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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in veterans: an interview with Milan Michael Karol, The Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins

ALS stands for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, better known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease”. It is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by the death of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord.

30 Jun 2014

GSMA announces mobile ecosystem partnership to provide mHealth services to women, children

The GSMA today announced that its Mobile for Development mHealth programme has launched a new cross-ecosystem partnership designed to provide a range of mHealth services to women and children, with a particular focus on nutrition, across Sub-Saharan Africa.

30 Jun 2014

Victory Healthcare continues its commitment to honor America's wounded warriors

Victory Healthcare continues its corporate-wide commitment to honor America's wounded warriors and the sacrifice they and their families made for our freedom by implementing employee philosophies and practices.

30 Jun 2014

UK's TSB provides £347,000 for project to optimise gene library assembly technology

Today, Monday 30th June, 2014, Isogenica, Cambridge UK and Imperial College London secure funding from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), the UK's innovation agency, for a £347,000 project to optimise a gene library assembly technology for potential use in synthetic biology.

30 Jun 2014

EMA CHMP recommends marketing authorization for GE's VIZAMYL for PET imaging to detect beta amyloids

GE Healthcare today announced the receipt of a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use. This opinion recommends the granting of a marketing authorisation for VIZAMYL (Flutemetamol F18 injection), a radiopharmaceutical medicinal product indicated for Positron Emission Tomography imaging of beta amyloid neuritic plaque density in the brains of adult patients with cognitive impairment who are being evaluated for Alzheimer's disease and other causes of cognitive impairment.

30 Jun 2014

Modified classification system finds over one-third of knee replacements as inappropriate

New research reports that more than one third of total knee replacements in the U.S. were classified as "inappropriate" using a patient classification system developed and validated in Spain. The study, published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), highlights the need for consensus on patient selection criteria among U.S. medical professionals treating those with the potential need of knee replacement surgery.

30 Jun 2014

Ethnic background of father can influence child's birthweight

A father's ethnic background can influence a child's birthweight, a new study has found.

30 Jun 2014

MedicAlert Foundation announces free medical IDs for individuals living with Malignant Hyperthermia

MedicAlert Foundation is pleased to announce that individuals living with Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) are now eligible to receive free medical IDs and live 24/7 emergency response services as the result of a grant obtained through the Sandi Ida Glickstein Fund at the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States.

28 Jun 2014

Chesapeake Urology presents $114,248 to Urology Care Foundation for prostate cancer research

In ongoing support of prostate cancer research, Sanford Siegel, M.D., President and CEO of Chesapeake Urology Associates, presented the Urology Care Foundation with a check for $114,248 in support of its prostate cancer research efforts.

28 Jun 2014

Proper planning and training for MSLs on iPad usage is essential for success

The iPad is quickly supplanting laptops as the principal tool for enhancing Medical Science Liaisons' (MSLs) interactions with thought leaders.

28 Jun 2014

Study identifies effective market research approaches to understand payer needs, decision-making

The Affordable Care Act has been the catalyst for dramatic change in US healthcare. The power structures that influence this $2.8 trillion economic sector are shifting, but one thing is crystal clear: A large percentage of the pharmaceutical sector's top-line revenues flow from payers.

28 Jun 2014

Taiho Oncology presents TAS-102 Phase III RECOURSE trial results in mCRC patients

Taiho Oncology, Inc., a subsidiary of Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Japan), announced today detailed findings from its global Phase III RECOURSE trial of TAS-102 (nonproprietary names: trifluridine and tipiracil hydrochloride), an oral combination anticancer drug.

28 Jun 2014

Viewpoints: Abortion rights buffer; coming 'freakout' on health law; repercussions of malaria prevention

A Unanimous Supreme Court: Abortion Rights Lose A Buffer Yet on Thursday the Supreme Court, in McCullen v. Coakley, struck down that law for violating the First Amendment.

28 Jun 2014

ARC Healthcare to continue payment of monthly distributions at $0.68 per share

American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. ("ARC Healthcare") announced today that, pursuant to the prior authorization of its board of directors, ARC Healthcare intends to continue payment of monthly distributions at an annualized rate of $0.68 per share.

28 Jun 2014

New research project aims to tackle antibiotic resistance with inhalable nanotherapeutics

A new research project (PneumoNP) is aimed at tackling antibiotic resistance in respiratory tract infections via the use of inhalable nanotherapeutic compounds. Funded under the FP7 programme by the European Commission, the 4-year long PneumoNP project brings together top research institutes, universities, clinicians and enterprises from 6 EU member states.

28 Jun 2014

GNS automated data analytics can predict future risk of metabolic syndrome in patients

Research published today in The American Journal of Managed Care demonstrates that analysis of patient records using state-of-the-art data analytics can predict future risk of metabolic syndrome.

28 Jun 2014

Karolinska Institute Professor calls for innovative solutions for global healthcare

Einstein once observed that "it is harder to crack prejudice than an atom". If he was right, then Hans Rosling is faced with a labour of Hercules.

28 Jun 2014

Waiting on the Supreme Court's contraceptive mandate decision

The Fiscal Times examines the issues before the Supreme Court on a contraceptive mandate case. Other outlets look at how the health law marketplaces interact with private insurance sales and also at a decision by Sodexo to restore health benefits to thousands of college cafeteria workers after initially blaming the health law for dropping them.

28 Jun 2014

Study calls for more proactive approach towards complete dyslipidemia diagnosis in clinical practice

Clinical inertia does not allow healthcare professionals to diagnose cholesterol problems in the 65.3% of cases. The results warn of the need to adopt a more proactive attitude towards a complete dyslipidemia diagnosis in routine clinical practice, especially if it is taken into account that it is an illness related to an increase of cardiovascular risk.

28 Jun 2014

Foreign medical graduates face difficulties in obtaining residency positions in US, Canada

Foreign-trained physicians feel there are not enough residency positions for them in countries such as Canada and the United States and this information was not communicated to them before they emigrated, a new study has found.

28 Jun 2014

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in veterans: an interview with Milan Michael Karol, The Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins

GSMA announces mobile ecosystem partnership to provide mHealth services to women, children

Victory Healthcare continues its commitment to honor America's wounded warriors

UK's TSB provides £347,000 for project to optimise gene library assembly technology

EMA CHMP recommends marketing authorization for GE's VIZAMYL for PET imaging to detect beta amyloids

Modified classification system finds over one-third of knee replacements as inappropriate

Ethnic background of father can influence child's birthweight

MedicAlert Foundation announces free medical IDs for individuals living with Malignant Hyperthermia

Chesapeake Urology presents $114,248 to Urology Care Foundation for prostate cancer research

Proper planning and training for MSLs on iPad usage is essential for success

Study identifies effective market research approaches to understand payer needs, decision-making

Taiho Oncology presents TAS-102 Phase III RECOURSE trial results in mCRC patients

Viewpoints: Abortion rights buffer; coming 'freakout' on health law; repercussions of malaria prevention

ARC Healthcare to continue payment of monthly distributions at $0.68 per share

New research project aims to tackle antibiotic resistance with inhalable nanotherapeutics

GNS automated data analytics can predict future risk of metabolic syndrome in patients

Karolinska Institute Professor calls for innovative solutions for global healthcare

Waiting on the Supreme Court's contraceptive mandate decision

Study calls for more proactive approach towards complete dyslipidemia diagnosis in clinical practice

Foreign medical graduates face difficulties in obtaining residency positions in US, Canada

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