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MNT investigates: What is the role of genetic testing in lung cancer?

Apr 08, 2021

Genetic testing plays an integral part in diagnosing and treating lung cancer. Doctors use this type of testing to look for certain mutations. A person with a specific mutation may benefit from a targeted treatment. In this article, two experts in the field describe the use of genetic testing and its future in lung cancer treatment. What is genetic testing, and how does it work? Genetic testing looks...

Hackensack Meridian Health's Center for Discovery and Innovation Develops Advanced Test to Track and Diagnose COVID-19 Variants

Apr 05, 2021

New rapid high-throughput test detects E484K COVID-19 mutation in hospital and care settings across New Jersey NUTLEY, N.J., April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Experts at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) have developed a high-throughput test that can detect multiple variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in two-and-a-half hours, a major advance in tracking the virus and in treating...

Mar 26, 2021

As the global effort to produce vaccines that can curb the COVID-19 pandemic forges ahead, headlines continue to highlight development breakthroughs and safety concerns. This article summarizes the known side effects of the 13 authorized vaccines and provides insight into risks that researchers are still investigating. Currently authorized COVID-19 vaccines The table below gives an overview of the 13...

TEAM Technologies Acquires ViruDefense, Expanding Infection Prevention Portfolio

Mar 19, 2021

MORRISTOWN, Tenn. & BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 19, 2021-- TEAM Technologies, Inc. (“TEAM”), an innovative North American healthcare specialty manufacturer focused on providing advanced solutions in medical, oral & dental care, infection prevention and control, and other healthcare use cases, announced today that it has acquired ViruDefense, Inc. (“ViruDefense”), a supplier of fully...

What the COVID-19 Relief Package Means for Health and Health Care

Mar 12, 2021

The $1.9 trillion measure cleared by Congress includes funding for testing and vaccine initiatives and aims to expand the reach of the Affordable Care Act. THE $1.9 TRILLION COVID-19 relief package cleared by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden will provide Americans with $1,400 stimulus payments but also includes a raft of health- and health care-related provisions. The package, dubbed...

It’s time to fast track innovation in medical devices for children

Mar 01, 2021

When a baby arrived at Children’s National Hospital with a critically underdeveloped heart, it was clear to her care team that she needed surgery. But they had a dilemma: At less than 6 pounds, she wasn’t strong enough to undergo surgery but probably wouldn’t survive without it. The solution was a stent, a tube the width of a toothpick. It would be inserted through an artery in her leg, maneuvered into a...

Open Discussions Help Nurses Introduce Integrative Services

Feb 26, 2021

Oncology nurses have an important role in the discussion of and education about complementary therapy, more commonly called integrative care. “The word ‘integrative’ is key in the discussion,” said Eugenie Spiguel, MSN, ANP-BC, a nurse practitioner in the integrative medicine department at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York, New York. “When people look at the term ‘alternative,’...

Elsevier advances nursing education by offering innovative virtual reality healthcare simulations to schools across North America

Feb 22, 2021

NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Elsevier , a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, today announced the launch of the Simulation Learning System (SLS) for RN with Virtual Reality (SLS with VR), a new digital solution that combines cutting-edge virtual reality technology from SimX with the world-class healthcare content of Elsevier to bring realistic and highly effective VR simulations to...

Key committee endorses Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, paving way for clearance by FDA and vaccinations in US to begin

Dec 10, 2020

A committee of leading U.S. vaccine scientists recommended Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration authorize the first COVID-19 vaccine for Americans. The endorsement paves the way for a final decision by the FDA and mass vaccinations to begin within days in thousands of front-line heath care workers and nursing home residents. After an eight-hour public hearing, the independent Vaccines and Related Biological...

Pfizer, BioNTech say Covid vaccine is more than 90% effective — ‘great day for science and humanity’

Nov 11, 2020

Pfizer and BioNTech announced Monday their coronavirus vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 among those without evidence of prior infection, hailing the development as “a great day for science and humanity.” “I think we can see light at the end of the tunnel,” Pfizer Chairman and CEO Dr. Albert Bourla told CNBC’s Meg Tirrell on “ Squawk Box .” “I...

UW’s WIND, Other Health Organizations Receive Nursing Innovations Funding

Nov 09, 2020

The Wyoming Action Coalition, managed through the Wyoming Center for Nursing and its partners at the Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND) at the University of Wyoming, is among 10 organizations that will receive up to $25,000 in Nursing Innovations Fund awards for new or ongoing work that addresses nursing’s role in building health equity, well-being and promoting a culture of health. The announcement was made by the Future of...

Q&A: ACA Architect Predicts The Future Of Healthcare

Sep 10, 2020

Dr. Jonathan Gruber is the Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Director of the Healthcare Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Highly involved in healthcare public policy, he was a key architect of Massachusetts’ health reform efforts, “Romneycare” from 2003 to 2006. As a technical consultant to the Obama Administration from 2009 to 2010, he helped develop the...

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