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St. Mary's Medical Center adds Mazor Renaissance robot-assisted system to Spine Center

Dignity Health St. Mary's Medical Center has added the Mazor Robotics Renaissance computer-generated guidance system to its multidisciplinary Spine Center. St. Mary's is the only hospital in the Bay Area to exclusively offer this state-of-the-art technology for spine surgery.

3 Dec 2014

Louisiana Tech awarded $1.45 million grant to support UTeach teacher preparation program

The National Math and Science Initiative and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have awarded Louisiana Tech University a $1.45 million grant to support teacher preparation in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, as part of the national UTeach program.

3 Dec 2014

TDF wins William J. Gies Award for Outstanding Achievement

Tufts Dental Facilities Serving Individuals with Disabilities, a network of clinics that provides comprehensive oral health care to adults and children with intellectual, developmental, or acquired disabilities, has been announced as the winner of the William J. Gies Award for Outstanding Achievement by an Academic Dental Institution, part of the William J. Gies Awards for Vision, Innovation and Achievement.

3 Dec 2014

Implementing risk management practices necessary in health and fitness centers

Health is high on the agenda in many countries with efforts to get more people exercising in order to reduce the problems associated with obesity, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

3 Dec 2014

Mediterranean diet improves cardiovascular performance in patients with erectile dysfunction

The Mediterranean diet is linked to improved cardiovascular performance in patients with erectile dysfunction, according to research presented at EuroEcho-Imaging 2014 by Dr Athanasios Angelis from Greece. Patients with erectile dysfunction who had poor adherence to the Mediterranean diet had more vascular and cardiac damage.

3 Dec 2014

Researchers use MRI techniques to study consequences of anorexia nervosa on brain structure

Researchers from the Translational Developmental Neuroscience Lab led by Professor Stefan Ehrlich at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the TU Dresden (Faculty of Medicine) used state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to investigate the consequences of anorexia nervosa on brain structure.

3 Dec 2014

Oxford University Press plans to launch new open access journal in partnership with ASSC

Oxford University Press is delighted to announce that it is to launch a brand new Open Access journal, Neuroscience of Consciousness, in partnership with the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness.

3 Dec 2014

Online sourcing tool tealbook helps healthcare companies streamline RFP process

Matchbook, Inc., a company dedicated to connecting healthcare companies with service providers that best fit their needs, today announced the launch of tealbook, an online sourcing tool that helps healthcare companies streamline their search, evaluation and selection of service partners.

3 Dec 2014

Elegant Medical to receive patent for groundbreaking Stethos electronic stethoscope

Elegant Medical LLC today announced it will receive an issued patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for its groundbreaking Stethos electronic stethoscope, the most significant advancement to the stethoscope in half a century.

3 Dec 2014

Minnesota hospitals prevent patient harms, save $93 million in health spending

Minnesota hospitals and health systems have prevented more than 12,000 patients from being harmed and saved more than $93 million as a result of a reduction in hospital-acquired conditions from 2010-13. Nationwide, hospitals prevented 1.3 million patient harms and saved more than $12 billion in health spending, according to a report issued today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

3 Dec 2014

New study describes revolutionary novel device that has potential to treat eye diseases

The aging process affects everything from cardiovascular function to memory to sexuality. Most worrisome for many, however, is the potential loss of eyesight due to retinal degeneration.

3 Dec 2014

Blue light can knock circadian rhythms off-kilter, study finds

A study funded by the National Institutes of Health is unraveling the mystery of how blue light from residential and commercial lighting, electronic devices, outdoor lights and billboards can throw off-kilter the natural body clock of humans, plants and animals, leading to disease.

3 Dec 2014

Unique challenges in providing psychotherapy to people with ASD and gender dysphoria

The challenges in providing psychotherapy to individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who also are struggling with their gender identity are explored in two case studies of high-functioning persons with diagnoses of ASD and gender dysphoria (GD).

3 Dec 2014

IDT, Ubiquitome to develop hand-held, battery-powered Freedom4 Real-Time RT-PCR Ebola Virus Assay

Integrated DNA Technologies, and Ubiquitome today announced a partnership to develop the Ubiquitome Freedom4 Real-Time RT-PCR Ebola Virus Assay for easy use in the field. This rapid test is designed to be run on Ubiquitome’s hand-held, battery powered real-time PCR device, the Freedom4.

From Integrated DNA Technologies 3 Dec 2014

SAFit-ligands provide foundation for novel treatment of stress-related psychiatric disorders

The FK506-binding protein 51 (FKBP51) is an established risk factor for stress-related psychiatric disorders such as major depression. Drug discovery for FKBP51 has been hampered by the inability to pharmacologically differentiate against the very similar functional counterplayer FKBP52.

3 Dec 2014

Study finds that cancer cells may be susceptible to metabolic stress

Research at the University of Adelaide has discovered cancer cells may be particularly susceptible to metabolic stress - opening the way for new targeted therapy that won't harm normal cells.

3 Dec 2014

Vital Therapies to use Veeva Vault applications to share clinical information

With an investigational combination biological product in Phase III clinical trials and a recent IPO, Vital Therapies, Inc. is readying its clinical and regulatory operations for global collaboration and greater efficiency with cloud-based Veeva Vault eTMF and Veeva Vault Submissions content management applications from Veeva Systems.

3 Dec 2014

Researchers remake brain and gut stem cells to study potential therapies for fatal diseases

Research scientists have developed a novel method to re-create brain and intestinal stem cells from patients who died decades ago, using DNA from stored blood samples to study the potential causes of debilitating illnesses such as inflammatory bowel disease.

3 Dec 2014

Myriad Genetics to highlight clinical data from three Prolaris studies at SUO 2014

Myriad Genetics, Inc. today announced that clinical data from three studies with Prolaris in prostate cancer patients will be highlighted at the 2014 Society of Urologic Oncology Annual Meeting being held tomorrow in Rockville, Md. The new data show that the Prolaris test could save the healthcare system $6 billion over 10 years and that physicians are using the test appropriately to personalize treatment options for their patients.

3 Dec 2014

Abnormal activation of cell death pathways may lead to inflammatory skin diseases

Inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis may result from abnormal activation of cell death pathways previously believed to suppress inflammation, a surprise finding that could help to develop new ways of treating these diseases.

3 Dec 2014

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St. Mary's Medical Center adds Mazor Renaissance robot-assisted system to Spine Center

Louisiana Tech awarded $1.45 million grant to support UTeach teacher preparation program

TDF wins William J. Gies Award for Outstanding Achievement

Implementing risk management practices necessary in health and fitness centers

Mediterranean diet improves cardiovascular performance in patients with erectile dysfunction

Researchers use MRI techniques to study consequences of anorexia nervosa on brain structure

Oxford University Press plans to launch new open access journal in partnership with ASSC

Online sourcing tool tealbook helps healthcare companies streamline RFP process

Elegant Medical to receive patent for groundbreaking Stethos electronic stethoscope

Minnesota hospitals prevent patient harms, save $93 million in health spending

New study describes revolutionary novel device that has potential to treat eye diseases

Blue light can knock circadian rhythms off-kilter, study finds

Unique challenges in providing psychotherapy to people with ASD and gender dysphoria

IDT, Ubiquitome to develop hand-held, battery-powered Freedom4 Real-Time RT-PCR Ebola Virus Assay

SAFit-ligands provide foundation for novel treatment of stress-related psychiatric disorders

Study finds that cancer cells may be susceptible to metabolic stress

Vital Therapies to use Veeva Vault applications to share clinical information

Researchers remake brain and gut stem cells to study potential therapies for fatal diseases

Myriad Genetics to highlight clinical data from three Prolaris studies at SUO 2014

Abnormal activation of cell death pathways may lead to inflammatory skin diseases

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

The Critical Role of Sample Storage in Drug Discovery and Development

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

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