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Innovative program aims to tackle health barriers for underprivileged children

Many children in inner-city schools who have long faced economic hardships also struggle with chronic health conditions that further impair their ability to learn and break free from a cycle of poverty. To address this, the H&M Conscious Foundation announced today that it is investing $1.3 million to support an innovative school-based program in New York designed to tackle health barriers that get in the way of learning for underprivileged children.

27 Sep 2014

Heart Hospital of Austin becomes first facility in Texas to implant CardioMEMS HF System

On Sept. 24, 2014 Heart Hospital of Austin became the first facility in Texas to implant a new miniaturized, wireless monitoring sensor to manage heart failure (HF). The CardioMEMS HF System is the first and only FDA-approved heart failure monitoring device that has been proven to significantly reduce hospital admissions when used by physicians to manage heart failure.

27 Sep 2014

Cedars-Sinai to participate in a consortium studying motor neuron disorders

Investigators at the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to participate in a consortium taking the study of motor neuron disorders - such as Lou Gehrig's disease and spinal muscular atrophy - to a new, comprehensive perspective.

26 Sep 2014

New findings could pave way for treating autoimmune diseases

Scientists from A*STAR's Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) have established a clearer relationship between two cells which serve our body's natural defence mechanisms against diseases and infections.

26 Sep 2014

MIT researchers use disarmed version of anthrax toxin to deliver cancer drugs

Bacillus anthracis bacteria have very efficient machinery for injecting toxic proteins into cells, leading to the potentially deadly infection known as anthrax. A team of MIT researchers has now hijacked that delivery system for a different purpose: administering cancer drugs.

26 Sep 2014

GSA and NAM select reporters for Journalists in Aging Fellows Program

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and New America Media (NAM) have selected 19 reporters for the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program, now in its fifth year.

26 Sep 2014

International organizations join forces to develop inhaled form of oxytocin for postpartum hemorrhage

An international group of public and private organizations is collaborating to accelerate development of an innovative heat-stable and low-cost inhaled form of oxytocin to manage postpartum hemorrhage in resource-poor settings.

26 Sep 2014

State highlights: N.C. lawmakers still talking about Medicaid revamp; changes to La. health plan for state workers stir controversy

Legislators who couldn't agree this year on how to overhaul North Carolina's Medicaid program plan to spend more time talking about the issue before the General Assembly reconvenes early next year. A legislative oversight panel subcommittee charged with examining Medicaid reform and reorganization scheduled its first meeting Wednesday. Another oversight panel also examining Medicaid governance held its first meeting this month. The House and Senate approved differing versions of legislation to change how Medicaid pays for medical expenses by shifting risk from the state to either medical provider networks or private managed-care companies (9/24).

26 Sep 2014

Lya Segall Ovarian Cancer Institute at Mercy opens in Maryland

Mercy Medical Center has announced the opening of The Lya Segall Ovarian Cancer Institute at Mercy, the first center in Maryland specifically designed and dedicated solely for the diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer.

26 Sep 2014

Longer looks: ACOs and job shifts; abortion's racial gap; having a stroke at 33

It is now nearly a year since the roll-out of Obamacare. The launch was a shambles, and Obamacare is a totem for every American who hates big government. Republicans will deride it, yet again, in the mid-term elections. Obamacare is indeed costly and overcomplicated. Yet it is not to blame for America's health mess, and it could just contain the beginnings of a partial solution to it. But that will only happen if politicians treat health care like a patient: first, diagnose the disease, then examine whether Barack Obama's treatment helped, and then ask what will make the patient better (9/20).

26 Sep 2014

Triple-punch of antibodies prevents, wipes out hepatitis C infection in laboratory mice

A triple-punch of antibodies both prevented hepatitis C infection and wiped out the disease after it had established itself in laboratory mice, according to a study led by Princeton University researchers.

26 Sep 2014

People who practice yoga, meditation long term can learn to control computer with their minds

New research by biomedical engineers at the University of Minnesota shows that people who practice yoga and meditation long term can learn to control a computer with their minds faster and better than people with little or no yoga or meditation experience.

26 Sep 2014

ZirMed announces acquisition of MethodCare

ZirMed, the premier cloud-based enterprise business and clinical performance solution for healthcare, today announced the acquisition of MethodCare, Inc.

25 Sep 2014

Medina Embolization Framing Coil receives CE Mark for commercial distribution in Europe

Medina Medical announced today that it has received CE Mark (Conformitee Europeenne) authorization for its Embolization Framing Coil for commercial distribution in the European Union.

25 Sep 2014

NeuroEM begins study to test Transcranial Electromagnetic Treatment in aged primates

NeuroEM Therapeutics, Inc., a Phoenix-based medical device R&D company, announced today that it has begun a study with a premiere research university to test its Transcranial Electromagnetic Treatment (TEMT) in aged primates.

25 Sep 2014

New CRUK-MEDI Alliance Laboratory to focus on development of novel biologic cancer treatments

CANCER RESEARCH UK, with its commercial arm Cancer Research Technology, today announce that they have entered into an innovative collaboration with AstraZeneca and MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, to establish a joint laboratory in Cambridge, UK.

25 Sep 2014

NRL scientists develop novel one-step process to form oxide nanoparticles

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Materials Science and Technology Division have developed a novel one-step process using, for the first time in these types of syntheses, potassium superoxide (KO2) to rapidly form oxide nanoparticles from simple salt solutions in water.

25 Sep 2014

Technology News and Research

Innovative program aims to tackle health barriers for underprivileged children

Heart Hospital of Austin becomes first facility in Texas to implant CardioMEMS HF System

Cedars-Sinai to participate in a consortium studying motor neuron disorders

New findings could pave way for treating autoimmune diseases

MIT researchers use disarmed version of anthrax toxin to deliver cancer drugs

GSA and NAM select reporters for Journalists in Aging Fellows Program

International organizations join forces to develop inhaled form of oxytocin for postpartum hemorrhage

State highlights: N.C. lawmakers still talking about Medicaid revamp; changes to La. health plan for state workers stir controversy

Lya Segall Ovarian Cancer Institute at Mercy opens in Maryland

Longer looks: ACOs and job shifts; abortion's racial gap; having a stroke at 33

Triple-punch of antibodies prevents, wipes out hepatitis C infection in laboratory mice

People who practice yoga, meditation long term can learn to control computer with their minds

ZirMed announces acquisition of MethodCare

Medina Embolization Framing Coil receives CE Mark for commercial distribution in Europe

NeuroEM begins study to test Transcranial Electromagnetic Treatment in aged primates

New CRUK-MEDI Alliance Laboratory to focus on development of novel biologic cancer treatments

NRL scientists develop novel one-step process to form oxide nanoparticles

INTERTEL joins National Insurance Crime Bureau as strategic partner

New NIH program awards $2.5 million to spur innovation in mobile health

Scientists, health officials and artists working on apps to identify disease-carrying insects

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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