Friday, November 11th, 2011
A new report by the Institute of Medicine calls for more oversight by public and private healthcare facilities in terms of their handling of patient data. It recommends that The Secretary of The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) publish a plan within 12 months to minimize patient ...
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Saturday, October 29th, 2011
A new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) shows that formal training in parenting strategies is a low-risk, effective method for improving preschool-aged children's behavior who are at risk for developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), whereas using medication ...
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
A study supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services could not validate or confirm previous research findings that suggested the presence of one of several viruses in blood samples of people living with chronic fatigue syndrome. The new study also could not find the viruses in blood ...
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
New plain-language reports compare the risks and benefits of therapies for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a digestive condition that affects millions of individuals in the U.S., and can be treated with medications or surgery. The reports are from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Agency for Healthcare ...
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Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
Today Intercell AG (VSE: ICLL) announced the start of a further trial in the field of pandemic Influenza, investigating Intercell's adjuvant patch (Vaccine Enhancement Patch - VEP) containing LT (a heat-labile toxin from E. coli) in combination with GSK's H5N1 pandemic antigen. This trial follows prior work with a non-GSK ...
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