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Health policy research roundup: Long-term care, diabetes disparities, health IT

Annals of Internal Medicine: Cultural Competency Training and Performance Reports to Improve Diabetes Care for Black Patients - In this study, researchers measure the effects cultural competency training and performance training for physicians has on the clinical outcomes for black patients with diabetes.

8 Jan 2010

Japanese MHLW approves Abbott's XIENCE V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System

Abbott announced today that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has approved its XIENCE V® Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System for the treatment of coronary artery disease.

8 Jan 2010

Jamba Juice and CAHPERD join to introduce the 2010 Jamba Jump Day event

Jamba Juice Company and The California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD) announced today its shared mission to keep California's children healthy and active with the 2010 Jamba Jump Day(TM) event -- a mass attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the "Most People Jumping/Skipping Rope at the Same Time".

8 Jan 2010

ESF-UB Conference to concentrate on potentially clinically relevant polymorphisms

Pharmacogenetics started in the fifties with the discovery of primaquine-related haemolysis among glucose-6-phosphate deshydrogenase deficient patients. At the end of the century, it progressively evolved into Pharmacogenomics, investigating simultaneously multiple gene targets till covering the whole genome in relation with altered drug response.

8 Jan 2010

Critically ill children with flu-like symptoms should be treated preemptively with antiviral medications

Lessons learned from the first 13 children at Johns Hopkins Children's Center to become critically ill from the H1N1 virus show that although all patients survived, serious complications developed quickly, unpredictably, with great variations from patient to patient and with serious need for vigilant monitoring and quick treatment adjustments.

8 Jan 2010

Scientists and clinicians address diagnosis and treatment for autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases

Autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases are a major health issue. The National Institutes of Health reports that up to 23.5 million Americans are afflicted. The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association reports the number is closer to 50 million. Scientists and clinicians at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston can address the diagnosis and treatment of these conditions, as well as the latest advances in research.

8 Jan 2010

Chinese researchers become the world's fifth most prolific contributors to regenerative medicine

Chinese researchers have become the world's fifth most prolific contributors to peer-reviewed scientific literature on clock-reversing regenerative medicine even as a skeptical international research community condemns the practice of Chinese clinics administering unproven stem cell therapies to domestic and foreign patients.

8 Jan 2010

Amira Pharmaceuticals achieves another development milestone in its FLAP program

Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has achieved another development milestone in its FLAP program, which is partnered with GlaxoSmithKline. This milestone is related to the successful development of a solid dose formulation, which is critical for future development and commercialization activities.

8 Jan 2010

LAB Research completes research and development program that involves pulmonary monitoring system

LAB Research Inc. ("LAB" or "LAB Research"),a Canadian-based global non-clinical contract research organization, today announced that it recently completed a research and development program that involves real time quantitative pulmonary monitoring of non-human primates using wireless telemetry technology.

8 Jan 2010

Use of technology that expands access to qualified radiologist leads to earlier diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer

Use of technology that expands access to the most qualified radiologist will lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, said MedSolutions, a leading provider of medical cost management services.

8 Jan 2010

Sinexus renamed as Intersect ENT; begins clinical study on new bioabsorbable stent

Sinexus has changed its name to Intersect ENT. Intersect's initial focus is a bioabsorbable drug eluting stent to treat patients with chronic sinusitis, a debilitating condition that affects 37 million people each year and is more prevalent than heart disease or asthma.

8 Jan 2010

Scientists identify gene underlying a disease that causes temporary paralysis of skeletal muscle

Scientists have identified a gene underlying a disease that causes temporary paralysis of skeletal muscle. The finding, they say, illustrates how investigations of rare genetic diseases can drive insights into more common ones.

8 Jan 2010

MicroCHIPS raises $16.5 million to fund for diabetes and osteoporosis programs

MicroCHIPS, Inc., a developer of intelligent implant systems, has raised $16.5 million to fund its lead programs in diabetes and osteoporosis. Current investors Polaris Venture Partners, Novartis Venture Fund, Flybridge Capital Partners, Medtronic, Saints Capital, Intersouth Partners, Care Capital and CSK Venture Capital were joined by new investor InterWest Partners.

8 Jan 2010

Emerging Healthcare Solutions seeks business opportunities with new, patented T-Guide Platelet Function Analyzer

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. under their exclusive option agreement with Thrombovision, has begun due diligence to aggressively seek the establishment of business opportunities with the new patented T-Guide Platelet Function Analyzer.

8 Jan 2010

Abiomed announces preliminary third quarter fiscal 2010 revenue

Abiomed, Inc., a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies designed for heart recovery, today announced preliminary third quarter fiscal 2010 revenue of approximately $22.8 million, up 32% compared to revenue of $17.3 million for the same period of fiscal 2009.

8 Jan 2010

Young men with HIV infection have coronary atherosclerotic plaques: MGH study

A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study has found that relatively young men with longstanding HIV infection and minimal cardiac risk factors had significantly more coronary atherosclerotic plaques - some involving serious arterial blockage - than did uninfected men with similar cardiovascular risk.

8 Jan 2010

Nation's best cardiac programs team up to offer improved heart care

Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach is among Florida's most renowned heart hospitals. New York's Columbia University Medical Center is ranked among the nation's top cardiovascular programs. Together, they take the best heart care and make it better for South Florida

8 Jan 2010

University Hospitals Case Medical Center conducts Phase 2 clinical trial of gene therapy for AD

University Hospitals Case Medical Center is one of 12 sites conducting the first Phase 2 clinical trial of a gene therapy for Alzheimer's disease (AD). The study uses a viral-based gene transfer system called CERE-110, which is designed to deliver nerve growth factor (NGF) into the brain.

8 Jan 2010

Genzyme enters into mutual cooperation agreement with Relational Investors

Genzyme Corporation and San-Diego based institutional investor Relational Investors LLC announced today that they have entered into a mutual cooperation agreement. Relational, a $6 billion private investment fund, began investing in Genzyme shares in late 2008 and currently owns approximately 4 percent of the company’s common stock.

8 Jan 2010

Final health care reform legislation requires comprehensive coverage of smoking cessation treatment

As Congress negotiates a final health care reform bill, lawmakers should seize this unprecedented opportunity to invest in proven measures that prevent costly diseases from occurring in the first place, which will improve health and reduce health care costs. These include measures to prevent and reduce tobacco use, which remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, killing more than 400,000 people and costing the nation $96 billion in health care expenditures annually.

8 Jan 2010

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Health policy research roundup: Long-term care, diabetes disparities, health IT

Japanese MHLW approves Abbott's XIENCE V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System

Jamba Juice and CAHPERD join to introduce the 2010 Jamba Jump Day event

ESF-UB Conference to concentrate on potentially clinically relevant polymorphisms

Critically ill children with flu-like symptoms should be treated preemptively with antiviral medications

Scientists and clinicians address diagnosis and treatment for autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases

Chinese researchers become the world's fifth most prolific contributors to regenerative medicine

Amira Pharmaceuticals achieves another development milestone in its FLAP program

LAB Research completes research and development program that involves pulmonary monitoring system

Use of technology that expands access to qualified radiologist leads to earlier diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer

Sinexus renamed as Intersect ENT; begins clinical study on new bioabsorbable stent

Scientists identify gene underlying a disease that causes temporary paralysis of skeletal muscle

MicroCHIPS raises $16.5 million to fund for diabetes and osteoporosis programs

Emerging Healthcare Solutions seeks business opportunities with new, patented T-Guide Platelet Function Analyzer

Abiomed announces preliminary third quarter fiscal 2010 revenue

Young men with HIV infection have coronary atherosclerotic plaques: MGH study

Nation's best cardiac programs team up to offer improved heart care

University Hospitals Case Medical Center conducts Phase 2 clinical trial of gene therapy for AD

Genzyme enters into mutual cooperation agreement with Relational Investors

Final health care reform legislation requires comprehensive coverage of smoking cessation treatment

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