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Derby Teaching Hospitals implements Welch Allyn’s FlexiPort blood pressure cuff system

Caring staff at Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, currently featuring in a new ITV hospital documentary ‘Superhospital’ have been demonstrating their star qualities to an audience of millions.

10 Jul 2015

Natural environments promote healthy aging in seniors

Natural environments are known to promote physical, mental, and spiritual healing. People can attain health benefits by spending time outside, often in remote places to "get away from it all." Now research conducted by a University of Minnesota graduate student with a team in Vancouver, B.C., shows that green and "blue" spaces (environments with running or still water) are especially beneficial for healthy aging in seniors.

10 Jul 2015

UA researchers awarded NIH grant to develop software that lets doctors analyze digitized biomedical data

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.3 million grant to researchers at the University of Arizona to develop open-source software that will enable health care professionals and scientists to manage biomedical big data in digital form.

10 Jul 2015

Four young scientists named recipients of Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Research Fellowship Award

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has named four outstanding young scientists as recipients of the prestigious Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Research Fellowship Award, committing nearly $875,000 to help address a critical shortage of funding for pediatric cancer research.

10 Jul 2015

University of Liverpool researchers discover common cause of cardiac injury in sepsis patients

Researchers at the University of Liverpool's Institute of Infection and Global Health (IGH) have discovered a common cause of heart damage in patients with sepsis.

10 Jul 2015

New screening program using CT scan technology can help better detect lung cancer in smokers

Long-time smokers and past smokers now have a more accurate way of detecting whether or not they have lung cancer thanks to a comprehensive lung cancer screening program that uses CT scan technology at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City.

10 Jul 2015

UBC research finds that gender plays vital role in healthy diets for seniors

Strategies to support healthier diets among seniors need to take into account differences between elderly men and women, according to UBC research.

10 Jul 2015

New guidelines seek to protect athletes from exercise-associated hyponatremia

While the risks of dehydration are well known, new international guidelines seek to protect athletes from the serious health risks associated with drinking too many fluids while exercising.

10 Jul 2015

Recently-developed drug holds great promise for children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

A new Australian study shows that a recently-developed drug, already used safely in adult leukaemia clinical trials, holds great promise for some children with an aggressive form of cancer known as acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).

10 Jul 2015

Retrosplenial cortex serves as 'conjunction junction' for brain's navigation function

Ever wake at night needing a drink of water and then find your way to the kitchen in the dark without stubbing your toe?

10 Jul 2015

Patient sues doctors for defamation, medical malpractice

On June 23, 2015 the Washington Post ran a story titled Anesthesiologist trashes sedated patient — and it ends up costing her. While preparing for a colonoscopy, a patient hit "record" on his smartphone to make sure he heard the instructions his doctor would give him after the procedure.

10 Jul 2015

Stroke accelerates cognitive decline

A study of cognitive trajectories before and after stroke shows that patients experience an acute reduction, but also an accelerated long-term decline.

9 Jul 2015

Mylan announces launch of Bexarotene 75mg Capsules in U.S.

Mylan N.V. today announced the U.S. launch of Bexarotene 75mg Capsules, which is the generic version of Valeant's Targretin Capsules. This product is indicated for the treatment of cutaneous manifestations of cutaneous t-cell lymphoma in patients who are refractory to at least one prior systemic therapy.

9 Jul 2015

Tillotts Pharma to purchase global rights for AstraZeneca’s Entocort excluding the U.S.

Tillotts Pharma AG, part of the Zeria Group, announced today that it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of the global rights for Entocort (budesonide) from AstraZeneca, excluding the U.S., which will remain with AstraZeneca.

9 Jul 2015

TSRI study reveals alternative approach to current anti-HIV strategies

HIV-infected patients remain on antiretroviral therapy for life because the virus survives over the long-term in infected dormant cells. Interruption of current types of antiretroviral therapy results in a rebound of the virus and clinical progression to AIDS.

9 Jul 2015

Clinical social workers not integrating discussions about clients' religion, spirituality into counseling sessions

New research by a Baylor University professor shows that licensed clinical social workers (LCSWs), who account for the largest number of clinically trained helping professionals, believe that discussions about their clients' religion and spirituality can often lead to improved health and mental health, but practitioners are not integrating these conversations into their counseling sessions.

9 Jul 2015

Elsevier, NCI implement two-way linking between research articles on ScienceDirect and datasets in caNanoLab

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, and the US National Cancer Institute, a world-leading institute for cancer research, today announced that they have implemented two-way linking between research articles on ScienceDirect and datasets stored in NCI's cancer Nanotechnology Laboratory (caNanoLab) data portal.

9 Jul 2015

Isis Innovation, Ludwig Cancer Research announce launch of new cancer immunotherapy spinout

Isis Innovation, the University of Oxford's technology commercialisation company, and Ludwig Cancer Research are proud to announce the launch of a new spinout company, iOx Therapeutics. iOx Therapeutics will develop a novel cancer immunotherapy discovered through a collaboration between Ludwig Cancer Research and Professor Vincenzo Cerundolo, the director of the MRC Human Immunology Unit within the University of Oxford's Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine.

9 Jul 2015

Globavir agrees to exclusively license novel oncology compound to Sorrento Therapeutics

Globavir Biosciences, Inc., a specialty biotechnology company developing small molecule drugs to treat cancer and infectious diseases, and Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc., an oncology company developing new treatments for cancer and associated pain, announced today that the companies have entered into an agreement under which Globavir exclusively licensed its novel oncology compound, BC001, to Sorrento Therapeutics.

9 Jul 2015

FDA approves new heart failure drug

A new drug called Entresto has been approved by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of heart failure.

9 Jul 2015

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Derby Teaching Hospitals implements Welch Allyn’s FlexiPort blood pressure cuff system

Natural environments promote healthy aging in seniors

UA researchers awarded NIH grant to develop software that lets doctors analyze digitized biomedical data

Four young scientists named recipients of Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Research Fellowship Award

University of Liverpool researchers discover common cause of cardiac injury in sepsis patients

New screening program using CT scan technology can help better detect lung cancer in smokers

UBC research finds that gender plays vital role in healthy diets for seniors

New guidelines seek to protect athletes from exercise-associated hyponatremia

Recently-developed drug holds great promise for children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Retrosplenial cortex serves as 'conjunction junction' for brain's navigation function

Patient sues doctors for defamation, medical malpractice

Stroke accelerates cognitive decline

Mylan announces launch of Bexarotene 75mg Capsules in U.S.

Tillotts Pharma to purchase global rights for AstraZeneca’s Entocort excluding the U.S.

TSRI study reveals alternative approach to current anti-HIV strategies

Clinical social workers not integrating discussions about clients' religion, spirituality into counseling sessions

Elsevier, NCI implement two-way linking between research articles on ScienceDirect and datasets in caNanoLab

Isis Innovation, Ludwig Cancer Research announce launch of new cancer immunotherapy spinout

Globavir agrees to exclusively license novel oncology compound to Sorrento Therapeutics

FDA approves new heart failure drug

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