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BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring reduces mortality in heart failure patients, saves costs

Experts discussed the benefits of Home Monitoring technology from the perspective of patients, hospitals and payers for the first time at a press conference held by BIOTRONIK at the European Society of Cardiology’s annual congress, ESC Congress 2014.

3 Sep 2014

Research reveals that unplanned births out-of-hospital linked with higher infant mortality

New research reveals that unplanned births out-of-hospital in Norway are associated with higher infant mortality.

3 Sep 2014

UPENN installs MILabs U-SPECT+ system to advance biomedical research

University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, PA has installed a MILabs U-SPECT+ system to advance several ongoing research topics. The U-SPECT+ delivers ultra-high resolution, sensitivity, and scanning speed yielding quantification results for brain, cardiac, cancer and musculoskeletal applications.

3 Sep 2014

BreathingSpace health facility improves quality of life for people with severe respiratory disease

A unique national health pilot supported by the Coalfields Regeneration Trust, has provided a radical step change in improving the quality of life for people in Rotherham with severe respiratory disease, with reported deaths from bronchiectasis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) now 30% lower than the national average just 6 years after its opening.

3 Sep 2014

Action movie lovers can choose to eat healthy foods while watching favorite shows

Can watching dramatic television make you fat? Yes, according to a new Cornell Food and Brand Lab study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association: Internal Medicine. The study finds that fast-paced television programs might lead people to eat twice as much food.

3 Sep 2014

Study suggests phages are sophisticated bacterial predators and can prevent infections

In the battle between our immune systems and cholera bacteria, humans may have an unknown ally in bacteria-killing viruses known as phages.

3 Sep 2014

Doctors, retail clinics adopt new business models

The financial ground is changing for doctors in private practice and for patients seeking care. Being a doctor in private practice today is more complicated than it used to be, with growing financial pressures, more government regulation, greater oversight by insurers, rapid developments in medicine and pressure to keep up with technology.

3 Sep 2014

CleveXel Pharma, Guilin Pharmaceutical partner to speed up development of anti-malarial products

CleveXel Pharma today announces that the company has entered into a new partnering agreement with Guilin Pharmaceutical, a Chinese company located in Shanghai, regarding the development of two new products.

3 Sep 2014

Facial masculinity negatively associated with semen quality

Contrary to what one might expect, facial masculinity was negatively associated with semen quality in a recent Journal of Evolutionary Biology study.

3 Sep 2014

Researchers discover protein that may open door to new method of treating type 2 diabetes

The STK25 protein contributes to cell growth. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy have discovered that the protein also affects metabolism, demonstrating that elevated levels accelerate the progress of diabetes in mice.

3 Sep 2014

EPA should lower safe fluoride level goal in public drinking water systems to zero

New evidence indicating that EPA should lower its safe fluoride level goal in public drinking water systems to zero, will be presented by former EPA senior risk assessment scientist, William Hirzy PhD, at the Fluoride Action Network's (FAN) 5th Citizens' Conference and Lobby Day on Fluoride, September 5 – 8, at the Crystal City Hyatt Regency Hotel in Crystal City, VA. A press conference on September 5 will provide a preview (details below).

3 Sep 2014

Bypassing politics, insurers pay for end of life talks

These doctor-patient conversations had been labeled "death panels" by opponents of the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, in a bid to reduce backlogs, Medicare offers a deal to hospitals to pay 68 percent of short-term stay medical claims that were rejected by outside auditors.

3 Sep 2014

Many nurses in training feel unprepared to meet patients during end-of-life care

Most nurses in their work care for patients who are dying. A study of more than 200 students has shown that many nurses in training feel unprepared and anxious when faced with the prospect of meeting patients during end-of-life care.

3 Sep 2014

More than 1/3 of planned orthopaedic surgery procedures are re-booked

More than one third of all planned orthopaedic surgery procedures are re-booked, postponed or cancelled completely.

3 Sep 2014

Researchers create new drug to reduce inflammation of donor organ after transplantation

To reduce the number of discards and thus make more kidneys available, researchers and medical scientists from the European consortium MABSOT have created a new drug called OPN-305 to reduce inflammation of the donor organ after transplantation.

3 Sep 2014

Researchers identify enzyme that controls spread of breast cancer

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified an enzyme that controls the spread of breast cancer. The findings, reported in the current issue of PNAS, offer hope for the leading cause of breast cancer mortality worldwide.

2 Sep 2014

ANP reports primary efficacy results from ATL1103 Phase II trial in patients with acromegaly

Antisense Therapeutics Limited is pleased to report the primary efficacy results from its Phase II clinical trial of ATL1103 in patients with the potentially life threatening growth disorder, acromegaly.

2 Sep 2014

More big firms shifting to high-deductible health plans

The New York Times examines the movement among large employers towards high-deductible plans that shift more health care costs to workers. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal looks at how the ACA may affect job-based plans next year.

2 Sep 2014

Aviv acquires assisted living and skilled nursing facilities for $83.6 million

Aviv REIT, Inc. announced today it acquired four post-acute and long-term care skilled nursing facilities ("SNF") in Washington, an assisted living facility ("ALF") in Washington and a campus in Idaho, which includes a SNF and an ALF, for a total price of $83.6 million.

2 Sep 2014

Organizations across U.S. participating in Go Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness campaign

Organizations in Atlanta – and across the country – are participating in the Go Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness campaign this September. Coordinating this effort is the Aflac Cancer Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta along with the Stop Childhood Cancer Alliance that was created to be the driving force in increasing awareness of childhood cancer and enhancing support for the young people fighting this disease, as well as the clinicians and researchers helping them.

2 Sep 2014

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BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring reduces mortality in heart failure patients, saves costs

Research reveals that unplanned births out-of-hospital linked with higher infant mortality

UPENN installs MILabs U-SPECT+ system to advance biomedical research

BreathingSpace health facility improves quality of life for people with severe respiratory disease

Action movie lovers can choose to eat healthy foods while watching favorite shows

Study suggests phages are sophisticated bacterial predators and can prevent infections

Doctors, retail clinics adopt new business models

CleveXel Pharma, Guilin Pharmaceutical partner to speed up development of anti-malarial products

Facial masculinity negatively associated with semen quality

Researchers discover protein that may open door to new method of treating type 2 diabetes

EPA should lower safe fluoride level goal in public drinking water systems to zero

Bypassing politics, insurers pay for end of life talks

Many nurses in training feel unprepared to meet patients during end-of-life care

More than 1/3 of planned orthopaedic surgery procedures are re-booked

Researchers create new drug to reduce inflammation of donor organ after transplantation

Researchers identify enzyme that controls spread of breast cancer

ANP reports primary efficacy results from ATL1103 Phase II trial in patients with acromegaly

More big firms shifting to high-deductible health plans

Aviv acquires assisted living and skilled nursing facilities for $83.6 million

Organizations across U.S. participating in Go Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness campaign

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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