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Supporting the Study of Healthy Aging through Biodevelopment

In this interview, Jacko Duker talks about the Lifelines Project, and how Panasonic ULT freezers have been employed to keep irreplaceable samples safe.

From PHC Europe B.V. 12 Sep 2013

Asthma experts united to tackle Europe's high asthma prevalence and death rates

Asthma experts from across Europe are uniting as part of a new partnership launched this week to tackle Europe's high asthma prevalence and death rates.

12 Sep 2013

Biomarker analysis of Vectibix for mCRC published in New England Journal of Medicine

Amgen today announced the publication of a biomarker analysis of Vectibix (panitumumab) in combination with FOLFOX, a type of oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy, for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

12 Sep 2013

State highlights: S.F. suing Nevada over 'dumped' patients; feds push Pa. to move kids to Medicaid; Medicaid contractor's lawsuit against La. goes forward

A selection of health policy stories from California, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Georgia and Oregon.

12 Sep 2013

Study finds low doses of vancomycin to be effective in treating serious C-difficile infection

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) treatment in a hospital setting using low dose oral vancomycin showed similar effectiveness compared to high dose, according to a new study by researchers at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

12 Sep 2013

Viewpoints: Hopes for single payer system remain; GOP's move to tie debt ceiling to health law is dangerous; subsidy fraud must be stopped

With the Oct. 1 rollout of a major facet of the Affordable Care Act on the horizon, you'll be hearing a lot about the glitches, loopholes and shortcomings of this most important restructuring of America's healthcare system in our lifetimes.

12 Sep 2013

Scientists discover that copper alloys shut down highly infectious norovirus

Scientists from the University of Southampton have discovered that copper and copper alloys rapidly destroy norovirus - the highly-infectious sickness bug.

12 Sep 2013

Some House GOP lawmakers take hard line position against health law funding in debt limit debate

As Republican leaders unveiled a plan to avert a government shutdown, they faced the challenge of building support for the proposal within their own ranks because it does not defund the health law. Some within the caucus reacted with skepticism.

12 Sep 2013

Craneware announces financial results for fiscal year 2013

Craneware, the leader in automated revenue integrity solutions for the U.S. healthcare market, today announced financial results for its fiscal year 2013 that ended June 30, 2013.

12 Sep 2013

Federal officials, contractors give health exchange 'data hub' thumbs up

Several contractors gave positive reports about their readiness to launch the health law's new online marketplaces Oct. 1 at a House hearing Tuesday, although one expert predicted a "rocky start," and several Republicans said they were not reassured.

12 Sep 2013

Big changes for addiction treatment predicted under Obamacare

An estimated 40 million people could enter treatment because the health law recognizes drug addiction and alcoholism as chronic diseases that must be covered by insurance plans, according to the California Health Report.

12 Sep 2013

Health IT Now Coalition commends two Congressmen for helping in introducing TELE-MED Act

The Health IT Now Coalition today commended Congressmen Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) for their commitment to the health of America's seniors and the disabled by introducing the TELEmedicine for MEDicare Act, which allows Medicare providers to treat Medicare patients electronically across state lines without the need to obtain multiple state licenses.

12 Sep 2013

Genia Technologies receives $5M grant from NIH to develop nanopore-based DNA sequencing platform

Genia Technologies, Inc. today announced that the company, as part of a research consortium with Columbia University and Harvard Medical School, received a Revolutionary Genome Sequencing Technologies – The $1,000 Genome grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

12 Sep 2013

Ventana gets CFDA approval for VENTANA ALK immunohistochemistry assay

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a member of the Roche Group, today announced the approval of the VENTANA ALK immunohistochemistry assay by the Chinese Food and Drug Administration as a companion diagnostic to aid in the identification of patients for Pfizer's CFDA-approved oncology product XALKORI (crizotinib).

12 Sep 2013

Berg receives Drug Discovery Technology Innovation Award for agnostic approach to drug discovery

Berg, a biopharmaceutical company committed to uncovering health solutions through a data-driven, biological research approach, was recognized today with the 2013 North American Drug Discovery Technology Innovation Award at the Frost & Sullivan Growth, Innovation and Leadership Awards Gala, the annual event by the global research organization that highlights the most promising new innovative technology across sectors.

12 Sep 2013

Undervaccination results in increased risk for whooping cough in young children

Undervaccination – not receiving all recommended vaccinations or not being vaccinated according to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices schedule – results in an increased risk for whooping cough in children 3 to 36 months of age, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study.

12 Sep 2013

New technique provides better understanding of factors causing Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome

The first proteomic analysis of an animal model of a rare, sometimes deadly birth defect, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome (SLOS), has revealed that the molecular mechanisms that cause it are more complex than previously understood.

12 Sep 2013

Medflow chooses DataMotion Direct secure messaging service for exchange of PHI

DataMotion, an innovative health information service provider with more than 14 years of experience in secure data delivery, today announced that Medflow, Inc., the leading provider of electronic health records for ophthalmology, has selected its DataMotion Direct secure messaging service.

11 Sep 2013

Perkins+Will completes UF's Clinical and Translational Research Building

The Miami office of global architecture and design firm, Perkins+Will, recently completed a major healthcare, education and research project, the University of Florida's Clinical and Translational Research Building.

11 Sep 2013

Study suggests that social media can be used to successfully improve medical practice

Barcelona, Spain: A doctor from the UK has shown how an innovative music video can help increase awareness of how to treat asthma.

11 Sep 2013

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Supporting the Study of Healthy Aging through Biodevelopment

Asthma experts united to tackle Europe's high asthma prevalence and death rates

Biomarker analysis of Vectibix for mCRC published in New England Journal of Medicine

State highlights: S.F. suing Nevada over 'dumped' patients; feds push Pa. to move kids to Medicaid; Medicaid contractor's lawsuit against La. goes forward

Study finds low doses of vancomycin to be effective in treating serious C-difficile infection

Viewpoints: Hopes for single payer system remain; GOP's move to tie debt ceiling to health law is dangerous; subsidy fraud must be stopped

Scientists discover that copper alloys shut down highly infectious norovirus

Some House GOP lawmakers take hard line position against health law funding in debt limit debate

Craneware announces financial results for fiscal year 2013

Federal officials, contractors give health exchange 'data hub' thumbs up

Big changes for addiction treatment predicted under Obamacare

Health IT Now Coalition commends two Congressmen for helping in introducing TELE-MED Act

Genia Technologies receives $5M grant from NIH to develop nanopore-based DNA sequencing platform

Ventana gets CFDA approval for VENTANA ALK immunohistochemistry assay

Berg receives Drug Discovery Technology Innovation Award for agnostic approach to drug discovery

Undervaccination results in increased risk for whooping cough in young children

New technique provides better understanding of factors causing Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome

Medflow chooses DataMotion Direct secure messaging service for exchange of PHI

Perkins+Will completes UF's Clinical and Translational Research Building

Study suggests that social media can be used to successfully improve medical practice

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