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Marken to deliver clinical trial drugs in Korea during MERS outbreak

Marken, the leading clinical trial logistics organization providing solutions and services to the life sciences industry, has been granted permission by the government to deliver the first direct to patient shipment of clinical drug product in Korea.

30 Jun 2015

New technique that mines Twitter data can help identify potentially dangerous drug interactions

A team of scientists has invented a new technique for discovering potentially dangerous drug interactions and unknown side-effects — before they show up in medical databases, like PubMed, or even before doctors and researchers have heard of them at all.

30 Jun 2015

University of Cambridge, AstraZeneca announce new joint schemes to support PhD scholarships, clinical lectureships

AstraZeneca and the University of Cambridge today announced three new joint schemes to support more than 80 PhD scholarshipsand eight clinical lectureships over the next five years spanning translational science, basic and clinical research.

30 Jun 2015

Patient-reported feedback on health system performance

Patients care about how well pain, nausea, or treatment side effects are managed when evaluating the quality of the medical care they receive, but information about these experiences is not generally collected. To incorporate the values that patients care most about into formal assessments of provider and health system performance, a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher led an expert panel to create a playbook on how to best develop, analyze and use patient-focused measures.

30 Jun 2015

Case report published on first use of 3D printed scaffold for periodontal tissue engineering

Today, the International and American Associations for Dental Research published a case report on the first application of a 3D printed scaffold for periodontal tissue engineering in a human patient, along with a review of 3D printing for oral and craniofacial tissue engineering.

30 Jun 2015

New York Blue Light Symposium highlights three measures to counter consequences of artificial illumination

The New York Blue Light Symposium convened in New York from June 26-27, 2015. The event was sponsored by the International Blue Light Society (Senior Representative: Kazuo Tsubota), which was founded to research and release findings on the effects of blue light on the human body.

30 Jun 2015

Ebola outbreak: Shaping new strategies to improve health care among rural Liberians

As Liberia rebuilds a health care system decimated by the 2014 Ebola outbreak, understanding precisely how far citizens live from health facilities and its impact on seeking care can help shape new strategies to improve health care delivery and reduce geographic disparities.

30 Jun 2015

New handbook explores issues associated with medical tourism

Patients who travel abroad for medical treatment risk returning with complications or infections that require costly treatment on the NHS and is one of the issues highlighted in a new handbook exploring medical tourism.

30 Jun 2015

Majority of people satisfied with amount of leisure time, shows study

The busy pace of life is a popular complaint for many people. But findings released by GfK show that the majority of people internationally - 58 percent - say they are completely or fairly satisfied with the amount of leisure time that they have.

30 Jun 2015

Majority of men who use violence against female partner struggle with serious mental health issues

The majority of men who use violence towards their partner struggle with serious mental health issues. We need to look at more than just the power relations between the sexes in order to understand and prevent domestic violence, says researcher.

30 Jun 2015

Bournemouth University researchers examine effect of lower-limb prosthetics on competitive running

Researchers at Bournemouth University have been looking at the impact of lower-limb prosthetics on competitive running, specifically looking at whether athletes with prosthesis are at an unfair advantage when running against athletes without prosthetics.

30 Jun 2015

Researchers compare relationship between marital status and body mass index in nine European countries

It is generally assumed that marriage has a positive influence on health and life expectancy. But does this "marriage bonus" also apply to the health indicator of body weight? Researchers at the University of Basel and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development have investigated this question in cooperation with the market research institute GfK. Specifically, they compared the body mass index of married couples with that of singles in nine European countries.

30 Jun 2015

DaVita HealthCare Partners honored as 2015 Top Green Company in the U.S.

DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., one of the nation's largest and most innovative health care communities, today announced that the company was recognized by Newsweek Green Rankings as a 2015 Top Green Company in the U.S. The company has appeared on the list every year the award program has run since 2009.

30 Jun 2015

Experts at West Virginia University welcome FDA’s ban on trans fat

West Virginia University experts say the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's mandate to remove artificial trans fats from the country's food supply by 2018 is a long overdue move in the right direction for public health.

30 Jun 2015

New report finds variability in wait times for health care appointments throughout U.S.

Tremendous variability in wait times for health care appointments exists throughout the U.S., ranging from same day service to several months, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. However, there is currently an opportunity to develop "systems-based approaches" -- similar to systems-based engineering approaches applied successfully in industries beyond health care -- that aim to provide immediate engagement of a patient's concern at the point of initial contact and can be used in in-person appointments as well as alternatives such as team-based care, electronic or telephone consultations, telehealth, and surge capacity agreements with other caregivers and facilities.

30 Jun 2015

New study examines how reasons for illicit marijuana use relate to use of other drugs

Marijuana is the most prevalent drug in the U.S. Approximately 70% of the 2.8 million individuals who initiated use of illicit drugs in 2013 reported that marijuana was their first drug.

30 Jun 2015

BioClinica expands presence in Europe

BioClinica, Inc., the world's leading specialty clinical trial service provider, announced today the opening of new and expanded offices in London and Munich to better serve its growing client base in Europe.

From Clario 30 Jun 2015

Student applications to PNP and NNP training programs falling

While the number of graduates from family or adult nurse practitioner programs continues to rise, student applications to pediatric nurse practitioner and neonatal nurse practitioner programs are falling. Yet there is capacity in PNP and NNP training programs and unmet demand for graduates.

30 Jun 2015

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine publishes overview of MERS-CoV outbreak in Korea

An overview and analysis of the factors underlying the recent Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak in Korea has been published online ahead of print in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

30 Jun 2015

New editorial analyses role of GPs in sickness certification process

An editorial by primary care researchers at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, and published today, Monday 29 June 2015 in the British Journal of General Practice, analyses the GP role in the sickness certification process and the new Fit for Work scheme and suggests that GPs are key to supporting individuals to maintain the hope and belief that they can work, "rather than adding to the numbers of individuals off work on long term sickness who may have been able to work."

30 Jun 2015

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Marken to deliver clinical trial drugs in Korea during MERS outbreak

New technique that mines Twitter data can help identify potentially dangerous drug interactions

University of Cambridge, AstraZeneca announce new joint schemes to support PhD scholarships, clinical lectureships

Patient-reported feedback on health system performance

Case report published on first use of 3D printed scaffold for periodontal tissue engineering

New York Blue Light Symposium highlights three measures to counter consequences of artificial illumination

Ebola outbreak: Shaping new strategies to improve health care among rural Liberians

New handbook explores issues associated with medical tourism

Majority of people satisfied with amount of leisure time, shows study

Majority of men who use violence against female partner struggle with serious mental health issues

Bournemouth University researchers examine effect of lower-limb prosthetics on competitive running

Researchers compare relationship between marital status and body mass index in nine European countries

DaVita HealthCare Partners honored as 2015 Top Green Company in the U.S.

Experts at West Virginia University welcome FDA’s ban on trans fat

New report finds variability in wait times for health care appointments throughout U.S.

New study examines how reasons for illicit marijuana use relate to use of other drugs

BioClinica expands presence in Europe

Student applications to PNP and NNP training programs falling

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine publishes overview of MERS-CoV outbreak in Korea

New editorial analyses role of GPs in sickness certification process

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

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