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Physical fitness plays key role in brain health and academic performance

Physical fitness in childhood and adolescence is beneficial for both physical and mental health throughout life.

19 Jun 2014

Bill to give veterans private medical care advances in house

The Rules Committee approved the measure Tuesday. In other news on veterans' care, a Kansas senator pushes the administration to keep a pilot project offering some of that same flexibility in rural areas and the White House is turning to experts for help in picking a new leader for the VA.

19 Jun 2014

Novel way improves liposuction procedure using gold nanoparticles

Although liposuction is one of the most common and well-established cosmetic surgery procedures in the U.S., it still has its drawbacks.

19 Jun 2014

Drug therapy for ADHD does not entail increased risk of suicide attempts

A new register-based study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that drug therapy for ADHD does not entail an increased risk of suicide attempts or suicide, as was previously feared. The results are published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

19 Jun 2014

Researchers develop device that spots lung cancer

Lung cancer causes more deaths in the U.S. than the next three most common cancers combined (colon, breast, and pancreatic).

19 Jun 2014

Electroanalysis journal publishes a special issue about clinical diagnostics

The demand for the development of novel diagnostic tools with interest for clinical analysis is increasing.

19 Jun 2014

Electroanalysis journal publishes a special issue about clinical diagnostics

The demand for the development of novel diagnostic tools with interest for clinical analysis is increasing.

19 Jun 2014

Cardiac Lead Extraction celebrates 25-Year anniversary at Cardiostim

A quarter century ago, doctors treating patients with implanted cardiac pacemakers had a big problem. Their patients were outliving the complex electrical devices that gave them an acceptable quality of life.

From COOK MEDICAL INC. 18 Jun 2014

Hospitals across the Netherlands use SAS Visual Analytics to improve patient care

Hospitals across the Netherlands are using SAS Visual Analytics and data visualization to optimize business processes and improve patient care. Seven hospitals across the region, including Gelderse Vallei Hospital, the Sint Maartens Clinic, the BovenIJ Hospital, the Scheper Hospital, the Bethesda Hospital, and the Hospital of the Gelre Foundation selected SAS to access and analyze large data sets to better manage business processes.

18 Jun 2014

EHOB announces release of Position Perfect System

EHOB, Inc., a leading provider of affordable products effective in the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers, is announcing today the release of the Position Perfect System. Designed as a unique turning, transferring and positioning system, it not only complies with facility turning protocols but also protects patients from added pressure and shearing forces.

18 Jun 2014

NDC announces voluntary recall of HydroFinity Hydrophilic Guidewires

Nitinol Devices & Components, Inc. announced today a voluntary recall of its HydroFinity Hydrophilic Guidewires. The HydroFinity Guidewire is a product developed and manufactured by NDC and distributed by Covidien.

18 Jun 2014

Five Points Healthcare announces acquisition of BestCare Home Care

Five Points Healthcare announced that it acquired BestCare Home Care on April 30, 2014. BestCare is a home health provider of Medicare-certified, Medicaid-waiver and personal care services throughout Northern and Western Virginia.

18 Jun 2014

Medison to market uniQure's Glybera in Israel for treatment of lipoprotein lipase deficiency

uniQure N.V., a leader in human gene therapy, and Medison Pharma Ltd., Israel's leading international healthcare marketing group, today announced an exclusive distribution agreement under which Medison will market Glybera, uniQure's gene therapy product for the treatment of lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD), in Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

18 Jun 2014

IGI Laboratories submits third ANDA in 2014 to FDA

IGI Laboratories, Inc., a New Jersey based generic topical pharmaceutical company, today announced it has submitted its third abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) in 2014 to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which brings the Company's total number of ANDA submissions to sixteen, with fourteen now pending at the FDA.

18 Jun 2014

Centene's Kansas subsidiary receives NCQA Health Plan Accreditation

Centene Corporation has announced that its wholly owned Kansas subsidiary, Sunflower Health Plan, has received Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

18 Jun 2014

Janssen signs license agreement with Vertex to develop, commercialize VX-787 for influenza A treatment

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.announced today that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Vertex Pharmaceuticals for the worldwide development, manufacturing and commercialization of VX-787, a novel medicine in Phase II development for the treatment of influenza A.

18 Jun 2014

NuGEN 2014 Genomics Grant Challenge announced

NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a market leader in the development of innovative sample preparation solutions for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) applications, has announced the NuGEN 2014 Genomics Grant Challenge.

18 Jun 2014

Walgreens, Heritage Provider Network sign clinical care collaboration agreement

Walgreens, the nation's largest drugstore chain, and global health care leader Heritage Provider Network, along with its Arizona operating affiliate Arizona Priority Care, today announced a clinical care collaboration agreement.

18 Jun 2014

Alkermes reports data from aripiprazole lauroxil phase 3 clinical trial for treatment of schizophrenia

Alkermes plc today announced the presentation of data from its phase 3 clinical trial of aripiprazole lauroxil, an investigational drug candidate in development for schizophrenia, at the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Annual Meeting in Hollywood, Fla.

18 Jun 2014

Fitt app: A fun, new way for people with fitness apps and wearable devices

Fitt today announced it has launched the Fitt app, a fun, new way for people with wearable devices and fitness apps to create and compete in group challenges.

18 Jun 2014