Health Care Systems/Services

Pitch contest showcases cutting-edge products, technologies from around the world BOSTON -- Entrepreneurs developing new technologies to treat blood clots, congestive heart failure, incontinence and more were the big winners at the…
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The overall annual cost of infections due to bacterial resistance in French hospitals now estimated up to 290 million Euros A team of researchers from Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University (UVSQ), Inserm and Pasteur Institute…
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Credit: © NUST MISIS Scientists from NUST MISIS have presented innovative antibacterial compositions for materials used in permanent dental fillings - pickling gel, washing fluid and "drying". A special antibacterial agent…
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Technology from The Gene Editing Institute licensed to biotech firm NovellusDx to drive next-generation personalized cancer care Wilmington, Del, April 18, 2019 - Scientists at Christiana Care Health System's Gene Editing Institute and…
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And provide access to care in the most appropriate settings LONDON, ON - In a series of studies from Lawson Health Research Institute, Western University and ICES, researchers examined the impact of Canada's only early intervention…
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Standardizing measurement of the physical, social and emotional effects experienced by caregivers of people with TBI could lead to better support for an overlooked group A traumatic brain injury happens in an instant: a battlefield blast,…
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Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) annually honors researchers, clinicians, educators, and emerging health professionals who have made outstanding contributions to high-quality,…
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Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) will recognize the late Arti Hurria, MD, a geriatrics oncologist who was one our country's most passionate advocates for older adults with cancer,…
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Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today named Kellie Flood, MD, one of Alabama's premier geriatrics health professionals, its 2019 Clinician of the Year. An Associate Professor at the…
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Despite tools, there's a disconnect when it comes to information and treatment UBC researchers have determined the majority of men struggle when it comes to understanding the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Professors Joan…
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Arlington, Va., April 16, 2019 - Outpatient healthcare providers inappropriately prescribed antibiotics to 40 percent of patients in a major Veterans Affairs healthcare system, a higher figure than in previous studies examining outpatient…
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Montreal, April 16th 2019 - Children of mothers who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy could be at increased risk of type 1 diabetes themselves, according to a new study led by a team at the Research Institute of the McGill…
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FINDINGS UCLA researchers found that eliminating routine but unnecessary procedures before people undergo cataract surgery has the potential to save costs and resources for hospitals serving lower-income patients. Forgoing routine…
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Stopping the vaccine could lead to rates of pneumonia and pneumococcal disease returning to pre-vaccine levels in 10 years Co-led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, the…
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