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SAGE recommends pilot implementation of malaria vaccine to protect young children

The World Health Organization’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) recommended pilot projects to understand how to best use a vaccine that protects against malaria in young children.

26 Oct 2015

NORD launches first-ever State Progress Report on rare disease treatment

With patient access to health care becoming increasingly dependent upon state policies, the National Organization for Rare Disorders has developed and released the first-ever State Progress Report to evaluate how states are serving the 30 million Americans with rare diseases.

26 Oct 2015

Pharmaceutical firms need to create more break-out spaces to improve psyche of workforce, says Condeco Software

With most UK adults spending almost an entire day a week online, business leaders in the pharmaceutical industry need to create more break-out spaces in a bid to keep staff invigorated and boost collaboration, according to workplace technology expert Condeco Software.

26 Oct 2015

University of Louisville professor wins 2015 Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Award for Excellence in Research

M. Cynthia Logsdon, Ph.D., WHNP-BC, FAAN, Professor, University of Louisville, School of Nursing and Associate Chief of Nursing for Research, University of Louisville Hospital has won the 2015 Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Award for Excellence in Research from Sigma Theta Tau International, the honor society of nursing.

24 Oct 2015

MHS receives CMMI grant to provide comprehensive healthcare to people with severe mental illness

Montefiore Health System today announced receipt of a four-year, $9.6 million grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to fund a unique patient-centered approach to providing comprehensive healthcare to those with severe mental illness (SMI).

23 Oct 2015

Miniaturized microfluidic device can help monitor blood levels in real time for patients in ICU

No larger than a pack of chewing gum, the prototype developed by EPFL's Integrated Systems Laboratory is deceptively simple in appearance. But this little black case with two thin tubes sticking out contains some real miniaturized high-tech wonders.

23 Oct 2015

Study analyzes pediatric ED visits attributed to injuries due to legal interventions

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital (UH Rainbow) found injuries related to legal interventions, or contact with law enforcement, involving male teenagers is not an uncommon occurrence in the United States.

23 Oct 2015

Jefferson College of Health Professions now offers medical family therapy certificate program

Jefferson College of Health Professions is now accepting applications for a post-graduate certificate in medical family therapy. This growing field supports families who have been affected by a medical diagnosis or treatment within an interprofessional healthcare environment.

23 Oct 2015

Study describes successful intervention to decrease breast cancer screening anxiety

Recent American Cancer Society breast cancer screening guidelines consider the anxiety created by false-positive mammography an "important but not critical outcome" when deciding who should be screened. In other words, in these guidelines, the chance that mammography will create needless cancer worry is a light thumb on the scale against breast cancer screening in some populations.

23 Oct 2015

Penn State medical students now receive training in health systems sciences, patient navigation

Medical students at Penn State are now receiving training in health systems sciences and patient navigation, along with the traditional areas of medical education.

23 Oct 2015

New WHO report reveals ways to reduce health risks from short-lived climate pollutants

A new World Health Organization report highlights the urgent need to reduce emissions of black carbon, ozone and methane - as well as carbon dioxide – which all contribute to climate change.

23 Oct 2015

Jersey Shore University Medical Center to host Annual Public Meeting on December 7, 2015

Jersey Shore University Medical Center will hold its Hospital Annual Public Meeting on Monday, December 7, 2015.

23 Oct 2015

Chronic diseases increased dramatically among poorest households in Bangladesh, suggests new research

The number of people in Bangladesh dying from chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes and hypertension—long considered diseases of the wealthy because the poor didn't tend to live long enough to develop them—increased dramatically among the nation's poorest households over a 24-year period, suggests new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

23 Oct 2015

CDC publishes reports on infectious and noninfectious diseases

Beginning with the Oct. 23, 2015, Supplements to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC will publish the summaries of all notifiable conditions – infectious and noninfectious – at the same time.

23 Oct 2015

Henry Ford Hospital pulmonologist advocates for raising the smoking age to 21

Henry Ford Hospital pulmonologist Daniel Ouellette, M.D., who during his 31-year career in medicine has seen the harmful effects of smoking on his patients, advocates for raising the smoking age to 21.

22 Oct 2015

Louisiana Tech professor honored with AHIMA's 2015 Triumph Award for research

Dr. Prerna Dua, associate professor of health informatics and information management at Louisiana Tech University, has been honored by the American Health Information Management Association with its 2015 Triumph Award for research.

22 Oct 2015

University of Chicago Medicine's South Loop clinic scheduled to open in late 2016

The University of Chicago Medicine has signed a long-term lease for an 18,000-square-foot space in the South Loop that will offer primary care, cardiology, orthopedic, sports medicine and other medical and surgical specialties, as well as obstetrics-gynecology, reproductive and other select services for women.

22 Oct 2015

Responsiveness necessary for mental health services in Iran

The Iranian mental health system should pay more attention to responding to non-medical expectations of service users. The measurement of responsiveness can inform us how well the mental health care system interacts with the population. These are the conclusion drawn in a dissertation by Ameneh Setareh Forouzan at Umeå University in Sweden.

22 Oct 2015

LSTM's health economists sketch out the importance for universal access to medicines

LSTM's health economists Professor Louis Niessen and Dr Jahangir Khan outline the importance for universal access to medicines in the control of neglected diseases, other major infections, and chronic diseases.

22 Oct 2015

Omedix to integrate Elsevier's Health Library into patient engagement platform

Omedix, a leader in convenient, cost-effective and user-friendly web solutions for medical practices, will integrate Elsevier's Health Library into its patient engagement platform. Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, developed the digital Health Library for patients and consumers featuring accurate, timely, easy-to-understand content on thousands of healthcare topics and issues.

22 Oct 2015

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SAGE recommends pilot implementation of malaria vaccine to protect young children

NORD launches first-ever State Progress Report on rare disease treatment

Pharmaceutical firms need to create more break-out spaces to improve psyche of workforce, says Condeco Software

University of Louisville professor wins 2015 Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Award for Excellence in Research

MHS receives CMMI grant to provide comprehensive healthcare to people with severe mental illness

Miniaturized microfluidic device can help monitor blood levels in real time for patients in ICU

Study analyzes pediatric ED visits attributed to injuries due to legal interventions

Jefferson College of Health Professions now offers medical family therapy certificate program

Study describes successful intervention to decrease breast cancer screening anxiety

Penn State medical students now receive training in health systems sciences, patient navigation

New WHO report reveals ways to reduce health risks from short-lived climate pollutants

Jersey Shore University Medical Center to host Annual Public Meeting on December 7, 2015

Chronic diseases increased dramatically among poorest households in Bangladesh, suggests new research

CDC publishes reports on infectious and noninfectious diseases

Henry Ford Hospital pulmonologist advocates for raising the smoking age to 21

Louisiana Tech professor honored with AHIMA's 2015 Triumph Award for research

University of Chicago Medicine's South Loop clinic scheduled to open in late 2016

Responsiveness necessary for mental health services in Iran

LSTM's health economists sketch out the importance for universal access to medicines

Omedix to integrate Elsevier's Health Library into patient engagement platform

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