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Penn launches formal alliance with Vingroup to improve health care and education in Vietnam

Penn Medicine and Penn Nursing have launched a formal alliance with the Vingroup – an enterprise that encompasses a newly formed private not-for-profit university project, VinUni, as well as the largest and leading private health service provider in Vietnam, Vinmec – in an effort to improve health care and to create new undergraduate and graduate medical training programs in Vietnam.

7 Sep 2018

Northwestern Memorial Hospital selected as preferred provider of medical care for Emirati patients

Northwestern Memorial Hospital has been selected as a preferred provider of exceptional medical care for patients from the United Arab Emirates.

7 Sep 2018

College years are time of increased risk of stressful events, finds new study

For college-bound students and their families, the start of the school year can be a time of excitement and optimism, but a new study brings to light that the college years are also a time of increased risk of stressful events and a wide range of accompanying mental health challenges, including risk of suicide.

7 Sep 2018

Mayo Clinic collaborates with seven hospitals to establish not-for-profit generic drug company

Mayo Clinic joins a coalition of seven hospitals in launching Civica Rx, a not-for-profit generic drug company that will help patients by addressing shortages and high prices of lifesaving medications. The company, which is organized as a Delaware nonstock, not-for-profit corporation, will be headquartered in Utah.

7 Sep 2018

Study shows steep inequality in usage of low vision devices

Blacks and Hispanics who have trouble seeing are missing out on the low vision technology that can help them read, drive and keep up social connections.

7 Sep 2018

Telehealth videoconferencing promotes antibiotic stewardship efforts in rural facilities

A pilot project at two rural VA medical centers demonstrated that telehealth videoconferencing promoted antibiotic stewardship efforts by linking remote facilities to infectious diseases-trained professionals, according to a study published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

6 Sep 2018

Natural plant compound exploits newly identified Achilles' heel in uveal melanoma

A natural plant compound exploits a newly identified Achilles' heel in a cancer of the eye, uveal melanoma. In human cancer cells growing in the lab, the compound shuts down the overactive signaling that drives uveal melanoma cell growth, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

6 Sep 2018

Swiss Advanced Vision announces launch of Harmonis for cataract surgery

Swiss Advanced Vision has announced the launch of Harmonis, a customizable intraocular lens with advanced extended depth of focus optical technology for cataract surgery.

6 Sep 2018

Mycovia initiates two Phase 3 clinical trials to evaluate VT-1161 in patients with RVVC

Mycovia Pharmaceuticals, making its official debut as a company developing therapies in women's health and dermatology, today announced the initiation of two Phase 3 clinical trials called VIOLET to evaluate the safety and efficacy of its lead candidate, VT-1161, in patients with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis

6 Sep 2018

TransEnterix files FDA 510(k) submission for its new Senhance Ultrasonic Instrument System

TransEnterix, Inc., a medical device company that is digitizing the interface between surgeons and patients to improve minimally invasive surgery, today announced the Company filed a FDA 510(k) submission for its Senhance Ultrasonic Instrument System.

6 Sep 2018

Research finds why foods high in unsaturated fats protect against cardiovascular disease

Foods high in unsaturated fats may protect against cardiovascular disease, and new research published today in Nature Communications has uncovered why.

6 Sep 2018

Researchers discover natural plant compound that shuts down uveal melanoma cell growth

A natural plant compound exploits a newly identified Achilles' heel in a cancer of the eye, uveal melanoma.

6 Sep 2018

New evidence-based guidelines help to detect, manage pediatric mild traumatic brain injury

New evidence-based guidelines, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with input from the American College of Emergency Physicians and others put forward recommendations for a broad range of health care providers responsible for detection and management of pediatric mild traumatic brain injury, most of which are concussions.

6 Sep 2018

Avoidable sepsis infections send thousands of seniors to gruesome deaths

Shana Dorsey first caught sight of the purplish wound on her father's lower back as he lay in a suburban Chicago hospital bed a few weeks before his death.

6 Sep 2018

Primary care providers could play major role in promoting vision care for older adults

A new poll suggests that primary care providers could play an important role in promoting vision care for adults age 50 and older, especially for those most in need of eye exams, and those most sensitive to the cost.

5 Sep 2018

Study: Many patients want more information about their medicines

Many patients want more information on the medicines they're prescribed and greater say in the brands they use, the first major study of the burden of long-term medicine use has concluded.

5 Sep 2018

AI outperforms doctors at predicting risk of death in patients with heart disease

A model developed using artificial intelligence is better at predicting risk of death in patients with heart disease than models designed by medical experts, a new study from the Francis Crick Institute shows.

5 Sep 2018

Mass. ICU nurse staffing regulations not associated with improved patient outcomes

In 2014, Massachusetts lawmakers passed a law requiring a 1:1 or 2:1 patient-to-nurse staffing ratio in intensive care units in the state, as guided by a tool that accounts for patient acuity and anticipated care intensity.

5 Sep 2018

UVA physician helps develop new CDC treatment recommendations for children with concussions

A University of Virginia Health System emergency medicine physician helped develop new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention treatment recommendations for children with concussions, also known as mild traumatic brain injury.

5 Sep 2018

UIC to evaluate use of negative pressure wound therapy in obese and diabetic patients

Surgical site infections are a significant complication that can prevent proper wound healing, require expensive treatment and may even lead to death in severe cases. Patients with higher body mass indices and with diabetes have an increased risk of developing incision infections.

5 Sep 2018

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Penn launches formal alliance with Vingroup to improve health care and education in Vietnam

Northwestern Memorial Hospital selected as preferred provider of medical care for Emirati patients

College years are time of increased risk of stressful events, finds new study

Mayo Clinic collaborates with seven hospitals to establish not-for-profit generic drug company

Study shows steep inequality in usage of low vision devices

Telehealth videoconferencing promotes antibiotic stewardship efforts in rural facilities

Natural plant compound exploits newly identified Achilles' heel in uveal melanoma

Swiss Advanced Vision announces launch of Harmonis for cataract surgery

Mycovia initiates two Phase 3 clinical trials to evaluate VT-1161 in patients with RVVC

TransEnterix files FDA 510(k) submission for its new Senhance Ultrasonic Instrument System

Research finds why foods high in unsaturated fats protect against cardiovascular disease

Researchers discover natural plant compound that shuts down uveal melanoma cell growth

New evidence-based guidelines help to detect, manage pediatric mild traumatic brain injury

Avoidable sepsis infections send thousands of seniors to gruesome deaths

Primary care providers could play major role in promoting vision care for older adults

Study: Many patients want more information about their medicines

AI outperforms doctors at predicting risk of death in patients with heart disease

Mass. ICU nurse staffing regulations not associated with improved patient outcomes

UVA physician helps develop new CDC treatment recommendations for children with concussions

UIC to evaluate use of negative pressure wound therapy in obese and diabetic patients

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