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Clinical Trials Investigating New Uses Have Produced Mixed Results

Feb 19, 2014

Clinical trials investigating new uses for the anti-cancer drug Avastin have produced mixed results. When combined with standard chemotherapy, Avastin extended the survival of patients with advanced cervical cancer by nearly four months, ...

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Here Are Some of The Latest Health and Medical News Developments

Jan 15, 2014

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Muscle-Building Exercises Reduce Women's Diabetes Risk: Study Lifting weights and other muscle-building workouts reduce women's risk ...

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Few People Realize How Effective Vaccines Against HPV Are for Preventing Cervical Cancer

Dec 26, 2013

Few people realize how effective the vaccines against HPV (human papillomavirus) are for preventing cervical cancer, and even fewer talk about the vaccine with their doctors, according to a survey of more than 1,400 people. "From previous ...

Tags: human papillomavirus, vaccines against HPV, cervical cancer

A New Test to a Mammogram for Breast Cancer Detection Is Not an Effective Screening TOOL

Dec 25, 2013

A new test marketed as an alternative to a mammogram for breast cancer detection is not an effective screening TOOL, U.S. health officials say. With the nipple aspirate test, a breast pump collects fluid from a woman's nipple. The fluid ...

Tags: FDA, mammogram, breast cancer detection, nipple aspirate test

Hologic Has Obtained Health Canada Approval for Its Aptima Hpv Assay for Use

Nov 18, 2013

Hologic, a manufacturer of diagnostic and medical imaging systems, has obtained Health Canada approval for its Aptima HPV assay for use on the company's fully automated Panther system. Aptima HPV assay has been designed to detect ...

Tags: Health Canada, Aptima HPV Assay

Sleep Apnea Patients Has a Pap Mask Introduced by Circadiance

Sep 18, 2013

Circadiance, a manufacturer of respiratory products, has introduced the SleepWeaver Anew soft cloth full face PAP mask, designed for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) users who breathe through their mouth while sleeping. The ...

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The US FDA Has Approved Roche's New Streamlined Workflow Process

Jun 27, 2013

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Roche's new streamlined workflow process for the cobas Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Test, which help labs reduce costs, improve turnaround time and focus on other key tasks. Roche ...

Tags: Cobas HPV Test, FDA Approval, Medicine

Abbott Has Received License in Canada for Realtime High Risk HPV Molecular Diagnostic Test

May 30, 2013

Global health care company Abbott has received license from the Medical Device Bureau of Health Canada for its RealTime High Risk HPV molecular diagnostic test to detect human papillomavirus (HPV), a primary cause of cervical cancer. The ...

Tags: health care, HPV Molecular Diagnostic

The Societies Themselves Say Are Often Performed But Often Unnecessary, and Even Harmful

Feb 22, 2013

Think your kid really needs antibiotics for that sore throat? That a Pap smear every year is a good idea? That testosterone will restore your love live? The answers for most people: nope, nope, and nope. That's the word from, ...

Tags: sore throat, antibiotics, healthcare

Advanced Home Care Has Purchased Extrakare,Which Is Based in Norcross,Georgia,US

Jan 4, 2013

Not-for-profit hospital affiliated company Advanced Home Care has purchased Extrakare, which is based in Norcross, Georgia, US. Extrakare commercial products include home oxygen, PAP devices, designed for the treatment of sleep apnea, and ...

Tags: hospital affiliated company, Advanced Home Care, Extrakare, US

Circadiance Has Launched a New Soft Cloth Nasal Mask to Encourage Patients

Dec 18, 2012

Circadiance, a developer of respiratory products, has launched a new soft cloth nasal mask to encourage patients to continue their positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy. The SleepWeaver Elan, which requires no forehead support, features ...

Tags: Circadiance, soft cloth nasal mask, PAP, SleepWeaver Elan

IncellDx Enters Into an Agreement with Bioreference Laboratories to Conduct Slique Study

Dec 17, 2012

IncellDx has entered into an agreement with BioReference Laboratories to conduct a 10,000 sample study called Slique, designed to compare slideless and liquid-based Pap smears. OncoTect 3Dx, which uses a proprietary flow cytometry-based ...

Tags: liquid-based Pap smear, OncoTect 3Dx, FDA

Quest Diagnostics Has Introduced a Molecular Cervical Cancer Test

Dec 4, 2012

Quest Diagnostics has introduced a molecular cervical cancer test based on National Institutes of Health's TERC gene marker to identify molecular changes to cervical cells that increase the chance of a woman to develop cervical cancer. ...

Tags: cervical cancer TERC test, Quest Diagnostics, TERC results

CIGNA & CMC Life Insurance Has Introduced a New Health Insurance Product

Nov 30, 2012

CIGNA & CMC Life Insurance, a joint venture between CIGNA and China Merchants Group, has introduced a new health insurance product to provide high quality health coverage in China. Dubbed Pearl Plan, the product further expands the ...

Tags: insurance, health insurance, insurance service, insurance product

RADIUS Servers Are Common in Enterprise Networks to Offer Centralized Authentication

Sep 10, 2012

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) servers are common in enterprise networks to offer centralized authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) for access control. But RADIUS servers can also be useful in small and ...

Tags: wireless networking, RADIUS, Wi-Fi net, Elektron

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