Friday, July 22, 2016

Apple's ResearchKit: GlaxoSmithKline To Use Platform For Arthritis Study In First Major Clinical Trial Partnership and other top stories.

  • Apple's ResearchKit: GlaxoSmithKline To Use Platform For Arthritis Study In First Major Clinical Trial Partnership

    Apple Inc. has found its first industry partnership for ResearchKit, its medical platform for studies and clinical trials, more than a year after it was unveiled. The California tech giant will collaborate with GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) for the latter's new project that will gather data from patients using the pharmaceutical company's ResearchKit-powered iOS app.The British company said it will use the application for research in its study titled Patient Rheumatoid Arthritis Data from the Real W..
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  • Study: African-American men below poverty line at highest risk for mortality

    Study: African-American men below poverty line at highest risk for mortality
    New research shows that African-American men who live below the poverty line had the lowest overall survival of any group.(Photo: beichh4046, Getty Images/iStockphoto)African-American men who live below the poverty line had the lowest overall survival of any group, according to new research that looks at the effects of sex, race and socioeconomic status.The study, which sampled both white and black men and women, found that African-American men below poverty levels had almost a 2.7 times higher ..
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  • 9 Of 10 Strokes Are Preventable, Study Finds

    9 Of 10 Strokes Are Preventable, Study Finds
    Stroke might be a leading cause of death and disability, but according to a new study, it doesn't need to be that way. Recent findings have discovered that the vast majority of these instances — nine out of 10, to be precise — are preventable if people take a little time to take care of themselves. The study, led by Dr. Martin O'Donnell and Dr. Salim Yusuf of the Population Health Research Institute at McMaster and collaborators from 32 countries, looked at 26,000 participants from 32 countries..
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  • Got Dense Breasts? That Can Depend On Who Is Reading The Mammogram

    Got Dense Breasts? That Can Depend On Who Is Reading The Mammogram
    Breasts deemed "dense" in a mammogram tend to have less fatty tissue and more connective tissue, breast ducts and glands, doctors say. About 40 percent of women between the ages of 40 and 74 have dense breasts. Lester Lefkowitz/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Lester Lefkowitz/Getty Images Breasts deemed "dense" in a mammogram tend to have less fa..
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  • Mosquitoes in Weld County test positive for West Nile virus

    Mosquitoes in Weld County test positive for West Nile virus
    Mosquitoes in several areas of Weld County have tested positive for West Nile Virus. Health officials from the Weld County of Public Health and Environment said on Monday that there were no human cases, but they’re warning residents to protect themselves from bites. The mosquitoes were found in traps set in Greeley/Evans, LaSalle, Kersey and the Idaho Creek area of Longmont. “These results show West Nile Virus is now in Weld County for the remainder of the summer,” said Deb Adamson, environment..
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  • Unusual US Zika virus case baffles experts

    Unusual US Zika virus case baffles experts
    Image copyright SPL Experts are trying to work out exactly how a US carer has caught Zika after tending to a dying elderly man with the virus. Until now it was thought that only mosquitoes and sex spread Zika, as well as the risk of mother-to-child transmission in the womb. The carer, from Utah, did not have any of these known risk factors.US officials say they are monitoring the situation carefully and carrying out more tests. They stress that the chance of spread from one person to anothe..
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  • Limit Kids' Exposure to Media Violence, Pediatricians Say

    Limit Kids' Exposure to Media Violence, Pediatricians Say
    MONDAY, July 18, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Media violence has become a routine part of the daily lives of American children, and parents, lawmakers and the media should take steps to change that, a leading pediatricians' group recommends.The new policy statement, from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), calls on pediatricians to routinely ask about children's "media diet," and for parents to limit the violent content their kids see -- whether on TV, online or in video games.Video gaming is..
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  • Mediterranean Diet Cuts Risk for CV Events, Cancer, Diabetes

    Mediterranean Diet Cuts Risk for CV Events, Cancer, Diabetes
    The findings of a new review suggest that following a Mediterranean diet with no restriction on fat intake may reduce the incidence of cardiovascular (CV) events, cancer, and type 2 diabetes. "Our primary conclusion is that there is limited evidence from randomized trials that a Mediterranean diet with no restriction on fat intake may be associated with a reduced incidence of cardiovascular events, all-cancers, breast cancer, and type 2 diabetes mellitus but does not affect all-cause mortali..
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  • Lymphoma trial failure endangers Roche's Gazyva growth plans

    Lymphoma trial failure endangers Roche's Gazyva growth plans
    Roche’s Gazyva fell short in a late-stage lymphoma trial, jeopardizing the company’s expansion plans for the Rituxan follow-up. The newer med failed to best gold-standard Rituxan in previously untreated patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, according to topline results from a new trial. As a new-and-improved version of Rituxan, Roche’s best-selling drug, Gazyva is the Swiss drugmaker’s answer to impending biosimilar competition. If Gazyva wants to grab significant market share from its pr..
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  • Chick-fil-A devotees not happy with chicken chain's menu changes

    Chick-fil-A devotees not happy with chicken chain's menu changes
    America's favorite chicken chain has axed a spicy biscuit sandwich in favor of a new breakfast item with grilled chicken breast. (Chick-fil-A) Think America’s favorite chicken chain can do wrong? Think again. On Monday, Chick-fil-A confirmed that it would no longer be serving its Spicy Chicken Biscuit—and the Internet had a collective meltdown. Many fans were sad, some were angry, many expressed their utter disbelief and others just posted hilarious memes.  @ChickfilA please. Please. How ..
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