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Mysterious polio-like illness baffles medical experts while frightening parents

A spike in the number of children with a rare neurological disease that causes polio-like symptoms has health officials across the country scrambling to understand the illness. Yet, more than four years after health officials first recorded the most recent uptick in cases, much about the national outbreak remains a mystery.

17 Oct 2018

Kaplan Nursing introduces interactive virtual simulation program for nursing schools

Kaplan Nursing, which partners with nursing schools nationwide to prepare thousands of aspiring nurses to pass the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN licensing exams and be ready for their career, has launched a new interactive virtual simulation program for nursing schools to help educate their students make clinical judgments.

17 Oct 2018

FDA grants Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for Immusoft’s Iduronicrin genleukocel-T

Immusoft Corporation, a Seattle-Wash.-based cell therapy company, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted it Rare Pediatric Disease Designation (RPDD) for Iduronicrin genleukocel-T, Immusoft's Sleeping Beauty transposon-engineered autologous plasmablasts for the expression and delivery of alpha-L-iduronidase (IDUA) to treat Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I).

17 Oct 2018

Reliable Respiratory announces acquisition of Attleboro Area Medical Equipment

Reliable Respiratory, one of New England's leading home respiratory and specialty medical equipment providers, today announced the acquisition of Attleboro Area Medical Equipment of Attleboro, Mass.

17 Oct 2018

Research shows people over 65 are not performing enough physical activity

A research led by the University of Jaén reveals that people over 65 are not performing enough physical activity. Experts emphasize the importance of preserving physical performance to prevent the negative consequences of aging.

17 Oct 2018

Women not warned about cancer associated with breast implants

Breast surgeons across the UK must ensure women are aware of BIA-ALCL, a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (a rare form of cancer) that is associated with implants; and more responsibility must be taken to diagnose and report cases, surgeons attending the 2018 London Breast Meeting have warned.

17 Oct 2018

Metrohm offers robust handheld Raman analyzer for Defense and Security

Metrohm is excited to offer Mira DS, a robust handheld Raman analyzer for Defense and Security.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 17 Oct 2018

ANTRUK’s Annual Lecture sends out message on shortage of funds for antibiotic research

A national charity will use the 90th anniversary of the discovery of penicillin to call for a massive injection of funds into antibiotic research - or risk returning humanity to an age where people died from something as simple as a scratch.

17 Oct 2018

Chronic sleep disruption in early adult life accelerates AD-related tau pathology

Lack of sleep during adolescence and early adulthood accelerates Alzheimer’s disease-related tau pathology, finds a study of male and female mice published in JNeurosci.

17 Oct 2018

Study provides insight into how the brain rapidly identifies sweet and bitter flavors

Sweet and bitter flavors are identified as soon as they are tasted, according to human neural and behavioral data published in eNeuro. The study provides new insight into how the brain rapidly detects and discriminates between potentially nutritious and toxic substances.

17 Oct 2018

Analyzing mouse’s potential as animal model of decision-making

Mice can be used to study the neural circuits underlying complex decision-making, suggests an analysis of more than 500,000 mouse decisions reported in JNeurosci.

From Society for Neuroscience 17 Oct 2018

Metrohm’s new ID Kit enables fast, easy, and accurate detection of heroin and other opioids

Heroin and other opioids pose a threat to communities all over the world.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 17 Oct 2018

Metrohm Raman introduces Mira P handheld Raman system

Metrohm Raman is pleased to present the Mira P handheld Raman system.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 17 Oct 2018

Metrohm software products make it easy to comply with ALOCA and ALCOA+ guidelines

Data integrity requires data to be complete, consistent, and accurate throughout their complete lifecycle, providing full transparency and traceability.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 17 Oct 2018

Researchers propose skin hardness as physiological sign to estimate human thermal status

Under the same temperature and humidity, human thermal status may vary due to individual body constitution and climatic environment.

17 Oct 2018

Novel method uses just a drop of blood to monitor effect of lung cancer therapy

Dr Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering the immune T-cell protein PD-1. This discovery led to a set of anti-cancer medications called checkpoint inhibitors, one of the first of which was nivolumab (Opdivo).

17 Oct 2018

Study: Nurses making conscientious objections to ethically-relevant policies lack support

One-on-one interviews with eight nurses in Ontario revealed that nurses making conscientious objections to ethically-relevant policies lack concrete supports and need protection in healthcare practice settings.

17 Oct 2018

Elective induction of labor at 39 weeks may be beneficial option for women and their babies

As the prevalence of maternal and fetal complications increases with advancing pregnancy beyond 39 weeks, induction of labor at 39 weeks has been proposed as a means to ensure optimal maternal and newborn health.

17 Oct 2018

Preoperative weight loss may not provide health benefits after surgery

For obese and overweight patients, it is common for various surgical procedures to be deferred until they have lost weight through diet and exercise.

17 Oct 2018

Study reveals link between childhood abuse and higher arthritis risk in adulthood

In a survey-based study of 21,889 adults in Canada, severe and/or frequent physical abuse during childhood and frequent childhood exposure to intimate partner violence were linked with higher risks or arthritis during adulthood arthritis, even after controlling for a range of factors. The findings are published in Arthritis Care & Research.

17 Oct 2018

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Mysterious polio-like illness baffles medical experts while frightening parents

Kaplan Nursing introduces interactive virtual simulation program for nursing schools

FDA grants Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for Immusoft’s Iduronicrin genleukocel-T

Reliable Respiratory announces acquisition of Attleboro Area Medical Equipment

Research shows people over 65 are not performing enough physical activity

Women not warned about cancer associated with breast implants

Metrohm offers robust handheld Raman analyzer for Defense and Security

ANTRUK’s Annual Lecture sends out message on shortage of funds for antibiotic research

Chronic sleep disruption in early adult life accelerates AD-related tau pathology

Study provides insight into how the brain rapidly identifies sweet and bitter flavors

Analyzing mouse’s potential as animal model of decision-making

Metrohm’s new ID Kit enables fast, easy, and accurate detection of heroin and other opioids

Metrohm Raman introduces Mira P handheld Raman system

Metrohm software products make it easy to comply with ALOCA and ALCOA+ guidelines

Researchers propose skin hardness as physiological sign to estimate human thermal status

Novel method uses just a drop of blood to monitor effect of lung cancer therapy

Study: Nurses making conscientious objections to ethically-relevant policies lack support

Elective induction of labor at 39 weeks may be beneficial option for women and their babies

Preoperative weight loss may not provide health benefits after surgery

Study reveals link between childhood abuse and higher arthritis risk in adulthood

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