Tag: hospitals

June 17, 2021

Community pharmacies represent credible and trustworthy services across the UK, which could be key to COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, especially when addressing vaccine hesitancy. One of the four pillars of the UK primary care system New research led by Aston University […]

June 16, 2021

It has been over a year and a half since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic began to besiege the world, forcing a large-scale shut-down of business activity, travel, educational and sports institutions, and placing an overwhelming burden on healthcare […]

June 8, 2021

A study by RCSI indicates that exercise is probably the most effective short-term treatment for depression in people with coronary heart disease, when compared to antidepressants and psychotherapy or more complex care. The study, led by researchers at RCSI University […]

June 7, 2021

Grail has launched its Galleri blood test, which is designed to detect multiple cancers early from a single sample, for prescription use in the US. The company reported initial results from the interventional PATHFINDER study where the test demonstrated the […]

June 3, 2021

Type 2 diabetes patients who are not overweight and who have had the disorder for less than a decade can benefit from stromal stem cells transplanted from their own bone marrow, according to a study published today in STEM CELLS […]

May 28, 2021

In a world first, scientists from the University of Sussex have recorded blood oxygen levels in the hippocampus and provided experimental proof for why the area, commonly referred to as ‘the brain’s memory centre’, is vulnerable to damage and degeneration, […]

May 26, 2021

North America witnessed a 4.6% rise in IT hiring activity in the medical industry in April 2021 compared with the previous month, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics index. April 2021 has seen an increase of 1.93% in the overall hiring […]

May 24, 2021

After almost a year and a half of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the actual case count of those infected with its causative virus – severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – remains unclear. Though well over 167.2 […]

May 21, 2021

A record of medicine utilization patterns assembled by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of California, Irvine and the UC San Diego School of Medicine reveals the thought, care and scientific rigor clinicians at UC Health medical centers […]

May 12, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the healthcare continuum within the past year, creating many roadblocks in the path towards high-quality care delivery. Amid these challenges, we have witnessed a significant shift in patient wants and needs, in addition to heightened […]

May 10, 2021

Contact lenses, dermal fillers, machines for laser treatment for body hair removal… all products without medical purpose that will fall under the Medical Device Regulation as of 25 May 2020. The manufacturers must comply to the new regulation, but do […]

April 16, 2021

Abiomed has enrolled the first patient in the PROTECT IV trial, which aims to obtain the clinical evidence needed to get a Class I guideline recommendation for Impella heart pumps in high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (HRPCI). The first patient was […]

April 14, 2021

The House voted 384-38 Tuesday evening to rescind one of two scheduled Medicare cuts, sending the bill on to President Biden for his signature. “Today the house meets on the heels of huge milestones for our country — more than […]

April 14, 2021

The Biden administration is working to accelerate doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines after U.S. health officials advised states to hold off on using Johnson & Johnson’s shot while regulators investigate a rare blood-clotting issue, a top U.S. […]

April 12, 2021

On the heels of its recently released data in teens ages 12-15, Pfizer and BioNTech said they applied to the FDA to expand emergency use authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine to include that age group. Meanwhile, real-world data from Israel […]