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Understanding risks and benefits of fish consumption

Fish tissue is rarely measured for concentrations of both harmful contaminants and healthful nutrients across a range of species and geographic regions, say a Dartmouth researcher and her colleagues who reviewed the risks and benefits of eating seafood.

15 Sep 2015

Studies show AHA's Life's Simple 7 and Diabetes Shared Care Program reduce lifetime risk of heart failure

One in four middle-aged adults who survive to age 85 will develop heart failure, according to current estimates.

15 Sep 2015

Vomaris signs exclusive global commercial partnership with Metrex for Procellera Antimicrobial Wound Dressings

Vomaris Innovations, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an exclusive global commercial partnership for its microcurrent generating wound care products, Procellera Antimicrobial Wound Dressings, for the Long Term Care market with Metrex, a professional consumables brand within Kavo Kerr Group, which is a member of the Danaher Corporation.

15 Sep 2015

Philips, Radboudumc introduce first diabetes prototype system

Royal Philips and Netherlands-based Radboud university medical center today introduced a connected digital health prototype that enables people living with diabetes and their health care providers to make more confident care decisions while managing the complexity of diabetes self-care. In its first phase, the solution both organizations are developing will focus on patients living with diabetes type 1.

15 Sep 2015

Ninth annual Tour DaVita bike event to be held in NC to raise awareness on kidney disease

DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., one of the nation's largest and most innovative health care communities, announces North Carolina as the host of the ninth annual Tour DaVita bike event.

15 Sep 2015

Honored Citizens Choice Health Plan to be renamed as Alignment Health Plan

Honored Citizens Choice Health Plan, a federally qualified Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug plan serving nearly 20,000 seniors in California, will change its name to Alignment Health Plan as of October 1, 2015.

15 Sep 2015

Health experts call for action to improve health and well-being of women, children, adolescents

Societies are failing women, children and adolescents, particularly in the poorest communities around the world, and urgent action is needed to save lives and improve health, say global health experts.

15 Sep 2015

SunSense UK’s nationwide tour highlights the dangers of intentional tanning

Sunscreen brand, SunSense, has this week completed a nationwide tour of the UK with the aim of encouraging the public to think twice about tanning.

15 Sep 2015

GE Silent Scan MRI technology now available at St. Luke’s Warren Campus

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a radiology study used to help diagnose a variety of injuries and illness, including headaches and head injuries. For patients with headaches and those sensitive to sound, the audible noise during the actual test may be mildly annoying or downright stressful.

15 Sep 2015

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

Healthcare News

Understanding risks and benefits of fish consumption

Studies show AHA's Life's Simple 7 and Diabetes Shared Care Program reduce lifetime risk of heart failure

Vomaris signs exclusive global commercial partnership with Metrex for Procellera Antimicrobial Wound Dressings

Philips, Radboudumc introduce first diabetes prototype system

Ninth annual Tour DaVita bike event to be held in NC to raise awareness on kidney disease

Honored Citizens Choice Health Plan to be renamed as Alignment Health Plan

Health experts call for action to improve health and well-being of women, children, adolescents

SunSense UK’s nationwide tour highlights the dangers of intentional tanning

GE Silent Scan MRI technology now available at St. Luke’s Warren Campus

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

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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