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WebMD Health reports record revenue, earnings for fourth quarter and full year 2015

WebMD Health Corp., the leading source of health information, today announced fourth quarter and full year financial results for 2015.

24 Feb 2016

Study: Migraine, tension-type headaches may share genetic links with IBS

Migraine and tension-type headaches may share genetic links with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), according to a preliminary study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 68th Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada, April 15 to 21, 2016.

24 Feb 2016

ViiV Healthcare presents positive results from LATTE-2 study at CROI

ViiV Healthcare, the global specialist HIV company majority owned by GSK, with Pfizer Inc. and Shionogi Limited as shareholders, today presented positive results from the LATTE-2 study at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston. Headline results were announced in November 2015.

24 Feb 2016

Maryland Proton Treatment Center completes first patient treatment with Varian ProBeam system

Varian Medical Systems, today announced the Maryland Proton Treatment Center successfully completed its first patient treatment with the Varian ProBeam system. The MPTC at the University of Maryland BioPark in West Baltimore houses five treatment rooms and is the first in the Eastern US to offer image-guided intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) with a ProBeam system.

24 Feb 2016

New BayCare Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery office opens at St. Anthony's Hospital

To improve access to high-quality, advanced cardiac surgery services in St. Petersburg and south Pinellas County, BayCare Health System has opened a BayCare Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery office at St. Anthony's Hospital.

24 Feb 2016

New TAU study suggests potential therapeutic pathway to keep osteosarcoma lesions dormant

Osteosarcoma is a cancer that develops in the bones of children and adolescents. It is one of the most aggressive cancers, with only a 15 per cent, five-year survival rate when diagnosed in an advanced metastatic stage. There are approximately 800 new cases diagnosed each year in the US, and no viable treatments.

23 Feb 2016

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can affect multiple generations

When a mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy, even a small dose, she can increase the chances that the next three generations may develop alcoholism, according to a new study from Binghamton University.

23 Feb 2016

First patient dosed in Novan's Phase 3 program to evaluate efficacy of SB204 Gel in treatment of acne

Novan, Inc. today announced that the first patient has been dosed in its Phase 3 program to evaluate the efficacy and safety of its topical nitric oxide product candidate SB204 Gel in the treatment of acne vulgaris ("acne"). The Company is running two identically designed Phase 3 pivotal trials in parallel and expects to report top-line results in the first half of 2017.

23 Feb 2016

Texas Children's Hospital, Houston Methodist Hospital jointly release country's first rapid test for Zika virus

Collaboration between two Texas Medical Center institutions has resulted in today's release of the country's first hospital-based rapid tests for the Zika virus.

23 Feb 2016

Boston Scientific gets FDA approval for ACUITY X4 Quadripolar Left Ventricular leads

Boston Scientific has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for the ACUITY X4 Quadripolar Left Ventricular (LV) leads. The FDA approval of the quadripolar leads, the wires that connect cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices to the heart, marks the first time the company will offer a full X4 CRT system – both the device and the leads – to the U.S. market.

23 Feb 2016

Diversigen, Baylor Miraca to provide customers access to targeted genomics and metabolomics services

Diversigen, Inc., the leading provider of comprehensive microbiome analysis services, today announced a strategic partnership with Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories, a global leader in genetic testing, to provide their customers access to a broad range of targeted genomics and metabolomics services.

23 Feb 2016

Longer, more intense period of rehabilitation may boost recovery after stroke or traumatic injury

Cognitive and functional recovery after a stroke or traumatic injury requires intense rehabilitative therapy to help the brain repair and restructure itself. New findings by researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that not only is rehabilitation vital - in an animal model, rats with cortical injury that did not receive intensive rehab did not rebuild brain structure or recover function - but that a longer, even more intense period of rehabilitation may produce even greater benefit.

23 Feb 2016

UCLA researchers pioneer more effective approach to improve cancer treatment

Despite a growing interest in developing non-invasive methods to identify rare cancer cells or cancer cell DNA in blood, current techniques remain complicated and often prohibitively expensive. Now, UCLA researchers have pioneered a more effective approach to these "liquid biopsies" that has the potential to offer a streamlined and low-cost solution for people with the disease.

23 Feb 2016

Adapted yoga feasible, beneficial for adults with stroke or traumatic brain injury

A research team, led by an IU School of Health and Rehabilitation faculty member at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, has determined that adapted yoga is both feasible and beneficial for adults with stroke or traumatic brain injury.

23 Feb 2016

ARV drug atazanavir may have significant effects on infant development

The antiretroviral (ARV) drug atazanavir—sometimes included in treatments to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission during pregnancy—may have small but significant effects on infant development, reports a study in the journal AIDS, official journal of the International AIDS Society.

23 Feb 2016

New, non-medication treatments for children with ADHD

Teachers have long struggled to get children to sit still at their desks. But for children with ADHD, those orders might be counterproductive.

23 Feb 2016

Dapivirine ring can help prevent HIV-1 infection in women

In an important scientific achievement for women's health, two large Phase III clinical trials -- The Ring Study and ASPIRE -- have shown that a monthly vaginal ring containing the antiretroviral drug (ARV) dapivirine can safely help prevent HIV-1 infection in women.

23 Feb 2016

Damage to language network structural hubs can affect severity of aphasia following stroke

When brain regions that control speech and reading comprehension are destroyed due to blockage of blood flow, patients are often unable to speak or comprehend spoken or written language. These difficulties with language, or "aphasia," are a common symptom in the aftermath of stroke. However, in a new study published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, researchers report that damage to the underlying connections among different areas of the brain can also affect the severity of aphasia.

23 Feb 2016

Researchers develop designer recombinase that can remove provirus from HIV-1 isolates

Researchers at the Medical Faculty of the Technische Universität Dresden and the Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology succeeded in developing a designer recombinase (Brec1) that is capable of specifically removing the provirus from infected cells of most primary HIV-1 isolates.

23 Feb 2016

Poll: 59% of parents rate flu vaccine less favorably than other childhood vaccines

Parents who do not get their children flu shots rate the flu vaccine less favorably than other childhood vaccines, a national poll finds.

23 Feb 2016

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WebMD Health reports record revenue, earnings for fourth quarter and full year 2015

Study: Migraine, tension-type headaches may share genetic links with IBS

ViiV Healthcare presents positive results from LATTE-2 study at CROI

Maryland Proton Treatment Center completes first patient treatment with Varian ProBeam system

New BayCare Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery office opens at St. Anthony's Hospital

New TAU study suggests potential therapeutic pathway to keep osteosarcoma lesions dormant

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can affect multiple generations

First patient dosed in Novan's Phase 3 program to evaluate efficacy of SB204 Gel in treatment of acne

Texas Children's Hospital, Houston Methodist Hospital jointly release country's first rapid test for Zika virus

Boston Scientific gets FDA approval for ACUITY X4 Quadripolar Left Ventricular leads

Diversigen, Baylor Miraca to provide customers access to targeted genomics and metabolomics services

Longer, more intense period of rehabilitation may boost recovery after stroke or traumatic injury

UCLA researchers pioneer more effective approach to improve cancer treatment

Adapted yoga feasible, beneficial for adults with stroke or traumatic brain injury

ARV drug atazanavir may have significant effects on infant development

New, non-medication treatments for children with ADHD

Dapivirine ring can help prevent HIV-1 infection in women

Damage to language network structural hubs can affect severity of aphasia following stroke

Researchers develop designer recombinase that can remove provirus from HIV-1 isolates

Poll: 59% of parents rate flu vaccine less favorably than other childhood vaccines

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