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MEDICAL & SURGICAL NEWS Click here for: Medical Alert - Product Recalls OSHA Should Regulate Work Hours For Doctors-in-Training, Groups Tell Labor DepartmentThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is tasked with enforcing safety and health legislation, should take doctors-in-training under its purview, consumer and health advocacy groups said today in a petition sent to the agency. Resident physicians work shifts as long as 30 hours as often as three times a week, which can lead to physician fatigue and medical errors. Exhausted resident physicians are at increased risk of being in a car crash and suffering from depression, pregnancy complications and needle sticks, research shows...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am KPMG Achieves £1 Million Mark For Alzheimer's Society Ahead Of Target, UKKPMG has reached its fundraising target of £1 million for its staff selected people charity, Alzheimer's Society over one month ahead of schedule with further events still to be held. In 2008, KPMG staff voted for Alzheimer's Society to be the firm's main charitable focus. Over the past two years, KPMG staff have been involved in a variety of activities to raise funds to help people with dementia, their families and carers. Offices across the UK have championed the cause through fundraising events, awareness campaigns and volunteering...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am Democrats Will Likely Push Again For Ground Zero Health AssistanceDemocrats are likely to again push to give billions in health coverage assistance to Ground Zero workers when they return from their recess, Roll Call reports. "A Democratic leadership aide said Tuesday that the bill likely would get the green light for floor action shortly after the House returns Sept. 14 in conjunction with events planned to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks." The bill failed to get a 2/3 majority in the House in late July and "touched off a heated exchange on the House floor between New York Reps...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am Drug Discovery Tools To Fight Cancer, Blindness To Be Discussed At UB SymposiumTwenty-first-century pharmaceutical breakthroughs require 21st-century drug discovery tools, such as computational or in silico molecular design and high-throughput screening of effective, new compounds. That's the theme of a University at Buffalo symposium to be held Sept. 11 on "Twenty-first Century Bioscience: In Silico Methods and High-Throughput Screening," which will feature a variety of cutting-edge advances in the field developed by researchers in Western New York and throughout the US. The symposium will be held at the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, 700 Ellicott St...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am Celsion Receives SBIR Grant To Expand Its Technology PlatformCelsion Corporation (Nasdaq: CLSN), a biotechnology drug development company, announced that it has been awarded a competitive Phase I Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to support the proposal, "New Thermal Sensitive Carboplatin Liposomes for Cancer". This funding will support the Company's efforts to develop its proprietary heat-activated liposomal technology in combination with carboplatin, an approved and frequently used oncology drug for treatment of a wide range of cancers...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am Study: Health Overhaul's Tax Credit For Small Business Could Affect MillionsA new Commonwealth Fund report estimates that "about 16.6 million workers are employed by small businesses that are eligible for health insurance tax credits" under the new health law but only 3.4 million of them are at companies that will take advantage of the credits, The Washington Post reports, adding that those businesses already offer their employees health insurance. "Those firms that do not offer coverage are unlikely to consider the tax breaks enough of a financial incentive to start doing so, according to the report's authors...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am Self Care's Rheumatoid Arthritis Health Campaign Wins Top AwardThe Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's Self Care Program has won Australia's leading health promotion award for its rheumatoid arthritis campaign. The Australian Journal of Pharmacy Award for the Best Health Promotion of the Year was last night presented to the Self Care campaign. Self Care's Health campaigns are designed to educate and raise pharmacy staff and public awareness of particular health conditions...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am Egg Recall, Drug Approval Time Raise Questions About FDA ResourcesThe recent salmonella outbreak/egg recall is raising questions about whether the FDA is fulfilling its regulatory role, PBS' NewsHour reports. "For the past few years, it's been one food safety scare after another. There was E. coli-laced spinach, salmonella-tainted peppers. ... There have also been problems with drugs. The ingredients in a contaminated blood thinner came from China. And whether the tainted products are from abroad or the United States, it's the Food and Drug Administration's job to make sure they're safe for American consumption...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am Second Annual Medical Device Connectivity Conference & Exhibition To Focus On Connecting Medical Devices To People, Workflow And Information SystemsThe Second Annual Medical Device Connectivity Conference & Exhibition, organized by The Center for Business Innovation (TCBI), will be held on September 28-29, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay in San Diego, CA. This groundbreaking conference and exhibition features an outstanding agenda with nationally recognized experts from healthcare provider organizations, academia, manufacturers and elsewhere...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am Two Scientists Behind Suit To Block Stem-Cell Research Funding Speak With LawmakersThe Wall Street Journal: "The two scientists behind the lawsuit that has temporarily blocked federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research said Wednesday they were motivated by ethical objections to destroying human embryos for medical research. The scientists, James Sherley of Boston and Theresa Deisher of Seattle, had never met until this week, when they flew to Washington to confer with House and Senate aides and lobby against research using embryonic stem cells. They were recruited separately by lawyers looking to challenge the federal policy. ...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am ASCP Seeks Changes To DEA Regulations, Responds To June Federal Register NoticeThe American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) has asked the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to consider changes to the Controlled Substances Act regulatory framework to improve timely access to controlled medications for residents in long-term care settings...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am USA Today: Unprecedented Drop In Medical SpendingThe growth rate of health spending is at its slowest in a half-century, "a sign that people are forgoing medical care during the recession," according to an "analysis of government data" by USA Today. "Spending on doctors, hospitals, drugs and other medical care climbed at a 2.7% annual rate per person in the first half of 2010, the smallest increase since the Bureau of Economic Analysis began tracking medical care in 1959. When inflation is taken into account, spending per person actually fell 0.2% in the first six months of the year...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am Cancer Drug Model Could Be A Potential Treatment For Alzheimer's - Alzheimer's Society CommentTreatments modelled on the cancer drug Gleevec could potentially prevent the formation of amyloid plaques - one of the major hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease according to a study. Treatments modelled on the cancer drug Gleevec could potentially prevent the formation of amyloid plaques - one of the major hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease according to a study published in the journal Nature. Researchers at the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience in the U.S. tested the drug on mice and found that Gleevec has the ability to attach itself to a protein (GSAP)...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am N.Y. Senator Adds Voice To Concern About Credit Cards, Echoing Cuomo's Health Credit ProbeMarketWatch: More warnings about credit cards - including those to pay for health care services - are coming from New York's elected officials. Sen. Charles Schumer sent a letter to the Federal Reserve noting a 256 percent leap in solicitations to consumers for professional and business credit cards. Schumer raises these concerns "on the heels of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's launch of an industry-wide probe into predatory lending in the health-care realm. ...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am Today's OpEds: Medicare Private Plans And The Health Law's Impact On Employer CoverageDebunking Medicare Myths Kaiser Health News What's needed most today in American health care is innovative change which drives up productivity and value. With the right incentives, that's what the private sector can deliver, even as it's been clear for some time that the federal government cannot do likewise (James Capretta, 9/2)...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am Report Finds Foreclosures Harm People's Health In California; Wash. Small Business Health Insurance Program Starts To Sign Up MembersSan Francisco Chronicle: "A report released Wednesday found foreclosures have not only economic consequences, but create health problems for the people and families involved -- and those effects can ripple throughout a community. In a survey of nearly 400 residents in two Oakland neighborhoods particularly hard hit by the foreclosure crisis, the Alameda County Public Health Department and Causa Justa/Just Cause, a housing rights group, teamed up to look at how people undergoing foreclosure experience higher levels of stress and increased medical" (Colliver, 9/2)...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am States And Firms Seek Health Reform Funds While Opposing LawNews outlets are reporting that some states and businesses who oppose parts or all of the health reform law are applying for the financial relief it provides. The Hill: "About two dozen businesses associated with high-profile opposition to the healthcare reform law are taking advantage of a provision that helps pay for their retirees' medical bills, according to a review of federal records by The Hill...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am PAC10 Looks At Professional Ethics And Law In Pharmacy, AustraliaAs pharmacy begins implementing a renewed legislative framework, it is timely to reflect on professional behaviour and the implications of the new legislation on the profession's Code of Ethics. Revision of the current Code of Conduct is underway, with the revised Code intended to be applicable to all scopes of professional practice in pharmacy, and this issue will be examined in a presentation at PAC 10 by Dr Betty B. Chaar, Lecturer in Pharmacy Ethics and Practice, University of Sydney, Faculty of Pharmacy...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am Emergent Awarded NIAID Contract That Increases Potential Funding To Over $58 Million For Advanced Development Of Third Generation Anthrax VaccineEmergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced today that it has signed a contract valued at up to $28.7 million with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), an institute within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for advanced development of the company's third generation anthrax vaccine candidate. The award of this contract increases to over $58 million the total potential development funding from NIAID for this product...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am Target Stores Join Field Of Retail MedicineChicago Tribune: "Target Corp., renewing its push into retail medicine, will open eight new clinics in the Chicago area and Palm Beach, Fla., giving a boost to a form of health care delivery that has seen slower growth amid the economic downturn. The Minneapolis-based retail giant launched its first health clinic four years ago but has not been as aggressive as rivals CVS/Caremark Corp. and Walgreen Co., which have opened several hundred clinics in recent years. ...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 7:00 am Are HERVs An Answer To AIDS Mysteries?Why is it so hard to isolate and purify human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)? Why has no one been able to see, by electron microscopy, a single HIV particle in the blood of AIDS patients, even those who have a "high viral load"? Why does HIV seem to mutate with startling rapidity? AIDS researchers have not been able to come up with answers to these questions. HERVs human endogenous retroviruses might provide explanations that have been overlooked for 20 years, writes Professor Etienne de Harven, M.D., in the fall 2010 issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am Cetero Research Launches Seminar Series On Accelerated Proof-of-Concept In Drug DevelopmentCetero Research, the leading early-stage contract research organization (CRO), is launching a series of scientific seminars, "An Accelerated Path to Proof-of-Concept in Drug Development," designed to help pharmaceutical and biotechnology researchers learn the latest innovations in Phase I and IIa clinical trial designs. The sessions will familiarize attendees with techniques and study designs to save time and money when bringing new drugs to market. The seven-city series starts on September 15 in Princeton, N.J., and ends on October 21 in San Diego...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am Cardiogenesis Comments On The STAR-Heart Study Presented At European Society Of Cardiology (ESC) 2010 CongressCardiogenesis Corporation (OTCQB: CGCP), released comments regarding the STAR-heart study. The STAR-heart study, which was presented at the European Society of Cardiology 2010 Congress in August 2010, reported that the intracoronary injection of autologous stem cells derived from bone marrow is associated with improved hemodynamics and long term survival in the treatment of chronic heart failure. The study involved 391 patients with chronic heart failure due to ischemic cardiomyopathy...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am Red Cross Ready To Respond To Hurricane EarlThe American Red Cross is on the ground in fourteen states along the East Coast as Hurricane Earl heads toward North Carolina with sustained winds of 140 mph. Red Cross shelters are expected to open this afternoon in North Carolina, and additional shelters are poised to open in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with emergency planning continuing in ten other states along the coast. Up-to-date shelter location information is readily available on here by clicking "Find a Shelter...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am Optimer Pharmaceuticals Announces Presentations Of Additional Fidaxomicin Phase 3 Data At Upcoming ICAAC Annual MeetingResults from studies related to Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: OPTR) lead developmental product candidate, fidaxomicin, will be presented at the 50th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) to be held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston on September 12-15, 2010. Fidaxomicin abstracts and speakers include: "Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) of Fidaxomicin (FDX) Versus Vancomycin (VAN) in Treatment of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI)" Oral Presentation: Oliver Cornely, M.D...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am Should The Federal Government Try To Curb Obesity?The First Lady and the Surgeon General are trying to rally Americans to fight against the "epidemic" of obesity. Perhaps they will inspire many to follow their leadership by example. Otherwise, the role of the federal government in curbing obesity is questionable, write economists Michael Marlow and Alden Shiers of California Polytechnic State University. The government's tools are taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, bans on soft drinks in schools, regulations forcing restaurants to post calorie counts, and government-funded motivational programs...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am Unrealistic Goals And Standards Make Teachers StressedResearch from the University of Kent, in association with the Teacher Support Network, has found that teachers who want to be happier should not try to please everyone and should have a greater say in setting targets. The research, which was conducted by Julian Childs and Dr Joachim Stoeber from the University's School of Psychology, also shows that teachers with career aspirations and a goal to learn are happier than those facing unrealistic standards. Other findings include teachers who set high performance standards for themselves having, in contrast, higher levels of wellbeing...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am Overweight? Obese? Or Normal Weight? Americans Have Hard Time Gauging Their WeightFor many Americans fat is the new "norm." More and more people are unable to accurately describe themselves using their height-to-weight ratio known as body mass index the scale that determines levels of overweight and obesity, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll found. The poll revealed that 30 percent of overweight people think they're actually normal size, 70 percent of obese people feel they are merely overweight, and 39 percent of morbidly obese people think they are overweight but not obese...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am Cincinnati, Detroit Selected As Final Health IT Pilot Communities Under Innovative HHS Recovery Act Beacon ProgramHHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that Cincinnati and Detroit are the two final pilot communities selected under the new Beacon Community Program that is using health information technology to help tackle leading health problems in communities across the country. At the same time, the program will also allow HHS to look for new ways to share the lessons learned by funded communities and, working with local and national health care foundations, develop support networks for other communities that want to employ similar innovative approaches...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am NIH Awards $1.2 Million To Study Protein Misfolding DiseasesThree University of Massachusetts Amherst scientists have received a four-year, $1.2 million EUREKA grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study folding and misfolding of secretory proteins in the cell's protein factory, the endoplasmic reticulum, where misfolding can lead to diseases such as cystic fibrosis and liver cirrhosis. EUREKA stands for Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am NSU Receives A $2.1 Million Federal Grant To Provide Training To Improve Geriatric Care In South FloridaNova Southeastern University recently received a $2.1-million federal grant to provide training to improve care for South Florida's large geriatric population now and for the future. The 5-year grant will expand training and geriatric education for students, faculty, and health care professionals, with the long-term goal of increasing the number of professionals working in geriatrics. NSU's medical school, the College of Osteopathic Medicine, received the grant to fund its Florida Coastal Geriatric Resources, Education, and Training Center (GREAT GEC)...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am 'Back-To-School' How To Prevent Sports Related Eye InjuriesIt's back to school time! Kids are feeling excited and maybe a little nervous. New teachers, new friends and new sports seasons. Parents are scrambling to buy back-to-school clothes and equip their children with all the sports gear they need, like helmets, pads, braces and mouth guards. Parents are taking that extra step to prevent broken bones, bruises and chipped teeth, but what are they doing to prevent possible permanent vision loss, a scratched cornea, or fractured eye sockets? A serious eye injury can leave your child on the side lines or bench longer than they would like...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am The Partnership For A Drug-Free America® Presents New Research-Based Programs At National Prevention Network ConferencePatricia Russo, chairman of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America provided keynote remarks and joined Steve Pasierb, Partnership CEO and Ken Winters, PhD., chairman of the organization's science advisory board and professor at the University of Minnesota, to review a number of new research-based programs from the Partnership at the National Prevention Network Prevention Research Conference. According to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health, nine million people in America under the age of 26 need help for substance abuse and addiction...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am New Warning Signs May Predict Kidney Transplant FailureKidney transplants that show a combination of fibrosis (scarring) and inflammation after one year are at higher risk of long-term transplant failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). To identify these abnormalities, doctors would need to perform routine biopsies on apparently normal kidney transplants rather than waiting for problems to occur...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am UIC-Community Health Program Empowers Persons With Developmental DisabilitiesMany people with developmental disability are sedentary and obese, have poor diet, and consequently suffer from conditions such as cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Promoting healthy lifestyles for this group is the aim of a new project that teams University of Illinois at Chicago researchers with two community-based nonprofit organizations in Albuquerque, N.M. and suburban Chicago...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am Research At GHESKIO Leads To Update In WHO Guidelines For HIV TreatmentPrompted by clinical research into the early initiation of antiretroviral therapies for HIV performed at the GHESKIO clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the World Health Organization (WHO) has revised its treatment protocols for HIV patients. Final results from the four-year study, led by Weill Cornell Medical College's infectious and tropical disease experts, were published in the July 15 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am Autistic Children And Families In Detroit Are Offered Help From The Children's Center Of Wayne County As They Prepare For SchoolIn preparation for the new school year The Children's Center's is gearing up their early intervention programs for families and children with autistic spectrum disorders between the ages 18 months to 6 years old. The Children's Center (TCC) recognizes one of the fastest growing developmental disability in the United States affecting our children is Autism. That's why TCC is offering back to school support to families of children with autism spectrum disorder. The Children's Center's P.L.A.Y. Project is unique...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am Gene Doping Detectable With A Simple Blood TestGerman scientists from Tübingen and Mainz have developed a blood test that can reliably detect gene doping even after 56 days. Scientists at the universities in Tübingen and Mainz have developed a test that can provide conclusive proof of gene doping. "For the first time, a direct method is now available that uses conventional blood samples to detect doping via gene transfer and is still effective if the actual doping took place up to 56 days before," Professor Perikles Simon, MD, PhD from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany explained on Thursday...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am September Is National Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness MonthIn an effort to bring greater awareness to Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, PCOS Challenge, Inc. has created a 13-week television series to help women with PCOS. PCOS is estimated to affect one-in-ten women of childbearing age. It can lead to other serious conditions including endometrial cancer, obesity, diabetes and infertility. "We created the PCOS Challenge television series because, despite affecting one-in-ten women, PCOS gets very little attention in the media and most people are unaware of the condition...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am European Menopause And Andropause Society Publishes Four Position Statements About The Post-reproductive Health Of WomenElsevier announced the publication of four important position statements from the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) in the journal Maturitas on common management problems in the post-reproductive health of women. The statements cover the management of the menopause in the context of obesity, epilepsy, endometriosis and premature ovarian failure. Each statement has summary recommendations as a quick aid for the busy clinician...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am Why Fish Oils Work Swimmingly Against DiabetesResearchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified the molecular mechanism that makes omega-3 fatty acids so effective in reducing chronic inflammation and insulin resistance. The discovery could lead to development of a simple dietary remedy for many of the more than 23 million Americans suffering from diabetes and other conditions. Writing in the advance online edition of the September 3 issue of the journal Cell, Jerrold Olefsky, MD, and colleagues identified a key receptor on macrophages abundantly found in obese body fat...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 6:00 am Imec European Collaborative Research To Develop Lab-on-chip System For Cheap And Fast Cancer DiagnosisToday, at the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC) in Buenos Aires (Argentina), imec and its project partners have announced the launch of the European Seventh Framework Project MIRACLE. The MIRACLE project aims to develop an operational lab-on-chip for the isolation and detection of circulating and disseminated tumor cells (CTCs and DTCs) in blood. The new lab-on-chip is an essential step towards faster and cost-efficient diagnosis of cancer...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am Race, Insurance Status Cited In Uneven Death Rates Among Pedestrians Hit By CarsUninsured minority pedestrians hit by cars are at a significantly higher risk of death than their insured white counterparts, even if the injuries sustained are similar, new research from Johns Hopkins suggests. The death rate disparity is compounded by the fact that minority pedestrians are far more likely than white pedestrians to be struck by motor vehicles, according to a study published in the August issue of the journal Surgery. "It's a double whammy," says Adil H. Haider, M.D., M.P.H...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am Double-Dose Clopidogrel Reduces Risk Of Death, Heart Attack Or Stroke In Patients Undergoing AngioplastyA double-dose of the anti-clotting treatment clopidogrel, also known as Plavix, significantly reduces complications in heart patients undergoing angioplasty to clear blocked arteries. Shamir R. Mehta, an interventional cardiologist and associate professor of medicine of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, led a landmark international study that found patients undergoing angioplasty benefited from a more aggressive antiplatelet regimen in which they received a double dose of the blood thinner for about a week...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am Family Health Premiums Rise 3 Percent To $13,770 In 2010, But Workers' Share Jumps 14 Percent As Firms Shift Cost BurdenWorkers on average are paying nearly $4,000 this year toward the cost of family health coverage an increase of 14 percent, or $482, above what they paid last year, according to the benchmark 2010 Employer Health Benefits Survey released by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET). The jump occurred even though the total premiums for family coverage, including what employers themselves contribute, rose a modest 3 percent to $13,770 on average in 2010, the survey found. In contrast, the amount employers contribute for family coverage did not increase...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am The Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia To Open The New Nicholas And Athena Karabots Pediatric & Adolescent Care Center In West PhiladelphiaThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced a generous $7.5 million gift that will lead to the creation of a new Pediatric & Adolescent Care Center in West Philadelphia. The primary health-care facility will be called the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pediatric & Adolescent Care Center and is part of the CHOP Care Network. This gift, made possible by Athena and Nicholas Karabots and the Karabots Foundation of Fort Washington, Pa., will give West Philadelphia families increased access to world-class pediatric healthcare...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am Long Term Data Presented At ESC 2010 Further Support The Benefit Of The CYPHER(R) Sirolimus Drug-Eluting StentThree new analyses of subgroups from the SORT OUT III study presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, provide additional detail on longer-term follow-up subgroup safety and efficacy outcomes in the SORT OUT III trial in three high-risk subgroups (diabetes, acute coronary syndrome and multiple lesion)...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am ConvaTec Expands AQUACEL® Dressing Product Line With Introduction Of New Ribbon DressingConvaTec, a world-leading developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital care, announced the introduction of a new, narrower size of AQUACEL® and AQUACEL® Ag Ribbon Dressings with Strengthening Fibers, now available in the U.S. and select European countries for the management of moderate to highly exuding chronic and acute wounds. The new dressing, half the width of the currently available dressing, is designed specifically for use in excised abscesses and smaller wounds that tunnel below the wound surface...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am Conference To Focus On Sustainable Health Care TransformationCPM Resource Center (CPMRC), an Elsevier company and leader in assisting healthcare organizations improve practice at the point of care, has announced that its 19th International Conference will take place Jan. 19-22, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in San Francisco. The conference will highlight the innovations and substantial progress healthcare professionals are making in bridging evidence-based clinical content, partnerships and technology for a healthy integrated healthcare system...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am APHA Reminds Americans To Plan For Emergencies During National Preparedness MonthWith flu season approaching, hurricane warnings affecting the East Coast and ongoing threats of other natural or human-made disasters, there is no better time to plan for emergencies. The American Public Health Association is encouraging Americans to join it in observing National Preparedness Month, an opportunity to mobilize communities across the nation to become better prepared for the next health emergency...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am BMA Scotland Welcomes Announcement Of Minimum Price For AlcoholThe BMA has welcomed plans to set the minimum price per unit of alcohol in Scotland at 45 pence. Commenting on the proposed price announced by the Cabinet Secretary this morning, Dr Brian Keighley, chairman of the BMA in Scotland, said that so far, no credible alternative to minimum pricing had been identified by opposition parties and he urged them to back the Alcohol Bill. He said: "Unlike suggested alternatives coming forward from Labour and the Conservatives, minimum pricing will have an immediate effect in tackling alcohol misuse in Scotland...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality News And Numbers: Oregon And Vermont Show Fewest Hospitalizations For Children With AsthmaOregon and Vermont reported the nation's lowest rates of avoidable hospitalizations for asthma in children ages 2 to 17 in 2006, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Oregon reported the lowest rate of potentially avoidable hospitalizations, at 44 per 100,000 children. Vermont followed closely, with 46 admissions of children with asthma...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am New Research Demonstrates Safety Of Cord-blood-derived Stem Cell TreatmentsIn a new peer-reviewed article published by the Journal of Translational Medicine, scientists from Beike Biotechnology, China's leading stem cell research and regenerative medicine company, and Medistem, Inc., reported positive safety data in 114 patients who were treated by doctors at Nanshan Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College (Shenzhen Nanshan Hospital) in Shenzhen using Beike's proprietary cord blood stem cell transplantation protocol. The report aims to serve as an "expanded Phase I" study, with efficacy data to be published in a subsequent paper...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am Near Infrared Light May Open New Frontier In Fighting Cancer, Tay-SachsA "game-changing" technique using near infrared light enables scientists to look deeper into the guts of cells, potentially opening up a new frontier in the fights against cancer and many other diseases. University of Central Florida chemists, led by Professor Kevin Belfield, used near infrared light and fluorescent dye to take pictures of cells and tumors deep within tissue. The probes specifically target lysosomes, which act as cells' thermostats and waste processors and which have been linked to a variety of diseases, including types of mental illnesses and cancers...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am Banner Health Converts 23-Hospital System To Masimo Rainbow SET TechnologyBanner Health and Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI) jointly announce Banner Health's system-wide conversion to Masimo rainbow® SET technology. The system-wide conversion ensures that patients visiting any Banner Health hospital will be cared for using the most technologically and clinically-advanced oximetry and noninvasive patient monitoring solutions available. "The decision to convert our entire hospital system to Masimo technology was driven by a simple initiative...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am Staff To Ballot On Industrial Action To Halt London Hospital Pathology PrivatisationPlans to privatise one of the country's leading pathology services at London's King's College Hospital are being opposed by Unite, the largest union in the country. Unite will be balloting its members at the south east London hospital on industrial action within the next fortnight, as it fears that privatisation will break-up a 300-strong world class department that has taken decades to build up and hit services to patients. The hospital's directors are proposing to set up a private sector company with the pathology services at St Thomas' Hospital and international services company, Serco...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am Surgeons Drive Plate And Screw Market To Over $170 Million In Japan By 2014According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, the Japanese plate and screw market will be driven by strong surgeon acceptance and adoption, driving this market to over $170 million by 2014. Japanese surgeons are increasingly adopting anatomic, locking plating systems, such as Acumed's Acu-Loc plates and Synthes' Locking Compression Plates, in order to manage complex, periarticular fractures...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am New Partnership Forms To Address The Hepatitis B And C Epidemic In EuropeAt least 23 million European Union (EU) citizens are currently living with hepatitis B or hepatitis C,[i] both cancer-causing viruses. In a direct response to the health burden this presents and the recent recognition by the WHO of the seriousness of hepatitis as a global health issue, a unique Partnership comprising key international public and private stakeholders has formed to drive the first EU-wide initiative on hepatitis B and C...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am Patient Care Standards To Fall Without A Joining Of Universities And Hospitals, AustraliaPatient care in Australia will fall below the standards in leading developed nations if hospitals and universities do not join forces, according to Executive Dean of The University of Queensland's Faculty of Health Sciences, Professor Nicholas Fisk. Professor Fisk, an internationally regarded clinician and researcher whose Faculty includes Australia's largest medical school, said while many other countries were beginning to see the benefits of 'joined up' academic health science centres (AHSC), Australia was lagging behind...
Posted on 3 September 2010 | 5:00 am Carl Zeiss Meditec Is Shaping The Future Of Ophthalmology: Creating What's To ComeCarl Zeiss Meditec is once again presenting its expanded offer of solutions for cataract, refractive and retina applications. Under the theme - Creating what's to come - the company is demonstrating how it would like to shape the future of ophthalmology with its products and solutions...
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