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Elsevier launches new NFS Journal

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of NFS Journal, a new open access journal.

7 May 2015

Kaiser Permanente, Intermountain Healthcare to participate in U.S. News Hospital Outcome Data Disclosure Program

U.S. News & World Report, publisher of Best Hospitals and Best Children's Hospitals, today announced that Kaiser Permanente and Intermountain Healthcare will participate in the U.S. News Hospital Outcome Data Disclosure Program, a new data-collection initiative designed to evaluate hospitals more completely and give patients better information about the hospitals in their communities.

7 May 2015

WHO, IHME partner to improve quality and use of global health information

WHO and the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation today signed a Memorandum of Understanding defining areas where they will work together to improve the quality and use of global health estimates to measure the world's health challenges.

7 May 2015

Egalet announces business highlights, financial results for first quarter 2015

Egalet Corporation, a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and marketing innovative pain treatments, today reported business highlights and financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

7 May 2015

DaVita HealthCare Partners recognizes May as Employee Health Month

DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., one of the nation's largest and most innovative health care communities, recognizes the month of May as Employee Health Month. The health of teammates is vital in helping to ensure they can provide the best quality of care for DaVita HealthCare Partners' patients.

7 May 2015

BD reports revenues of $2.051 billion for second fiscal quarter 2015

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, today reported quarterly revenues of $2.051 billion for the second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2015, representing a decrease of 1.0 percent from the prior-year period, or an increase of 4.9 percent on a foreign currency-neutral basis.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 7 May 2015

UT Southwestern testing Vivistim System device in stroke patients

UT Southwestern Medical Center will be one of three national sites to pioneer U.S. testing for an implant device that stimulates the vagus nerve in stroke patients to see whether it can help restore lost arm function.

7 May 2015

Comprehensive stroke centers reduce mortality risk in patients treated for hemorrhagic stroke

New research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association indicates that patients who are treated for hemorrhagic stroke at a comprehensive stroke center are more likely to receive specialized treatment, reducing the risk of mortality.

7 May 2015

Loyola's Ronald McDonald Children's Hospital implements pediatric early warning scoring system

The Ronald McDonald Children's Hospital at Loyola University Medical Center has implemented a pediatric early warning scoring system to better identify children who are at-risk of becoming critically ill while in the hospital.

7 May 2015

Omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil can restore nerves damaged from diabetes

Approximately 50 percent of patients with diabetes suffer from nerve damage, or neuropathy. No cure exists, and the most effective treatment, keeping blood sugar in control, only slows neuropathy.

7 May 2015

Study finds hospital variation in outcomes for extremely premature infants

Extremely premature infants born at 22 to 25 weeks of gestation have low rates of survival, and many of those infants who live have severe or moderate neurodevelopmental impairments. Thus, clinicians and families face the extremely difficult decision to either provide active, potentially lifesaving treatment at birth, or just provide comfort care.

7 May 2015

Myriad to present new clinical data on Prolaris® at the AUA 2015 annual meeting

Myriad Genetics, Inc. announced it will present three studies that demonstrate the value of the Prolaris test for physicians and their patients at the 2015 American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting being held May 15 to 19 in New Orleans, La...

7 May 2015

Study analyzes outcomes of brain metastases patients following stereotactic radiosurgery

Winner of the Leksell Radiosurgery Award, Deborah C. Marshall, recently presented her research, Survival Patterns of Patients with Cerebral Metastases after Multiple Rounds of Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS), at the 2015 American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting.

7 May 2015

Hepatitis C common among HIV-positive patients in sub-Saharan Africa

A new study has found high levels of infection with hepatitis C (HCV) across Africa, particularly in people infected with HIV...

7 May 2015

Quantitative phosphoproteomic approach to identify targeted cancer therapy

Winner of the Louise Eisenhardt Traveling Scholarship Award, Teresa Purzner, MD, presented her research, Quantitative Phosphoproteomics for Targeted Cancer Therapy.

7 May 2015

Phosphate Therapeutics reports positive results from PT20 trial in people with hyperphosphataemia

Phosphate Therapeutics Limited, a development-stage specialty pharmaceuticals company, today announces positive results from the PEACH pivotal study of PT20 in subjects with hyperphosphataemia related to dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease (DD-CKD).

7 May 2015

MSI completes patient recruitment for STRADA Phase 2 trial for treatment of major depressive disorder

MSI Methylation Sciences, Inc., a pharmaceutical company developing a once-daily oral, small molecule therapy for adjunctive treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD), announced the completion of patient recruitment for its HORIZON Phase 2 Study.

7 May 2015

Quest Diagnostics launches genomic test service that aids in diagnosis for myeloid neoplasms

Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced LeukoVantage, an evidence-based genomic test service that aids in the diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring and selection of treatment for myeloid neoplasms, a group of hematologic malignancies that includes acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the most common form of adult acute leukemia, as well as myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs).

From Quest Diagnostics 7 May 2015

Wearable cognitive assessment devices a step closer as Cambridge Cognition file new patents

The combination of bio-behavioural measures and results from touch-screen cognitive tests would be used to build up a picture of a person’s mental function...

7 May 2015

Global haemophilia therapeutics market estimated to reach $13.43 billion in 2019

Increased uptake of recombinant therapies and prophylactic use, coupled with improved diagnosis of haemophilia, is expected to drive the associated therapeutics market. Recombinant therapies are likely to command a premium price and fuel growth in developed markets, while heightened access to treatment and larger patient volumes due to more funding for critical care are anticipated to contribute to demand in emerging markets.

7 May 2015

Medical News

Elsevier launches new NFS Journal

Kaiser Permanente, Intermountain Healthcare to participate in U.S. News Hospital Outcome Data Disclosure Program

WHO, IHME partner to improve quality and use of global health information

Egalet announces business highlights, financial results for first quarter 2015

DaVita HealthCare Partners recognizes May as Employee Health Month

BD reports revenues of $2.051 billion for second fiscal quarter 2015

UT Southwestern testing Vivistim System device in stroke patients

Comprehensive stroke centers reduce mortality risk in patients treated for hemorrhagic stroke

Loyola's Ronald McDonald Children's Hospital implements pediatric early warning scoring system

Omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil can restore nerves damaged from diabetes

Study finds hospital variation in outcomes for extremely premature infants

Myriad to present new clinical data on Prolaris® at the AUA 2015 annual meeting

Study analyzes outcomes of brain metastases patients following stereotactic radiosurgery

Hepatitis C common among HIV-positive patients in sub-Saharan Africa

Quantitative phosphoproteomic approach to identify targeted cancer therapy

Phosphate Therapeutics reports positive results from PT20 trial in people with hyperphosphataemia

MSI completes patient recruitment for STRADA Phase 2 trial for treatment of major depressive disorder

Quest Diagnostics launches genomic test service that aids in diagnosis for myeloid neoplasms

Wearable cognitive assessment devices a step closer as Cambridge Cognition file new patents

Global haemophilia therapeutics market estimated to reach $13.43 billion in 2019

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