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PURE Bioscience reports revenues for fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2009

PURE Bioscience, creator of the patented silver dihydrogen citrate (SDC) antimicrobial, today reported revenues for the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2009 of $221,900 compared with revenues of $110,600 in the same quarter of the prior fiscal year.

12 Dec 2009

Hot Ideas World creates Eye-POD Eye Care Kit

The Eye-POD Eye Care Kit has just been created by an entrepreneurial R&D company in Florida, Hot Ideas World, Inc. The array of easy to use functions in the device changes the way users wear Contact Lenses and use Eye Drops.

11 Dec 2009

Talk To Me Technologies to help customers get funding through Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance

AbleNet, Inc. announces a new program to offer Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance funding support through Talk To Me Technologies, LLC. This service is effective December 2009 for the AbleNet SuperTalker™ progressive communicator and FL4SH™ scanning communicator products.

11 Dec 2009

Proscape CLM6 software enables customers to reach full competitive potential

Proscape Technologies, the pioneer and global leading provider of Closed Loop Marketing (CLM) software for Life Sciences companies, today announced that one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world has elected to capitalize upon Proscape's market-leading software platform as the key component of their global sales and marketing strategy.

11 Dec 2009

Humidifiers may help in reducing flu virus

A newly-released scientific white paper suggests humidifiers may play an important role in reducing the survival of the flu virus on both surfaces and in the air.

11 Dec 2009

Enzo Biochem and Ikonisys sign agreement to market molecular-based cervical cancer test

Enzo Biochem, Inc. announced today that its Enzo Clinical Lab division has entered into an exclusive marketing partnership covering the States of New York and New Jersey with privately-owned Ikonisys, Inc., of New Haven, CT, relating to Ikonisys’ proprietary oncoFISH® cervical test, a laboratory developed test for cervical cancer prevention.

10 Dec 2009

Biomoda, Christiana Care Health System partner in study of CyPath lung cancer diagnostic test

Cancer diagnostics company Biomoda, Inc. today announced that The Helen F. Graham Cancer Center associated with Christiana Care Health System, a screening site for the International Early Lung Cancer Program (I-ELCAP), will recruit a cohort of patients diagnosed with lung cancer to participate in the final stage of the Phase II pilot study of the investigational CyPath® assay, an early-stage diagnostic test for lung cancer.

10 Dec 2009

Three innovative HHS ideas to protect and improve people’s health

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today three innovative HHS ideas that have been developed as a result of a more open and accessible federal decision making process in collaboration between the public, private sector and the federal government.

10 Dec 2009

Tobacco prevention and cessation programs: States cut funding by more than 15%

The states are collecting record amounts of revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, but have cut funding for programs to reduce tobacco use by more than 15 percent in the past year, according to a report released today by a coalition of public health organizations.

10 Dec 2009

Dermal stem cells may be useful for treating diabetic ulcers and neurological disorders

Scientists have discovered a new type of stem cell in the skin that acts surprisingly like certain stem cells found in embryos: both can generate fat, bone, cartilage, and even nerve cells.

10 Dec 2009

Also in global health news: Illegal drug trade in E. Africa; Somalia humanitarian crisis; alcohol, IV drug use in Russia; HIV/AIDS in China; FBOs engage in HIV fight

"[D]ozens of people" from China's Henan province who contracted HIV/AIDS from blood transfusions "demonstrated in front of the country's health ministry in Beijing" to highlight the challenges facing Chinese AIDS patients, the Irish Times reports.

9 Dec 2009

UnitedHealthcare improves access to health care with DocGPS App of Apple’s iPhone

UnitedHealthcare is helping improve access to health care by putting its vast network of doctors, clinics, hospitals and other health care services on a new app just introduced on Apple’s iPhone.

9 Dec 2009

Syclo develops a mobile field service solution in alignment with SAP CRM

Today, Syclo, a market leader in mobile enterprise platforms and applications, announced the availability of a second mobile product resulting from its co-innovation relationship with SAP AG. The new product, SMART Service Manager, was recently selected by a major medical system supplier to hospitals worldwide, to connect their 400 field service technicians to the SAP® Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) application.

9 Dec 2009

First Edition: December 9, 2009

Today's coverage details last night's tentative agreement struck by Senate Democratic negotiators in an effort to clear the public option impasse, and a vote on an abortion amendment.

9 Dec 2009

Elder care robot trial participants recognize mobile robot as 'very safe'

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (http://www.geckosystems.com/) announced today that their many years of focus on mobile robot safety has been recognized by their evaluation trial participants as "very safe."

9 Dec 2009

INOVEM’s Inclusionware aids NWL PCTs in the ‘Get Better’ project

INOVEM, a British developer of collaborative and consultation technology, empowered the North West London Primary Care Trusts (NWL PCTs) to work together and engage with local communities more meaningfully in support of the ‘Get Better’ project.

9 Dec 2009

Human Genome Sciences closes public offering of new issued shares

Human Genome Sciences, Inc. today announced the closing of its public offering of 17,825,000 newly issued shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $26.75 per share, which includes 2,325,000 shares sold upon exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional shares. The net proceeds to the Company from the offering are approximately $456.3 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses.

9 Dec 2009

Personal stories highlight how reform will affect some individuals

News outlets are focusing on the stories of individual consumers to explain how health care reform legislation may affect the lives and health of people around the nation.

8 Dec 2009

Senate vote on abortion amendment - a major hurdle to health bill - could occur today

The Washington Post reports that lawmakers in the Senate began consideration Monday "of an amendment to restrict abortion coverage" and a vote is expected today. The provision, "co-sponsored by Sens. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), would bar individuals who receive federal insurance subsidies from purchasing private policies that cover elective abortions. It also would ban abortion coverage under a government plan" (Murray, 12/8).

8 Dec 2009

First Edition: December 7, 2009

President Obama took to the Hill this weekend to boost Senate Democrats' health reform efforts. Meanwhile, the negotiations on flashpoint issues such as the public option continue.

7 Dec 2009