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WHO and World Bank Group: 400 million people do not have access to essential health services

A World Health Organization and World Bank Group report launched today shows that 400 million people do not have access to essential health services and 6% of people in low- and middle-income countries are tipped into or pushed further into extreme poverty because of health spending.

16 Jun 2015

Pharmacists play vital role in improving health of patients with Type 2 diabetes

Over the past nine years, Scot H. Simpson, professor in the faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Alberta, has been studying the role of pharmacists on primary care teams and their impact on the health of patients with Type 2 diabetes.

16 Jun 2015

Elder abuse common among community-dwelling older adults

A new global review reveals that elder abuse--which includes psychological, physical, and sexual abuse; neglect; and financial exploitation--is common among community-dwelling older adults and is especially prevalent among minority older adults. Older adults with cognitive and physical impairments or psychosocial distress are also at increased risk of elder abuse.

16 Jun 2015

Physicians have responsibility to help families make end-of-life decisions

About 20 percent of Americans spend time in an intensive care unit around the time of their death, and most deaths follow a decision to limit life-sustaining therapies.

16 Jun 2015

Mayo Clinic, United Therapeutics partner to build and operate new lung restoration center on Mayo campus

Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., and United Therapeutics Corporation today announced a collaboration to build and operate a lung restoration center on the Mayo campus. The goal is to significantly increase the volume of lungs for transplantation by preserving and restoring selected marginal donor lungs, making them viable for transplantation. The restored lungs will be made available to patients at Mayo Clinic and other transplant centers throughout the United States.

16 Jun 2015

UK dermatologist explains the facts on vitamin D and sun exposure

Sometimes it can be hard to weigh up the benefits of vitamin D versus sun exposure. We talk to Dr Anjali Mahto, Consultant Dermatologist & British Skin Foundation Spokesperson who explains.

16 Jun 2015

Critical care Breathe Technologies Life2000 Ventilation System receives FDA clearance

Breathe Technologies, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of medical technologies for patients with respiratory insufficiency and neuromuscular diseases, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted 510(k) clearance for its critical care Breathe Technologies Life2000 Ventilation System, which is intended to provide continuous or intermittent ventilatory support for the care of individuals who require mechanical ventilation.

15 Jun 2015

OmniVision introduces CameraChip sensor for medical and industrial applications

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced a new ultra-compact CameraChip sensor for medical and industrial applications.

15 Jun 2015

Men's poor health costs $36.9 billion a year for Canada

Canadian Men's Health Week is kicking off with an urgent message: Unhealthy lifestyle choices are running rampant, and they are costing this country an arm and a leg.

15 Jun 2015

Genesis inks asset purchase agreement with Revera

Genesis HealthCare, one of the nation's largest providers of post-acute care, today announced that it has signed an asset purchase agreement with Revera Inc., a leading owner, operator and investor in the senior living sector, to acquire 24 of its skilled nursing facilities along with its contract rehabilitation business for $240 million.

15 Jun 2015

PTI to develop unique 3D game-based learning platform for pharma, biotech and medical device sectors

Pharmaceutical Training International, the leading supplier of online and public event-based training courses for the pharma, biotech and medical device sectors, has expanded its game-based learning platform into a fully customisable virtual learning environment.

From Pharmaceutical Training International 15 Jun 2015

VENTANA ALK (D5F3) CDx Assay receives FDA approval

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a member of the Roche Group, today announced approval of the VENTANA ALK (D5F3) CDx Assay by the US Food and Drug Administration as a companion diagnostic to aid in the identification of patients for Pfizer's FDA approved targeted therapy, XALKORI (crizotinib).

15 Jun 2015

Poll: 60% of U.S. adults favor complete ban on powdered alcohol

After this year's legalization of powdered alcohol, some states have already banned it -- a move that the majority of the public supports, according to a new University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.

15 Jun 2015

Keele University academic calls for urgent review of cervical screening programmes

As Cervical Screening Awareness Week begins, a Keele University academic is calling for cervical screening programmes and perceptions of cervical cancer to be reviewed urgently, to encourage more older women to get regularly screened.

15 Jun 2015

Metro transit bus to become St. Louis MetroMarket's first mobile farmers market

The St. Louis MetroMarket and Saint Louis University are celebrating the delivery of a retired Metro transit bus which will soon be converted into St. Louis MetroMarket's first mobile farmers market. The bus was delivered Tuesday, June 2, to its new home at Salus Center on the Saint Louis University Med Center campus.

15 Jun 2015

American Thoracic Society releases recommendations on achieving good quality sleep

The American Thoracic Society has released a policy statement with recommendations for clinicians and the general public on achieving good quality sleep and getting an adequate quantity of sleep.

15 Jun 2015

$Medical guidance lacking on how to care for elderly hip fracture patients with dementia$

Medical guidance lacking on how to care for elderly hip fracture patients with dementia

Medical guidance on how to care for elderly people with dementia following a hip fracture is 'sadly lacking' according to researchers at the University of East Anglia.

15 Jun 2015

ABC TV's science program impacts use of statins among Australians

More than 60,000 Australians are estimated to have reduced or discontinued their use of prescribed cholesterol-lowering statin medications following the airing of a two-part series critical of statins by ABC TV's science program, Catalyst, a University of Sydney study reveals in the latest Medical Journal of Australia.

15 Jun 2015

Spending more time in intensive physical therapy program may benefit stroke survivors

Time may heal all wounds, but in the case of stroke survivors, the key to better recovery is to spend more time in an intensive physical therapy program, according to a University of Florida Health study.

15 Jun 2015

Grand Challenges Canada commends government's leadership on maternal, newborn and child health

Grand Challenges Canada today commended the Government of Canada's sustained leadership on maternal, newborn and child health, reaffirmed by The Honourable Minister Paradis, Minister of International Development and Minister for La Francophonie.

15 Jun 2015

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WHO and World Bank Group: 400 million people do not have access to essential health services

Pharmacists play vital role in improving health of patients with Type 2 diabetes

Elder abuse common among community-dwelling older adults

Physicians have responsibility to help families make end-of-life decisions

Mayo Clinic, United Therapeutics partner to build and operate new lung restoration center on Mayo campus

UK dermatologist explains the facts on vitamin D and sun exposure

Critical care Breathe Technologies Life2000 Ventilation System receives FDA clearance

OmniVision introduces CameraChip sensor for medical and industrial applications

Men's poor health costs $36.9 billion a year for Canada

Genesis inks asset purchase agreement with Revera

PTI to develop unique 3D game-based learning platform for pharma, biotech and medical device sectors

VENTANA ALK (D5F3) CDx Assay receives FDA approval

Poll: 60% of U.S. adults favor complete ban on powdered alcohol

Keele University academic calls for urgent review of cervical screening programmes

Metro transit bus to become St. Louis MetroMarket's first mobile farmers market

American Thoracic Society releases recommendations on achieving good quality sleep

Medical guidance lacking on how to care for elderly hip fracture patients with dementia

ABC TV's science program impacts use of statins among Australians

Spending more time in intensive physical therapy program may benefit stroke survivors

Grand Challenges Canada commends government's leadership on maternal, newborn and child health

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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