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Students who eat breakfast at school less likely to be obese than students who skip breakfast

Middle school students who eat breakfast at school -- even if they have already had breakfast at home -- are less likely to be overweight or obese than students who skip breakfast, says a new study by the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement at the Yale School of Public Health and the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut.

17 Mar 2016

PneumaCare receives FDA 510(k) clearance for Thora-3DI imaging device

PneumaCare Ltd (Cambridge, UK) announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for its Thora-3DI imaging device.

17 Mar 2016

Siemens Healthcare launches new MR applications to help hospitals reduce scan times in neurology

Siemens Healthcare has launched a range of new MR applications to help hospitals reduce the time needed for MR imaging within neurology. It is estimated that 20 to 25 per cent of all MR examinations are neurological, with the number expected to grow in 2016.

17 Mar 2016

Researchers find major gap in treatment for AF patients at higher risk for stroke

Nearly half of all atrial fibrillation (AF) patients at the highest risk for stroke are not being prescribed blood thinners by their cardiologists, according to a new study by researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and University of California, San Francisco.

17 Mar 2016

Surgeons successfully perform heart transplant at Baylor University Medical Center

A surgical team at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas successfully performed a heart transplant on a patient they were keeping alive with a total artificial heart, a portable device that pumps blood throughout the body when both sides of the heart fail.

17 Mar 2016

Study finds disparities in discontinuing diabetes drug rosiglitazone following FDA safety alert

Among older adults with diabetes, certain subgroups--including white patients and those with lower incomes--were slower to discontinue the diabetes drug rosiglitazone after a US Food and Drug Administration safety alert, reports a study in the April issue of Medical Care.

17 Mar 2016

Professor Rene Amalberti says healthcare systems must adapt to cope with ageing populations

The head of The Innovation Group, Professor Rene Amalberti, has advised that healthcare systems must adapt in order to cope with our ageing populations. His editorial on the topic is published today in the International Journal for Quality in Health Care.

17 Mar 2016

New study finds increased prevalence of marijuana use disorders in U.S.

The percentage of Americans who reported using marijuana in the past year more than doubled between 2001-2002 and 2012-2013, and the increase in marijuana use disorders during that time was nearly as large, according to a new study in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

17 Mar 2016

Researchers report fast, accurate technique for monitoring bacterial growth in packaged food

It's important to know how microorganisms -- particularly pathogenic microbes -- grow under various conditions. Certain bacteria can cause food poisoning when eaten and bacterial growth in medical blood supplies, while rare, might necessitate discarding the blood.

17 Mar 2016

Biomarkers may provide novel approaches to monitoring immunosuppressive therapy in organ transplant patients

Recently discovered biomarkers may provide valuable new approaches to monitoring immunosuppressive drug therapy in organ transplant recipients--with the potential for individualized therapy to reduce organ rejection and minimize side effects, according to a special article in the April issue of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, official journal of the International Association of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology.

17 Mar 2016

AliveCor's new Kardia Band for Apple Watch allows people to capture medical-grade EKG anytime, anywhere

AliveCor, Inc., the leader in FDA-cleared electrocardiogram (EKG) technology for mobile devices, announced today the introduction of the first medical-grade EKG band for the Apple Watch, Kardia Band (pending 510k clearance, available in late spring) along with a new app for smartphones (available now).

17 Mar 2016

Hedrin celebrates 10th anniversary with launch of new packaging

Hedrin, the UK’s number 1 head lice brand, is celebrating its 10th birthday with a complete refresh of the packaging, to be available in pharmacies from April.

17 Mar 2016

Nuffield Health partners with InterSystems to improve health, transform quality of care

Not-for-profit healthcare organisation Nuffield Health has today announced an agreement with software provider InterSystems to implement TrakCare, an integrated Electronic Health Record solution.

17 Mar 2016

Austerity measures increase mortality rates in elderly pensioners

Rising mortality rates among pensioners aged 85 and over are linked to reductions in spending on income support for poorer pensioners, suggests new research published today by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

17 Mar 2016

Incidence of cesarean delivery could be reduced by allowing women to labor longer

When women in labor are given more time to deliver their baby than current guidelines recommend, their incidence of cesarean delivery drops by 55 percent, say researchers at Thomas Jefferson University.

17 Mar 2016

MUSC surgeon awarded $3.8 million grant to evaluate transplant drug

Seldom can one say $3.8 million is just the tip of the iceberg, but a newly awarded grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc. is just that. MUSC transplant surgeon Kenneth Chavin, M.D., Ph.D., says the true value of the multi-center drug trial is closer to $26 million, including $22 million in free drugs provided by the pharmaceutical company.

17 Mar 2016

Innovative smart vest developed to help monitor health of construction workers

Heat stress is a growing safety concern in the building industry and now an innovative smart vest has been developed to monitor the health of construction workers in real time.

17 Mar 2016

Report: Patients still experience CLABSIs and CAUTIs in U.S. hospitals

Though hospitals are making strides in avoiding central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), a report released today, in the midst of Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 13-19), shows patients are still experiencing these serious, and sometimes fatal, infections too frequently.

16 Mar 2016

Women succeed in jobs traditionally assigned to men at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica

When a bedridden patient needs to be lifted or turned or an unruly visitor needs to be escorted off the premises, the best man for the job at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica might actually be a woman

16 Mar 2016

Eating sounds may decrease food consumption

Researchers at Brigham Young University and Colorado State University have found that the noise your food makes while you're eating can have a significant effect on how much food you eat.

16 Mar 2016

Healthcare News

Students who eat breakfast at school less likely to be obese than students who skip breakfast

PneumaCare receives FDA 510(k) clearance for Thora-3DI imaging device

Siemens Healthcare launches new MR applications to help hospitals reduce scan times in neurology

Researchers find major gap in treatment for AF patients at higher risk for stroke

Surgeons successfully perform heart transplant at Baylor University Medical Center

Study finds disparities in discontinuing diabetes drug rosiglitazone following FDA safety alert

Professor Rene Amalberti says healthcare systems must adapt to cope with ageing populations

New study finds increased prevalence of marijuana use disorders in U.S.

Researchers report fast, accurate technique for monitoring bacterial growth in packaged food

Biomarkers may provide novel approaches to monitoring immunosuppressive therapy in organ transplant patients

AliveCor's new Kardia Band for Apple Watch allows people to capture medical-grade EKG anytime, anywhere

Hedrin celebrates 10th anniversary with launch of new packaging

Nuffield Health partners with InterSystems to improve health, transform quality of care

Austerity measures increase mortality rates in elderly pensioners

Incidence of cesarean delivery could be reduced by allowing women to labor longer

MUSC surgeon awarded $3.8 million grant to evaluate transplant drug

Innovative smart vest developed to help monitor health of construction workers

Report: Patients still experience CLABSIs and CAUTIs in U.S. hospitals

Women succeed in jobs traditionally assigned to men at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica

Eating sounds may decrease food consumption

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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