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Also in global health news: N. Korea harvest; Zimbabwe’s health system; malaria parasite; training India's rural health workers; Myanmar recovery; health in Uganda

ZimOnline examines Zimbabwe's health system, which the country's health minister, Henry Madzorera, says has improved, but is still in need of additional progress.

11 Feb 2010

Indiana's pharmaceutical research and manufacturing companies maintained steady growth in 2009

Indiana's contract pharmaceutical research and manufacturing companies continued to expand in 2009, despite challenges in the biopharmaceutical contract service sector due to the downturn in the economy, the prospect of healthcare reform and other market developments.

11 Feb 2010

Biomagnetics Diagnostics to accelerate development of assay test cartridge for malaria, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and TB

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for malaria, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, tuberculosis and detection, announced today the implementation of a program to accelerate the availability of the world's first Integrated Optical BioSensor (IOBS) platform. The Company is currently reviewing research and manufacturing partnerships to develop simple to replicate bench top versions of the IOBS platform on which single pathogen or multiple pathogen testing assay cartridges can be developed.

11 Feb 2010

Current research underway to prevent preterm births

Family history, infection and stress all may play a role in raising a woman's risk of having a premature baby - but they don't fully explain why some women give birth too soon and others don't, according to a review article published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

11 Feb 2010

Murtha's death may complicate House efforts on health overhaul, Conrad blasts media for health coverage, Pelosi adviser outlines possible scenario for passage

The Washington Independent: "The death of Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) is a blow to Democratic efforts to pass the Senate version of health care reform in the House — they're now down one vote from a swing district Democrat willing to make the tough choice. But what might turn out to be an insurmountable problem is the intransigence of two liberals in the House conference, Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio.). Both say they won't vote for anything less than a single payer system" (Weigel, 2/9).

11 Feb 2010

Haitian death toll climbs to 230,000, government says

The death toll from the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti has risen to 230,000, Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue, the country's communications minister, said on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports.

11 Feb 2010

MUSC researchers introduce second generation dual-source CT scanner to detect cardiac disease

Researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) are the first in the world to demonstrate the feasibility of a new method of detecting cardiac disease using enhanced computed tomography scanning technology. The findings will be published in the upcoming March / April issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.

11 Feb 2010

Neurology researchers explore link between MS and chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency

More than 55 percent of multiple sclerosis patients participating in the initial phase of the first randomized clinical study to determine if persons with MS exhibit narrowing of the extracranial veins, causing restriction of normal outflow of blood from the brain, were found to have the abnormality.

11 Feb 2010

fMRI study shows neural network may be brain's back burner for social decision making

When we put an idea on the back burner, it goes into a processing area of the brain called the default-mode network. This network enables us to hold the low-priority idea in abeyance until a time when we aren't busy with something else.

11 Feb 2010

MUHC commences clinical trial of Exsulin for type 1 diabetes

A clinical trial of Exsulin, an innovative new treatment that targets the underlying cause of type 1 diabetes, has begun at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Under the direction of Dr. George Tsoukas of the MUHC and the McGill University Faculty of Medicine, the study will assess the effectiveness of Exsulin.

11 Feb 2010

IDF grants $2 million for new diabetes research projects

Nine new diabetes research projects will be funded for a total of US$2 million over the next three years as part of the International Diabetes Federation's (IDF) translational research grant programme, BRIDGES.

11 Feb 2010

EDGE Medical Devices' Plasma DR readout technology garners 2010 Enabling Technology Award

EDGE Medical Devices today announced that it has received the 2010 North American Enabling Technology Award in Digital Radiography (DR) from global research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. The award was given in recognition of EDGE’s Plasma DR™ readout technology, which is used in its flat-panel detector and Universal Retrofit Kit. The technology enables EDGE to deliver both cost and performance advantages over traditional digital radiography flat-panel detectors.

11 Feb 2010

41st Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer to be hosted in San Francisco, California

The Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO) will host its 41st Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer March 14-17, 2010 at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco, California. This year's meeting will feature more than 434 scientific presentations in addition to lectures, workshops, symposia and postgraduate courses that focus on emerging science, clinical trials and treatment advances for physicians and health care professionals in the field of gynecologic oncology.

11 Feb 2010

Research finds Mexican-Americans as most physically active group in U.S.

When it comes to meeting national health goals for physical activity, Mexican-Americans are the most active group in America and may benefit from exercise that researchers typically have not measured, according to research by scholars at the University of Chicago and Arizona State University.

11 Feb 2010

Today's OpEds: Prescriptions for health reform

The best ideas out there are not those that were passed by the House and Senate last year, which consist of more spending, more regulations and more bureaucracy. If the president is serious about building a system that delivers more quality choices at lower cost for every American, here's where he should start (Newt Gingrich and John C. Goodman, 2/10).

11 Feb 2010

MedX announces the completion of first sale in New Zealand

MedX Limited, the manufacturer and global distributor of MedX®-branded medical exercise and fitness equipment and a subsidiary of WellTek Incorporated, today announced the completion of its first sale in New Zealand, succeeding the sale of 227 MedX exercise and medical machines to customers in a diverse list of countries, including Australia, Germany, India, Scotland, South Korea, Spain and Switzerland.

11 Feb 2010

Existing sleep deprivation theory challenged

What goes on in your brain when you're sleep deprived and how does it affect your ability to process information and make decisions?

11 Feb 2010

In White House meeting, Obama and GOP discuss partisan divide

The Washington Post: "Obama outlined issues that could bridge the divide, including job creation, health-care reform, energy and trade. But he extracted few concrete commitments from his GOP visitors." In the meantime, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll reports that 57 percent of Americans view the loss of Senate Democrats' filibuster-proof majority in the upper chamber as a good thing.

11 Feb 2010

Lawmakers in Kansas, Idaho prepare measures to pre-empt any national mandate to purchase insurance

"Kansas lawmakers have heard testimony on a proposed amendment to the state Constitution asserting Kansans' right to refuse to buy health insurance. Proponents of the measure call it a response to Democratic proposals in Congress that they say would force people to buy health insurance or face penalties for failing to do so." Supporters of the amendment believe the mandate in the national legislation is unconstitutional (2/9).

11 Feb 2010

QRxPharma announces the initiation of second pivotal Phase 3 registration trial of MoxDuo IR

QRxPharma Limited announced today initiation of its second pivotal Phase 3 registration trial (Study 009) to evaluate analgesic efficacy and safety of MoxDuo™IR, a patented 3:2 ratio fixed dose combination of morphine plus oxycodone.

11 Feb 2010

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Also in global health news: N. Korea harvest; Zimbabwe’s health system; malaria parasite; training India's rural health workers; Myanmar recovery; health in Uganda

Indiana's pharmaceutical research and manufacturing companies maintained steady growth in 2009

Biomagnetics Diagnostics to accelerate development of assay test cartridge for malaria, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and TB

Current research underway to prevent preterm births

Murtha's death may complicate House efforts on health overhaul, Conrad blasts media for health coverage, Pelosi adviser outlines possible scenario for passage

Haitian death toll climbs to 230,000, government says

MUSC researchers introduce second generation dual-source CT scanner to detect cardiac disease

Neurology researchers explore link between MS and chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency

fMRI study shows neural network may be brain's back burner for social decision making

MUHC commences clinical trial of Exsulin for type 1 diabetes

IDF grants $2 million for new diabetes research projects

EDGE Medical Devices' Plasma DR readout technology garners 2010 Enabling Technology Award

41st Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer to be hosted in San Francisco, California

Research finds Mexican-Americans as most physically active group in U.S.

Today's OpEds: Prescriptions for health reform

MedX announces the completion of first sale in New Zealand

Existing sleep deprivation theory challenged

In White House meeting, Obama and GOP discuss partisan divide

Lawmakers in Kansas, Idaho prepare measures to pre-empt any national mandate to purchase insurance

QRxPharma announces the initiation of second pivotal Phase 3 registration trial of MoxDuo IR

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