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Sugary drinks raise risk of heart disease in women: Study

A new study shows that women who take sugared beverages every day may be raising their risk for heart disease, even if their habit is not packing on the pounds. The researchers say the drinks could be anything - sweet tea, soda, or coffee drinks that look like desserts.

14 Nov 2011

Sexual and physical abuse of girls raises risk of heart disease: Study

A new study finds that women who have experienced repeated episodes of sexual abuse during childhood or adolescence appear to have a 62% greater risk for heart disease. Further, severe physical abuse was also associated with a 45% increased risk for cardiovascular or CV events

14 Nov 2011

Bayer and J&J’s blood thinner drug triumphs at late phase clinical trial

Drug makers Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson’s new blood clot preventing drug can provide life-saving benefits at very low doses in patients who suffer from acute coronary syndrome finds a new clinical trial.

14 Nov 2011

Yissum Research and other investors complete additional investment round of $3 million in Avraham Pharmaceuticals

Yissum Research Development Company Ltd., the technology transfer arm of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, today announced that it has participated in a U.S. $3 million financing round of Avraham Pharmaceuticals Ltd. together with Pontifax, Clal Biotechnology Industries (CBI), Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd. (TRDF), Professor Marta Weinstock-Rosin and others.

14 Nov 2011

Cultured ES cells can self-organize into three-dimensional tissue-like structures

The possibility that functional, three-dimensional tissues and organs may be derived from pluripotent cells, such as embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), represents one of the grand challenges of stem cell research, but is also one of the fundamental goals of the emerging field of regenerative medicine.

14 Nov 2011

Stem cell bandage human clinical trial for torn meniscal cartilage

The company behind a pioneering stem cell bandage, believed to be the world's first adult and autologous (patient's own) stem cell treatment designed to heal torn meniscal cartilage, can now take the technology to human clinical trials thanks to an investment from one of the UK's most successful entrepreneurs.

14 Nov 2011

Cambodia set to distribute more than 2.5M mosquito nets by end of year

"Millions of Cambodians are set to receive insecticide-treated mosquito nets as part of a government-led effort to mitigate the risk of malaria and dengue fever," IRIN reports.

14 Nov 2011

Study confirms impact of high-quality CPR on improving sudden cardiac arrest survival rates

ZOLL Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that results from the CIRC trial were presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) 2011 Resuscitation Science Symposium (ReSS) this weekend in Orlando.

14 Nov 2011

HemaCare reports third quarter revenue of $4.0M from continuing operations

HemaCare Corporation announced today that the Company generated 2011 third quarter revenue of $4.0 million from continuing operations and net income of $512,000 or $0.05/share, including net income from discontinued operations of $1,090,000.

14 Nov 2011

Fears about ICD shock during sex leads to performance problems in heart patients

Adults with congenital heart disease and implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) often have a high level of fear and anxiety about the device delivering a shock during sex - resulting in sexual performance problems, according to research (Abstract 14165) presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2011.

14 Nov 2011

Ethiopia reduced child mortality rate by more than half over past 20 years

Ethiopia has reduced its child mortality rates by more than half since 1990, from about 20 percent to 8.8 percent, "through campaigns to increase the number of health workers and clinics throughout the country, government and aid officials said on Friday," Reuters reports.

14 Nov 2011

Cadence proposes $75M underwritten public offering of common stock

Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced its intention to offer and sell $75 million worth of shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.

14 Nov 2011

Bone-marrow derived cells do not improve heart function after attack

NIH-funded trial shows that therapy with bone-marrow derived cells does not improve heart function after six months; future clinical benefits still possible.

14 Nov 2011

Bond Labs third fiscal quarter revenue increases 58%

Bond Laboratories, Inc., a national provider of innovative and proprietary nutritional supplements for health conscious consumers, today announced continued significant revenue growth and positive net income for the third fiscal quarter of 2011.

14 Nov 2011

Gates Foundation infographic on reinventing toilets

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation presents an infographic on reinventing the toilet, as "2.6 billion people still don't have a safe, affordable way to poop."

14 Nov 2011

Surgery to treat lung cancer would increase survival rates

Many more lung cancer patients would survive for longer if they had surgery to remove the disease, according to research published in the European Journal of Cancer.

14 Nov 2011

Top-line results from Probiodrug's PQ912 Phase 1 SAD, MAD study for Alzheimer's disease

Probiodrug AG, a biotech company developing products for the treatment of neurodegenerative and inflammatory diseases, with a particular focus on Alzheimer's disease (AD), today announced top-line results of its Phase 1 single (SAD) and multiple ascending dose (MAD) study of PQ912 in healthy volunteers.

14 Nov 2011

Global demand to join pioneering adult stem cell study to treat ALS

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc., an innovative developer of adult stem cell technologies and CNS therapeutics, today announced that patients from across the globe are demanding to be included in the pioneering clinical study started earlier this year at Jerusalem's Hadassah University Medical Center.

14 Nov 2011

Super committee may delay tax details

As the panel's Nov. 23 deadline approaches and doubts about its ability for success persist, a new approach is emerging in which the panel may opt to postpone politically difficult decisions by deciding the amount of new revenue their deficit-reduction plan would require, but leaving specifics to Congress' tax-writing committees to fill in next year.

14 Nov 2011

Functional MRI illuminates brain networks activated by motion

An estimated 300,000 people in North America are afflicted with dystonia, a disorder characterized by a progressive loss of motor control. Patients with generalized dystonia grapple with involuntary muscle spasms that lead to uncontrolled twisting and turning in awkward, sometimes painful postures.

14 Nov 2011