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Study: Repeat sternotomy for surgical aortic valve replacement safe for octogenarian patients

Surgical aortic valve replacement generally improves patients' symptoms and prolongs survival. However, the perceived risk of surgical aortic valve replacement in patients over 80 may result in surgery being denied or a recommendation for alternative therapy. Investigators at the Mayo Clinic challenge the way these patients have been managed.

29 Mar 2014

Researchers describe benefits of establishing Center for Professional and Peer Support at BWH

There is a growing recognition that in health care institutions where professionalism is not embraced and expectations of acceptable behaviors are not clear and enforced, an increase in medical errors and adverse events and a deterioration in safe working conditions can occur.

29 Mar 2014

Genetic variations influence risk for developing choline deficiency symptoms

What is now considered to be the "right" amount of the essential nutrient, choline, might actually be "wrong," depending on who you are. That's because scientists have found that the "right" amount of choline needed by an individual is influenced by a wide range of factors, including gender, life stage, race and ethnicity of the individual.

29 Mar 2014

ATHENA develops surrogate organ system for toxicity testing

Creating surrogate human organs, coupled with insights from highly sensitive mass spectrometry technologies, a new project is on the brink of revolutionizing the way we screen new drugs and toxic agents.

29 Mar 2014

Research roundup: Distance from a transplant center; Medicaid prenatal care; metastasis of email; profiting from Medicare Advantage

Centralization of specialized health care services such as organ transplantation and bariatric surgery is advocated to improve quality, increase efficiency, and reduce cost.

29 Mar 2014

Certain inherited DNA sequences may affect prognosis of bladder cancer patients

While patients diagnosed with bladder cancer usually face a favorable prognosis, many experience recurrence after treatment. Because frequent, painful screenings are needed to identify recurrences, the ablility to identify patients at high risk of recurrent cancer could help to improve quality of life for all bladder cancer patients.

29 Mar 2014

Toshiba launches CardioLine software for faster and more accurate MR cardiac exams

MR cardiac exams are faster and more accurate with new tools from Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. CardioLine, now available on the Vantage Titan™ 1.5T and 3T MR systems, improves workflow and standardizes exams to meet the pressures of today's cardiology market.

29 Mar 2014

Aeterna Zentaris declares effectiveness of Form F-3 shelf registration statement filed with SEC

Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (the "Company") today announced that its shelf registration statement on Form F-3 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") has been declared effective by the SEC.

29 Mar 2014

Gastric surgery reduces heart attack risk in obese people

Obese people who have stomach surgery to help them lose weight will halve their risk of heart attack according to new research from a team of doctors at the University of East Anglia, University of Manchester and University of Aberdeen.

29 Mar 2014

Dental associations promote National Facial Protection Month, raise awareness on sports-related injuries

Five of the nation's top dental associations want to remind young athletes to play it safe by wearing a mouth guard during recreational and organized sports this spring. Research estimates that about 2 percent of all children or adolescents who participate in sports eventually will suffer a facial injury severe enough to require medical attention.

29 Mar 2014

Viewpoints: Nothing 'magical' about 6 million enrollees; the high cost of hep C medicine

Big news this afternoon on the Affordable Care Act: The ACA exchange signups have reached the 6 million mark. With a few more days to go before the open sign-up period closes (well, sort of) it looks like the original 7 million estimate -- which the Congressional Budget Office had revised downward after the botched October roll-out of the federal exchange -- is going to be pretty close to the mark.

29 Mar 2014

RXi Pharmaceuticals provides business update, reports Q4 and full year 2013 financial results

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing innovative therapies addressing major unmet medical needs using RNA-targeted technologies, today reported its financial results for the full year 2013, and provided a business update.

29 Mar 2014

Nephros’ total revenues decrease $67,000 to 4% in the year ended December 31, 2012

Nephros, Inc., a commercial stage medical device company that develops and sells high performance liquid purification ultrafilters and an on-line mid-dilution hemodiafiltration system for the treatment of chronic renal failure patients, announced today financial results for the three months and full year ended December 31, 2013.

29 Mar 2014

Nautilus offers second-look financing to Genesis Credit

Nautilus, Inc., a leader in innovative home fitness equipment, is pleased to announce a partnership with Genesis Financial Solutions to offer Genesis Credit second-look financing.

29 Mar 2014

Antibe Therapeutics increases previously announced non-brokered private placement to up to $5,000,000

Antibe Therapeutics Inc. ("Antibe" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce, based on increased inbound demand, that the previously announced non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") has been increased to up to $5,000,000 on the same terms and conditions as announced in Antibe's press release dated March 21, 2014.

29 Mar 2014

New research reports on China Dental Care market and China mask industry

MarketReportsChina.com adds "Research and Forecast of China Oral Care (Dental) Industry, 2014" and "Research and Investment Prospects of China Mask Industry, 2014-2018" reports to its research database.

29 Mar 2014

Stigmatization may do more harm than good for modern humans, say researchers

Stigmatization may have once served to protect early humans from infectious diseases, but that strategy may do more harm than good for modern humans, according to Penn State researchers.

29 Mar 2014

Roundup: Texas Medicaid fraud settlement; Texas abortion law upheld; Va. mental health tragedy details

A selection of health policy stories from Texas, Virginia, California, Michigan and Massachusetts.

29 Mar 2014

RegeneRx obtains $1.35M payment pursuant to product license, securities purchase deal with G-treeBNT

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it received the initial $1.35 million payment pursuant to its product license and securities purchase agreement with G-treeBNT Co., Ltd (formerly Digital Aria Co., Ltd.), headquartered in Gyeonggi-do, Korea, for G-treeBNT to develop RegeneRx's RGN-259 preservative-free eye drop product candidate in Asia (excluding China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau), and its RGN-137 topical dermal gel product candidate in the U.S.

29 Mar 2014

Nordion enters into definitive agreement to be acquired by Sterigenics

Nordion Inc., a leading provider of products and services to the global health science market, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") to be acquired by Sterigenics, a global leader in sterilization services and a portfolio company of GTCR LLC, a leading private equity firm based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

29 Mar 2014

Medical News

Study: Repeat sternotomy for surgical aortic valve replacement safe for octogenarian patients

Researchers describe benefits of establishing Center for Professional and Peer Support at BWH

Genetic variations influence risk for developing choline deficiency symptoms

ATHENA develops surrogate organ system for toxicity testing

Research roundup: Distance from a transplant center; Medicaid prenatal care; metastasis of email; profiting from Medicare Advantage

Certain inherited DNA sequences may affect prognosis of bladder cancer patients

Toshiba launches CardioLine software for faster and more accurate MR cardiac exams

Aeterna Zentaris declares effectiveness of Form F-3 shelf registration statement filed with SEC

Gastric surgery reduces heart attack risk in obese people

Dental associations promote National Facial Protection Month, raise awareness on sports-related injuries

Viewpoints: Nothing 'magical' about 6 million enrollees; the high cost of hep C medicine

RXi Pharmaceuticals provides business update, reports Q4 and full year 2013 financial results

Nephros’ total revenues decrease $67,000 to 4% in the year ended December 31, 2012

Nautilus offers second-look financing to Genesis Credit

Antibe Therapeutics increases previously announced non-brokered private placement to up to $5,000,000

New research reports on China Dental Care market and China mask industry

Stigmatization may do more harm than good for modern humans, say researchers

Roundup: Texas Medicaid fraud settlement; Texas abortion law upheld; Va. mental health tragedy details

RegeneRx obtains $1.35M payment pursuant to product license, securities purchase deal with G-treeBNT

Nordion enters into definitive agreement to be acquired by Sterigenics

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

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