C.D.C. Sets New Standards for Hospitals to Combat Sepsis
The agency outlined “core elements” needed to detect and treat the condition, a factor in 1.7 million hospitalizations in the U.S. each year.
Source: NYT Health - August 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Baumgaertner Tags: your-feed-science Sepsis Hospitals Deaths (Fatalities) Doctors Blood Infections Bacteria Source Type: news

White House requests extension of agreement with China on joint research
President Joe Biden’s administration has given itself 6 months to reach a deal with China to preserve a 44-year-old agreement governing scientific cooperation between the two superpowers. But the rising tensions between the two countries and calls by congressional Republicans for the United States to end cooperation with China will require the White House to walk a political tightrope in renewing what has traditionally been a garden-variety diplomatic pact. U.S. academics welcome the administration’s decision, first reported by NBC News , not to abandon an agreement that has been renewed in 5-year increments...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 24, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Don ’t Risk It All: Areas Of Focus For High-Net-Worth Families
Amassing generational family wealth often takes years of discipline, planning, and sacrifice. Yet, it is widely reported that 70% of families who have the attributes needed to build wealth will lose it all by the second generation (fortune recommends, Dec. 14, 2022). How could this happen? No two…#hnw #sp #spy #harrymarkowitz #mpt
Source: Reuters: Health - August 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Jury Still Out on Stopping GLP-1 RAs Prior to Endoscopy Jury Still Out on Stopping GLP-1 RAs Prior to Endoscopy
Five professional gastroenterology organizations caution that more data are needed to understand if and when GLP-1 receptor agonists should be held prior to elective endoscopy.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - August 24, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Former Connecticut Residents Charged with Operating Websites to Illegally Sell Misbranded and Unapproved Drugs
FDA OCI, RYAN FIELDS, LISA MAHAN, Port Neches, Texas, Glastonbury, Connecticut, illegal, sale, misbranded, unapproved, prescription, Rx drugs, indictment, arrest, pinnedaminos.com, projectaminos.com, Facebook, Pinned Aminos, smuggle,
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - August 24, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

Who is responsible for overseeing homeless housing in the Bay Area?
Mold, cockroaches and security issues at two of the Bay Area’s largest homeless housing sites in San Jose have raised questions about the level of oversight of the desperately needed homes for the city’s most vulnerable residents. As San Jose works to double its total homeless housing stock under…#bayareas #sanjose #bayarea #southbay #santaclaracounty #santaclaracountys #jennloving #oakland #berkeley #santaclara
Source: Reuters: Health - August 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

This Scientist-Entrepreneur Is Brewing Prescription Drug Ingredients Like They Were Beer
Backed by $123 million in venture investments, Christina Smolke ’s company Anthiea just completed its first scaled production of a key drug ingredient.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - August 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Alex Knapp, Forbes Staff Tags: Science /science Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Daily Cover daily-cover Editors' Pick editors-pick Premium Content premiumcontent technology alexknappblog Source Type: news

India's generic drug prescription mandate faces execution challenges, says Fitch
The Indian government's mandate for physicians to prescribe only generic drug names is facing challenges in execution, according to Fitch Ratings. The report suggests that a significant decline in sales of branded generics will impact the profitability of Indian pharmaceutical companies, as lower prices will outweigh the benefits of reduced marketing costs. However, Fitch believes that the new guidelines are unlikely to result in an immediate shift away from branded generics.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - August 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

‘National blueprint’ needed for children’s health
A new national blueprint for children’s health is needed to tackle deteriorating outcomes and health inequalities, the chief executive of the Institute of Health Visiting has told. Alison Morton, speaking exclusively with Nursing in Practice, said that compared with other nations the state of child health in the UK was ‘something to be ashamed of’... Read moreThe post ‘National blueprint’ needed for children’s health appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
Source: Nursing in Practice - August 23, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news Source Type: news

ReCor Renal Denervation System Safe, Effective: FDA Panel ReCor Renal Denervation System Safe, Effective: FDA Panel
The ReCor renal denervation system for treating refractory hypertension is safe and effective but further study is needed in vulnerable subpopulations, an FDA advisory panel concludes.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - August 23, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

International Systems Are Key for Ethiopia ’ s Security and Development Amidst Renewed War
There are still tens of thousands of people in need of health services including surgical interventions from the previous war that left almost 600,000 people dead. Credit: James Jeffrey/IPSBy Abdo HusenADDIS ABABA, Aug 23 2023 (IPS) Less than a year since warring parties in Ethiopia signed a peace agreement, the country is on the brink of renewed bloodshed following escalating hostilities between government forces and the Fano militia in the Amhara region. Government forces accuse the militant group of plotting a coup; while the militia maintain their marginalization in the post-war reconstruction arrangements including th...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Abdo Husen Tags: Africa Armed Conflicts Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news

FC Barcelona Could Receive Surprise ‘Economic Lever’ Before End Of Transfer Window
FC Barcelona could receive a surprise 'economic lever' before the end of the transfer window, if reports from L'Equipe are accurate. Barca already pulled a lever earlier this summer when reselling stakes in Barca Studios for €120 million ($129.7 million). The much-needed cash meant that they were…#fc #barcelona #lequipe #barca #barcastudios #ilkaygundogan #joaocancelo #joaofelix #bernardosilva #manchestercity
Source: Reuters: Health - August 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Roche inadvertently publishes positive interim trial data on lung cancer drug
inadvertently published positive lung cancer drug trial data from an interim analysis, boosting the Swiss drug maker's shares even though more data will be needed to confirm the treatment's efficacy. Roche said on Wednesday that market participants had made it aware of the inadvertent disclosure…#roche #merckco #gileadsciences #arcusbiosciences #isi #jpmorgan #tecentriq #tigit
Source: Reuters: Health - August 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

UK's first womb transplant costs £25,000 with charity fundraising events including cake sales helping to fund the operation
Bake sales, book proceeds and many more private charitable donations from members of the public helped fund the £25,000 needed for the UK's first womb transplant.
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Giant black hole formed puzzlingly fast at dawn of cosmos
Astronomers have found by far the most distant and earliest quasar ever seen, a cosmic beacon shining so soon after the big bang that standard theory can’t explain how it was built. Among the most luminous objects in the cosmos, quasars are powered by supermassive black holes in the center of galaxies, which suck in matter so voraciously that it becomes white hot from friction and glows brightly enough to be seen across the universe. Astronomers thought the black holes formed stepwise within early galaxies, as giant stars collapsed and merged, but quasars detected from when the universe was less than 1 billion years...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 22, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

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