FDA permits marketing of two devices that detect parathyroid tissue in real-time during surgery
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Washington, DC - Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted marketing of two devices that provide real-time location of parathyroid tissue during surgical procedures such as thyroidectomy (surgery to remove all or part of the thyroid) and parathyroidectomy (surgery to remove one or more parathyroid glands).
NMRC Researchers Develop Innovative Test to Analyze Immune Response to Dengue Vaccines
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New Orleans, Louisiana - Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) scientists, in collaboration with Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), have developed a state-of-the-art method to analyze immune response to dengue vaccines by measuring antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC).
Common use of antipsychotics shown ineffective for delirium in intensive care patients
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Washington, DC - Critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs) did not benefit from two antipsychotic drugs used to treat delirium, according to a large clinical trial funded by the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health. The multi-site team that conducted the trial found no evidence that treatment with antipsychotic medicines — haloperidol or ziprasidone — affected delirium, survival, length of ICU or hospital stay or safety. The findings from the Modifying the Impact of ICU-Associated Neurological Dysfunction-USA (MIND-USA) Study were published online Oct. 22, 2018 in The New England Journal of Medicine.
HHS awards $293 million to expand primary health care workforce
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Washington, DC - Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced $293 million in awards to primary health care clinicians and students through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and Nurse Corps programs.
FDA permits marketing of a diagnostic test to aid in the determination of menopausal status
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Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted marketing of the PicoAMH Elisa diagnostic test as an aid in the determination of a patient’s menopausal status.
Update on Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) in the United States
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Washington, DC - Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Update on Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) in the United States:
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