As the world watches the Vancouver Olympics, researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and Children’s Hospital Boston have teamed up to monitor and assess potential infectious disease threats to Vancouver during the Winter Games by integrating two independently developed intelligence systems that focus on global infectious diseases; bio.DIASPORA and HealthMap…
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Former Jersey City, N.J., Mayor Bret Schundler — Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) nominee to lead the New Jersey Department of Education — told the state Senate Judiciary Committee this week that he would let local districts decide how to teach sex education, the AP/Asbury Park Press reports…
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A new breath test can detect active pulmonary tuberculosis, according to a report to be published in the journal “Tuberculosis.” “The breath test was 85% accurate in detecting patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis,” said Dr. Michael Phillips, developer of the breath test and CEO of Menssana Research, Inc based in Fort Lee, NJ…
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A research program that aims to better understand malaria infection and develop treatments and vaccines for the disease has been awarded $12.7 million (US$11.5 million) by Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)…
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About 66 percent of the nearly 20 million state and local government employees were enrolled in employer-sponsored health plans in 2008, compared with 54 percent of private-sector workers, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality…
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The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) is taking the lead in gastroenterological innovation by conducting “Fostering Innovation and Technology in Digestive and Metabolic Diseases…
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The current health reform debate is haunted by previous health legislation, according to news reports. Key provisions of the 1993 Republican bill, introduced by Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I…
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News outlets report on nursing workforce issues, including a push for an expanded role for nurse practitioners, supervision of nurse anesthetists and a trend toward delayed retirement. “Nursing leaders say large numbers of [nurse] practitioners …
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Cancer Research UK this week launches a new trial for patients with bowel cancer that has spread to the liver to see whether a new radiotherapy treatment technique is more effective than standard chemotherapy…
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Celsion Corporation (Nasdaq: CLSN) announced that a proposal entitled “Application of MRI-guided HIFU to Improve Cancer Chemotherapy with Temperature-Sensitive Targeted Nanomedicines (HIFU-CHEM)” submitted to the Center for Translational Molecular Medicine (CTMM) has been approved for funding…
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