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Liquid Nutrition May Benefit Children with Crohn’s Disease: 8/23/2017 11:49:38 AM; An analysis of published studies indicates that exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN)—when individuals receive only liquid nutrition—may be an effective treatment for children with Crohn’s disease.
Agfa announces a study aiming at focused growth: 8/23/2017 11:29:30 AM; Agfa-Gevaert NV (Agfa) today announced that the Board of Directors has asked the Management to study how to organise the HealthCare IT activities into a stand-alone legal entity structure and organisation within the Agfa-Gevaert Group.
Back-to-school worries for parents? 1 in 3 very concerned bullying, cyberbullying will impact their kids: 8/23/2017 11:17:23 AM; Parents may also experience some nerves as their children prepare to head back to school. Bullying and cyberbullying top parents’ list of worries when it comes to their children’s health, according to a new report from the C.S.
Sydney Adventist Hospital Supports Patient Care with Reliable Document Exchange: 8/23/2017 11:03:17 AM; OpenText™ (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTEX), a global leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM), today announced that Sydney Adventist Hospital, the largest not-for-profit hospital in New South Wales, has chosen OpenText to enhance the security, service and speed of its health information exchange.
Largest study of its kind reveals women have superior response to esophageal cancer treatment: 8/23/2017 9:47:25 AM; Female patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer that is treated with chemotherapy and radiation therapy before surgery are more likely to have a favorable response to the treatment than male patients are, and women are less likely to experience cancer recurrence, according to a study published online today in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
ZEISS continues to advance digitalization of eye care: 8/22/2017 8:30:07 PM; ZEISS continues to lead in advancing the digitalization of eye care with the acquisition of Veracity Innovations, LLC, led by renowned ophthalmologists Dr.
EMLab P&K’s Dr. Harriet Burge and Dave Gallup to Present at Inaugural NAMM Indoor Air Conference: 8/22/2017 1:13:59 PM; EMLab P&K, a TestAmerica company and the leading commercial indoor air quality (IAQ) laboratory in North America, is honored to be participating in the upcoming National Association for Moisture Management (NAMM) Indoor Air Conference.
Alliance Foundation Trials Opens Global Trial Investigating First-in-Class Palbociclib in HR+, HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer: 8/22/2017 12:46:55 PM; The Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC (AFT), in conjunction with Pfizer and six international cancer research groups, today announced the launch of PATINA – a randomized, open-label, Phase 3 clinical study of the cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK 4/6) inhibitor palbociclib (also known as IBRANCE®).
Brain’s Self-Regulation in Teens at Risk for Obesity: 8/22/2017 9:29:42 AM; In a small study that scanned the brains of teenagers while exposing them to tempting “food cues,” researchers report that reduced activity in the brain’s “self-regulation” system may be an important early predictor of adult obesity.
Wolters Kluwer Wins Six Clarion Awards: 8/22/2017 8:54:47 AM; The Clarion Awards were created in 1972 by The Association for Women in Communications. The awards honor excellence in 100 categories for all types of media companies, from large companies to nonprofit associations.
Wolters Kluwer and the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Launch Environmental Epidemiology: 8/21/2017 12:40:47 PM; The new journal is an online only, open access journal aiming to provide a global forum for environmental epidemiology research. Fully peer reviewed and held to the same high standards of rigor as Epidemiology, the new journal will support the global community of environmental epidemiology experts by providing a venue for articles that further the understanding of all …
More than 355,000 children under five years-old vaccinated against polio in hard to reach areas of Syria: 8/21/2017 10:53:53 AM; UNICEF, the World Health Organisation and partners have completed the first round of a vaccination campaign in response to the recent outbreak of vaccine-derived polio in Syria.
Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. – FDA is carefully evaluating prescription opioid medications approved to treat cough in children: 8/21/2017 10:45:53 AM; There’s perhaps no more important mandate that we have at the FDA than safeguarding the health and safety of children. For that reason, I believe it’s important that parents and health care providers have the best information available to inform the decisions they make about a child’s health.
Colombia: People Continue to Suffer from Violence Despite Peace Deal: 8/21/2017 10:39:53 AM; Violence remains a major problem for many people in Colombia despite the peace deal the government and FARC-EP signed last year, according to a report released today by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
Innovation Lab Partners with Xerox and PARC to Develop Solutions That Improve Health Care: 8/21/2017 10:35:27 AM; Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) and PARC, A Xerox Company, will partner with the Innovation Lab, an Innovation Institute company, to tackle health care challenges through collaboration in medical technology, engineering and robotics.
Indoor Environmental Testing to Prevent the Spread of Fungal Diseases in Puerto Rico: 8/21/2017 9:52:27 AM; Last week was the first annual observance initiated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of Fungal Disease Awareness Week. The week of recognition is meant to heighten awareness of fungal diseases, many of which can cause severe illnesses or even death.
Energy dense foods may increase cancer risk regardless of obesity status: 8/21/2017 7:55:21 AM; Diet is believed to play a role in cancer risk. Current research shows that an estimated 30% of cancers could be prevented through nutritional modifications.
Behavior theory may offer key to ensuring infants are put to sleep safely: 8/21/2017 7:51:05 AM; It is still common for infants to be placed in unsafe sleeping positions by their caregivers, report researchers from Yale and Boston University (BU).
Novartis and Medicines for Malaria Venture launch patient trial in Africa for KAF156, a novel compound against multidrug-resistant malaria: 8/21/2017 6:31:21 AM; Novartis and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) have launched a patient trial for KAF156, a next-generation antimalarial compound with the potential to treat drug-resistant strains of the malaria parasite.
JDRF and IBM Collaborate to Research Risk Factors for Type 1 Diabetes in Children: 8/18/2017 12:14:40 PM; IBM (NYSE: IBM ) and JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, today announced a new collaboration to develop and apply machine learning methods to analyze years of global T1D research data and identify factors leading to the onset of T1D in children.