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Truven Health Analytics names UCSD Medical Center in 100 Top Hospitals list

University of California, San Diego Medical Center has been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals for the second time by Truven Health Analytics, formerly the health care business of Thomson Reuters.

27 Feb 2013

Abell Foundation to award $50,000 to 3 Johns Hopkins researchers for medical inventions

Johns Hopkins' John Wong, Ph.D., has won a BioMaryland LIFE Award, and Ronald Berger, M.D., Ph.D., and Hien Nguyen, M.D., were awarded funds from the Abell Foundation, the researchers learned last week. Each of the winners will receive $50,000 to help develop their discoveries for clinical use.

27 Feb 2013

Heart-healthy habits at young age can help prevent future cardiovascular disease

Adults are not the only ones who should focus on good heart health. One University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) primary care physician said starting heart-healthy habits at a young age can help build a future free from cardiovascular disease.

27 Feb 2013

Bridging the Divides model can help patients with chronic heart disease

Christiana Care Health System has partnered with ColdLight and Medecision to provide more coordinated personalized care to patients with chronic heart disease with breakthrough analytics technology.

27 Feb 2013

Omega-3 fish oils could help protect against skin cancer

Taking omega-3 fish oils could help to protect against skin cancer, according to researchers at The University of Manchester.

27 Feb 2013

XBiotech to enter biosimilar business

XBiotech, a privately held biotechnology company, announced today that it is entering the biosimilar business. The Company is launching its biosimilar business with development of two of the world's leading therapeutic antibodies, one an oncology and the other an anti-inflammatory product.

26 Feb 2013

Viewpoints: GOP faces pressure from spending cuts effects on daily life; President needs to lead on Medicare cuts

Cuts this draconian have no place in a tottering economy. But, realistically, the only way to break this standoff is for the cuts to exact their toll on daily life, causing Republicans to face pressure from the public to negotiate an alternative plan with higher revenues in March as part of talks to finance the government for the final six months of the fiscal year.

26 Feb 2013

Breakthrough study aims at developing first comprehensive model of fetal heart

Technology developed at The University of Nottingham has been used in a breakthrough study aimed at developing the first comprehensive model of a fully functioning fetal heart.

26 Feb 2013

Cognitive impairments in bipolar disorder 'stable'

Impaired cognitive function among bipolar disorder patients seems to be stable over time, suggesting it is an enduring feature of the condition, show the results of a longitudinal study.

26 Feb 2013

Depression links PTSD to life quality in bipolar disorder

The association between post-traumatic stress disorder and mental health-related quality of life among individuals with bipolar disorder may be mediated by depressive symptoms, the results of a US study indicate.

26 Feb 2013

Ill health more likely to be responsible for retirement in regional areas than in cities

Men and women of working age, living in regional areas are more likely to be fully retired because of ill health than their city counterparts, University of Sydney research shows.

26 Feb 2013

Pharmaceutical research centre led by the University of Limerick to receive investment from Science Foundation Ireland

A research centre led by the University of Limerick dedicated to supporting the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland will benefit from today’s announcement of €300 million investment by Science Foundation Ireland. The Irish pharmaceutical industry supports over 60,000 Irish jobs and exports over €50 billion annually.

26 Feb 2013

High-level results from AstraZeneca’s naloxegol Phase III trial on opioid-induced constipation

AstraZeneca today announced high-level results from KODIAC-08, an open-label, randomised, 52-week, long-term safety trial of naloxegol versus usual care (UC) in patients with non-cancer related pain and opioid-induced constipation (OIC). UC was defined as the investigator's choice of an existing laxative treatment regimen for OIC.

26 Feb 2013

Complementary medicine risks: an interview with Dr Andrew Boyden, NPS MedicineWise

Complementary medicines include products containing herbs, vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements, homoeopathic medicines, certain aromatherapy products and traditional Chinese medicines. For this reason they are also called herbal, natural or alternative medicines.

26 Feb 2013

With sequester day looming, partisan differences become more entrenched

Some news outlets take a hard look at the impact that health programs would feel if the scheduled cuts go forward.

26 Feb 2013

Nanyang Technological University receives Toh Kian Chui Foundation gift for LKCMedicine

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has received a gift of S$20 million from the Toh Kian Chui Foundation to the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine).

26 Feb 2013

Researchers create high resolution atlas of the heart with 3D images taken from 138 people

Researchers at Pompeu Fabra University (Spain) have created a high resolution atlas of the heart with 3D images taken from 138 people.

26 Feb 2013

Research roundup: Patients hesitant to focus on costs; Increase in primary care demand is uneven

One way to contain health care spending is to get patients involved in weighing costs of treatment options with their doctors. Researchers recruited 211 medically insured participants to assess their willingness to consider costs when choosing treatments. The authors found that participants generally "preferred better care, even when the relative benefit it offered was marginal, and even when told that the second-best choice still met the threshold of 'good enough' care from a clinician's perspective.

26 Feb 2013

Henry Ford Hospital scientists to research into hypertension and tissue and organ damage

A senior staff scientist and his team at Henry Ford Hospital have been awarded a five-year, $12.4 million grant by the National Institutes of Health for their research into the damaging effects of high blood pressure on various organs in the body.

26 Feb 2013

Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group physicians appear on the Best Doctors in America List

Eighty-five physicians affiliated with The Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group, the faculty practice of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, appear on the Best Doctors in America List for 2013.

26 Feb 2013

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Truven Health Analytics names UCSD Medical Center in 100 Top Hospitals list

Abell Foundation to award $50,000 to 3 Johns Hopkins researchers for medical inventions

Heart-healthy habits at young age can help prevent future cardiovascular disease

Bridging the Divides model can help patients with chronic heart disease

Omega-3 fish oils could help protect against skin cancer

XBiotech to enter biosimilar business

Viewpoints: GOP faces pressure from spending cuts effects on daily life; President needs to lead on Medicare cuts

Breakthrough study aims at developing first comprehensive model of fetal heart

Cognitive impairments in bipolar disorder 'stable'

Depression links PTSD to life quality in bipolar disorder

Ill health more likely to be responsible for retirement in regional areas than in cities

Pharmaceutical research centre led by the University of Limerick to receive investment from Science Foundation Ireland

High-level results from AstraZeneca’s naloxegol Phase III trial on opioid-induced constipation

Complementary medicine risks: an interview with Dr Andrew Boyden, NPS MedicineWise

With sequester day looming, partisan differences become more entrenched

Nanyang Technological University receives Toh Kian Chui Foundation gift for LKCMedicine

Researchers create high resolution atlas of the heart with 3D images taken from 138 people

Research roundup: Patients hesitant to focus on costs; Increase in primary care demand is uneven

Henry Ford Hospital scientists to research into hypertension and tissue and organ damage

Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group physicians appear on the Best Doctors in America List

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