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Mediaplanet releases Kidney Health report to targeted markets in USA

On April 29, 2011, Mediaplanet Publishing released a Kidney Health report to targeted markets in USA Today. The report will be distributed to 1 million readers with contributions from Kidney Cancer Association, National Kidney Foundation, Fresenius Medical Care North America, UKidney, Medical Education Institute, and National Kidney Registry.

30 Apr 2011

USHIFU announces results from clinical investigation of Sonablate HIFU to treat prostate cancer

USHIFU LLC, a world leader in minimally invasive high intensity focused ultrasound technologies and manufacturer of the Sonablate 500 (Sonablate) medical device, announces results from the first-ever prospective clinical investigation of HIFU with the Sonablate to focally treat prostate cancer, a modality in which only the confirmed cancerous regions within the gland are treated as opposed to the entire prostate. Results from the study appear in this month's Journal of Urology.

30 Apr 2011

Three hundred neurosurgeons to participate in Central Park softball tournament

With summer just around the corner, that means the Annual Neurosurgery Charity Softball Tournament will take place in Central Park for the eighth consecutive year.

30 Apr 2011

ED providers need to assess STI risks in adolescents: Instructor of pediatrics

All adolescent females who show up in the emergency department complaining primarily of lower abdominal pain and/or urinary or genital symptoms should be tested for sexually transmitted infections, according to the authors of a study to be presented Saturday, April 30, at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Denver.

30 Apr 2011

Combining CT with FDG-PET improves treatment options for head, neck cancer patients

Combining computerized tomography with fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography images results in significantly more defined tumor outlines and potentially different treatment options in head and neck cancer patients compared to using CT alone, according to research presented today, at the Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium in Atlanta.

30 Apr 2011

Bristol-Myers Squibb first quarter net sales increase 5% to $3.3 billion

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced first quarter results that included strong sales and earnings growth, and several key R&D milestones—most notably U.S. regulatory approval for YERVOY. The company also confirmed guidance for the year.

30 Apr 2011

Mammography screening can benefit women under age 50

Screening mammography benefits women between 40 and 49 years of age, and excluding this population from annual exams under the revised Preventative Service Task Force mammography guidelines would negatively impact survival, according to research presented this week at the American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting.

30 Apr 2011

Expert to present latest transplant research findings at ATC 2011

Available for expert commentary on the latest research findings presented at the 2011 American Transplant Congress in Philadelphia, April 30 to May 4, is Dr. Sandip Kapur, chief of transplant surgery and director of kidney and pancreas transplant programs at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and a leading authority on transplantation.

30 Apr 2011

Centocor Ortho Biotech Products withdraws NDA for trabectedin for treatment of women with ROC

Centocor Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., today announced that it has voluntarily withdrawn the New Drug Application for trabectedin for the treatment of women with recurrent ovarian cancer. The withdrawal is based on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recommendation that an additional Phase 3 study be conducted to obtain approval.

30 Apr 2011

International Society of Nephrology honors BIDMC Co-director for immune tolerance research

Terry Strom, MD, Co-director of the Transplant Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and a leader in the field of immune tolerance research, was awarded the 2011 Alfred Newton Richards Award from the International Society of Nephrology during a program held earlier this month as part of the World Congress of Nephrology 2011 in Vancouver, Canada.

30 Apr 2011

Early interventions can help cease smoking

Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of premature, preventable death in the United States. Each year smoking causes an average of 438,000 deaths from cancer, heart disease, stroke, and lung disease, according to the National Cancer Institute.

30 Apr 2011

Winner of MDEA Lifetime Achievement Award announced

UBM Canon's Medical Design Excellence Awards has announced the winner of the Medical Design Excellence Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. This award honors an individual whose contributions during a long career have had a demonstrable impact on technological, business, and cultural advancements in medical devices.

30 Apr 2011

Health practitioners need to assess health literacy to overcome barrier to quality care: MD Anderson nurse

Low health literacy is a significant barrier to quality care, especially among elderly patients, but increased use of simple and effective health literacy assessment tests by nurses and clinicians can help improve communication and health outcomes.

30 Apr 2011

Brain function variations may increase person's risk of drug abuse

One can look at drug addiction as a moral issue, a social ill, or a criminal problem. But Lynn Oswald's experience studying the neuroscience of addiction tells her that it is something else entirely: a disease of the brain.

30 Apr 2011

Opinions: NCDs must be tackled worldwide; myths surround usefulness of foreign aid

Jake Marcus, a post-bachelor fellow at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, examines why non-communicable diseases have been a neglected part of global health care in a New Republic opinion piece.

30 Apr 2011

Healthcare advertising agencies earn Med Ad News recognition

UBM Canon has announced the winners of the 22nd annual Med Ad News Manny Awards 2011. The gala event, held at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, culminated with the naming of AbelsonTaylor Inc. as Agency of the Year: Category I.

30 Apr 2011

ATRN experts to improve health in Appalachian region

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, residents of many Appalachian counties are three times more likely to die from diabetes than someone living in other counties in the same state, or in most other parts of the United States. Now, a group of seven regional academic centers and community organizations have joined forces to change those health disparities and improve health through the creation of the Appalachian Translational Research Network.

30 Apr 2011

University of South Florida researcher earns Everfront Award for stem cell study

Dr. Paul Sanberg, Distinguished University Professor and senior associate vice president for research and innovation at the University of South Florida, received the Everfront Award at the 4th Pan Pacific Symposium on Stem Cell and Cancer Research held earlier this month in Taichung, Taiwan.

30 Apr 2011

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals reports net loss of $6.4 million for first quarter 2011

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of medically important pharmaceutical products for the treatment of cancer and renal disease, today announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

30 Apr 2011

New guide to help cancer patients manage symptoms, side effects

Cancer patients can be hit with a nasty array of symptoms and side effects, from anemia and anxiety to hair loss and hot flashes. Some of these problems can be so overwhelming that they cause patients to abandon life-saving treatments.

30 Apr 2011

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Mediaplanet releases Kidney Health report to targeted markets in USA

USHIFU announces results from clinical investigation of Sonablate HIFU to treat prostate cancer

Three hundred neurosurgeons to participate in Central Park softball tournament

ED providers need to assess STI risks in adolescents: Instructor of pediatrics

Combining CT with FDG-PET improves treatment options for head, neck cancer patients

Bristol-Myers Squibb first quarter net sales increase 5% to $3.3 billion

Mammography screening can benefit women under age 50

Expert to present latest transplant research findings at ATC 2011

Centocor Ortho Biotech Products withdraws NDA for trabectedin for treatment of women with ROC

International Society of Nephrology honors BIDMC Co-director for immune tolerance research

Early interventions can help cease smoking

Winner of MDEA Lifetime Achievement Award announced

Health practitioners need to assess health literacy to overcome barrier to quality care: MD Anderson nurse

Brain function variations may increase person's risk of drug abuse

Opinions: NCDs must be tackled worldwide; myths surround usefulness of foreign aid

Healthcare advertising agencies earn Med Ad News recognition

ATRN experts to improve health in Appalachian region

University of South Florida researcher earns Everfront Award for stem cell study

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals reports net loss of $6.4 million for first quarter 2011

New guide to help cancer patients manage symptoms, side effects

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