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Swallowed button battery can generate electrical current and cause serious tissue damage

To mark National Poison Prevention week, Trauma specialists at The Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH) of the McGill University Health Centre are urging parents to seek immediate medical attention if their child has swallowed a button battery. Parents should not assume the tiny battery will harmlessly pass through their child's system.

25 Mar 2011

Simultaneous face and hand transplant announced in the UK

Following the first full face transplant in the U.S., one of the leading surgeons in the U.K. has announced that he’s preparing to carry out a the world’s second simultaneous face and hand transplant.

23 Mar 2011

UDL enters license agreement with Humeca for burn, wound care products

Mylan Inc. today announced that its subsidiary UDL Laboratories, part of the Mylan Institutional business, has entered a license agreement with Humeca, a leading plastic surgery and burn treatment products company, for the exclusive U.S. distribution rights of Humeca products.

23 Mar 2011

CSL Behring presents Hizentra study data against PI at AAAAI meeting

Data presented by CSL Behring today suggest that treatment with higher dose Hizentra correlates with reduced risk of infection and missed school or work among patients with primary immunodeficiencies.

22 Mar 2011

First full face transplant in the U.S. on its way to success

In a first of its kind, Dallas Wiens, a 25 year old construction worker who had suffered severe burns to his head two and a half years ago and lost his face, was given a new face by transplant. Until now he had a face void of features, except for a lipless mouth and a goatee beard. Even his eye sockets were smoothed over with skin taken from other parts of his body. This was after 22 surgical procedures.

21 Mar 2011

Nature's Health announces record sales of 145% for Australian Dream pain relief cream

Nature's Health Connection has announced record sales of their Australian Dream pain relief cream. After a successful television advertising campaign produced by CPG specialists Western Creative, Inc. that highlights Australian Dream's Empty Jar Guarantee, unit retail sales of the product have increased an astonishing 145% over the course of the last year.

18 Mar 2011

BistroMD releases exclusive videos to educate women on menopause, weight gain

BistroMD, the number one physician-designed, chef-prepared meal delivery company in the United States, is releasing a series of exclusive videos where the company's founding physician, Caroline J. Cederquist, M.D., educates women on how to cope with menopause and weight gain.

16 Mar 2011

TSO3 revenue decreases to $7.7 million for fiscal year ending December 31, 2010

TSO3 Inc. an innovator in sterilization technology for medical devices in healthcare settings using ozone, today reported sales for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010 totalling $939,285 representing the sale of four new generation sterilizers to 3M for training purposes.

16 Mar 2011

XTIO2 presents XTI 360 ANTI-GERM SYSTEM to 83rd Academy Award-nominees

XTIO2 INC. (XTI) presented the 83rd Academy® Award-nominees with the XTI ANTI-GERM / ANTI-VOC / ANTI-ALLERGY SYSTEM, consisting of XTI 360™ Nanocoating and XTI™ Nano-Facemask. It is the world's most effective preventive measure and the best defense against germs transmitted via air and contact surfaces.

15 Mar 2011

Argentum responds to recent decision in patent lawsuit against Noble Biomaterials

Argentum Medical, LLC today issued a response to the recent decision in their patent infringement litigation versus Noble Biomaterials, Inc.

15 Mar 2011

UCI's doctor, colleagues earn Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughan Award for osteosarcoma work

UC Irvine's Dr. Bang H. Hoang and colleagues have been presented the 2011 Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughan Award for their work advancing the understanding of how bone cancer spreads.

14 Mar 2011

Halozyme Therapeutics 2010 net loss decreases to $53.2 million

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products targeting the extracellular matrix for the endocrinology, oncology, dermatology and drug delivery markets, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010.

11 Mar 2011

Wii Fit video games can improve health, physical fitness in women

Playing two Wii Fit video games—Step and Hula—can provide adequate exercise to improve health and physical fitness, reports a study in the March issue of The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, official research journal of the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

10 Mar 2011

UCLA, Fibrocell Science enter scientific collaboration to advance cell therapy

Fibrocell Science, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the development of autologous cell therapies for aesthetic, medical and scientific applications, announced today that it has entered into a scientific collaboration with University of California, Los Angeles to research the conversion of dermal fibroblasts into pure functional human cell types that may have greater regenerative capacity.

9 Mar 2011

University of California, Irvine purchase SpineAssist to conduct minimal invasive surgeries

Mazor Robotics Ltd., a developer of innovative surgical robots and complementary products, announced today that the University of California, Irvine Medical Center has purchased SpineAssist, Mazor Robotics' surgical robotic system that enables surgeons to conduct minimally invasive and complex spine surgeries in a safe and accurate manner.

8 Mar 2011

Top-line results from Repligen RG2417 Phase 2b trial results in patients with bipolar depression

Repligen Corporation announced today results of a Phase 2b clinical trial of RG2417, an oral formulation of uridine, in patients with bipolar depression.

8 Mar 2011

LUC, Trinity sign LOI to strengthen Catholic health care

Loyola University Chicago and Trinity Health have signed a Letter of Intent that could lead to the consolidation of Trinity Health and the Loyola University Health System, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University.

5 Mar 2011

Clinton defends State Department budget requests before House panel

In her testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday about President Barack Obama's FY12 budget request, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton also defended the State Department's FY11 budget request, Bloomberg reports. Clinton said the proposed budget cuts for FY11 would be "devastating" to U.S. national security, and U.S. programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq would see "sharp reductions" if the proposed cuts are passed.

3 Mar 2011

New insight: p53 protein controls molecular crossroads in glucose metabolic pathway

The gene for the protein p53 is the most frequently mutated in human cancer. It encodes a tumor suppressor, and traditionally researchers have assumed that it acts primarily as a regulator of how genes are made into proteins.