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UNICEF dispatches emergency supplies to children in cyclone-affected Vanuatu

While distributing its pre-positioned emergency supplies in Vanuatu, UNICEF also has dispatched additional life-saving supplies for affected communities from its Pacific regional warehouse in Suva, Fiji. This includes health, education, child protection, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) supplies.

17 Mar 2015

Cook Medical receives CE Mark for new thumbwheel deployment system for Zilver PTX drug-eluting peripheral stent

CE Mark has been awarded to the new rotating thumbwheel deployment system for Cook Medical’s Zilver PTX drug-eluting peripheral stent. The new system, which is now available for purchase in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Spain and Italy, provides simple deployment for the world’s first and only approved drug-eluting stent for the superficial femoral artery (SFA).

17 Mar 2015

Comprehensive review of sex hormones' role in female reproductive tract

Charles R. Wira, PhD, and colleagues at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine have presented a comprehensive review of the role of sex hormones in the geography of the female reproductive tract and evidence supporting a "window of vulnerability" to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

17 Mar 2015

New hepatitis C drugs to place economic burden on health care system, predicts MD Anderson study

The cost of treating people infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) with newly approved therapies will likely place a tremendous economic burden on the country's health care system. The prediction comes from a cost-effectiveness analysis led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

17 Mar 2015

Sugar-lowering medications prescribed to diabetic patients may increase heart failure risk

A comprehensive study examining clinical trials of more than 95,000 patients has found that glucose or sugar-lowering medications prescribed to patients with diabetes may pose an increased risk for the development of heart failure in these patients.

17 Mar 2015

Press Ganey recognized as one of 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare

Press Ganey announced today that it has been named by Becker's Hospital Review as one of the "150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare." The award recognizes organizations that display exceptional cultures committed to fulfilling their mission while nurturing professional development and a sense of unity.

16 Mar 2015

Study defines new subtype of 'lethal' prostate cancer

A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Cancer Research defines a new, distinct subtype of "lethal" prostate cancer marked by the loss of two genes, MAP3K7 and CHD1. Overall about 10 percent of men with prostate cancer will die from the disease.

16 Mar 2015

Inadequate vaccine coverage drives Disneyland measles outbreak

Inadequate vaccine coverage is likely a driving force behind the ongoing Disneyland measles outbreak, according to calculations by a research team at Boston Children's Hospital.

16 Mar 2015

Apollo Medical Holdings expands in the San Francisco Bay Area

Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc., an integrated patient-centered, physician-centric healthcare delivery company, today announced the expansion of its hospitalist and post-acute care services to the San Francisco Bay Area.

16 Mar 2015

People’s health at the centre of new global blueprint to reduce disaster risks

Ten years since adopting the Hyogo Framework for Action shortly after the Indian Ocean Tsunami, government representatives have gathered in Sendai to negotiate a new framework for global action to reduce the risks of disasters. For the first time, protecting people's health is at the centre of such a framework.

16 Mar 2015

NantWorks, Sorrento collaborate to discover and develop novel anti-cancer immunotherapies

NantWorks, Inc. and Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc., announced today that they have entered into a binding agreement to initiate a global collaboration to discover and develop novel anti-cancer immunotherapies derived from Sorrento's proprietary G-MAB library against neoepitopes of tumor-specific antigens discovered using NantWorks' proprietary pan-omics based, precision medicine approach.

16 Mar 2015

CTCA in Philadelphia installs TomoHDA TomoTherapy machine to provide precise treatment to patients

Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Philadelphia has announced the installation of the TomoHDA TomoTherapy machine. TomoTherapy combines an advanced form of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), with the accuracy of computed tomography (CT) scanning technology, all in one machine.

16 Mar 2015

New vaccine for post exposure treatment of rabies infection enters human clinical trial

Yisheng Biopharma Co., Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company focusing on the research, development, manufacturing, sales and marketing of vaccine products, announced that a new vaccine for the post exposure treatment of the rabies infection was entering human clinical trial after a six-year long collaboration with a number of research institutes worldwide.

16 Mar 2015

Vaxil Bio's ImMucin receives EMA orphan drug designation for treatment of Multiple Myeloma

Vaxil Bio, a leading developer of immunotherapeutic products to treat cancer and infectious diseases, reports today that its lead drug candidate, ImMucin has received orphan drug designation from the European Medicines Agency of the European Commission for the treatment of Multiple Myeloma (MM), a blood cancer.

16 Mar 2015

World Health Organisation (WHO) joins with ESCMID to fight global infections

The European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) has been joined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to launch the 7th annual ‘International Day for Fighting Infection’ (April 24th, 2015).

16 Mar 2015

Fast and focused sequencing from single genes to entire exomes

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) will host a talk on maximizing efficiency of NGS enrichment panels at the qPCR & NGS 2015 Advanced Molecular Diagnostics for Biomarker Discovery Symposium on Monday March 23rd at 3PM. The talk will detail current technical issues faced by researchers when using hybridization enrichment panels and provide practical advice on how to increase successes while reducing time and costs in targeted sequencing.

From Integrated DNA Technologies 16 Mar 2015

New global study on Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) shows the way to eliminating preventable deaths by 2025 – early detection and management are key

The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) will present the findings of a new global study on Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), seen by experts as a key step forward in their efforts to eliminate preventable deaths from the condition by 2025 (0by25).

16 Mar 2015

Preventing falls in care homes: an interview with Professor Pip Logan

Older people living in care homes fall three times more frequently than individuals who still live in their own homes. There is often debate over the idea of people going into care homes as a solution to the fact they are falling at home but they can still fall in the care home.

16 Mar 2015

New risk-evaluation protocol can help emergency departments evaluate chest-pain patients

A recently developed risk-evaluation protocol can help hospital emergency department personnel more efficiently determine which patients with acute chest pain can be sent home safely, according to a randomized trial conducted at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

16 Mar 2015

PUMA project develops innovative device to prevent risk of Pressure Ulcer

The European research project PUMA (Pressure Ulcer Measurement and Actuation) technically coordinated by the Biomechanics Institute has developed an innovative portable and non-invasive device to prevent and early detect the risk of Pressure Ulcer (PU) development and revert its onset for Tetraplegic Spinal Cord Injured (T-SCI) individuals relying on wheelchairs.

16 Mar 2015

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UNICEF dispatches emergency supplies to children in cyclone-affected Vanuatu

Cook Medical receives CE Mark for new thumbwheel deployment system for Zilver PTX drug-eluting peripheral stent

Comprehensive review of sex hormones' role in female reproductive tract

New hepatitis C drugs to place economic burden on health care system, predicts MD Anderson study

Sugar-lowering medications prescribed to diabetic patients may increase heart failure risk

Press Ganey recognized as one of 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare

Study defines new subtype of 'lethal' prostate cancer

Inadequate vaccine coverage drives Disneyland measles outbreak

Apollo Medical Holdings expands in the San Francisco Bay Area

People’s health at the centre of new global blueprint to reduce disaster risks

NantWorks, Sorrento collaborate to discover and develop novel anti-cancer immunotherapies

CTCA in Philadelphia installs TomoHDA TomoTherapy machine to provide precise treatment to patients

New vaccine for post exposure treatment of rabies infection enters human clinical trial

Vaxil Bio's ImMucin receives EMA orphan drug designation for treatment of Multiple Myeloma

World Health Organisation (WHO) joins with ESCMID to fight global infections

Fast and focused sequencing from single genes to entire exomes

New global study on Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) shows the way to eliminating preventable deaths by 2025 – early detection and management are key

Preventing falls in care homes: an interview with Professor Pip Logan

New risk-evaluation protocol can help emergency departments evaluate chest-pain patients

PUMA project develops innovative device to prevent risk of Pressure Ulcer

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