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Personal Genome Diagnostics applies CE mark to PGDx elio tissue complete assay

Personal Genome Diagnostics Inc. (PGDx), a leader in cancer genomics, today announced that it has applied the CE mark to the PGDx elio™ tissue complete assay.

26 Sep 2019

Eisai and Fronteo announce launch of Coroban to predict inpatients' tumbling and falling risks

Eisai Co., Ltd. and FRONTEO, Inc. announced today that they have launched the tumbling and falling prediction system Coroban to medical institutions in Japan on September 26, 2019. The Coroban predicts inpatients' tumbling and falling risks in advance and displays alerts.

26 Sep 2019

Uber and Lyft ride-sharing services hitch onto Medicaid

Arizona Medicaid Director Jami Snyder heard many complaints about enrollees missing medical appointments because the transportation provided by the state didn't show or came too late.

26 Sep 2019

An effective strategy to deter tobacco use in middle and high school students

An innovative strategy called Teens Against Tobacco Use showed promise as an effective strategy to deter tobacco use in middle and high school students, according to a research study by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health.

26 Sep 2019

In tiny doses, an addiction medication moonlights as treatment for chronic pain

Lori Pinkley, a 50-year-old from Kansas City, Mo., has struggled with puzzling chronic pain since she was 15.

26 Sep 2019

Study explores link between assisted reproduction and prostate cancer risk

In a new national register study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers have studied the link between prostate cancer and infertility. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, includes over one million Swedish men.

26 Sep 2019

The delicate issue of taking away a senior’s smartphone

At first, Dr. Robert Zorowitz thought his 83-year-old mother was confused. She couldn't remember passwords to accounts on her computer. She would call and say programs had stopped working.

26 Sep 2019

Study may lead to earlier detection of heart failure and new targeted treatments

Genetic research led by Queen Mary University of London could open the way to earlier identification of people at risk of heart failure and to the development of new treatments.

26 Sep 2019

Investigational drug may offer new treatment option for patients with lung and kidney cancer

Pegilodecakin, a first-in-class drug currently in clinical trials, has shown positive safety results and may offer a potential new treatment avenue for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and kidney cancer.

26 Sep 2019

Prediction system found to be effective at increasing palliative care consultations

Palliative Connect, a trigger system developed at Penn Medicine and powered by predictive analytics, was found to be effective at increasing palliative care consultations for seriously ill patients, according to a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

25 Sep 2019

Researchers use AI to predict depression outcomes

The psychiatry field has long sought answers to explain why antidepressants help only some people.

25 Sep 2019

Healthcare records hacked, data breaches uncovered

Researcher John (Xuefeng) Jiang shows that the health records of almost 170 million people over the country have been hacked in 1461 reported data breaches. These occurred over a period of ten years, from October 21, 2009, to July 1, 2019.

25 Sep 2019

Mystery underlying cardiac toxicity caused by diabetes drugs solved

Like catching two fish with one worm, treating two problems with a single drug is efficient, but exceedingly difficult.

25 Sep 2019

Metabolic imbalance in cancer patients associated with resistance to immune checkpoint blocker

A metabolic imbalance in some cancer patients following treatment with a checkpoint inhibitor drug, nivolumab, is associated with resistance to the immunotherapy agent and shorter survival, report scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in collaborative work with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

25 Sep 2019

Medicine News and Research

Personal Genome Diagnostics applies CE mark to PGDx elio tissue complete assay

Eisai and Fronteo announce launch of Coroban to predict inpatients' tumbling and falling risks

Uber and Lyft ride-sharing services hitch onto Medicaid

An effective strategy to deter tobacco use in middle and high school students

In tiny doses, an addiction medication moonlights as treatment for chronic pain

Study explores link between assisted reproduction and prostate cancer risk

The delicate issue of taking away a senior’s smartphone

Study may lead to earlier detection of heart failure and new targeted treatments

Investigational drug may offer new treatment option for patients with lung and kidney cancer

Prediction system found to be effective at increasing palliative care consultations

Researchers use AI to predict depression outcomes

Healthcare records hacked, data breaches uncovered

Mystery underlying cardiac toxicity caused by diabetes drugs solved

Metabolic imbalance in cancer patients associated with resistance to immune checkpoint blocker

Nanotechnology enhances delivery of chemotherapy drugs

Dormant HIV reservoirs could be killed with RNA switch

Study shows health, work benefits of Medicaid expansion for adults with behavioral health disorders

Metformin for diabetics with renal damage scores over Sulphonylureas in terms of heart safety

Study receives $3.1 million NIH grant to improve quality of life for African American cancer survivors

Teenagers sleep 43 more minutes each night after intervention that reset their body clocks

Industry Focus eBook - Cell & Gene Therapy (1st Edition) eBook

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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