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RPCI offers first FDA-approved cancer treatment vaccine

The nation's first FDA-approved cancer treatment vaccine, Provenge, is being offered for the first time in Western New York at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

15 Feb 2011

Hearing loss linked to dementia & Alzheimer’s: Study

New research suggests that adults with hearing loss may face a higher risk of dementia and perhaps Alzheimer’s disease than those who do not suffer hearing loss. The risk of dementia rises with greater loss of hearing say researchers. The study appears in the February issue of the journal Archives of Neurology.

15 Feb 2011

President to unveil $3.7 billion budget blueprint; challenge is to show fiscal discipline while funding health law's implementation

President Barack Obama's budget plan includes a two-year Medicare "doc-fix" that uses heavy cuts in other health providers' Medicare reimbursements to stave-off a scheduled 25 percent reduction in Medicare physician reimbursements. Meanwhile, news outlets also report the plan "avoids" tackling entitlement spending.

15 Feb 2011

Dabigatran drug helps prevent blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation

The newly approved drug dabigatran is an alternative to warfarin to help prevent dangerous blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation, according to updated guidelines from the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and the Heart Rhythm Society.

15 Feb 2011

House Republicans release CR proposing to cut $100B from FY11 budget

House Republican leaders on Friday evening released legislation "designed to fund the rest of the fiscal year, which includes $100 billion in discretionary spending cuts compared with President Obama's fiscal 2011 budget request," National Journal reports.

15 Feb 2011

RPCs transplant appears to improve kidney structure and function in rat models

Transplanting autologous renal progenitor cells, into rat models with kidney damage from pyelonephritis - a type of urinary infection that has reached the kidney - has been found to improve kidney structure and function.

14 Feb 2011

NIH awards renewal grant to BMC's CARE unit to expand education of physicians-in-training

The Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit in the Section of General Internal Medicine at BMC was recently awarded a $1,886,087 renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand its education of physicians-in-training to become sophisticated implementers of substance use screening, assessment and treatment research.

14 Feb 2011

FDA waives NDA filing fee for Antares' Anturol NDA

Antares Pharma, Inc. today announced the receipt from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a waiver, on February 8, 2011, for the $1,500,000 New Drug Application (NDA) filing fee for Anturol® Gel for overactive bladder (OAB).

14 Feb 2011

Positive clinical data of AVEO's tivozanib featured at 2011 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that previously reported positive clinical data evaluating tivozanib, its lead product candidate designed to optimally block the VEGF pathway by inhibiting all three VEGF receptors, in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) will be featured in several poster presentations at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2011 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium being held February 17-19, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, Fla.

14 Feb 2011

New Republican spending cuts include well-known health programs

House Republican leaders pushed out a new round of proposed spending cuts Friday night as they sought to meet demands by conservatives in the party to trim $100 billion from the current spending levels. Health programs were among the targets.

14 Feb 2011

Opinions: U.S. foreign aid; Polio eradication

"Over the past few weeks, I've had a chance to interview some amazing people," ranging from Bill Gates to scientists and teachers, who are all concerned about impending budget cuts, the New York Times' David Brooks writes in a column. Brooks explains that the "coming budget cuts have nothing to do with merit. They have to do with the inexorable logic of mathematics."

14 Feb 2011

Richard J. Fasenmyer Foundation awards $3M to Cleveland physicians for AIDS research

A three-year, $3 million gift from the Richard J. Fasenmyer Foundation will fund research by a pair of Cleveland physicians into HIV and the body's response in autoimmune diseases.

11 Feb 2011

Seven-year study demonstrates clear benefits of fetal surgery to treat spina bifida in babies

Results of a landmark, seven-year National Institutes of Health-funded trial, Management of Myelomeningocele Study (MOMS), demonstrate clear benefit for babies who undergo fetal surgery to treat spina bifida, the most common birth defect in the central nervous system.

11 Feb 2011

Family planning funds targeted by GOP

The new Congress also continues to be embroiled in battles surrounding the issue of abortion restrictions, which GOP house lawmakers have made a priority.

11 Feb 2011

AHF commends LA City Council for legal study on tying condom use to adult-film production permits

On Friday, the Los Angles City Council voted unanimously on a motion to instruct the City Attorney to explore the feasibility of conditioning the issuance of film permits granted under City authority to the use of condoms in adult film productions.

10 Feb 2011

Pediatricians can play a key role in promoting tobacco-free lifestyle among children, adolescents

Nicotine addiction usually begins during the critical teenage years, and pediatric healthcare professionals can play a prominent role in promoting a tobacco-free lifestyle among children and adolescents, as described in an article published online ahead of print in Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, & Pulmonology, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

10 Feb 2011

New study: Fetal surgery for spina bifida greatly improves child's mobility

Performing delicate surgery in the womb, months before birth, can substantially improve outcomes for children with a common, disabling birth defect of the spine. Experts at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia co-led a new landmark study showing that fetal surgery for spina bifida greatly reduces the need to divert fluid from the brain, improves mobility and improves the chances that a child will be able to walk independently.

9 Feb 2011

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RPCI offers first FDA-approved cancer treatment vaccine

Hearing loss linked to dementia & Alzheimer’s: Study

President to unveil $3.7 billion budget blueprint; challenge is to show fiscal discipline while funding health law's implementation

Dabigatran drug helps prevent blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation

House Republicans release CR proposing to cut $100B from FY11 budget

RPCs transplant appears to improve kidney structure and function in rat models

NIH awards renewal grant to BMC's CARE unit to expand education of physicians-in-training

FDA waives NDA filing fee for Antares' Anturol NDA

Positive clinical data of AVEO's tivozanib featured at 2011 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

New Republican spending cuts include well-known health programs

Opinions: U.S. foreign aid; Polio eradication

Richard J. Fasenmyer Foundation awards $3M to Cleveland physicians for AIDS research

Seven-year study demonstrates clear benefits of fetal surgery to treat spina bifida in babies

Family planning funds targeted by GOP

AHF commends LA City Council for legal study on tying condom use to adult-film production permits

Pediatricians can play a key role in promoting tobacco-free lifestyle among children, adolescents

New study: Fetal surgery for spina bifida greatly improves child's mobility

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