SACRAMENTO -- Facing a possible two-day strike next week by patient care and technical workers, the five large University of California medical centers are starting to cancel elective surgeries that ...
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The La Jolla, California, biotech formerly known as Anaphore is looking a little different these days. Under the leadership of former Fate Therapeutics CEO Paul Grayson, Anaphore changed its name ...
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Covered California, the state's health insurance exchange, announced $37 million in grants Tuesday to begin the massive task of educating millions of Californians about the new healthcare law.The grants will ...
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As biometrics has evolved from the stuff of James Bond plot lines to an increasingly common security tool, the healthcare industry is beginning to take an interest to better protect ...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The world's biggest drug makers have for years enjoyed rich premiums for their medicines in the U.S. market. Those days may be coming to an end.Companies ...
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Here in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and the rest of the Bay area, we’re home to plenty of brand names that sound nonsensical at first, but have since become household ...
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As state governments get ready for the Affordable Care Act coverage expansion, some are taking a close look at their networks of health care professionals to make sure they will ...
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The links between sleep and cancer are now so many, you could build a chain. A new study has found that for men who suffer insomnia and unwelcome wakefulness, the ...
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HealthTap has raised $24 million in Series B financing, with Khosla Ventures leading the round.Previous investors Mayfield Fund and Mohr Davidow Ventures also participated. Keith Rabois will join HealthTap’s board ...
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Actelion should continue a late-stage study into a new heart and lung drug, independent monitors have recommended, with final results now expected by mid-2014, giving the biotech ...
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Robots that will link five San Fernando Valley hospitals together were unveiled Monday at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, where experts said the new technology will create a first of ...
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FREMONT -- The Kurada family had just returned from a trip to India when Shanti Kurada started noticing significant changes in her 2-and-a-half year-old son, Rahul.He began babbling. He stopped ...
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Fitbit began shipping its Flex wristband today, finding its place among established wearable (but expensive) fitness devices in the market. Flex is Fitbit’s answer to big-name companies like Nike and ...
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So you’ve selected your investors, negotiated the financing documents, closed the funding round and deposited the check. Now the real work begins. You’ve sold your vision to investors who now ...
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While a doctor might be everyone's first choice, seeing a provider with less training may be better than not receiving care at all or having to travel a long way ...
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