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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

Analysis of Anglo Saxon teeth gives more reliable indicator of effects of diet and health

Evidence from the teeth of Anglo Saxon children could help identify modern children most at risk from conditions such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

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

Orthopedic surgeons at The Valley Hospital offer robotic-assisted joint replacements

Orthopedic surgeons at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ, are offering patients an innovative option for partial knee, total knee and hip replacements - Stryker's Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgical System. Among the benefits for patients: less pain and shorter recovery time.

7 Sep 2018

Research team identifies new therapeutic target for castration-resistant prostate cancer

A collaborative research team has linked the development of castration-resistant prostate cancer and resistance to treatment to a lack of androgen receptor expression in prostate cancer cells, identifying a new therapeutic target for one of the deadliest forms of cancer among men.

7 Sep 2018

Endocrine Society announces winners of prestigious 2019 Laureate Awards

The Endocrine Society today announced it has chosen 13 leading endocrinologists as winners of its prestigious 2019 Laureate Awards, the top honors in the field.

6 Sep 2018

Researchers use virtual reality goggles to study human anatomy

Tucked away in the back room of a Johns Hopkins research building, a computer hums quietly at a seemingly modest setup of a desktop and a pair of goggles.

6 Sep 2018

Ground-breaking therapeutic process can destroy bowel cancer cells

Researchers at Queen's University Belfast have discovered a ground-breaking therapeutic process that can target and kill bowel cancer cells, which may improve survival rates for bowel cancer patients globally.

6 Sep 2018

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ Health policy goes to court

A federal judge in Texas seemed sympathetic to the argument by GOP state officials that the Affordable Care Act soon will no longer be constitutional since Congress eliminated the penalty for not having insurance. The case was filed by 18 state attorneys general and two governors.

6 Sep 2018

Sexuality essentially silenced following stroke

Stroke survivors and their partners are not adequately supported to deal with changes to their relationships, self-identity, gender roles and intimacy following stroke, according to new research from the University of Sydney.

6 Sep 2018

Single dose of influenza drug can shorten duration of illness, study reveals

A single dose of a new influenza drug can significantly shorten the duration of the illness in teens and adults, according to a study published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.

6 Sep 2018

Short telomeres could be independent risk factor for age-related functional decline

Elderly people with short chromosome caps, or telomeres, are more likely to have difficulty performing daily activities such as carrying groceries, climbing stairs and walking, finds a new study of more than 1,200 people from five European countries.

6 Sep 2018

Researchers discover link between invisible dark matter particles and melanoma

In a paper to be published in the September 2018 issue of Biophysical Reviews and Letters, researchers have discovered that there is a correlation and possible cause and effect between otherwise invisible dark matter particles and melanoma, a type of skin cancer.

6 Sep 2018

New diagnostic tool for difficult-to-detect cancers

A new diagnostic tool is expected to result in better treatment of cancer that is difficult to diagnose. The tool was developed by cancer researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy and doctors at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden. Their study, which has been published in JCO Precision Oncology, started with a single cancer patient.

6 Sep 2018

Alzheimer’s risk gene may play role in neurological effects of air pollution in children

There is growing evidence that exposure to air pollution adversely affects cognitive and behavioural development in children.

6 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

Medical News

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

Analysis of Anglo Saxon teeth gives more reliable indicator of effects of diet and health

Study shows steep inequality in usage of low vision devices

Orthopedic surgeons at The Valley Hospital offer robotic-assisted joint replacements

Research team identifies new therapeutic target for castration-resistant prostate cancer

Endocrine Society announces winners of prestigious 2019 Laureate Awards

Researchers use virtual reality goggles to study human anatomy

Ground-breaking therapeutic process can destroy bowel cancer cells

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ Health policy goes to court

Sexuality essentially silenced following stroke

Single dose of influenza drug can shorten duration of illness, study reveals

Short telomeres could be independent risk factor for age-related functional decline

Researchers discover link between invisible dark matter particles and melanoma

New diagnostic tool for difficult-to-detect cancers

Alzheimer’s risk gene may play role in neurological effects of air pollution in children

Telehealth videoconferencing promotes antibiotic stewardship efforts in rural facilities

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

Free online Heart Age Test reveals likelihood of having a heart attack

Autism biomarker may aid early diagnoses

USC scientists develop new way to identify molecular markers of breast cancer tumors

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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