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Black Book announces vendors with highest scores in client experience among primary care generalists

Black Book Rankings, well known internationally for accurate, impartial customer satisfaction surveys in the multiple services and software industries, conducted a sweeping six-month user poll to determine the highest ranked Electronic Health and Medical Record software systems for 2015.

1 Sep 2015

New report highlights need for accurate diagnosis and management of bipolar I disorder

A new report launched today, ‘Paying the ultimate price’, highlights the urgent need for accurate diagnosis and management of bipolar I disorder in order to address a significant burden on society, patients and carers.

1 Sep 2015

Jersey Shore to break ground on HOPE Tower to provide new healing outpatient experience for the community

Jersey Shore University Medical Center, part of the Meridian Health family, is preparing to break ground this fall on the HOPE Tower Project - a $265 million dollar building development on the hospital's east campus that will provide a new healing outpatient experience for the community. HOPE Tower's expected date of completion is early 2018.

1 Sep 2015

Multiple HIV-1 variants at the beginning of infection impact viral load setpoints

HIV-1 infection with multiple founder variants points to poorer clinical outcomes than infection with a single variant, according to a paper published today in the journal Nature Medicine.

1 Sep 2015

CUMC vision researchers discover gene that causes myopia

Vision researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have discovered a gene that causes myopia, but only in people who spend a lot of time in childhood reading or doing other "nearwork."

1 Sep 2015

Gene linked to sudden cardiac death in general population identified using ICD monitoring

A gene associated with sudden cardiac death in the general population has been identified using implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) monitoring in research presented for the first time at ESC Congress today.

1 Sep 2015

Prime Healthcare Services named 5th Largest For-Profit Hospital System in the U.S.

Prime Healthcare Services has recently been named the 5th Largest For-Profit Hospital System in the United States by Becker's Hospital Review and is listed in its 2015 10 Largest For-Profit Hospital Systems based on number of acute-care hospitals.

1 Sep 2015

Tampa General Hospital earns Bicycle Friendly Business silver award

Tampa General Hospital has received the Bicycle Friendly Business (BFBSM) silver award from the League of American Bicyclists.

1 Sep 2015

After acute myocardial infarction, respiratory infection associated with increased risk of mortality

Respiratory infection is associated with a four-fold increased risk of in-hospital cardiovascular mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), according to research presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Catarina Quina-Rodrigues, a cardiologist at Hospital de Braga in Portugal. The findings highlight the importance of diagnostic alertness for respiratory infections in AMI patients so that therapeutic measures can be promptly taken.

31 Aug 2015

Bionomics submission of BNC101 IND for cancer treatment passes FDA review

Bionomics Limited, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) and cancer, today announced that its BNC101 IND submission has passed review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

31 Aug 2015

New way to understand how transcranial magnetic stimulation can give relief for severe depression

A group of UK scientists have found a way of understanding how transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can give relief to severely depressed patients. TMS is used as an alternative to Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT), but it is not known how it achieves its therapeutic effect. Understanding how it works may open the door to better, more targeted treatment for depression and other conditions.

31 Aug 2015

Resverlogix presents new data on RVX-208 orally active BET inhibitor at ESC Congress 2015

Resverlogix Corp. is pleased to announce that Dr. Norman Wong, chief scientific officer of Resverlogix Corp. presented new data at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2015 in a poster presentation titled: "RVX-208, an orally active BET inhibitor, lowers CVD risk by activities beyond raising ApoA-I/HDL."

31 Aug 2015

Gene ZSCAN4 may help treat Down syndrome

For people with Down syndrome, news from Elixirgen, LLC may brighten their day. The biotechnology company, located in the Science + Technology Park at Johns Hopkins, has outlined one of the best potential therapies yet for people with Down syndrome and other chromosome disorders in a paper entitled, "Correction of Down syndrome and Edwards syndrome aneuploidies in human cell cultures," published in the journal DNA Research.

31 Aug 2015

Study shows AED usage has increased in public locations, but not at homes

Efforts to improve automated external defibrillator (AED) usage increase bystander defibrillation in public places but not at home, reveals a study of more than 25 000 cardiac arrest patients presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Steen Hansen, a PhD student in the Department of Health, Science and Technology at Aalborg University in Denmark.

31 Aug 2015

Regen BioPharma develops novel means of delivering RGBP-248 gene silencing nucleic acid to liver tumors

Regen BioPharma, Inc. announced today development of a novel means of delivering its patented (US Patent 8,263,571) gene silencing nucleic acid, RGBP-248, to liver tumors utilizing a clinically approved formulation as delivery system. The product in development overcomes previous hurdles with gene silencing therapeutics in which the gene silencing drug had to be delivered throughout the whole body.

31 Aug 2015

Multi-national study identifies behaviour patterns that precede suicide attempts

A major multi-national study of suicides has identified the behaviour patterns which precede many suicide attempts. This may lead to changes in clinical practice in the care of patients affected with depression, as it shows the clinical factors which confer major risk of suicide attempts.

31 Aug 2015

Additional electrical isolation of left atrial appendage could improve freedom from AF

In patients with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) despite standard treatment, additional electrical isolation of an area called the left atrial appendage (LAA) can improve freedom from AF without increasing complications, results of the BELIEF study show.

31 Aug 2015

HealthSouth to acquire home health agency operations of CareSouth Health System

HealthSouth Corporation, a leading provider of post-acute healthcare services, today announced its Encompass Home Health operating unit ("Encompass") has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the home health agency operations of CareSouth Health System, Inc. for a cash purchase price of $170 million.

31 Aug 2015

Soligenix completes enrolment in SGX942 Phase 2 trial for oral mucositis in cancer patients

Soligenix, Inc., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing products that address unmet medical needs in the areas of inflammation, oncology and biodefense, announced today it has completed enrollment of the additional subjects, as directed by the Data Review Committee (DRC) earlier this year, into the company's Phase 2 study for SGX942.

31 Aug 2015

Study: Depressed patients three times more likely to experience frequent chest pain

Depressed patients have more frequent chest pain even in the absence of coronary artery disease, according to results from the Emory Cardiovascular Biobank presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Salim Hayek, a cardiologist at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, US.

31 Aug 2015

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Black Book announces vendors with highest scores in client experience among primary care generalists

New report highlights need for accurate diagnosis and management of bipolar I disorder

Jersey Shore to break ground on HOPE Tower to provide new healing outpatient experience for the community

Multiple HIV-1 variants at the beginning of infection impact viral load setpoints

CUMC vision researchers discover gene that causes myopia

Gene linked to sudden cardiac death in general population identified using ICD monitoring

Prime Healthcare Services named 5th Largest For-Profit Hospital System in the U.S.

Tampa General Hospital earns Bicycle Friendly Business silver award

After acute myocardial infarction, respiratory infection associated with increased risk of mortality

Bionomics submission of BNC101 IND for cancer treatment passes FDA review

New way to understand how transcranial magnetic stimulation can give relief for severe depression

Resverlogix presents new data on RVX-208 orally active BET inhibitor at ESC Congress 2015

Gene ZSCAN4 may help treat Down syndrome

Study shows AED usage has increased in public locations, but not at homes

Regen BioPharma develops novel means of delivering RGBP-248 gene silencing nucleic acid to liver tumors

Multi-national study identifies behaviour patterns that precede suicide attempts

Additional electrical isolation of left atrial appendage could improve freedom from AF

HealthSouth to acquire home health agency operations of CareSouth Health System

Soligenix completes enrolment in SGX942 Phase 2 trial for oral mucositis in cancer patients

Study: Depressed patients three times more likely to experience frequent chest pain

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