La idea de que una sola píldora pueda combatir varias enfermedades infecciosas a la vez, empieza a tomar forma. Todavía queda mucho para que un medicamento así llegue a las farmacias, pero en los laboratorios ya empieza a gestarse el germen de lo que podría ser una nueva familia de medicamentos panvirales.
The short-lived Danish levy on fatty foods was heavily criticised when it was first introduced in October 2011. But research shows that the fat tax achieved its objective in changing Danish grocery shopping habits, and saving lives.
A new research collaboration between Oxford University and Copenhagen University found that contrary to public belief, the Danes bought 4% less saturated fat, more vegetables and more salty products, while the fat tax was in force between October 2011 and January 2013.
Redwood City-based Naya Health has raised $3.9 million in seed funding to make a breast pump that is sleeker, quieter and more comfortable for moms than the devices already on the market.
In a small startup space just down the street from UC Berkeley’s campus, robotics pioneer Homayoon Kazerooni is bragging about how no-frills his invention is. “We’re trying to make the Honda,” he says, “not the sportscar.”
Over the last five years, electronic health records (EHRs) have been widely implemented in the United States, and health care systems now have access to vast amounts of data. While they are beginning to apply “big data” techniques to predict individual outcomes like post-operative complications and diabetes risk, big data remains largely a buzzword, not a reality, in the routine delivery of health care.
It’s too early to call it a breakthrough, but for the first time, a gene therapy has been shown to have a real impact on patients with hemophilia A, the most common form of the chronic blood disease. The early data, which come with plenty of caveats, were reported today by BioMarin (NASDAQ: BMRN), of San Rafael, CA.
Quartet Health, a company that wants to close the gap between physical and mental healthcare, has raised a $40 million Series B led by GV (formerly Google Ventures). Existing investors Oak HC/FT Partners, F-Prime Capital Partners, and Polaris Partners also returned for the round.
This marks the first time that GV has invested in a mental health startup. Founded in 2014, Quartet’s platform make it easier for primary care doctors and mental healthcare professionals, like therapists, to work together. Many psychological conditions have physical symptoms (and vice versa), but they can be difficult to identify if a patient’s providers don’t communicate.
La Estrategia de Investigación e Innovación en Salud que propone el Gobierno Vasco, desde el Departamento de Salud, recoge las líneas a seguir para que el sistema sanitario desempeñe en la práctica su función como un pilar esencial del desarrollo del ámbito de biociencias en el País Vasco, que puede considerarse otra faceta complementaria de su importante papel como pilar fundamental de nuestra sociedad de bienestar.
More and more women are finding it difficult to get pregnant, with mounting evidence suggesting chemicals used in plasticisers and pesticides are responsible. The consequences are estimated to cost the EU €1.4 billion per year. EurActiv Germany reports.
El cometido de la pulsera de Fitbit es sencillo: hacer un seguimiento de la actividad física, del ritmo cardíaco y, en general, del estado de salud del usuario. En el caso de un hombre estadounidense con una arritmia, este dispositivo ha ido un paso más allá y ha servido para salvarle la vida. Un paciente de 42 años llegó a la sala de urgencias de Camden (Nueva Jersey) con una fibrilación auricular —una alteración irregular y rápida del ritmo cardíaco— reciente, pero de una duración desconocida.
