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Pharmarama ranked as Britain's 8th fastest-growing private company for overseas sales

Pharmarama International, a leader in strategically sourcing comparator medicines for clinical trials worldwide, today announced that it has been ranked as Britain's eighth fastest-growing private company for overseas sales in a 2010 survey published by the country's leading business newspaper, The Sunday Times.

21 Jul 2010

Researchers develop new way to reduce radiation dose in CT perfusion procedure

Perfusion CT scanning, an emerging imaging technology, got a bad rap last year when a machine set to incorrect radiation levels overdosed hundreds of people in Los Angeles. In the wake of this incident, researchers at the Mayo Clinic, excited by the technology's promise for diagnosing stroke, cancer, and possibly heart disease, have developed a way to reduce the amount of radiation involved in the procedure -- which, when done properly, already involves very little risk.

21 Jul 2010

First Edition: July 21, 2010

Today's headlines include news regarding specific examples of what could happen at the state level if Congress doesn't extend enhanced federal Medicaid funding.

21 Jul 2010

Clinical research updates on interventional cardiology techniques that affect patient care

TCT 2010 will provide significant clinical research updates to technologies and practices in interventional cardiology that will directly affect patient care.

21 Jul 2010

Review shows how music training primes nervous system, boosts learning

Those ubiquitous wires connecting listeners to you-name-the-sounds from invisible MP3 players -- whether of Bach, Miles Davis or, more likely today, Lady Gaga -- only hint at music's effect on the soul throughout the ages.

21 Jul 2010

AIDS 2010: Study finds microbicide containing HIV drug lowers infection risk in women by 39%

A microbicide gel containing Gilead's HIV drug tenofovir used by women before and after sex has been shown to reduce their risk of HIV infection by nearly 40%, according to a study unveiled at the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010, Reuters reports

21 Jul 2010

Mental exercises may help reverse age-related cognitive decline

Specialized brain training targeted at the regions of a rat's brain that process sound reversed many aspects of normal, age-related cognitive decline and improved the health of the brain cells, according to a new study from researchers at University of California, San Francisco.

21 Jul 2010

Opinions: AIDS vaccine and cure; China's role in the Global Fund; Child marriage prevention act; Gorbachev on safe water

A Globe and Mail editorial discusses the importance of "the quest for an AIDS vaccine and the search for a cure," stating that "it is simply not possible to 'treat' our way out of this disease." The authors write that "for every person who receives treatment - which must continue over their entire lifetime - about three new people become infected."

21 Jul 2010

Gentiva preliminary second-quarter total net revenues increase 4% to $297 million

Gentiva Health Services, Inc., a leading provider of home health and hospice services, today reported preliminary operating results for the second quarter ended July 4, 2010. A conference call to discuss these preliminary results will be held on July 21, 2010 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time. The Company will issue its final 2010 second quarter and six months financial results on July 29, 2010.

21 Jul 2010

Hybrid Linac-MR imaging system tracks cancer tumors in real time

Today, at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Philadelphia, a group of researchers from Stanford University will describe the latest developments toward their goal of integrating two existing medical devices -- medical linear accelerators, or "linacs," which produce powerful X-rays for treating cancer, and magnetic resonance imagers (MRIs), which are widely used to image tumors in the human body.

21 Jul 2010

JHM, All Children's Hospital sign letter of intent to integrate

Johns Hopkins Medicine and All Children's Hospital & Health System of St. Petersburg, Fla., have signed a letter of intent to integrate. After appropriate due diligence is completed sometime later this year, ACH will join the Johns Hopkins Health System (JHHS) as a fully integrated member of JHM.

21 Jul 2010

Prostate cancer: To screen or not to screen

Men with a family history of prostate cancer who are confused about whether to undergo controversial screening could soon have access to an online resource to have their questions answered.

20 Jul 2010

Affymax completes sale of all auction rate securities held by UBS

Affymax, Inc. today announced the completion of the sale at par value of all auction rate securities held by UBS AG and its affiliates in a transaction which generated net proceeds of $5.0 million to Affymax, after payment of $5.4 million from the proceeds to retire a loan due to UBS. From April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010, $3.7 million of the UBS ARS were settled at par value resulting in a corresponding reduction in the balance of UBS ARS and related loan since the first quarter 2010. The company now has no debt liability on its balance sheet.

20 Jul 2010

TeleHealth Services announces dates, keynote speakers for TIGRCon10

TeleHealth Services, the nation's leading provider of healthcare grade televisions and on-demand interactive patient education solutions, announced today the dates and keynote speakers for TIGRCon10, the company's annual patient education user conference. The conference, which will be focused on learning to deliver an optimal patient recovery process and improve clinical workflow, will enable hospital leadership and staff members to share best practices, discuss the role of technology in shaping the patient experience, gain new ideas and perspectives through a power user panel, and network with colleagues in the industry.

20 Jul 2010

Eurotech enters multiple contracts with DynaVox for Catalyst embedded computers

Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, today announces multiple contracts with DynaVox to deliver the Catalyst LP and Catalyst Module embedded computers for the DynaVox V, Vmax and Xpress™ alternative augmentative communication (AAC) devices. The combined value of these contracts is nearly 4.2M USD, with deliveries to be made in 2010 and 2011.

20 Jul 2010

Tradeline's 4th Annual Academic Medical & Health Science Centers Conference to be held on Nov 15-16th

Planning and operational management teams from medical schools, university affiliated hospitals, and academic health science centers across the country will meet at Tradeline's 4th Annual Academic Medical & Health Science Centers Conference November 15-16th at the Hyatt Regency in Scottsdale, Arizona, to chart out strategies for the changing health care model. A special pre-conference tour of the new Phoenix Biomedical Campus, including a unique demonstration of telemedicine, will be conducted on November 14th.

20 Jul 2010

New technique to measure ATP from arterioles helps understand hypertension in women

Research at the University of Arkansas took a step toward understanding hypertension in women by using a new technique to examine the release of a neurotransmitter in small blood vessels.

20 Jul 2010

Policies that weaken ability of payers to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse must be rejected: PCMA

Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) President and CEO Mark Merritt issued the following statement today on the recent U.S. House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies subcommittee vote to provide the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Justice Department with $561 million for programs designed to combat fraud, waste, and abuse:

20 Jul 2010

Aegera reports data from Phase 1 portion of combination AEG35156 Phase 1-2 study for primary liver cancer

Aegera Therapeutics Inc. released today encouraging survival data from the Phase 1 portion of its Phase 1-2 Study of the novel targeted therapeutic, AEG35156, given in combination with sorafenib in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (primary liver cancer).

20 Jul 2010

AVAC applauds CAPRISA 004 microbicide gel trial for preventing sexual transmission of HIV infection

"This is a historic day for HIV prevention research. The CAPRISA 004 results are the first clinical evidence that a microbicide gel can help to prevent sexual transmission of HIV infection," said AVAC Executive Director Mitchell Warren, reacting to the results of the landmark microbicide trial presented today at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna.

20 Jul 2010

Education News and Research

Pharmarama ranked as Britain's 8th fastest-growing private company for overseas sales

Researchers develop new way to reduce radiation dose in CT perfusion procedure

First Edition: July 21, 2010

Clinical research updates on interventional cardiology techniques that affect patient care

Review shows how music training primes nervous system, boosts learning

AIDS 2010: Study finds microbicide containing HIV drug lowers infection risk in women by 39%

Mental exercises may help reverse age-related cognitive decline

Opinions: AIDS vaccine and cure; China's role in the Global Fund; Child marriage prevention act; Gorbachev on safe water

Gentiva preliminary second-quarter total net revenues increase 4% to $297 million

Hybrid Linac-MR imaging system tracks cancer tumors in real time

JHM, All Children's Hospital sign letter of intent to integrate

Prostate cancer: To screen or not to screen

Affymax completes sale of all auction rate securities held by UBS

TeleHealth Services announces dates, keynote speakers for TIGRCon10

Eurotech enters multiple contracts with DynaVox for Catalyst embedded computers

Tradeline's 4th Annual Academic Medical & Health Science Centers Conference to be held on Nov 15-16th

New technique to measure ATP from arterioles helps understand hypertension in women

Policies that weaken ability of payers to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse must be rejected: PCMA

Aegera reports data from Phase 1 portion of combination AEG35156 Phase 1-2 study for primary liver cancer

AVAC applauds CAPRISA 004 microbicide gel trial for preventing sexual transmission of HIV infection

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