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First new treatment authorised in a decade for advanced cervical cancer patients in the UK

The European Commission has licensed Avastin in combination with standard chemotherapy for the treatment of women with advanced cervical cancer. Until now, the treatment has been available ahead of licence to eligible patients in England via individual requests to the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF).

28 Apr 2015

Dramatic effects on colon cancer risk for Americans and Africans when diet swapped

Scientists have found dramatic effects on risk factors for colon cancer when American and African volunteers swapped diets for just two weeks.

28 Apr 2015

Supporting people with macular degeneration: an interview with Dennis Lewis, AMD Alliance International

Once depression sets in, it's very hard to combat. Combinations of medication and talking therapy can help deal with that, but it can be tough when people reach rock bottom and that certainly does happen with macular degeneration...

28 Apr 2015

Survey: 52% of acute coronary syndrome patients don't take their prescribed OAP therapy

People with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who undergo an angioplasty procedure and receive a heart stent are prescribed an oral antiplatelet (OAP) therapy and aspirin to help prevent a heart attack, a blood clot in their heart stent (stent thrombosis), or even death.

28 Apr 2015

New dorsaVi device improves safety, prevents injuries in workplace

dorsaVi Pty Limited, today introduced ViSafe, a non-invasive, wearable sensor system that measures movement and muscle activity while on the job, enabling companies to redesign certain workplace activities to improve safety and prevent injuries.

28 Apr 2015

hCentive adds national and regional insurance carriers to WebInsure Benefits marketplace

hCentive, the leader in health insurance exchange solutions, announced today that the company has added leading national and regional insurance carriers to its WebInsure Benefits marketplace. WebInsure Benefits is a cloud-based marketplace platform that simplifies administration for brokers and offers an intuitive online experience for individuals and employers to shop, enroll and manage health insurance, ancillary benefits, and consumer-directed accounts.

28 Apr 2015

Children bullied by peers face worse long-term mental health problems than those who are maltreated

A new study published in The Lancet Psychiatry shows that children who have been bullied by peers suffer worse in the longer term than those who have been maltreated by adults.

28 Apr 2015

Children with peanut allergies safer at school than at home

Children who are allergic to peanuts are far more likely to be exposed to them in their own homes that at school, says University of Montreal's Sabrine Cherkaoui. Cherkaoui and her colleagues at McGill University came to the discovery after reviewing the circumstances surrounding 567 incidents of accidental peanut exposure to allergic children.

28 Apr 2015

Special issue of Gastroenterology highlights how food impacts health and disease

Patients are always interested in understanding what they should eat and how it will impact their health. Physicians are just as interested in advancing their understanding of the major health effects of foods and food-related diseases.

28 Apr 2015

Imprimis has exclusive US commercial rights for patented Hep-Lido-A formulation

Imprimis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary compounded drug formulations, today announced it now has the exclusive US commercial rights to the patented compounded alkalinized lidocaine and heparin formulation ("Hep-Lido-A" or "HLA") for the treatment of interstitial cystitis ("IC"), commonly referred to as painful bladder syndrome ("PBS").

28 Apr 2015

Main Street fully exits investment in California Healthcare Medical Billing

Main Street Capital Corporation announced that it recently fully exited its investment in California Healthcare Medical Billing, Inc. CHMB is a provider of outsourced medical billing, revenue cycle management, practice management and electronic health record (EHR) solutions to physicians, clinics, hospitals and health systems throughout the United States.

28 Apr 2015

NeoGenomics' revenue increases 27% to $23.0 million in first quarter 2015

NeoGenomics, Inc., a leading provider of cancer-focused genetic testing services today reported its results for the first quarter of 2015.

28 Apr 2015

First patient enrolled in CryoLife's PerClot IDE clinical trial

CryoLife, Inc., a leading medical device and tissue processing company focused on cardiac and vascular surgery, announced today the enrollment of the first patient in its PerClot Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical trial, the Company's pivotal clinical trial to gain approval to commercialize PerClot in the U.S.

28 Apr 2015

Luminex provides clinical trial update on ARIES HSV 1&2 Assay

Luminex Corporation today announced that testing at the clinical trial sites for the ARIES HSV 1&2 Assay is now complete. The next steps, including site to site reproducibility testing, followed by data analysis and assembly of the data package for submission to the FDA, are now underway.

From Luminex 28 Apr 2015

New microneedle patch simplifies measles vaccination

A new microneedle patch being developed by the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) could make it easier to vaccinate people against measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases.

28 Apr 2015

Innovative programs, outstanding leaders in health care honored at MHA's annual awards ceremony

The Minnesota Hospital Association honored innovative programs and outstanding leaders in health care at its 31st annual awards ceremony on Friday, April 24.

28 Apr 2015

PAML signs collaborative agreement with Axela

PAML announced today that the laboratory has entered into a collaborative agreement with Axela, Inc. to develop multiplex assays focused on immune status for vaccine preventable diseases. PAML is one of the nation's leading medical reference laboratories, and Axela focuses on multiplexed nucleic acid and protein analysis for clinical diagnostics.

28 Apr 2015

LifeScience Alley, MD&M Minneapolis partner for world-class medical technology conference

Demonstrating the power of partnership within the medtech community, UBM Canon today announced that LifeScience Alley will produce a world class medical technology conference in conjunction with the MD&M Minneapolis event, November 4-5, 2015, at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, MN.

28 Apr 2015

Stempeutics Research granted process patent in China for novel stem-cell based drug Stempeucel

Stempeutics Research, a group company of Manipal Education and Medical Group and a Joint Venture with Cipla Group, announced today that the State Intellectual Property Office of China granted a process patent for its novel stem-cell based drug Stempeucel.

28 Apr 2015

OAO report calls for better care for people living with eye disease, vision problems in Ontario

By 2031, the number of Ontarians living with eye disease and vision problems, already in the millions, is expected to double. This leads to significant costs for Ontario's healthcare system, with vision loss already costing the province $7.3 billion annually.

28 Apr 2015

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First new treatment authorised in a decade for advanced cervical cancer patients in the UK

Dramatic effects on colon cancer risk for Americans and Africans when diet swapped

Supporting people with macular degeneration: an interview with Dennis Lewis, AMD Alliance International

Survey: 52% of acute coronary syndrome patients don't take their prescribed OAP therapy

New dorsaVi device improves safety, prevents injuries in workplace

hCentive adds national and regional insurance carriers to WebInsure Benefits marketplace

Children bullied by peers face worse long-term mental health problems than those who are maltreated

Children with peanut allergies safer at school than at home

Special issue of Gastroenterology highlights how food impacts health and disease

Imprimis has exclusive US commercial rights for patented Hep-Lido-A formulation

Main Street fully exits investment in California Healthcare Medical Billing

NeoGenomics' revenue increases 27% to $23.0 million in first quarter 2015

First patient enrolled in CryoLife's PerClot IDE clinical trial

Luminex provides clinical trial update on ARIES HSV 1&2 Assay

New microneedle patch simplifies measles vaccination

Innovative programs, outstanding leaders in health care honored at MHA's annual awards ceremony

PAML signs collaborative agreement with Axela

LifeScience Alley, MD&M Minneapolis partner for world-class medical technology conference

Stempeutics Research granted process patent in China for novel stem-cell based drug Stempeucel

OAO report calls for better care for people living with eye disease, vision problems in Ontario

Lab Matters host Harriet Gould on building a more connected lab community

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Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

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