LA JOLLA, CA and JUPITER, FL – Mar. 21, 2018 – The Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences at The Scripps Research Institute is ranked among the top ten in the nation according to a recent survey by U.S. News & World Report. This is the 19th year in a row that the program has earned top ten honors.
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When Cancer Treatment Centers of America was searching the nation for a new city to relocate their corporate headquarters to, several governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations from the sunshine state stepped up to attract CTCA to Boca Raton. Such cooperation among various levels of government and non-governmental stakeholders is rarely seen in politics today and should be commended. By attracting CTCA to Boca Raton, the various stakeholders brought 225 high-skill, high-paying jobs to Florida. Beyond the economic gain of having CTCA in the state, the stakeholders knew that attracting the nation’s premiere network of cancer treatment hospitals would only further Florida’s reputation for being a Life Science Leader.
Boca Raton, Fla. – March 13, 2018 – Specialty-specific health information technology leader Modernizing Medicine® today announced that Northwell Health will begin using the gGastro enterprise Endoscopy Report Writer (ERW) at over 20 hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in its network. Northwell Health, New York’s largest healthcare provider and private employer, has already begun implementing the endoscopy solution by gMed®, a Modernizing Medicine company, at Staten Island University Hospital with more locations to follow.
BOCA RATON, FL –March 8, 2018 RELEASE PDF – Officials at Boca Raton Regional Hospital (BRRH) today announced that it has established a list of five healthcare providers as potential partners in its quest to elevate and accelerate its position as the preeminent academic tertiary referral center in the region. Culled from a group of twelve health systems that responded to the Hospital’s Request for Proposal, the providers selected include: Baptist Health South Florida, Cleveland Clinic, Memorial Healthcare System, Novant Health and Orlando Health.
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FAU’s Jupiter Life Science Initiative (JLSI) hosted “SYNAPSE 2018,” an annual neuroscience networking event for students and research scientists in collaboration with Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and Scripps Florida Research Institute. More than 150 of the brightest scientific minds in the region recently gathered at MPFI to network and share their research findings.
New research uncovers a brain receptor that could explain why some people experience major depressive disorder after a stressful event, while others do not.
An estimated 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson’s disease—an incurable neurodegenerative disorder that leads to an increasing loss of motor control.
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Boca Raton, Fla. – March 5, 2018 – Specialty-specific health information technology leader, Modernizing Medicine, Inc., will showcase its expanded solution suite, modmed® Orthopedics, including the iPad-based electronic health record (EHR) system, EMA™, and enhanced PACS interface capabilities at this year’s American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nev.
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While traditional antidepressants may make a world of difference for some people, the fact is that they don’t work for everyone. What’s more, even when they do work, they typically take at least several weeks to do so. There may be new hope for individuals suffering from depression, however, thanks to a discovery made at The Scripps Research Institute.
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Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a new target for treating major depressive disorder.
