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New drug prevents vaginal and oral transmission of HIV in pre-clinical animal models

HIV remains a major health concern for women and children globally. Worldwide, the majority of new HIV infections occur in young women. Each year, 1.5 million women living with HIV become pregnant.

2 Aug 2016

Telestroke program increases clot-dissolving treatment rates among ischemic stroke patients

The use of a life-saving clot-dissolving treatment for patients with acute ischemic stroke increased by 73 percent following the implementation of a Kaiser Permanente telestroke program, according to a study published today in The Permanente Journal.

1 Aug 2016

Exer More Than Urgent Care announces opening of new Sherman Oaks clinic

On August 17th, Exer More Than Urgent Care will begin seeing patients at its new Sherman Oaks clinic located at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Fulton Ave. The highly-anticipated clinic opening will offer an affordable and convenient emergency room alternative for people whose conditions are urgent or serious but not life-threatening.

30 Jul 2016

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics to showcase seven posters of vital tests, six products at AACC meeting

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics today announced it will present seven scientific posters on its assays and display six products at its booth at the 2016 American Association for Clinical Chemistry annual meeting.

30 Jul 2016

AOFAS volunteers travel to Vietnam for treating people with lower extremity deformities

Volunteers from the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society returned to Vietnam this year to provide corrective surgery for children and adults with lower extremity deformities and disabilities.

30 Jul 2016

Blue Jay Wireless to be entertainment sponsor for Make-A-Wish North Texas event

Blue Jay will serve as the entertainment sponsor for Make-A-Wish North Texas' Delicious Wishes event on August 16, 2016.

30 Jul 2016

Sutter Health among the first to offer Absorb dissolving stent for patients with coronary artery disease

Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento and Mills-Peninsula Health Services, both affiliates of Sutter Health, will be among the first in the country to offer patients with coronary artery disease a new treatment option, the Abbott Absorb stent, which literally disappears in the body over time.

30 Jul 2016

CMS ratings on health care place Cone Health in top 3% of hospitals

The latest government ratings on health care puts most of Cone Health in the top 3 percent of hospitals when it comes to quality.

30 Jul 2016

Kaiser Permanente telestroke program increases use of clot-dissolving treatment for stroke patients

30 Jul 2016

Western Dental & Orthodontics opens new dental clinic in Dinuba

Western Dental & Orthodontics, one of the nation's leaders in accessible, affordable oral healthcare, today announced the opening of a new, state-of-the-art dental clinic in Dinuba, located at 285 West El Monte Way.

30 Jul 2016

CVS Health to make opioid overdose-reversing drug more affordable for patients without insurance

CVS Health and Adapt Pharma today announced a new partnership that will make the opioid overdose-reversing drug NARCAN (Naloxone HCl) Nasal Spray more affordable for patients without insurance at CVS Pharmacy locations.

30 Jul 2016

Cardinal Health Foundation commits grants to help organizations improve effectiveness of patient care

The 13 winners of the first multi-year E3 Patient Safety Grants from Cardinal Health Foundation are striving to improve health outcomes for high-risk patients more quickly than the industry norm.

30 Jul 2016

Abingdon Health gains TGA regulatory approval for Seralite- FLC product in Australia

Abingdon Health Ltd, is pleased to announce that it has gained regulatory approval by the Therapeutic Goods Administration in Australia for Seralite- FLC.

30 Jul 2016

Brief smartphone exercises can help uplift mood

Brief, directed smartphone exercises can help quickly improve our mood. This is the latest finding from psychologists at the University of Basel and their international colleagues, reported in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.

29 Jul 2016

University of Utah investigators receive $25 million grant to improve clinical research

Investigators at the University of Utah School of Medicine's Data Coordinating Center have been awarded a seven-year, $25 million grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, to form one of three Trial Innovation Centers to improve clinical research.

29 Jul 2016

Researchers using internet to find study participants may hamper recruitment of minority, poor people

Recruiting minorities and poor people to participate in medical research always has been challenging, and that may not change as researchers turn to the internet to find study participants and engage with them online, new research suggests.

29 Jul 2016

Convenience of buying medicine online does not outweigh risks, says expert

With the rise of on-demand delivery, prescription medicine joins the countless list of items that can be ordered online with the click of a button.

29 Jul 2016

Northwell Health receives grant to assess pulmonary rehabilitation via telehealth for Hispanic COPD patients

Northwell Health's Feinstein Institute for Medical Research has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study whether home-based pulmonary rehabilitation improves quality of life and decreases hospitalization in Hispanic patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

29 Jul 2016

Study supports removing transgender identity from WHO International Classification of Diseases

New evidence suggests that it would be appropriate to remove the diagnosis of transgender from its current classification as a mental disorder, according to a study conducted in Mexico City.

29 Jul 2016

Medical professionals express fears in implementing new EHR system in hospitals

As waves of hospitals move from older methods of record keeping to new digital electronic health record (EHR) systems, many medical professionals express fears that implementing an EHR system in their hospital will have dire results, including more errors and higher patient mortality.

29 Jul 2016

Health Care News and Research

New drug prevents vaginal and oral transmission of HIV in pre-clinical animal models

Telestroke program increases clot-dissolving treatment rates among ischemic stroke patients

Exer More Than Urgent Care announces opening of new Sherman Oaks clinic

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics to showcase seven posters of vital tests, six products at AACC meeting

AOFAS volunteers travel to Vietnam for treating people with lower extremity deformities

Blue Jay Wireless to be entertainment sponsor for Make-A-Wish North Texas event

Sutter Health among the first to offer Absorb dissolving stent for patients with coronary artery disease

CMS ratings on health care place Cone Health in top 3% of hospitals

Kaiser Permanente telestroke program increases use of clot-dissolving treatment for stroke patients

Western Dental & Orthodontics opens new dental clinic in Dinuba

CVS Health to make opioid overdose-reversing drug more affordable for patients without insurance

Cardinal Health Foundation commits grants to help organizations improve effectiveness of patient care

Abingdon Health gains TGA regulatory approval for Seralite- FLC product in Australia

Brief smartphone exercises can help uplift mood

University of Utah investigators receive $25 million grant to improve clinical research

Researchers using internet to find study participants may hamper recruitment of minority, poor people

Convenience of buying medicine online does not outweigh risks, says expert

Northwell Health receives grant to assess pulmonary rehabilitation via telehealth for Hispanic COPD patients

Study supports removing transgender identity from WHO International Classification of Diseases

Medical professionals express fears in implementing new EHR system in hospitals

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