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MD Anderson initiates orders of Cesium-131 to help control intermediate risk prostate cancer

IsoRay Inc., a medical technology company and innovator in seed brachytherapy and medical radioisotope applications, announced today that MD Anderson Cancer Center has initiated orders of Cesium-131 brachytherapy (internal radiation therapy) seeds as it continues its clinical research study investigating brachytherapy's ability to help control intermediate risk prostate cancer.

11 Oct 2011

Rwandan government, UNFPA step up campaign to end obstetric fistula

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the World Food Program and Engender Health have partnered with Rwanda's Ministry of Health in "a campaign to treat and end obstetric fistula in women in Rwanda," the New Times/AllAfrica.com reports.

11 Oct 2011

Nexcelom to distribute FCS Express 4 Cytometry Software

De Novo Software, a leading provider of flow and image cytometry data analysis solutions, and Nexcelom Bioscience, a leading supplier of cell counting and analysis products for bioresearch and drug discovery, announced today a licensing agreement enabling Nexcelom to distribute De Novo Software's flagship product, FCS Express 4 Software.

11 Oct 2011

Familiar themes, deadlocks emerge in deficit panel developments

USA Today reports on the strategies interest groups are employing to reach the "super committee's" members. And, Reuters reports the Medigap plans are one of the items being considered by the panel for cuts.

11 Oct 2011

Researchers assess new guidelines for preclinical Alzheimer's disease

Addressing the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease, before a patient shows outward signs of cognitive problems, has sometimes been a challenge for physicians and researchers, in part because they have not been using common and specific terms to describe the disease's initial phases.

11 Oct 2011

Spain's Queen Sofia tours Haiti reconstruction projects amid ongoing cholera epidemic

Spain's Queen Sofia spent two days in Haiti "touring reconstruction projects that the Spanish government and her own foundation hope will improve housing, education, sanitation and health in Haiti," the Associated Press/Washington Post reports.

11 Oct 2011

Diethylstilbestrol in utero affects immune system of the fetus

A synthetic estrogen — diethylstilbestrol (DES), prescribed to women in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s to prevent miscarriages, had serious, untoward effects in daughters of these women, including the development of a rare type of cancer of the uterus.

11 Oct 2011

Researchers issue warning of health crisis in Greece amid country's financial crisis

"Economically vulnerable Greeks are losing health care access amid dwindling budgets, facing higher risks of HIV infection and sexually transmitted diseases, and in some cases, even dying, according to a study released online Monday by The Lancet," the Associated Press/ABC News reports.

11 Oct 2011

First patient treated with MagForce's NanoTherm therapy for recurrent glioblastoma

Nanostart-holding MagForce AG, a leading medical technology company focusing on nanomedicine in oncology, announced today the treatment of a recurrent glioblastoma patient with the company's NanoTherm therapy.

11 Oct 2011

Cholera outbreaks reported in the DRC, Central African Republic

"There has been an increase in the number of cholera cases and deaths in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo where an outbreak has been ongoing since March, say humanitarian agencies," IRIN reports.

11 Oct 2011

Study to examine legal, ethical issues of providing genetic research results to relatives

A team of researchers, Gloria Petersen, Ph.D., of Mayo Clinic, Barbara Koenig, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, and Susan Wolf, J.D., of the University of Minnesota, have received a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute to study the ethical and legal implications of providing genetic research results, such as DNA test results, from tissue donated to research bio banks to relatives of the donor.

11 Oct 2011

WHO reports several large measles outbreaks in Europe, Africa

The WHO reported on Friday "that several large measles outbreaks have continued to spread in the past six months in Europe and Africa, and to a lesser degree in the Americas," the U.N. Media Centre reports.

11 Oct 2011

Safe environments influence women to be physically active

Getting women to meet the U.S. federal government's recommended level of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity remains a huge challenge. A large new study shows that where women live affects just how likely they are to exercise.

11 Oct 2011

Food crises jeopardizing efforts to meet MDG of halving global malnutrition, report says

"Food crises are jeopardizing efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger by 2015, United Nations (U.N.) food experts warned" on Monday, according to the Guardian.

11 Oct 2011

SIS Anesthesia Version 5 receives Drummond Group's ONC-ATCB certification

Surgical Information Systems (SIS), a leader in perioperative information systems, announced today that SIS Anesthesia Version 5 has been certified to meet 2011/2012 Stage 1 meaningful use measures as a modular Electronic Health Record.

11 Oct 2011

Momentum builds for reform in U.S. foreign aid, one of our 'most effective' investments

In this Global Health Magazine opinion piece, Aaron Emmel, senior policy advisor at PATH, examines a momentum for reform in foreign aid that "has been mounting in both Congress and the Administration," writing, "Now we face one of the most austere budget environments in our nation's history, making the need for an efficient, accountable, transparent, effective, and strategic foreign assistance policy all the more important. Clearly, foreign aid needs to be reformed so that it can do the job it was originally intended for: assisting the people who need it most in the most efficient and effective way possible."

11 Oct 2011

Allos to complete merger with AMAG Pharmaceuticals

Allos Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it continues to work with AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. towards the completion of their merger, pending stockholder approval and satisfaction of the other conditions to closing described in Allos' definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on September 15, 2011.

11 Oct 2011

Georgia hospitals present varying financial pictures

One hospital run by Children's Healthcare Of Atlanta had its best financial results of the decade in 2010, but many of the state's independent hospitals are facing hard times. Medical staff issues and attempted aquisitions are also in the news.

11 Oct 2011

Troy High School teacher receives top prize in national ING Unsung Heroes awards program

ING, a leading provider of employer-sponsored retirement plans for educators, businesses, and government and not-for-profit entities, announced that Rebecca Brewer, a biology teacher at Troy High School in Troy, Mich., has received the top prize in the national 2011 ING Unsung Heroes awards program. Through this program, ING awards educators throughout the U.S. grants for innovative teaching ideas.

11 Oct 2011

Governments target contract workers; eye millions lost in payroll taxes, health benefits

The federal government as well as states, including Maryland, are cracking down on employers who treat what should be workers as contractors. Governments are losing millions of dollars in payroll tax and other revenue and workers are losing benefits, including Social Security, health care and unemployment insurance.

11 Oct 2011

Medical News

MD Anderson initiates orders of Cesium-131 to help control intermediate risk prostate cancer

Rwandan government, UNFPA step up campaign to end obstetric fistula

Nexcelom to distribute FCS Express 4 Cytometry Software

Familiar themes, deadlocks emerge in deficit panel developments

Researchers assess new guidelines for preclinical Alzheimer's disease

Spain's Queen Sofia tours Haiti reconstruction projects amid ongoing cholera epidemic

Diethylstilbestrol in utero affects immune system of the fetus

Researchers issue warning of health crisis in Greece amid country's financial crisis

First patient treated with MagForce's NanoTherm therapy for recurrent glioblastoma

Cholera outbreaks reported in the DRC, Central African Republic

Study to examine legal, ethical issues of providing genetic research results to relatives

WHO reports several large measles outbreaks in Europe, Africa

Safe environments influence women to be physically active

Food crises jeopardizing efforts to meet MDG of halving global malnutrition, report says

SIS Anesthesia Version 5 receives Drummond Group's ONC-ATCB certification

Momentum builds for reform in U.S. foreign aid, one of our 'most effective' investments

Allos to complete merger with AMAG Pharmaceuticals

Georgia hospitals present varying financial pictures

Troy High School teacher receives top prize in national ING Unsung Heroes awards program

Governments target contract workers; eye millions lost in payroll taxes, health benefits

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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