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Certain personality traits directly influence people's responses to failures in digital technology

Do you get frustrated and angry when your WiFi connection stops working? It could be because of your personality.

2 Nov 2018

Wellspring celebrates grand opening of its compounding pharmacy division

Wellspring celebrated its compounding pharmacy division's grand opening with a ribbon cutting attended by over 60 guests, including Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín, on Tuesday, October 30th at its new location.

2 Nov 2018

Geriatrics explore what ‘healthy aging’ really means

"Healthy aging" sounds like a priority we all can share, but for geriatrics healthcare professionals--the doctors, nurses, pharmacists, physicians assistants, social workers, and many others dedicated to the care we need as we age--that term represents something specific, and something worth defining.

2 Nov 2018

Inogen to participate in the 2018 Stifel Healthcare Conference in New York City

Inogen, Inc., a medical technology company offering innovative respiratory products for use in the homecare setting, today announced that the Company's management will be participating in the 2018 Stifel Healthcare Conference in New York City.

2 Nov 2018

Study: Individuals with serious psychological distress less likely to quit smoking

Even as more and more American quit smoking cigarettes, individuals with serious psychological distress (SPD) are much less likely to extinguish their habit.

2 Nov 2018

Rubella eliminated from Australia confirms WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that Australia has managed to eliminate the viral infection rubella from its population. This is a significant achievement on part of the country’s healthcare system. WHO defines elimination of a disease as “reduction to zero of the incidence of infection caused by a specific agent in a defined geographical area”.

2 Nov 2018

Premature births on the rise in the US says March of Dimes report

The annual report on preterm births from March of Dimes was released and the results show that there has been a consistent rise in rates of preterm births for three consecutive years.

2 Nov 2018

Experts call for more targeted early interventions to tackle cancer

Policymakers around the world should consider introducing more targeted early interventions in a bid to tackle cancer, according to experts at the University of Stirling.

1 Nov 2018

Exposure to violence early in life associated with faster biological aging

A study in Biological Psychiatry has shown that exposure to violence early in life—such as physical, emotional, or sexual abuse—is associated with faster biological aging, including pubertal development and a cellular metric of biological aging called epigenetic age.

1 Nov 2018

Medsphere endorses SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare information technology solutions and services, today endorsed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act signed into law by President Trump on October 24.

1 Nov 2018

4TECH successfully completes first two implantations of TriCinch Coil tricuspid valve repair system

4TECH Inc., a leader in the field of transcatheter tricuspid valve repair, initiated its U.S. Early Feasibility Study, following receipt of approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, with the successful first two implantations of the TriCinch Coil System at Piedmont Heart Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, by Dr. Christopher Meduri, Dr. Vivek Rajagopal and Dr. Mani Vannan.

1 Nov 2018

Canadian medics adopt pioneering learning technology to ensure safer prescribing techniques

BPS Assessment is providing vital support to physicians in Canada, with the introduction of its pioneering learning technology aimed at ensuring safer prescribing techniques.

1 Nov 2018

Policymakers should introduce more targeted early interventions to tackle cancer

Policymakers around the world should consider introducing more targeted early interventions in a bid to tackle cancer, according to experts at the University of Stirling.

1 Nov 2018

Phase III CLL14 study evaluating Venclexta plus Gazyva to treat CLL meets its primary endpoint

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group , announced today that the randomized Phase III CLL14 study, which evaluated fixed-duration Venclexta® in combination with Gazyva® in people with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia and co-existing medical conditions, met its primary endpoint and showed a statistically significant reduction in the risk of disease worsening or death compared to standard-of-care Gazyva plus chlorambucil.

1 Nov 2018

Childlessness influences Chinese adults' end-of-life care preferences

Chinese adults who have children prefer to receive end-of-life care from family members at home, while those who lost their only child prefer to be cared for in hospice or palliative care institutions, finds a new study led by an international team of researchers and published in the November issue of The Journal of Palliative Medicine.

1 Nov 2018

New federal grant will allow Brown to expand opioid treatment in state correctional system

In 2016, the Rhode Island Department of Corrections became the first state correctional system in the U.S. to screen all incarcerated individuals for opioid use disorder and provide medications for addiction treatment for those who need it.

1 Nov 2018

Suicide risk higher among veterans released from prison

Veterans released from prison are five times as likely to attempt suicide as their peers who have never been incarcerated, report UConn Health researchers in an article slated for publication in the November 2018 print edition of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

31 Oct 2018

Goethe University plays important role in rare disease research

Patients with rare diseases often go through a long history of suffering before finally receiving an accurate diagnosis.

31 Oct 2018

Study finds link between early life antibiotic exposure and weight gain in children

A pioneering study conducted within a nationwide network, the National Patient Centered Clinical Research Network, finds that antibiotic use at <24 months of age was associated with slightly higher body weight at 5 years of age.

31 Oct 2018

Insilico to present its research in AI for drug discovery at BioCentury China HealthCare Summit

Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the next generation artificial intelligence, will present its research in AI for drug discovery at BioCentury China HealthCare Summit in Shanghai, 13-14 of November.

31 Oct 2018

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Certain personality traits directly influence people's responses to failures in digital technology

Wellspring celebrates grand opening of its compounding pharmacy division

Geriatrics explore what ‘healthy aging’ really means

Inogen to participate in the 2018 Stifel Healthcare Conference in New York City

Study: Individuals with serious psychological distress less likely to quit smoking

Rubella eliminated from Australia confirms WHO

Premature births on the rise in the US says March of Dimes report

Experts call for more targeted early interventions to tackle cancer

Exposure to violence early in life associated with faster biological aging

Medsphere endorses SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

4TECH successfully completes first two implantations of TriCinch Coil tricuspid valve repair system

Canadian medics adopt pioneering learning technology to ensure safer prescribing techniques

Policymakers should introduce more targeted early interventions to tackle cancer

Phase III CLL14 study evaluating Venclexta plus Gazyva to treat CLL meets its primary endpoint

Childlessness influences Chinese adults' end-of-life care preferences

New federal grant will allow Brown to expand opioid treatment in state correctional system

Suicide risk higher among veterans released from prison

Goethe University plays important role in rare disease research

Study finds link between early life antibiotic exposure and weight gain in children

Insilico to present its research in AI for drug discovery at BioCentury China HealthCare Summit

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