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New guide may help parents detect body image issues in children

What does your teen see when they look in the mirror? Body image encompasses what a person believes about their outward appearance, how they feel about their body and how they sense and control their movements.

19 Aug 2015

Australia’s emergency nurse practitioner publishes first set of clinical practice standards

Dr Jane O'Connell, Australia's first endorsed nurse practitioner specialising in emergency care, is leading the way in re-defining the role specialty nurse practitioners play in the health system.

19 Aug 2015

Isagenix International concludes annual event, raises funds for children's charity organization

Isagenix International, a global health and wellness company, ended its annual Celebration 2015 Breakthrough event in San Diego today by raising more than $565,000 for Make-A-Wish® through fundraising and generous Associate and corporate pledges.

19 Aug 2015

Equashield reports record revenue growth, expands production facilities for future growth

Equashield, a leading provider of Closed System Transfer Devices (CSTDs) for safe and simple handling of hazardous drugs, today announced a more than doubling of year-over-year revenue.

19 Aug 2015

MCRI announces winners of cancer crowdsourcing initiative

The Myeloma Crowd Research Initiative (MCRI), an unprecedented collaboration of cancer researchers and patient advocates, today announced the two winners of its first-ever crowdsourcing and patient-led initiative to fund research in high-risk multiple myeloma, a rare malignancy of plasma cells.

19 Aug 2015

Telesta closes US$28.6 million in private placement financing

Telesta Therapeutics Inc. announced today that it has closed a private placement financing of US$28.6 million. This transaction was led by several prominent U.S. healthcare investors, including Consonance Capital Investors, Boxer Capital of Tavistock Life Sciences and Omega Funds. In addition, certain members of the senior management team and board of directors of Telesta participated in the transaction.

19 Aug 2015

Study shows patients with greater medical needs view doctors as emotionless humans

When a patient is in urgent need of a doctor for illness or injury, expecting that doctor to help is natural. But a new study, published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, finds that the greater patients' need for medical care, the more likely patients will view their doctors as "empty vessels," devoid of emotions or personal lives of their own; at the same time, those patients expect their physicians to be able to contain the patients' emotions and experiences.

19 Aug 2015

Documentary film highlights the importance of making balanced food choices

Today, John Cisna, the Iowa high-school teacher who lost 60 pounds eating only McDonald's food for six months, met with educators, media and community leaders to share details of his story and documentary, "540 Meals: Choices Make the Difference."

19 Aug 2015

PHD1 inhibition may have therapeutic potential for colorectal cancer

Scientists at VIB and KU Leuven have shown that blocking the PHD1 oxygen sensor hinders the activation of p53, a transcription factor that aids colorectal cancer (CRC) cells in repairing themselves and thus resisting chemotherapy. Chemotherapy resistance remains a major clinical issue in the treatment of CRC. These findings indicate that PHD1 inhibition may have valuable therapeutic potential. The study was published in the leading medical journal EMBO Molecular Medicine, which features molecular biology-driven research.

19 Aug 2015

AbbVie’s subsidiary to acquire United Therapeutics’ Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher

United Therapeutics Corporation announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell its Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher (PPRV) to a subsidiary of AbbVie Inc.

19 Aug 2015

New partnering scholarship launched to inspire and develop potential oncology nurses

As experienced oncology nurses know, a cancer diagnosis is only the first step on a long and challenging road ahead—for patients and providers alike. For both, a wide range of procedures becomes part and parcel of every day.

19 Aug 2015

New book from the March of Dimes details successful program to reduce preterm birth

Details of a program that successfully reduced preterm birth are available for health care professionals in a new book from the March of Dimes.

19 Aug 2015

New initiative aims to collect samples from schizophrenia patients across the globe

Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) at the University of Helsinki and The Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at Broad Institute, together with its international partners, are initiating major new sample collections in several regions and countries.

19 Aug 2015

NIAID exercises option to advance development of Soligenix's heat stabilized ricin toxin vaccine

Soligenix, Inc., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing products that address unmet medical needs in the areas of inflammation, oncology and biodefense, announced today that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has exercised its option to advance the development of Soligenix's heat stabilized ricin toxin vaccine, RiVax.

19 Aug 2015

Health Catalyst named to Inc. magazine's list of fastest-growing companies for third consecutive year

For the third year in a row, Health Catalyst, a leader in healthcare data warehousing, analytics and outcomes improvement, has been named to Inc. magazine's list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.

19 Aug 2015

EnGeneIC begins Phase 1 Tailored-EDV trial for advanced solid tumor

EnGeneIC Ltd., an emerging biopharmaceutical company focused on developing its proprietary EDV™ nanocell platform for the targeted delivery of cancer therapeutics, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in its Phase 1 Tailored-EDV trial. The trial is being conducted at the Northern Cancer Institute in Sydney, Australia.

19 Aug 2015

Bionik Laboratories begins share trading on OTCQX under existing ticker symbol BNKL

Bionik Laboratories Corp., a pioneering medical device and robotics company with a focus in developing transformational technologies and solutions for individuals with neurological disorders, announced that shares of the Company's common stock will begin trading today on the OTCQX® Best Market under its existing ticker symbol "BNKL."

19 Aug 2015

Open-heart bypass surgery is not an arduous operation, says Loyola surgeon

Less than two months before his daughter Lauren's wedding, Tom Koegler underwent a quadruple bypass heart surgery at Loyola University Medical Center.

19 Aug 2015

Complete removal of visible tumor improves outcomes in children with high-grade glioma

For children with aggressive brain cancers called high-grade gliomas (HGG), the chances of survival are improved when surgery is successful in eliminating all visible cancer, reports a study in the September issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

19 Aug 2015

Applying a top restaurant model to healthcare communications: an interview with Brandi Robinson, Sanofi

Communications professionals often are expected to be experts in all facets of the vast spectrum of communications, from brand, corporate, crisis and digital communications to corporate reputation and channel strategy and everything in between.

From Sanofi 19 Aug 2015

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New guide may help parents detect body image issues in children

Australia’s emergency nurse practitioner publishes first set of clinical practice standards

Isagenix International concludes annual event, raises funds for children's charity organization

Equashield reports record revenue growth, expands production facilities for future growth

MCRI announces winners of cancer crowdsourcing initiative

Telesta closes US$28.6 million in private placement financing

Study shows patients with greater medical needs view doctors as emotionless humans

Documentary film highlights the importance of making balanced food choices

PHD1 inhibition may have therapeutic potential for colorectal cancer

AbbVie’s subsidiary to acquire United Therapeutics’ Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher

New partnering scholarship launched to inspire and develop potential oncology nurses

New book from the March of Dimes details successful program to reduce preterm birth

New initiative aims to collect samples from schizophrenia patients across the globe

NIAID exercises option to advance development of Soligenix's heat stabilized ricin toxin vaccine

Health Catalyst named to Inc. magazine's list of fastest-growing companies for third consecutive year

EnGeneIC begins Phase 1 Tailored-EDV trial for advanced solid tumor

Bionik Laboratories begins share trading on OTCQX under existing ticker symbol BNKL

Open-heart bypass surgery is not an arduous operation, says Loyola surgeon

Complete removal of visible tumor improves outcomes in children with high-grade glioma

Applying a top restaurant model to healthcare communications: an interview with Brandi Robinson, Sanofi

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