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TeleTracking’s hand hygiene technology redefines infection prevention standards at New Cross Hospital

New Cross Hospital, part of The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, today announced a milestone of one million hand hygiene observations using TeleTracking Technologies, Inc.'s automated hand hygiene sensor as part of the 'Safe Hands' program.

9 Jun 2014

Advances in understanding of genetics of CAD lead to more therapeutic targets

Advances in the understanding of the genetics of coronary artery disease, or CAD, will revitalize the field and lead to more therapeutic targets for new medicines to combat this common disease, suggests a genetics expert from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in a Perspective article in the new issue of Science Translational Medicine.

9 Jun 2014

Only 20% of health policy researchers use social media for communication, shows survey

Though Twitter boats 645 million users across the world, only 14 percent of health policy researchers reported using Twitter - and approximately 20 percent used blogs and Facebook - to communicate their research findings over the past year, according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

9 Jun 2014

NASA astronaut to give presentation at NIH in Bethesda, Maryland

NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, recently returned from living and working aboard the International Space Station, will give an open-media, presentation Tuesday, June 10, at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.

9 Jun 2014

ACLJ urges Supreme Court to safeguard constitutionally-protected rights of pro-life pregnancy centers

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which represents two non-profit organizations that operate numerous pro-life crisis pregnancy centers in New York City, today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take a case in which a federal appeals court has upheld portions of a New York City law that targets pro-life pregnancy centers, making it difficult for them to exercise their First Amendment rights.

9 Jun 2014

Researchers examine link between residential environment and preterm delivery among African Americans

High levels of racial disparities in preterm delivery exist, with African Americans having higher rates than non-Hispanic whites.

9 Jun 2014

State highlights: Rural telemedicine; two Iowa planned parenthoods closed

A selection of health policy stories from South Dakota, Washington state, Iowa, Arizona and Georgia. Fifty years in farming had given Tom Soukup a few brushes with his own mortality, but after a cow pinned him against a wall, death felt closer than ever.

9 Jun 2014

Study defines how our ability to identify spatial acuity varies across the body

"Where does it hurt?" is the first question asked to any person in pain. A new UCL study defines for the first time how our ability to identify where it hurts, called "spatial acuity", varies across the body, being most sensitive at the forehead and fingertips.

9 Jun 2014

Kids at risk for mental disorders experience communication breakdown in brain networks

Attention deficits are central to psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, and are thought to precede the presentation of the illnesses.

9 Jun 2014

Scientists present new method of nickel-carbon heterofullerenes synthesis

Scientists from several British, Spanish and Russian research centers (MIPT, Institute for Spectroscopy RAS, Kurchatov Institute and Kintech Lab Ltd) have come up with a method of synthesizing a new type of nickel-carbon compound.

9 Jun 2014

Edison's EPI-743 receives FDA orphan drug designation for treatment of Leigh syndrome

Edison Pharmaceuticals today announced that the FDA has granted Orphan Drug status to vatiquinone for the treatment of Leigh syndrome.

9 Jun 2014

Viewpoints: Tea party missing the lesson; health care not an ordinary market; Va.'s Medicaid battle

But the Tea Party does have something to show for its five years of annoyance: Ted Cruz, senator from Texas. Cruz is probably best known for reading "Green Eggs and Ham" on the floor of the Senate during a 21-hour talkathon designed to ensure his place as the most hated man in that august chamber.

9 Jun 2014

Batu Biologics reports FDA development plans for cancer immunotherapeutic vaccine ValloVax

Batu Biologics announced today FDA development plans for its patent-pending lead product, ValloVax, a cancer immunotherapeutic "vaccine" that specifically targets the tumor blood vessels (endothelium).

9 Jun 2014

Lapmaster Group Holdings acquires Peter Wolters

Lapmaster Group Holdings LLC, a leading supplier of high-precision equipment and services for lapping, polishing, grinding, and honing, announced today that it has acquired Peter Wolters GmbH, a provider of machine tools and systems for high-precision surface processing.

9 Jun 2014

Practice Greenhealth recognizes UCLA Health System with Partner for Change awards

Both Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, have been honored with 2014 Partner for Change awards by Practice Greenhealth, a nonprofit organization that works with the health care community to increase efficiencies and environmental stewardship while improving patient safety and care through the use of best practices and new tools and knowledge.

9 Jun 2014

Senate OKs Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be next HHS secretary

The Senate confirmed Burwell's nomination to head the Department of Health and Human Services 78 to 17, with only Republicans casting votes against her.

9 Jun 2014

Infants exposed to bacterial species in house dust are less likely to develop asthma

Infants exposed to a diverse range of bacterial species in house dust during the first year of life appear to be less likely to develop asthma in early childhood, according to a new study published online on June 6, 2014, in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

9 Jun 2014

Researchers recommend iron supplementation to women with heavy menstrual bleeding

A study by researchers from Finland found that diagnosis and treatment of anemia is important to improve quality of life among women with heavy periods.

9 Jun 2014

Scientists unravel how herpesviruses fight against our immune system

How the virus does this was unknown until now. The scientists from the HZI research group "Viral Immune Modulation" under the leadership of Prof. Melanie Brinkmann have now been able to show that the virus is actively preventing activation of the innate immune system through Toll-like receptors.

9 Jun 2014

Probiotics effectively prevent hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis of the liver

Probiotics are effective in preventing hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis of the liver, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. Hepatic encephalopathy is a deterioration of brain function that is a serious complication of liver disease.

9 Jun 2014

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TeleTracking’s hand hygiene technology redefines infection prevention standards at New Cross Hospital

Advances in understanding of genetics of CAD lead to more therapeutic targets

Only 20% of health policy researchers use social media for communication, shows survey

NASA astronaut to give presentation at NIH in Bethesda, Maryland

ACLJ urges Supreme Court to safeguard constitutionally-protected rights of pro-life pregnancy centers

Researchers examine link between residential environment and preterm delivery among African Americans

State highlights: Rural telemedicine; two Iowa planned parenthoods closed

Study defines how our ability to identify spatial acuity varies across the body

Kids at risk for mental disorders experience communication breakdown in brain networks

Scientists present new method of nickel-carbon heterofullerenes synthesis

Edison's EPI-743 receives FDA orphan drug designation for treatment of Leigh syndrome

Viewpoints: Tea party missing the lesson; health care not an ordinary market; Va.'s Medicaid battle

Batu Biologics reports FDA development plans for cancer immunotherapeutic vaccine ValloVax

Lapmaster Group Holdings acquires Peter Wolters

Practice Greenhealth recognizes UCLA Health System with Partner for Change awards

Senate OKs Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be next HHS secretary

Infants exposed to bacterial species in house dust are less likely to develop asthma

Researchers recommend iron supplementation to women with heavy menstrual bleeding

Scientists unravel how herpesviruses fight against our immune system

Probiotics effectively prevent hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis of the liver

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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