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NeuroSigma announces launch of new website for Monarch eTNSTM System

NeuroSigma, Inc., a California-based medical device company, today announced the launch of www.monarch-etns.com, its dedicated website for the Monarch™ eTNSTM System.

6 Jun 2013

Doctors should conduct frail screening to prevent bad outcomes

Everyone older than 70 should be checked for frailty, a condition that is both easily treated and potentially deadly, according to an article by representatives from six major international and U.S. medical organizations.

5 Jun 2013

mHealth adoption to have socio-economic impact in Europe, reveals GSMA report

The GSMA today published research that demonstrates the significant socio-economic impact that mHealth adoption will have in Europe. Findings reveal that mHealth could save almost €100 billion in healthcare costs in the EU by 2017 as well as add €93 billion in GDP.

5 Jun 2013

Obese patients trust weight-related counseling from overweight physicians more than normal weight physicians

When it comes to taking diet advice from a physician—size matters. This is according to a new study led by a team of researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who examined the impact of primary care physician BMI (body mass index) on their patients' trust and perceptions of weight-related stigma.

5 Jun 2013

Allergic rhinitis treatments: an interview with Dr Dermot Ryan, GP and allergy expert

Allergic rhinitis is most commonly recognized as hay fever in the United Kingdom and it is due to the impact of an allergen, in the case of hay fever a pollen, setting off an inflammatory response in the lungs, causing typical symptoms...

5 Jun 2013

EU funds d-LIVER project to help people suffering from liver disease

The EU has provided funding for the d-LIVER project, in which researchers from several countries will work on a number of measures to help people suffering from liver disease.

5 Jun 2013

New Aspen Dental office to open in Beaverton, OR

A new Aspen Dental office is opening in Beaverton, OR on Thursday, June 13. Located at 8660 SW Scholl's Ferry Rd., the practice will provide dental services that range from dentures and preventive care to general dentistry and restoration.

5 Jun 2013

seca releases medical Body Composition Analyzer

seca, the world's market leader in medical measuring and weighing, launches its medical Body Composition Analyzer, the seca mBCA 514.

From seca 4 Jun 2013

Baylor Endocrine Center seeks volunteers to compare long-term benefits and risks of diabetes drugs

Baylor Endocrine Center is looking for volunteers to take part in a study to compare the long-term benefits and risks of four widely used diabetes drugs in combination with metformin, the most common first-line medication for treating type 2 diabetes. The project is called the GRADE: Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study.

4 Jun 2013

Mayo Clinic offers patient education resources to small medical practices

Mayo Clinic today announced that its thousands of patient education resources will be offered to small medical practices throughout the United States. This will be accomplished through an agreement with drchrono, an electronic health record company formed in 2009. Future contracts may make the materials even more broadly available.

4 Jun 2013

State highlights: Calif. bill would fine big employers with employees on Medi-Cal; Abortion fight set in N.Y. Senate

For years, politicians and labor unions have pilloried Wal-Mart and other large employers for paying workers so little that many qualify for government health insurance at taxpayers' expense. Now critics fear the public will get stuck with an even bigger tab as California and other states expand Medicaid as part of the federal health care law.

4 Jun 2013

Court challenges, congressional charges and questions about key health law initiatives

The success of the healthcare law "depends on reaching everyone who is uninsured, but particularly young people who may feel like they don't need insurance," said Larry Levitt, a senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation. Convincing them to spend money on insurance, he said, will be a "marketing challenge" (Gorman, 6/2).

4 Jun 2013

Federal judge lifts ban on Medicare releasing individual doctor data

A federal judge has lifted the ban on Medicare releasing data on individual doctors to the public. The end on the 33-year ban -- after the publishers of The Wall Street Journal sued to end it -- could mean closer scrutiny of doctor practices in the program.

4 Jun 2013

Ophthalmologists warn that overexposure to sun's UV rays can cause temporary blindness

With the arrival of summer, when the sun's ultraviolet rays are strongest, ophthalmologists − medical doctors who specialize in the diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment of eye diseases and conditions − are warning the public that overexposure to these rays can burn the eyes' corneas and cause painful, temporary blindness.

4 Jun 2013

Personal values influence doctors' treatment recommendations

What treatment a doctor recommends for advanced cancer not only depends on medical aspects. His relationship to the individual patients and his own view of their life situation at their age play a role.

4 Jun 2013

Experts call for international consensus on criteria used to diagnose circulatory and neurological death

The criteria used to diagnose both circulatory and brain death in a patient are subject to variability and as such can be controversial. Anaesthesiologists play an important role in procedures related to the determination of death, so should have specific knowledge about medical, ethical and legal criteria of brain death definition.

3 Jun 2013

Experts to discuss on resuscitation efforts at Euroanaesthesia

One of the most difficult moments faced by anaesthetists and other healthcare staff is when to carry on attempts to resuscitate a person, and when those efforts should reasonably stop. This dilemma is the subject of a session at Euroanaesthesia, the annual congress of the European Society of Anaesthesiology.

3 Jun 2013

Nearly 2/3 of solid tumors carry at least one mutation that may be targeted by existing compound

Nearly two-thirds of solid tumors carry at least one mutation that may be targeted, or medicated, by an existing compound, according to new findings from researchers Fox Chase Cancer Center that will be presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology on June 3.

1 Jun 2013

Concerns raised about popular blood pressure, diabetes drugs

The Wall Street Journal reports that a senior FDA regulator is seeking stronger warnings about a class of blood pressure drugs that may be linked to higher cancer rates. Meanwhile, The New York Times details how a doctor hired by Merck to test a diabetes drug in rats found a possible link to pancreatic cancer, a discovery that turned the doctor into a crusader.

1 Jun 2013

Viewpoints: Scalia's 'boost' to Obamacare; California small biz and insurance exchange; Health law's hidden tax

[L]ast week, a divided court decided Arlington v. FCC, an important victory for Barack Obama's administration that will long define the relationship between federal agencies and federal courts. ... In a powerful and convincing opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia, the court's majority ruled that even when the agency is deciding on the scope of its own authority, it has the power to interpret ambiguities in the law.

1 Jun 2013

Doctor News and Research

NeuroSigma announces launch of new website for Monarch eTNSTM System

Doctors should conduct frail screening to prevent bad outcomes

mHealth adoption to have socio-economic impact in Europe, reveals GSMA report

Obese patients trust weight-related counseling from overweight physicians more than normal weight physicians

Allergic rhinitis treatments: an interview with Dr Dermot Ryan, GP and allergy expert

EU funds d-LIVER project to help people suffering from liver disease

New Aspen Dental office to open in Beaverton, OR

seca releases medical Body Composition Analyzer

Baylor Endocrine Center seeks volunteers to compare long-term benefits and risks of diabetes drugs

Mayo Clinic offers patient education resources to small medical practices

State highlights: Calif. bill would fine big employers with employees on Medi-Cal; Abortion fight set in N.Y. Senate

Court challenges, congressional charges and questions about key health law initiatives

Federal judge lifts ban on Medicare releasing individual doctor data

Ophthalmologists warn that overexposure to sun's UV rays can cause temporary blindness

Personal values influence doctors' treatment recommendations

Experts call for international consensus on criteria used to diagnose circulatory and neurological death

Experts to discuss on resuscitation efforts at Euroanaesthesia

Nearly 2/3 of solid tumors carry at least one mutation that may be targeted by existing compound

Concerns raised about popular blood pressure, diabetes drugs

Viewpoints: Scalia's 'boost' to Obamacare; California small biz and insurance exchange; Health law's hidden tax

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