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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

Death rates are higher in zip codes with more fine particulate air pollution

A new study by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that death rates among people over 65 are higher in zip codes with more fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) than in those with lower levels of PM2.5.

5 Jun 2015

Physicians at UH Case Medical Center implant revolutionary device to treat right ventricular heart disease

University Hospitals Case Medical Center physicians in the Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute were the first in the state of Ohio to implant a revolutionary device to treat right ventricular heart disease.

5 Jun 2015

Women contribute around $3 trillion to global health care, but almost half of this is unpaid, unrecognised

A major new Commission on women and health has found that women are contributing around $3 trillion to global health care, but nearly half of this (2.35% of global GDP) is unpaid and unrecognised.

5 Jun 2015

Withholding ARBs for longer than two days after surgery significantly increases risk of postoperative death

Withholding angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) for longer than two days after surgery is associated with a significantly increased risk of postoperative death, according to a study of more than 30,000 patients in the VA health care system by researchers at UC San Francisco and the San Francisco VA Medical Center.

5 Jun 2015

Scientists identify new agent to combat tuberculosis

According to figures of the World Health Organization, some 8.7 million people contracted tuberculosis in 2012 and this disease is fatal for approximately 1.3 million people throughout the world each year. One of the main problems is that the tuberculosis pathogens have become resistant to the antibiotics used to fight them.

5 Jun 2015

Volunteer double act are ‘still game’ after 10 years

The Golden Jubilee’s very own ‘Jack and Victor’ have been honoured for serving Scotland’s national hospital for over a decade.

5 Jun 2015

Houston Methodist Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center surgeons successfully perform multi-organ transplant

Surgical teams from Houston Methodist Hospital and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center successfully transplanted, for the first time, a scalp and skull while performing kidney and pancreas transplants.

5 Jun 2015

Johns Hopkins Medicine recognized for Environmental Sustainability

Johns Hopkins Medicine was recognized for its efforts to reduce its environmental footprint, winning several sustainability awards...

4 Jun 2015

RELM Wireless signs agreement with AHS to provide P25 800MHz portable and mobile radios

RELM Wireless Corporation today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Alberta Health Services to provide P25 800MHz portable and mobile radios and accessories. The contract is for a base term of one year that commenced on March 12, 2015, with four one-year options.

4 Jun 2015

TAPP awarded grant to support reproductive health care programs for pregnant teens in DC

Teenage girls in the District of Columbia's Anacostia neighborhood are twice more likely to become teen mothers than their peers in other parts of the city, and almost three times more likely than the national average.

4 Jun 2015

New study reports that poor sleep habits increase pain in knee OA

A new study reports that patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who have poor sleep habits display greater central sensitization--an amplification of clinical pain. Findings published in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology, further show OA patients who catastrophize--consumed by thoughts of pain--had increased central sensitization that was associated with greater clinical pain.

4 Jun 2015

AbbVie selects Halozyme's ENHANZE platform to augment their development pipeline

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. today announced a global collaboration and license agreement with AbbVie to develop and commercialize products combining proprietary AbbVie compounds with Halozyme's ENHANZE platform.

3 Jun 2015

DaVita Kidney Care releases list of top 10 U.S. travel destinations for dialysis patients

DaVita Kidney Care, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. and a leading provider of kidney care services, today released a list of the top 10 U.S. travel destinations for dialysis patients.

3 Jun 2015

Wounded Warrior Project initiates $100 million commitment to launch national medical care network

Wounded Warrior Project, a national nonprofit veterans service organization based in Jacksonville, Florida, has initiated a $100 million commitment to launch a first-of-its-kind national medical care network to connect wounded veterans and their families with world-class, individualized health care.

3 Jun 2015

Scar management: an interview with Adele Atkinson, Associate Professor, School of Nursing

Scarring has been shown to have a significant impact on patients’ lives. As well as the physical burden associated with skin scarring, psychological strains can also negatively affect the quality of life for patients, with the majority (56%) considering themselves to be ‘abnormal’ due to their scars...

3 Jun 2015

Health Care News and Research

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

Death rates are higher in zip codes with more fine particulate air pollution

Physicians at UH Case Medical Center implant revolutionary device to treat right ventricular heart disease

Women contribute around $3 trillion to global health care, but almost half of this is unpaid, unrecognised

Withholding ARBs for longer than two days after surgery significantly increases risk of postoperative death

Scientists identify new agent to combat tuberculosis

Volunteer double act are ‘still game’ after 10 years

Houston Methodist Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center surgeons successfully perform multi-organ transplant

Johns Hopkins Medicine recognized for Environmental Sustainability

RELM Wireless signs agreement with AHS to provide P25 800MHz portable and mobile radios

TAPP awarded grant to support reproductive health care programs for pregnant teens in DC

New study reports that poor sleep habits increase pain in knee OA

AbbVie selects Halozyme's ENHANZE platform to augment their development pipeline

DaVita Kidney Care releases list of top 10 U.S. travel destinations for dialysis patients

Wounded Warrior Project initiates $100 million commitment to launch national medical care network

Scar management: an interview with Adele Atkinson, Associate Professor, School of Nursing

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