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A French biotech company, with a large Durham presence, has spent $90 million to buy a San Diego firm that makes diagnostic tests to help doctors diagnose life-threatening problems faster.
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Saturday, April 14, 2018
With $90M deal, Durham company keeps life-saving medical test in its stockpile
Durham's bioMerieux buys California company for its kidney-injury test | The Herald Sun:
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Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: US nurse charged with murder. Assisted suicide laws will not protect people from medical killers.
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: US nurse charged with murder. Assisted suicide laws will not protect people from medical killers.:
The assisted suicide lobby argues that legalizing assisted suicide will prevent "underground" killing. They suggest that legalizing and regulating assisted suicide will protect people from illegal acts.
Bull Shit it will!
The assisted suicide lobby argues that legalizing assisted suicide will prevent "underground" killing. They suggest that legalizing and regulating assisted suicide will protect people from illegal acts.
Bull Shit it will!
Goldman asks: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?'
Goldman asks: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?':
Goldman Sachs analysts attempted to address a touchy subject for biotech companies, especially those involved in the pioneering "gene therapy" treatment: cures could be bad for business in the long run.
"Is curing patients a sustainable business model?" analysts ask in an April 10 report entitled "The Genome Revolution."
The Corruption of Evidence Based Medicine — Killing for Profit
The Corruption of Evidence Based Medicine — Killing for Profit:
The idea of Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) is great. The reality, though, not so much. Human perception is often flawed, so the premise of EBM is to formally study medical treatments and there have certainly been some successes.
The idea of Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) is great. The reality, though, not so much. Human perception is often flawed, so the premise of EBM is to formally study medical treatments and there have certainly been some successes.
Adults Medically Kidnapped: 3X More than Children in Foster Care – $50 BILLION in Assets Seized
Adults Medically Kidnapped: 3X More than Children in Foster Care – $50 BILLION in Assets Seized:
Most of the stories that we cover at Medical Kidnap involve children who were taken from their families by Child Protective Services. However, medical kidnapping can happen to adults too.We have covered a number of stories of adults being taken by Adult Protective Services and being placed under the legal guardianship of strangers.In January, we covered the stories of 2 medically kidnapped elderly women in the Boston area who were allegedly euthanized with the approval of their court-appointed guardians, against the wishes of their family members.
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Epic alert exposes ‘silent killer’ SEPSIS
Epic alert exposes ‘silent killer’ - Cambridge Network:
Patients at risk of the ‘silent killer’ sepsis are being identified and treated quicker at Cambridge University Hospitals thanks to a new alert and action feature in its electronic patient record system.A new alert and set of actions within the Trust’s electronic patient record system, Epic, part of the Trust’s award-winning eHospital digital transformation programme, identifies patients showing signs of sepsis – a life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs.
National guidance recommends that patients with sepsis are given antibiotics within an hour of diagnosis to reduce the risk of serious complications or even death. Every year 250,000 people are affected by sepsis and it accounts for around 44,000 deaths, more than bowel, breast and prostate cancer combined.
However, sepsis can be difficult to spot and is often mistaken in the early stages for other more localised infections. This electronic alert brings to the clinicians’ attention that sepsis could be a possibility if a patient’s clinical observations meet the relevant criteria.
Patients at risk of the ‘silent killer’ sepsis are being identified and treated quicker at Cambridge University Hospitals thanks to a new alert and action feature in its electronic patient record system.A new alert and set of actions within the Trust’s electronic patient record system, Epic, part of the Trust’s award-winning eHospital digital transformation programme, identifies patients showing signs of sepsis – a life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs.
National guidance recommends that patients with sepsis are given antibiotics within an hour of diagnosis to reduce the risk of serious complications or even death. Every year 250,000 people are affected by sepsis and it accounts for around 44,000 deaths, more than bowel, breast and prostate cancer combined.
However, sepsis can be difficult to spot and is often mistaken in the early stages for other more localised infections. This electronic alert brings to the clinicians’ attention that sepsis could be a possibility if a patient’s clinical observations meet the relevant criteria.
Reducing Mortality and Advancing Antimicrobial Stewardship through Fast Antibiotic Susceptibility Results for Bloodstream Infections
Reducing Mortality and Advancing Antimicrobial Stewardship through Fast Antibiotic Susceptibility Results for Bloodstream Infections:
Preliminary data suggest the rate of sepsis mortality, as a percentage of overall deaths, is dropping at University Health Care System (UHCS) in Augusta, GA. Recently the health system implemented a strategy of combining faster diagnostics to enhance their antibiotic stewardship program in addition to real-time communication to clinicians. Over a period of 12-months, UHCS measured both the time patients had a bloodstream infection and the mortality rates associated with them.
Preliminary data suggest the rate of sepsis mortality, as a percentage of overall deaths, is dropping at University Health Care System (UHCS) in Augusta, GA. Recently the health system implemented a strategy of combining faster diagnostics to enhance their antibiotic stewardship program in addition to real-time communication to clinicians. Over a period of 12-months, UHCS measured both the time patients had a bloodstream infection and the mortality rates associated with them.
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