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Obecure granted patent covering betahistine with olanzapine for mitigating antipsychotic drug associated weight gain

Obecure Ltd., a subsidiary of Bio-Light Israeli Life Science Investments Ltd., has received notice of allowance from the US Patent Office for its two key patent applications covering methods of use and compositions covering the use of betahistine with olanzapine for the mitigation of the serious weight gain associated as a side effect of the antipsychotic drug.

23 Feb 2010

AMICAS issues statement on Merge Healthcare's views on acquisition proposal

AMICAS, Inc., a leader in image and information management solutions, today responded to a press release issued earlier today by Merge Healthcare Incorporated, regarding Merge's acquisition proposal. AMICAS Board of Directors has already considered and publicly rejected Merge's acquisition proposal.

23 Feb 2010

Older diabetes patients with high stress levels are more likely to experience memory loss

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh studied more than 900 men and women aged between 60 and 75 with type-2 diabetes, which tends to be common after the age of 40.

23 Feb 2010

Study to restrict hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers

study published in the March 2010 issue of the journal Anesthesiology gives researchers new insights in how to better understand and control a severe side effect of hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs), often referred to as "artificial blood."

23 Feb 2010

Multidisciplinary, team-based approach can reduce mortality rates in ICUs

The severe shortage of specially-trained intensivist physicians has hospital intensive care units (ICUs) nationwide struggling to staff units with critical care teams led by intensivists, even though the presence of these specially trained physicians reduces the risk of death for patients in the ICU.

23 Feb 2010

Humans can harbor bacteria in gallstones, infect others with active typhoid fever

A new study suggests that the bacteria that cause typhoid fever collect in tiny but persistent communities on gallstones, making the infection particularly hard to fight in so-called "carriers" - people who have the disease but show no symptoms.

23 Feb 2010

Belgian Hospital completes certification training for SynCardia's Total Artificial Heart implant

On Feb. 25 & 26, the surgical team from Onze Lieve Vrouw (OLV) Hospital Aalst, led by surgeons Ivo Deblier, MD, and Karl Dossche, PhD, and accompanied by anesthesiologist Koen De Decker, MD, will become the first hospital in Belgium and the 50th hospital in the world to complete the first phase of certification training to implant the SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart.

23 Feb 2010

New cardiac imaging technique reduces radiation exposure compared to standard helical scan

In a new study published in the March issue of Radiology, researchers from Columbia University and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute have determined that an imaging exam of the heart using the latest generation of CT technology exposes patients to as much as 91 percent less radiation than standard helical CT scanning.

23 Feb 2010

Committee calls for strategies to curb hypertension

Public health officials and health care providers need to step up their efforts to reduce Americans' increasing rates of high blood pressure and better treat those with the condition, which triggers more than one-third of heart attacks and almost half of heart failures in the United States each year, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

23 Feb 2010

Black women are more prone to peripartum cardiomyopathy around childbirth time

A study examining the incidence of peripartum cardiomyopathy in women who gave birth at a Medical College of Georgia's teaching hospital between July 2003 and July 2008, showed that while 55 percent of the women were white, 93 percent of those who developed cardiomyopathy were black, said Dr. Mindy B. Gentry, an MCG cardiologist.

23 Feb 2010

Acute stroke care and clinical outcomes improve substantially with stroke program

Acute stroke care and clinical outcomes have improved significantly at hospitals participating in the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program, according to a large study in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association.

23 Feb 2010

Heartware completes patient enrollment for ADVANCE clinical trial

HeartWare International, Inc., a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, today announced the conclusion of patient enrollment under its "ADVANCE" clinical trial.

23 Feb 2010

Gene study provides new clues to fight infections

Investigators at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston examined for the first time the long-term response to strep throat on a genome-wide level, shedding light on how group A streptococcus interacts with the patient's immune system and attempts to circumvent it.

23 Feb 2010

Study shows hospitals costs vary widely and are not associated with quality of care

The costs that hospitals incur in treating patients vary widely and do not appear to be strongly associated either with the quality of care patients receive or their risk of dying within 30 days, according to a report in the February 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

23 Feb 2010

Cancer Institute awards MCRA designation to Cooper University Hospital

Enhancing its collective strength in the area of oncology research in the state, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey has announced that Cooper University Hospital will be the fourth affiliate hospital within its Network to receive the prestigious Major Clinical Research Affiliate designation.

23 Feb 2010

Senate, FDA reports increasing concerns about controversial diabetes drug

"Hundreds of people taking Avandia, a controversial diabetes medicine, needlessly suffer heart attacks and heart failure each month, according to confidential government reports that recommend the drug be removed from the market ... ," The New York Times reports. "The internal F.D.A. reports are part of a fierce debate within the agency over what to do about Avandia, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline."

23 Feb 2010

BioSante Pharmaceuticals' ongoing LibiGel Phase III clinical development program: Additional positive data

BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced additional positive safety data in its ongoing LibiGel Phase III clinical development program. For the second time, unblinded data have been reviewed by the independent DMC of the LibiGel Cardiovascular and Breast Cancer Safety Study. Based on this review, the DMC once again unanimously recommended continuation of the study as described in the FDA-agreed LibiGel safety study protocol, with no modifications.

22 Feb 2010

Insurers rebut criticisms of profits, rates

As the Obama Administration seizes on a proposed 39-percent rate hike by a California insurer earlier this month to rally new support for a health overhaul, that insurer's top executive is preparing to go before Congress, The Associated Press/Los Angeles Times reports.

22 Feb 2010

BHL litigation against Health Diagnostic Laboratory: Celera addresses business impact

Celera Corporation today provided information on litigation filed by Berkeley HeartLab, Inc. (“BHL”), Celera’s wholly-owned subsidiary, against Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc. and several former employees of BHL, including five sales representatives who left the Company on January 1, 2010, and two former laboratory employees.

22 Feb 2010

PanGenex provides information in response to inquiries about STC

PanGenex Corporation, a global nutraceutical and dietary supplement manufacturer and marketer, today provided information in response to inquiries about Soft Tissue Calcification ("STC") and the Company's products.

22 Feb 2010

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Obecure granted patent covering betahistine with olanzapine for mitigating antipsychotic drug associated weight gain

AMICAS issues statement on Merge Healthcare's views on acquisition proposal

Older diabetes patients with high stress levels are more likely to experience memory loss

Study to restrict hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers

Multidisciplinary, team-based approach can reduce mortality rates in ICUs

Humans can harbor bacteria in gallstones, infect others with active typhoid fever

Belgian Hospital completes certification training for SynCardia's Total Artificial Heart implant

New cardiac imaging technique reduces radiation exposure compared to standard helical scan

Committee calls for strategies to curb hypertension

Black women are more prone to peripartum cardiomyopathy around childbirth time

Acute stroke care and clinical outcomes improve substantially with stroke program

Heartware completes patient enrollment for ADVANCE clinical trial

Gene study provides new clues to fight infections

Study shows hospitals costs vary widely and are not associated with quality of care

Cancer Institute awards MCRA designation to Cooper University Hospital

Senate, FDA reports increasing concerns about controversial diabetes drug

BioSante Pharmaceuticals' ongoing LibiGel Phase III clinical development program: Additional positive data

Insurers rebut criticisms of profits, rates

BHL litigation against Health Diagnostic Laboratory: Celera addresses business impact

PanGenex provides information in response to inquiries about STC

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