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Comprehensive medication assessment, monitoring plan needed to improve treatment for cancer patients

Open the medicine cabinet of a senior and you're likely to find scores of pill bottles. Physicians are often unaware of all the medications a patient is taking, which can result in unnecessary additional prescriptions, non-prescription medications and potential drug-drug interactions that cause unexpected adverse effects.

24 Mar 2015

Nationwide survey helps formalize career path for advance practice RDNs

A nationwide survey of registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) is helping to formalize a career path for RDNs seeking more responsibility and autonomy as clinicians, according to a paper published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

24 Mar 2015

Association for Molecular Pathology submits written comments to FDA on NGS regulation

The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the premier global, non-profit organization serving molecular diagnostic professionals, submitted written comments on March 20 to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the agency's request for feedback in association with its February 20, 2015 public workshop entitled, "Optimizing FDA's Regulatory Oversight of Next Generation Sequencing Diagnostic Tests."

24 Mar 2015

Affiliate of American Securities enters into definitive agreement to recapitalize Aspen Dental

American Securities LLC, Ares Management, L.P., and Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. today announced that an affiliate of American Securities has entered into a definitive agreement to recapitalize Aspen Dental Management Inc. in partnership with the management team and funds affiliated with Ares and Leonard Green. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

24 Mar 2015

Home-exercise plan for HIV patients

In addition to antiretroviral medications, people with HIV may soon begin receiving a home exercise plan from their doctors, according to a researcher at Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing.

24 Mar 2015

Harris Health System uses sign language video technology to communicate with hearing-impaired patients

Harris Health System is now using sign language video technology to better communicate with its hearing-impaired and hard-of-hearing patients.

24 Mar 2015

Life-saving water, sanitation and hygiene supplies reaching children affected by Cyclone Pam

UNICEF in close collaboration with the Vanuatu Government and WASH Cluster partners have been working amidst logistical, communication and supply challenges to deliver safe drinking water by providing water containers, purification tablets, and soap to communities and evacuation centres in Shefa and Tafea provinces.

23 Mar 2015

Using the butterfly effect to predict heart disease: an interview with Dr George and Dr Parthimos, Cardiff University

The emergence of the butterfly effect in many physical events reveals two fundamental laws that underpin all nonlinear systems. The first principle is known as determinism, which means that the evolution of an event can be followed accurately in the future, as long as we know its precise starting point and the rules of how a situation can change with time.

23 Mar 2015

Students at Penn State College of Medicine celebrate matching with residency programs

Today, 120 fourth-year medical students at Penn State College of Medicine learned where they will spend their residencies in an annual tradition known as Match Day. A similar scene played out with fourth-year students at medical schools across the country.

23 Mar 2015

EHT expert paper raises important and unanswered questions about safety of wearable tech

Wearable technology is raising health concerns worldwide. A recent New York Times article by Nick Bilton is raising important and unanswered questions about the safety of wearable tech, according to the non-profit research group, Environmental Health Trust.

23 Mar 2015

Point-Person Project may be more successful with a national infrastructure for clinical trials

A study reported in this week's Science Translational Medicine found that qualified investigators are more likely to respond to opportunities for clinical trials if they are contacted by an institution-specific point person, or navigator.

23 Mar 2015

Study: Medical practices need support and guidance to adopt new payment models

Physician practices are engaging in new health care payment models intended to improve quality and reduce costs, but are finding that they need help with successfully managing increasing amounts of data and figuring out how to respond to the diversity of programs and quality metrics from different payers, according to a new joint study by the RAND Corporation and the American Medical Association.

23 Mar 2015

New research sheds light on the complexity of chemical cocktails in food

Denmark's largest research project on chemical cocktail effects in food, spearheaded by the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, has just been complet

23 Mar 2015

US may face shortage of 90,000 physicians by 2025

On Friday, March 20, fourth-year medical school students learned where they will serve their hospital residencies. But with tight state and federal budgets, residency programs are being cut.

23 Mar 2015

Maine Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine celebrate 'Match Day'

This year's Match Day at Tufts celebrated the third cohort of students in the "Maine Track MD" program. A partnership between Tufts University School of Medicine and Maine Medical Center, the Maine Track MD program trains medical students interested in practicing medicine in underserved urban and rural communities in Maine where the shortage of physicians is acute.

23 Mar 2015

Bloomberg Philanthropies introduces $100 million initiative to improve public health data collection

Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with the Australian government, is launching Data for Health, a $100 million initiative that will enable 20 low- and middle-income countries to vastly improve public health data collection.

23 Mar 2015

UM experts warn of serious risks associated with common IV devices

Every day, patients around the country get IV devices placed in their arms, to make it easier to receive medicines or have blood drawn over the course of days or weeks. But these PICC lines, as they're called, also raise the risk of potentially dangerous blood clots.

23 Mar 2015

DaVita HealthCare Partners named Metro Denver's healthiest extra-large employer

DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., one of the nation's largest and most innovative health care communities, has been recognized by the Denver Business Journal as Metro Denver's healthiest extra-large employer. This is the fourth consecutive year the company has topped the list because of its commitment to teammate health and wellness.

23 Mar 2015

Appriss partners with The MetroHealth System to fight drug abuse

Appriss Inc., a leading technology provider for risk assessment and analytics in public safety and healthcare, announced its partnership with The MetroHealth System in Ohio to fight drug abuse, diversion and addiction where it's needed most – at the prescribing level.

23 Mar 2015

Researchers explore impact of installing alcohol ignition interlock devices in vehicles

If every new car made in the United States had a built-in blood alcohol level tester that prevented impaired drivers from driving the vehicle, how many lives could be saved, injuries prevented, and injury-related dollars left unspent?

23 Mar 2015

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Comprehensive medication assessment, monitoring plan needed to improve treatment for cancer patients

Nationwide survey helps formalize career path for advance practice RDNs

Association for Molecular Pathology submits written comments to FDA on NGS regulation

Affiliate of American Securities enters into definitive agreement to recapitalize Aspen Dental

Home-exercise plan for HIV patients

Harris Health System uses sign language video technology to communicate with hearing-impaired patients

Life-saving water, sanitation and hygiene supplies reaching children affected by Cyclone Pam

Using the butterfly effect to predict heart disease: an interview with Dr George and Dr Parthimos, Cardiff University

Students at Penn State College of Medicine celebrate matching with residency programs

EHT expert paper raises important and unanswered questions about safety of wearable tech

Point-Person Project may be more successful with a national infrastructure for clinical trials

Study: Medical practices need support and guidance to adopt new payment models

New research sheds light on the complexity of chemical cocktails in food

US may face shortage of 90,000 physicians by 2025

Maine Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine celebrate 'Match Day'

Bloomberg Philanthropies introduces $100 million initiative to improve public health data collection

UM experts warn of serious risks associated with common IV devices

DaVita HealthCare Partners named Metro Denver's healthiest extra-large employer

Appriss partners with The MetroHealth System to fight drug abuse

Researchers explore impact of installing alcohol ignition interlock devices in vehicles

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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