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Senator Arlen Specter proposes new amendment to current healthcare reform bill

Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) today proposed a new amendment to the current healthcare reform bill which will preserve access to care for millions of Medicare patients seen by a medical specialist.

14 Dec 2009

Results from Phase 2 trial evaluating Nexavar with capecitabine and paclitaxel presented

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced results from two collaborative group-sponsored randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trials were presented at the 32nd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).

14 Dec 2009

Heart attacks peak during winter months, finds research

Research has found that heart attacks peak during the winter months, and the prevailing hypothesis has been that cold temperatures stress the heart. But in 2004, researchers analyzed 12 years of Los Angeles County death certificates and found that heart attack deaths also rise in the balmy Los Angeles winters.

14 Dec 2009

Combination therapy improves overall survival in women with advanced breast cancer

In a clinical study, women with an aggressive form of breast cancer experienced a median survival of 14 months when treated with an investigational combination of TYKERB® (lapatinib) plus HERCEPTIN® (trastuzumab). The results of the Phase III study in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer were presented during the 32nd Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held in San Antonio, Texas (Dec. 9 - 13).

14 Dec 2009

Study: Ethyl nitrite improves blood flow and organ status during laparoscopy

As good as laparoscopy is in preventing some of the stresses of open surgery on the body, it does have drawbacks, including reduced blood flow and organ dysfunction. Laparoscopy is a type of surgery in the abdomen done through small incisions.

14 Dec 2009

National Vaccine Plan aims to protect Americans from vaccine-preventable illnesses

While vaccines help prevent many diseases in the United States, we lack immunization protection against several serious illnesses, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine that identifies priority areas for updating the National Vaccine Plan.

14 Dec 2009

Study finds widespread variations in CRT use for patients with severe heart failure

Most patients with heart failure likely to benefit from a pacemaker including the capacity for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) do not receive such an implantable device, reports a national study in the December 2009 issue of the American Heart Journal.

14 Dec 2009

NIST and PTB join to test newly developed optical magnetic field sensor

The "magnetically best shielded room on earth" has the size of an apartment block and is located on the site of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Institute Berlin. Magnetic fields such as that of the earth are kept out here as effective as nowhere else.

14 Dec 2009

VNA of Greater Philadelphia expands its home health and specialty services in Bucks County

The Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) of Greater Philadelphia is expanding its traditional home health and specialty services to patients who reside in lower Bucks County.

14 Dec 2009

Patients with elevated CRP and normal LDL levels may benefit from statin therapy

New research shows a long-term benefit in screening people for CRP, a marker for inflammation, even if they have normal levels of bad cholesterol, because of increased long-term risk for heart attack, stroke and death.

14 Dec 2009

Incyte announces positive results from ongoing Phase I/II clinical trial for INCB7839

Incyte Corporation announced today positive results from an ongoing Phase I/II clinical trial for its selective oral sheddase inhibitor, INCB7839, involving 46 patients with HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer.

14 Dec 2009

HSF announces $1 million contribution by The Cowan Foundation to AED program

The Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) today announced a $1 million contribution by The Cowan Foundation to its national Heart&Stroke Restart a Heart, Restart a Life(TM) Automated External Defibrillator (AED) program.

14 Dec 2009

Special issue focuses on cardiovascular disease prevention and outcomes

Emerging research on cardiovascular risk factors and treatment effects are helping clinicians gain a better understanding of which patients are most likely to benefit from close monitoring, lifestyle changes and/or additional therapeutic interventions.

14 Dec 2009

Obese patients loosing moderate amount of weight improve their cardiovascular health, says study

Obese patients who lost a moderate amount of weight by eating less and exercising more improved their cardiovascular health, says a study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

14 Dec 2009

Modified blood adult stem-cell transplant regimen reverses sickle cell disease

A modified blood adult stem-cell transplant regimen has effectively reversed sickle cell disease in 9 of 10 adults who had been severely affected by the disease, according to results of a National Institutes of Health study in the Dec. 10 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

13 Dec 2009

Innovative approaches to develop more effective interventions to reduce obesity

The National Institutes of Health is launching a $37 million program that will use findings from basic research on human behavior to develop more effective interventions to reduce obesity.

13 Dec 2009

By understanding how gene works, scientists may find ways to prevent, cure diabetes

A gene commonly studied by cancer researchers has been linked to the metabolic inflammation that leads to diabetes.

12 Dec 2009

Hansen Medical enters into Confidential Settlement Agreement with Luna Innovations

Hansen Medical, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a Confidential Settlement Agreement (the "Settlement Agreement") with Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ: LUNA) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Luna Technologies, Inc.

12 Dec 2009

Zevalin clinical data presented at 2009 ASH meeting

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a commercial stage biotechnology company with a primary focus in oncology, today announced that clinical data on ZEVALIN (ibritumomab tiuxetan) was presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), which was held December 5-8, 2009 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.

11 Dec 2009

French team develops robotic technology to operate on a beating heart

If you've been waiting for the day to arrive when computers actually start performing surgery, that moment might soon be upon us. A French team has developed a computerized 3D model that allows surgeons to use robotics to operate on a beating heart, according to a report in The International Journal of Robotics Research, published by SAGE.

11 Dec 2009

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Senator Arlen Specter proposes new amendment to current healthcare reform bill

Results from Phase 2 trial evaluating Nexavar with capecitabine and paclitaxel presented

Heart attacks peak during winter months, finds research

Combination therapy improves overall survival in women with advanced breast cancer

Study: Ethyl nitrite improves blood flow and organ status during laparoscopy

National Vaccine Plan aims to protect Americans from vaccine-preventable illnesses

Study finds widespread variations in CRT use for patients with severe heart failure

NIST and PTB join to test newly developed optical magnetic field sensor

VNA of Greater Philadelphia expands its home health and specialty services in Bucks County

Patients with elevated CRP and normal LDL levels may benefit from statin therapy

Incyte announces positive results from ongoing Phase I/II clinical trial for INCB7839

HSF announces $1 million contribution by The Cowan Foundation to AED program

Special issue focuses on cardiovascular disease prevention and outcomes

Obese patients loosing moderate amount of weight improve their cardiovascular health, says study

Modified blood adult stem-cell transplant regimen reverses sickle cell disease

Innovative approaches to develop more effective interventions to reduce obesity

By understanding how gene works, scientists may find ways to prevent, cure diabetes

Hansen Medical enters into Confidential Settlement Agreement with Luna Innovations

Zevalin clinical data presented at 2009 ASH meeting

French team develops robotic technology to operate on a beating heart

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