A study and review performed by clinicians of PICC Excellence, Inc. found a disinfection cap that dispenses 70% isopropyl alcohol is effective in disinfecting IV needleless connectors after five minutes. The study…
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Laureate enters agreement with AVEO to produce AV-203 monoclonal antibody against ErbB3
Laureate Pharma, Inc., a full-service contract development and manufacturing organization, announced today that they have entered into a development and manufacturing agreement to produce AV-203, AVEO Pharmaceutical’s (Cambridge, MA) novel monoclonal antibody…
Boston Scientific Agrees to Sell Neurovascular Business to Stryker
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced the execution of a definitive agreement under which Stryker Corporation will acquire Boston Scientific’s Neurovascular business. The purchase price is $1.5 billion, payable in cash,…
Press Ganey Unveils New Brand, Game-Changing Clinical Management Solution for Healthcare Providers
Press Ganey, the nation’s only company that integrates patient satisfaction and clinical/operational performance solutions to help healthcare providers become higher performing organizations, is unveiling a new look and a game-changing new product….
Study examines children’s tendencies toward food and development of obesity
Study sheds light on understanding how behaviors toward food early in life can lead to obesity When it comes to understanding where tendencies to overweight and obesity develop, you have to begin…
Immune system may play role in cancer therapies
The immune system may play a critical role in ensuring the success of certain types of cancer therapies, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine….
Mirada Medical and Moffitt Cancer Center enter joint development agreement
Mirada Medical Limited, the fast growing international company focused on advanced oncology imaging, announced today that they have signed an agreement with Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, one of the USA’s top…
Systemic amyloidosis patient to receive triple organ transplant
In 2005, then 40-year-old Walt McGuire was playing hockey twice a week, working full-time and chasing his young daughter. Then one day, he noticed after one trip up the stairs to catch…
Annals of Urology to publish NAFC research on overactive bladder symptoms
Research by the National Association For Continence (NAFC) about the frustration endured by middle-aged women, who have overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms, will be published in the inaugural issue of Annals of Urology…
Individuals can consciously control neurons inside the head, study finds
Five years ago, neuroscientist Christof Koch of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), neurosurgeon Itzhak Fried of UCLA, and their colleagues discovered that a single neuron in the human brain can function…
PFF’s national scientific conference improves clinical understanding of IPF
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) today announced that it is establishing a national scientific conference for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) physicians and patients beginning in 2011. IPF Summit 2011: From Bench to…
PCP credits dedicated primary care community for formation of Harvard’s new Center
New Harvard Medical School Center sends strong message of primary care’s importance to healthcare system – Primary Care Progress calls community engagement critical to the establishment of Harvard’s center – Students and…
Even most vulnerable infants can transition to breast-feeding
Pediatric researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia describe a successful program in which nurses helped mothers attain high rates of breast-feeding in very sick babies–newborns with complex birth defects requiring surgery…
World’s largest free-standing proton therapy center opens
Hampton University, along with the Honorable Gov. Bob McDonnell and hundreds of guests, celebrated the grand opening of the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute (HUPTI), the world’s largest free-standing proton center, on…
High urine BPA levels associated with decreased sperm quality
Increasing urine BPA (Bisphenol-A) level was significantly associated with decreased sperm concentration, decreased total sperm count, decreased sperm vitality and decreased sperm motility, according to a Kaiser Permanente study appearing in the…