"Denisse Rojas was inspired to become a doctor by her undocumented immigrant family's struggle to obtain health care. But her path has taken her much further than that.
She not only went on to become the first undocumented student to attend the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, she has also made it possible for thousands of other undocumented students to attend medical schools all across the U.S. ""I want to be able to provide the care that I had limited access to growing...
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U.S. regulators have approved the first drug for bladder cancer that harnesses the body's immune system. It is the first advance in decades against the most common type of bladder cancer, one which almost always kills patients within months....
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Work by the fire and rescue services to help reduce demand for other services through prevention, including health and social care, is being showcased in a new document ‘Working Together’. Underlying risk factors that ultimately result in fires, such as smoking and alcohol consumption, also have a strong impact on health...
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Google has tapped Dr. David Feinberg, who has served as chief executive of Danville, Pennsylvania-based Geisinger since 2015, to help it develop and expand its healthcare strategy. Feinberg will be tasked with organizing and innovating Google's various healthcare initiatives, some of which overlap, according to CNBC, which first reported the hire. The many projects of Alphabet, Google's parent company, with healthcare-focused activities include include: Verily, its life sciences division...
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American Hospital Dubai has launched a new screening program for colon cancer – one of the most common forms of cancer and a main cause of cancer related deaths worldwide – at the UAE Cancer Congress 2016 (October 20-22), where the hospital was the Main Partner. The new program is designed to prevent, detect and cure colon cancer in women and men aged 50 and over, and so save patient lives....
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Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE and SIX: ZBH), a global leader in musculoskeletal healthcare, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Scottsdale, Arizona-based Cayenne Medical, Inc. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close during the second quarter of 2016. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed....
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