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MEDICAL & SURGICAL NEWS Moderate Use Of Video Games Can Be A Very Useful Educational Tool For Teaching ChildrenVideo games can have a very positive influence in the education of children, and, when used in moderation, they do not harm children's academic performance. This conclusion emerges from research conducted by Angeles Llorca Diez from the Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression at the University of Granada, and directed by professors M Dolores Alvarez Rodriguez (University of Granada) and M Angeles Diez Sanchez (University of Salamanca)...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 7:00 am TAU On Track To Prevent "Sudden Cardiac Arrest"Sudden Cardiac Arrest syndrome (SCA) is poorly understood, but it's a real danger for the otherwise young and healthy. For no apparent reason, the heart suddenly stops beating, and without treatment death may follow within minutes. It's why some athletes drop dead on the track and why a young man, without any warning, suddenly dies while sitting at his desk. SCA accounts for approximately 300,000 deaths per year in the U.S. Dr. Joel Hirsch of Tel Aviv University's Department of Biochemistry has teamed up with Prof...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 7:00 am New Imaging Technology Brings Trace Chemicals Into FocusArizona State Univeristy scientist N.J. Tao and his colleagues at the Biodesign Institute have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important in such areas as national security, human health and the environment. Tao's team was able to detect and identify tiny particles of the explosive trinitrotoluene or TNT - each weighing less than a billionth of a gram - on the ridges and canals of a fingerprint...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 7:00 am Lack Of Confidence In National Hurricane Response Planning: SurveyAccording to a study recently completed by an LSU group charged with conducting studies on improving hurricane crisis communication in coastal communities, many families have a well-developed hurricane response plan of their own but have little faith in the preparation developed at higher government levels...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 7:00 am 600 Million-Year-Old Origins Of Vision Discovered By Scientists At UCSBBy studying the hydra, a member of an ancient group of sea creatures that is still flourishing, scientists at UC Santa Barbara have made a discovery in understanding the origins of human vision. The finding is published in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a British journal of biology. Hydra are simple animals that, along with jellyfish, belong to the phylum cnidaria. Cnidarians first emerged 600 million years ago. "We determined which genetic 'gateway,' or ion channel, in the hydra is involved in light sensitivity," said senior author Todd H...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 7:00 am The Effectiveness Of A New Oral Treatment Could Mean An End To LiceFrench medical researchers from the AP-HP (Henri Mondor Hospital and Avicenne Hospital) and Inserm (Unit 738 "Models and methods for therapeutic evaluation of chronic illnesses" and CIC 202, at Tours) have recently demonstrated the effectiveness of a new molecule in the fight against lice. Faced with the emergence of increasing resistance to conventional treatments by these parasites, this new medication represents a real therapeutic alternative which is effective in 95% of cases. This work has been published in the March 11th edition of The New England Journal of Medicine...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 7:00 am Actor Kulvinder Ghir Joins Forces With Transplant Patients In New TV Campaign To Encourage More Asian DonorsEstablished actor, Kulvinder Ghir has joined forces with NHS Blood and Transplant to lend further support to a new campaign designed to increase the number of people from BME communities on the NHS Organ Donor Register. The actor features alongside patients with first-hand experience of organ donation and transplantation to create a series of powerful and informative television commercials for both the African-Caribbean and the South Asian community...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 7:00 am Alzheimer's Test That Can Be Administered In Family Practitioners' Offices Offers Better Opportunities For Early DetectionEarly detection is key to more effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of cognitive impairment, and new research shows that a test developed at the University of Tennessee is more than 95 percent effective in detecting cognitive abnormalities associated with these diseases. The test, called CST -- for computerized self test -- was designed to be both effective and relatively simple for medical professionals to administer and for patients to take. Rex Cannon, an adjunct research assistant professor of psychology at UT Knoxville, and Dr...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 7:00 am Home-Administered Misoprostol Safe Abortion Option For Women Up To 63 Days Pregnant, Study FindsA team of Swedish researchers concludes that taking misoprostol at home as part of a medical abortion regimen is a safe option for women who are 50 to 63 days pregnant, according to a study published in the journal Human Reproduction, Reuters reports. The study's authors said that their research is the first published report to examine at-home medical abortion in women who were more than 49 days pregnant. In the U.S., women have been permitted to take physician-prescribed misoprostol at home since 2000...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am Videos Examine Debate Over Abortion Debate In Health Reform, International Women's DayThe following summarizes selected women's health-related videos. Uncertainty Surrounds 'Stupak Dozen': On Wednesday, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow challenged Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) claim that he has about twelve lawmakers who will vote against the Senate health reform bill if it doesn't include more restrictions on abortion coverage. According to a senior House leadership aide, an informal whip count found that only four or five House members are willing to back Stupak, Maddow reported (Maddow, "The Rachel Maddow Show," MSNBC, 3/10)...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am DRC: Thousands Of Displaced Civilians Trapped By Conflict, Wounded Unable To Reach Hospitals In Hauts Plateaux, South KivuMedical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned by the rapidly worsening situation in the isolated area of Hauts Plateaux in the region of Uvira, South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Thousands of civilians are trapped by conflict that has been raging in the area since the beginning of February 2010 between the Congolese army (FARDC), FDLR rebels and various armed groups...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am W.Va. Panel Sends Ultrasound Abortion Bill To Full HouseThe West Virginia House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved a bill (HB 4517), including two new amendments, that would alter an existing state abortion law by requiring that that women be able to view an ultrasound image of their fetus before an abortion, the Charleston Daily Mail reports (Rivard, Charleston Daily Mail, 3/11). According to the bill text, an ultrasound would be available when "the standard of care dictates" (Bill text, 2/16). The requirement would only apply in cases in which the provider has determined that an ultrasound is medically necessary...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am Also In Global Health News: WFP In Somalia; South Africa's HIV/AIDS Plan; Zimbabwe's Food Needs; Medical Personnel, Vaccines In Bangladesh; MoreWFP Agrees To Cooperate With Probe Of Its Operations In Somalia The World Food Program (WFP) "said Thursday it will cooperate with any independent probe into its food operations in Somalia, after a report found that up to half the food aid intended for the nation's hungry people does not reach its destination," the Associated Press reports. The agency has also agreed "not to engage with transport contractors that the report alleges were involved in arms trading," according to the news service. The report is scheduled to be presented to the U.N...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am Hospitals Cope With Losing MoneyKentucky's Jewish Hospital and St. Mary's HealthCare is eliminating 500 jobs this month. The layoffs represent the first large-scale cuts in a Louisville-area hospital system since the recession began. Louisville Courier-Journal: The cuts come because of "lower patient volume and a growing number of uninsured patients brought on by the lingering recession." They are only one part of a cost-cutting program the hospital enacted...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am State Overhaul Fears, Rising Costs, Medical School ExpansionsThe New York Times: "The General Assembly became the first state legislature to approve a measure that bucks any effort by President Obama and Congress to carry out a national health care overhaul in individual states." Numerous Democrats joined the Republican majority to support the measure 80-17 in the House of Delegates (3/10). Boston Herald: "A staunchly pro-free enterprise business group yesterday embraced price controls for the state's health-care industry, saying sykrocketing medical expenses have reached a 'crisis point' that's financially crushing small businesses...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am Obama Renews Promise To Assist With Haiti's Earthquake Recovery During Preval's Visit To The White House"President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed," the Associated Press/TIME reports (Feller, 3/10). According to the New York Times, Obama and Preval "stood side by side in a ceremony in the Rose Garden, after a private meeting in the Oval Office, where Mr. Obama received an update on conditions in Haiti." Preval said he was grateful for the "massive, spontaneous, generous help" from the U.S. after the earthquake...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am Former President Clinton, Bill Gates Encourage U.S. Global Health Investment At Senate Foreign Relations Committee HearingFormer President Bill Clinton and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said Wednesday at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing "that U.S. investments in fighting [HIV/]AIDS, malaria and other diseases in underdeveloped nations save lives and play a vital role in improving America's image abroad," the Associated Press reports. Clinton and Gates "appeared before the panel to discuss U.S. investments in global health and to push for continued support of government programs that address infectious and preventable diseases," the news service writes...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am More U.S. Investment In Diplomacy, Development Needed, Say Former Military LeadersA group of former U.S. military leaders have joined "recent calls by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen to expand U.S. civilian capacities to reduce dependence on the military," Politico's Laura Rozen reports on her blog. The letter to Congress, released by the U.S...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am AIDS 2010 To Highlight Epidemic In Eastern Europe, Central Asia RegionsAIDS 2010, the International AIDS Conference to be held July 18-23 in Vienna, Austria, will "highlight the situation in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, regions experiencing fast growing [HIV/AIDS] epidemics largely through unsafe injecting drug use," conference organizers announced Wednesday, Agence France-Presse reports. Though the number of new HIV cases worldwide has been on the decline, "infection rates are continuing to rise in some parts of the world, especially Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Here, HIV prevalence has almost doubled since 2001," the AFP writes...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am Study Questions Frequency Of Heart AngiogramsA recent study raises questions about the frequency of doctors' use of elective heart angiograms, which showed no disease in almost 40 percent of patients. BusinessWeek reports: "Doctors may be sending patients too quickly for elective angiograms to detect heart disease, exposing them to radiation and driving up U.S. health-care costs, a study suggests. An analysis of records of about 400,000 patients concluded that 37...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am Opinions: Haiti Corruption; Financial Sector Tax, G8 Promises; Investing In WomenPreval's Response To Corruption Queries Is 'A Public Relations Debacle' A Washington Post editorial reflects on Haitian President Rene Preval's response to U.S. policy makers' queries "about the perils of corruption and what measures the Haitian government might devise to minimize misuse and theft of the billions of dollars in recovery assistance flowing into the country and the billions more expected" during his visit this week to Washington D.C. "Surprisingly, he seems utterly unprepared to discuss the matter," the editorial notes...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am Today's OpEds: Rove On Reconciliation, An Imagined Plea From Kennedy, Vulnerable HispanicsThe Trouble With 'Reconciliation' The Wall Street Journal House Democrats would be foolish to trust a process that has deeply alienated the American public. Republicans know that and are determined to make House Democrats think hard about the price they will pay for passing this health-care monstrosity (Karl Rove, 3/11). Heaven Can Wait: The Health-Care Edition The Washington Post My fellow Americans, don't be scared - this is Ted Kennedy with a final word about health-care reform. ...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am Miami Children's Hospital Selects Toshiba Vascular X-Ray Equipment For Hybrid Catheterization LabIn hybrid catheterization procedures it is crucial that the imaging system provides the flexibility to quickly and easily access both the patient and ancillary equipment. To form its new hybrid catheterization suite, Miami Children's Hospital, a pioneer in hybrid procedures, recently installed Toshiba America Medical System's InfinixTM CF-i bi-plane system with the new CAT-880B hybrid catheterization table...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am Award Fails To Recognise Challenges We Face Say Scottish DentistsDr Robert Kinloch, Chair of the Scottish Dental Practice Committee, has branded the announcement of a 0.9 per cent increase to item of service fees for independent contractor dentists in Scotland as a major disappointment that fails to recognise the significant challenges dentists are trying to overcome. The Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body recommended a 1.44 per cent increase to the NHS dental fee scale, a recommendation intended to produce no uplift to dentists' pay...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am NATO Statement Endangers Patients In AfghanistanThe international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today strongly objected to a recent statement by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, in which he implied that nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should be the "soft power" component to military strategy. In conflict areas, MSF never works alongside, or partners with, any military strategy. The organization's complete independence and neutrality is what helps negotiate access to populations in need of emergency medical assistance...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am Sebelius Attacks Health Insurers, They Fight BackHealth and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius "pleaded with insurance companies on Wednesday to scrap their campaign against President Obama's health care bill and to work with the White House to pass it," The New York Times reports. "Speaking at the annual policy conference of America's Health Insurance Plans, a trade group, Ms. Sebelius said, 'It's not too late to work on this issue together, for insurance companies to come to the table and work with us.' In addition, Ms...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:00 am House Dems Discuss Abortion, Other Non-Budget Issues While Awaiting CBO Score On Health ReformOn Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said lawmakers are focusing on resolving issues that fall outside the scope of the budget reconciliation bill -- legislation Democrats are drafting that would include changes to the Senate health reform bill (HR 3590), CQ Today reports. While Democrats are waiting for the Congressional Budget Office to score the various provisions in the budget reconciliation bill, lawmakers are "meeting on an ongoing basis to discuss non-CBO issues," she said. She added that she did not know when the CBO score would be available...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am BioMerieux Launches Industry-First Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Screening ToolbioMerieux a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics announced the launch of the first Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared chromID™ VRE, a simple and cost-effective solution in the struggle against vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). chromID VRE is the first to receive an FDA 510(k) clearance for the qualitative detection of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis showing acquired resistance to vancomycin in stool specimens. The product can be used as an aid to identify, prevent, and control VRE colonization in healthcare settings...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am Gonorrhea Cases Rise Sharply In AlaskaAlaska health officials have reported that the state's gonorrhea rates increased by 69% in 2009 after remaining steady for years, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Susan Jones of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services said the increase is the biggest one-year jump since the 1970s. Gonorrhea is sexually transmitted and can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility and miscarriages in women; eye problems in newborns; and infections in men. It is frequently accompanied by chlamydia and can be treated with antibiotics (Shinohara, Anchorage Daily News, 3/10)...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am Does Medicare 'Doughnut Hole' Spur Increase In Foreign Drug Imports?Medill Reports: "Unless federal legislation closes the Medicare coverage gap colloquially known as the 'doughnut hole,' seniors may opt for online drug imports to alleviate steep prescription costs. ... 'As seniors start falling into the doughnut hole, they are going online to find deals on prescription drugs, whether they're based in the U.S. or in other countries,' said Gabriel Levitt, vice president of PharmacyChecker.com LLC, a leader in the evaluation of online and mail-order pharmacies in both the U.S. and abroad...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am Technology May Reduce Need For Repeat Cancer SurgeryEvery year more than 100,000 women in the United States undergo a lumpectomy, a conservative procedure to remove cancerous tumors while preserving the breast. The surgeon's goal is to attain a tumor-free, or negative, surgical margin the first time they operate. Current surgical tools may cause heat damage to the tissue samples needed for examination by a pathologist in order to identify the presence of cancerous cells on the edges of tumors...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am Study Reinforces Role Of AED Vimpat (Lacosamide) (C-V) As Add-On Treatment For POSUCB has announced that the antiepileptic drug (AED) Vimpat® (lacosamide) (C-V) demonstrated significantly fewer partial-onset seizures versus placebo in adults living with epilepsy, according to a Phase III clinical study published online in Epilepsia. This study was one of three that supported the approval of Vimpat by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2008 for use as an add-on therapy for the treatment of partial-onset seizures in people with epilepsy who are 17 years and older. Previous studies have demonstrated that Vimpat has a novel mechanism of action...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am Abbott Seeks FDA Approval Of A New Six-Month 45-mg Formulation Of Lupron(R) Depot For The Palliative Treatment Of Advanced Prostate CancerThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the supplemental new drug application (sNDA) of a new six-month 45-mg formulation of Lupron® Depot (leuprolide acetate for depot suspension) for use in the palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer. Palliative treatment helps to relieve symptoms associated with advanced prostate cancer. Lupron Depot works by suppressing the production of the hormone testosterone...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am Newsweek Examines Role Of New Female Condom In Efforts To Combat Spread Of HIV In D.C.Women's health experts are watching closely to see whether a recent grant to provide no-cost female condoms in Washington, D.C., will "really make a difference" in the area's HIV/AIDS rate among women, Newsweek's Kate Dailey writes. The goal of the program is to empower women to take control of their own health and safety. The $500,000 grant from the MAC AIDS Fund will allow health centers in the district to promote and distribute the latest version of the female condom, FC2, which FDA approved in March 2009...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am Home SpermCheck Test Helps Couples Hoping To Conceive Better Understand Infertility IssuesInfertility affects between 10 and 15 percent of couples worldwide. Surprisingly, problems with male fertility account for approximately 50 percent of infertility cases. A new home test kit based on a protein in sperm discovered by University of Virginia Health System cell biologist John C. Herr, PhD, can assist couples in determining if a man's sperm count is normal, low, or very low. SpermCheck Fertility recently underwent clinical and consumer studies to evaluate its accuracy and ease of use...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am Antiabortion Amendments Stalling Unrelated Bills In Ky. HouseTwo Republican members of Kentucky's House are attaching antiabortion-rights amendments to several unrelated bills that are awaiting a chamber vote, a move that is threatening to derail changes related to children's Medicaid coverage, among other things, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports. The amendments -- sponsored by Reps. David Floyd and Tim Moore -- would require abortion providers to conduct an ultrasound and show the woman the image. The amendments also would require counseling prior to an abortion. As of Tuesday evening, at least six bills were stalled because of the amendments...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am Health Bill Deal 'Close' Though Some Democrats - And All Republicans - Hold OutCongressional Democrats, reportedly closing in on a final health reform agreement, are seeking to alleviate concerns of reluctant members. The Associated Press: "It will come down to a phenomenal effort by congressional leaders and the White House to win over skittish lawmakers after a year of incendiary debate ...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am Abortion-Rights Advocates Have 'Right To Hate' Woman's Decision To Describe Abortion On Twitter, Opinion Piece SaysMarch 11, 2010 — Abortion-rights supporters "who came from generations where women had no legal abortion choices understand how precious the right to choose is," Mary Ann Sorrentino -- who served as executive director of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England from 1977 to 1987 -- writes in a Salon opinion piece. However, 27-year-old Angie Jackson's decision "to use Twitter as a public stage for her private decision to terminate a pregnancy" through medical abortion, is "[a]t its worst, ... self-serving, exhibitionist and selfish," Sorrentino says...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am American Psychiatric Association 2010 Annual Meeting Features Conversations With Terry BradshawMental illness can affect anyone, including celebrities and public leaders. The American Psychiatric Foundation's ninth annual Conversations event, will feature sportscaster and former NFL star Terry Bradshaw, who will talk candidly about his personal story of living with mental illness. Bradshaw was diagnosed with clinical depression, and following his successful treatment, he began to talk publicly about his experience and to help fight stigma about mental illness and to encourage people who are suffering to get help...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am PhRMA Spends $6.3 Lobbying In Fourth Quarter, Slight Increase From Year BeforeThe Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America spent $6.3 million lobbying Congress and other government arms on health care in the fourth quarter of 2009, The Associated Press reports. PhRMA "spent just 2 percent more than the $6.17 million it paid out for lobbying in the year-ago period. The group's members include drug giants Pfizer Inc., Merck & Co., Johnson & Johnson and more than two dozen other U.S. and foreign companies...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am Survey: Employers Plan To Shift More Health Costs To WorkersNews outlets report on new trends in health insurance for employers. The Washington Post: "Most big employers plan to shift a larger share of health-care costs to their workers next year, according to a survey to be released Thursday. ... Meanwhile, employees at many companies can expect significantly higher premiums, deductibles and co-payments, according to the annual survey by the National Business Group on Health, a coalition of big employers, and Towers Watson, a consulting firm that advises companies on employee benefits...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am Cost Of Clinical Negligence Claims Rises Sharply, UKAn analysis of clinical negligence claims costs made against doctors has shown an exceptionally sharp rise in the size of claims in England and Wales. The Medical Protection Society (MPS) - which handles medical negligence claims brought against GPs and private doctors - said the total value of reported claims which have not yet been settled leapt by 40% in 2009. The impact was the greatest amongst the largest claims - typically these are claims involving serious neurological injury combined with long life expectancy...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am PSA Test Reduces Prostate Cancer Deaths By 40%When it comes to the documented 40 percent effectiveness of PSA testing in preventing death from prostate cancer, neither the American Cancer Society nor the discoverer of the PSA protein, Richard Ablin, are telling the public the complete story. "The American Cancer Society is a 'false prophet' when it comes to telling the truth about the effectiveness of the PSA test," said ZERO's CEO Skip Lockwood. "Dr. Otis Brawley disregards scientific data about the value of the PSA test in saving lives...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am Our Response To Health Committee's Social Care Report, UKResponding to the publication of the Health Committee's report on Social Care, Hilary Evans, Age Concern and Help the Aged's Head of Public Affairs, said: 'With the debate on social care raging, the publication of this report is extremely timely. In the midst of the political bickering it serves as a reminder that millions of older people and their families are being let down by a crumbling care system that is in desperate need of reform...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am I Have Colon Polyps: Now What?M. D. Anderson Cancer Center are encouraging men and women to learn more about colon polyps and how they affect a person's risks for cancer. "Finding out you have colon polyps doesn't have to be frightening," said Gottumukkala S. Raju, M.D., professor in the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at M. D. Anderson. "Most colon polyps are not cancer. Yet, certain kinds of polyps may make you more likely to develop colon cancer." The colon is part of the large intestine. A colon polyp is a growth on the inside lining of the colon...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 5:00 am Growth Of Chronic Kidney Disease Highlights Need For Early Detection, Greater Knowledge Of Treatment OptionsAs the incidence of diabetes and hypertension continues to grow worldwide - and increasing numbers of patients progressing to kidney disease and kidney failure place a financial strain on public health systems - the need for early patient education about kidney disease and treatment options, including home-based treatments, has become critical. More than 240 million people have diabetes and this figure is projected to rise to 380 million by 20251. In the United States alone, 17.9 million have been diagnosed with diabetes resulting in medical and indirect costs (e.g...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 4:00 am Medicine Shoppe And Medicap Pharmacy Statement On Franchisee LawsuitTerry Burnside, general manager and senior vice president responsible for Medicine Shoppe and Medicap Pharmacy operations, today issued the following statement in response to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Ohio by seven Medicine Shoppe and Medicap franchisees, purporting to represent a class: Medicine Shoppe is dedicated to serving the needs of retail pharmacies and to helping them succeed. This has been true since 1970 when we began, and it is a value we hold sacred today...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 4:00 am AstraZeneca Comments On FDA Joint Advisory Committee Meeting On Post-Marketing Safety Studies For The Use Of LABAs In AsthmaOn March 10-11, 2010, the Joint Advisory Committees of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -- including the Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committees -- discussed the design of post-marketing safety studies for long-acting beta-agonist (LABA)-containing products in the U.S., including SYMBICORT® (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate)...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 4:00 am Access Pharmaceuticals Reports Significant Oral Bioavailability Of Cobalamin(TM) Oral Insulin In Additional StudiesACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACCP) announced that it has received reports of significant bioavailability of orally delivered insulin in two independently-conducted animal studies. The studies, which confirm earlier findings, were performed as part of on-going work with commercial collaborators that are evaluating Access' Cobalamin™ Oral Drug Delivery Technology...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 4:00 am Leading Varian-Equipped Proton Therapy Center Treats 100th PatientClinicians at the Rinecker Proton Therapy Center (RPTC) in Munich have treated their 100th patient using advanced proton therapy systems supplied by Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR). The landmark treatment comes just three months after a second treatment gantry was commissioned at the center, which offers advanced pencil-beam proton scanning to cancer patients. These patients, requiring treatment for a wide range of cancers, have come from across Germany and 19 other countries, including Canada, Argentina, the UK and Switzerland...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 4:00 am FDA Approves Boston Scientific's Express(R) LD Iliac Stent SystemBoston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Express® LD Iliac Premounted Stent System for use in iliac arteries. The Express LD Iliac Stent is the first and only low-profile, premounted, balloon-expandable stent approved by the FDA for use in treating iliac artery disease. The Company said it plans to launch the product immediately in the United States...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 4:00 am The Results Are In: Users Of BodyMedia's Wearable Body-Monitoring Technology Lose 3 Times More WeightWith obesity in America reaching alarming levels -- across our adult and youth populations -- results from a clinical trial unveiled by BodyMedia confirm that participants who used BodyMedia's wearable body-monitoring technology either in conjunction with a group weight loss program or as part of their own self-directed program lost up to three times more weight than individuals who attempted to battle the bulge solo. BodyMedia Inc...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 4:00 am Athena Feminine Technologies, Inc. Initiates Enrollment Of Phase Iv Clinical Trial For Athena Pelvic Muscle Trainer™Athena Feminine Technologies, Inc., in partnership with the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health, announced the initiation of a nationwide enrollment for Phase IV of the DUETS (Device for Urinary Incontinence, Effectiveness, Tolerability and Satisfaction) research study for its Athena Pelvic Muscle Trainer™ (PMT). The Athena PMT is an FDA-approved wireless vaginal electrical stimulator available by prescription for women with stress, urge or mixed incontinence...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 4:00 am Newly-Published Study Reinforces Role Of Antiepileptic Drug Vimpat(R) (lacosamide) (C-V) As An Add-on Treatment That Significantly Reduces EpilepsyUCB announced that the antiepileptic drug (AED) Vimpat® (lacosamide) (C-V) demonstrated significantly fewer partial-onset seizures versus placebo in adults living with epilepsy, according to a Phase III clinical study published online in Epilepsia. This study was one of three that supported the approval of Vimpat by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2008 for use as an add-on therapy for the treatment of partial-onset seizures in people with epilepsy who are 17 years and older. Previous studies have demonstrated that Vimpat has a novel mechanism of action...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 4:00 am Boston Scientific Announces Schedule For ACC 2010Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced the schedule of the Company's major events and news announcements at the 59th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology/i2 Summit, March 13-16 in Atlanta. "We look forward to announcing 12-month results from the PERSEUS clinical program, which will provide important data on our third-generation drug-eluting stent, the TAXUS® Element™ Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent," said Keith Dawkins, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Boston Scientific...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 4:00 am CBio Secures Another Clinical Trial MilestoneAustralian drug development company CBio Limited (ASX: CBZ) announced the achievement of a clinical trial milestone under its option agreement with global pharmaceutical leader Novo Nordisk A/S. The agreement relates to the development of XToll, the potential new-generation drug therapy which could provide safer and more effective treatment of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The clinical trial milestone was triggered by the recruitment of the 75th patient into the current 150 patient phase II clinical trial...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 4:00 am FDA Approves Boston Scientific's Express(R) LD Iliac Stent SystemBoston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Express® LD Iliac Premounted Stent System for use in iliac arteries. The Express LD Iliac Stent is the first and only low-profile, premounted, balloon-expandable stent approved by the FDA for use in treating iliac artery disease. The Company said it plans to launch the product immediately in the United States...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 4:00 am Advanced Life Sciences Receives FDA Guidance On Approval Pathway For Restanza In Community Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia And Biodefense IndicationsAdvanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADLS), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs in the therapeutic areas of infection, oncology and respiratory diseases, announced that the U.S...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 4:00 am Cancer Patients In Kent Gain Access To Advanced RapidArc(R) Radiotherapy Treatments From VarianCancer patients in Kent will gain access to advanced radiotherapy treatments with the decision by the Kent Oncology Centre to acquire two fully-equipped treatment machines from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR). The machines, due to be delivered to oncology departments in Maidstone and Canterbury in the spring, will mean these departments are among the first in the country to offer fast and efficient RapidArc® radiotherapy treatments...
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 4:00 am Can We Detect Quantum Behaviour In Viruses?The weird world of quantum mechanics describes the strange, often contradictory, behaviour of small inanimate objects such as atoms. Researchers have now started looking for ways to detect quantum properties in more complex and larger entities, possibly even living organisms...
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