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Republicans: Malpractice reform demonstration projects insufficient

The Associated Press: "In his Wednesday speech and again in (a CBS "60 Minutes" interview), the president signaled he was open to so-called tort reform. Under current practice, doctors and hospitals must pay huge amounts to insure themselves against malpractice lawsuits by patients seeking large court-ordered settlements for poor treatment. … 'I would be willing to ... consider any ideas out there that would actually work in terms of reducing costs, improving the quality of patient care,' Obama said in the Sunday interview, which was taped Friday" (Hurst, 9/14).

14 Sep 2009

States face growing health costs, dwindling budgets

As states wrestle with shortfalls in health care funding, many are hoping to brace with budget cuts, while others focus on changes that keep costs down over the long term.

14 Sep 2009

IntegraMed’s Attain IVF Program now offered at Dallas IVF

IntegraMed America, Inc. (NASDAQ: INMD), the nation’s leading provider of specialty healthcare services in emerging, technology-focused niches, today announced that Dallas IVF has begun offering IntegraMed’s Attain™ IVF Program, a course-of-treatment financing program that improves patient success rates with in vitro fertilization (IVF) fertility treatments.

14 Sep 2009

Calypso’s GPS for the Body technology installed at University Of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center

Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc., a developer of real-time localization technology used for the precise tracking of tumor targets, announced today that the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Baltimore, now offers the Calypso® System to provide accurate, precise, real-time tumor tracking for cancer patients undergoing external beam radiation therapy.

14 Sep 2009

Zabecor Pharmaceuticals initiates Phase II clinical trial of its Excellair asthma drug

ZaBeCor Pharmaceuticals ("ZaBeCor" or the "Company") announced today the initiation of a Phase II clinical trial for its asthma drug candidate Excellair™, following the successful results of the Company's Phase I clinical trials. ZaBeCor is one of the first companies to deliver siRNA to the lung and one of the first to target asthma with siRNA.

14 Sep 2009

Positive results from Transave's Phase II clinical trial of ARIKACE in non-CF bronchiectasis patients

Transave, Inc., today reported positive results from a Phase II clinical trial in non-cystic fibrosis (CF) bronchiectasis patients for its lead investigational drug, ARIKACE(TM) (liposomal amikacin for inhalation). The Phase II data indicated that ARIKACE, delivered once daily for 28 consecutive days, demonstrated superior clinical benefit compared to placebo as measured by patient and physician reported outcomes and reduction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa density.

14 Sep 2009

Corventis' AVIVO Mobile Patient Management System receives the CE mark

Corventis, Inc., a developer of wireless cardiovascular solutions designed to enable early detection, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular conditions, announced CE marking for the company’s AVIVO™ Mobile Patient Management System. Physicians and patients in the European Union and other countries that accept CE Mark now have access to the company’s noninvasive, wireless solution to evaluate physiological changes and monitor signs of cardiac irregularities in patients away from the hospital.

14 Sep 2009

Corventis completes enrollment for clinical trials of its MUSIC program

Corventis, Inc., a developer of wireless cardiovascular solutions designed to enable early detection, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular conditions, announced today enrollment completion of the company’s MUSIC (Multi-Sensor Monitoring in Congestive Heart Failure) program consisting of 2 trials: the MUSIC Asia (180 patients) and the pivotal MUSIC study (362 patients).

14 Sep 2009

AirStrip Technologies to provide HIT solution to Premier healthcare alliance

The Premier healthcare alliance has contracted with AirStrip Technologies™, L.P. to offer its 2,200 hospitals members a mobile healthcare information technology (HIT) solution to improve obstetrical (OB) care, patient safety and communication among healthcare providers.

14 Sep 2009

Tenet announces revisions to its outlook for 2009

Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) today announced revisions to its outlook for 2009 Adjusted EBITDA to a new range of $900 million to $950 million. The prior outlook range was $810 million to $875 million. This new range corresponds to an outlook for net income attributable to shareholders in a range of $76 million to $141 million. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP term defined and reconciled to GAAP net income below.

14 Sep 2009

Men and healthcare professionals urged to take proactive approach to prostate cancer

As prostate cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in European men with more than 300,000 men being diagnosed every year, society needs to commit to changing the way the disease is viewed. Therefore a mini-symposium and lunch meeting are organized on 18 September 2009 in Antwerp on the occasion of the European launch of the Proactive Prostates Initiative, organized as part of Urology Week.

14 Sep 2009

Multi-topic, hour-long series hosted by a cardiac surgeon premiers today

"The Dr. Oz Show," a high octane, multi-topic hour-long series hosted by trusted health expert, best-selling author, and world-renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, premieres in syndication today (check local listings). Episodes airing during its premiere week feature two of the recently announced "Core Team Oz" guest contributors, fashion and style expert Tim Gunn ("Project Runway") and fitness specialist Bob Harper ("The Biggest Loser"). Also debuting this week as a member of Core Team Oz is "America's vet," Dr. Marty Becker, the popular author and regular veterinary contributor on ABC-TV's "Good Morning America."

14 Sep 2009

Technology and science tours on Pittsburgh's economy

Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) have driven a dramatic shift in the Pittsburgh economy during the last four decades, transforming the city from a manufacturing town to an international knowledge-based center for research, education and medicine.

14 Sep 2009

Triple-layer, millimetre-thick bedsheets specifically for maternity wards

Astrid Skreosen has worked for many years as an auxiliary nurse in the maternity ward in Skien Hospital. She became fed up with the little mats which were supposed to lie under women who were giving birth, and were intended to soak up waste products and fluids.

14 Sep 2009

Prolifiq's sales communication software for Life Sciences companies

Today at the annual RAPS (Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society) conference in booth #607, Prolifiq announced software that allows Life Sciences companies to comply with an increasingly complex web of regulations governing sales communication. Prolifiq for Life Sciences--designed for medical device, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies--is used to organize, send and track approved digital content to health care practitioners.

14 Sep 2009

Patni Computer to provide design and development services to Cardiac Science Corporation

Cardiac Science Corporation (Nasdaq: CSCX), a global leader in automated external defibrillator (AED) and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices, announced a three-year agreement with Patni Computer Systems under which Patni will establish a dedicated design center in India and will expand Cardiac Science's existing in-house design and development capability.

14 Sep 2009

Phase IIa clinical data of EHT 0202 released

Top-line Phase IIa clinical data released today demonstrate that EHT 0202, ExonHit’s lead candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, is safe and generally well tolerated in patients and that it could potentially enhance cognition in Alzheimer’s disease patients.

14 Sep 2009

Sleep deprivation is a major factor for clinical errors

A study of clinical errors made by resident physicians in a teaching hospital reveals that the more tired they are the more mistakes they make. The study published in the International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research puts figures to this seemingly obvious conclusion and shows that fewer errors are made if clinical practices are standardised.

14 Sep 2009

Clinical data on CXA-101 to be presented at ICAAC

Calixa Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel antibiotics for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections, will present pre-clinical and clinical data in 20 posters at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) that is being held in San Francisco on September 12 to 15, 2009.

14 Sep 2009

Innovative stroke treatment device to minimize brain damage

Driven by the emergency-room maxim, "Time is brain," NeuroInterventions, Inc. is prototyping an innovative stroke treatment device designed to speed up the restoration of blood flow and thus minimize brain damage.

14 Sep 2009