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King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust selects Allscripts Sunrise solution to provide enhanced care

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (London, UK) selected the Allscripts Sunrise solution as its new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system to deliver enhanced care.

21 Dec 2015

Flu vaccine: the facts. An interview with Dr Lisa Maragakis

There are different formulations of the flu vaccine but in general they all do the same thing, which is to stimulate our body's immune system to recognize and fight against the influenza virus.

21 Dec 2015

TeleHealth Services, UbiCare partner to provide unique patient education and engagement solution

TeleHealth Services and UbiCare announce an exclusive business partnership that provides a unique, proven patient education and engagement solution for hospitals, healthcare systems, clinics and ambulatory centers.

21 Dec 2015

Combination therapy can help overcome endocrine resistance in women with advanced breast cancer

Data collected in Japanese and Korean patients included in the global PALOMA3 trial provides evidence that combining palbociclib with fulvestrant is an effective strategy to overcome endocrine resistance in women with hormone receptor positive (HR+), HER2 negative (HER2-) advanced breast cancer.

20 Dec 2015

New NYUCN study examines validity of symptoms for detecting breast cancer-related lymphedema

Many are aware that hair loss is a common side effect associated with chemotherapy. However, another albeit common late side effect of cancer treatment is the abnormal swelling of one or more limbs, known as lymphedema. Lymphedema is most commonly the result of an obstruction or disruption of the lymphatic system that occurs immediately after cancer treatment or 1-5, even 20 years after.

20 Dec 2015

GSI Group purchases SkyeTek assets for $2.6 million

GSI Group Inc., a global leader and supplier of laser, precision motion, and vision technologies to original equipment manufacturers ("OEM") in the medical and advanced industrial markets, today announced it has acquired the assets of SkyeTek, a Denver, Colorado-based provider of embedded and standalone RFID Solutions for medical OEM's for $2.6 million in cash, subject to customary working capital adjustments.

20 Dec 2015

Ovarian cancer screening may help save lives

New results from the world's biggest ovarian cancer screening trial led by UCL suggest that screening based on an annual blood test may help reduce the number of women dying from the disease by around 20%.

18 Dec 2015

New vaccine shows promise against Middle East respiratory syndrome in dromedary camels

An international research project with the involvement of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Animal Health Research Centre (IRTA-CReSA), has designed a vaccine shown to be effective in protecting dromedaries against the coronavirus (CoV) that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).

18 Dec 2015

Study examines effect of nonoperative treatment for appendicitis

It is too early to change the standard treatment of appendicitis in U.S. adults to initial antibiotic therapy only, rather than surgical removal of the appendix, or appendectomy, authors of a new systematic review study conclude.

18 Dec 2015

Stem cell therapy not significantly better than conventional treatment for Crohn's disease

A clinical trial to test the effectiveness of a stem cell therapy among adults with difficult to treat Crohn's disease has found it is not significantly better than conventional treatment in producing sustained disease remission after one year.

18 Dec 2015

Study examines whether treating multiple narrowed arteries has adverse effect on the heart

A new study has examined the effects on the heart of treating multiple narrowed arteries - rather than just one - at the time of a heart attack.

18 Dec 2015

Multiple small doses of targeted radiation therapy more effective at destroying pituitary gland tumors

A recent patient study at Houston Methodist Hospital proved that multiple small doses of highly focused radiation therapy is safer and more effective than a single larger dose of radiation at destroying pituitary gland tumors.

18 Dec 2015

Monitoring CA125 levels may help reduce ovarian cancer deaths by nearly 20%

Initial results from the world's largest ovarian cancer screening trial suggest that tracking levels of a cancer-associated protein over time may help reduce ovarian cancer deaths by as much as 20 percent. Results of the 14-year study, led by investigators at University College London, are being published online in The Lancet.

18 Dec 2015

Novel strategies on the way for difficult-to-treat head and neck cancer

Novel strategies are on the way for difficult-to-treat and advanced head and neck cancer, the most heterogeneous group of malignancies which are generally associated with poor survival, and encouraging results have been presented at the first ESMO Asia 2015 Congress in Singapore.

17 Dec 2015

Hospital-acquired infections prevention market in the U.S. to grow at CAGR of over 7% during 2015 - 2020

According to recently published Pharmaion report, "United States Hospital-acquired Infections Prevention Market Opportunities, 2010 - 2020", hospital-acquired infections prevention market in the United States is projected to grow at a CAGR of over 7% during 2015 - 2020.

17 Dec 2015

New paper outlines strategies to address hepatitis C in incarcerated individuals

More than one in nine people with hepatitis C in Canada spend time in a correctional facility each year and researchers said this presents a unique opportunity to focus hepatitis C prevention and control efforts in incarcerated populations.

17 Dec 2015

Patients trained to perform S-OPAT have lower rates of hospital readmission

Patients trained to administer their own intravenous antibiotics at home (self-administered outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy or S-OPAT), achieved similar or better outcomes compared to patients who received healthcare-delivered OPAT (H-OPAT) with assistance from a home-care nurse or skilled nursing facility, according to a paper published this week in PLOS Medicine.

17 Dec 2015

CRCHUM researchers find mechanism responsible for rejection of organ transplants

A new cellular structure responsible for previously unexplained rejection of organ transplants has been identified by researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre.

17 Dec 2015

LUHS patients can now benefit from new Loyola Medicine Transport service

Loyola University Health System patients requiring non-emergency ambulance transportation can now be cared for by a new service offered by Loyola called Loyola Medicine Transport LLC. This new service provides basic and advanced life support, non-emergent van transportation, lab and courier services for Loyola University Medical Center, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital and both hospitals' ambulatory sites.

17 Dec 2015

Cardiff scientists find way to aid recovery, reduce risk of life-threatening infections in brain damaged patients

Cardiff University scientists believe they may have found a way to aid recovery and minimise the risk of life-threatening infections in patients with traumatic brain injuries.

17 Dec 2015

Hospital News and Research

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust selects Allscripts Sunrise solution to provide enhanced care

Flu vaccine: the facts. An interview with Dr Lisa Maragakis

TeleHealth Services, UbiCare partner to provide unique patient education and engagement solution

Combination therapy can help overcome endocrine resistance in women with advanced breast cancer

New NYUCN study examines validity of symptoms for detecting breast cancer-related lymphedema

GSI Group purchases SkyeTek assets for $2.6 million

Ovarian cancer screening may help save lives

New vaccine shows promise against Middle East respiratory syndrome in dromedary camels

Study examines effect of nonoperative treatment for appendicitis

Stem cell therapy not significantly better than conventional treatment for Crohn's disease

Study examines whether treating multiple narrowed arteries has adverse effect on the heart

Multiple small doses of targeted radiation therapy more effective at destroying pituitary gland tumors

Monitoring CA125 levels may help reduce ovarian cancer deaths by nearly 20%

Novel strategies on the way for difficult-to-treat head and neck cancer

Hospital-acquired infections prevention market in the U.S. to grow at CAGR of over 7% during 2015 - 2020

New paper outlines strategies to address hepatitis C in incarcerated individuals

Patients trained to perform S-OPAT have lower rates of hospital readmission

CRCHUM researchers find mechanism responsible for rejection of organ transplants

LUHS patients can now benefit from new Loyola Medicine Transport service

Cardiff scientists find way to aid recovery, reduce risk of life-threatening infections in brain damaged patients

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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