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Interleukin Genetics reports 166% increase in overall genetic test revenue for first-quarter 2010

Interleukin Genetics, Inc. announced today financial and operational results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

14 May 2010

Nationwide Children's Hospital offers new gastric sleeve surgical weight loss procedure

A new weight reduction surgical option is now available through the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition at Nationwide Children's Hospital. The newest surgical weight loss procedure offered by the Center is the "gastric sleeve," named as such because a large part of the stomach is removed and the remainder is closed to make a tube-like "sleeve."

14 May 2010

Parents must step up as role models against childhood obesity, says physical education teacher

Over the past 20 years, physical education teacher Terry Wade has seen a dramatic change in her students. Childhood obesity is rampant, and lack of exercise and overeating is leading to serious health problems in kids. What to do? Step up as role models and lead by example, says Wade, who is also a volunteer coordinator for the youth fitness and nutrition program Marathon Kids.

13 May 2010

Researchers to discuss various implications for personalized medicine during one-day symposium

On May 27, researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute and the National Cancer Institute, along with Group Health Cooperative in Seattle and Henry Ford Health System, will debate and discuss that question during the one-day symposium "Multiplex Initiative: Implications for Personalized Medicine."

13 May 2010

Individual's lifestyle choices can affect cholesterol, triglycerides levels: Mayo Clinic Health Letter

Diet and lifestyle choices aren't only evident on the bathroom scale. The effect of these choices is also reflected with relative accuracy in cholesterol numbers.

13 May 2010

Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource offers information about abdominal aortic aneurysms

Abdominal aortic aneurysms have been considered mainly a man's problem. Men, more often than women, develop a weakened and bulging area in the aorta, the body's largest artery, which poses a risk of rupture. But according to the May issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource, women aren't risk free.

13 May 2010

pSivida reports consolidated net loss of $2.7 million for third-quarter 2010

pSivida Corp., a drug delivery company with two of the only three ophthalmic sustained release delivery products approved by the FDA for treatment of back-of-the-eye diseases, today announced financial results for its third quarter and nine months ended March 31, 2010.

13 May 2010

$High dose Vitamin D linked to high rate of fractures and falls$

High dose Vitamin D linked to high rate of fractures and falls

Many women have been regularly taking vitamin D supplements in the hope that it is good for their bones. However a new study has shown that high doses of this vitamin can actually increase the number of falls and fractures in older women.

12 May 2010

Liberator Medical Holdings reports net revenues of $9.65M for second fiscal quarter 2010

Liberator Medical Holdings, Inc. announced today net revenues of $9.65 million for its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2010. Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2010, increased by $161,000, or 169%, to $256,000, compared with net income of $95,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2009.

12 May 2010

Pro-Pharmaceuticals reports net loss applicable to common stock of $2.8M for first-quarter 2010

Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a developer of therapeutics that target Galectin receptors to treat cancer and fibrosis, today reported its financial results for the first quarter, ended March 31, 2010.

12 May 2010

Bioniche third-quarter consolidated revenues increase 111% to $15.6 million

Bioniche Life Sciences Inc., a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, today announced financial results for its Fiscal 2010 third quarter, ended March 31, 2010.

12 May 2010

Merck hosts R&D and Business Briefing

Merck & Co., Inc. today hosted its first R&D and Business Briefing since the completion of the Merck and Schering-Plough merger. The event included a comprehensive review of the company's late-stage pipeline, as well as the company's commercial strategy and progress made in the integration of Merck's worldwide operations.

12 May 2010

Regular exercise plays important role in improving wellbeing of patients with schizophrenia: Review

Regular exercise can play an important a role in improving the physical and mental wellbeing of individuals with schizophrenia, according to a review published in The Cochrane Library.

12 May 2010

Patients who participate in physical therapist-led exercise achieve higher functional mobility: Report

Patients who are critically ill and participate in mild exercise programs led by physical therapists achieve higher functional mobility and spend fewer days in intensive care units and hospitals than those who receive less exercise, according to a report published in the April issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

12 May 2010

CHD mortality rate in Ontario decreased by 35%: Study

From 1994 to 2005 in Ontario, Canada, there was a 35 percent decrease in the rate of deaths from coronary heart disease, with about half of this reduction associated with improvements in traditional CHD risk factors such as total cholesterol levels and systolic blood pressure, according to a study in the May 12 issue of JAMA.

12 May 2010

FDA Dermatology and Ophthalmology Drugs Advisory Committee to review Lux Biosciences’ Luveniq NDA

Lux Biosciences, Inc. today announced that the Dermatology and Ophthalmology Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is scheduled to review its New Drug Application (NDA) for Luveniq™ (oral voclosporin) for the treatment of non-infectious uveitis involving the intermediate or posterior segments of the eye on June 28, 2010.

12 May 2010

Cardiome Pharma records $15.5M net income for first-quarter 2010

Cardiome Pharma Corp. today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. Amounts, unless specified otherwise, are expressed in U.S. dollars and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles used in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP).

12 May 2010

States take legal action against health law

The New York Times reports on the lawsuit challenging the new health law brought by 20 states. "Some legal scholars, including some who normally lean to the left, believe the states have identified the law's weak spot and devised a credible theory for eviscerating it. … The power of their argument lies in questioning whether Congress can regulate inactivity — in this case by levying a tax penalty on those who do not obtain health insurance.

12 May 2010

China Pharma first-quarter revenue up 16% to $15.1 million

China Pharma Holdings, Inc., a leading fully-integrated specialty pharmaceuticals company in China, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

11 May 2010

JHP Pharmaceuticals completes successful GMP/Pre Approval Audit by FDA CDER

JHP Pharmaceuticals' sterile manufacturing site based in Rochester, Michigan completed a successful GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)/Pre Approval Audit by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drug division (CDER).

11 May 2010

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Interleukin Genetics reports 166% increase in overall genetic test revenue for first-quarter 2010

Nationwide Children's Hospital offers new gastric sleeve surgical weight loss procedure

Parents must step up as role models against childhood obesity, says physical education teacher

Researchers to discuss various implications for personalized medicine during one-day symposium

Individual's lifestyle choices can affect cholesterol, triglycerides levels: Mayo Clinic Health Letter

Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource offers information about abdominal aortic aneurysms

pSivida reports consolidated net loss of $2.7 million for third-quarter 2010

High dose Vitamin D linked to high rate of fractures and falls

Liberator Medical Holdings reports net revenues of $9.65M for second fiscal quarter 2010

Pro-Pharmaceuticals reports net loss applicable to common stock of $2.8M for first-quarter 2010

Bioniche third-quarter consolidated revenues increase 111% to $15.6 million

Merck hosts R&D and Business Briefing

Regular exercise plays important role in improving wellbeing of patients with schizophrenia: Review

Patients who participate in physical therapist-led exercise achieve higher functional mobility: Report

CHD mortality rate in Ontario decreased by 35%: Study

FDA Dermatology and Ophthalmology Drugs Advisory Committee to review Lux Biosciences’ Luveniq NDA

Cardiome Pharma records $15.5M net income for first-quarter 2010

States take legal action against health law

China Pharma first-quarter revenue up 16% to $15.1 million

JHP Pharmaceuticals completes successful GMP/Pre Approval Audit by FDA CDER

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