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Iroko Cardio International Sàrl announces data on HDB dosing of tirofiban, abciximab in interventional cardiology

Iroko Cardio International Sàrl announces long-term, three-year, mortality data from the Phase III, open label, multi-national study comparing high-dose bolus (HDB) dosing of AGGRASTAT(tirofiban) (25mcg/kg bolus followed by a 0.15mcg/kg/min infusion for 18-24 hours) vs. ReoPro (abciximab) in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), presented at the 2010 European Society of Cardiology Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.

3 Sep 2010

Purdue University researchers develop new type of pump for drug-delivery patches

Purdue University researchers have developed a new type of pump for drug-delivery patches that might use arrays of "microneedles" to deliver a wider range of medications than now possible with conventional patches.

2 Sep 2010

Dietary supplement combining zinc, phytase enhances effectiveness of BTX injections: Study

Taking a dietary supplement of organic zinc and the enzyme phytase four days before receiving botulinum toxin injections made the toxin more effective in 93 percent of patients tested in a recent study at The Methodist Hospital in Houston.

2 Sep 2010

UTHealth professor to receive NIH Director's Pioneer Award

Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D., an associate professor of neurobiology and anatomy at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), is one of 17 researchers to win a 2010 National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award. The award supports scientists who propose revolutionary, high-impact approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research.

2 Sep 2010

Michigan, New York roll out high-risk pools

In Michigan, enrollment begins today and is open to adults 19 to 64, the Detroit Free Press reports. The pool "will provide comprehensive but not necessarily cheap coverage for people who can prove they have been denied health insurance in the past six months" and is "intended for any uninsured people in the last six months and who had been turned down by an insurer because of a pre-existing health problem.

2 Sep 2010

CORDIS reports positive results from 10-year follow-up of CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting coronary stent study

Cordis Corporation, a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of interventional vascular technology, announced today at European Society of Cardiology in Stockholm that the results of follow-up tests undertaken ten years after the first patient was treated with a CYPHER(R) Sirolimus-eluting coronary stent have proven outstanding long-term efficacy and safety and were published earlier this year in "JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions".

31 Aug 2010

Jenevieve Fisher to launch book on children living with cancer

Jenevieve Fisher is a children's author with specific expertise in childhood cancer. Her first book "I'm a Kid Living with Cancer" will be launched during September, which is Childhood Cancer Awareness month.

30 Aug 2010

Scaled back premium increases allowed for Calif. insurer; Calif. lawmakers pass bills setting up exchange; Alaska approves Abortion Notification Initiative

California insurance regulators cleared the way Wednesday for Anthem Blue Cross to implement scaled-back rate hikes after a previous increase was canceled amid an uproar over its size.

27 Aug 2010

Worldwide conference to discuss increase in autism, help restore health

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released new estimates that one in every 110 children (1 in 70 boys) is diagnosed with autism. Autism has become more common in our children than cancer, diabetes and AIDS combined. Autism affects children from all socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds and places a tremendous economic burden on affected families and society at large, costing up to $3.2 million per child for a lifetime of care and over $35 billion in annual societal cost.

26 Aug 2010

'Avatar' botanical consultant to receive Paul Ecke Jr. Award of Excellence

Jodie Holt, a professor of plant physiology at the University of California, Riverside and the botanical consultant for James Cameron's film Avatar, will receive the Paul Ecke Jr. Award of Excellence "for her life's work as a distinguished scientist and educator" at a ceremony beginning at 5 p.m., Sept. 11, 2010, at the San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas, Calif.

21 Aug 2010

NASA to host LAUNCH: Health forum focusing on health issues

NASA will host LAUNCH: Health, a global forum focusing on health issues, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida from Oct. 30-31. NASA, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Department of State, and NIKE are partnering on LAUNCH to identify, showcase and support innovative approaches to sustainability challenges through a series of forums.

18 Aug 2010

USAID, NASA, NIKE and State Department partner to address humanity's sustainability challenges

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), NASA, the U.S. Department of State, and NIKE, Inc. have partnered on a unique initiative called LAUNCH. The idea behind LAUNCH is to identify, showcase and support innovative approaches to humanity's sustainability challenges through a series of forums, each focused on a specific sustainability challenge. The second event in the LAUNCH series, LAUNCH: Health, will focus specifically on health issues related to the first 20 years of life.

18 Aug 2010

Hospitals' 'bad debts' grow as even insured patients have trouble paying medical bills

A "local hospital group says the fastest-growing part of what hospitals call 'bad debt' -- basically, uncollectible bills -- is money owed by patients who have insurance. As employers dump costs onto workers, so now are workers dumping costs onto hospitals. Because of rising deductibles and cost-sharing rules, patients are increasingly faced with bills that would have been unusual for someone with insurance a few years ago. Growing numbers of them can't pay, or won't. Total bad debt grew 12 percent, from $490 million in fiscal 2007 to nearly $550 million in fiscal 2008, at 36 area hospitals that responded to a 2009 survey by the Delaware Valley Healthcare Council of HAP, a hospital association that released the data this week. But bad debt from insured patients grew twice as fast: 28 percent, from $76 million to $97 million."

13 Aug 2010

New optical imaging technique holds potential to improve angioplasty

A new optical imaging technique described in the journal Review of Scientific Instruments, which is published by the American Institute of Physics, holds the potential to greatly improve angioplasty, a surgery commonly performed to treat patients with a partially or completely blocked coronary artery that restricts blood flow to the heart.

11 Aug 2010

Premier international conference to highlight understanding of cancer disparities

This year, the American Association for Cancer Research will host its third conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami, Fla.

11 Aug 2010

Amputation can be prevented when patients are treated by podiatric physicians: Study

Amputation, one of the most devastating and costly consequences of diabetes, can be prevented when patients are treated by podiatric physicians. That's the finding of a national, large-scale study co-authored by Dr. James Wrobel, DPM, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.

5 Aug 2010

Judge gives the go-ahead to Virginia's health overhaul challenge

In a ruling issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson refused to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Virginia challenging a key aspect of the health care overhaul. The next round of arguments in this case is scheduled for October.

4 Aug 2010

Volcano second-quarter revenues increase 36% to record $73.5 million

Volcano Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of precision intravascular therapy guidance tools designed to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of coronary and peripheral vascular disease, said today that revenues in the second quarter of 2010 increased 36 percent versus revenues in the second quarter of 2009.

30 Jul 2010

Buckyball Discovery Conference to be held Oct. 10-13 at Rice University

The biggest names in nanotechnology are preparing to gather this fall at Rice University, and everyone is welcome to join them.

30 Jul 2010

SIR offers five-day course that covers all aspects of acute stroke management

Catheter Lysis of Thromboembolic Stroke -an intensive five-day course offered by the Society of Interventional Radiology Oct. 24-28 in Dallas, Texas-provides interventional radiologists, neurointerventionalists, vascular neurologists and fellows-in-training with the unique educational opportunity to review, observe and discuss all aspects of acute stroke management.

29 Jul 2010

OCT News and Research

Iroko Cardio International Sàrl announces data on HDB dosing of tirofiban, abciximab in interventional cardiology

Purdue University researchers develop new type of pump for drug-delivery patches

Dietary supplement combining zinc, phytase enhances effectiveness of BTX injections: Study

UTHealth professor to receive NIH Director's Pioneer Award

Michigan, New York roll out high-risk pools

CORDIS reports positive results from 10-year follow-up of CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting coronary stent study

Jenevieve Fisher to launch book on children living with cancer

Scaled back premium increases allowed for Calif. insurer; Calif. lawmakers pass bills setting up exchange; Alaska approves Abortion Notification Initiative

Worldwide conference to discuss increase in autism, help restore health

'Avatar' botanical consultant to receive Paul Ecke Jr. Award of Excellence

NASA to host LAUNCH: Health forum focusing on health issues

USAID, NASA, NIKE and State Department partner to address humanity's sustainability challenges

Hospitals' 'bad debts' grow as even insured patients have trouble paying medical bills

New optical imaging technique holds potential to improve angioplasty

Premier international conference to highlight understanding of cancer disparities

Amputation can be prevented when patients are treated by podiatric physicians: Study

Judge gives the go-ahead to Virginia's health overhaul challenge

Volcano second-quarter revenues increase 36% to record $73.5 million

Buckyball Discovery Conference to be held Oct. 10-13 at Rice University

SIR offers five-day course that covers all aspects of acute stroke management

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