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WHO delivers 1.2 million doses of antibiotics to prevent, treat plague in Madagascar

WHO has delivered nearly 1.2 million doses of antibiotics and released US$1.5 million dollars in emergency funds to fight plague in Madagascar

9 Oct 2017

Research project seeks to streamline indictments, prosecutions of opiate dealers

Seeking faster indictments and prosecutions of drug dealers after opioid overdose deaths, Case Western Reserve University researchers will re-work protocols followed by Cleveland-area law enforcement.

6 Oct 2017

Primary care practices unable to meet health care needs of cancer survivors, study finds

Primary care medicine is currently not able to meet the health care needs of cancer survivors, despite a decade-long effort by the medical establishment to move long-term survivorship care out of the specialists' realm, according to a new Rutgers study.

6 Oct 2017

4 takeaways from HHS rollback of key contraception coverage provision

On Friday, the Trump administration announced new regulations governing contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The rules will make sweeping changes to the law's requirement that most employers provide coverage of birth control with no out-of-pocket costs to women.

6 Oct 2017

Nutrition-related strategies may modify inflammation of aging, report reveals

Aging is characterized by increased levels of inflammatory markers in the bloodstream, a phenomenon that has been termed "inflammaging". This type of enhanced inflammation tone, also designated as low grade inflammation, is associated with age-related decline of many functional systems and with increased risk of sickness, poor well-being and mortality.

6 Oct 2017

Natural decline of senses can predict poor health outcomes, including death

A long-term study spanning five years and including more than 3,000 nationally-representative older US adults has found that a natural decline of the five classical senses (vision, hearing, taste, smell and touch) can predict a number of poor health outcomes, including greater risk of death.

6 Oct 2017

Hand washing behavior leads to reduction in bacterial growth, experiment shows

How do you get kids to understand the importance of washing their hands? Make it an experiment, suggests one study in which second graders observed that washing or using sanitizer gel reduced the bacteria on their hands by more than 90 percent.

6 Oct 2017

UTHealth hopes to reduce re-arrest rates among homeless adults with research on smartphone app

Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston hope to put a dent in the cycle of re-arrest and release among homeless adults with research on a smartphone app funded by a $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

6 Oct 2017

Study: Patients with intellectual disability more likely to hospitalized for potentially preventable conditions

People with intellectual disabilities are five times more likely to be admitted to hospital with potentially preventable conditions, new research shows.

6 Oct 2017

Study highlights advantages and challenges of integrating GP service in hospital ED

A new study from the University of Liverpool provides evidence that locating a General Practitioner in a hospital emergency department can reduce waiting times and admissions, but may increases antibiotic prescribing.

6 Oct 2017

Young people help train hospital staff to better support others with mental health conditions

Young people with mental health conditions are helping to train hospital staff to better support others in crisis when they are receiving urgent medical treatment.

6 Oct 2017

Eyes fixed on California as governor ponders inking drug price transparency bill

Insurers, hospitals, and health advocates are waiting for Gov. Jerry Brown to deal the drug lobby a rare defeat, by signing legislation that would force pharmaceutical companies to justify big price hikes on drugs in California.

6 Oct 2017

SONOSCANNER receives marketing approval from FDA for new U-lite EXP multi-purpose device

SONOSCANNER, a French company specializing in ultrasound systems, today announced that it received the Food and Drug Administration's approval to market its new multi-purpose device, the U-lite EXP, in the United States, starting in October 2017.

6 Oct 2017

Nightingale aims to apply cutting-edge blood analysis service within healthcare setting

Nightingale's blood test can replace many routine blood tests currently used in healthcare (e.g. glucose tests). Additionally, Nightingale’s service provides other blood biomarkers that can enhance disease risk prediction.

6 Oct 2017

Vitamin D supplement can help boost immunity during winter months

Vitamin D is the only supplement worth taking to boost immunity for the coming winter and to help prevent colds, according to experts on ITV’s Save Money: Good Health.

From BetterYou Ltd 6 Oct 2017

Study reveals link between dietary potassium and vascular calcification

A new study conducted at the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggested that potassium rich food like avocados and bananas might aid in protection against hardening of the arteries, also mentioned as pathogenic vascular calcification.

6 Oct 2017

Are expensive cancer drugs being approved without enough proof that they work?

Recent research indicates that only half of the cancer drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) showed benefit in patients.

6 Oct 2017

Association health plans: A favorite GOP approach to coverage poised for comeback

Not even 24 hours after the latest "repeal and replace" proposal ran out of steam, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) ignited a new round of health policy speculation by predicting, during a cable news interview, impending Trump administration action on a longtime Republican go-to idea: association health plans.

6 Oct 2017

Novel technology allows users to interact in virtual reality environment using mouth gestures

Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed a new technology that allows users to interact in a virtual reality environment using only mouth gestures.

6 Oct 2017

FDA grants approval for new test to detect Zika virus in blood donations

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the cobas Zika test, a qualitative nucleic acid test for the detection of Zika virus RNA in individual plasma specimens obtained from volunteer donors of whole blood and blood components, and from living organ donors.

6 Oct 2017

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WHO delivers 1.2 million doses of antibiotics to prevent, treat plague in Madagascar

Research project seeks to streamline indictments, prosecutions of opiate dealers

Primary care practices unable to meet health care needs of cancer survivors, study finds

4 takeaways from HHS rollback of key contraception coverage provision

Nutrition-related strategies may modify inflammation of aging, report reveals

Natural decline of senses can predict poor health outcomes, including death

Hand washing behavior leads to reduction in bacterial growth, experiment shows

UTHealth hopes to reduce re-arrest rates among homeless adults with research on smartphone app

Study: Patients with intellectual disability more likely to hospitalized for potentially preventable conditions

Study highlights advantages and challenges of integrating GP service in hospital ED

Young people help train hospital staff to better support others with mental health conditions

Eyes fixed on California as governor ponders inking drug price transparency bill

SONOSCANNER receives marketing approval from FDA for new U-lite EXP multi-purpose device

Nightingale aims to apply cutting-edge blood analysis service within healthcare setting

Vitamin D supplement can help boost immunity during winter months

Study reveals link between dietary potassium and vascular calcification

Are expensive cancer drugs being approved without enough proof that they work?

Association health plans: A favorite GOP approach to coverage poised for comeback

Novel technology allows users to interact in virtual reality environment using mouth gestures

FDA grants approval for new test to detect Zika virus in blood donations

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

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