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Bayer to present new research findings on Xofigo (radium Ra 223 dichloride) injection at ASCO GU 2016

Bayer announced today that new research findings on Xofigo (radium Ra 223 dichloride) injection will be presented at the 2016 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO GU) taking place January 7 – 9 in San Francisco.

4 Jan 2016

Non-medical workers can identify patients at risk for hospitalization

Nearly 20% of hospitalizations by Medicare beneficiaries are followed by readmission within 30 days, costing billions of dollars in healthcare costs. Existing approaches to identify patients at risk for hospitalization are limited to episodic claims data. These claims-based approaches often fail to detect avoidable and costly admissions in the blind spot between doctor visits.

4 Jan 2016

KNFB Reader named winner of Best Assistive iOS App of the year

The National Federation of the Blind is pleased to announce that KNFB Reader has been chosen by the AppleVis community as the winner of the Best Assistive iOS App of the year for the second year in a row.

4 Jan 2016

Glendora Community Hospital becomes a non-profit facility

Prime Healthcare Services today announced that it has donated Glendora Community Hospital, a 128-bed bed acute care hospital located in Glendora, California, to the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity. The hospital was donated free of any existing debt.

4 Jan 2016

Wounded Warrior Project to move into new Los Angeles office

Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) will move into a new office in Los Angeles today to start 2016, providing the nonprofit veteran's service organization with its most prominent presence in the greater Los Angeles area.

4 Jan 2016

Crowdsourcing: the answer for rare disease diagnosis?

Medical crowdsourcing is like the ultimate consult service. A question arises, it is asked on the forum, and you can get answers from multiple specialties within minutes. It is harnessing the brightest minds in one place and using that power to do what we enjoy doing most – helping people.

4 Jan 2016

True Wearables launches world's first wireless, fully disposable, single-use pulse oximeter

True Wearables, Inc., a medical device start-up based in Orange County, CA, announced today Oxxiom, the world's first wireless, continuous, fully disposable, single-use pulse oximeter. Oxxiom measures arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse rate (PR), and perfusion index (PI).

4 Jan 2016

CFDA issues new drug certificate and production license for Sinovac's EV71 vaccine

Sinovac Biotech Ltd., a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced that the China Food and Drug Administration issued the new drug certificate and production license for its Enterovirus 71 ("EV71") vaccine.

4 Jan 2016

Tele-ICU systems provide nurses opportunity to improve patient care

Telemedicine is changing the way patient care is provided in a growing number of intensive care units (ICUs) across the country, and tele-ICU nurses - who see its impact firsthand - say it provides an opportunity to improve care, according to results of a national survey published in the American Journal of Critical Care.

4 Jan 2016

Fraunhofer scientists use antibodies to detect cancer cells in tissue samples

Antibodies combat viruses and bacteria. They also attach themselves to cancer cells - in a typical, characteristic way. Fraunhofer scientists are using this property to detect cancer cells in tissue samples. Such rapid tests can already be applied by surgeons during operations - within a few minutes and without expensive equipment.

4 Jan 2016

Diet-to-Go launches new meal plan for individuals with Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes

Diet-to-Go on January 4th announced it has launched a meal plan specifically created for people who have Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes. The plan's calorie-controlled meals will also help people lose and manage their weight.

4 Jan 2016

Ideal Billing Solutions educates clients on ICD-10

Ideal Billing Solutions is a medical billing services company in West Palm Beach Florida. Since October 1, 2015, the company has gotten phone calls from physicians and healthcare providers asking questions about ICD-10.

4 Jan 2016

Enli Health Intelligence's CareManager recognized as highest rated solution by KLAS Research

Enli Health Intelligence, a market leader in population health management technology, announced today that CareManager, its enterprise-class care coordination platform, has been recognized as the highest rated solution by KLAS Research.

4 Jan 2016

Numerous experts to attend Global Conference for Collaboration and Development on Regenerative Life Science in Beijing

In order to fulfill the mission of protecting life and health, and to inherit the advanced scientific technologies created by Dr. Rongxiang Xu in his lifetime and his spirit of healing the wounded and rescuing the dying, the Global Conference for Collaboration and Development on Regenerative Life Science cosponsored by The Chinese Red Cross Foundation and Beijing MEBO Institute for Burns, Wounds and Ulcers will be held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jan. 6, 2016.

4 Jan 2016

Cleanliness validation for medical devices webinar hosted by Lucideon

Lucideon, the international materials technology company, is hosting a webinar entitled “Validation and Quality Assurance of Medical Device Cleaning Processes” at 3pm (UK time) on Thursday 28th January 2016.

From Lucideon 4 Jan 2016

Boston College researchers develop new type of 'cross coupling' chemical reaction

By employing a third reactant, researchers at Boston College have developed a new type of 'cross coupling' chemical reaction, building on a Nobel Prize-winning technique that is one of the most sophisticated tools available to research chemists, the team reports in the journal Science.

4 Jan 2016

Araim Pharmaceuticals forms new strategic collaboration with Vault Bioventures to market novel peptides

Araim Pharmaceuticals has formed a long-term strategic partnership with Vault Bioventures to facilitate the advancement to market of its novel peptide library which targets devastating injuries and chronic diseases underserved by current therapies.

4 Jan 2016

UT Southwestern scientists use new gene-editing technique to prevent progression of DMD in young mice

Using a new gene-editing technique, a team of scientists from UT Southwestern Medical Center stopped progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in young mice.

4 Jan 2016

New book reveals that self-criticism can be mentally and physically harmful

A new book by Prof. Golan Shahar of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev reveals that self-criticism can be both mentally and physically harmful, leading to mental disorder, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, and even suicide.

4 Jan 2016

World's largest database for cancer drug discovery revolutionised by 3D techniques

THE world's largest database for cancer drug discovery has been revolutionised by adding 3D structures of faulty proteins and maps of cancer's communication networks, according to Cancer Research UK-funded research published in Nucleic Acid Research today (Monday).

4 Jan 2016

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Bayer to present new research findings on Xofigo (radium Ra 223 dichloride) injection at ASCO GU 2016

Non-medical workers can identify patients at risk for hospitalization

KNFB Reader named winner of Best Assistive iOS App of the year

Glendora Community Hospital becomes a non-profit facility

Wounded Warrior Project to move into new Los Angeles office

Crowdsourcing: the answer for rare disease diagnosis?

True Wearables launches world's first wireless, fully disposable, single-use pulse oximeter

CFDA issues new drug certificate and production license for Sinovac's EV71 vaccine

Tele-ICU systems provide nurses opportunity to improve patient care

Fraunhofer scientists use antibodies to detect cancer cells in tissue samples

Diet-to-Go launches new meal plan for individuals with Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes

Ideal Billing Solutions educates clients on ICD-10

Enli Health Intelligence's CareManager recognized as highest rated solution by KLAS Research

Numerous experts to attend Global Conference for Collaboration and Development on Regenerative Life Science in Beijing

Cleanliness validation for medical devices webinar hosted by Lucideon

Boston College researchers develop new type of 'cross coupling' chemical reaction

Araim Pharmaceuticals forms new strategic collaboration with Vault Bioventures to market novel peptides

UT Southwestern scientists use new gene-editing technique to prevent progression of DMD in young mice

New book reveals that self-criticism can be mentally and physically harmful

World's largest database for cancer drug discovery revolutionised by 3D techniques

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