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Lehigh University to present telehealth symposium featuring federal initiatives and state policy

Lehigh University presents its 2018 Healthcare Systems Engineering Symposium on May 24, 2018 featuring federal initiatives, state policy and current implementations on telehealth.

9 May 2018

Giving identical subsidies can get gold-standard medications into the hands of consumers

Equal subsidies "surprisingly powerful," in promoting use of gold-standard medications, new study shows.

9 May 2018

Massachussetts public health department receives $100,000 grant to subsidize cost of tick testing

A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that warns of a recent surge of tick-borne disease incidence in the United States was no surprise to Massachusetts State Public Health Veterinarian Dr. Catherine Brown and microbiology professor Stephen Rich, director of the Laboratory of Medical Zoology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

9 May 2018

CareCloud adds new option for speech recognition technology that makes clinical documentation smarter

As medical practices seek ways to reduce time spent on low-value administrative tasks, CareCloud has added a new option for powerful speech recognition technology that reduces click-based tasks in EHRs and makes clinical documentation smarter and more personal.

9 May 2018

Scientists use X-ray laser to gain insights into structure of Alzheimer's proteins

A new experimental method permits the X-ray analysis of amyloids, a class of large, filamentous biomolecules which are an important hallmark of diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

9 May 2018

UTHealth expert takes part in groundbreaking project to empower adolescents in the fight against obesity

A child obesity expert from the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health in Austin was called upon to help lead a groundbreaking project to involve and empower adolescents in the fight against obesity in Europe.

9 May 2018

Newly developed technique allows researchers to study liver stage malaria

A newly developed technique allows researchers to more easily study malaria outside the human body during the earliest point of infection, the liver.

9 May 2018

STEM workshop highlights the need to impart advanced training and education on clean, sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing

DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals, global leader in sustainable antibiotics, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi organized a workshop today on 'Sustainability through Excellence in Manufacturing (STEM)' to impart advanced training and education to industry stakeholders on high quality, clean and sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing.

9 May 2018

Huntsman Cancer Institute opens Cancer Population Sciences and Huntsman Center for HOPE

Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) today announced the opening of the Cancer Population Sciences and Huntsman Center for Health Outcomes and Population Equity (HOPE), a new research and clinical space dedicated to preventing cancer and improving health among underserved populations and improving outcomes in cancer patients.

9 May 2018

Disruption of the body's circadian rhythm linked to increased risk of breast cancer

For years, doctors have associated the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations with an increased risk of breast cancer.

9 May 2018

Expert provides tips to help nurses cope with night shifts and fatigue

Finding creative ways to recruit and retain nurses at a Reno, Nevada, hospital led Barbara Hobbs, assistant dean of the SDSU College of Nursing Rapid City Site, to pursue research on the impact of shift work.

9 May 2018

Akili Interactive closes $55 million financing to advance digital medicine platform for treatment of cognitive dysfunction

Akili Interactive, a leading prescription digital medicine company developing novel treatments for cognitive dysfunction, today announced that it has successfully closed a $55 million Series C financing led by Temasek.

9 May 2018

Study determines delays and obstacles to getting treatment for substance use disorders

For patients with substance use disorders seen in the emergency department or doctor's office, locating and accessing appropriate treatment all too often poses difficult challenges.

9 May 2018

Tissue-engineered islets used to treat sudden-onset type 1 diabetes in mice

Researchers tissue-engineered human pancreatic islets in a laboratory that develop a circulatory system, secrete hormones like insulin and successfully treat sudden-onset type 1 diabetes in transplanted mice.

9 May 2018

When credit scores become casualties of health care

After a devastating horse-riding accident in January 2017 landed him in the hospital for about 30 days, requiring trauma care and hospital-based therapy, Jeff Woodard considered himself lucky.

9 May 2018

Research findings could lead to new therapies to curb ovarian cancer metastasis

In order to spread their destruction, ovarian cancer cells must break free from their tumor home, travel through the fluid in the peritoneal cavity and attach to the outside of the abdominal organs--surfaces that are, by necessity, not sticky.

9 May 2018

Hoping to see your doctor via telemedicine? Here’s a quick guide.

Tucked into the federal budget law Congress passed in February was a provision that significantly expands the use of telemedicine — long a hyped health care reform, and now poised to go mainstream within five to 10 years.

9 May 2018

Complex medical imaging systems to be installing led in new NHS high energy proton beam therapy center

One of the most complex medical imaging systems ever developed which uses proton beams to create 3D images of the internal anatomy of cancer patients will be installed in one of the UK's only two new NHS high energy proton beam therapy centers, helping to provide better treatment planning and monitoring for difficult to treat cancers.

9 May 2018

NeuroproteXeon completes distribution agreement with Linde AG

NeuroproteXeon announced today that they have completed a distribution agreement with Linde AG (Lin.de) for XENEX™ (xenon by inhalation) for Post Cardiac Arrest Syndrome ("PCAS") for the European Union plus United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland.

9 May 2018

Broadridge Financial Solutions acquires Ireland-based company, FundAssist

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., a global fintech leader, has completed the acquisition of FundAssist Limited, a regulatory, marketing and sales solutions service provider to the global investments industry.

9 May 2018

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Lehigh University to present telehealth symposium featuring federal initiatives and state policy

Giving identical subsidies can get gold-standard medications into the hands of consumers

Massachussetts public health department receives $100,000 grant to subsidize cost of tick testing

CareCloud adds new option for speech recognition technology that makes clinical documentation smarter

Scientists use X-ray laser to gain insights into structure of Alzheimer's proteins

UTHealth expert takes part in groundbreaking project to empower adolescents in the fight against obesity

Newly developed technique allows researchers to study liver stage malaria

STEM workshop highlights the need to impart advanced training and education on clean, sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing

Huntsman Cancer Institute opens Cancer Population Sciences and Huntsman Center for HOPE

Disruption of the body's circadian rhythm linked to increased risk of breast cancer

Expert provides tips to help nurses cope with night shifts and fatigue

Akili Interactive closes $55 million financing to advance digital medicine platform for treatment of cognitive dysfunction

Study determines delays and obstacles to getting treatment for substance use disorders

Tissue-engineered islets used to treat sudden-onset type 1 diabetes in mice

When credit scores become casualties of health care

Research findings could lead to new therapies to curb ovarian cancer metastasis

Hoping to see your doctor via telemedicine? Here’s a quick guide.

Complex medical imaging systems to be installing led in new NHS high energy proton beam therapy center

NeuroproteXeon completes distribution agreement with Linde AG

Broadridge Financial Solutions acquires Ireland-based company, FundAssist

The Critical Role of Sample Storage in Drug Discovery and Development

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

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