Attention men: Beer (consumed in moderation) can have health benefits. An article on links between beer and heart health is just part of a revamped section on men’s health that can be found on the American Dietetic Association’s website.
The GnuBIO System will make DNA sequencing scalable, simpler and more accessible.
Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW) is proud to have been recognized as the Best Diet Plan for Weight Loss and the Best Commercial Diet Plan in the U.S. News & World Report first-ever Best Diets rankings, published online today.
The U.S. government‟s new graphic symbol of nutritional advice for consumers contained in the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans will be a useful and intuitive way for people to eat well and improve their health, especially with the expert individualized advice provided by a registered dietitian, according to the American Dietetic Association.
A landmark partnership announced today between Canada’s two largest cancer charities, The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation and the Canadian Cancer Society, will raise significant amounts of money towards conquering cancer through the national expansion of Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer.
A multicenter clinical trial led by a researcher at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center will evaluate a new approach to treat triple-negative breast cancer, an often-aggressive type of cancer that is more common among African-Americans and young women. The study will help researchers determine if an experimental drug, entinostat, can reprogram tumor cells to express a protein called an estrogen receptor to make them sensitive to hormone therapy.
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta completed a 20-year study that involved closely watching the diets of a group of individuals between the ages of 25 and 74. The study named the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey concluded that fruits and vegetables had a demonstratively positive, protective effect against diabetes.
Oakland A’s starting pitcher Dallas Braden has teamed up with Major League Baseball, the Major League Baseball Players Association, and the American Academy of Dermatology as the 2011 spokesperson for Play Sun Smart™, a program that provides information on sun safety and raises awareness of the importance of skin cancer prevention and detection.
Today, Gerber Products Company, a part of the Nestlé family, announced that Gerber® Good Start® milk-based formulas are the first and only infant formulas that meet the criteria for a qualified health claim. Specifically, the FDA concluded that current scientific evidence is appropriate for consideration of a qualified health claim relating to a reduced risk of atopic dermatitis.
Patients with bipolar disorder may be eligible for a new clinical research study comparing two medications -- quetiapine (Seroquel), a widely prescribed second-generation antipsychotic mood-stabilizing medication, and lithium, the gold-standard mood stabilizer.
As fruits are always lumped into the ‘carb’ category they get a very unfair rap and are too often eliminated from diets. This is convenient for manufacturers, but detrimental to our health and well being. A piece of fruit provides lots of nutrition, easy take-along packaging and natural water, say authors of new book on weight loss.
The Center for Biotechnology (CFB) at Stony Brook University has established the Biotechnology Commercialization Fund to accelerate the development of promising biomedical technologies emerging from Stony Brook University. Created with support from the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology, and Innovation (NYSTAR) and the Office of the Vice President for Research at Stony Brook University, the Fund will immediately help develop six technologies in partnership with researchers University-wide.
The American Dental Association (ADA) launched its new ADA Seal of Acceptance Web area this week.
The Academy for Eating Disorders is pleased to announce a new informational resource, “Eating Disorders: Critical Points for Early Recognition and Medical Risk Management in the Care of Individuals with Eating Disorders,” which is now freely accessible on their website. This document--the first of its kind intended to provide guidance specific to managing eating disorders in primary-care practice-- offers key guidelines, a list of signs and symptoms, and strategies to help general practitioners make an early diagnosis, medically stabilize patients, and support evidence-based care for patients with eating disorders.
Local and national partners unite to improve maternal and infant health one text at a time.
U-M Health System launches Quality & Safety site and posts wide range of data about its care – with more to come.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has signed an unprecedented 10-year research agreement with the Shanghai Zhabei District Health Bureau to study how an increasingly westernized diet and a less active lifestyle are affecting the health of China’s residents.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute has released Quality 2011, the Institute's first significant compilation of outcomes and quality data to appear in print.
Building on extensive lab research using magnetically guided nanoparticles to deliver drugs to diseased blood vessels, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has spun off its first startup company, Vascular Magnetics, Inc. (VMI).
Head-to-toe examinations will commemorate Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month in May.
A clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of a medication that could help pregnant women stop smoking has begun enrollment at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
Neurosurgeon Keith L. Black and other treatment and research leaders will present information for free for patients, families on Saturday, May 14 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Vascular Disease Foundation’s P.A.D. Coalition want to help educate women and their families about an often times silent cardiovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease (P.A.D.) that effects approximately nine million Americans over the age of 50. Learn how to get the free "Guide to P.A.D." DVD featuring Peggy Fleming.
Construction has begun on 'Create Your Mayo Clinic Health Experience' at Mall of America®. The new space is a health care laboratory designed to integrate health and health care needs to help people stay well and get well. People will interact, engage, relate, participate and share with Mayo Clinic experts to learn more about what they want and need from their health care experience.
Less than a year after launching its one-of-a-kind Medical Accelerator, the University of Utah is graduating its first research-based company from the facility. The company is Catheter Connections, which produces a device that protects patients from infection during IV infusion therapy.
Can a simple imaging test help predict the success of cancer treatment, even before the treatment is complete? To begin to answer this question, a new National Cancer Institute–funded clinical trial is using a novel PET (positron emission tomography) imaging technique that could improve the early detection of tumor growth during treatment for esophageal and lung cancer.
China Institute of Strategy and Management Lanmeng Investment Co., Ltd., and Columbia University announced today that they have entered into research and license agreements, granting worldwide exclusive rights to a portfolio of certain Columbia intellectual property that may lay the foundation for new approaches in the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of human autoimmune diseases and a wide range of other human immunologic relevant disorders.
NYU Langone Medical Center today announced 10,000 patients are now connecting with physicians using SmartChart— the Medical Center’s secure online portal for patients to access and share personal health records with their doctors.
SWOG-led clinical trial will recruit 4,000 women to determine whether chemotherapy benefits patients with node positive breast cancer who have low to intermediate Oncotype DX® recurrence scores.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s financial contribution to community benefit programs and services totaled $502.4 million in fiscal year 2010, reflecting its long-standing mission and dedication to improving community health. The contribution – more than $1.3 million per day – enables the Medical Center to increase access to healthcare for vulnerable, underserved populations; empower communities to become healthier through prevention programs and services; conduct research that leads to innovative treatments for a broad spectrum of diseases; and offer education to prepare the next generation of healthcare professionals.
Loyola University Hospital is enrolling patients in a clinical trial that offers an alternative to traditional open-heart surgery for patients who need new aortic heart valves.
A device developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeons offers precise repair of pelvic fractures with minimal postsurgical scarring, pain and infection risk and is available for broad adoption by the nation’s 200 level I trauma centers.
John Walker, M.D., C.P.E., Chief Medical Officer, Cornerstone Health Care, is presenting Cornerstone’s successful use of Humedica MinedShareTM Ambulatory as a basis for its new Patient Care Advocate program. Joining Dr. Walker in the presentation are John Cuddeback, M.D., Ph.D. Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Anceta and A.G. Breitenstein, J.D., M.P.H., Vice President & General Manager, Provider Markets, Humedica.
Humedica, a next-generation clinical informatics company, announces Humedica Clinical Value Matrix, a new product module in its Humedica MinedShareTM product line. Humedica Clinical Value Matrix is a novel clinical application that connects two key drivers in healthcare: outcomes, or change in health status, with resource utilization. Humedica Clinical Value Matrix is integrated within Humedica MinedShareTM, an innovative clinical analytics solution that empowers provider organizations to conduct robust operational and outcomes benchmarking and comparative analyses. Humedica is unveiling the Humedica Clinical Value Matrix product module at the American Medical Group’s Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.
Physicians at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have begun enrollment for a pilot study on a promising surgical approach for the management of Type 2 diabetes.
LifeBridge Health and HomeCare Maryland have joined forces to provide health care for people in their own homes if they are disabled or living with one or more chronic conditions.
Nova Southeastern University (NSU) and the dietary supplement company Immunotec announced today that they will conduct a new research study to determine the effects of a supplement to improve behaviors in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Interactive Autism Network launches first-ever national survey to study critical safety issue in autism community.
NYU Langone is the first in the world to utilize a new near-infrared fluorescence imaging guidance system for selective arterial clamping during kidney sparing surgery for patients with kidney cancer and is among small select group of hospitals in the country and the only one in the northeast to have this technology.
College of Notre Dame of Maryland is supporting the Love/Avon Army of Women, a nationwide initiative to recruit 1 million volunteers to enroll in research to help uncover the causes of breast cancer. To raise awareness for the campaign, College of Notre Dame is hosting a recruitment rally on Friday, May 13, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. featuring Dr. Susan Love, founder of the Army of Women, president of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation and a leader in the breast cancer field for more than 30 years.
Breast cancer specialists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center are offering patients new ways to detect early signs of lymphedema, a common side effect of breast cancer surgery that causes painful, debilitating and disfiguring swelling in the arms following removal of lymph nodes.
In the first time in more than a decade, the U-S Food and Drug administration gave the okay to a new cancer drug that is giving hope to patients with advanced melanoma. The disease is the most aggressive form of skin cancer. Until now, there were few treatment options for patients once melanoma spread to other areas of the body.
The US Food and Drug Administration announced today that the drug ipilimumab (brand name Yervoy) has been approved for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma. It is the first drug ever shown to improve overall survival for patients with advanced melanoma.
HHS has released the National Quality Strategy, the first effort to create national aims and priorities to improve the quality of health care in the United States.
Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) technology is based on the most accurate dose calculation algorithm that dramatically shortens treatment delivery time. “With the combination of VMAT and Monte Carlo, our patients receive fast daily treatments that maximize dose to cancer and minimize exposure to surrounding healthy tissues,” said Adam Dicker, MD, PhD.
According to findings from the new nationwide DISCUSS Survey, many people surveyed report that their gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and/or persistent heartburn symptoms significantly disrupt their lives.
For years, doctors have used platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, to promote healing after surgery. Now, Rush University Medical Center is studying whether PRP can help relieve knee pain in patients with mild to moderate osteoarthritis.
Thomas Jefferson University is part of a pivotal, nationwide clinical trial to evaluate rosuvastatin as a treatment to reduce the risk of colon cancer.
The American College of Radiology’s Imaging Network (ACRIN) and the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG), National Cancer Institute (NCI) Clinical Trials Cooperative Group members, today announced their intent to merge their clinical cancer research programs.
It's official: Harvey the Cardiopulmonary Simulator checked in for an extended stay at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing last month.
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