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WHX Cape Town: Rebuilding Africa’s healthcare systems, one practical solution at a time
South Africa Today
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August 1, 2025
Africa’s premier healthcare event, WHX Cape Town (formerly Africa Health) returns from 2-4 September at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). With more than 8,000 attendees, 600+ exhibitors and speakers from 60+ countries, WHX...
Senate Appropriations Committee Preserves Funding for Title VIII Nursing Programs and NINR in the FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Spending Bill
Newswise
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August 1, 2025
Newswise — WASHINGTON, D.C., August 1, 2025 – Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS-ED) spending bill by a vote of 26 to 3. The American Association...
Early Trial Success Signals Promise for GT-02287 in Parkinson’s Disease Treatment
Pharmaceutical Executive
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August 1, 2025
In an interview with Pharmaceutical Executive, Gene Mack, CEO, GAIN Therapeutics, shared promising updates on the company’s lead candidate, GT-02287, a novel therapy in development for Parkinson’s disease. Enrollment for the Phase Ib open-label...
Healthcare Leaders Shaping the Future: AI-Driven Innovation at INVEST Digital Health 2025
MedCity News
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July 31, 2025
At INVEST Digital Health 2025,scheduled for September 18 in Dallas at Pegasus Park, the theme of the conference is AI in healthcare. Healthcare executives from venture capital firms, health systems, technology companies and accelerators will share...
MedTech Innovative Auto-Injectable Drug Device
DOTmed
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Category: MedTech Device Listing ID: XYMF1G Company Overview PRIME exits and American HealthCare Capital are pleased to introduce an opportunity to invest in an innovative medical device company that has created a technologically disruptive,...
Tucson first responders save worker stuck in collapsed trench near Midvale Park
KGUN - Arizona
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August 1, 2025
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Tucson Fire Department responded to reports of a man stuck inside a collapsed trench near Midvale Park and Valencia Roads Friday morning. At around 8:45 a.m., first responders arrived at the scene and confirmed the...
David Blair | PBMI Innovator
Managed Healthcare Executive
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August 1, 2025
For David Blair, technology is a tool that can be leveraged to better engage with members. As founder, chairman and CEO of LucyRx, he wants to bring clinical expertise and technological innovation to pharmacy benefits and engage with partners who...
Blood Donors: Spare an Hour to Save Lives in August
Mesquite Local News - Nevada
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August 1, 2025
Vitalant thanks all donors with $10 gift card and a chance to win $10,000 LAS VEGAS, Nev. (July 30, 2025) — Nonprofit Vitalant urges all eligible donors to take an hour to give blood amidst the August hustle of summer fun and back-to-school...
Nathan Downhour, Pharm.D. | PBMI Innovator
Managed Healthcare Executive
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August 1, 2025
Simplifying healthcare for members and providers is the right thing to do, even if it’s not profitable, says Nathan Downhour, Pharm.D. At Prime Therapeutics, where he is senior vice president of strategic pharmacy solutions, Downhour is working to...
Families turning to mobile apps to simplify, manage their healthcare
WBBJ - Tennessee
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August 1, 2025
More families are turning to mobile apps to simplify and manage their healthcare. With packed schedules and tasks like refilling prescriptions, booking appointments, and tracking health benefits, many people feel overwhelmed. Digital tools, like...
No relief: Retirees' out-of-pocket healthcare costs are spiraling
Yahoo Finance
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Retirees are going to need to have a substantial chunk of change saved to pay for their healthcare costs. Fidelity’s annual survey of estimated healthcare costs in retirement shows that a 65-year-old retiring this year can expect to spend an...
Nurses strike: FG bows to pressure, withdraws controversial circular on wages
New National Star
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July 31, 2025
……….Promises improved welfare …………Begs nurses to return to work, resume negotiation ………….Maternal deaths claim 500,000 women annually in developing countries – WHO BY DAVID ADUGE ANI As the ongoing nationwide nurses’ strike enters day three with...
Can the Bitcoin Batman save Bedford? He's seen his hometown ravaged by shoplifting, drug abuse and homelessness. Now he's splashing his own cash to make the streets safe
Daily Mail
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August 1, 2025
A life-size bronze statue of Bedford's most famous son, John Bunyan, stands at the end of the high street – a stone's throw from the prison where he wrote his best known work, The Pilgrim's Progress. Today, some 360 years after he was banged up...
I want you to speak to me – not the person pushing my wheelchair
Metro
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August 3, 2025
Too often, when someone sees me in a wheelchair, they speak to the person pushing it (Picture: TyneSight Photography) Edging closer to the front of the shop’s till line, my partner, Bryan, pushed me in my wheelchair. ‘Next waiting!’ the cashier...
‘Alzheimer’s can be prevented & reversed’, says expert; early intervention, natural therapies & Covid link
ETHealthworld.com
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August 3, 2025
We’ve seen success using lifestyle-based protocols optimizing sleep, detoxification, nutrition, and exercise. For example, deep sleep (N3 stage) is critical. Every 1% reduction in N3 sleep increases Alzheimer’s risk by 22%.
Miami-based healthcare company receives new FDA approval of Parkinson’s treatment
WLRN - Florida
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Parkinson’s Disease is expected to affect more than 1.2 million Americans by 2030. While medications remain the primary way to treat patients, many of them eventually experience side effects or diminishing effectiveness, prompting the need for...
Just A Few Extra EVs In Your Neighborhood Might Save You From An Asthma Attack
Jalopnik
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August 1, 2025
The world needs to get off fossil fuels, and fast — it's been clear for a while that a warming planet is going to have catastrophic consequences on sea levels, fresh water sources, and ecosystems. As if that weren't enough, exhaust fumes can also...
Brian Anderson, MBA | PBMI Innovator
Managed Healthcare Executive
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August 1, 2025
The problem is not too much consolidation. Mandating transparency rules could be counterproductive. The worry about spread pricing is beside the point. We don’t ask companies in other sectors how much they are making on what they bought and sold,...
Sharon Faust, Pharm.D., MBA | PBMI Innovator
Managed Healthcare Executive
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August 1, 2025
Sara Bauer, one of the linemates on the 2006 University of Wisconsin team that won the national title, was named the nation’s top women’s college ice hockey player that season. Another linemate, Meghan Duggan, went on to become a top player for...
Doctors keep operating during 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia in unbelievable viral video
MARCA
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July 31, 2025
Actualizado 31/07/2025 - 07:27 CDT A now viral video from Russia shows a team of doctors doing the unthinkable, continuing a surgery as a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocks their operating room. The video, which has stunned social media users...