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US health officials say pill can also help prevent AIDS infection in injection drug users
Doctors should consider giving a daily AIDS drug to another high risk group to help prevent infections — people who shoot heroin, methamphetamines or other injection drugs, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.
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U.S. top court bars patents on human genes unless synthetic
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday prohibited patents on naturally occurring human genes but allowed legal protections on synthetically produced genetic material in a compromise ruling hailed as a partial victory for patients and the biotechnology industry.
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- Health Care
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GE Healthcare plans $2 billion investment for software development
Will focus on advancing current and future technology offerings through the convergence of machine and intelligent data
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- Health Care, Technology
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6 Business Models That Are Transforming Health Systems Around The World
The new vision for health care isn’t just about access, quality and affordability.
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- Health Care
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At Grameen Foundation, an international nonprofit becomes a software developer
The Grameen Foundation was providing health care to pregnant women in Ghana in 2010 when the organization had an idea: As cellphones become more widely available in developing nations, health information can be quickly disseminated to poor patients in remote locations via voice and text messaging.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Timeline: Smartphone-enabled health devices
Mobile health has come a long way since the start of 2009 when Apple demonstrated on-stage at its World Wide Developer Conference how blood pressure monitors and blood glucose meters could connect to the iPhone 3G via cables or Bluetooth. MobiHealth News has tracked smartphone-enabled health and fitness devices over the course of the past five years.
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China’s Healthcare Choice: Innovation or Access?
China today faces a dilemma in healthcare development between the present and the future. A fundamental choice will need to be made between financial incentives for future medical innovation or price controls that broaden present access to care
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- Asia Pacific