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Top Republicans receive campaign contributions from UnitedHealth

Top Republicans, such as John Boehner and Eric Cantor, who are using Lewin Group findings to scare voters about a "government takeover" of health care, are recipients of campaign contributions from UnitedHealth, one of the largest U.S. providers of Medicare plans and the company that owns Lewin Group.

6 Oct 2009

Telephone program to mange depression offers significant benefits at moderate increase in costs: Study

Patients who participate in a structured telephone program to manage their depression appear to experience significant benefits and only a moderate increase in health care costs when compared with those who receive usual care, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

6 Oct 2009

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital researcher receives the Millipore Guava Flow Cytometry Award

Millipore Corporation, a Life Science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, today awarded Dr. Mari Hashitate Dallas of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., the Millipore Guava® Flow Cytometry Award.

6 Oct 2009

NIH awards $2 million grant to fight Neurofibromatosis type 2 disease

University of Central Florida Associate Professor Cristina Fernandez-Valle just landed two federal grants worth $2 million to research a disease that can leave children and young adults deaf, partially paralyzed or brain damaged.

6 Oct 2009

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center receives 60 research grants totaling nearly $40.4 million

Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have been awarded 60 research grants totaling nearly $40.4 million under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009. The totals reflect data available as of Oct. 1 and reported by the National Institutes of Health.

6 Oct 2009

Cardiovascular Systems to build new manufacturing facility in Texas

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI), a medical device company developing and commercializing innovative interventional treatment systems for vascular disease, has signed a 10-year lease agreement for a new 46,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Pearland, Texas.

6 Oct 2009

Emergency Ultrasound Consultants, TSG collaborate to reduce medical errors

Emergency Ultrasound Consultants, LLC (EUC), the experts in point-of-care ultrasound education and quality assurance solutions, announced today a strategic partnership with The Sullivan Group (TSG), a world leading provider of patient safety, risk management and performance improvement solutions for healthcare professionals.

6 Oct 2009

Gene therapy to improve ailing heart's contractions of muscle cells

Scientists from the Universities of Michigan and Minnesota show in a research report published online in the FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) that gene therapy may be used to improve an ailing heart's ability to contract properly. In addition to showing gene therapy's potential for reversing the course of heart failure, it also offers a tantalizing glimpse of a day when "closed heart surgery" via gene therapy is as commonly prescribed as today's cocktail of drugs.

6 Oct 2009

New wallet-sized card for detecting and monitoring concussions

In response to recent research that shows young athletes with repeated brain injuries are more at risk for future neurological problems, the Illinois Athletic Trainers Association (IATA) and the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch (CINN) are offering a wallet-sized card with tips for detecting and monitoring concussions.

6 Oct 2009

NTU launches research centre to help sustain Earth's environment

The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) launches a first-of-its-kind research centre in Singapore focussing on research in recovering resources from waste.

6 Oct 2009

Restrictions on fast-food chain restaurants unlikely to reduce obesity: Study

Restrictions on fast-food chain restaurants in South Los Angeles are not addressing the main differences between neighborhood food environments and are unlikely to improve the diet of residents or reduce obesity, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

6 Oct 2009

Illumina launches IlluminaCompute for its Genome Analyzer sequencing platform

At the BioIT World Europe Conference, Illumina, Inc. announced the launch of IlluminaCompute, a fully integrated computing solution for its Genome Analyzer sequencing platform.

From Illumina, Inc. 6 Oct 2009

Researchers identify novel circulation within human eye that provides new insight into glaucoma

Researchers at the University of Toronto, St. Michael's Hospital and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre have discovered a previously unidentified form of circulation within the human eye which may provide important new insights into glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness.

6 Oct 2009

Medical Imaging Holdings acquires Sonora Medical Systems business from Misonix

Medical Imaging Holdings, Inc., a holding company formed by Galen Partners, today announced it has acquired the Sonora Medical Systems business from Misonix, Inc. The Sonora Medical Systems business will be combined with the businesses of Barrington Medical Imaging and Echoserve, which were acquired by Medical Imaging Holdings, Inc. on September 18, 2009.

6 Oct 2009

New study to boost immune cells for pathogen resistance and vaccine efficacy in elderly

A new study from the Trudeau Institute in Saranac Lake, New York, demonstrates that immune system cells important for both pathogen resistance and vaccine efficacy live longer in older animals but because of this longevity acquire functional defects. The work may provide new targets for boosting immune system function in older individuals.

6 Oct 2009

Survival rates for multivisceral transplants increase with new treatment strategies

Data from the largest single-center experience of adult and pediatric intestinal and multivisceral transplantation show that survival rates have improved with the advent of innovative surgical techniques, novel immunosuppressive protocols and better post-operative management, said researchers at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute in a study published in the October issue of Annals of Surgery.

6 Oct 2009

Center for Health Value Innovation aligns with ACOEM and IBI to launch HPM Clinics

The Center for Health Value Innovation (www.vbhealth.org), the nation’s premier information exchange for value-based design, today announced an alignment with the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the Integrated Benefits Institute, creating a powerful triumvirate to better articulate the value of health and productivity management (HPM).

6 Oct 2009

IAN Project launches the Grandparents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Survey

Since its launch in 2007, the Interactive Autism Network (IAN) has helped to accelerate the pace of autism research by gathering valuable information online from individuals on the autism spectrum and their parents. Today, the IAN Project launches the Grandparents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Survey, giving grandparents a well-deserved voice in the autism research community.

6 Oct 2009

New institutional advertising campaign based on real stories

NYU Langone Medical Center will launch a new institutional advertising campaign based on real stories from the Medical Center beginning on October 5, 2009. The campaign, “Any Given Moment,” captures and conveys some of the most powerful, intimate and uniquely human experiences to emerge from the Medical Center and features the Medical Center’s core clinical care and research strengths.

6 Oct 2009

Individuals who follow the Mediterranean dietary pattern at reduced risk to develop depression: Study

Individuals who follow the Mediterranean dietary pattern—rich in vegetables, fruits, nuts, whole grains and fish—appear less likely to develop depression, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

6 Oct 2009

Research News and Research

Top Republicans receive campaign contributions from UnitedHealth

Telephone program to mange depression offers significant benefits at moderate increase in costs: Study

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital researcher receives the Millipore Guava Flow Cytometry Award

NIH awards $2 million grant to fight Neurofibromatosis type 2 disease

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center receives 60 research grants totaling nearly $40.4 million

Cardiovascular Systems to build new manufacturing facility in Texas

Emergency Ultrasound Consultants, TSG collaborate to reduce medical errors

Gene therapy to improve ailing heart's contractions of muscle cells

New wallet-sized card for detecting and monitoring concussions

NTU launches research centre to help sustain Earth's environment

Restrictions on fast-food chain restaurants unlikely to reduce obesity: Study

Illumina launches IlluminaCompute for its Genome Analyzer sequencing platform

Researchers identify novel circulation within human eye that provides new insight into glaucoma

Medical Imaging Holdings acquires Sonora Medical Systems business from Misonix

New study to boost immune cells for pathogen resistance and vaccine efficacy in elderly

Survival rates for multivisceral transplants increase with new treatment strategies

Center for Health Value Innovation aligns with ACOEM and IBI to launch HPM Clinics

IAN Project launches the Grandparents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Survey

New institutional advertising campaign based on real stories

Individuals who follow the Mediterranean dietary pattern at reduced risk to develop depression: Study

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