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Statement on FDA and CDC collaboration to investigate respiratory illnesses related to e-cigarette use

Both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working tirelessly to investigate the distressing incidents of severe respiratory disease associated with use of e-cigarette products.

30 Aug 2019

Longer NFL careers and certain playing positions portend greater health risks

Longer NFL careers and certain playing positions appear to each spell greater long-term risk for serious cognitive problems such as confusion, memory deficits, depression and anxiety in former football players, according to a new report published Aug. 30 in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

30 Aug 2019

Managing fluid volume and salt losses during a marathon may help avoid post-race kidney injury

Legend states that after the Greek army defeated the invading Persian forces near the city of Marathon in 490 B.C.E., the courier Pheidippides ran to Athens to report the victory and then immediately dropped dead.

30 Aug 2019

Inflammation in the lungs triggers silent mutation to cause pulmonary hypertension

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found that inflammation in the lungs of rats, triggered by something as simple as the flu, may wake up a silent genetic defect that causes sudden onset cases of pulmonary hypertension, a deadly form of high blood pressure in the lungs.

29 Aug 2019

Balancing hormone levels may reverse risk factors of heart disease in female athletes

A review of more than 100 studies suggests that balancing hormone levels may reverse factors that increase heart disease risk in some female athletes.

28 Aug 2019

Pharma cash rolls into Congress to defend an embattled industry

In the heat of the most ferocious battle over drug prices in years, pharmaceutical companies are showering U.S. senators with campaign cash as sweeping legislation heads toward the floor.

27 Aug 2019

Biosero’s GBG Batch Planner accelerates lab productivity, maximizes use of high-value equipment

Biosero, Inc. released the GBG Batch Planner today, a plug-in for its Green Button Go Automation Scheduling Software Suite that accelerates lab productivity by automating schedules for high-value lab equipment.

From Biosero Inc. 26 Aug 2019

50% of Irish people seek online health advice, research finds

50% of Irish people seek health information or advice online, according to new research carried out by Behaviour and Attitudes on behalf of RCSI. The research comes as RCSI launch a series of public lectures addressing common illnesses and health-related topics.

25 Aug 2019

BU researcher receives NIH grant to study childhood adversity and later life health outcomes

Lewina Lee, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and clinical research psychologist at the National Center for PTSD at VA Boston, has received a five-year, $3.5 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Aging to establish the Boston Early Adversity and Mortality Study.

22 Aug 2019

Early changes in blood pressure linked to poorer brain health in later life

Research involving participants of Britain’s oldest running birth cohort study has revealed that changes in blood pressure in those as young as 36 are linked to markers of poorer brain health in later life.

21 Aug 2019

Researchers decipher defence mechanism of filamentous fungi

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has deciphered the defence mechanism of filamentous fungi.

21 Aug 2019

Middle-life hypertension may shrink the brain in later life

A long-running study which ha been following up people into their seventies concludes that high blood pressure between the age of 36 and 53 years is associated with brain pathology such as white matter lesions and brain shrinkage in later life. To prevent this, blood pressure should be monitored beginning at or before 40 years, suggest the researchers.

21 Aug 2019

The collapse of a hospital empire — and towns left in the wreckage

The money was so good in the beginning, and it seemed it might gush forever, right through tiny country hospitals in Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and into the coffers of companies controlled by Jorge A. Perez, his family and business partners.

20 Aug 2019

Technologies for TB testing could help millions of patients in poor, remote settings

Affordable technologies for tuberculosis testing could help millions of patients in poverty or remote settings.

19 Aug 2019

Health plan’s ‘Cadillac tax’ may finally be running out of gas

The politics of health care are changing. And one of the most controversial parts of the Affordable Care Act — the so-called Cadillac tax — may be about to change with it.

16 Aug 2019

Quanterix announces closing of public offering including exercise of underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares

Quanterix announce the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 2,732,673 shares of its common stock.

From Quanterix 13 Aug 2019

Walnut consumption may offer protection against ulcerative colitis, study finds

Walnut consumption may offer protection against ulcerative colitis, according to a new study by researchers at UConn Health and Texas A&M University.

12 Aug 2019

Bedfont included in the European Business Awards' ‘Ones to Watch’ list for 2nd year in a row

Family med-tech business, Bedfont Scientific Ltd.

From Bedfont® Scientific Ltd 12 Aug 2019

New soft neural implant can be wirelessly controlled using a smartphone

Researchers have developed a soft neural implant that can be wirelessly controlled using a smartphone. It is the first wireless neural device capable of indefinitely delivering multiple drugs and multiple color lights, which neuroscientists believe can speed up efforts to uncover brain diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, addiction, depression, and pain.

9 Aug 2019

Players who sustain a concussion return to play after 19 days, study shows

With NFL training camps under way for the 2019 season, a Henry Ford Hospital study on concussions found that the time players are sidelined has nearly doubled in the past 20 years.

9 Aug 2019

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Statement on FDA and CDC collaboration to investigate respiratory illnesses related to e-cigarette use

Longer NFL careers and certain playing positions portend greater health risks

Managing fluid volume and salt losses during a marathon may help avoid post-race kidney injury

Inflammation in the lungs triggers silent mutation to cause pulmonary hypertension

Balancing hormone levels may reverse risk factors of heart disease in female athletes

Pharma cash rolls into Congress to defend an embattled industry

Biosero’s GBG Batch Planner accelerates lab productivity, maximizes use of high-value equipment

50% of Irish people seek online health advice, research finds

BU researcher receives NIH grant to study childhood adversity and later life health outcomes

Early changes in blood pressure linked to poorer brain health in later life

Researchers decipher defence mechanism of filamentous fungi

Middle-life hypertension may shrink the brain in later life

The collapse of a hospital empire — and towns left in the wreckage

Technologies for TB testing could help millions of patients in poor, remote settings

Health plan’s ‘Cadillac tax’ may finally be running out of gas

Quanterix announces closing of public offering including exercise of underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares

Walnut consumption may offer protection against ulcerative colitis, study finds

Bedfont included in the European Business Awards' ‘Ones to Watch’ list for 2nd year in a row

New soft neural implant can be wirelessly controlled using a smartphone

Players who sustain a concussion return to play after 19 days, study shows

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