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Jehovah’s Witnesses’ beliefs do not necessarily put them at risk

Jehovah’s Witnesses do not have a significantly increased risk for complications or long-term mortality after cardiac surgery, researchers say.

10 Jul 2012

Scientists identify novel strategy to target Taspase1 enzyme

Scientists at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany identified a novel strategy to target the oncologically relevant protein-cleaving enzyme Taspase1.

10 Jul 2012

STAT Ticket, Winola Lake partner to provide unique hospital issue reporting system

Winola Lake has partnered with STAT Ticket, a Boston, Massachusetts based software company, to provide a unique hospital issue reporting system.

10 Jul 2012

Bankers Life and Casualty introduces new life and health insurance product

Bankers Life and Casualty Company today announced a new addition to its portfolio of life and health insurance products, Critical Benefit.

10 Jul 2012

ImmunoCellular receives Japanese patent allowance for brain cancer technology

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd., a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel immune-based cancer therapies, announced the allowance of a Japanese patent relating to a technology for the treatment of brain cancer for which the Company holds an exclusive, worldwide license.

10 Jul 2012

FDA acknowledges receipt of resubmission of Human Genome Sciences’ raxibacumab BLA

Human Genome Sciences, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has acknowledged receipt of the resubmission of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for raxibacumab, a treatment for inhalational anthrax, and has established December 15, 2012 as the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date.

10 Jul 2012

Jacobs receives contract to provide information technology services to NIH

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide information technology services to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and certain other government agencies.

10 Jul 2012

Tips to maintain healthy hair

Want more good hair days? Dermatologists say how you wash your hair and the products you use could go a long way in maintaining smooth, shiny hair.

10 Jul 2012

Bristol-Myers Squibb commences cash tender offer to purchase all shares of Amylin common stock

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company is commencing today, through its wholly owned subsidiary B&R Acquisition Company, a cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

10 Jul 2012

Derma Sciences’ MEDIHONEY HCS dressings receive CE Mark

Derma Sciences, Inc., a medical device and pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, announces receipt of the CE Mark for the Company's patented MEDIHONEY HCS (hydrogel colloidal sheet) dressings.

10 Jul 2012

First Edition: July 10, 2012

Today's headlines include findings of a new Washington Post poll indicating Americans remain divided on the health law. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, cracks may be emerging in the Republican's repeal effort.

10 Jul 2012

OREF study to explore how helmet design might protect sport-related head, neck and spine injuries

The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) announced today it awarded a $200,000 Prospective Clinical Research Grant to researchers at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation to study ways to reduce the risk of spine, neck and head injuries to adults and youth playing football.

10 Jul 2012

Book outlines importance of Alzheimer's diagnosis and therapeutic interventions

Karger Medical Publishers Book On Cutting-Edge Alzheimer's Diagnosis and Therapy, with guidance from the Alzheimer's Association. This volume advances emerging concepts for therapeutic interventions and earlier detection and diagnosis of the global epidemic and features internationally leading experts' findings on biomarkers

10 Jul 2012

Increasing obesity could cut some couples' fertility in half

As American waistlines continue to expand, research shows that increasing obesity could cut some couples' fertility in half, leading ultimately to a population decline, says one expert in fertility and obesity.

10 Jul 2012

Abbott announces CE Marking for ARCHITECT HbA1c assay

More than 346 million people worldwide are living with diabetes, and the World Diabetes Foundation estimates that number will increase by nearly 27 percent by 2030. In order to help physicians appropriately monitor treatment efficacy for these patients, Abbott announced today CE Marking (Conformite Europeenne) for the Abbott ARCHITECT HbA1c (IA) Assay.

10 Jul 2012

Photographs of faces may not be adequate proof of a person's identity

Photographs of faces may not be adequate proof of a person's identity and this could have serious implications for the accuracy of passport photographs in determining identity. Research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) shows that an image of a person may look strikingly different from one image to the next. We are told not to smile in our passport photos as a smile distorts the face; but the opposite may actually be true, and a poker face may be the one which distorts normal facial features.

10 Jul 2012

First-ever captivity-bred bat colony to unlock secrets of behavior, cognition

Mysterious creatures that thrive in the dark, bats have long been associated with witchcraft, vampires, and black magic. But according to Dr. Yossi Yovel of Tel Aviv University's Department of Zoology at Tel Aviv University, we have much to learn from these highly intelligent winged mammals. Now he is developing the world's first bat colony born and raised in captivity to unlock the secrets of behavior and cognition, including social hierarchy and structure, communication abilities, and memory.

10 Jul 2012

Laws based on evidence and human rights strengthen global AIDS response

Punitive laws and human rights abuses are costing lives, wasting money and stifling the global AIDS response, according to a report by the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, an independent body of global leaders and experts. The Commission report, "HIV and the Law: Risks, Rights and Health," finds evidence that governments in every region of the world have wasted the potential of legal systems in the fight against HIV.

10 Jul 2012

Nearly 3.8M California adults are food insecure: New policy brief

An estimated 3.8 million California adults - particularly those in households with children, as well as low-income Latinos - could not afford to put adequate food on the table during the recent recession, according to a new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

10 Jul 2012

Quintiles introduces Allume to help biopharmaceutical companies

Quintiles today introduced Allume, a comprehensive go-to-market service to help biopharmaceutical companies efficiently launch new products and shorten timelines to peak sales, while retaining strategic and corporate control of their assets.

10 Jul 2012