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As population gets older, the number of ED visits would also increase

As the population gets older, and the baby boomers begin to enter their 60's and 70's, one might assume that the number of trips to the emergency department will also increase.

9 Jul 2013

$Study shows patients’ awareness of own bone health can help prevent future fracture$

Study shows patients’ awareness of own bone health can help prevent future fracture

People over the age of 50 who have suffered a fracture because of a slip or trip play a central role in making sure they get proper care to prevent a future fracture, a new study has found.

9 Jul 2013

Hospital discharge data provides a population-level picture of patient safety events in Pennsylvania

If all medical errors were counted together as a single cause, they would likely rank as the third leading cause of death in the United States. As health care personnel race to improve the quality of their care to save lives and prevent unneeded harm, a new study indicates there is more they can do to learn about what errors are occurring and why.

9 Jul 2013

Multimodal neuroimaging approach helps study structural and functional abnormalities in brain

Major depressive disorder is associated with a dysregulation of brain regions including the prefrontal cortex and limbic system. The relationship between structural and functional abnormalities in these brain regions in depressed patients is far from clear. However, both types of changes are assumed to underlie the symptoms of this disorder.

9 Jul 2013

USMD Holdings extends patient-centric medical care to Alaska

USMD Holdings, Inc. announced today it is extending high-quality, patient-centric medical care to the 49th state by partnering with the Alaska Institute of Surgical & Medical Specialties in Anchorage.

8 Jul 2013

Life Care Medical Devices inks exclusive distribution agreement with M.E.D. Surgical

Life Care Medical Devices Ltd., a development stage medical device company today announced that Life Care Medical Devices, Ltd, Ireland signed an exclusive agreement with M.E.D. Surgical, a subsidiary of Sisk Healthcare for the distribution of the Company's Keyhole Cup Laparoscopic Access Device in the Republic of Ireland territories and Northern Ireland.

8 Jul 2013

Soligenix announces personalized medicine collaboration with SciClone

Soligenix, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing products to treat inflammatory diseases and biodefense countermeasures where there remains an unmet medical need, announced a personalized medicine collaboration with SciClone Pharmaceuticals in the Company's oral mucositis clinical program with SGX942.

8 Jul 2013

Capricor to become wholly-owned subsidiary of Nile Therapeutics

Capricor, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company developing cardiac stem cell therapeutics to repair damaged heart muscle, and Nile Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that they have entered into a Merger Agreement under which Capricor will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nile Therapeutics, Inc. in an all-stock transaction.

8 Jul 2013

First Edition: July 8, 2013

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including news about a new ad campaign against the health law, more reaction to the administration's delay of the employer mandate provision and states efforts to restrict abortions.

8 Jul 2013

HeadSense closes financing for non-invasive intracranial pressure monitor

HeadSense, an early stage company developing a non-invasive neurological monitor focused initially on an intracranial pressure application, today announced it closed financing led by Pontifax, a leading Israeli VC; GE Ventures of Menlo Park, California, USA; Everett Partners, an investment group based out of Akron, Ohio, USA; and JuMaJo, an investment group from Hamburg, Germany.

8 Jul 2013

Bayer starts enrollment in BAY94-9027 Phase II/III trial for hemophilia A in children

Bayer HealthCare today announced the company has started to enroll patients in an international Phase II/III trial to evaluate its investigational compound BAY94-9027 for the treatment of hemophilia A in children.

8 Jul 2013

BCSI, ORIGIO partner to advance pH monitoring solutions for IVF

Blood Cell Storage, Inc., a leading medical device provider based in Seattle, WA and ORIGIO a/s, a leader in delivering innovative Assisted Reproductive Technology solutions headquartered in Malov Denmark, announced a partnership today during the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.

8 Jul 2013

Study: African Americans with CLL have shorter survival times than Caucasians

A new analysis has found that among patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, African Americans more commonly present with advanced disease, and they tend to have shorter survival times than Caucasians despite receiving the same care.

8 Jul 2013

Dr. Steven Goldberg wins Patients' Choice Award for fifth year

Only a small percentage of the nation's physicians are ever honored with a Patients' Choice Award. But Naples Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Steven Goldberg belongs to an even more selective group of doctors who are being honored this year as five-time Patients' Choice honorees, marking the award's fifth anniversary.

6 Jul 2013

Alzheimer's Association upset with CMS draft decision on brain amyloid imaging

The Alzheimer's Association is disappointed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services draft coverage decision on brain amyloid imaging, particularly given the clear, scientific consensus recommendations provided to CMS by the Association and the Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging regarding appropriate, limited coverage, only in specific populations.

6 Jul 2013

Research develop new methods, technologies for reducing deliberate drinking water contamination

An international project has developed a response programme for rapidly restoring the use of drinking water networks following a deliberate contamination event.

6 Jul 2013

St. Michael Hospital receives $4.7M grant to conduct policy-driven prescription drug research

An Ontario-wide research network based at St. Michael's Hospital has received a three-year, $4.7 million grant from the province of Ontario to conduct policy-driven prescription drug research.

6 Jul 2013

Data shows individualized regimens can help optimize prophylaxis treatment in hemophilia patients

Baxter International Inc. today announced data featuring ADVATE [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant), Plasma/Albumin-Free Method], a leading recombinant treatment available worldwide, during the 24th Annual Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

From Baxter International Inc. 5 Jul 2013

Consanguineous marriages and older mothers increase risk of birth anomalies in children

Marriage between first cousins can more than double the risk of giving birth to a baby with a congenital anomaly (eg, heart and lung defects, Down syndrome), although the absolute risk is low, according to a multiethnic study of more than 11300 babies from the city of Bradford in the UK, published in The Lancet.

5 Jul 2013

Weekend reading: Taking stock of your body; A designer seeks to improve health care; A researcher's quest to lower suicide rates

Today, I've been on the phone four times, for an average of 24 minutes a call. My last phone call was 22 minutes 23 seconds long, according to the digital time device on my landline. It took me exactly 45 minutes and 10 seconds on the train to reach Brooklyn the other night: I counted the seconds off on my smart phone. My average mile when I ran 5K yesterday was 8 minutes and 45 seconds that showed up on the pedometer. (Nothing to boast about, I know.) ... I am able to hold my plank at the gym for 54 seconds rather than the minute I always thought I could, which I know thanks to my phone's stopwatch. My optimal sleep time is seven hours and 20 minutes and I wake up twice a night: I discovered that from a wristband that measures sleep duration and intensity.

4 Jul 2013

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

As population gets older, the number of ED visits would also increase

Study shows patients’ awareness of own bone health can help prevent future fracture

Hospital discharge data provides a population-level picture of patient safety events in Pennsylvania

Multimodal neuroimaging approach helps study structural and functional abnormalities in brain

USMD Holdings extends patient-centric medical care to Alaska

Life Care Medical Devices inks exclusive distribution agreement with M.E.D. Surgical

Soligenix announces personalized medicine collaboration with SciClone

Capricor to become wholly-owned subsidiary of Nile Therapeutics

First Edition: July 8, 2013

HeadSense closes financing for non-invasive intracranial pressure monitor

Bayer starts enrollment in BAY94-9027 Phase II/III trial for hemophilia A in children

BCSI, ORIGIO partner to advance pH monitoring solutions for IVF

Study: African Americans with CLL have shorter survival times than Caucasians

Dr. Steven Goldberg wins Patients' Choice Award for fifth year

Alzheimer's Association upset with CMS draft decision on brain amyloid imaging

Research develop new methods, technologies for reducing deliberate drinking water contamination

St. Michael Hospital receives $4.7M grant to conduct policy-driven prescription drug research

Data shows individualized regimens can help optimize prophylaxis treatment in hemophilia patients

Consanguineous marriages and older mothers increase risk of birth anomalies in children

Weekend reading: Taking stock of your body; A designer seeks to improve health care; A researcher's quest to lower suicide rates

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