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Medicare mulls expanding telehealth to wellness, behavioral visits

The proposed rule would also pay for rural telemedicine for providers who are closer to big cities. Elsewhere, telemedicine in treating injured workers -- especially in rural areas -- catches on.

8 Jul 2014

Researchers identify new genes that likely contribute to asthma

In a study published yesterday in the scientific journal Nature Immunology, a group at the La Jolla Institute (LJI) led by Pandurangan Vijayanand, Ph.D. identify new genes that likely contribute to asthma, a disease that currently affects over 200 million people world wide.

8 Jul 2014

Children with healthy food outlets near their homes have reduced likelihood of being overweight

Children with a greater number of healthy food outlets near their homes had a reduced likelihood of being overweight or obese, finds an Australian study published in American Journal of Health Promotion.

8 Jul 2014

Doctors offer new minimally invasive system to treat patients with narrowed, failing aortic heart

Doctors at the Orlando Health Heart Institute are offering a new minimally invasive system to treat patients with narrowed, failing aortic heart valves who are considered to be at high risk to undergo surgery. Orlando Health is the only hospital in Orlando currently offering the Medtronic CoreValve® System.

From Medtronic 8 Jul 2014

Study does not find association between HPV vaccination and increased risk of blood clot

Although some data has suggested a potential association between receipt of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and subsequent venous thromboembolism (VTE; blood clot), an analysis that included more than 500,000 women who received the vaccine did not find an increased risk of VTE, according to a study in the July 9 issue of JAMA.

8 Jul 2014

Scientists discover new compounds that could alter circadian rhythm

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a surprising new role for a pair of compounds—which have the potential to alter circadian rhythm, the complex physiological process that responds to a 24-hour cycle of light and dark and is present in most living things.

8 Jul 2014

High-resolution, high-throughput pre-implantation genetic screening microarray launched by OGT

Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, has announced the launch of a new high-resolution, high-throughput pre-implantation genetic screening (PGS) microarray aimed at improving embryo screening for in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The CytoSure™ Embryo Screen Array offers eight arrays of 60,000 spots for high-resolution genome-wide aneuploidy and copy number detection in pre-implantation embryos.

From Oxford Gene Technology 8 Jul 2014

Fabry disease awareness: an interview with Dr. Hartmann Wellhoefer, Head of Medical Affairs, Rare Disease, Shire

Lysosomes are subcellular organelles that are present in most cells, with the major exception of red blood cells.

8 Jul 2014

Oncolytics completes patient enrollment in phase II metastatic pancreatic cancer study

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. today announced completion of patient enrollment in a two-arm randomized phase II study of carboplatin, paclitaxel plus REOLYSIN versus carboplatin and paclitaxel alone in the first line treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic pancreatic cancer (OSU-10045).

8 Jul 2014

Tufts Medical Center goes live with Plexus IS' Anesthesia Touch

Plexus Information Systems, Inc., a market-leading provider of Anesthesia Information Management Systems (AIMS), announced today that Tufts Medical Center went live with Anesthesia Touch, a full-featured AIMS that automates the anesthesia documentation process.

8 Jul 2014

Stress levels run high and take toll on Americans' health

Stress is part of the human condition, unavoidable and even necessary to a degree. But too much stress can be toxic – even disabling. And there's a lot of toxic stress out there.

8 Jul 2014

Perrigo receives final approval from FDA for congestion relief tablets

Perrigo Company today announced that it was the first to receive final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its abbreviated new drug application for ibuprofen and phenylephrine hydrochloride tablets, 200 mg/10 mg (over-the-counter), the store brand equivalent to Advil Congestion Relief Tablets, 200 mg/10 mg.

8 Jul 2014

Complications from partial knee replacement is very small than total knee replacement

Partial knee replacement surgery is safer than total knee replacement, according to a new study published in The Lancet today (July 8).

8 Jul 2014

Novel cancer immunotherapy for dogs could benefit humans as well

As in humans, cancers in dogs have complex causes. The interaction of the environment, food, and genetic disposition are the most well known factors. Today nearly all methods of human medicine are basically available for dogs with cancer, but this was not true of cancer immunotherapy so far.

8 Jul 2014

Use of performance enhancing drugs unmonitored in young elite athletes

The use of performance enhancing drugs is prevalent and unmonitored in junior elite athletes as young as 12, according to research by Griffith University and the University of Canberra that will be presented tomorrow.

8 Jul 2014

CNO receives award for Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles from National Business Group on Health

CNO Financial Group, Inc. was recently honored with an award for Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles® from the National Business Group on Health, a non-profit association of large U.S. employers.

8 Jul 2014

CSI and Fabien Cousteau's Mission 31 examine impact of sleep in individuals living underwater

United States Navy and NASA researchers have each examined the impact of sleep in individuals living and working underwater but researchers with Clayton Sleep Institute (CSI) in St. Louis are hoping to gain new insight with a study in cooperation with Fabien Cousteau's Mission 31.

8 Jul 2014

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Medicare mulls expanding telehealth to wellness, behavioral visits

Researchers identify new genes that likely contribute to asthma

Children with healthy food outlets near their homes have reduced likelihood of being overweight

Doctors offer new minimally invasive system to treat patients with narrowed, failing aortic heart

Study does not find association between HPV vaccination and increased risk of blood clot

Scientists discover new compounds that could alter circadian rhythm

High-resolution, high-throughput pre-implantation genetic screening microarray launched by OGT

Fabry disease awareness: an interview with Dr. Hartmann Wellhoefer, Head of Medical Affairs, Rare Disease, Shire

Oncolytics completes patient enrollment in phase II metastatic pancreatic cancer study

Tufts Medical Center goes live with Plexus IS' Anesthesia Touch

Stress levels run high and take toll on Americans' health

Perrigo receives final approval from FDA for congestion relief tablets

Complications from partial knee replacement is very small than total knee replacement

Novel cancer immunotherapy for dogs could benefit humans as well

Use of performance enhancing drugs unmonitored in young elite athletes

CNO receives award for Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles from National Business Group on Health

CSI and Fabien Cousteau's Mission 31 examine impact of sleep in individuals living underwater

Mylan launches Telmisartan Tablets USP

Premature newborns less likely to die if admitted to high volume neonatal units

RD Biomed announces Chinese distribution agreement for reflux diagnostic tool Peptest

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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