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DPS Health introduces Virtual Lifestyle Management, forms partnership with Stanford Patient Education Research Center

DPS Health, a leader in digital behavior change interventions for emergent-risk populations, announced today the launch of its health self-management solution. Designed for health plans, providers systems and employers that are setting population health strategies for the emergent-risk population – adults with one or more pre-chronic or early-stage chronic conditions – the solution includes multi-channel consumer engagement to educate and enroll populations, Virtual Lifestyle ManagementTM to help individuals embrace healthy lifestyles, and a suite of condition-based, self-management programs to help the same individuals manage the impact of one or more conditions.

16 Apr 2015

Baxter submits BAX 855 NDA to Japan's MHLW for treatment of hemophilia A patients

Nektar Therapeutics reported today that partner Baxter International Inc. announced that the company has submitted a new drug application (NDA) to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for the approval of BAX 855, an investigational, extended half-life recombinant factor VIII (rFVIII) treatment based on ADVATE [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant)] for patients over 12 years of age with hemophilia A.

From Baxter International Inc. 16 Apr 2015

Dow, Habitat for Humanity expand partnership to address global housing, sanitation issues

The Dow Chemical Company and Habitat for Humanity announced today plans to expand their partnership in 2015 to address global housing and sanitation issues, helping thousands of families across five continents create decent, affordable housing. With first-time builds in Ethiopia, Argentina, Colombia and Nepal, Dow is increasing its support to a total of 30 countries since becoming Habitat's first national partner in 1983.

16 Apr 2015

LifeThreads introduces new line of antimicrobial linens

A new line of antimicrobial linens that inhibit the growth of bacteria on their surface are being introduced by LifeThreads LLC here at the Clean Show 2015, booth 4116, at the Georgia World Congress Center.

16 Apr 2015

ChemRar, Lancet partner to develop and commercialize new medicines in Russia

ChemRar High Tech Center, the Russian pharmaceutical investment and R&D group, and Lancet, Russian Distribution Company, have announced collaboration for research, development and commercialization of new medicines in Russia with the intention to stimulate the innovative development of the Russian pharmaceutical industry.

16 Apr 2015

Researchers use virtual reality to develop new method for measuring balance control in glaucoma patients

Falls are the leading cause of injury-related death and morbidity in older adults, especially those with a chronic eye disease such as glaucoma. To investigate this problem, a multidisciplinary group of researchers has become the first to use virtual reality technology to develop a new method for measuring balance control in those with glaucoma.

16 Apr 2015

Flagship Biosciences customizes assay development and tissue image analysis for advanced cell diagnostics RNAscope platform

Flagship Biosciences and Advanced Cell Diagnostics collaborate to develop quantitative RNAscope® assays for pharmaceutical clinical trials in the CLIA environment...

From Advanced Cell Diagnostics 16 Apr 2015

International science team pave way for fast and accurate diagnosis of the influenza virus

Statistics indicate that, on average, adults over the age of 30 only contract the influenza virus twice in a decade – but far more frequently (self) misdiagnose a cold virus (commonly rhinovirus or coronavirus) as being the flu...

16 Apr 2015

Choosing the right type of car seats can help reduce risk of death in infants, children

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, car seats reduce the risk of death in infants and children by up to 71 percent. Still, for many parents it can be confusing to know which type of car seat to use at which age. Often car seats are not installed correctly, minimizing their effectiveness in protecting children in the event of an accident.

16 Apr 2015

Wilson Therapeutics' WTX101-201 Phase 2 clinical study to be presented at EASL annual meeting

Wilson Therapeutics AB, a development stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that a poster of the company's ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial for WTX101-201 will be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver, or the 50th International Liver Congress 2015, taking place in Vienna April 22-26.

16 Apr 2015

Non-vigorous walking may help prostate cancer survivors reduce damaging side effects

Walking at an easy pace for about three hours every week may be just enough physical activity to help prostate cancer survivors reduce damaging side effects of their treatment, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.

16 Apr 2015

Study paves way for greater understanding of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Researchers at the Angiocardioneurology Department of the Neuromed Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalisation and Health Care of Pozzilli (Italy), have found, in animal models, that the absence of a certain enzyme causes a syndrome resembling the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

16 Apr 2015

HeartWare Ventricular Assist System meets primary endpoint in ENDURANCE clinical trial

HeartWare International, Inc., a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies that are revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, today announced that data from its first destination therapy clinical trial cohort, ENDURANCE, successfully demonstrated that the trial achieved the primary endpoint.

16 Apr 2015

Cepheid, FIND announce receipt of CE-IVD status for Xpert HIV-1 Qual test

Cepheid and FIND today announced that Xpert HIV-1 Qual, a qualitative 90-minute molecular HIV test, has achieved CE-IVD status under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices.

16 Apr 2015

Leica Biosystems announces launch of Aperio VERSA scanner at AACR annual meeting

Leica Biosystems announces the introduction of the Aperio VERSA, a combination digital pathology research scanner for brightfield, fluorescence and FISH imaging at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in Philadelphia, opening on April 18th, 2015.

16 Apr 2015

Veracyte launches new genomic test to improve lung cancer diagnosis

Veracyte, Inc., a molecular diagnostic company pioneering the field of molecular cytology, today announced the launch of its Percepta Bronchial Genomic Classifier, a new genomic test to resolve ambiguity in lung cancer diagnosis. The company will soon begin testing patient samples in its CLIA-certified laboratory, with the Percepta test now available to a limited number of institutions around the country.

16 Apr 2015

New research links sleep apnea, heavy snoring with premature cognitive decline

Heavy snoring and sleep apnea may be linked to memory and thinking decline at an earlier age, according to a new study published in the April 15, 2015, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

16 Apr 2015

Patterns of DNA anomalies can predict outcomes in women with ovarian cancer

Nearly anyone touched by ovarian cancer will tell you: it's devastating. It's bad enough that cancer in almost 80 percent of patients reaches advanced stages before diagnosis, and that most patients are expected to die within five years. But just as painfully, roughly one quarter of women diagnosed have no warning that they are resistant to platinum-based chemotherapy, the main line of defense, nor that they will likely have 18 months to live.

16 Apr 2015

Significant progress for Epigem in SYMPHONY aflatoxin research

Epigem has developed, using microfluidics, a de-fatting device which is as efficient as a centrifuge and will reduce animal tests times from hours to minutes...

16 Apr 2015

GW Cancer Institute finalizes competency statements for oncology patient navigators

The George Washington University Cancer Institute has finalized 45 core competency statements for oncology patient navigators, who have become critical members of the health care team. These competency statements were published in the Journal of Oncology Navigation and Survivorship and were created through literature review, focus group data analysis, expert review, and a national survey of oncology patient navigation stakeholders.

16 Apr 2015

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DPS Health introduces Virtual Lifestyle Management, forms partnership with Stanford Patient Education Research Center

Baxter submits BAX 855 NDA to Japan's MHLW for treatment of hemophilia A patients

Dow, Habitat for Humanity expand partnership to address global housing, sanitation issues

LifeThreads introduces new line of antimicrobial linens

ChemRar, Lancet partner to develop and commercialize new medicines in Russia

Researchers use virtual reality to develop new method for measuring balance control in glaucoma patients

Flagship Biosciences customizes assay development and tissue image analysis for advanced cell diagnostics RNAscope platform

International science team pave way for fast and accurate diagnosis of the influenza virus

Choosing the right type of car seats can help reduce risk of death in infants, children

Wilson Therapeutics' WTX101-201 Phase 2 clinical study to be presented at EASL annual meeting

Non-vigorous walking may help prostate cancer survivors reduce damaging side effects

Study paves way for greater understanding of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

HeartWare Ventricular Assist System meets primary endpoint in ENDURANCE clinical trial

Cepheid, FIND announce receipt of CE-IVD status for Xpert HIV-1 Qual test

Leica Biosystems announces launch of Aperio VERSA scanner at AACR annual meeting

Veracyte launches new genomic test to improve lung cancer diagnosis

New research links sleep apnea, heavy snoring with premature cognitive decline

Patterns of DNA anomalies can predict outcomes in women with ovarian cancer

Significant progress for Epigem in SYMPHONY aflatoxin research

GW Cancer Institute finalizes competency statements for oncology patient navigators

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

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