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New treatment for ovarian cancer can improve response rates

Doctors at the University of Arizona Cancer Center at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix reported today in Lancet Oncology that a new treatment for ovarian cancer can improve response rates (increase the rate of tumor shrinkage) and prolong the time until cancers recur.

20 Jun 2014

Health law causing confusion for consumers, health professionals

News outlets take a look at health law implementation challenges, including the difficulties that consumers are having in getting their coverage after enrolling and that the doctors' offices face when they attempt to confirm patients' new health plans.

20 Jun 2014

Synaptic levels of protein clathrin are determinant factor for plasticity of neurons

Researchers of the group of cellular and molecular neurobiology of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the University of Barcelona, led by researcher Artur Llobet, have shown that synaptic levels of the protein clathrin are a determinant factor for synaptic plasticity of neurons.

20 Jun 2014

Melanoma in adulthood can be reduced by consistent use of sunscreen in childhood

Research conducted at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, published in the latest issue of the scientific journal Pigment Cell and Melanoma, has established unequivocally in a natural animal model that the incidence of malignant melanoma in adulthood can be dramatically reduced by the consistent use of sunscreen in infancy and childhood.

20 Jun 2014

Benefits of exchanging health information electronically

In an initiative that will improve patient care, Loyola University Health System has become one of the first health systems in the state to share health information electronically through two record-exchange consortiums.

20 Jun 2014

Experts urge business to track worker health

A new group is urging businesses to improve the health of employees -- and says the move could save up to $30 billion a year in health care costs.

20 Jun 2014

Clinically relevant mouse model for difficult-to-treat squamous cell lung cancer

Only 15% of patients with squamous cell lung cancer - the second most common lung cancer - survive five years past diagnosis.

20 Jun 2014

New technique identifies tumors in real time in operating room

Before they excise a tumor, surgeons need to determine exactly where the cancerous cells lie. Now, research published today in The Optical Society's (OSA) journal Optics Letters details a new technique that could give surgeons cheaper and more lightweight tools, such as goggles or hand-held devices, to identify tumors in real time in the operating room.

20 Jun 2014

Peakdale Molecular reports significant growth in demand for its medicinal chemistry services

Peakdale Molecular, a leading UK provider of medicinal chemistry and chemistry services, is celebrating its most successful year ever for revenues and earnings since the company’s inception in 1992.

19 Jun 2014

Agfa HealthCare Corp. and OnBase by Hyland integrate best-in-class enterprise imaging and enterprise content management technologies to optimize the EHR

Agfa HealthCare Corp. announced today a new collaboration with OnBase to integrate the "gold standards" in enterprise imaging and enterprise content management technologies to showcase the vast potential of a fully integrated, "document + image" electronic health record (EHR).

19 Jun 2014

Schizophrenia focus narrowed to dentate gyrus

The dentate gyrus is a likely site of pathology underlying schizophrenia, shows a study published in Molecular Psychiatry.

19 Jun 2014

Variable neurocognitive functioning seen in euthymic bipolar patients

A study lends further support to the notion that patients with bipolar disorder have heterogeneous cognitive abilities.

19 Jun 2014

Emphysema does not worsen lung cancer prognosis beyond pulmonary fibrosis

Patients with combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema who are undergoing treatment for advanced lung cancer do not have a significantly worse prognosis than their counterparts with isolated idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, report Japanese researchers.

19 Jun 2014

CBT reduces urge to obey command hallucinations

The COMMAND trial shows that cognitive behaviour therapy can bring about a “clinically meaningful” reduction in the rate at which patients comply with command hallucinations.

19 Jun 2014

Patients in new DSM-5 bipolar category ‘deserve attention’

People who fall into the DSM-5 Other Specified Bipolar and Related Disorders category carry a significant clinical burden, a study shows.

19 Jun 2014

Now, hospitals can safely contain HCAI with Howorth Air Technology's BioSphere

Howorth Air Technology, known globally for its Exflow ultra clean ventilation canopy, has added a relocatable permanent or semi-permanent “isolation room” to its portfolio of products - BioSphere.

19 Jun 2014

Doctor shares simple steps for women to keep breasts youthful

Aging affects the breasts just like the rest of the body. Skin stretches over time and the breasts start to sag, while sun exposure causes age spots and wrinkles on the decolletage.

19 Jun 2014

ChromaDex enters into joint collaboration agreement with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

ChromaDex Corp., an innovative natural products company that provides proprietary ingredients and science-based solutions to the dietary supplement, food and beverage, animal health, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries, announced today it has entered into a joint collaboration agreement with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to evaluate ChromaDex's natural product libraries.

19 Jun 2014

Nicox launches expanded access to Sequenom Laboratories' RetnaGene portfolio

Nicox S.A., the international ophthalmic company, and Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, today announced that Nicox's subsidiary, Nicox Inc. is launching expanded access to Sequenom Laboratories' RetnaGene™ portfolio of laboratory-developed genetic tests in the United States (U.S.).

19 Jun 2014

Planet opens new club in Tyler on May 29

Planet Fitness is proud to announce the grand opening of a new club in Tyler, at 2747 East 5th Street, at Loop 323. The club officially opened on May 29th and is offering grand opening memberships for just $1 down through June 20th.

19 Jun 2014