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IBM Establishes Watson Health Cloud With Apple, J&J, And Medtronic According to IBM, the average person will produce about a million gigabytes of health-related information during their lifetime. (Photo : IBM Watson).
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New breath test detects stomach cancer Scientists have discovered a new type of technology that senses compounds in exhaled breath that can be used as a screening tool to detect stomach cancer.
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Gastric Cancer Breath Test Could Revolutionize Screening, Diagnosis A new cancer screen test that involves studying a patient's breath sample has the potential to save millions of lives every year through early diagnosis.
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Israeli Breath Test Screens For Pre-Cancerous Changes, Diagnoses Stomach ... A team of Israeli researchers revealed a new discovery that could help diagnose one of the most aggressive types of prostate cancer.
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Study: Breath tests could help doctors predict stomach cancer Researchers are hopeful that a breath test could let patients with stomach issues find out if they are at a higher risk of developing cancer.
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Breath test 'could give clues to stomach cancer risk' A simple breath test could help predict whether people with gut problems are at high risk of developing stomach cancer, an early study shows.
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IBM Positions Itself as Large Broker of Health Data An unlikely set of partners has teamed up in an ambitious effort to capitalize on a gathering flood of health-related personal information.
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Study Finds Broad Rise in Medication Use by Those Newly Joining Medicaid People newly covered by Medicaid drove a significant increase in prescription drug use in 2014, even as those with private commercial coverage filled fewer prescriptions and, over all, patients did not visit the doctor as often, according to a new report by the ...
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IBM's big buy IBM will be buying population health company Phytel and Cleveland Clinic spinoff Explorys, a cloud-base data analytics company. The technology giant announced the pending acquisitions at a late afternoon news conference at HIMSS15 on Monday.
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IBM forms new health data analytics unit, extends Apple partnership 16926175707ff7c664141credibm.jpg IBM IBM, through a deepened partnership with Apple and new acquisitions, is forming a new unit to analyze and profit from healthcare data gleaned from mobile devices.
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IBM launches new health unit, teams up with Apple, J&J, Medtronic SEATTLE (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp, deepening its partnership with Apple Inc to make use of health information gathered by millions of Apple devices, is creating a unit dedicated to providing data analytics to the healthcare sector.
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Liquid medicinal marijuana could treat epilepsy Marijuana New study has revealed that liquid marijuana extract can be used for treating severe epilepsy. It is also found that the new treatment works effectively for patients who have not responded to other treatments.
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Apple partners with IBM on new health data analysis IBM's new health platform will tap patient data information collected by Apple devices. James Martin/CNET. Apple is part of a collective formed by IBM to develop new technology that will help health care companies analyze patient data collected from millions ...
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IBM Launches Watson Health Cloud, Partners With Apple to Support HealthKit ... Apple partner IBM today announced the launch of Watson Health Cloud, designed to offer physicians, researchers, insurers and health-related companies a secure and open platform for storing health-related data.
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IBM Announces Deals With Apple, Johnson And Johnson, And Medtronic In Bid ... Experts in health care and information technology agree on the future's biggest opportunity: the creation of a new computational model that will link together all of the massive computers that now hold medical information.
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IBM's big healthcare IT bet: Creates new business unit; strikes deal with Apple International Business Machines Corp, deepening its partnership with Apple Inc to make use of health information gathered by millions of Apple devices, is creating a unit dedicated to providing data analytics to the healthcare sector.
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IBM Positions Itself as Large Broker of Health Data -- 2nd Update An unlikely set of partners teamed up to capitalize on a gathering flood of health-related personal information. International Business Machines Corp.
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Record new drug sales give a mega-boost to U.S. drug spending Given the flood of numbers on hepatitis C treatment costs, it's no surprise that U.S. drug spending took a leap last year. Given the news on specialty drug prices, it's also no surprise that the biggest share of that growth came in that category of medications.
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More than 200 sickened on cruise ships (CNN) Gastrointestinal illness has gripped 112 people on the cruise ship Celebrity Infinity, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control.
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IBM Launches New Unit To Provide Data Analytics To The Healthcare Sector International Business Machines (IBM) has formed a new business unit that will provide data analytics to the healthcare sector. The company wants to strengthen its partnership with Apple to turn the health information gathered by millions of Apple devices into ...
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Simple Breath Test Could Detect Stomach Cancer Stomach cancer is much more common in other parts of the world, particularly in less developed countries. It is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the world.
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Marijuana compound may reduce seizures from severe epilepsy, researchers find Researchers say they're encouraged by data showing children with severe epilepsy experienced fewer seizures after being treated by a compound found in marijuana.
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Study gives hope marijuana extract can treat seizures DENVER - A small medical study in which children suffering from seizures were given pharmaceutical-grade marijuana extract shows the treatment appears to have promise, researchers say.
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More than 100 sickened by norovirus during San Diego cruise SAN DIEGO (AP) - Federal health officials say 106 passengers and six crewmembers aboard the Celebrity Infinity cruise ship were sickened by the gastrointestinal illness norovirus.
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Sierra Leone Plans Six-Day School-Week After Closures on Ebola Sierra Leone wants to run classes six days a week to allow students to catch up after schools were closed for nine months because of Ebola.
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More than 200 fall ill on two cruise ships from San Diego: CDC (Reuters) - More than 200 people on two different cruise ships have fallen ill with gastrointestinal sickness, and both vessels were to be disinfected in San Diego, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.
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Drug made from cannabis could bring hope to children with severe epilepsy Hope has been raised for children with severe forms of epilepsy that are difficult to treat after trials of a new drug derived from cannabis showed promise in helping to reduce the number of debilitating seizures suffered as a result of the condition.
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Softball Player's Mysterious Death Attributed to Meningitis An 18-year-old high school softball player died shortly after complaining of a headache, shocking and devastating her Virginia hometown.
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Medicines Co. Gains After FDA Staff Recommends Anticlotting Drug Medicines Co. jumped the most in almost a month after Food and Drug Administration staff recommended the company's intravenous blood clotting drug for approval.
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Sierra Leone schools reopen after long closure due to Ebola FREETOWN (Reuters) - Schools in Sierra Leone reopened on Tuesday after closing for nine months due to an Ebola epidemic that killed 3,800 people, but teachers and aid workers said attendance was low due to lingering fears of the disease.
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Growth In Drug Spend Is Hitting A 13-Year High. Note To Pharma: Innovation Pays. In 2014, the U.S. healthcare system spent $373.9 billion on drugs—13.1% more than it did the previous year and the highest rate of spending growth since 2001, according to a new report from IMS Health's Institute for Healthcare Informatics.
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New Specialty Medicines Drive Up Drug Spending TUESDAY, April 14, 2015 (HealthDay New) -- New medicines targeting conditions like hepatitis C, cancer and multiple sclerosis helped to propel drug spending to its highest level in more than a decade, a new report finds.
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With breast milk online, it's buyer beware (CNN) Your great-great-grandmother might have called for a wet nurse. In today's e-commerce world, if you're having trouble breast-feeding, you can easily buy breast milk online and feed your baby yourself.
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IMS: US prescription drug spending jumped 13 pct. in 2014 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. spending on prescription drugs soared last year, driven up primarily by costly breakthrough medicines, manufacturer price hikes and a surge from millions of people newly insured due to the Affordable Care Act.
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U.S. Drug Spending Increases Most in 13 Years to $373.9 Billion U.S. spending on prescription drugs saw the largest increase since 2001, with the nation's pharmacy bill rising to $373.9 billion last year as new treatments came to market and manufacturers increased prices on old ones.
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Polio Vaccine: Still Saving Lives after 60 Years Yesterday celebrates the 60th anniversary as Polio vaccine was first introduced to the nation where the disease had spread uncontrollably .
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Polio Vaccine Found "Safe And Effective" 60 Years Ago Yesterday celebrates the sixtieth day of remembrance as sickness vaccine was initial introduced to the state wherever the disease had unfolded uncontrollably.
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John Salk's polio vaccine turns 6 60 years ago, before the vaccine which saved many lives was developed, thousands of children across the globe crippled by this dangerous disease poliomyelitis.
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Sierra Leone schools reopen after long closure due to Ebola People walk past a billboard encouraging people suffering from symptoms linked to Ebola to present themselves at a health facility for treatment in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014.
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US prescription drug spending rose 13 pct in 2014-IMS report April 14 (Reuters) - U.S. spending on prescription medicines jumped 13 percent to $374 billion in 2014, the biggest percentage increase since 2001, as demand surged for expensive new breakthrough hepatitis C treatments, a report released on Tuesday ...
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Jonas Salk created the Polio vaccine yesterday 60 years ago Turning back time to about 60 years ago, the polio vaccine was regarded as miracle. Post this successful clinical trial of the vaccine of the killer disease polio, the entire nation and also the whole world heaved a huge sigh of relief.
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Polio Vaccine Turns 60 - How Is The World Doing Now At Ending The Disease? The polio vaccine was released 60 years ago. Where is the world now at fighting this once-terrible disease? (Photo : RIBI Image Library | Flickr).
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Injectable polio vaccine introduced by John Salk turns 60 Injectable polio vaccine that was created in 1955 to combat the virus has turned 60 years old. The vaccine saved many lives was developed, thousands of children across the globe who were crippled by the dangerous disease poliomyelitis or infantile ...
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More than 200 fall ill on two cruise ships from San Diego -CDC April 13 (Reuters) - More than 200 people on two different cruise ships have fallen ill with gastrointestinal sickness, and both vessels were to be disinfected in San Diego, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.
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Pregnant women are warned against use of opioid to manage pain 26 A new study warns pregnant women about the use of opioid to manage pain. According to the researchers, such narcotic pain relievers can elevate risk of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) among infants after birth.
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Opioid Drug Use During Pregnancy Leads To Higher NAS Risk For Baby: Study Infants after birth are put at a higher risk of developing neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) when mothers use opioids during pregnancy.
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IBM teaming up with Apple on artificial intelligence health program SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- IBM has announced alliances with Apple and others to put artificial intelligence to work drawing potentially life-saving insights from the booming amount of health data generated on personal devices.
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WHO demands disclosure of all clinical trial results LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization called on Tuesday for the release of clinical trial results for all drugs, vaccines and medical devices - whatever the result - in the latest salvo against the withholding of data.
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Opioid Pain Use During Pregnancy Increases Risk Of Neonatal Abstinence ... A team of researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center studied neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) among infants following birth.
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Study: Marijuana extract may help children with epilepsy From age one, Hank Kovach suffered from severe epilepsy that could not be controlled with medicine. His mother, Megan, says he could have more than 25 seizures a day.
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