million individuals. The agreement allows Surgical First Assistants (SFAs) in-network status for their support of surgeons in Maryland hospitals.

9 Jun 2015

KeyBank Foundation announces $2 million grant for Cleveland Clinic, CWRU for integrated learning model

The KeyBank Foundation has announced a grant of $2 million to Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) which will support a combined effort to enhance and expand medical students' interprofessional education experiences.

9 Jun 2015

Novel virtual laboratory works to improve population health, prepare future transformational leaders

A newly published paper describes and evaluates the Indiana University Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science, a novel virtual laboratory employing the tools of implementation science to improve population health, lower costs of its delivery and prepare the future health care transformational leaders.

9 Jun 2015

New study suggests link between lower life satisfaction and sleep problems during midlife

A new study suggests that lower life satisfaction is linked to sleep problems during midlife. Respondents with higher life satisfaction reported shorter sleep onset latency (SOL). Sleep onset delay among those with low life satisfaction could be the result of worry and anxiety, as reported elsewhere. These findings support the idea that life satisfaction is interlinked with many measures of sleep and sleep quality, suggesting that improving one of these variables might result in improving the other.

9 Jun 2015

Severe restless legs syndrome associated with increased risk of stroke

A new study suggests that increased restless legs syndrome (RLS) severity is associated with subsequent increased risk of stroke.

9 Jun 2015

UC Davis funds BRAIN-STIM program to uncover potential treatments for neurodegenerative disorders

In 2013, President Obama announced the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, unveiling plans to make a bold investment to understand the human mind with the intent to uncover ways to prevent, treat and cure brain disorders like Alzheimer's, autism, and epilepsy.

9 Jun 2015

Study: Children with TBI more likely to experience daytime sleepiness, sleep disturbances

A new study suggests that children with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) have poorer sleep and more daytime sleepiness in comparison to healthy children.

9 Jun 2015

EMR Direct's phiMail Server software achieves ONC-HIT 2014 Edition Modular Certification

EMR Direct, a Health Information Service Provider (HISP) and leading developer of Direct messaging software for the secure exchange of Protected Health Information (PHI) over the Internet, announced today that its phiMail Server software has achieved Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC-HIT) 2014 Edition Modular Certification via Drummond Group LLC, an Authorized Certification Body (ACB).

8 Jun 2015

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany forms Global Fertility Alliance with Illumina and Genea

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials today announced the formation of the Global Fertility Alliance, a new collaboration to advance excellence in fertility technologies and processes within the assisted reproductive treatment (ART) laboratory.

From Illumina, Inc. 8 Jun 2015

Washington Healthcare Authority selects UW Medicine ACN as new healthcare option for employees

The UW Medicine Accountable Care Network today announced that the Washington Healthcare Authority has chosen the UW Medicine ACN as a new healthcare option for those enrolled in the Public Employees Benefit Board (PEBB) program. The new option will be available to these employees during the 2015 open enrollment period in November, with coverage beginning January 1, 2016.

8 Jun 2015

Innovative QI program speeds recovery in patients undergoing colon and rectal operations

Patients undergoing colon and rectal operations who participated in an innovative quality improvement (QI) program to speed their recovery and enhance results experienced shorter hospitalizations, reduced infection rates, and lower hospital costs, according to new study results.

8 Jun 2015

CURE Urgent Care, Mount Sinai Health System expand partnership

CURE Urgent Care, a premier concierge medical practice providing immediate treatment for illness and injuries, is pleased to announce a joint venture with Mount Sinai Health System that further supports the existing relationship between the two entities.

8 Jun 2015

Merck Canada announces conditional approval of KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) for melanoma treatment

Merck Canada Inc. announced today that KEYTRUDATM (pembrolizumab) was authorized for sale with conditions by Health Canada on May 19, 2015. KEYTRUDA is a humanized monoclonal antibody that works by increasing the ability of the body's immune system to fight advanced melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer. It is the first of a new class of therapies called anti-PD-1s approved in Canada.

8 Jun 2015

St. Michael's Hospital researchers find novel method to combat flu virus

The flu kills hundreds of thousands of people around the world every year, yet there is essentially only one class of drugs to fight the ever-changing virus. Cases of flu resistant to this class of drugs have already been reported and researchers worry a completely new strain of flu could evolve, leading to a pandemic like the one in 1918 that killed approximately 50 million people.

8 Jun 2015

Non-invasive prenatal testing can detect maternal cancer at early stage

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for chromosomal foetal disorders is used increasingly to test for conditions such as Down's syndrome. NIPT examines DNA from the foetus in the mother's blood, and therefore does not carry the risk of miscarriage involved in invasive testing methods.

7 Jun 2015

Janssen begins rolling submission of daratumumab BLA to FDA for treatment of patients with multiple myeloma

Janssen Research & Development, LLC has initiated the rolling submission of its Biologic License Application (BLA) for daratumumab to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least three prior lines of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor (PI) and an immunomodulatory agent (IMiD), or who are double refractory to a PI and an IMiD.

7 Jun 2015

VHA, Novation receive 2015 Champion for Change Award for internal sustainability efforts

VHA Inc. and Novation have received the 2015 Champion for Change Award from Practice Greenhealth for their collaborative efforts toward greening their internal operations and helping their members improve their environmental footprint. Practice Greenhealth is the nation's leading health care resource that promotes environmental stewardship while improving patient safety and outcomes.

7 Jun 2015

Cardinal Health announces plans to acquire The Harvard Drug Group

Cardinal Health today announced plans to acquire The Harvard Drug Group (THDG), a distributor of generic pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter medications and related products to retail, institutional and alternate care customers.

5 Jun 2015

Health Care News and Research

Timing of exposure to moderate light may influence BMI, body fat

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute named one of America's Best Hospitals for Cancer Care

Intralign Health inks physician participation agreement with CareFirst

KeyBank Foundation announces $2 million grant for Cleveland Clinic, CWRU for integrated learning model

Novel virtual laboratory works to improve population health, prepare future transformational leaders

New study suggests link between lower life satisfaction and sleep problems during midlife

Severe restless legs syndrome associated with increased risk of stroke

UC Davis funds BRAIN-STIM program to uncover potential treatments for neurodegenerative disorders

Study: Children with TBI more likely to experience daytime sleepiness, sleep disturbances

EMR Direct's phiMail Server software achieves ONC-HIT 2014 Edition Modular Certification

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany forms Global Fertility Alliance with Illumina and Genea

Washington Healthcare Authority selects UW Medicine ACN as new healthcare option for employees

Innovative QI program speeds recovery in patients undergoing colon and rectal operations

CURE Urgent Care, Mount Sinai Health System expand partnership

Merck Canada announces conditional approval of KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) for melanoma treatment

St. Michael's Hospital researchers find novel method to combat flu virus

Non-invasive prenatal testing can detect maternal cancer at early stage

Janssen begins rolling submission of daratumumab BLA to FDA for treatment of patients with multiple myeloma

VHA, Novation receive 2015 Champion for Change Award for internal sustainability efforts

Cardinal Health announces plans to acquire The Harvard Drug Group

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