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EMD Serono declares winners of first Grant for Oncology Innovation

EMD Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced the winners of the first Grant for Oncology Innovation (GOI), who will receive grants totaling $1.3 million.

27 Sep 2014

Agrisoma Biosciences closes Series A financing round

Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. an agriculture technology company, today announced the first closing of its Series A financing round, expected to total $8 million through 2014.

27 Sep 2014

Consumers for Dental Choice praises EPA's dental mercury rule

Consumers for Dental Choice, the advocacy wing of the mercury-free dentistry movement, commends the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule to require dental clinics to install and maintain amalgam separators.

27 Sep 2014

Compassion & Choices commends Governor Jerry Brown for signing AB 2139 legislation

Compassion & Choices today applauded Governor Jerry Brown for signing legislation that will require medical providers, after giving a patient a terminal diagnosis, to inform their patients that they have a right to comprehensive information about their end-of-life options.

27 Sep 2014

Escalon Medical announces operating results for fiscal 2014; VuPad receives CE mark authorization

Escalon Medical Corp. (NASDAQ: ESMC) today announced its operating results for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014.

27 Sep 2014

State highlights: Calif. gov. vetoes bill limiting Medi-Cal estate recovery, signs birth control, inmate bills

In a blow to tens of thousands of low-income Californians newly enrolled in Medi-Cal under a provision in the Affordable Care Act, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have limited the state's seizure of assets from their estates after they die -- a legal wrinkle that most only discovered after they had signed up for the health care plan for the poor (Seipel, 9/25).

27 Sep 2014

US children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function compared to UK counterparts

There are significant differences in the lung function of children and young adults in the United States (US) who have cystic fibrosis compared with those in the United Kingdom (UK).

27 Sep 2014

UCLA research may lead to novel treatment for PH1

Research by UCLA biochemists may lead to a new treatment - or even a cure - for PH1, a rare and potentially deadly genetic kidney disease that afflicts children. Their findings also may provide important insights into treatments for Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and other degenerative diseases.

27 Sep 2014

New comic book explains to children about Primary Immunodeficiency

Primary Immunodeficiency (PID) refers to a group of disorders characterised by limited or absent function of the immune system. The majority of PIDs are inherited defects meaning that a component is either missing or does not function normally, resulting in increased susceptibility to infection. About 1 in 500 people are born with PID and doctors’ estimate that approximately 5,000 people may be affected by PID in the UK.

27 Sep 2014

Yale researchers find that not all obese people feel better after bariatric surgery

Most severely obese people experience much better spirits once they shed weight through a diet, lifestyle changes or medical intervention. This is unfortunately not true for everyone, says Valentina Ivezaj and Carlos Grilo of the Yale University School of Medicine in the US. In an article in Springer's journal Obesity Surgery, the researchers advise that the levels of depression in patients be measured six to 12 months after they have had such bariatric surgery.

27 Sep 2014

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust nominated twice for Health Service Journal Awards

SHEFFIELD Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been nominated twice for outstanding ideas improving patient care in the Health Service Journal Awards 2014 – one of the most coveted awards in healthcare.

27 Sep 2014

Viewpoints: 'Feud' over health care compact; humane end-of-life care

Never has an issue of The Best Times, Johnson County's monthly magazine for seniors, been so eagerly awaited. I know I've been on the edge of my seat. At first the draw was to read the article that had gotten some Kansas legislators so worked up that 11 of them stormed en masse into a meeting to berate the volunteer members of the Johnson County Commission on Aging for writing it.

27 Sep 2014

Health advocates call for the United Nations to support efforts to curb heart disease, stroke

Heart disease and stroke contribute to 30 percent of global deaths, more than all infectious and parasitic diseases combined, and 11 cardiovascular organizations are calling for the United Nations to address prevention of heart disease and other non-communicable diseases.

27 Sep 2014

Bioregional approach can help improve human and environmental health

In a paper published this week online in Global Society, researchers with University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Urban Studies and Planning Program, also at UC San Diego, present a bioregional guide that merges place-based (territorial) city planning and ecosystem management along the United States-Mexico border as way to improve human and environmental health.

27 Sep 2014

Fingerprint-based recognition method could increase immunization coverage, save lives of infants

Each year 2.5 million children die worldwide because they do not receive life-saving vaccinations at the appropriate time.

27 Sep 2014

Texas Rep. Brady ready to brawl for ways & means top spot

Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, announced he will seek the chairmanship of this powerful House panel. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., was expected to have a smooth path to that position.

27 Sep 2014

Experts to share innovative approaches to improve kidney health at ASN Kidney Week 2014

The world's largest gathering of kidney health professionals-Kidney Week 2014-will take place November 11-16 in Philadelphia, PA. The annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, Kidney Week will showcase new scientific and clinical advances in nephrology from across the globe.

27 Sep 2014

Innovative program aims to tackle health barriers for underprivileged children

Many children in inner-city schools who have long faced economic hardships also struggle with chronic health conditions that further impair their ability to learn and break free from a cycle of poverty. To address this, the H&M Conscious Foundation announced today that it is investing $1.3 million to support an innovative school-based program in New York designed to tackle health barriers that get in the way of learning for underprivileged children.

27 Sep 2014

Heart Hospital of Austin becomes first facility in Texas to implant CardioMEMS HF System

On Sept. 24, 2014 Heart Hospital of Austin became the first facility in Texas to implant a new miniaturized, wireless monitoring sensor to manage heart failure (HF). The CardioMEMS HF System is the first and only FDA-approved heart failure monitoring device that has been proven to significantly reduce hospital admissions when used by physicians to manage heart failure.

27 Sep 2014

Medicaid expansion concept gains momentum in some initially reluctant states

Reuters reports that this development has to do with financial pragmatism -- especially in GOP-led states that were at the forefront of opposition to the health law. The Associated Press provides a status check on Indiana's expansion request.

27 Sep 2014

Medical News

EMD Serono declares winners of first Grant for Oncology Innovation

Agrisoma Biosciences closes Series A financing round

Consumers for Dental Choice praises EPA's dental mercury rule

Compassion & Choices commends Governor Jerry Brown for signing AB 2139 legislation

Escalon Medical announces operating results for fiscal 2014; VuPad receives CE mark authorization

State highlights: Calif. gov. vetoes bill limiting Medi-Cal estate recovery, signs birth control, inmate bills

US children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function compared to UK counterparts

UCLA research may lead to novel treatment for PH1

New comic book explains to children about Primary Immunodeficiency

Yale researchers find that not all obese people feel better after bariatric surgery

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust nominated twice for Health Service Journal Awards

Viewpoints: 'Feud' over health care compact; humane end-of-life care

Health advocates call for the United Nations to support efforts to curb heart disease, stroke

Bioregional approach can help improve human and environmental health

Fingerprint-based recognition method could increase immunization coverage, save lives of infants

Texas Rep. Brady ready to brawl for ways & means top spot

Experts to share innovative approaches to improve kidney health at ASN Kidney Week 2014

Innovative program aims to tackle health barriers for underprivileged children

Heart Hospital of Austin becomes first facility in Texas to implant CardioMEMS HF System

Medicaid expansion concept gains momentum in some initially reluctant states

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

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