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APS honors recipients of Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards

The American Pain Society (APS), honored the recipients of its sixth annual Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards recognizing the nation's outstanding pain care centers.

19 May 2012

Health professional training essential to reduce tobacco reliance

Health care professionals do a better job helping people quit smoking when they are trained in smoking cessation techniques, a new Cochrane Library review finds.

19 May 2012

Actavis receives FDA approval for Ropinirole ER Tablets

Actavis Group, an international generic pharmaceuticals company, today announced that it received US FDA approval of Ropinirole Extended-Release Tablets, 2mg, 4mg, 6mg, 8mg and 12mg, a generic equivalent to GlaxoSmithKline's Requip XL.

19 May 2012

Daiichi Sankyo, ArQule complete enrollment in tivantinib plus erlotinib Phase 3 NSCLC trial

ArQule, Inc. and Daiichi Sankyo, Co., Ltd. today announced that recruitment of patients has been completed in the randomized, double-blind, controlled Phase 3 MARQUEE pivotal trial of their investigational selective c-MET inhibitor, tivantinib, in combination with erlotinib in previously treated patients with locally advanced or metastatic, non-squamous, non-small cell lung cancer.

19 May 2012

American Legion applauds U.S. Army's decision to launch review of mental health cases

The nation's largest wartime veterans organization is applauding the U.S. Army's decision to launch a service-wide review of mental health cases dating back to 2001 to ensure that any soldiers suffering from behavioral health illnesses weren't denied appropriate medical retirement benefits.

19 May 2012

Pregnant women should be encouraged to minimise weight gain through diet

Pregnant women, including those who are obese or overweight, should be encouraged to minimise weight gain through diet, according to major new research from Queen Mary, University of London.

19 May 2012

Large survey of genetic variation offers insights into human diseases

A large survey of human genetic variation, published today in the online version of the journal Science, shows that rare genetic variants are not so rare after all and offers insights into human diseases.

19 May 2012

Specialized high volume centers linked with lower rates of death and disability from aSAH

People with bleeding brain aneurysms have the best chance of survival and full recovery if they receive aggressive emergency treatment from a specialized team at a hospital that treats a large number of patients like them every year, according to new guidelines just published by the American Stroke Association.

19 May 2012

BHI expresses concern over use of long-range acoustic devices

In preparation for the thousands of anti-war activists expected to protest outside the NATO summit in Chicago this week, the city has reportedly ordered $1 million worth of riot-control equipment including a 'sound cannon' that can be used to emit pain-inducing sound waves of up to 150 decibels.

19 May 2012

AACN to honor Seattle nurse with Flame of Excellence Award

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) will present the Flame of Excellence Award to Carol Jacobson, RN, MN, for her efforts to educate progressive care and critical care nurses in the care of patients with cardiac disease.

19 May 2012

Personal genetic test results does not drive overuse of expensive medical care

People have increasing opportunities to participate in genetic testing that can indicate their range of risk for developing a disease. Receiving these results does not appreciably drive up or diminish test recipients' demand for potentially costly follow-up health services, according to a study performed by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and colleagues at other institutions.

19 May 2012

Ocera’s Zysa receives CE Mark to treat IBS-d

Ocera Therapeutics Inc., a privately-held biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary agents to treat gastrointestinal and liver diseases, announced today that it has received a CE Mark for Zysa (spherical carbon adsorbent, formerly AST-120) for the treatment of diarrhea predominant IBS (IBS-d), a condition affecting 10-15% of the Western world.

19 May 2012

IAS’ XIX International AIDS Conference to take place in Washington D.C.

This summer, more than 25,000 leading scientists, public health experts, policy-makers, community members, and experts in the HIV/AIDS field from around the world will gather in our nation's capital for the International AIDS Society's XIX International AIDS Conference.

19 May 2012

Masimo's RRa provides similar respiration rate accuracy as capnometry for extubated patients

Masimo announced today a new study published in the May 2012 edition of the British Journal of Anaesthesia demonstrates that Masimo's acoustic respiration rate (RRa) from rainbow Acoustic Monitoring provides similar respiration rate accuracy as capnometry for extubated patients.

19 May 2012

Mount Sinai cancer researchers to present several landmark studies at ASCO meeting

Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers will present several landmark studies, including data on treatment trends in late-stage cancer, a promising multiple myeloma vaccine, and predictive models of soft tissue sarcomas, prostate and bladder cancer, at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting June 1-5, 2012 in Chicago.

19 May 2012

New method can detect and monitor pH changes in living brains

University of Iowa neuroscientist John Wemmie, M.D., Ph.D., is interested in the effect of acid in the brain. His studies suggest that increased acidity or low pH, in the brain is linked to panic disorders, anxiety, and depression. But his work also suggests that changes in acidity are important for normal brain activity too.

19 May 2012

Researchers identify mechanism by which Zds1 protein regulates key function in mitosis

Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) have identified the mechanism by which protein Zds1 regulates a key function in mitosis, the process that occurs immediately before cell division.

19 May 2012

Health Union introduces Migraine Meter mobile app

Migraine Meter, a free mobile app to help patients manage and monitor their migraines launched today by Health Union, LLC. The app features the latest migraine news, patient tips and expert opinions from Migraine.com and an interactive journal with limitless data storage. It is available for download on iPhone and Android smartphones.

19 May 2012

Childhood cancer research computing cluster to support precision medicine clinical trial

The childhood cancer research computing cluster created and donated by Dell for the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) is ready to support the world's first precision medicine clinical trial for pediatric cancer.

19 May 2012

UK-led technologies set to transform treatments on the NHS

Video games, pioneering gene therapies and new medical devices are set to transform treatments on the NHS, with support from the Department of Health and the Wellcome Trust.

19 May 2012

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APS honors recipients of Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards

Health professional training essential to reduce tobacco reliance

Actavis receives FDA approval for Ropinirole ER Tablets

Daiichi Sankyo, ArQule complete enrollment in tivantinib plus erlotinib Phase 3 NSCLC trial

American Legion applauds U.S. Army's decision to launch review of mental health cases

Pregnant women should be encouraged to minimise weight gain through diet

Large survey of genetic variation offers insights into human diseases

Specialized high volume centers linked with lower rates of death and disability from aSAH

BHI expresses concern over use of long-range acoustic devices

AACN to honor Seattle nurse with Flame of Excellence Award

Personal genetic test results does not drive overuse of expensive medical care

Ocera’s Zysa receives CE Mark to treat IBS-d

IAS’ XIX International AIDS Conference to take place in Washington D.C.

Masimo's RRa provides similar respiration rate accuracy as capnometry for extubated patients

Mount Sinai cancer researchers to present several landmark studies at ASCO meeting

New method can detect and monitor pH changes in living brains

Researchers identify mechanism by which Zds1 protein regulates key function in mitosis

Health Union introduces Migraine Meter mobile app

Childhood cancer research computing cluster to support precision medicine clinical trial

UK-led technologies set to transform treatments on the NHS

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