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AMGA, Avatar Solutions partner to provide patient satisfaction services

The American Medical Group Association today announced a partnership venture with Avatar Solutions to provide enhanced services for its Patient Satisfaction Benchmarking (PSAT) Program.

25 Mar 2015

Hip replacement procedure alleviates pain, improves function in young JIA patients

Hip replacement is often performed in patients with juvenile arthritis when their joints have been severely damaged by the disease.

25 Mar 2015

Study confirms strong association between diabetes and later stage breast cancer

Diabetes is associated with more advanced stage breast cancer, according to a new study by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and Women's College Hospital.

25 Mar 2015

Omnicell to exhibit fully integrated medication management solutions at EAHP Congress

Omnicell, Inc., will exhibit the integration of its automated medication cabinets with MACH4's modular robotic solutions at the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) 25-27 March.

From Omnicell, Inc. 25 Mar 2015

Experimental drug that attacks brain tumor cells passes early tests

An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has passed early tests in animal models and human tissue cultures, say Houston Methodist scientists.

25 Mar 2015

Boston Scientific announces successful implantations of WATCHMAN Device in three US patients

This week, three patients in the United States received the first implants of the Boston Scientific Corporation WATCHMAN™ Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) Device.

25 Mar 2015

Omnicell receives notification from NASDAQ OMX Group for noncompliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule

As indicated in a Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 20, 2015, Omnicell, Inc. received a written notification from the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. on March 18, 2015, indicating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) for continued listing, due to the delay in filing its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2014 beyond the extended filing due date of March 17, 2015.

From Omnicell, Inc. 25 Mar 2015

2015 Minds Matter event raises funds to support brain tumor research

One day in 2009, Maria Nijim's father got behind the wheel of his car and realized he couldn't see out of one eye. An MRI showed a tumor and then surgery confirmed a devastating diagnosis – glioblastoma – the most aggressive type of brain tumor.

25 Mar 2015

Non-invasive imaging tests may predict healthy adults' future risk of heart attack, stroke or death

Adding two non-invasive imaging tests to traditional cardiovascular disease risk factor assessment more precisely predicts a healthy patient's future risk of heart attack, stroke, or premature death, according to a study led by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published in the March 24 edition of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

25 Mar 2015

New imaging technique could give precise information about structures inside tissues, cells

One infrared scan can give pathologists a window into the structures and molecules inside tissues and cells, enabling fast and broad diagnostic assessments, thanks to an imaging technique developed by University of Illinois researchers and clinical partners.

25 Mar 2015

$DePuy Synthes launches TFNA System to improve outcomes in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery$

DePuy Synthes launches TFNA System to improve outcomes in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery

DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson has launched the TFN-ADVANCED Proximal Femoral Nailing System (TFNA), a nail, blade and screw system designed to improve patient outcomes by more closely matching the anatomy of patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.

25 Mar 2015

Beaumont Health joins UHC and Novation to increase cost savings, improve supply chain performance

UHC announced today that Beaumont Health has partnered with UHC and its supply contracting company, Novation, on a new two-year initiative designed to increase cost savings and supply chain performance improvement.

25 Mar 2015

Subthreshold mania signals impending bipolarity in children of bipolar patients

Subthreshold manic or hypomanic symptoms frequently precede clinical mood episodes in the children of patients with the condition, a study shows.

24 Mar 2015

HSCT use varies with region

A review of almost one million haematopoietic stem cell transplantation procedures has highlighted differences in the availability of the procedure and the use of autologous and allogeneic transplants across the world.

24 Mar 2015

Fourth-line bosutinib ‘appropriate’ after prior CML treatment failure, intolerance

A Spanish study suggests that bosutinib can help improve or maintain response in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia after treatment failure of three previous tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

24 Mar 2015

Non-invasive autopsy service nominated for national award

Sheffield’s radiology team are in the running for a top national medical award after establishing the world’s first minimally invasive autopsy service for babies and children who tragically die in the womb or 28 days after birth.

24 Mar 2015

Newly discovered bodily process may explain fetal brain bleeds

A newly discovered bodily process in mice may explain why some human fetuses who have different antigens than their mothers suffer life-threatening brain bleeds, according to a new study.

24 Mar 2015

Cancer-specific mortality lower in Asian Americans than non-Hispanic whites, shows study

Numerous studies have documented racial differences in deaths from cancer among non-Hispanic whites and African Americans, but little has been known about survival outcomes for Asian Americans who have been diagnosed with cancer, until now.

24 Mar 2015

A new approach to TBI therapy

Innovative angles of attack in research that focus on how the human brain protects and repairs itself will help develop treatments for one of the most common, costly, deadly and scientifically frustrating medical conditions worldwide: traumatic brain injury.

24 Mar 2015

Rigontec raises €4.8 million in second closing of Series A financing round

Rigontec GmbH, a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing RNA-based immunotherapeutics for the treatment of cancer and viral diseases, today announces it has raised €4.8 million in a second closing of its Series A financing round from Forbion Capital Partners, a Dutch life-sciences venture capital firm, and Sunstone Capital, a Copenhagen based venture capital investor.

24 Mar 2015

Hospital News and Research

AMGA, Avatar Solutions partner to provide patient satisfaction services

Hip replacement procedure alleviates pain, improves function in young JIA patients

Study confirms strong association between diabetes and later stage breast cancer

Omnicell to exhibit fully integrated medication management solutions at EAHP Congress

Experimental drug that attacks brain tumor cells passes early tests

Boston Scientific announces successful implantations of WATCHMAN Device in three US patients

Omnicell receives notification from NASDAQ OMX Group for noncompliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule

2015 Minds Matter event raises funds to support brain tumor research

Non-invasive imaging tests may predict healthy adults' future risk of heart attack, stroke or death

New imaging technique could give precise information about structures inside tissues, cells

DePuy Synthes launches TFNA System to improve outcomes in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery

Beaumont Health joins UHC and Novation to increase cost savings, improve supply chain performance

Subthreshold mania signals impending bipolarity in children of bipolar patients

HSCT use varies with region

Fourth-line bosutinib ‘appropriate’ after prior CML treatment failure, intolerance

Non-invasive autopsy service nominated for national award

Newly discovered bodily process may explain fetal brain bleeds

Cancer-specific mortality lower in Asian Americans than non-Hispanic whites, shows study

A new approach to TBI therapy

Rigontec raises €4.8 million in second closing of Series A financing round

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

Single-cell proteomics: Revealing proteome diversity from cellular heterogeneity to non-canonical biology

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

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