One of the toughest challenges for health care startups is to get an audience with health systems. They are short on time, and they tend to be pretty cautious about ...
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PHOENIX (Reuters) - A divided Arizona Senate passed a key piece of President Barack Obama's Medicaid expansion agenda on Thursday, handing Republican Governor Jan Brewer a policy victory over fierce ...
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A Tucson company has moved a step closer to launching its first cancer-prevention drug with a late-stage clinical trial.Tucson-based Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced the launch of a three-year, Phase ...
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April 16, 2013 5:03 am by Morin, Monte | 4 Comments
Circumcision is known to reduce a man's risk of HIV infection by at least half, but scientists don't know why. A new study offers support for the theory that removing ...
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A portable, hand-held device that uses a drop of blood to screen athletes and military personnel for concussions could soon be on the market if all goes well for an ...
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March 7, 2013 5:50 am by Sarah Varney | 0 Comments
As Congress debates an ambitious and far-reaching effort by the Obama administration to streamline medical care and rein in spending for the nation’s sickest and most expensive patients, Arizona – ...
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A mobile platform on-call physicians see images and test results quicklyPhoton Medical Communications has opened a $1 million equity offering, according to a securities filing. CEO Dr. Gregory Grant did ...
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More than 136 million Americans visit an emergency room each year, but fewer than 13 percent of them are admitted to the hospital. In fact, a company called Stat Health ...
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As more people, and younger people, are opting for joint replacement surgeries, hospitals are looking for ways to improve the turnover time for these procedures.Meanwhile, they’re also innovating toward value-based ...
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January 6, 2013 9:50 am by LOBECK, JOYCE | 0 Comments
PHOENIX -- A new era in radiation therapy for cancer patients is coming to the desert Southwest, including Yuma-area residents, through a major construction project at the Phoenix campus of ...
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A company developing prevention drugs for people with elevated risk for colon cancer is raising $5 million ahead of two pivotal trials.With its lead drug, Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals takes a ...
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November 20, 2012 3:00 am by LOBECK, JOYCE | 0 Comments
Yuma Regional Medical Center is now a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a partnership that will provide cancer patients in Yuma access to cutting-edge treatment and expertise close ...
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November 15, 2012 9:25 am by Phil Galewitz, | 0 Comments
With a federal deadline looming Friday, 10 states remain undecided about whether to build state-based online insurance markets designed to help millions of people buy health coverage starting next October.Still ...
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In this election cycle, we have heard a lot from both candidates about the role of government. From the Republicans, we have heard the all-too-familiar argument that the government is ...
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An extra $2.5 million from existing investors brings Provista Diagnostics' series A total to $7.5 million, which it will use for an ongoing clinical trial and the commercialization of its ...
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