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PhotoMedex revenues decrease 12% to $50.1 million in first quarter 2014

PhotoMedex, Inc. reports financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and announces LCA-Vision stockholder approval of PhotoMedex's previously announced acquisition of all outstanding shares of LCA-Vision, a leading provider of laser vision correction services under the LasikPlus brand.

12 May 2014

Sports Authority, MRA partner to educate public about melanoma

Sports Authority, one of the nation's largest full-line sporting goods retailers, today announced that they have partnered with the Melanoma Research Alliance, the largest private funder of melanoma research, to inform the public about this deadly form of skin cancer and to raise funds to support studies aimed at its treatment and cure. This is the fourth consecutive year Sports Authority has participated in and supported the effort.

12 May 2014

Foundation Medicine obtains CE mark for FoundationOne

Foundation Medicine, Inc. today announced that it has obtained a CE mark for FoundationOne®. The CE mark allows FoundationOne to be placed on the market in the European Economic Area.

12 May 2014

Verastem announces expansion of ongoing COMMAND study in Japan

Verastem, Inc., focused on discovering and developing drugs to treat cancer by the targeted killing of cancer stem cells, today announced the expansion of its ongoing COMMAND study to include clinical trial sites in Japan.

12 May 2014

NSHOA and Caris Life Sciences collaborate to establish personalized cancer care program

North Shore Hematology Oncology Associates and Caris Life Sciences today announced a collaboration to establish a personalized cancer care program for patients in the greater Long Island area.

12 May 2014

Inovio Pharmaceuticals reports total revenue of $2.4 million for first quarter 2014

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.

12 May 2014

Biochemists identify protein that can slow down growth of brain tumors in mice

Much like using dimmer switches to brighten or darken rooms, biochemists have identified a protein that can be used to slow down or speed up the growth of brain tumors in mice.

12 May 2014

Anti-cancer drug delivery method smuggles drug into cancer cell before triggering release

Biomedical engineering researchers have developed an anti-cancer drug delivery method that essentially smuggles the drug into a cancer cell before triggering its release.

12 May 2014

Cervical cancer rates in US higher than previously believed, particularly among older women

Cervical cancer rates in the United States are higher than previously believed, particularly among 65- to 69-year-old women and African-American women, according to a study led by a researcher at the University of Maryland School of Medicine published in the journal Cancer.

12 May 2014

Researchers reveal how protein acts as brake against pathological growth of heart muscle

Cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause of death in the Western world, with heart failure representing the fastest-growing subclass over the past decade.

12 May 2014

Research roundup: Unearthing factors in hospital readmissions; dissecting the enrollment surge

Using inpatient data from an urban teaching hospital, we examined how elements of individual characteristics and neighborhood socioeconomic status influenced the likelihood of readmission ... Patients living in high-poverty neighborhoods were 24 percent more likely than others to be readmitted, after demographic characteristics and clinical conditions were adjusted for. Married patients were at significantly reduced risk of readmission, which suggests that they had more social support than unmarried patients. These and previous findings that document socioeconomic disparities in readmission raise the question of whether CMS's readmission measures and associated financial penalties should be adjusted for the effects of factors beyond hospital influence at the individual or neighborhood level, such as poverty and lack of social support (Hu, Gonsahn and Nerenz, May 2014).

12 May 2014

GE Healthcare, Tesla Engineering announce collaboration to develop ultra high-field MRI systems

Today at the joint meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology, GE Healthcare and Tesla Engineering Ltd. announced that they will collaborate together to produce 7.0 tesla (7.0T) human whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners, and build upon the ten year history of GE innovations in this advanced, technical field.

12 May 2014

New drug approach for safer clean-up of deformed blood vessels in eye

A new drug approach has been developed for safer clean-up of deformed blood vessels in the eye by a research team at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto.

12 May 2014

Whitehead Institute scientists identify genetic cause of hemifacial microsomia

Whitehead Institute scientists have identified a genetic cause of a facial disorder known as hemifacial microsomia (HFM). The researchers find that duplication of the gene OTX2 induces HFM, the second-most common facial anomaly after cleft lip and palate.

12 May 2014

Shorter men live longer, shows research

Short height and long life have a direct connection in Japanese men, according to new research based on the Kuakini Honolulu Heart Program (HHP) and the Kuakini Honolulu-Asia Aging Study (HAAS).

12 May 2014

Study: Calcium supplements may not increase risk of cardiovascular disease in women

Calcium supplements are widely taken by women for bone health. Previous studies have suggested that calcium supplements may increase risk of cardiovascular disease, but the data has been inconsistent.

12 May 2014

Study of rare childhood neurodegenerative diseases identifies new source of DNA damage

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists studying two rare, inherited childhood neurodegenerative disorders have identified a new, possibly common source of DNA damage that may play a role in other neurodegenerative diseases, cancer and aging.

12 May 2014

New Colombia Resources, Phoenix Tears Foundation to develop cannabis-based medicine for skin cancer

New Colombia Resources, Inc., a U.S. company with coal and other resource assets in Colombia, is pleased to announce an agreement of collaboration with the Phoenix Tears Foundation for the research and development of a cannabis based medicine to treat skin cancer in Colombia.

9 May 2014

Flatiron Health agrees to acquire Altos Solutions

Altos Solutions, creators of OncoEMR, the first web-based oncology-specific electronic medical record, today announced an agreement to be acquired by Flatiron Health.

9 May 2014

First Edition: May 9, 2014

Today's headlines include highlights from the first Senate confirmation hearing for Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama's pick for Health and Human Services Secretary.

9 May 2014

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Latest Cancer News and Research

PhotoMedex revenues decrease 12% to $50.1 million in first quarter 2014

Sports Authority, MRA partner to educate public about melanoma

Foundation Medicine obtains CE mark for FoundationOne

Verastem announces expansion of ongoing COMMAND study in Japan

NSHOA and Caris Life Sciences collaborate to establish personalized cancer care program

Inovio Pharmaceuticals reports total revenue of $2.4 million for first quarter 2014

Biochemists identify protein that can slow down growth of brain tumors in mice

Anti-cancer drug delivery method smuggles drug into cancer cell before triggering release

Cervical cancer rates in US higher than previously believed, particularly among older women

Researchers reveal how protein acts as brake against pathological growth of heart muscle

Research roundup: Unearthing factors in hospital readmissions; dissecting the enrollment surge

GE Healthcare, Tesla Engineering announce collaboration to develop ultra high-field MRI systems

New drug approach for safer clean-up of deformed blood vessels in eye

Whitehead Institute scientists identify genetic cause of hemifacial microsomia

Shorter men live longer, shows research

Study: Calcium supplements may not increase risk of cardiovascular disease in women

Study of rare childhood neurodegenerative diseases identifies new source of DNA damage

New Colombia Resources, Phoenix Tears Foundation to develop cannabis-based medicine for skin cancer

Flatiron Health agrees to acquire Altos Solutions

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