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Z-Medica enters agreement with two Swedish medical device distributors for QuikClot products

Z-Medica Corporation, a medical device company developing innovative hemostatic agents, today announced that it has signed exclusive distribution agreements with Vingmed AB and Mediplast AB, two leading Swedish medical device distributors, for distribution of its QuikClot line of hemostatic agents in Sweden, Denmark and Norway for the first time.

From Medica Corporation 21 Oct 2010

Loyola University Chicago MNSON supports recommendations to advance nursing profession

Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (MNSON) supports the recommendations recently issued by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute of Medicine to advance the nursing profession in the United States.

20 Oct 2010

NHLBI launches multicenter study of body cooling treatment in infants and children after cardiac arrest

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched the first large-scale, multicenter study to investigate the effectiveness of body cooling treatment in infants and children who have had cardiac arrest. The Therapeutic Hypothermia after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest (THAPCA) trials total more than $21 million over six years.

20 Oct 2010

Smith & Nephew receives favorable judgment in KCI's patent litigation

The Advanced Wound Management division of Smith & Nephew, Inc., a subsidiary of Smith & Nephew plc today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas entered a favorable judgment in the patent litigation brought by Kinetic Concepts Inc. relating to the Smith & Nephew RENASYS-F (Foam) dressing kit.

19 Oct 2010

Iraqi Cultural Center to host first-of its-kind public discussion among behavioral health specialists

On Oct 21, 2010, the Iraqi Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. will host a first-of its-kind public discussion among behavioral health specialists from Iraq and the U.S. about Iraq's increasingly effective behavioral healthcare programs and how the lessons learned in treating severe trauma there can be applied in the U.S. and elsewhere.

19 Oct 2010

DOD awards grant to develop ‘lab-on-a-chip’ device for monitoring patients with severe brain injury

The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a $5 million grant to The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and the University of Cincinnati to further develop a "lab-on-a-chip" device used for monitoring patients suffering from severe brain injury.

19 Oct 2010

Novartis announces six-year data of Reclast injection for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis

Novartis announced today that new six-year data reinforce the long-term efficacy and safety profile of once-yearly Reclast (zoledronic acid) injection in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.The study of more than 1,200 women was presented this weekend at the annual meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) in Toronto, ON, Canada.

19 Oct 2010

Robot-assisted surgery effective for five-year prostate cancer control: Study

A first-ever, long-term study of patients who underwent robot-assisted surgery to remove their cancerous prostates found that nearly 87 percent of them had no recurrence of the disease after five years.

19 Oct 2010

Study indicates vitamin D deficiency may increase lung transplant rejection

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a significant increase in lung transplant rejection, according to research conducted at Loyola University Health System (LUHS). These data were presented Monday at The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2010 annual meeting in Toronto, Ontario.

19 Oct 2010

Crackdown on liquor licensing breaches needed: Doctors

AMA Victoria has urged the State to look deeper into liquor licensing breaches and has alleged that there have been only four prosecutions out of the near 15,200 breaches. There were 1,200 venues who were reportedly supplying liquor “other than in accordance with the license”. AMA Victoria has asked the state government to introduce harsher penalties for venue operators that breach their liquor licensing conditions.

18 Oct 2010

STB completes Fibrin Adhesive STat pre-IND submission to FDA

STB Lifesaving Technologies® today announced that is has completed a successful pre-Investigational New Drug (pre-IND) submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its lead product, the Fibrin Adhesive STat®, or (FAST®) dressing.

18 Oct 2010

Nanotope enters agreement with Smith & Nephew to develop cartilage regeneration product

Arrowhead Research Corporation today announced that its portfolio company, Nanotope, Inc., has entered into an agreement with Smith & Nephew, Inc., a member of the Smith & Nephew plc group to develop a cartilage regeneration product for human healthcare markets using a subset of its proprietary regenerative medicine technology.

18 Oct 2010

Atrium Medical receives Bio/Medical Council Business of the Year Award

The New Hampshire Bio/Medical Council held its 2nd Annual Awards Dinner on October 14, 2010 at the Wentworth-By-The-Sea Country Club in Rye, NH. During the evening, the Bio/Medical Council awarded Atrium Medical Corporation of Hudson, NH the NH Bio/Medical Council Business of the Year Award. In attendance to accept the award were Ted Karwoski, Chief Operating Officer and Steve Vail, Group VP of Global Marketing.

18 Oct 2010

Major advance in treatment of brain disorders with external genes

In the October 17 issue of Nature Methods, researchers at Thomas Jefferson University describe how they can transfer genes into brain neurons intravenously, using a viral gene delivery vehicle (vector) that causes no side effects.

18 Oct 2010

Six-year data of reinforces efficacy and safety of Reclast injection in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis

Novartis announced today that new six-year data reinforce the long-term efficacy and safety profile of once-yearly Reclast (zoledronic acid) injection in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. The study of more than 1,200 women was presented this weekend at the annual meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) in Toronto, ON, Canada.

18 Oct 2010

Chest compression-only method of CPR better than standard CPR

Heart attack patients whose hearts have stopped beating and who receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from bystanders fare better if their resuscitators skip the rescue breaths and do only chest compression, according to a study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

15 Oct 2010

DFG to establish new Research Units

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing four new Research Units to facilitate cross-regional, interdisciplinary cooperation among researchers. This decision was taken by the DFG Senate at its autumn meeting in Bonn. The new groups are intended to enable researchers to devote themselves to current and urgent issues within their fields and to develop new approaches.

15 Oct 2010

Prolong Pharmaceuticals receives $30 million from private investor group

Prolong Pharmaceuticals today announced that the company has received a commitment of $30 million in funding from a private investor group. The monies will be dedicated to the company's continuing research and development efforts and clinical programs targeting anemias resulting from oxygen deficiency.

15 Oct 2010

Allure Medical Spa to offer FDA approved Coolsculpting by Zeltiq for non-invasive fat reduction

Great news for men and women dealing with exercise and diet-resistant fat in areas like the tummy, love handles and back rolls! Allure Medical Spa of Shelby Township is the first in Southeastern Michigan to offer Coolsculpting by Zeltiq, the first ever procedure approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (Sept. 8, 2010), for the non-invasive reduction of fat. Coolsculpting by Zeltiq is a virtually painless procedure that reduces fat cells with no needles, surgery or downtime.

15 Oct 2010

GSA and NAM select journalists for new MetLife Foundation Journalists in Aging Fellows Program

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and New America Media (NAM) have selected 15 journalists for the new MetLife Foundation Journalists in Aging Fellows Program. They represent a wide range of traditional, new, and ethnic media, such as USA Today, Sing Tao Daily, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and TheAtlantic.com.

14 Oct 2010

Trauma News and Research

Z-Medica enters agreement with two Swedish medical device distributors for QuikClot products

Loyola University Chicago MNSON supports recommendations to advance nursing profession

NHLBI launches multicenter study of body cooling treatment in infants and children after cardiac arrest

Smith & Nephew receives favorable judgment in KCI's patent litigation

Iraqi Cultural Center to host first-of its-kind public discussion among behavioral health specialists

DOD awards grant to develop ‘lab-on-a-chip’ device for monitoring patients with severe brain injury

Novartis announces six-year data of Reclast injection for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis

Robot-assisted surgery effective for five-year prostate cancer control: Study

Study indicates vitamin D deficiency may increase lung transplant rejection

Crackdown on liquor licensing breaches needed: Doctors

STB completes Fibrin Adhesive STat pre-IND submission to FDA

Nanotope enters agreement with Smith & Nephew to develop cartilage regeneration product

Atrium Medical receives Bio/Medical Council Business of the Year Award

Major advance in treatment of brain disorders with external genes

Six-year data of reinforces efficacy and safety of Reclast injection in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis

Chest compression-only method of CPR better than standard CPR

DFG to establish new Research Units

Prolong Pharmaceuticals receives $30 million from private investor group

Allure Medical Spa to offer FDA approved Coolsculpting by Zeltiq for non-invasive fat reduction

GSA and NAM select journalists for new MetLife Foundation Journalists in Aging Fellows Program

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