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Phadia launches new allergy and autoimmunity testing instruments

Today Phadia, the global leader in allergy and autoimmune related diseases diagnostics, announced the launch of Phadia's new allergy and autoimmunity testing instruments; Phadia 2500 and Phadia 5000.

23 Aug 2011

Prenatal smoking affects early neurological development in babies

In one of the largest studies of its kind to date, researchers have found that babies born to mothers who smoke while pregnant face substantial delays in early neurological development, and the effects may be stronger than researchers had previously thought.

23 Aug 2011

China Medicine Audit Committee dismisses auditor Frazer Frost

China Medicine Corporation, a leading manufacturer, developer and distributor of Western pharmaceuticals, traditional Chinese medicines, and other health products in the People's Republic of China, today announced that the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, has dismissed Frazer Frost as the Company's independent auditor, effective August 16, 2011.

23 Aug 2011

Ventas receives court ruling to collect $102 million from judgment against HCP

Ventas, Inc. said today that the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky has ruled that Ventas may immediately collect the $102 million compensatory damages judgment against HCP, Inc. that it was awarded by a federal jury in 2009.

23 Aug 2011

Santarus, Depomed enter new commercialization agreement for GLUMETZA

Santarus, Inc. and Depomed, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a new commercialization agreement for GLUMETZA (metformin hydrochloride extended release tablets) under which Santarus will assume broad commercial, manufacturing and regulatory responsibilities to replace a promotion agreement that the companies entered into in July 2008.

23 Aug 2011

IsoRay Cs-131 mesh brachytherapy with da Vinci Robot for lung cancer treatment gains momentum

IsoRay, Inc. said today that a growing number of hospitals and medical treatment centers are adopting its proprietary mesh Cesium-131 (Cs-131) brachytherapy seeds (internal radiation therapy) for use in conjunction with the da Vinci® Surgical System to treat early stage lung cancer patients. One of the most recent adopters is Georgia's Archbold Memorial Hospital.

23 Aug 2011

MedClean second quarter total revenue increases 44.6% to $190,557

MedClean Technologies, Inc. today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011.

23 Aug 2011

Scientists identify molecular pathway that plays a key role in stress-related DNA damage

Working closely with a team of researchers from Duke University, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have helped identify a molecular pathway that plays a key role in stress-related damage to the genome, the entirety of an organism's hereditary information.

23 Aug 2011

Disturbing images and threatening anti-smoking messages can 'boomerang'

Health communicators have long searched for the most effective ways to convince smokers to quit. Now, University of Missouri researchers have found that using a combination of disturbing images and threatening messages to prevent smoking is not effective and could potentially cause an unexpected reaction.

23 Aug 2011

Humanitarians, policymakers to discuss escalating water scarcity and sanitation issues in Stockholm

"More than 2,600 humanitarians and policymakers meet in Stockholm this week to hash out ideas about how to tackle escalating problems surrounding water scarcity and access to sanitation, particularly in urban environments," AlertNet reports.

23 Aug 2011

IFMC changes company name to Telligen

IFMC has changed its name to Telligen, effective today.

23 Aug 2011

Window fall-related injuries more prevalent among U.S. children

Windows are a part of everyday life for children in the United States. While many parents know that windows can be a hazard for their child, they may not be aware just how often things can take a turn for the worse.

23 Aug 2011

Medical Facilities announces cash dividend payment of Cdn$0.0917 per common share

Medical Facilities Corporation announced today that a cash dividend payment of Cdn$0.0917 per Common Share will be payable on September 15, 2011 to holders of record of Common Shares at the close of business on August 31, 2011.

23 Aug 2011

Gains against malaria recognized on World Mosquito Day

Sarah Kline, executive director of Malaria No More UK, writes in the Guardian's "Poverty Matters Blog" about World Mosquito Day, which is recognized annually on August 20 to commemorate the discovery 114 years ago that female mosquitoes transmit malaria among humans.

23 Aug 2011

CTI responds to EMA's Day 120 letter for pixantrone MAA

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it has submitted its response to the Day 120 List of Outstanding Issues to the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use in regards to CTI's Marketing Authorization Application for pixantrone to treat relapsed or refractory aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

23 Aug 2011

Stem cells of oral mucosa stay young, says Tel Aviv University researcher

While highly potent embryonic stem cells are often the subject of ethical and safety controversy, adult-derived stem cells have other problems. As we age, our stem cells are less pliant and less able to transform into the stem cells that science needs to find breakthrough treatments for disease.

23 Aug 2011

Food aid aystem 'needs an overhaul'

The cost of addressing the effects of drought and famine in the Horn of Africa "has soared to $2.5 billion, just to keep malnourished children alive, and the number of people requiring humanitarian aid has doubled" since "November last year, when it would have cost $500 million to prevent the situation from deteriorating," Jo Khinmaung, a food security policy adviser for Tearfund, writes in the Guardian's "Poverty Matters Blog."

23 Aug 2011

DMS receives NIH grant to establish Center of Biomedical Research Excellence

Under an $11-million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) will lead a network of northern New England institutions in recruiting, training, and supporting young quantitative biologists to teach and conduct research into the ways that genes and the environment work together to trigger and prevent disease.

23 Aug 2011

Modern Healthcare names Encore as one of 2011 top Best Places to Work in Healthcare

Modern Healthcare Magazine today named Houston-based Encore Health Resources, a leading provider of advanced information-technology services for the global healthcare industry, as one of its 2011 top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. The selection marks the second consecutive year that Encore has earned the coveted award.

23 Aug 2011

New report: Molecular imaging market to reach $6 billion by 2015

By 2015, it is anticipated that the molecular imaging (MI) market will achieve a value of over $6 billion, according to a new report on companiesandmarkets.com.

23 Aug 2011