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Alcon introduces new innovations in cataract surgery at ESCRS 2017 annual congress
Oct 2, 2017News Hour: Alcon, the global leader in eye care and a division of Novartis, will introduce Clareon®, the intraocular lens (IOL) with the most advanced optic material available in an automated, disposable, pre-loaded delivery system, at... -
Novartis and UC Berkeley collaborate to tackle ‘undruggable’ disease targets
Oct 2, 2017News Hour: Novartis has joined forces with researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, to develop new technologies for the discovery of next-generation therapeutics, pursuing the vast number of disease targets in cancer and other illnesses... -
Sexually transmitted infections hit record high in 2016
Oct 2, 2017News Hour: Diagnoses of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis hit a record high in the U.S. in 2016 — totaling over 2 million — according to a new CDC report. Chlamydia accounted for 1.6 million cases, gonorrhea... -
Typhoid vaccine proves highly immunogenic, and could halve infection rate
Oct 1, 2017News Hour: A new typhoid vaccine has proven safe, highly immunogenic and could prevent more than half of typhoid infections according to a new study published in The Lancet. The study is a phase 2b trial... -
Aspirin discontinuation tied to increased risk for CV events
Sep 27, 2017News Hour: Adults taking low-dose aspirin — whether to prevent recurrent cardiovascular events or to prevent the first event — face an increased risk for CV events if they stop treatment, finds an observational study in Circulation.... -
Around 1 in 6 new cases of HIV diagnosed in Europe are in people over the age of 50 years
Sep 27, 2017News Hour: Over the past 12 years in Europe, there has been a steady increase in the rate of new cases of HIV in older people, indicating a need to increase awareness and tailor testing programmes... -
Leukemia patients across the world celebrate the 10th World CML Day
Sep 24, 2017News Hour: The entire Chronic Myeloid Leukemia community comes together every 22nd September to raise awareness on this rare hematological disease that represents 15-20% of all leukemia in adults and the needs of patients around the... -
Post-cesarean antibiotics reduce risk for surgical site infections in obese women
Sep 24, 2017News Hour: Obese women who receive antibiotics after cesarean delivery have a reduced risk for surgical site infections, according to a single-center study in JAMA. Some 400 women with a prepregnancy body-mass index of 30 or higher... -
Globally, 1 in 12 deaths could be prevented with 30 mins physical activity five days a week
Sep 24, 2017News Hour: Completing 30 minutes of physical activity five days a week (150 mins a week) is associated with a reduced risk of death and cardiovascular disease, according to the largest study of physical activity tracking... -
Increasing frequency of blood donation has no major side effects
Sep 22, 2017News Hour: Giving blood more frequently – up to every 8 weeks for men and every 12 weeks for women – has no major side effects and could help to increase blood stocks, according to the...
