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Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) hosts Medicines Optimisation Roadshow on Tuesday 12 May 2015

The Yorkshire The Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) will be hosting their Medicines Optimisation Roadshow on Tuesday 12 May 2015.

23 Apr 2015

Eating yogurt regularly may not improve your health

Eating yogurt on a regular basis does not necessarily improve health-related quality of life, report Spanish researchers...

23 Apr 2015

Cerner expands use of Jive's enterprise collaboration solutions to improve health care delivery

Jive Software, Inc. today announced that Cerner Corp., a global leader in health care technology, has expanded its use of Jive's enterprise communication and collaboration solutions. Cerner's 93,000-member community, called "uCern," uses Jive-n to enable industry-wide collaboration that helps clinicians systemically strive to improve health care delivery.

23 Apr 2015

Alltech enters into agreement to acquire Ridley

Alltech and Ridley Inc. announced today that they have entered into a plan of arrangement agreement under which Alltech will acquire 100 percent of the outstanding stock of Ridley, one of the leading commercial animal nutrition companies in North America, for CAD $40.75 per share.

23 Apr 2015

WHO calls on global health community to address significant gaps in prevention, treatment of malaria

WHO is calling on the global health community to urgently address significant gaps in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of malaria. Despite dramatic declines in malaria cases and deaths since 2000, more than half a million lives are still lost to this preventable disease each year.

23 Apr 2015

Calorie restriction can improve muscle metabolism during middle age

Calorie restriction has long been studied as a way to extend lifespan in animals. It has been associated with the ability to reduce the risks of cardiovascular and other diseases and to improve overall health.

23 Apr 2015

Case Western Reserve and MIT receive $1.7 million to explore potential treatments for Down syndrome

Thanks to the generosity of a philanthropy dedicated to children's issues, renowned Down syndrome researcher Alberto Costa, MD, PhD, has taken yet another step toward making Northeast Ohio the nation's leader in exploring potential treatments of the genetic condition that affects 400,000 people in the U.S.

23 Apr 2015

Study findings challenge current thinking on BPA toxicology

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers say that while a large majority of newborns are exposed in their earliest days to bisphenol A (BPA), a much-studied chemical used in plastics and in food and soda can linings, they can chemically alter and rid their bodies of it.

23 Apr 2015

New research shows that serious life events in childhood can increase type 1 diabetes risk

New research from Sweden published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that serious life events (SLEs) in childhood, such as death or illness in the family, divorce/separation, a new child or adult in the family, and conflicts in the family, can triple the risk of subsequently developing type 1 diabetes (T1D).

23 Apr 2015

VTT develops easy-to-use ketosis test that can benefit diabetics and dieters

VTT has developed a quick, easy-to-use ketosis test for consumers that can detect acetone on exhaled breath. The test will benefit diabetics and dieters in particular, but it can easily be adapted to other uses as well, such as the detection of the air pollutants formaldehyde or acetaldehyde. VTT is now seeking a partner to commercialise the product.

23 Apr 2015

Debiopharm announces initiation of Debio 1450 phase II study for treatment of ABSSSI

Debiopharm International SA, part of Debiopharm Group, a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical company, today announced the start of a clinical phase II study to evaluate Debio 1450 for the treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections (ABSSSI) due to Staphylococci, including all resistant Staphylococcus strains, tested so far.

23 Apr 2015

ViewRay to exhibit MRI-guided radiation therapy system at ESTRO Forum

ViewRay, makers of the world's first and only MRI-guided radiation therapy system, announced today that the company will showcase its MRIdian System at the 3rd ESTRO Forum, the annual meeting of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology, being held April 24-28, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain.

23 Apr 2015

FDA announces voluntary recall of Zimmer knee product

MT Services LLC, a Lawsuit Settlement News Reporting Company which operates lawsuitsettlementnews.com, announced today that the FDA announced a Class II recall for Zimmer's Persona Trabecular Metal Tibial Plate knee implant. The recall affects all lots and sizes of the knee implant, affecting all 11,658 devices that were recalled, according to the FDA's website.

23 Apr 2015

Accuray to highlight CyberKnife, TomoTherapy technologies at ESTRO meeting

Accuray Incorporated announced today that the company will highlight new CyberKnife and TomoTherapy technologies at the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology meeting, booth #2100, in Barcelona, Spain, April 24 – 27, 2015.

23 Apr 2015

EMD Millipore launches Magna ChIRP RNA Interactome Kits for analyzing chromatin-associated RNAs

EMD Millipore, the Life Science business of Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, today introduced Magna ChIRP™ RNA Interactome Kits, which allow researchers to more easily identify, recover and analyze regions of chromatin that interact with chromatin-associated RNAs such as long non-coding RNA (lncRNA).

23 Apr 2015

Study: Satisfaction with Health Insurance Marketplace exchange enrollment process improves

Satisfaction with the Health Insurance Marketplace exchange enrollment process among new enrollees has significantly increased from 2014, and health plans obtained through the Marketplace exchange generate levels of member satisfaction equal to or higher than plans not obtained through the Marketplace exchange, according to the J.D. Power 2015 Health Insurance Marketplace Exchange Shopper and Re-Enrollment (HIX) Study released today.

23 Apr 2015

Metanome changes name to Diversigen

Metanome, Inc., an industry leader in comprehensive microbiome services, today announced the company has changed its name to Diversigen, Inc. The name was changed to reflect Diversigen's positioning as the single commercial source for the myriad of services and expertise customers need to capitalize on the diverse opportunities of the microbiome.

23 Apr 2015

Quest Diagnostics' revenues grow 5.3% to $1.84 billion in first quarter 2015

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, announced today that for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015, adjusted net income was $141 million, compared to $122 million in 2014. Adjusted diluted EPS excluding amortization was $1.05 in the quarter, compared to $0.93 in 2014. Amortization expense was $0.09 per diluted share in both years.

From Quest Diagnostics 23 Apr 2015

Study show that silymarin may be a useful treatment for NASH

Results from a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of silymarin, which is derived from the milk thistle plant, have shown that this herbal remedy may be a useful treatment option for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

23 Apr 2015

Study highlights need to increase current levels of interventions to reduce HBV transmission

Results revealed today at The International Liver Congress 2015 demonstrate current treatment and prevention programmes need to be scaled up in order to make elimination of hepatitis B virus (HBV) possible.

23 Apr 2015

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Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) hosts Medicines Optimisation Roadshow on Tuesday 12 May 2015

Eating yogurt regularly may not improve your health

Cerner expands use of Jive's enterprise collaboration solutions to improve health care delivery

Alltech enters into agreement to acquire Ridley

WHO calls on global health community to address significant gaps in prevention, treatment of malaria

Calorie restriction can improve muscle metabolism during middle age

Case Western Reserve and MIT receive $1.7 million to explore potential treatments for Down syndrome

Study findings challenge current thinking on BPA toxicology

New research shows that serious life events in childhood can increase type 1 diabetes risk

VTT develops easy-to-use ketosis test that can benefit diabetics and dieters

Debiopharm announces initiation of Debio 1450 phase II study for treatment of ABSSSI

ViewRay to exhibit MRI-guided radiation therapy system at ESTRO Forum

FDA announces voluntary recall of Zimmer knee product

Accuray to highlight CyberKnife, TomoTherapy technologies at ESTRO meeting

EMD Millipore launches Magna ChIRP RNA Interactome Kits for analyzing chromatin-associated RNAs

Study: Satisfaction with Health Insurance Marketplace exchange enrollment process improves

Metanome changes name to Diversigen

Quest Diagnostics' revenues grow 5.3% to $1.84 billion in first quarter 2015

Study show that silymarin may be a useful treatment for NASH

Study highlights need to increase current levels of interventions to reduce HBV transmission

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