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Two persistent organic environmental pollutants affect infant growth

Even though the levels of two environmental pollutants have declined over the last 20 years, they may still have adverse effects on children's development, according to a new study by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. This is the largest study of environmental pollutants and infant growth to date.

6 Mar 2015

Counseling married couples together may help boost their physical activity better

Your exercise regimen isn't just good for you; it may also be good for your spouse.New research led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that if one spouse improves his or her exercise regimen, the other spouse is significantly more likely to follow suit.

6 Mar 2015

Energy drink TV advertisements aired with themes likely to appeal to adolescents

Researchers at Dartmouth College examined a database of television advertisements broadcast between March 2012 and February 2013 on 139 network and cable channels and found that more than 608 hours of advertisements for energy drinks were aired. Nearly half of those advertisements, 46.5%, appeared on networks with content themes likely to appeal to adolescents.

6 Mar 2015

16th WCTOH announces new speakers, programme and scientific highlights

The World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) announced today that South Africa Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi will address conference delegates during a ministerial plenary on the linkages between tobacco use and non-communicable diseases.

5 Mar 2015

83% of British people recognise that chronic pain is a serious medical condition, however only 15% receive proper treatment

Almost ten million people in the UK suffer from chronic pain, which has a major impact on quality of life and day to day activities, such as work; however many of those people do not have their pain under control or know how to go about seeking the right treatment.

5 Mar 2015

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II buys Heartland Rehabilitation Hospital property from Medistar

Medistar Corporation announced that it has sold the Heartland Rehabilitation Hospital property to Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II, Inc. on February 17th 2015. The rehabilitation hospital is located in Overland Park, Kansas.

5 Mar 2015

Bob Foster named recipient of HCP's 2015 Hospital IT Executive of the Year Award

Health Connect Partners, Inc., a healthcare education firm, announced today that Bob Foster is the recipient of the company's 2015 Hospital IT Executive of the Year Award.

5 Mar 2015

BIAS recognized as one of 2015 Atlanta's Healthiest Employers

BIAS Corporation, a leading Oracle Systems Integrator and Oracle Platinum Partner, has been named one of the 2015 Atlanta's Healthiest Employers, an annual awards program presented by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

5 Mar 2015

Nova Medical Centers announces acquisition of Industrial Medicine

Occupational medicine company, Nova Medical Centers, is excited to announce the acquisition of Industrial Medicine, P.C. in Savannah, GA.

5 Mar 2015

NYBC launches new mobile app to enhance donation experience for blood donors

New York Blood Center recently launched a new mobile app providing a convenient, user friendly platform for blood donors to find donation locations, make and manage appointments, view donation history and donor profiles, and access the full NYBC website to manage Donor Advantage accounts, redeem points, and much more.

5 Mar 2015

European launch of the Proxima miniature in-line blood gas analyser at ISICEM 2015

Sphere Medical, innovator in critical care monitoring and diagnostics equipment, will launch its ground-breaking in-line patient dedicated arterial blood gas analyser in Germany, Netherlands and Belgium at ISICEM 2015.

5 Mar 2015

Hitachi Aloka Medical announces release of Ultrasound Bone Densitometry System at ECR 2015

Mr Minoru Yoshizumi, President of Hitachi Aloka Medical Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, is pleased to announce the release of EggQus, an extraordinary compact, portable Ultrasound Bone Densitometry System at the European Radiology Congress. Delegates will have the opportunity to see and test EggQus at the Hitachi Medical Systems booth 323, Expo C.

5 Mar 2015

Study finds that Twitter helpful for smoking cessation program

When subjects in a smoking cessation program tweet each other regularly, they're more successful at kicking the habit, according to a study by UC Irvine and Stanford University researchers. Specifically, daily "automessages" that encourage and direct the social media exchanges may be more effective than traditional social media interventions for quitting smoking.

5 Mar 2015

Uroglide technology could improve comfort for catheter users

A new pharmaceutical product that could significantly improve quality of life for catheter users all over the world is to be developed by Queen's University Belfast after it won a national award.

5 Mar 2015

Elsevier announces commercial launch of new medical ExamPrep tool for UK students

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has announced the commercial launch in the UK of its new medical exam preparation and simulation tool, ExamPrep.

5 Mar 2015

One-third of US population can't be transported by ambulance to stroke center within one hour

One-third of the US population does not have access to a primary stroke center within one hour by ambulance, and even under optimal conditions, a large proportion of the US would be unable to access a stroke center within this window, according to a new study published in the March 4, 2015, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

5 Mar 2015

Duke researchers find major shift in treatments for peripheral artery disease

Federal efforts to curb Medicare costs for unclogging blood vessels in the limbs slowed the growing use of the treatments, but also coincided with a marked increase in doctors using a more expensive approach, according to an analysis by Duke Medicine researchers.

5 Mar 2015

Early symptoms of post-traumatic stress strongly predict later disability in military personnel

Evaluating military personnel with blast-related mild traumatic brain injuries, researchers have found that early symptoms of post-traumatic stress, such as anxiety, emotional numbness, flashbacks and irritability, are the strongest predictors of later disability.

5 Mar 2015

Finding may help advance experimental approach to improving public health

Scientists have discovered a new way to manipulate how cells function, a finding that might help advance an experimental approach to improving public health: DNA vaccines, which could be more efficient, less expensive and easier to store than traditional vaccines.

5 Mar 2015

GeneSight test better predicts antidepressant outcomes for patients with depression

The combinatorial, multi-gene GeneSight test has been found to better predict antidepressant treatment outcomes for patients with depression, and their use of health care resources, than any of the individual genes that comprise the test, according to a peer-reviewed analysis by investigators from the Mayo Clinic and Assurex Health, and published online by The Pharmacogenomics Journal.

5 Mar 2015

Healthcare News

Two persistent organic environmental pollutants affect infant growth

Counseling married couples together may help boost their physical activity better

Energy drink TV advertisements aired with themes likely to appeal to adolescents

16th WCTOH announces new speakers, programme and scientific highlights

83% of British people recognise that chronic pain is a serious medical condition, however only 15% receive proper treatment

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II buys Heartland Rehabilitation Hospital property from Medistar

Bob Foster named recipient of HCP's 2015 Hospital IT Executive of the Year Award

BIAS recognized as one of 2015 Atlanta's Healthiest Employers

Nova Medical Centers announces acquisition of Industrial Medicine

NYBC launches new mobile app to enhance donation experience for blood donors

European launch of the Proxima miniature in-line blood gas analyser at ISICEM 2015

Hitachi Aloka Medical announces release of Ultrasound Bone Densitometry System at ECR 2015

Study finds that Twitter helpful for smoking cessation program

Uroglide technology could improve comfort for catheter users

Elsevier announces commercial launch of new medical ExamPrep tool for UK students

One-third of US population can't be transported by ambulance to stroke center within one hour

Duke researchers find major shift in treatments for peripheral artery disease

Early symptoms of post-traumatic stress strongly predict later disability in military personnel

Finding may help advance experimental approach to improving public health

GeneSight test better predicts antidepressant outcomes for patients with depression

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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