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Schizophrenia: Once-monthly INVEGA SUSTENNA not inferior to bi-weekly RISPERDAL CONSTA

Treatment with once-monthly INVEGA® SUSTENNA(TM) is not inferior to treatment with bi-weekly RISPERDAL® CONSTA®, according to new data from a comparative study of both treatments in patients with schizophrenia. Results of the 13-week clinical trial were released this week.

10 Dec 2009

VentriPoint Medical System receives CE Mark approval

VentriPoint Diagnostics Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has received approval to CE Mark its VentriPoint Medical System (VMS) which generates critical heart measurements from 2D ultrasounds in a rapid, accurate and inexpensive manner not currently available.

10 Dec 2009

St. Vincent's Medical Center ensures OSHA compliance with Streamline Health's workflow solution

Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. a leading provider of document workflow solutions for hospitals, today announced that St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has selected Streamline Health to provide a workflow solution to ensure compliance with OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs.

10 Dec 2009

Vitamin K2 in Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica

Cyanotech Corporation, a world leader in microalgae-based, high-value nutrition and health products, today announced its Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica® has achieved another nutritional first. Already the most nutritious Spirulina in the world, it is also a good source of Vitamin K2.

10 Dec 2009

YM BioSciences announces results of collaborative antibody development program

YM BioSciences Inc., today announced the first results of a collaborative program between YM and the National Research Council of Canada's Biotechnology Research Institute (NRC-BRI). Utilizing YM's IntelliMab(TM) technology, the program is designed to generate novel antibodies that target cell surface receptors associated with cancer, uniquely optimized to produce efficacy with reduced toxicities.

10 Dec 2009

David H. Murdock announces the publication of Dole Nutrition Handbook

David H. Murdock, Chairman of Dole Food Company, is pleased to announce the publication of his latest book, The Dole Nutrition Handbook: What You Need to Eat and How to Live for a Longer, Healthier Life.

10 Dec 2009

Regulus Therapeutics to host educational webinar about microRNA biology

Regulus Therapeutics Inc., founded by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., unveiled plans for an educational webinar about microRNA biology that will highlight several recent exciting discoveries in the field and showcase the therapeutic strategies based on microRNA.

10 Dec 2009

Tobacco prevention and cessation programs: States cut funding by more than 15%

The states are collecting record amounts of revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, but have cut funding for programs to reduce tobacco use by more than 15 percent in the past year, according to a report released today by a coalition of public health organizations.

10 Dec 2009

Embryonic signalling pathways suggest a new therapeutic approach to recover from heart attack

Almost a century after it was discovered in fruit flies with notches in their wings, the Notch signalling pathway may come to play an important role in the recovery from heart attacks. In a study published today in Circulation Research, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, are the first to prove that this signalling pathway targets heart muscle cells and thus reveal its crucial role in heart development and repair

10 Dec 2009

Social scientists say compassion is humans' strongest trait

Researchers at UC Berkeley are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing a growing body of evidence to show we are evolving to become more compassionate and collaborative in our quest to survive and thrive.

10 Dec 2009

Ubiquitous health monitoring system can cut hospital visits and save lives

A ubiquitous health monitoring system that automatically alerted the patient's family or physician to problematic changes in the person's vital signs could cut hospital visits and save lives, according to Japanese researchers writing in the International Journal of Web and Grid Services.

10 Dec 2009

Cardiologists receive K23 research grant from NIH

Brian H. Annex, M.D., chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Virginia Health System, says he feels like the coach of a championship team. "Going three for three is truly extraordinary," he says with a mixture of pride and awe in his voice.

10 Dec 2009

UT Southwestern Medical Center program receives HHMI grant

A UT Southwestern Medical Center program designed to teach medical basics and clinical research to graduate students has received $700,000 from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).

10 Dec 2009

Studies raise questions about the role and responsibilities of patients on medication safety

In a new study to asses patient awareness of medications prescribed during a hospital visit, 44% of patients believed they were receiving a medication they were not, and 96% were unable to recall the name of at least one medication that they had been prescribed during hospitalization. These findings are published today in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

10 Dec 2009

New health study reveals Ontario women less likely to receive cardiac care than men

Gender differences persist in the quality of cardiac care across Ontario, according to a health study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).

10 Dec 2009

Study reveals increased discussion on flu vaccines has no significant impact on public's behavior

Seasonal flu vaccination rates among American adults have only slightly improved over last year, despite increased public discussion of the importance of influenza vaccines resulting from the worldwide outbreak of the H1N1 virus.

10 Dec 2009

Second pivotal Phase 3 trial to evaluate investigational Lp-PLA2 inhibitor darapladib initiated

Attached is a press release issued earlier this morning by GlaxoSmithKline, announcing that GSK has initiated its second pivotal Phase 3 trial to evaluate the efficacy of long-term treatment with the investigational Lp-PLA2 inhibitor darapladib in men and women with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

10 Dec 2009

Rise in U.S. disability health care spending, but preventive care may reduce expenditure

Just over one-quarter of U.S. adult health care spending was associated with disability in 2006, according to a new study by researchers at RTI International and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.

10 Dec 2009

Pharmaceutical industry to execute new strategies in the coming year

As they pop the champagne corks to celebrate New Year's Eve, drug industry executives will likely be glad to put 2009 behind them. That's because pharmaceutical companies who make top-selling drugs for heart disease, asthma, and many other conditions had a tough year in the midst of mounting market pressures and a global recession.

10 Dec 2009

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of NIH awards Grand Opportunities grant to BMC

Boston Medical Center (BMC), today announced that it has been awarded a Grand Opportunities (GO) grant by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

9 Dec 2009

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Schizophrenia: Once-monthly INVEGA SUSTENNA not inferior to bi-weekly RISPERDAL CONSTA

VentriPoint Medical System receives CE Mark approval

St. Vincent's Medical Center ensures OSHA compliance with Streamline Health's workflow solution

Vitamin K2 in Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica

YM BioSciences announces results of collaborative antibody development program

David H. Murdock announces the publication of Dole Nutrition Handbook

Regulus Therapeutics to host educational webinar about microRNA biology

Tobacco prevention and cessation programs: States cut funding by more than 15%

Embryonic signalling pathways suggest a new therapeutic approach to recover from heart attack

Social scientists say compassion is humans' strongest trait

Ubiquitous health monitoring system can cut hospital visits and save lives

Cardiologists receive K23 research grant from NIH

UT Southwestern Medical Center program receives HHMI grant

Studies raise questions about the role and responsibilities of patients on medication safety

New health study reveals Ontario women less likely to receive cardiac care than men

Study reveals increased discussion on flu vaccines has no significant impact on public's behavior

Second pivotal Phase 3 trial to evaluate investigational Lp-PLA2 inhibitor darapladib initiated

Rise in U.S. disability health care spending, but preventive care may reduce expenditure

Pharmaceutical industry to execute new strategies in the coming year

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of NIH awards Grand Opportunities grant to BMC

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