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What to know about prescribing cannabis medicines to patients with epilepsy

There’s considerable interest in using cannabis-based medications to help treat drug resistant epilepsy, but clinicians have little guidance on how or when to prescribe these products. A working group comprised of paediatric and adult epilepsy specialists, clinical pharmacists, pharmacologists, and cannabis researchers from across Australia recently developed an interim “consensus advise” for prescribers and published […]

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Why public access to bleed control kits is essential

  In the United Kingdom there have been growing calls recently for increased access to publicly available bleed control kits. Easily accessible bleed control kits housed in public areas can provide a lifesaving tool and minimise the risks of critical injuries that can escalate into life-threatening catastrophic blood loss. Increasingly, medical equipment and consumables are […]

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CARESTREAM’s Smart Noise Cancellation receives FDA clearance for dose reduction capability

  Carestream Health’s groundbreaking Smart Noise Cancellation (SNC) technology has received FDA 510(k) Clearance for its dose reduction capability. The artificial intelligence (AI)-based feature allows a user to reduce dose without loss of image quality.* SNC provides improved diagnostic quality, preservation of fine detail and better contrast-to-noise ratio for images acquired at clinically nominal exposures. […]

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Large international study shows blood test for Alzheimer’s is highly accurate

When combined with genetic risk factors, test up to 93% accurate at identifying people at risk of Alzheimer’s dementia   A blood test developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has proven highly accurate in detecting early signs of Alzheimer’s disease in a study involving nearly 500 patients from across three continents, […]