Press Releases

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Nov. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) ("AbbVie") announced today that it has launched a private offering (the "Offering") of senior unsecured notes (the "Notes").The Offering is being conducted in connection with AbbVie's previously announced acquisition (the "Acquisition") of Allergan plc ("Allergan"). AbbVie expects to us

SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 6. 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Geisinger and Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine today announced the Geisinger Primary Care Scholars Program to provide debt-free medical school and living assistance to medical students who commit to work within primary care at the health system after graduating. The program will expand access to care for the commu

NEW YORK, Nov. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- In a surprise announcement during NYU Langone Health's annual Violet Ball, Elaine Langone and her husband, Kenneth G. Langone, Chair of the Board of Trustees of NYU Langone Health, informed the attendees that NYU School of Medicine will be renamed the NYU Robert I. Grossm

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Nov. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Registered nurses who have been advocating with a community coalition to keep care local in the face of Baystate Health's proposed closures of mental health beds in Greenfield, Palmer and Westfield are calling on Baystat

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- David L. Bartlett, MD, an internationally recognized cancer researcher and a pioneer in the use of highly advanced surgical therapies for abdominal cancers, has been appointed Chair of the

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- A clinical trial of active-duty service members suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) showed that symptoms improved after receiving stellate ganglion block (SGB) injections. Results from this landmark study were published today in JAMA Psychiatry, a monthly, peer-reviewed medical journa

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- NxGen MDx announced the launch of their Urogenital Pathogens Tests, a group of women's health tests. The Urogenital Pathogens Tests includes tests for vaginosis, urinary tract infection, and group B streptococcus.Each year, 10 million doctor visits can be attributed to reoccurring vaginal infections. Of these 10 mi

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Lung Cancer Roundtable (NLCRT) has expanded its portal of resources to help Americans fight lung cancer. The updated Resource Center includes new videos, infographics, research, and more.This year the American Cancer Society predicts that more than 220,000 people in the United Sta

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to the worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen, the Humanitarian Alliance for Yemen is set to deploy a new short-term medical mission early this month.    Led by MedGlobal, the new medical mission will commence today and end on

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- VIVA Physicians, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the field of vascular medicine and intervention through education and research, announces the third round of 21 highly anticipated late-breaking clinical trial results