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Genalyte completes $44 million in Series C Financing round

Genalyte, Inc. announced today it has completed a Series C Financing round of $44 million, led by Khosla Ventures. The company is redefining diagnostics with a testing platform and microchip technology that can be utilized in physician offices. With the application of a single drop of blood to a silicon microchip, Genalyte's Maverick Detection System can offer a complete panel of diagnostic test results in fifteen minutes.

18 Aug 2015

DaVita HealthCare Partners hosts health and disaster preparedness fair in Colorado Springs

DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., one of the nation's largest and most innovative health care communities, is hosting a health and disaster preparedness fair on Saturday, Aug. 22, at the St. Francis Medical Center off Woodmen Road in Colorado Springs.

18 Aug 2015

Study reports results of genetic testing for 22 genetic causes of neonatal diabetes

Over a 10 year period, the time that babies receive genetic testing after being diagnosed with diabetes has fallen from over four years to under two months. Pinpointing the exact genetic causes of sometimes rare forms of diabetes is revolutionising healthcare for these patients.

18 Aug 2015

Study uses fMRI scans to examine neural substrates of moral cognition in healthcare decision making

Areas of the brain associated with social and moral disgust are triggered when healthcare funding is split unequally, researchers from the UK and Australia have found.

18 Aug 2015

Physicians may now have tools to predict people at greater risk of attempting suicide

People being treated for bipolar disorder and other psychiatric illnesses are at greater risk of attempting suicide, but physicians may now have tools to predict which of those individuals will attempt it and intervene early to prevent such tragedies from occurring.

18 Aug 2015

Journal articles on yoga therapy increase 3-fold in last 10 years

During the last 10 years, the number of articles in peer-reviewed journals worldwide about clinical trials of yoga therapy to alleviate disease-related symptoms increased 3-fold. This large-scale analysis of published research studies spanning 46 years, 29 countries, and more than 28,000 study participants is published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

18 Aug 2015

UMHS tests sound acoustic panels to reduce noise levels in hospital environment

One of the most common complaints about hospitals is the noise. Patients complain that they can't sleep soundly in the environment of multiple monitors, paging systems, wheelchairs and gurneys, and carts that squeak.

18 Aug 2015

Quanta receives i4i award from NIHR to develop new product concept for nocturnal haemodialysis

Quanta Fluid Solutions Ltd, a pioneering developer of advanced haemodialysis systems, announces it has received an Invention for Innovation (i4i) award worth £1.85 million from the National Institute for Health Research - the research arm of the NHS - to develop a new product concept for nocturnal haemodialysis.

18 Aug 2015

Peripherally inserted central catheter use associated with lower-extremity DVT

Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs), a type of IV typically inserted in a vein in the arm, are frequently used by healthcare professionals to obtain long-term central venous access in hospitalized patients. While there are numerous benefits associated with PICCs, a potential complication is deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or blood clots, in upper limbs.

18 Aug 2015

Penn experts find that health insurance websites assist patients in choosing health insurance plans

Websites for national and state health insurance marketplaces show evidence of improved efforts to assist patients in choosing health insurance plans, such as providing decision support tools, experts from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found.

18 Aug 2015

Chronic fatigue a long-term problem for testicular cancer survivors

A Norwegian population-based study reported in the Annals of Oncology has found a rise in the incidence of chronic fatigue a decade or more after treatment in testicular cancer survivors.

17 Aug 2015

CML survey reveals patient TKI adherence, disease anxiety

Survey results suggest that chronic myeloid leukaemia patients using tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy have good adherence to treatment but might benefit from counselling regarding their illness.

17 Aug 2015

Genomic Health announces Medicare coverage for Oncotype DX prostate cancer test

Genomic Health, Inc. today announced that Palmetto GBA, a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) that assesses molecular diagnostic technologies, has issued its final local coverage determination (LCD) approving coverage of the Oncotype DX prostate cancer test for qualified Medicare patients throughout the United States.

17 Aug 2015

New ISCO-SCCA collaboration to elevate standard of monthly virtual personalized tumor board

The Idaho Society of Clinical Oncology held its annual Board of Directors retreat in Sun Valley, ID on July 24-26, 2015. The focus for the retreat was how to discuss strategies to improve the care of cancer patients in Idaho. During the meeting, ISCO board announced a partnership with the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance to collaborate with ISCO's monthly virtual personalized tumor board.

17 Aug 2015

FDA accepts Chiasma's NDA filing for octreotide capsules for treatment of adult patients with acromegaly

Chiasma, Inc., a U.S. late-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted for filing the Company's New Drug Application (NDA) for the marketing and sale of octreotide capsules, an oral drug proposed for the maintenance therapy of adult patients with acromegaly.

17 Aug 2015

Bionik Laboratories reports net loss for second quarter 2015

Bionik Laboratories Corp., a pioneering medical device and robotics company developing technologies and solutions for individuals with neurological disorders, announced today its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015.

17 Aug 2015

Unituxin (dinutuximab) granted EC Marketing Authorisation for treatment of childhood neuroblastoma

United Therapeutics Corporation announced today that the European Commission (EC) has granted Marketing Authorisation for Unituxin (dinutuximab) for the treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma in patients aged 12 months to 17 years, who have previously received induction chemotherapy and achieved at least a partial response, followed by myeloablative therapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT).

17 Aug 2015

LSTM's CMNH raises funds for Ebola-hit maternal health facilities in Sierra Leone

Earlier this year LSTM's Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH) cycled 4,247 miles to raise funds for urgently needed medical equipment for maternal health facilities in Sierra Leone which have been affected by the Ebola outbreak.

17 Aug 2015

Breastfeeding may lead to substantial reduction in common infections among Indigenous babies

Promoting breastfeeding could lead to a substantial reduction in common infections and even deaths that are more common in Indigenous infants than non-Indigenous infants, a new study suggests.

17 Aug 2015

Medicare patients in rural settings have lower rates of post-discharge follow-up care

Medicare patients in rural areas have lower rates of follow-up care after leaving the hospital--which may place them at higher risk of emergency department (ED) visits and repeat hospitalizations, according to a study in the September issue of Medical Care.

15 Aug 2015

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Genalyte completes $44 million in Series C Financing round

DaVita HealthCare Partners hosts health and disaster preparedness fair in Colorado Springs

Study reports results of genetic testing for 22 genetic causes of neonatal diabetes

Study uses fMRI scans to examine neural substrates of moral cognition in healthcare decision making

Physicians may now have tools to predict people at greater risk of attempting suicide

Journal articles on yoga therapy increase 3-fold in last 10 years

UMHS tests sound acoustic panels to reduce noise levels in hospital environment

Quanta receives i4i award from NIHR to develop new product concept for nocturnal haemodialysis

Peripherally inserted central catheter use associated with lower-extremity DVT

Penn experts find that health insurance websites assist patients in choosing health insurance plans

Chronic fatigue a long-term problem for testicular cancer survivors

CML survey reveals patient TKI adherence, disease anxiety

Genomic Health announces Medicare coverage for Oncotype DX prostate cancer test

New ISCO-SCCA collaboration to elevate standard of monthly virtual personalized tumor board

FDA accepts Chiasma's NDA filing for octreotide capsules for treatment of adult patients with acromegaly

Bionik Laboratories reports net loss for second quarter 2015

Unituxin (dinutuximab) granted EC Marketing Authorisation for treatment of childhood neuroblastoma

LSTM's CMNH raises funds for Ebola-hit maternal health facilities in Sierra Leone

Breastfeeding may lead to substantial reduction in common infections among Indigenous babies

Medicare patients in rural settings have lower rates of post-discharge follow-up care

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