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Provisions in health care bill may transform nation's largest abortion chain into quasi-government status

The Senate version of America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 may transform the nation's largest abortion chain into a quasi-government entity for sex education.

28 Oct 2009

First Edition: October 28, 2009

The news of the day again seems to focus on Senate Democrat's public option as well as the politics, strong-arming and vote-counting that it has caused.

28 Oct 2009

Deloitte releases "Acquisitions versus Product Development: An Emerging Trend in Life Sciences" report

Recent pharmaceutical mergers and acquisitions indicate a trend of consolidation in the industry. Companies are looking for ways to bolster their research and development pipelines and reduce costs by rationalizing their combined sales and reducing other corporate overhead.

28 Oct 2009

Diabetes alerts for seniors from Always Best Care Senior Services

November is National Diabetes Month. And, Michael Newman, president of Always Best Care Senior Services, wants to alert seniors about the risks they face with this insidious disease.

28 Oct 2009

Spectranetics announces financial results for third quarter 2009

Spectranetics Corporation today reported financial results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009.

28 Oct 2009

Patient self-referral to physiotherapy proven to be safe, and results in better health outcomes

Today in Washington, DC, physiotherapists from around the world heard that direct patient access and self-referral to physiotherapy improves public health. Patient self-referral and direct access is proven to be safe, and results in better health outcomes, more timely care, higher patient satisfaction, and lower costs.

28 Oct 2009

Catheter-directed therapy safe and effective for treating acute pulmonary embolism

William Kuo, MD, was the on-call interventional radiologist one Friday night three years ago when he received a call from the intensive care unit at Stanford Hospital & Clinics. He was asked to attend to a 62-year-old woman who had collapsed at home and was rushed to the emergency room with massive blood clots in her lungs.

28 Oct 2009

PPD to evaluate FDA's post-market spontaneous adverse event surveillance system

PPD, Inc. today announced it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to evaluate the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) post-market spontaneous adverse event surveillance system. The company will conduct a thorough evaluation of the value of the spontaneous adverse event reports to support safety-related regulatory actions and report its findings to the FDA and the public.

28 Oct 2009

SSSP software to detect spoiled food

Let's start with an example: You have just picked up a pack of cold-smoked salmon from the supermarket chill cabinet to serve for your family lunch on Sunday. On its way from the factory to the lunch table, the salmon product has been exposed to varying temperatures. Now, how can you be sure the product is still good to eat when you take it out of the refrigerator to make sandwiches?

28 Oct 2009

Debilitating muscle weakness can linger long after hospital discharge

After decades of focusing on the management of respiratory failure, circulatory shock and severe infections that lead to extended stays in hospital intensive care units, critical care researchers are increasingly turning attention to what they believe is a treatable complication developed by many who spend days or weeks confined to an ICU bed: debilitating muscle weakness that can linger long after hospital discharge.

28 Oct 2009

New clinical uses for old hypertension drug leads to several patents

University of South Florida neuroscientist R. Douglas Shytle's discovery of successful new clinical uses for mecamylamine, a drug once used to treat hypertension, has led to several issued patents on mecamylamine and related compounds. Earlier this month, Shytle, associate professor and research scientist at the USF Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair and the USF Silver Child Development Center, received the university's 2009 "Excellence in Innovation" award.

28 Oct 2009

Vascular surgeons are endovascularly-trained and have better safety records

Vascular surgeons have the highest market share and the lowest overall mortality and morbidity rates for peripheral arterial interventions (PAI), when compared to interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists who also perform this procedure.

28 Oct 2009

Folate-enriched prescription medical food lowers medical costs of patients with peripheral neuropathy

Diabetic patients diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy had lower medical costs and reduced use of anticonvulsant medications when treated with a folate-enriched prescription medical food, according to data presented today at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 12th Annual European Congress.

28 Oct 2009

ESPRIT project to improve performance of British athletes on world stage

Scientists are developing a range of miniaturised wearable and track-side sensors, computer modelling tools and smart training devices to help British athletes improve their performance on the world stage, as part of a new -8.5 million project that will be officially launched tomorrow (28 October 2009).

28 Oct 2009

European Patent Office to grant patent for R&D Antibodies’ immunoassays and apparatuses

Research & Diagnostic Antibodies LLC (R&D Antibodies) announced today that it has received a notification stating that the European Patent Office intends to grant a patent for its monoclonal antibody-based immunoassays and apparatuses for measuring inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) as a plasma biomarker for the early detection of the sepsis pathology.

28 Oct 2009

Development of VLN cigarettes for use in smoking cessation continues: 22nd Century

22nd Century Limited, LLC is pleased to announce that it is continuing development of a very low nicotine cigarette for use in smoking cessation. Clinical trial results demonstrate that these cigarettes, also referred to as ‘nicotine-free’ and ‘denicotinized,’ may be more effective for quitting than FDA-approved therapies.

28 Oct 2009

Noncardiovascular mortality are rates higher in patients receiving dialysis

Compared to the general population, patients starting dialysis have an increased risk of death that is not attributable to a higher rate of death from cardiovascular causes, as previously thought, according to a study in the October 28 issue of JAMA.

28 Oct 2009

NCKU transfers microalgal docosahexaenoic acid production technology to Vedan Biotechnology

NCKU President, Academician Michael Ming-Chiao Lai, signed Technology Transfer Agreement in this morning with Mr. Tou-Hsiung Yang, Chairman of Vedan International (Holding) Ltd, witnessed by Vedan Biotechnology President Shih-An (Raymond) Yang and the inventor, Prof. Huey-Lang Yang of the NCKU Institute of Biotechnology.

28 Oct 2009

PPD plans to separate compound partnering business from CRO business; spin-off to result in independent public companies

PPD, Inc. today announced its board of directors has authorized management to proceed with preparations to spin off its compound partnering business from its core contract research organization, or CRO, business.

28 Oct 2009

New biotechnology research center launched by SHRO

The Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO), a nonprofit research facility located at Temple University, will dedicate a new state-of-the-art biotechnology research center on Tuesday, October 27th, at 2 p.m. SHRO is one of the top three international laboratories, based on number of publications as ranked by the Cell Cycle Registry,

28 Oct 2009

Research News and Research

Provisions in health care bill may transform nation's largest abortion chain into quasi-government status

First Edition: October 28, 2009

Deloitte releases "Acquisitions versus Product Development: An Emerging Trend in Life Sciences" report

Diabetes alerts for seniors from Always Best Care Senior Services

Spectranetics announces financial results for third quarter 2009

Patient self-referral to physiotherapy proven to be safe, and results in better health outcomes

Catheter-directed therapy safe and effective for treating acute pulmonary embolism

PPD to evaluate FDA's post-market spontaneous adverse event surveillance system

SSSP software to detect spoiled food

Debilitating muscle weakness can linger long after hospital discharge

New clinical uses for old hypertension drug leads to several patents

Vascular surgeons are endovascularly-trained and have better safety records

Folate-enriched prescription medical food lowers medical costs of patients with peripheral neuropathy

ESPRIT project to improve performance of British athletes on world stage

European Patent Office to grant patent for R&D Antibodies’ immunoassays and apparatuses

Development of VLN cigarettes for use in smoking cessation continues: 22nd Century

Noncardiovascular mortality are rates higher in patients receiving dialysis

NCKU transfers microalgal docosahexaenoic acid production technology to Vedan Biotechnology

PPD plans to separate compound partnering business from CRO business; spin-off to result in independent public companies

New biotechnology research center launched by SHRO

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