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Higher-quality medical care in the U.S. than in England, says study

Older Americans are less healthy than their English counterparts, but they live as long or even longer than their English peers, according to a new study by researchers from the RAND Corporation and the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London.

4 Nov 2010

Questcor announces launch of H.P. Acthar Gel for infantile spasms

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the commercial launch is now underway for H.P. Acthar® Gel (repository corticotropin injection) as monotherapy for the treatment of Infantile Spasms (IS) in infants and children under the age of two years. This new Acthar indication was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on October 15, 2010.

3 Nov 2010

Kaiser Permanente awards 792 grants in third quarter 2010

Kaiser Permanente, one of the country's largest not-for-profit health care organizations, funded 792 grants nationwide, totaling approximately $16 million in the third quarter of 2010. Grants awarded to organizations this quarter included funding basic human services in California in a tight economy, offering dental care to women and children in the Mid-Atlantic States, and providing college scholarships to high school students in the Northwest to pursue careers in health care.

3 Nov 2010

Immense potential for digitized personal health records in chronic disease management

Faster and more widely available internet access has improved our lives in many ways but healthcare is lagging behind, according to researchers writing in the International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics.

3 Nov 2010

HDL and Virginia governor announce $4.2 million investment for expanding operations

Health Diagnostic Laboratory (HDL, Inc.) and Governor Bob McDonnell have announced an investment of $4.2 million in HDL, Inc. operations, resulting in the creation of 213 new jobs in the City of Richmond. HDL, Inc., located in the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park, will expand its clinical laboratory, diagnostics and clinical trial services, as well as its physician/patient consulting.

30 Oct 2010

Miami Miller School receives grant to study impact of GenerationOne's mobile solution on heart failure patients

The James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program has awarded the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Geriatrics Institute a $100,000 grant for a year-long study on the impact of GenerationOne's Mobile Heath Solution on heart failure patients.

29 Oct 2010

CJPS Medical releases VitalPoint device to improve healthcare

CJPS Medical Systems releases VitalPoint this week, a medical device capable of measuring patients' vital signs from home, while allowing direct communication with their caregiver, and generating and saving HIPAA-compliant electronic medical records.

27 Oct 2010

Sleep disorders threaten kids with premature heart disease and stroke

Poor sleep patterns and lack of proper sleep could be threatening thousands of Canadian adolescents with premature heart disease and stroke, warns Heart and Stroke Foundation researcher Dr. Brian McCrindle, a pediatric cardiologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

26 Oct 2010

New Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines support clinicians in practicing evidence-based medicine

Summaries of a number of new Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines and position statements offering the most up to date information to support clinicians in practicing evidence-based medicine were released at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2010 this week.

25 Oct 2010

CARTaGENE database meets 20k participant milestone

This week, the last questionnaire was filled out and the final vial of blood was drawn, closing CARTaGENE's first ambitious goal of collecting samples and data from 20 000 Quebecers.

25 Oct 2010

New assessment tool to measure cognitive representation of chronic disease

What do we mean by "common sense" when we talk about a disease? What affects the ideas and beliefs that patients have of their disease. Researchers at the University of Granada have developed a test for measuring and assessing chronic patients' cognitive representation of their disease. This advance will enable the development of clinical psychological treatments much more efficient than those currently employed.

22 Oct 2010

Clinical research scholar receives grant to promote lifestyle changes for HIV patients

Between the demands of work, family and friends, many women find health takes a back seat. Women with HIV are no exception. "Many women with the HIV face challenges from sleepless nights to little personal time-all activities that can negatively impact health," says Allison Webel, a clinical research scholar and instructor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University.

22 Oct 2010

Australian stem cell line offers fresh approach to diabetes cure

Australian researchers have developed the country’s first diabetes specific stem cell line, a major advance for patients suffering from the chronic disease.

21 Oct 2010

Experts at Ninth International Symposium discuss health effects and safety of S-equol

The latest research into the health effects and safety of a soy-based compound called S-equol was described in talks and presentations by experts at a special session on Tuesday, Oct. 19 during the Ninth International Symposium on the Role of Soy in Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment, held Oct. 16 to 19 in Washington, D.C.

20 Oct 2010

Health care reform will lead more people to seek cancer prevention and risk-reduction services

More people will likely seek cancer prevention and risk-reduction services as a result of health care reform, say experts at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

19 Oct 2010

Peer partner program helps diabetic patients to manage their conditions

Phone calls with a peer facing the same self-management challenges helped diabetes patients manage their conditions and improved their blood sugar levels better than those who used traditional nurse care management services alone, according to research from the University of Michigan Health System.

19 Oct 2010

New report reinforces the evidence for exceptional returns from health research

A Lateral Economic’s Report “The Economic Value of Australia’s Investment in Health and Medical Research,” provides an up to date analysis of the pay-back of the significant investment by the Australian Government and business community in HMR in Australia.

18 Oct 2010

Biogen, Elan announce clinical utility data of two-step ELISA to detect anti-JCV antibodies

Biogen Idec and Elan Corporation, plc today announced data further supporting the potential clinical utility of an investigational assay that detects anti-JC virus (JCV) antibodies in human plasma or serum.

18 Oct 2010

Teva Pharmaceutical announces new data from PreCISe study

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. today announced new data from the five-year extension of the PreCISe study demonstrating that earlier initiation of treatment with Copaxone (glatiramer acetate injection) in patients presenting with first signs of multiple sclerosis (MS), provided greater effects in delaying conversion to clinically definite MS (CDMS) compared to later treatment initiation after diagnosis of CDMS or after three years on the study.

18 Oct 2010

Bristol-Myers, Otsuka launch My SPRYCEL Support program to assist patients with CML

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. today announced the launch of My SPRYCEL (dasatinib) Support, a useful resource to assist adult patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who are taking SPRYCEL.

15 Oct 2010

Chronic Disease News and Research

Higher-quality medical care in the U.S. than in England, says study

Questcor announces launch of H.P. Acthar Gel for infantile spasms

Kaiser Permanente awards 792 grants in third quarter 2010

Immense potential for digitized personal health records in chronic disease management

HDL and Virginia governor announce $4.2 million investment for expanding operations

Miami Miller School receives grant to study impact of GenerationOne's mobile solution on heart failure patients

CJPS Medical releases VitalPoint device to improve healthcare

Sleep disorders threaten kids with premature heart disease and stroke

New Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines support clinicians in practicing evidence-based medicine

CARTaGENE database meets 20k participant milestone

New assessment tool to measure cognitive representation of chronic disease

Clinical research scholar receives grant to promote lifestyle changes for HIV patients

Australian stem cell line offers fresh approach to diabetes cure

Experts at Ninth International Symposium discuss health effects and safety of S-equol

Health care reform will lead more people to seek cancer prevention and risk-reduction services

Peer partner program helps diabetic patients to manage their conditions

New report reinforces the evidence for exceptional returns from health research

Biogen, Elan announce clinical utility data of two-step ELISA to detect anti-JCV antibodies

Teva Pharmaceutical announces new data from PreCISe study

Bristol-Myers, Otsuka launch My SPRYCEL Support program to assist patients with CML

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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