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El Camino Hospital uses Leaf Patient Monitoring system to help prevent hospital-acquired pressure ulcers

El Camino Hospital, a leader in the use of technology to improve patient care, is utilizing the Leaf Patient Monitoring system to help prevent hospital-acquired pressure ulcers by monitoring the position and movement of patients susceptible to bed sores.

30 Jul 2014

Nelipak completes acquisition of Flexpak

Nelipak Corporation announced today that it has closed on the acquisition of Debond Corporation.

30 Jul 2014

EMA CHMP issues positive opinion for label updates to Takeda's Vipidia, Vipdomet and Incresync

Takeda Pharmaceuticals International GmbH today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has issued positive opinions for updates to the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) for Vipidia (alogliptin) and the fixed-dose combination (FDC) therapies Vipdomet (alogliptin and metformin) and Incresync (alogliptin and pioglitazone).

30 Jul 2014

Glide Pharma licenses prostate cancer diagnostic technology from FScan

Glide Pharmaceutical Technologies Ltd today announced that it has taken an exclusive worldwide licence to an innovative prostate cancer diagnostic technology from FScan Ltd, a Durham University spin-out company.

30 Jul 2014

Four major health institutions jointly receive $7 million for health data research network

Four major health institutions, including Penn State College of Medicine, have jointly received nearly $7 million to develop and expand a health data research network.

30 Jul 2014

CardioNova initiates Phase 1b clinical trial with AtheroNova's AHRO-001

AtheroNova Inc., a biotech company focused on the research and development of compounds to safely regress atherosclerotic plaque and improve lipid profiles in humans, today announces that its partner, CardioNova, has accomplished first dosing of subjects for its Phase 1b clinical trial with AtheroNova's lead compound, AHRO-001.

30 Jul 2014

VivaPhi, Center of Health Engagement partner to deliver value-based health system

VivaPhi and the Center of Health Engagement announce their strategic partnership to define and deliver a networked, learning, and value-based health system. The partnership will engage in research using health data to develop insights into how health care decisions are made in by patients, and how those decisions influence new models of care.

30 Jul 2014

Familial factors drive link between surroundings and schizophrenia risk

Associations between population density, neighbourhood deprivation and the risk of developing schizophrenia or depression can be attributed to familial selection factors rather than the local environment itself, research suggests.

30 Jul 2014

Depressive bipolar patients have highest post-discharge suicide risk

Patients hospitalised with bipolar disorder are at the greatest risk of suicide immediately after discharge, and the rate at which the risk declines depends on the illness phase, Finnish researchers report.

30 Jul 2014

eInfochips’ new NVIDIA GPU-powered solutions for medical imaging, aerospace and defense

Company expands reach of latest GPU technology and CUDA programming expertise to big data, aerospace and defense, medical, and industrial, among other markets

30 Jul 2014

New book released to help general dentists achieve business excellence

Most dentists are good clinicians, but it's the business side of running a practice that stresses them the most and limits their success in the profession. Many of the troubling issues that dentists deal with in their practice are explored in a new book, A Drive to Excellence: Building a High Performance, Patient-Centered Dental Practice.

30 Jul 2014

Taking daily vitamin D supplement is best way to improve vitamin D levels in the body

Do you currently take a vitamin D supplement? New research says you should. A study conducted by USANA Health Sciences, in conjunction with Intermountain Healthcare's The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (TOSH), found that taking a daily vitamin D supplement is the best way to improve vitamin D levels in the body.

30 Jul 2014

First Edition: July 30, 2014

Today's headlines include a range of health policy headines, including news from Capitol Hill on the Senate confirmation of Robert McDonald to head the VA.

30 Jul 2014

More accurate tests could be created to diagnose memory problems

UEA research finds hope for more accurate diagnosis of memory problems. More accurate tests could be created to diagnose diseases such as Alzheimer's or memory problems stemming from head injuries, leading to earlier intervention, according to new findings from the University of East Anglia (UEA).

30 Jul 2014

Medical News

El Camino Hospital uses Leaf Patient Monitoring system to help prevent hospital-acquired pressure ulcers

Nelipak completes acquisition of Flexpak

EMA CHMP issues positive opinion for label updates to Takeda's Vipidia, Vipdomet and Incresync

Glide Pharma licenses prostate cancer diagnostic technology from FScan

Four major health institutions jointly receive $7 million for health data research network

CardioNova initiates Phase 1b clinical trial with AtheroNova's AHRO-001

VivaPhi, Center of Health Engagement partner to deliver value-based health system

Familial factors drive link between surroundings and schizophrenia risk

Depressive bipolar patients have highest post-discharge suicide risk

eInfochips’ new NVIDIA GPU-powered solutions for medical imaging, aerospace and defense

New book released to help general dentists achieve business excellence

Taking daily vitamin D supplement is best way to improve vitamin D levels in the body

First Edition: July 30, 2014

More accurate tests could be created to diagnose memory problems

Assessors examine bed systems in large teaching hospital to determine potential for patient entrapment

Study: Socialization emerges as relative strength in boys with fragile X

Researchers discover new function of body's most important tumor-suppressing protein

Virologists find cells are having to fight virus constantly, even in dormant phase

Researchers develop vaccine against potentially deadly tick-transmitted disease

New anesthesia procedure demonstrates cause of obstruction in patients with severe sleep apnea

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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