Grocery chain buying what's left of Rite Aid
Albertsons Cos. and Rite Aid Corp. announced Tuesday plans to merge, forming a single retail giant with $83 billion in year one revenues, 4,900 locations, 4,350 pharmacy counters and 320 clinics across 38 states and D.C. Under the deal, most Albertsons pharmacies will be rebranded as Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD), while the company continues to operate Rite Aid standalone locations. The company will be dual headquartered in Camp Hill, Pa. (home of Rite Aid) and Boise, Idaho (home of Albertsons). Rite Aid…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 20, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Michael Neibauer Source Type: news

Social capital and cognitive decline in the aftermath of a natural disaster: a natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami - Hikichi H, Tsuboya T, Aida J, Matsuyama Y, Kondo K, Subramanian SV, Kawachi I.
We examined prospectively whether social capital mitigates the adverse effects of natural disaster on cognitive decline. METHODS: The baseline for our study was established seven months before the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Ts...
Source: SafetyLit - February 19, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Does poor oral health status increase the risk of falls? The JAGES Project Longitudinal Study - Mochida Y, Yamamoto T, Fuchida S, Aida J, Kondo K.
We sought to examine if self-reported oral health conditions regarding difficulty eating tough foods, dry mouth, choking, number of teeth and denture use are associated with incident falls. Our study was based on panel data from the Japan Gerontological Ev...
Source: SafetyLit - February 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

M3dicine launches Stethee ‘ smart ’ stethoscope
Intelligent medical device developer M3dicine yesterday announced the launch of its Stethee AI-enabled stethoscope system designed to amplify, filter, record and analyze heart and lung sound. The newly launched, FDA-cleared Stethee Pro features technology to capture and analyze heart and lung sounds and data via Bluetooth, operating around smartphone applications for both Apple iOS and Google Android devices, the Brisbane, Australia-based company said. “The Stethee system has the potential to transform healthcare. We are on the forefront of a new era in healthcare driven by artificial intelligence and its ability to ...
Source: Mass Device - January 25, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Diagnostics m3dicine Source Type: news

Mechanically robust, readily repairable polymers via tailored noncovalent cross-linking
Expanding the range of healable materials is an important challenge for sustainable societies. Noncrystalline, high-molecular-weight polymers generally form mechanically robust materials, which, however, are difficult to repair once they are fractured. This is because their polymer chains are heavily entangled and diffuse too sluggishly to unite fractured surfaces within reasonable time scales. Here we report that low-molecular-weight polymers, when cross-linked by dense hydrogen bonds, yield mechanically robust yet readily repairable materials, despite their extremely slow diffusion dynamics. A key was to use thiourea, wh...
Source: ScienceNOW - January 4, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Yanagisawa, Y., Nan, Y., Okuro, K., Aida, T. Tags: Materials Science reports Source Type: news

Risk of mortality during and after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami among older coastal residents - Aida J, Hikichi H, Matsuyama Y, Sato Y, Tsuboya T, Tabuchi T, Koyama S, Subramanian SV, Kondo K, Osaka K, Kawachi I.
The Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study is a nationwide cohort study of individuals aged 65 years and older established in July 2010. Seven months later, one of the study field sites was directly in the line of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Ts...
Source: SafetyLit - December 4, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

“Ambition & Action ” Needed to End Open Defecation
Women village councilors in Penakota, a village in southeast India, go out into a field to relieve themselves, as there are no toilets in their workplace. Credit: Stella Paul/IPSBy Will HigginbothamUNITED NATIONS, Nov 27 2017 (IPS)What would life be like without access to a toilet? What if our waste was not properly disposed of?For those in the developed world, such questions are hard to fathom, but for 2.3 billion people around the world it’s a reality. Without access to a toilet many are forced to defecate in the open, significantly increasing the changes of spreading diseases.The sixth Sustainable Development Goal (SD...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 27, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Will Higginbotham Tags: Development & Aid Gender Global Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Water & Sanitation Source Type: news

New £15m programme to train a million in mental health first aid
A new £15 million programme will see up to 1 million people trained in basic mental health “first aid” skills. The programme will improve personal resilience and help people recognise and respond effectively to signs of mental illness in others.
Source: NHS Networks - October 11, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Learning from our Lotte
Sam, Lotte and Caroline Parenting is a messy adventure – it tests our patience, our will and our energy, but never our concern, love or passion for our children. With three kids under 10, my wife, Caroline, and I have managed broken noses, split lips, cuts and bruises too numerous to count … even Lyme disease, skin disorders, and serious fevers – most seem to come with the territory. But there have been rare moments when one of our kids was sick and we didn’t know what was wrong or how to ease the pain, and in those moments, we felt pretty desperate. One of those times was when our 4-year-old daughter Charlotte or ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - September 12, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Sam Bigelow Tags: Diseases & Conditions Our Patients’ Stories Richard Yu vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) Source Type: news

News From the Society
When post-acute and long-term care practitioners get together, they can accomplish great things. That can be a challenge when you live in Hawaii, where you might be hundreds of miles from colleagues. However, Aida Wen, MD, CMD, Hawaii Medical Directors Association president, has found a way to unite colleagues for education, information exchange, and — most recently — a focus on antibiotic stewardship. And she has done this with help from AMDA – the Society of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, and some user-friendly technology.
Source: Caring for the Ages - August 30, 2017 Category: Health Management Source Type: news

Who is Rescuing the Rescuer?
Fallon Ambulance Service has joined the 9-1-1-Public Safety Fire and Police agencies of Brookline, Dedham, Milton and Weymouth to create and expand the military’s “Self-Care/ Buddy-Aid” program to provide rapid care for First Responders exposed to hazards such as Fentanyl while responding to emergencies in their communities. Problem: Every day Public Safety agencies encounter numerous dangers. From hazardous materials to infectious biohazards, the first responders are responding to unsafe scenes to save the public. The risk of a fatal incident being suffered by a police officer or firefighter is three times greate...
Source: JEMS Operations - August 21, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Fallon Ambulance Tags: Industry News Operations Source Type: news

Study: Nanomedicine shuts down cells that drive cancer growth in glioblastoma
Researchers from Northwestern Medicine have developed lipid polymer-based nanoparticles that target key cancer drivers, called brain tumor initiating cells, in a mouse model of glioblastoma brain tumors. “BTICs are malignant brain tumor populations that underlie the therapy resistance, recurrence and unstoppable invasion commonly encountered by glioblastoma patients after the standard treatment regimen of surgical resection, radiation and chemotherapy,” first author Dr. Dou Yu said in prepared remarks. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News. The post Study: Nanomedicine shuts down cells ...
Source: Mass Device - July 12, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Drug-Device Combinations Neurological Oncology Pharmaceuticals Research & Development Northwestern University Source Type: news

Baxter touts Sharesource in-home peritoneal dialysis patient monitoring study data
Baxter (NYSE:BAX) today released data from multiple studies of its Sharesource remote patient monitoring technology used for peritoneal dialysis patient care. Data from the study was presented at the 54th Congress of the European Renal Association and European Dialysis and Transplant Association meeting this week. Sharesource is a 2-way cloud-based technology offered with the company’s Homechoice Claria automated PD system to allow providers to connect with patients using the device and verify patient adherence, the company said. Data from the 1st study study, which included 399 APD patients using remote patient man...
Source: Mass Device - June 6, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Blood Management Clinical Trials Patient Monitoring Baxter Source Type: news

Fred ' s Expands Board As FTC Decision Nears On Rite Aid
Fred ’s Inc. added two more board directors as the company awaits word from the Federal Trade Commission on the fate of Rite Aid’s sale to Walgreens Boots Alliance.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - April 24, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Japsen, Contributor Tags: NYSE:CVS NYSE:RAD NASDAQ:WBA NASDAQ:FRED Source Type: news

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