Tag: Healthcare News

The school recently added 19,000 square feet to its lease in downtown NYC, taking advantage of an opportunity to provide health services for lower Manhattan residents. 

Despite the potential losses from the British departure, leaders in the UK healthcare and technology industries have made it clear that innovation in the field of medicine and healthcare must continue.

The Cambridge-based startup is aimed at furthering technologies in "immuno-oncology" – drugs that tackle the immune system to better attack cancer cells.

Medtronic has been investing in companies that manufacture less-invasive surgical devices. This signals the company's intention to adapt its business to healthcare trends of implantable devices and wearables.

Dr. Arnold Kriegstein, head of UCSF’s stem cell program believes patients may abandon a promising field of medicine if they start having nasty side effects, start or losing faith that stem cells can enhance their health.

Following the example of the United States, countries in Europe and Australasia have followed suit and have begun organizing testing weeks with promotional events to encourage individuals to get tested for HIV.

The Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services estimate that this healthcare fraud scheme included individuals falsely billing Medicare and Medicaid for an estimated $900 million.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists report that they have been able to chemically blindside a mutant enzyme critical to lung cancer cells. The study was published in the journal Nature.

Expanding nurse responsibilities would allow nurse anesthetists to have authority in making decisions for a hospital, such as evaluating the safest and most cost effective anesthesia delivery methods.

The acquisition will solidify Texas Health’s position as the largest health system in North Texas.