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Covidien fourth quarter net sales increase 2% to $2.56 billion

Covidien plc today reported results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 (July - September 2013). Fourth-quarter net sales of $2.56 billion increased 2% from the $2.50 billion in the fourth quarter a year ago. Foreign exchange rate movement lowered the quarterly sales growth rate by three percentage points.

8 Nov 2013

Cancer detection programme using PENTAX Medical equipment achieves remarkable results

PENTAX Medical equipment has been used to set up a pioneering head and neck cancer detection programme at a hospital Trust in Coventry, which has achieved remarkable results; reduced the length of time the patient stays in hospital and reduced costs.

From PENTAX Medical Company 8 Nov 2013

Government spending cuts within NHS increase risk of Clostridium difficile infection

72% of clinicians believe that Government spending cuts within the NHS increase the risk of hospital acquired infections. The ‘Think C-differently’ report, which advises on the current Clostridium difficile landscape, found that despite stringent measures to manage and control Clostridium difficile infection, the NHS is still battling to keep infection rates to a minimum.

8 Nov 2013

Allied Healthcare Group commences first shipment of CardioCel into Europe

Allied Healthcare Group today announces it has commenced shipment of CardioCel into Europe after the Company received its first orders for the product from outside of Australia.

8 Nov 2013

BW's Primary Healthcare Advancement Program to address nationwide shortage

BW's Primary Healthcare Advancement Program is a distinctive pre-med track focused on disease prevention and the development of future primary care physicians to address a nationwide shortage in the field.

8 Nov 2013

Northwestern Medicine receives $12 million to continue organ transplant research with stem cells

An innovative Northwestern Medicine- research program investigating if stem cells may be the key to allowing organ transplant patients to stop taking immunosuppressive drugs has received $12 million in research funding. The grant will allow researchers to finish Phase II of the clinical trials and begin Phase III.

8 Nov 2013

Viewpoints: The battle over one woman's medical story; why Mass. didn't see a wave of cancellations; politicians' love of anecdotes

Edie Littlefield Sundby may not have thought she'd ignite a national debate when the stage-4 cancer survivor asked us to publish her Monday op-ed on losing her oncologist due to the Affordable Care Act. But she certainly has, and it's important to understand why. Mrs. Sundby and millions like her must be denied their medical choices if ObamaCare is going to work as its liberal planners intend (11/6).

8 Nov 2013

Cancer research leaders announce the opening of ICGC-TCGA-DREAM SMC Challenge

Cancer research leaders from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and the University of California, Santa Cruz, in collaboration with Sage Bionetworks and IBM's DREAM, will announce tomorrow the opening of the ICGC-TCGA-DREAM Somatic Mutation Calling Challenge at the Sixth Annual RECOMB/ISCB conference.

8 Nov 2013

Top IT official for Healthcare.Gov resigns

Tony Trenkle, the federal official responsible for Healthcare.gov's launch and security, is moving to the private sector. CBS News reports that Trenkle was supposed to sign off on the site's security before launch but didn't.

8 Nov 2013

Amneal to launch AB-rated generic for Loestrin 24 Fe

Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC will launch its AB-rated generic for Loestrin 24 Fe (norethindrone acetate and ethinyl estradiol tablets, USP and ferrous fumarate tablets) 1 mg/20 mcg, 75 mg the first week of January 2014.

8 Nov 2013

Four-year study to develop targeted approach to psoriasis treatment

A world-leading taskforce led by The University of Manchester has begun work to create a new test to help medics work out which treatment plan is most likely to improve the disabling skin condition psoriasis, based on a patient's individual biological make-up.

8 Nov 2013

Humana offers perspective on how botched Healthcare.gov rollout has affected insurance industry

In a Wednesday call with investors, the company's chief operating officer said Humana assumes that, because of the website problems, the government will extend the open enrollment period beyond its current March 31 cutoff. The insurer also scaled back its estimates of how many people will sign up for new coverage options.

8 Nov 2013

Sebelius says Healthcare.gov fixes coming, rejects calls for delay

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sought to reassure lawmakers in a Senate Finance Committee hearing Wednesday that fixes -- hundreds of them -- are being made to Healthcare.gov, but rejected calls to delay the law or shut the website down.

8 Nov 2013

For some republicans, support for Medicaid expansion draws new adversaries

The Los Angeles Times examines the political backlash in Ohio to GOP lawmakers who supported the Medicaid expansion. Meanwhile, CQ HealthBeat reports on efforts to phase-in the electronic data system that will send states information about people who appear to be eligible for Medicaid who have tried to sign up for coverage through healthcare.gov.

8 Nov 2013

HealthPlanOne adds Employer Solutions offering to portfolio of services

HealthPlanOne, a leading national provider of private healthcare exchange services for retirees and individuals, today announced the addition of its Employer Solutions offering to its portfolio of services.

8 Nov 2013

Hologic's Aptima HPV 16 18/45 genotype assay gets FDA approval for use on Panther system

Hologic, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostic products, medical imaging systems and surgical products, with an emphasis on serving the healthcare needs of women, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Aptima HPV 16 18/45 genotype assay for use on the Company's fully automated Panther system.

From Hologic, Inc. 8 Nov 2013

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation announces recipients of NARSAD Investigator Grants

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (formerly known as NARSAD, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression), under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein, President & CEO, has announced the latest recipients of its NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grants.

8 Nov 2013

Researchers identify chain reaction that triggers regrowth of some damaged nerve cell

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a chain reaction that triggers the regrowth of some damaged nerve cell branches, a discovery that one day may help improve treatments for nerve injuries that can cause loss of sensation or paralysis.

8 Nov 2013

$Risedronate may help prevent new vertebral fractures when taken with calcium and vitamin D$

Risedronate may help prevent new vertebral fractures when taken with calcium and vitamin D

A recent prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial reports that calcium and vitamin D supplementation improves bone density in a group of male veterans with epilepsy who were treated chronically with antiepileptic drugs.

8 Nov 2013

Senate Dems go to White House to assess health law political fallout

The group of 16 met with President Barack Obama for about two hours, focusing on the floundering Healthcare.gov website and the possibility of backlash in next year's elections. Some lawmakers also pressed the administration to extend the health law's open enrollment period.

8 Nov 2013

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Covidien fourth quarter net sales increase 2% to $2.56 billion

Cancer detection programme using PENTAX Medical equipment achieves remarkable results

Government spending cuts within NHS increase risk of Clostridium difficile infection

Allied Healthcare Group commences first shipment of CardioCel into Europe

BW's Primary Healthcare Advancement Program to address nationwide shortage

Northwestern Medicine receives $12 million to continue organ transplant research with stem cells

Viewpoints: The battle over one woman's medical story; why Mass. didn't see a wave of cancellations; politicians' love of anecdotes

Cancer research leaders announce the opening of ICGC-TCGA-DREAM SMC Challenge

Top IT official for Healthcare.Gov resigns

Amneal to launch AB-rated generic for Loestrin 24 Fe

Four-year study to develop targeted approach to psoriasis treatment

Humana offers perspective on how botched Healthcare.gov rollout has affected insurance industry

Sebelius says Healthcare.gov fixes coming, rejects calls for delay

For some republicans, support for Medicaid expansion draws new adversaries

HealthPlanOne adds Employer Solutions offering to portfolio of services

Hologic's Aptima HPV 16 18/45 genotype assay gets FDA approval for use on Panther system

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation announces recipients of NARSAD Investigator Grants

Researchers identify chain reaction that triggers regrowth of some damaged nerve cell

Risedronate may help prevent new vertebral fractures when taken with calcium and vitamin D

Senate Dems go to White House to assess health law political fallout

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

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Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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