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Neovasc's Tiara transcatheter mitral valve replacement technology gets US patent

Neovasc Inc. today announced that the first patent covering the company's innovative Tiara transcatheter mitral valve replacement technology has been issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office.

13 Nov 2013

Internal body clock may contribute to morning peak in heart attacks and ischemic strokes

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in both men and women, and most adverse cardiovascular events tend to happen in the morning. In new findings published in the November issue of Blood, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Oregon Health & Science University have discovered that the internal body clock may contribute to the morning peak in heart attacks and ischemic strokes.

13 Nov 2013

Researchers discover powerful mechanism that keeps white blood cells from going rogue

The immune system is a double-edged sword. While its primary role is to fight infections, it can also become overactive, leading to problems like allergies and autoimmune diseases.

13 Nov 2013

State highlights: States updating Medicaid primary care pay to Medicare rates; University of Va. Hospital CEO says health law could cost millions; D.C. hospital cutting jobs

States are making progress carrying out a provision of the health care reform law that calls for increasing Medicaid primary-care payments for 2013 and 2014 to match what Medicare pays. Anecdotal evidence has suggested that few physicians were getting the promised pay bump (Robeznieks, 11/11).

13 Nov 2013

Tailored doses of pre-transplant drug therapy in Glaucomatous patients boosts survival rates to over 90%

Chronic Granulomatous Disease is a rare immune deficiency that seriously compromises organ function and is life-threatening, with 20-30 per cent of patients dying within the first two decades of life.

13 Nov 2013

Researchers recommend strategies to improve overall wellbeing of adults with developmental disabilities

Adults with developmental disabilities such as autism and Down syndrome are having a harder time accessing health care even though they have more health issues than people without developmental disabilities, according to research done at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

13 Nov 2013

Research findings may offer clues to help prevent stress-related health problems

Researchers hope to discover why some people struggle with their spirituality or religious beliefs and practices in the face of life's challenges while others don't.

13 Nov 2013

Professor receives NOK 75M grant to develop idea for next generation personalized cancer therapy

Extensive statistical analyses of the mutation distribution in several thousand cancerous tumours make it possible to find cures for types of cancer that cannot be treated today.

13 Nov 2013

Study highlights disparities in access to diabetes treatment in European countries

Hundreds of thousands of people living with diabetes in Europe do not have access to the treatment they need, putting their health at risk. These are the initial findings of a study by the International Diabetes Federation Europe on Access to Quality Medicines and Medical Devices for Diabetes Care in Europe.

13 Nov 2013

Researchers identify link between narrowed heart valves and special lipoprotein in blood

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, Herlev Hospital and Rigshospitalet have identified a clear link between narrowed heart valves and a special lipoprotein in the blood. In the long term, the research may well help to prevent valvular heart disease.

13 Nov 2013

Teen athletes more likely to misuse opioids medications

Teen athletes derive many positive benefits from participating in sports, but their increased risk of sports-related injuries may also heighten their risk for medication misuse and abuse, especially for boys, finds a recent study in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

13 Nov 2013

HIV/AIDS experts awarded over $5M to foster health and medical research skills in India, Africa

Experts in HIV/AIDS at the Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine and the university's Bloomberg School of Public Health have been awarded more than $5 million by the Fogarty International Center's HIV Research Training Program to foster health and medical research skills in India, Uganda, Ethiopia and Malawi.

13 Nov 2013

Study outlines “sobering reality” of the U.S. health care system

Over the last decade, the biggest driver of the high health care costs in the United States has been neither the aging of the population nor the large numbers of tests and treatments being prescribed.

13 Nov 2013

People suffering from chronic pain, emotional distress likely to receive long-term opioid therapy

People suffering from chronic non-cancer pain and severe emotional distress, such as depression, anxiety and substance use, are likely to receive long-term opioid therapy despite a lack of evidence that this treatment helps, reports a new review in General Hospital Psychiatry.

13 Nov 2013

New view can give scientists better understanding of how antidepressants work in human brain

Research from Oregon Health & Science University's Vollum Institute, published in the current issue of Nature, is giving scientists a never-before-seen view of how nerve cells communicate with each other.

13 Nov 2013

Pancreatic cancer death rates in whites and blacks go in opposite directions

Pancreatic cancer death rates in whites and blacks have gone in opposite directions over the past several decades in the United States, with the direction reversing in each ethnicity during those years.

13 Nov 2013

International research consortium to focus on pediatric translational research

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia CEO Steven M. Altschuler, Drexel University President John A. Fry, and Hebrew University of Jerusalem President Menahem Ben-Sasson signed a research agreement on November 11 as part of Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter's trade mission to Israel. The research partnership is designed to focus on pediatric translational research and to develop a collaborative platform for advancing pediatric medicine from the lab to the bedside.

13 Nov 2013

Hospital News and Research

Neovasc's Tiara transcatheter mitral valve replacement technology gets US patent

Internal body clock may contribute to morning peak in heart attacks and ischemic strokes

Researchers discover powerful mechanism that keeps white blood cells from going rogue

State highlights: States updating Medicaid primary care pay to Medicare rates; University of Va. Hospital CEO says health law could cost millions; D.C. hospital cutting jobs

Tailored doses of pre-transplant drug therapy in Glaucomatous patients boosts survival rates to over 90%

Researchers recommend strategies to improve overall wellbeing of adults with developmental disabilities

Research findings may offer clues to help prevent stress-related health problems

Professor receives NOK 75M grant to develop idea for next generation personalized cancer therapy

Study highlights disparities in access to diabetes treatment in European countries

Researchers identify link between narrowed heart valves and special lipoprotein in blood

Teen athletes more likely to misuse opioids medications

HIV/AIDS experts awarded over $5M to foster health and medical research skills in India, Africa

Study outlines “sobering reality” of the U.S. health care system

People suffering from chronic pain, emotional distress likely to receive long-term opioid therapy

New view can give scientists better understanding of how antidepressants work in human brain

Pancreatic cancer death rates in whites and blacks go in opposite directions

International research consortium to focus on pediatric translational research

Reflux surgery challenged for smallest children

Novel approach confirms dysfunctional energy production in schizophrenia

Infection prevention: an interview with Dr. Robert Gorab, Chief Medical Officer, Hoag Orthopedic Institute

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

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