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23.09.2024 | Bridging Hearts and Innovation: The Future of Medicine and Alternative Proteins | In the heart of Beijing, a new chapter in medical innovation is unfolding. Professor Luo Min has been appointed as the Chairman of the Spine Neurocardiology Interdisciplinary Professional Committee. His mission? To revolutionize treatments ... |
23.09.2024 | Professor Luo Min Appointed as Chairman of Spine Neurocardiology Interdisciplinary Professional Committee in China to Promote Development of Innovative Heart Disease Treatments | BEIJING, Sept. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Professor Luo Min, Doctor of Medicine (MD), from Beijing Yuhe Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Rehabilitation Hospital, was recently appointed as the Chairman of the National Associ... |
18.09.2024 | Safi Biotherapeutics: Manufactured Red Blood Cells Company Raises $5 Million (Seed) | Safi Biotherapeutics—a company launched by former DARPA, Vertex, MIT, and MGH leaders—is leading the development of manufactured red blood cells (mRBCs) as an alternative to donor blood transfusions. The company recently announced a $5 mill... |
18.09.2024 | TVM Capital Healthcare Announces Investment in Human Longevity, Inc. as Part of its Strategy of Supporting Disease Prevention and Healthy Aging | HLI is one of the most established, global longevity science companies and committed to accelerating living to 100+ years of a healthy, active, and mobile life
DUBAI, UAE and RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- TVM Capital ... |
17.09.2024 | Pairwise: Cultivating the Future of Agriculture with Gene Editing | In the heart of Durham, North Carolina, a revolution is brewing. Pairwise, a technology company at the forefront of gene editing, has just secured $40 million in Series C funding. This latest round, led by Deerfield Management, pushes their... |
17.09.2024 | Pairwise raises $40m series C, forms JV with Corteva to accelerate gene editing on row crops | Pairwise, a startup pioneering gene editing in plants, has closed a $40m series C funding round and formed a five-year joint venture collaboration with agtech giant Corteva to advance the tech to increase climate resilience in corn and soy.... |
16.09.2024 | Pioneering New Frontiers in ALS and Cancer Treatment: The Role of QRL-101 and mIDH1 Inhibitors | In the realm of medical science, innovation is the lifeblood that fuels progress. Two recent developments stand out: QurAlis Corporation's QRL-101 for ALS and Vazyme's contributions to mIDH1 cancer treatment. Both represent significant stri... |
16.09.2024 | Vazyme Leads Life Science Innovation, Boosting Research Breakthroughs in mIDH1 Cancer Treatment | NANJING, China, Sept. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Vazyme (688105.SH), a leading life science technology company, significantly contributed to groundbreaking research published in Science Magazine through its innovative products. The study, whi... |
15.09.2024 | New Hope in Overdose Treatment: Clear Scientific's Breakthrough Drug CS-1103 | In the relentless battle against the overdose crisis, a beacon of hope has emerged. Clear Scientific, a biopharmaceutical company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has unveiled promising results from its Phase 1 clinical trial of CS-1103. ... |
12.09.2024 | The Brain Aneurysm Foundation Hosts Annual Research Grant Symposium as the Organization Marks 30 Years of Advocacy, Innovation and Education to Prevent Fatal Ruptures | HANOVER, Mass., Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brain Aneurysm Foundation (BAF), the leading advocacy organization supporting education, research, and policy to transform the treatment of brain aneurysms, marked its 30th anniversary toda... |
12.09.2024 | MNA Faulkner Hospital Nurses to Issue Strike Notice on September 16 if Mass General Brigham Fails to Reach Agreement Respecting Nurses and Protecting Patient Care | Faulkner nurses voted 99.7% to authorize a potential one-day strike because MGB refuses to properly value the excellent patient care Faulkner nurses provide under extremely challenging conditions
BOSTON, Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A one... |
10.09.2024 | Amid Record Growth and Adoption of Judi Clinical Trial Collaboration Platform, AG Mednet Announces New Key Leadership Appointments | BOSTON, Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AG Mednet, the pioneering force in clinical trial process management, continues to experience rapid growth and momentum, driven by the widespread adoption of its Judi platform on over 2,000 clinical tr... |
05.09.2024 | Ovation.io and PD Theranostics (PDTx) Complete Merger Creating a Multiomic Data Company Which Owns a Unique Population-Scale Biobank of Disease-Specific Biospecimens | Ovation owns a unique population-scale biobank of consented and linkable disease-specific biospecimens, which includes more than 1.6 million samples from over 600,000 United States-based patients; approximately one-third are tissue samples.... |
04.09.2024 | Brain Aneurysm Foundation Announces its 2024 Research Grant Recipients | Funding Provided to 15 Academic Researchers from Across the US for New Innovations to Predict, Detect and Treat Brain Aneurysms
HANOVER, Mass., Sept. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brain Aneurysm Foundation (BAF), the leading advocacy organiza... |
29.08.2024 | The Cosmic Dilemma: Are We Alone in the Universe? | The night sky has always been a canvas of wonder. Stars twinkle like distant dreams, whispering secrets of the cosmos. Yet, beneath this beauty lies a profound question: Are we alone? Recent research offers a fresh perspective on this age-o... |
27.08.2024 | Vaderis Announces Positive Clinical Proof-of-Concept Trial in HHT | Trial delivers positive results in first ever industry-led clinical trial in Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
VAD044 showed favourable safety and tolerability, together with exploratory efficacy across key manifestations of the ... |
27.08.2024 | ProJenX Announces Formation of Clinical Advisory Board | NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ProJenX, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel, brain-penetrant therapies targeting biologically-defined pathways for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and o... |
23.08.2024 | У 25% пациентов, которые находились в коме, обнаружили скрытое сознание | Один из четырех пациентов, которые не проявляют признаков реагирования после перенесенных серьезных травм головного мозга, на самом деле может оставаться в сознании. Новое исследование указывает на то, что пациенты в коме могут осознавать с... |
22.08.2024 | The Painful Truth: Rethinking Gynecological Care in America | In the realm of healthcare, gynecology often stands as a unique battleground. Women face a double-edged sword: the need for essential procedures and the fear of pain. Recent discussions have spotlighted this issue, particularly around the i... |
18.08.2024 | Pelage Pharmaceuticals: $14 Million (Series A-1) Raised In Round Led By GV To Address Hair Loss Treatments | Pelage Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company crearting a new generation of treatments for hair loss, announced that the first patients have been dosed in its Phase 2a clinical trial evaluating the safety and effica... |
08.08.2024 | Dr. Rod J. Rohrich Voted by Newsweek as the Best Rhinoplasty Surgeon in the United States for the Fourth Consecutive Year | Rod J. Rohrich Best Rhinoplasty Surgeon in the United States
Dallas rhinoplasty specialist, Dr. Rod J. Rohrich, has been recognized again as the best rhinoplasty surgeon in the United States by Newsweek. This is Dr. Rohrich's fourth year ho... |
04.08.2024 | Why are IBS and digestive trouble in the spotlight on social media? | Are you spending more time in the bathroom than you’d like? Loads of TikTok posts show you’re not alone.
Young people, especially women, are increasingly talking on social media about gastrointestinal distress, such as irritable bowel syndr... |
03.08.2024 | Boston IVF Expands Family Building Options with New Fertility Expert | In the heart of Boston, a new chapter in reproductive health is unfolding. Boston IVF, a leader in fertility care, has welcomed Dr. Hadi Ramadan to its team. This addition is more than just a new face; it’s a beacon of hope for many seeking... |
01.08.2024 | ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON-SCIENTIST DR. FRANK HENN NAMED CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS | BALTIMORE, Aug. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, announced today that R. Frank Henn, III, MD, Professor of Orthopaedics, who has served as Interim Chair of the Department si... |
01.08.2024 | Boston IVF Welcomes Dr. Hadi Ramadan to its Westborough and Downtown Boston Fertility Centers | The addition of Dr. Hadi Ramadan to the Boston IVF physician team and its fertility clinics in Westborough and Downtown Boston enriches the accessibility of reproductive care for individuals seeking to start a family.
BOSTON, Aug. 1, 2024 /... |
30.07.2024 | Sonde Health New Cognitive Fitness Health Tracking Solution | What You Should Know:
– Sonde Health is expanding its leading health monitoring platform beyond mental and respiratory fitness by introducing an innovative cognitive fitness tracker that allows users to monitor brain exertion, or cognitive ... |
26.07.2024 | Advancing Dermatological Research: The American Skin Association's 2024 Grants**
** | ** The American Skin Association (ASA) has taken a bold step forward in the fight against skin diseases. On July 22, 2024, the ASA announced its 2024 research grants, a lifeline for scientists dedicated to understanding and treating skin co... |
26.07.2024 | BioVaxys and American Skin Association: Pioneering Paths in Medical Research**
** | ** In the ever-evolving landscape of medical research, two organizations stand out: BioVaxys Technology Corp. and the American Skin Association (ASA). Each is carving a niche in their respective fields, focusing on innovative solutions for ... |
25.07.2024 | The Evolution of EEG: A Century of Insight into the Human Brain**
** | ** In July 1924, a pivotal moment in medical history occurred. German physiologist Hans Berger recorded the first electroencephalogram (EEG) from a human brain. This breakthrough opened a window into the enigmatic workings of the mind. A ce... |
25.07.2024 | The Digital Nomad Visa: A New Era for Sri Lanka and the Evolution of EEG Technology**
** | ** In a world where borders blur and technology reigns, Sri Lanka is stepping into the spotlight. The island nation is preparing to introduce visas for digital nomads. This move is not just a bureaucratic shift; it’s a strategic play in the... |
22.07.2024 | AMERICAN SKIN ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 2024 RESEARCH GRANTS FOR SKIN CANCER AND DISEASES | NEW YORK, July 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- American Skin Association has announced the names of the three Investigative Scientist Awards. Andrew Ji, MD of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai was awarded the ASA Sanofi Investigative Scienti... |
20.07.2024 | These vibrant, bigger-than-life portraits turn gun death statistics into indelible stories | On June 25, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a public health crisis, noting: “Every day that passes we lose more kids to gun violence. The more children who are witnessing episodes of gun violence, the more children w... |
19.07.2024 | 1924-2024 — Сто лет электроэнцефалограмме (ЭЭГ) | Ровно сто лет назад, в июле 1924 года, немецкий физиолог и психиатр Ганс Бергер записал первую электроэнцефалограмму человека. Это изменило существующую медицинскую науку, впервые позволив увидеть работу мозга в процессе. Сегодня поговорим ... |
11.07.2024 | Dr. Rod J. Rohrich Honored with Top Rankings in Newsweek Feature of Best Plastic Surgeons in the United States | Dr. Rod J. Rohrich was voted among the Best Plastic Surgeons in the United States by Newsweek
Newsweek has recognized Dallas plastic surgeon Dr. Rod J. Rohrich as the top ranked plastic surgeon in the United States in 4 out of the 5 categor... |
09.07.2024 | Grandmother who received first-ever combined heart pump and pig kidney transplant dies at 54 | A grandmother died on Sunday, months after she received a combined mechanical heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant, according to the hospital that performed the surgeries.
Lisa Pisano, 54, was suffering from heart and kidney fai... |
08.07.2024 | Health | The concierge catch: Better access for a few patients disrupts care for many | “Concierge medicine potentially leads to disproportionately richer people being able to pay for the scarce resource of physician time and crowding out people who have lower incomes and are sicker,” said Adam Leive, lead author of a 2023 stu... |
26.06.2024 | Partnership to End Addiction expands esteemed Board of Directors | NEW YORK, June 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Partnership to End Addiction has added three new members to its Board of Directors: Dr. Scott Hadland, Claire Lea-Howarth, and Greg Stuart.
"We are honored to welcome these talented individuals w... |
20.06.2024 | Concierge medicine means better access to doctors for patients who pay, but disrupts care for many | "You had to pay the fee, or the doctor wasn't going to see you anymore."
That was the takeaway for Terri Marroquin of Midland, Texas, when her longtime physician began charging a membership fee in 2019. She found out about the cha... |
20.06.2024 | Dr. Rod J. Rohrich Presents on Rhinoplasty at the California Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting | Dr. Rod J. Rohrich
Distinguished rhinoplasty surgeon, Dr. Rod J. Rohrich, presents at the 74th Annual Meeting of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons.
DALLAS, June 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dallas plastic surgeon and renowned rhinoplas... |
19.06.2024 | Family's genes offer new clue to delaying onset of Alzheimer's disease | Scientists studying a family plagued by early-in-life Alzheimer's found some carry a genetic oddity that delays their initial symptoms by five years.
The finding points to novel ways of fighting the mind-robbing disease — if researchers can... |
17.06.2024 | ISTH 2024 Unveils Late-Breakthrough Abstracts to be Presented in Bangkok, Thailand Showcasing Groundbreaking Science and Research | International scientific meeting convenes in Bangkok, Thailand, for the first time highlighting the important work of the Asian-Pacific scientific and clinical community
BANGKOK, June 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the International Societ... |
13.06.2024 | Doctors Clarify Sunscreen's Effects on Skin Amid Misinformation on Social Media | By Aldohn Domingo
Published Jun 13, 2024 10:19PM EDT
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Numerous TikTok creators are reportedly spreading misinformation regarding sunscree... |
12.06.2024 | CRISPR and the new era of precision plant breeding: In conversation with Pairwise CEO Dr. Tom Adams | CRISPR-Cas9 technology—billed as ‘programmable DNA scissors’— first hit the headlines in 2012. Since then, it has been used to create everything from pig kidneys that can be transplanted into humans to treatments for sickle cell disease. Bu... |
06.06.2024 | BioCircuit Technologies Announces First Human Implants of Nerve Tape® | Surgeons across the US are now using Nerve Tape to achieve sutureless nerve repair
ATLANTA, June 6, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- BioCircuit Technologies®, a leader in medical device innovation, is proud to announce the first human implantatio... |
06.06.2024 | This Amazon-Backed Neuralink Rival Is Taking a Different Path to BCI Adoption | Cognixion offers two non-invasive BCI headsets that integrate into the company’s own computer platform. Cognixion
Brain-computer interface (BCI) company Cognixion is a direct rival of Elon Musk’s Neuralink. Both are working to transform int... |
05.06.2024 | Cardiology Profile: Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute's Dr. Tae Song | Dr. Tae Song is a cardiac surgeon, mechanical circulatory support, and heart transplant specialist at Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute.
The fellowship-trained physician is a transplant specialist that has helped Memorial's cardiac te... |
04.06.2024 | Graham-Pelton Welcomes Industry Veteran Phil Hills as Principal | NEW YORK, June 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading fundraising consulting firm Graham-Pelton announced the appointment of Phil Hills as Principal, effective May 1, 2024. Hills joins Graham-Pelton from Marts&Lundy, where he served as Preside... |
30.05.2024 | AI Helps Medical Professionals Read Confusing EEGs to Save Lives | Researchers at Duke University have developed an assistive machine learning model that greatly improves the ability of medical professionals to read the electroencephalography (EEG) charts of intensive care patients.
Because EEG readings ar... |
29.05.2024 | Remedy Pharmaceuticals Gets Rights To Acute Stroke Drug Back From Biogen; Announces Clinically Meaningful and Statistically Significant Results From Pre-specified Subgroup and Post Hoc Analyses of Pha... | NEW YORK, May 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Remedy Pharmaceuticals, a pioneer in stroke drug development, announced that prespecified subgroup analyses from the Phase 3 CHARM clinical trial of CIRARA (IV glibenclamide) showed meaningful improvem... |
20.05.2024 | Lunit Achieves Historic Milestone: 100 Peer-Reviewed Papers Published on Its AI Medical Imaging Suite | - From research to real-world impact: Lunit demonstrates Lunit INSIGHT's clinical safety, effectiveness, and efficiency in 100 papers
SEOUL, South Korea, May 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lunit (KRX:328130.KQ), a leading provider of AI-powered s... |
18.05.2024 | Health | Stranded in the ER, seniors await hospital care and suffer avoidable harm | “It’s a public health crisis,” said Aisha Terry, an associate professor of emergency medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the president of the board of the American College of Emergency Physici... |
16.05.2024 | Advice | Ask Amy: Parents house violent and irrational son | We don’t know what to do.
We don’t want to kick him out, possibly driving him toward further addiction, homelessness, or worse.
But living in increasing fear, with no real end in sight, is becoming impossible as well.
Please advise!
— Anxio... |
13.05.2024 | First human to receive transplanted pig kidney dies | A man with end-stage renal disease who earlier this year became the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said.
"The Mass General transplant team is deepl... |
12.05.2024 | First Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Dies, Cause Unrelated to Transplant | By QuincyJon
Published May 12, 2024 12:25PM EDT
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The first recipient of a genetically engineered pig kidney transplant, died nearly two m... |
11.05.2024 | Massachusetts man who received first-ever pig kidney transplant dies at 62 | Massachusetts man who received first-ever pig kidney transplant dies two months after surgery
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BOSTON - The Massachusetts man who received th... |
08.05.2024 | Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center hosts international conference on complex cardiac arrhythmias | AUSTIN, Texas, May 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 18-19, 2024, the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David's Medical Center hosted its seventh international symposium on complex arrhythmias, EPLive 2024. This year's event i... |
30.04.2024 | Lung Cancer Research Foundation Welcomes New Scientific Advisory Board Members | Foundation Expands its Research Reviewing Body to Meet Strategic Research Investment Objective
NEW YORK, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) has expanded its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) by five new ... |
24.04.2024 | Doctors perform first-ever combined heart pump and pig kidney transplant | For the first time, surgeons at NYU Langone Health performed a combined mechanical heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant, helping a 54-year-old woman with heart and kidney failure.
Before the two procedures, which took place earl... |
22.04.2024 | Evidence of Rapid Depression Treatment from Fisher Wallace Laboratories Published by The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry | OAK by Fisher Wallace Labs
Fisher Wallace’s Version 2.0 Wearable Technology Significantly Reduced Moderate to Severe Depression in the First Week of Treatment
The trial results demonstrated rapid, clinically significant improvement of depre... |
18.04.2024 | Dallas Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Rod J. Rohrich, Hosts the 27th Annual Dallas Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine Meeting | Dallas plastic surgeon Dr. Rod J. Rohrich
Dallas plastic surgeon and Meeting Chair, Dr. Rod J. Rohrich, hosts the 2024 Dallas Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine Meeting.
DALLAS, April 18, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Dallas plastic surgeon and Mee... |
16.04.2024 | Innovent Announces the Appointment of Dr. Nageatte Ibrahim as the Oncology Chief Medical Officer (CMO) | SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for... |
16.04.2024 | Health | More kids are dying of drug overdoses. Could pediatricians do more to help? | Martha Bebinger, WBUR | KFF Health News (TNS)
A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
After he was weighed, he headed for an exam room decorated with deca... |
15.04.2024 | Harvard expert Uma Naidoo studied 'brain foods' for over 20 years. Here's her top 5 breakfast options | Dr Uma Naidoo is also the director of Nutritional, lifestyle and metabolic psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. (Image credit: umanaidoomd.com)
Harvard-trained psychiatrist, nutrition expert, and professional chef Dr Uma Naidoo has... |
07.04.2024 | Low-Income US Families Fear Impact of Internet Subsidy Loss Over Healthcare Access | Quincy Jon, Tech Times 07 April 2024, 03:04 pm
Rural households in the United States face an essential issue: losing internet subsidies.
Over 23 million low-income households in urban, suburban, rural, and tribal regions have joined the pro... |
05.04.2024 | Pig kidney transplant raises hopes for clinical trials | The success of the world's first pig kidney transplant could stoke large-scale clinical trials on implanting animal tissues in humans to help ease the organ shortage crisis.
Why it matters: Demand for donated organs is vast as transplants h... |
04.04.2024 | Crime and Public Safety | Nighttime gunshots may harm health and sleep of millions, Mass General study finds | Nighttime gunshots and the sirens wailing right after may be a larger factor in the health and well-being of millions of people than previously considered, Mass General Brigham researchers report.
The study looked at 72,236 gunshot reports ... |
04.04.2024 | Dallas Rhinoplasty Surgeon, Dr. Rod J. Rohrich, Hosts the 41st Annual Dallas Rhinoplasty Meeting | Dallas Rhinoplasty Surgeon, Dr. Rod J. Rohrich
Dr. Rod J. Rohrich, Dallas plastic surgeon and Chair, hosts the 41st annual Dallas Rhinoplasty Meeting.
DALLAS, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Dallas rhinoplasty surgeon and meeting Chair,... |
03.04.2024 | Recipient of world's first pig kidney transplant discharged from Boston hospital | Man released from Mass General after receiving world's first pig kidney transplant
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BOSTON - The recipient of the world's first pig kidney transplant is... |
26.03.2024 | World's First Genetically Edited Pig Kidney Transplanted Into a Living Human Patient | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 26 March 2024, 04:03 am
The first-ever transplantation of a genetically edited pig kidney into a human patient has been successfully performed.
The recipient, a 62-year-old man suffering from end-stage kidney dise... |
25.03.2024 | Health systems doubling down on ramping up their fertility services | Mayo Clinic, CommonSpirit Health, and Mount Sinai are among those partnered with fertility startups
Infertility is defined as being unable to get pregnant after one year of unprotected sex if women under 35 years of age, or 6 months in wome... |
23.03.2024 | Middle age's hidden perils — and possibilities — for the aging brain | Middle age is a tipping point for the brain and can offer clues about the risk of cognitive decline and dementia, emerging scientific evidence shows.
Why it matters: The decades between 40 and 60 years old could be a key time for early inte... |
22.03.2024 | Health | Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission | Amy Maxmen | KFF Health News (TNS)
Four years after hospitals in New York City overflowed with COVID-19 patients, emergency physician Sonya Stokes remains shaken by how unprepared and misguided the American health system was.
Hospital leade... |
21.03.2024 | Pig kidney transplanted into man for first time ever at Massachusetts General Hospital | BOSTON – For the first time ever, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston transplanted a pig kidney into a living human patient.
Mass General said Thursday the procedure was the first successful procedure of its kind in the wor... |
15.03.2024 | Health | A promising glioblastoma clinical trial: Cancer researchers say tumors dramatically shrunk | A new glioblastoma study is providing a glimmer of hope for those battling the aggressive and fast-growing brain tumor, as a novel treatment helped dramatically shrink the tumor in patients.
A Phase 1 clinical trial out of Massachusetts Gen... |
20.02.2024 | Health | Inside the plan to diagnose Alzheimer’s in people with no memory problems — and who stands to benefit | Melody Petersen | Los Angeles Times (TNS)
In a darkened Amsterdam conference hall this summer, a panel of industry and academic scientists took the stage to announce a plan to radically expand the definition of Alzheimer’s disease to includ... |
23.01.2024 | COVID variant JN.1 is not more severe, early CDC data suggests | Early data from hospitals suggests the latest COVID variant, known as JN.1, is not leading to more severe disease, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said Monday, as the agency has tracked the strain's steep rise to an es... |
24.11.2023 | Skipping weekday workouts? Weekend-only exercise offers similar benefits, study finds | For many people, weekdays mean a lot of work and not a lot of time for working out. But according to recent research, you may not need to exercise during the week if you work out for at least 150 minutes over the weekend.
The study, publish... |
08.11.2023 | Best Buy Health and Mass General Brigham team up for at-home care | The two companies will first work on scaling and supporting MGB’s Home Hospital service
Best Buy Health has made providing at-home care a key part of its business, first buying Current Health, a platform that combines remote patient monitor... |
05.10.2023 | Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS awarded NIH U01 Grant to support Expanded Access to Pridopidine in Collaboration with Prilenia Therapeutics | The Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS at Massachusetts General Hospital has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to conduct an intermediate size Expanded Access ... |
25.09.2023 | Щёлочь и дым: электрохимия взрывающихся вейпов | На Хабре уже не раз рассматривались тёмные стороны бытовой электрохимии и, в частности, протечки и взрывы литий-ионных аккумуляторов. Уже фиксируются и взрывы электросамокатов, приводящие к травмам и гибели водителя, а также другие подобные... |
25.09.2023 | How Startups Are Disrupting Traditional Healthcare | Entrepreneur & co-founder of Neuronic, Liam Pingree shares insights on health trends, high performance and business strategy. |
06.09.2023 | Mass General Brigham and GE HealthCare partner on AI algorithm | Mass General also announced a partnership with Nightingale Health for blood sample analysis
Mass General Brigham is the largest hospital-based research enterprise in the United States, providing clinical care through two academic hospitals,... |
20.07.2023 | Mass. General totes up its waste in a move to tackle climate change | On an August Thursday in 2021, deep into the pandemic, two Massachusetts General Hospital doctors stood gowned, gloved, bootied up and ready in a retrofitted lounge on the 21st floor of Phillips House, a 20-single-room, inpatient area with ... |
19.05.2023 | Roundups: Tampa General, Henry Ford, PatientsLikeMe, Other Digital Health Partnerships | Tampa General Hospital Teams Up with Navina
Tampa General Hospital (TGH) partners with AI-powered platform Navina to bring its transformative AI the health system’s primary care clinicians. Navina’s AI takes large amounts of patient data, i... |
03.05.2023 | WCVB Channel 5 Chronicle Reporter and Producer Nicole Estaphan to Emcee Melanoma Research Foundation’s Miles for Melanoma 5K | BOSTON (PRWEB) May 03, 2023
The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) is thrilled to announce that WCVB Channel 5 Chronicle Reporter and Producer Nicole Estaphan will be returning as the event emcee for the annual Miles for Melanoma New Englan... |
13.04.2023 | Applications Now Open for the Inaugural Scholarship for Healthcare Students by Julian Mitton, MD | Julian Mitton, MD
Dr. Julian Mitton Gives Back With Scholarship Funding For Medical Students SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, April 13, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- The Dr. Julian Mitton Scholarship for Healthcare Students is thrilled... |
07.03.2023 | AI Predicts Alzheimer's Risk With Above 90% Accuracy | Trisha Kae Andrada, Tech Times 07 March 2023, 10:03 am
(Photo : David Matos/Unsplash)
Alzheimer’s: What you need to know
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in medicine, notably for disease diagnosis.
A rising number of specia... |
06.03.2023 | Virtual or in person: Which kind of doctor's visit is better, and when it matters | When the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country in early 2020 and emptied doctors' offices nationwide, telemedicine was suddenly thrust into the spotlight. Patients and their physicians turned to virtual visits by video or phone rather than ri... |
28.02.2023 | Mass General Brigham-Born Revenue Cycle Company Snags $55M | Hospitals are facing a slew of obstacles that negatively impact their revenue cycle processes — from billing backlogs to labor shortages to burnt out clinicians who don’t have time to deal with hours of administrative processes. One startup... |
23.02.2023 | Prilenia Announces Topline Results for Pridopidine in Phase 2 ALS Study | Naarden, NL and WALTHAM, Mass, 23 February 2023 – Prilenia Therapeutics B.V., a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the urgent mission to develop novel therapeutics to slow the progression of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopme... |
14.02.2023 | Healthier School Meals Program Led to Less Overweight Kids: Study | TUESDAY, Feb 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- More than a decade ago, the Obama administration passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 as a way to counter the toll the obesity epidemic was taking on children's health.
The goal was to m... |
08.01.2023 | The key to finding happiness | Marion Benedek, K.C. Rice, Helen Chardack and Susan Shapiro have been taking ceramics classes together at the 92nd Street Y for almost a lifetime. This tight-knit group of New York City potters puts a unique spin on something we all despera... |
11.10.2022 | New generation of weight loss medications offer promise — but at a price | Excitement is building about a new generation of drugs that tout the ability to help adults with excess weight shed more pounds than older drugs on the market.
Some patients, obesity medicine specialists say, are experiencing decreases in b... |
27.06.2022 | Under new abortion laws, prenatal genetic test results can come too late | Ann was 15 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when the results of her prenatal genetic test came back last August. The test suggested that her daughter, whom she and her husband planned to name Juliet, was missing one of her two X chromos... |
21.06.2022 | PhIII dead end for celiac drug crushes penny stock biotech | A compound that’s been touted as the first-ever drug to enter a Phase III trial for celiac disease appears to have run into a dead end.
At an interim statistical analysis designed to determine how many more patients it wou... |
13.06.2022 | Listen: Diverse clinical trials: Why aren’t we there yet? | Clinical trials are critical to advancing lifesaving medications and treatments. But the U.S. is falling woefully short in making sure that these trials represent the broader population, as some researchers don’t even record the racial and ... |
25.04.2022 | 3D Systems enters the radiation oncology market with new VSP Bolus 3D printing offering | US 3D printer manufacturer 3D Systems has announced its entry into the radiation oncology market with the launch of its new Virtual Surgical Planning or ‘VSP’ Bolus solution.
Designed to enable the production of medical devices for cancer t... |
31.03.2022 | Even as medicine becomes more diverse, main authors in elite journals remain mostly white and male | A new analysis of two of the nation’s most prestigious medical journals shows that women and people of color rarely served as lead or senior authors of research articles published during the past three decades, and that gains in authorship ... |
30.03.2022 | Behavioral change is the best prevention of future diseases | Technology scales this underutilized practice via 24/7 connections and data
If there’s one lasting message the COVID-19 pandemic left on society, it’s that good health can prevent the severity of future pandemics. More than nine out of 10 p... |
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