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UCLH selects Nexthink's V5 modular platform to improve IT infrastructure

Nexthink, the unique provider of End-user IT Analytics, has today announced that its V5 modular platform has been selected by University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to provide real-time visibility and analytics across its technical estate and network infrastructure.

30 Jan 2014

Biogen Idec, UCB sign agreements to commercialize treatment of MS and hemophilia in Asia

Biogen Idec and UCB announced today that they have signed exclusive agreements granting UCB the right to commercialize Biogen Idec products in South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan, and both develop and commercialize products in China.

30 Jan 2014

Findings could improve clinical management of patients with breast tissue abnormalities

Contrary to existing understanding, long-term follow-up of patients with two types of breast tissue abnormalities suggests that both types of abnormalities have the same potential to progress to breast cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Findings from this study could improve clinical management of patients with breast tissue abnormalities.

30 Jan 2014

Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for excellent early-career scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München

The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is a newly established program for excellent early-career scientists (up to 3 years after graduation) at Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health.

30 Jan 2014

State highlights: Will doc cuts like those in Conn. become more common?; Calif. health plans criticized over chronic condition treatment; Vt. drug addiction

A selection of health policy stories from Connecticut, California, Vermont, Minnesota, Virginia and Georgia.

30 Jan 2014

19 harmful chemicals in e-cigarettes

It's no easy task to quit smoking and the lure of an e-cigarette, which claims to mimic the smoking experience without the harmful chemicals, seems a dream come true for many smokers.

30 Jan 2014

Va.'s proposed Medicaid expansion gets lower cost estimate; Ark. 'private option' expansion plan faces new challenges

The new numbers are expected to get a skeptical reception from Virginia's House Appropriations Committee. Virginia health officials will face a skeptical House Appropriations Committee today over a new analysis that shows $1 billion in savings to the state over nine years from expanding its Medicaid program.

30 Jan 2014

High doses of 4-MEI in carbonated beverages may result in higher incidence of leukemia, says study

Last week, Consumer Reports released a study on the levels of a caramel coloring agent known as 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI) in many popular, carbonated beverages.

30 Jan 2014

House passes bill to ban health law subsidies for abortion coverage

But the restriction, which would apply to private plans bought with the help of health law subsidies, stands no chance of passage by the Democratic-controlled Senate.

30 Jan 2014

Johnson & Johnson enters into novel agreement with YODA to share clinical trials data

Johnson & Johnson today announced that its subsidiary, Janssen Research and Development, LLC, has entered into a novel agreement with Yale School of Medicine's Open Data Access (YODA) Project that will extend its commitment to sharing clinical trials data to enhance public health and advance science and medicine.

30 Jan 2014

Delbene takes on challenge of correcting healthcare.gov's flaws

Kaiser Health News profiles the Obama administration's new website fix-it guy. And, in other news, The Associated Press reports that some workers at a federal health care call center for the health exchanges are now suing the government because they allegedly were forced to work unpaid overtime.

30 Jan 2014

Study: U.S. hospital intensive care units show uneven compliance with infection prevention policies

U.S. hospital intensive care units (ICUs) show uneven compliance with infection prevention policies, according to a study in the February issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).

30 Jan 2014

Study: Altruistic act in the United States increases levels of well-being

People are much more likely to decide to donate a kidney to a stranger - an extraordinarily altruistic act - in areas of the United States where levels of well-being are high, according to a new study.

30 Jan 2014

Lawmakers file briefs in Hobby Lobby health law contraception case

Scores of House Democrats entered the legal fight over Obamacare's birth-control mandate Tuesday, filing an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in defense of the contentious coverage requirement. Behind House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the lawmakers say the provision -- which requires most employers to cover birth control for their workers -- does not infringe on religious freedoms, as the Hobby Lobby, a Christian-owned retail chain, contends in its lawsuit (Lillis, 1/28).

30 Jan 2014

Center for Health Program Management announces grant to implement Positive Youth Justice Initiative

The Center for Health Program Management, and funding partners Sierra Health Foundation, The California Endowment and The California Wellness Foundation announced that $1.6 million in grant funding has been awarded to four counties to implement an innovative approach to juvenile justice reform known as the Positive Youth Justice Initiative.

30 Jan 2014

National Audit of PCI reveals patients with acute coronary syndromes treated more quickly using PCI

Expansion in the use of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - the minimally invasive surgery performed on heart patients instead of using drugs - is seeing more patients with acute coronary syndromes treated more quickly, according to the latest National Audit of PCI.

30 Jan 2014

Sen. Coburn pays out-of-pocket to see cancer doctor

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, says the new insurance plan he purchased under the health law doesn't include his longstanding oncologist. He says he is paying out of pocket to see that doctor and is "doing well from a health standpoint."

30 Jan 2014

Researches analyse effectiveness of training in physical improvement of sportspeople

During his research, carried out at the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre, he conducted five studies on 361 participants: four on male football players between the ages of 10 and 17, one on distance and middle-distance runners, adult men and women.

30 Jan 2014

Cystic Fibrosis Center receives Quality Care Award for commitment to improve quality of care in CF patients

The Cystic Fibrosis Center at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has been selected by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) for the foundation's prestigious Quality Care Award for 2012-2013.

30 Jan 2014

EGPAF donates medical equipment to Swaziland to improve health of mothers and children

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in collaboration with Project C.U.R.E (Commission on Urgent Relief and Equipment) today donated medical equipment and supplies worth more than U.S. $500,000 to the Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland's Ministry of Health to help strengthen health services provided to mothers, infants, and children in the country.

30 Jan 2014

Healthcare News

UCLH selects Nexthink's V5 modular platform to improve IT infrastructure

Biogen Idec, UCB sign agreements to commercialize treatment of MS and hemophilia in Asia

Findings could improve clinical management of patients with breast tissue abnormalities

Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for excellent early-career scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München

State highlights: Will doc cuts like those in Conn. become more common?; Calif. health plans criticized over chronic condition treatment; Vt. drug addiction

19 harmful chemicals in e-cigarettes

Va.'s proposed Medicaid expansion gets lower cost estimate; Ark. 'private option' expansion plan faces new challenges

High doses of 4-MEI in carbonated beverages may result in higher incidence of leukemia, says study

House passes bill to ban health law subsidies for abortion coverage

Johnson & Johnson enters into novel agreement with YODA to share clinical trials data

Delbene takes on challenge of correcting healthcare.gov's flaws

Study: U.S. hospital intensive care units show uneven compliance with infection prevention policies

Study: Altruistic act in the United States increases levels of well-being

Lawmakers file briefs in Hobby Lobby health law contraception case

Center for Health Program Management announces grant to implement Positive Youth Justice Initiative

National Audit of PCI reveals patients with acute coronary syndromes treated more quickly using PCI

Sen. Coburn pays out-of-pocket to see cancer doctor

Researches analyse effectiveness of training in physical improvement of sportspeople

Cystic Fibrosis Center receives Quality Care Award for commitment to improve quality of care in CF patients

EGPAF donates medical equipment to Swaziland to improve health of mothers and children

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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