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Hadassah celebrates two years of Heart Health Program that helps women to take control of their health

Today, Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, celebrates two years of the successful Every Beat Counts: Hadassah’s Heart Health Program, which has reached over 10,000 women with educational events nationwide since starting in 2013.

15 Sep 2015

NHS Trust uses clinical measures, computer-based surveillance to reduce norovirus outbreaks by over 90%

An NHS Trust has cut outbreaks of the norovirus winter vomiting bug by more than 90% over a five-year period, according to research published in the journal BMJ Quality and Safety.

15 Sep 2015

All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine receives first national grant to train medical residents

All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine just received its first national grant from the The Hearst Foundations for $100,000. The grant will help fund the exclusive Leadership Executive Academic Development (LEAD) curriculum provided to medical residents in All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine pediatric residency program. LEAD is a two-week program focused on transforming the residents from pediatric physicians to pediatric physician leaders.

15 Sep 2015

Cancer Research UK introduces three new funding schemes to support careers of cancer doctors

Cancer Research UK is launching three new funding schemes to support the careers of cancer doctors researching new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat the disease.

15 Sep 2015

ProPhase partners with Multi Health Systems to standardize electronic adaptations of PANSS

ProPhase LLC, a global provider of applied measurement expertise, is announcing its partnership with Multi Health Systems, a Canadian publisher of psychological assessments and healthcare outcomes, to optimize and standardize electronic adaptations of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS).

14 Sep 2015

A Day with HIV: A new initiative to tackle stigma, discrimination against HIV patients

On one day, Tuesday, September 22nd, Positively Aware and TPAN are inviting everyone, regardless of HIV status, to get in the picture and participate in A Day with HIV, the magazine's sixth annual anti-stigma photo campaign. On 9/22/2015 people across the world, whether HIV-positive or negative, will visually capture and share a moment of their day – A Day with HIV – to focus attention on what it means to live in a world with HIV.

14 Sep 2015

Panelists to discuss current state of Ebola epidemic at O’Neill Institute Colloquium

The O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law fall colloquium series continues Wednesday, Sept. 16 with a focus on Ebola.

14 Sep 2015

Communicating risk status to at-risk Alzheimer's patients

How would you feel, as a cognitively healthy person, if a doctor said you had high odds of developing Alzheimer's disease within two to five years?

14 Sep 2015

Oxford researchers find that pedalling may reduce performance in most people

Pedalling like Chris Froome or Alberto Contador might seem appealing, but Oxford University researchers have found that for most of us it's likely to reduce rather than improve our performance.

14 Sep 2015

UTHealth's Paula Stigler-Granados awarded grant to conduct outreach, education on Chagas disease in South Texas

A researcher at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health was awarded a five-year, $544,329 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct outreach and education on Chagas disease in South Texas.

14 Sep 2015

Sinai Health System, UChicago Medicine partner to build and operate new Level 1 adult trauma center

In a move to create a more comprehensive system of needed trauma and emergency care for Chicago's South and Southwest side communities, Sinai Health System and the University of Chicago Medicine are partnering to build and operate a Level 1 adult trauma center and to expand emergency services.

14 Sep 2015

ARCHIMEDICX launches first global hospital search engine

ARCHIMEDICX, that is changing the face of healthcare, today announced the launching of its first intelligent and objective global hospital search engine.

14 Sep 2015

Mordor Intelligence announces publication of global whey protein market report

Mordor Intelligence is pleased to announce the publication of the report on Global Whey Protein Market on September 14, 2015. This report discusses the market in detail.

14 Sep 2015

Qualitative RPCI study evaluates attitudes toward smoking cessation in Northern Appalachia

Significant differences in attitudes toward smoking cessation are reported between two generations of smokers in Northern Appalachia in new research from Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

14 Sep 2015

Study: Young male cyclists more likely to be killed in traffic

A study by researchers at the University of Granada has demonstrated that mortality among cyclists varies widely depending on the age and sex of the population. Male cyclists, above all those aged between 15 and 24 years, are more likely to die than adults (25-34 years), which could be explained by their greater exposure and risk of having an accident.

14 Sep 2015

New treatment protocol can improve outcomes for babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome

A new protocol to treat babies born in withdrawal from drugs can be used widely to improve outcomes for these babies. The protocol reduces length of stay and the duration of treatment with opioids that are used therapeutically to wean babies off of drugs.

14 Sep 2015

American Income Life donates $10,000 to Sarcoma Foundation of America

American Income Life Insurance Company, headquartered in Waco, TX, in partnership with State General Agents Tom Williams and David Zophin, donated $10,000 to the Sarcoma Foundation of America (South Florida Chapter) as part of the Company's Closer to the Heart program of charitable giving.

14 Sep 2015

Hospital nurses who work longer than 12 hour shifts experience emotional exhaustion, job dissatisfaction

Research carried out by NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) Wessex has found that hospital nurses who work longer than 12 hour shifts have a higher risk of wanting to leave their job, are more dissatisfied and more likely to burnout in terms of emotional exhaustion.

14 Sep 2015

Two St. Louis institutions collaborate to create Center for Clinical Pharmacology

St. Louis College of Pharmacy and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are joining forces to find better, safer and more effective ways to use prescription medications to improve health. Researchers from the two institutions are collaborating to create the Center for Clinical Pharmacology.

14 Sep 2015

New study reveals that social factors may impact critical aspects of health in AML patients

A new study reveals that insurance status, marital status, and county-level income may affect the chances of survival in young patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings indicate that efforts are needed to address the social factors that impact critical aspects of health in these patients.

14 Sep 2015

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Hadassah celebrates two years of Heart Health Program that helps women to take control of their health

NHS Trust uses clinical measures, computer-based surveillance to reduce norovirus outbreaks by over 90%

All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine receives first national grant to train medical residents

Cancer Research UK introduces three new funding schemes to support careers of cancer doctors

ProPhase partners with Multi Health Systems to standardize electronic adaptations of PANSS

A Day with HIV: A new initiative to tackle stigma, discrimination against HIV patients

Panelists to discuss current state of Ebola epidemic at O’Neill Institute Colloquium

Communicating risk status to at-risk Alzheimer's patients

Oxford researchers find that pedalling may reduce performance in most people

UTHealth's Paula Stigler-Granados awarded grant to conduct outreach, education on Chagas disease in South Texas

Sinai Health System, UChicago Medicine partner to build and operate new Level 1 adult trauma center

ARCHIMEDICX launches first global hospital search engine

Mordor Intelligence announces publication of global whey protein market report

Qualitative RPCI study evaluates attitudes toward smoking cessation in Northern Appalachia

Study: Young male cyclists more likely to be killed in traffic

New treatment protocol can improve outcomes for babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome

American Income Life donates $10,000 to Sarcoma Foundation of America

Hospital nurses who work longer than 12 hour shifts experience emotional exhaustion, job dissatisfaction

Two St. Louis institutions collaborate to create Center for Clinical Pharmacology

New study reveals that social factors may impact critical aspects of health in AML patients

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Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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