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Warner Chilcott reports 209.5% increase in first-quarter 2010 revenues

Warner Chilcott plc today announced its results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. Revenue in the quarter was $761.3 million, an increase of $515.3 million, or 209.5%, over the prior year quarter.

7 May 2010

First Edition: May 7, 2010

Today's health policy headlines explore a range of issues -- from how health reform politics are playing in midterm election campaigns to hospital action in the marketplace.

7 May 2010

Manual provides laboratory methods, information and resources on new collection of model species

Mice, frogs, and E. coli are standard organisms in biology laboratories. But in the last few years, due in part to technical advances, the reduced costs of genome sequencing, and increased interest in evolution and development, the range of organisms used for research has greatly expanded. Scientists now have more flexibility in choosing a model system that might better address their specific research question.

7 May 2010

Closer to understanding age-related memory loss and drug to boost memory

The world's scientific community may be one step closer to understanding age-related memory loss, and to developing a drug that might help boost memory. In an editorial published May 7 in Science, J. David Sweatt, Ph.D., chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Neurobiology, says that drugs known as histone deacetylase inhibitors are showing great promise in stopping memory loss - and even in boosting the formation of memory in animal models.

7 May 2010

MUHC's Henry C. Witelson Ocular Pathology Laboratory celebrates tenth anniversary

The Burnier International Ocular Pathology Society is holding a Scientific Colloquium in Montreal today to mark the tenth anniversary of the McGill University Health Centre's Henry C. Witelson Ocular Pathology Laboratory. The lab is an internationally reputed centre for the study and treatment of eye diseases and is leading a global network for the sharing of healthcare knowledge and expertise.

7 May 2010

Socioeconomic status, social context more important than race when analyzing obesity disparities: Study

When analyzing obesity disparities among women, socioeconomic status and social context may be more important than race, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions.

7 May 2010

Town hall meeting to address negative health, societal consequences of methamphetamine abuse

Pan American Bank (Los Angeles) today announced that it has partnered with the UCLA Youth Methamphetamine Treatment Study, LatinoGraduate.net and The Wall-Las Memorias Project to host a town hall meeting that addresses the negative health and societal consequences of methamphetamine abuse by Latino youth.

7 May 2010

First clinical trial results of camera chip implanted under retina presented at 2010 ARVO meeting

Retina Implant, AG, a leading developer of subretinal implants for the visually impaired, today announced the presentation of findings from their first clinical trial in which blind patients were able to view and focus on objects as their eye and head naturally moved as opposed to needing to constantly move their head to scan a scene, which is the case for other implants in which a camera is mounted to the patient's head.

7 May 2010

Researchers analyze relationship between extent of resection and outcome in patients with glioblastoma

Gliomas arise from the supporting cells of the brain, called the glia. These cells are subdivided into astrocytes, ependymal cells and oligodendroglial cells (or oligos). These tumors are graded from the lowest grade 1 to highest grade 4, with glioblastoma multiforme being the highest grade and deadliest type of glioma.

7 May 2010

New research examines coping and appraisal of disease-related pain

Growing evidence suggests how individuals cope with and appraise disease-related pain, such as arthritis or cancer, is related not only to their experience with pain but also to their physical and psychological functioning, according to new research presented here today in a plenary session talk at the American Pain Society's annual scientific meeting.

7 May 2010

Minimally invasive scopes to detect cancer

Just as cameras and televisions have been reinvented in the last decade with improved optics, sharpness and brightness, so have the tiny imaging scopes that physicians use to peer into the body's nooks and crannies -- its organs and digestive system.

7 May 2010

Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replicates, spreads by hijacking PYM cellular protein

Research from the University of Leeds has identified how the virus which causes Kaposi's Sarcoma replicates and spreads - opening a door to a possible new treatment for the disease.

7 May 2010

Gene patenting policies affect patient access to testing for disease-causing genes: Study

Policies allowing genes to be patented can make it more difficult for patients to access testing for important disease-causing gene mutations, according to a series of papers in a special online supplement published by Genetics in Medicine, the official peer-reviewed journal of The American College of Medical Genetics.

7 May 2010

Two-day symposium on molecular neuroimaging

Today, SNM's Molecular Imaging Center of Excellence kicked off a two-day symposium bringing together individuals from multiple scientific disciplines-including chemistry, engineering, physics, molecular biology, neurosciences and imaging sciences-to promote the emerging field of molecular neuroimaging.

7 May 2010

MMI-USA expands worldwide patent, trademark programs

MMI-USA, a subsidiary of Memometal Technologies S.A., France, a global leader in the manufacture and development of extremity orthopedics, announced today the expansion of its U.S. and worldwide patent and trademark programs. Memometal recognizes the value of its intellectual property and is committed to protecting its products through aggressive procurement and enforcement of patent and trademark rights.

7 May 2010

KHN column: The Independent Payment Advisory Board and health care price controls

In his latest Kaiser Health News column, James Capretta writes: "White House Budget Director Peter Orszag has speculated that creation of the new Independent Payment Advisory Board just might be viewed decades from now as the most important and far-reaching change enacted in the entire health reform legislation--despite the lack of significant public attention to it before passage.

7 May 2010

$CT technique is more specific than X-rays in detecting thoracic, lumbar spine fractures: Study$

CT technique is more specific than X-rays in detecting thoracic, lumbar spine fractures: Study

When trauma patients receive a computed tomography scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis, a technique called CT spine reformatting eliminates the need for X-rays of the thoracic and/or lumbar spine to detect spinal fractures. This technique can lower cost and overall patient radiation exposure, according to a study to be presented at the ARRS 2010 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA.

7 May 2010

Inadvertent reprogramming of genes in peripheral nervous system may cause chronic pain

Chronic pain severely limits patients' quality of life and is among the cost drivers in U.S. health care. Patients can suffer pain without an apparent cause and often fail to respond to available treatments. Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators now report that chronic pain may be caused by the inadvertent reprogramming of more than 2,000 genes in the peripheral nervous system. The research findings appear in the current issue of the journal Genome Research.

7 May 2010

ADDF awards $210,300 to Amicus Therapeutics to evaluate PCs for treating Alzheimer's disease

The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation announced today that it has awarded a grant of $210,300 to Amicus Therapeutics (Cranbury, NJ) to evaluate small-molecule, orally delivered pharmacological chaperone compounds as a novel approach for treating Alzheimer's disease.

7 May 2010

SBMC 2010 to focus on systems-biological analysis of processes in mammalian cells

More targeted drug development thanks to systems biology - scientists at the SBMC 2010 in Freiburg explain how this works. Systems biology has finally come of age. Evidence for this is the third Conference on Systems Biology of Mammalian Cells (SBMC), which will take place on June 3-5, 2010 at the Concert Hall Freiburg (Konzerthaus) under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan, German Federal Minister of Education and Research.

7 May 2010

Research News and Research

Warner Chilcott reports 209.5% increase in first-quarter 2010 revenues

First Edition: May 7, 2010

Manual provides laboratory methods, information and resources on new collection of model species

Closer to understanding age-related memory loss and drug to boost memory

MUHC's Henry C. Witelson Ocular Pathology Laboratory celebrates tenth anniversary

Socioeconomic status, social context more important than race when analyzing obesity disparities: Study

Town hall meeting to address negative health, societal consequences of methamphetamine abuse

First clinical trial results of camera chip implanted under retina presented at 2010 ARVO meeting

Researchers analyze relationship between extent of resection and outcome in patients with glioblastoma

New research examines coping and appraisal of disease-related pain

Minimally invasive scopes to detect cancer

Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replicates, spreads by hijacking PYM cellular protein

Gene patenting policies affect patient access to testing for disease-causing genes: Study

Two-day symposium on molecular neuroimaging

MMI-USA expands worldwide patent, trademark programs

KHN column: The Independent Payment Advisory Board and health care price controls

CT technique is more specific than X-rays in detecting thoracic, lumbar spine fractures: Study

Inadvertent reprogramming of genes in peripheral nervous system may cause chronic pain

ADDF awards $210,300 to Amicus Therapeutics to evaluate PCs for treating Alzheimer's disease

SBMC 2010 to focus on systems-biological analysis of processes in mammalian cells

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