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Elkhart General Hospital named Accredited Heart Failure Center

The Healthcare Colloquium, a Battelle company, announces that Elkhart General Hospital has achieved the designation of being named an Accredited Heart Failure Center.

8 Oct 2014

Best Counseling Degrees announces start of new School Counseling Scholarship program

Best Counseling Degrees has announced the start of a brand-new School Counseling Scholarship program to provide financial support to graduate students who are pursuing an accredited counseling degree to guide young people's educational and vocational direction in K-12 school settings.

8 Oct 2014

CWRU's nursing school gets $3.16M NFLP grant

For many students at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, finding a way to pay for their advanced nursing degrees just got easier.

8 Oct 2014

Hands-free, voice-controlled automobile infotainment systems can distract drivers, show studies

Two new AAA-University of Utah studies show that despite public belief to the contrary, hands-free, voice-controlled automobile infotainment systems can distract drivers, although it is possible to design them to be safer.

8 Oct 2014

HelloMD releases Telehealth services to help patients access leading medical specialists

HelloMD today announced the release of its Telehealth services for patients everywhere, to access some of the world's leading medical specialists. Top doctors from the west coast continue adding to the list of medical specialists available on the site.

8 Oct 2014

Revolutionary Hypo-tec Needlestick Injury Prevention Product enters North American market

V3 Healthcare Strategies, a Wisconsin-based Accountable Care Strategies company, announced the North American launch of the revolutionary Hypo-tec Needlestick Injury Prevention Product amidst an environment of infectious catastrophic diseases such as Ebola, Hanta & Hemorrhagic Fevers, while simultaneously protecting against all other infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and more.

8 Oct 2014

CenTrak recognized with 2014 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Line Strategy Leadership

Based on its recent analysis of the real-time location systems (RTLS) market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes CenTrak with the 2014 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Line Strategy Leadership. CenTrak's Clinical-Grade Visibility Solutions meet the rigorous demands of healthcare facilities by delivering timely and extremely accurate location information with an easy-to-install battery-operated system.

8 Oct 2014

AARP survey shows that many Americans not planned enough for health expenses in retirement

Today, AARP released a new survey that says more than half of working Americans over age 50 (55%) don't think they'll have enough money for health care as they reach the age they expect to retire. While Medicare only covers about half of health costs, four in ten (38%) say they haven't saved anything at all for such expenses even though multiple studies show that these costs often reach more than $200,000 for a retired couple.

8 Oct 2014

Ruthigen begins Phase 1/2 clinical trial of RUT58-60

Ruthigen Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on pioneering new therapies to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs associated with infections related to post-operative invasive procedures, announces the initiation of a Phase 1/2 clinical trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and potential efficacy of its lead drug candidate, RUT58-60, for use as an adjunct to systemic antibiotics in abdominal surgery.

8 Oct 2014

Surgical treatment of strabismus can be carried out at any age

Around four per cent of all newborn children have a squint. In about 50 per cent of cases, this can be corrected with appropriate glasses, however the other half require treatment for their squint and in some cases even squint surgery.

8 Oct 2014

CMEDT welcomes participation of TWCF in Smart Villages initiative

The Cambridge Malaysian Education and Development Trust today welcomed the start of three years of complementary funding from the Templeton World Charity Foundation for their Smart Villages initiative. This collaboratively-funded project will look at technical, entrepreneurial and policy solutions for providing sustainable energy for development in off-grid rural communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

8 Oct 2014

GW physician highlights equitable, accessible health care for people with disabilities

Nearly 20 percent of Americans have a disability, yet only 25 percent of medical schools include in their curricula caring for people with disabilities. Numerous reports have documented that people with disabilities have poorer health and receive inferior care.

8 Oct 2014

Active sexting among teens associated with more sexual activity

Relatively few teens say they have engaged in sexting, or the sharing of nude or nearly nude photos via mobile phone or the Internet, finds a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

8 Oct 2014

New version of Belmont Rapid Infuser to be introduced at ASA 2014

Belmont Instrument Corporation, the widely recognized provider of blood and fluid infusers, will be introducing the new version of The Belmont Rapid Infuser, the RI-2 at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Meeting this week in New Orleans, LA.

8 Oct 2014

Picwell to analyze potential impact of latest decision support systems on consumer health plan selection

Picwell, the most advanced predictive recommendation engine for health plan selection, today announced finalized agreements to conduct studies focused on the potential impact of latest generation decision support systems on consumer health plan selection.

8 Oct 2014

Early potty training linked to increased risk of developing daytime wetting problems later

Children who start toilet training before age 2 have a three times higher risk of developing daytime wetting problems later, according to new research at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

8 Oct 2014

Physical therapy before joint replacement surgery reduces need for postoperative care by nearly 30%

Physical therapy after total hip (THR) or total knee replacement (TKR) surgery is standard care for all patients. A new study, appearing in the October 1 issue of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery), also found that physical therapy before joint replacement surgery, or "prehabilitation," can diminish the need for postoperative care by nearly 30 percent, saving an average of $1,215 per patient in skilled nursing facility, home health agency or other postoperative care.

8 Oct 2014

Combination of behavioral support and medication helps people stop smoking

Numerous randomized clinical trials have shown the effectiveness of the two major forms of smoking cessation treatment - behavioral support and medication - in helping smokers quit. Researchers have now demonstrated that this approach can successfully translate to the "real world" and that a combination of the two treatments offers almost a threefold chance of success over attempts to quit without using a cessation aid.

8 Oct 2014

Wolters Kluwer Health wins 12 prizes at 2014 BMA Medical Book Awards

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information solutions for the healthcare provider and education markets, today announced that its Lippincott Williams & Wilkins textbooks and digital guides were honored with 12 prizes at the 2014 BMA Medical Book Awards.

8 Oct 2014

Case Western Reserve researcher lands Director's New Innovator Awards from NIH

For the second consecutive year, a Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher has landed one of the year's much-coveted Director's New Innovator Awards from the National Institutes of Health. Principal investigator Rong Xu, PhD, assistant professor of medical informatics, will receive $2,377,000 for five years, starting immediately, to initiate computational analysis of thousands of drugs and their effects.

8 Oct 2014

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Elkhart General Hospital named Accredited Heart Failure Center

Best Counseling Degrees announces start of new School Counseling Scholarship program

CWRU's nursing school gets $3.16M NFLP grant

Hands-free, voice-controlled automobile infotainment systems can distract drivers, show studies

HelloMD releases Telehealth services to help patients access leading medical specialists

Revolutionary Hypo-tec Needlestick Injury Prevention Product enters North American market

CenTrak recognized with 2014 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Line Strategy Leadership

AARP survey shows that many Americans not planned enough for health expenses in retirement

Ruthigen begins Phase 1/2 clinical trial of RUT58-60

Surgical treatment of strabismus can be carried out at any age

CMEDT welcomes participation of TWCF in Smart Villages initiative

GW physician highlights equitable, accessible health care for people with disabilities

Active sexting among teens associated with more sexual activity

New version of Belmont Rapid Infuser to be introduced at ASA 2014

Picwell to analyze potential impact of latest decision support systems on consumer health plan selection

Early potty training linked to increased risk of developing daytime wetting problems later

Physical therapy before joint replacement surgery reduces need for postoperative care by nearly 30%

Combination of behavioral support and medication helps people stop smoking

Wolters Kluwer Health wins 12 prizes at 2014 BMA Medical Book Awards

Case Western Reserve researcher lands Director's New Innovator Awards from NIH

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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