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Boston Scientific commences new study to evaluate fully resorbable drug-eluting scaffold system

Boston Scientific has initiated a study of the company's first fully resorbable drug-eluting scaffold system. The Fully Absorbable Scaffold Feasibility Study (FAST) is a prospective, single arm study designed to assess the safety and performance of this next generation scaffold for the treatment of atherosclerotic coronary lesions.

21 Jul 2015

Study: 10% of health care providers prescribe antibiotics for patients with cold, bronchitis or other ARI

10 percent of health care providers write an antibiotic prescription for nearly every patient (95 percent or more) who walks in with a cold, bronchitis or other acute respiratory infection (ARI), according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-supported study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine and led by the Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System and the University of Utah.

21 Jul 2015

New genomic fingerprint may predict prostate cancer risk in African American men

African American men are more likely to develop prostate cancer than European American men, and are also more than twice as likely to die from it. Although there are many reasons that contribute to this health disparity, new research shows that African American men may have a distinctly different type of prostate cancer than European American men, according to new genomic fingerprinting results.

21 Jul 2015

MU researcher receives $2.2 million grant to develop system to display clear blood pressure information

Physicians receive lots of information about patients in a short amount of time, and sometimes that information is scattered, disorganized or difficult to comprehend. Now, a researcher at the University of Missouri School of Medicine has received funding to develop a simpler and clearer system to display blood pressure information.

21 Jul 2015

Breast cancer survivors in Appalachia not taking life-saving follow-up treatment, new study finds

Nearly a third of breast cancer survivors in Appalachia are not taking the critical, potentially life-saving follow-up treatment - despite having insurance that would pay for it, a troubling new study has found.

21 Jul 2015

Poverty has detrimental effects on child's brain development

An alarming 22 percent of U.S. children live in poverty, which can have long-lasting negative consequences on brain development, emotional health and academic achievement. A new study, published July 20 in JAMA Pediatrics, provides even more compelling evidence that growing up in poverty has detrimental effects on the brain.

21 Jul 2015

State healthcare regulations linked to late-stage cancer diagnoses

States' regulations of health insurance and practitioners significantly influence when patients receive colorectal or breast cancer diagnoses, especially among people younger than the Medicare-eligible age of 65, according to a new study by researchers at Georgia State University's School of Public Health and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

21 Jul 2015

Scott & White Healthcare - Round Rock now offers fully integrative medicine services to Central Texans

Scott & White Healthcare - Round Rock is now offering integrative medicine services to Central Texans that include massage therapy and acupuncture at two of its regional clinics: Scott & White Clinic - Avery Ranch and Baylor Scott & White Clinic - Round Rock South.

21 Jul 2015

Stanford researchers identify iron-containing microglia in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease

Examining post-mortem tissue from the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, Stanford University School of Medicine investigators identified what appear to be iron-containing microglia -- specialized scavenger cells that sometimes become inflammatory -- in a particular part of the hippocampus, a key brain structure whose integrity is critical to memory formation.

21 Jul 2015

Loyola stroke expert co-edits new textbook on cerebrovascular disease

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine professor and chair of the Department of Neurology, José Biller, MD, an internationally known expert on stroke, is co-editor of a major new textbook, Common Pitfalls in Cerebrovascular Disease.

21 Jul 2015

Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf issues statement on upcoming MEDICA 2015

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21 Jul 2015

HCi Viocare’s smart sensor technology helps prevent pressure ulcers in bed-bound, wheel-chair patients

Glasgow-based bio-engineering group HCi Viocare - the company behind the Smart Insole invention that monitors diabetic feet – today announced that it is extending its push into healthcare by developing new adaptations of their innovative technology.

21 Jul 2015

Accutronics’s latest whitepaper tackles issues facing battery design in medical, healthcare sectors

Battery manufacturer Accutronics is making available for download its latest whitepaper, which tackles the issues facing battery design, development and use in the medical and healthcare field.

21 Jul 2015

New approach holds great promise for developing effective treatments for human mitochondrial diseases

Using existing drugs, such as lithium, to restore basic biological processes in human cells and animal models, researchers may have broken a long-standing logjam in devising effective treatments for human mitochondrial diseases.

21 Jul 2015

GE Healthcare wins 2015 North American Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award in Cardiology Informatics

Cardiology informatics constitutes a complex and historically siloed environment. Yet, a new generation of solutions is going beyond just supporting individual service lines, and now more efficiently integrates and manages the diverse care area workflows of the cardiology enterprise.

20 Jul 2015

Limelight Health secures $3 million in Series A funding from MassMutual Ventures

Limelight Health, provider of mobile enterprise technology for the health insurance industry, announced today it has received $3 million in Series A funding from MassMutual Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and AXA Strategic Ventures.

20 Jul 2015

ZEVALIN drug now available to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients in Hong Kong

CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the acquisition, development and commercialization of innovative therapeutics addressing cancer and other unmet medical needs for the global market with a commercial focus on China, announces that ZEVALIN is now available at hospitals in Hong Kong to patients with indicated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), including at Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital.

20 Jul 2015

UVA partners with MITRE to develop better health data analysis tools

University of Virginia Health System and The MITRE Corporation are partnering to develop better health data analysis tools to help prevent patients from getting sick and improving care while reducing healthcare costs.

20 Jul 2015

New study may help identify novel ways to treat immune thrombocytopenia

Immune thrombocytopenia, or ITP, is an autoimmune disease whereby the immune system sends antibodies to attack and destroy the body's platelets--blood cells responsible for controlling bleeding.

20 Jul 2015

Allergan announces U.S. availability of SAPHRIS 2.5 mg tablets for children with bipolar I disorder

Allergan plc today announced that SAPHRIS (asenapine) 2.5 mg sublingual (placed under the tongue) black-cherry flavored tablets are available in pharmacies throughout the U.S. In March 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved SAPHRIS for the acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in pediatric patients (ages 10 – 17).

17 Jul 2015

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Boston Scientific commences new study to evaluate fully resorbable drug-eluting scaffold system

Study: 10% of health care providers prescribe antibiotics for patients with cold, bronchitis or other ARI

New genomic fingerprint may predict prostate cancer risk in African American men

MU researcher receives $2.2 million grant to develop system to display clear blood pressure information

Breast cancer survivors in Appalachia not taking life-saving follow-up treatment, new study finds

Poverty has detrimental effects on child's brain development

State healthcare regulations linked to late-stage cancer diagnoses

Scott & White Healthcare - Round Rock now offers fully integrative medicine services to Central Texans

Stanford researchers identify iron-containing microglia in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease

Loyola stroke expert co-edits new textbook on cerebrovascular disease

Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf issues statement on upcoming MEDICA 2015

HCi Viocare’s smart sensor technology helps prevent pressure ulcers in bed-bound, wheel-chair patients

Accutronics’s latest whitepaper tackles issues facing battery design in medical, healthcare sectors

New approach holds great promise for developing effective treatments for human mitochondrial diseases

GE Healthcare wins 2015 North American Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award in Cardiology Informatics

Limelight Health secures $3 million in Series A funding from MassMutual Ventures

ZEVALIN drug now available to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients in Hong Kong

UVA partners with MITRE to develop better health data analysis tools

New study may help identify novel ways to treat immune thrombocytopenia

Allergan announces U.S. availability of SAPHRIS 2.5 mg tablets for children with bipolar I disorder

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