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Physicians rationalize acceptance of gifts as reward for sacrifices made in obtaining education

Despite heightened awareness about the undue influence that gifts from pharmaceutical companies can have on doctors' prescribing practices, and despite expanding institutional conflict-of-interest policies and state laws targeted at preventing such practices, companies continue to reward doctors for prescribing their drugs with gifts ranging from pens and paper, to free dinners and trips.

15 Sep 2010

Boston Software Systems to deliver four presentations at InSight 2010 Annual Conference

Boston Software Systems, winner of the 2010 McKesson Automation Supplier of the Year Award for Customer Focus, today announced that Product Manager Thom Blackwell and Reese Walker, financial systems analyst at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, will deliver four presentations at InSight 2010 Annual Conference, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, September 14 - 17.

15 Sep 2010

HCHN, ADA to unveil new national program to improve consumers' access to nutrition experts

Today, the Hershey Center for Health and Nutrition joined with the American Dietetic Association to unveil Moderation Nation, a new national program which kicks off by providing complimentary visits with ADA member registered dietitians to consumers, age 18 or over. Moderation Nation seeks to educate people on how to achieve balance in their lives through moderation, both in nutrition and physical activity.

15 Sep 2010

Health insurance mandate essential for expanding access of health care reform

The most politically charged feature of the health reform law is the mandate that legal residents have health insurance. Within weeks of the law's passage, twenty states had filed lawsuits charging that the mandate is unconstitutional because it gives the federal government more power than it actually has. The state lawsuits are widely expected to reach the Supreme Court next year. Legal scholar Lawrence O. Gostin writes that the health insurance mandate rests on firm legal ground.

15 Sep 2010

Nine new projects to uncover link between diet and health

9 new projects aimed at uncovering links between diet and health and worth a total of £4M are announced today by a public-private partnership of three research councils (BBSRC, EPSRC and MRC) and 13 food and drink companies. The new projects tackle issues such as reducing fat content or proportion of saturated fat in food, fortification with bioactive compounds including Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and antioxidants and increasing the dietary fibre in white bread.

15 Sep 2010

BioCryst reports results from forodesine studies for CTCL and CLL

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced preliminary top-line results from its multinational, open-label, single-arm trial evaluating 200 mg once-daily oral forodesine in the treatment of relapsed or refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), as well as interim results from the Company's exploratory Phase 2 study to investigate the efficacy and safety of 200 mg twice-daily oral forodesine as monotherapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

15 Sep 2010

Ultrasonix Medical Corporation improves entire product line's warranty program to three years

Ultrasonix Medical Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of high quality diagnostic ultrasound imaging systems, is pleased to announce today that it is improving its standard warranty program to 3 years on its entire product line.

15 Sep 2010

ESMO honors eminent cancer specialists

The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) honors three eminent cancer specialists for their contribution to the advancement of medical research. The awards will be presented to Hilary Calvert, Alberto Costa and Bengt Glimelius at the 35th ESMO Congress, to take place from 8-12 October in Milan, Italy.

15 Sep 2010

A.C.T.S. of F.A.I.T.H. calls for partnerships to address childhood obesity

Partnering in an innovative health initiative, the City Produce Project and the participating churches of the Actions Connected to Spirituality Forming Alliances in Transforming Health (A.C.T.S. of F.A.I.T.H.) are calling for more public and private partnerships to create programming that directly addresses obesity and its associated co-morbidities in underserved communities.

15 Sep 2010

Abstract on ACH-1625 accepted as late breaking poster presentation at The Liver Meeting 2010

Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leader in the discovery and development of treatments for the most challenging infectious diseases, today announced that its abstract titled "ACH-1625 Demonstrates Sustained Viral Suppression in Presence of Uncommon Drug Resistant HCV Variants: Pharmacokinetic, Pharmacodynamic and Clinical Virology Analysis of Phase I Study" has been accepted as a late breaking poster presentation at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease The Liver Meeting 2010 being held October 29-November 2, 2010 in Boston.

15 Sep 2010

FDA clears Arctic Sun 5000 patient cooling device for therapeutic hypothermia, normothermia

Medivance today announced the introduction of its next-generation therapeutic temperature management device, the non-invasive Arctic Sun 5000. The new patient cooling device has received FDA 510 (k) clearance and offers the fastest initiation of treatment, simplest programming capabilities and easiest access to treatment data on the market.

15 Sep 2010

In Calif., breakaway union creates schism with SEIU; Poor patients will continue to receive dialysis in Georgia

"The S.E.I.U.'s national leadership ousted [Sal] Rosselli last year after a power struggle that ended with a jury finding that he had improperly used member dues to form a breakaway union. Shortly after being ousted, Mr. Rosselli did create a rival union, and now he is trying to lure many of his former members — 43,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente, the largest health care provider in the state. On Monday, workers at 331 Kaiser facilities across California began voting by mail on whether to bolt the S.E.I.U. and join Mr. Rosselli's group, the National Union of Healthcare Workers. A victory would give a vital boost to Mr. Rosselli's fledgling 6,000-member union, all but assuring its long-term survival" (Greenhouse, 9/13).

15 Sep 2010

FDA-cleared LaserTouchOne device for chronic and acute pain treatment available without prescription

The American Pain Foundation reports that despite the fact that the majority of the U.S. population looks healthy, statistics tell a different story: Approximately 1 in 3 Americans suffer from chronic pain. This chronic pain could be related to an illness like cancer or rheumatoid arthritis, or a condition such as arthritis, migraine headaches, fibromyalgia or back pain from a car accident.

15 Sep 2010

Broccoli blocks joint destruction in osteoarthritis: Research

Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) are launching a groundbreaking new project to investigate the benefits of broccoli in the fight against osteoarthritis.Initial laboratory research at UEA has found that a compound in broccoli called sulforaphane blocks the enzymes that cause joint destruction in osteoarthritis the most common form of arthritis.

15 Sep 2010

Medical students should learn about economic forces that affect health care: JAMA

Medical students and residents should receive much more thorough and realistic instruction about the economic forces affecting health care and their own clinical decisions so that they can better serve patients' well-being and the nation's economic welfare, says a commentary published today in a theme issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, which focuses on improving medical education.

15 Sep 2010

Integra LifeSciences launches new line of Ruggles kerrison rongeurs for neuro and spine surgeries

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation announced the introduction of a new line of extended length and "detachable" Ruggles™kerrison rongeurs, which are key instruments used in a variety of neuro and spine surgeries.

15 Sep 2010

Phase II clinical trial shows GTx-758 reduces serum free testosterone

GTx, Inc. today announced that in a Phase II, open label, pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic clinical trial, GTx-758, an oral selective estrogen receptor alpha agonist being developed to treat advanced prostate cancer, suppressed serum total testosterone to castrate levels, increased serum SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin), and markedly reduced serum free testosterone in healthy male volunteers.

15 Sep 2010

Organizations issue five-point plan to accelerate research, discovery of effective prostate cancer treatments

With $3 billion spent on the over-treatment of prostate cancer each year, new discoveries are prompting the prostate cancer community to Advance on Washington the week of September 13 - 18. This initiative calls for renewed commitments to finding answers that will enable physicians to cure more and over-treat less. The nation's leading prostate cancer organizations today issued a five point plan, targeted to policymakers, to accelerate research and discovery of effective prostate cancer treatments.

15 Sep 2010

Flora Skeates represents Cancer Research UK in photographic exhibition at Oxo Tower

Mum-of-two Flora Skeates says she owes her life to cancer research after surviving bowel cancer twice within two years. That is why she is representing Cancer Research UK in a stunning new photographic exhibition to encourage people to remember the charity in their Will.

15 Sep 2010

Harvard neurologist starts new program for doctor education; Study finds journal authors often do not disclose ties to medical device companies

The Boston Globe reports on Dr. Martin Samuels, a Harvard Medical School neurologist, who started "a new company that he says will provide continuing medical education to doctors across the country — without funding from the pharmaceutical industry.

15 Sep 2010

Medical News

Physicians rationalize acceptance of gifts as reward for sacrifices made in obtaining education

Boston Software Systems to deliver four presentations at InSight 2010 Annual Conference

HCHN, ADA to unveil new national program to improve consumers' access to nutrition experts

Health insurance mandate essential for expanding access of health care reform

Nine new projects to uncover link between diet and health

BioCryst reports results from forodesine studies for CTCL and CLL

Ultrasonix Medical Corporation improves entire product line's warranty program to three years

ESMO honors eminent cancer specialists

A.C.T.S. of F.A.I.T.H. calls for partnerships to address childhood obesity

Abstract on ACH-1625 accepted as late breaking poster presentation at The Liver Meeting 2010

FDA clears Arctic Sun 5000 patient cooling device for therapeutic hypothermia, normothermia

In Calif., breakaway union creates schism with SEIU; Poor patients will continue to receive dialysis in Georgia

FDA-cleared LaserTouchOne device for chronic and acute pain treatment available without prescription

Broccoli blocks joint destruction in osteoarthritis: Research

Medical students should learn about economic forces that affect health care: JAMA

Integra LifeSciences launches new line of Ruggles kerrison rongeurs for neuro and spine surgeries

Phase II clinical trial shows GTx-758 reduces serum free testosterone

Organizations issue five-point plan to accelerate research, discovery of effective prostate cancer treatments

Flora Skeates represents Cancer Research UK in photographic exhibition at Oxo Tower

Harvard neurologist starts new program for doctor education; Study finds journal authors often do not disclose ties to medical device companies

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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