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Breakthrough opens new avenues for hep C vaccine

Hopes for an effective vaccine and treatment against the potentially fatal hepatitis C virus (HCV) have received a major boost following the discovery of two ‘Achilles’ heels’ within the virus.

12 Sep 2011

Cytta completes first client deployment of remote medical monitoring system

Cytta Corp is pleased to announce that we have now successfully completed the first client installation and deployment of our remote medical monitoring system. This installation enables the Company to commence a full scale roll out of its technology, concentrating initially on our clients consisting of payors and providers, such as: Health Plans, Managed Care Organizations, Health Delivery Organizations, Medical Groups and IPAs, located in the Southern California area.

12 Sep 2011

Modern Plastics named distributor for new EVONIK VESTAKEEP 5000 PEEK extruded stock shapes

Modern Plastics, one of the largest distributors of high-performance and engineering-grade stock shapes and medical-grade plastics, is a distributor for new EVONIK VESTAKEEP® 5000 PEEK extruded stock shapes.

12 Sep 2011

Micronutrient powder helps prevent malnutrition in children up to two years old, study review shows

In a systematic review published by the Cochrane Collaboration last week, researchers found that the micronutrient powder used in recent years to combat malnutrition, anemia and iron deficiency in children was very helpful in preventing malnutrition in children six to 24 months old, VOA News reports.

12 Sep 2011

Marquette General Health System joins Premier healthcare alliance

Marquette General Health System of Marquette, Mich., has joined the Premier healthcare alliance, consisting of more than 2,500 hospitals and 76,000 other healthcare sites, to improve care delivery.

12 Sep 2011

Government funding crisis in Swaziland disrupts supply of HIV/AIDS supplies

"An acute government funding crisis in Swaziland, Africa's last absolute monarchy, is disrupting supplies of HIV/AIDS drugs and hampering the fight against the virus in the country with the world's highest infection rate, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said Friday," Reuters reports.

12 Sep 2011

Parents of teens underestimate own teens' substance use

The latest C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health from the University of Michigan finds that few parents (10 percent) believe their own teens, ages 13 to 17 years old, have used alcohol in the last year and even fewer (5 percent) believe their own teens have used marijuana in the last year.

12 Sep 2011

UB transgenic mouse model of Timothy Syndrome improves understanding of autism

The first transgenic mouse model of a rare and severe type of autism called Timothy Syndrome is improving the scientific understanding of autism spectrum disorder in general and may help researchers design more targeted interventions and treatments.

12 Sep 2011

Risks of infectious disease outbreak portrayed in the film 'Contagion' are 'very real'

In this New York Times opinion piece, W. Ian Lipkin, a professor of epidemiology and a professor of neurology and pathology at Columbia University and a paid technical consultant on the film "Contagion," which opened this weekend, writes about the risks of an infectious disease outbreak as portrayed in the film, stating, "Those risks are very real -- and are increasing drastically."

12 Sep 2011

University of Adelaide research focuses on techniques to treat swallowing disorders

A simple function that most of us take for granted - swallowing - is the focus of University of Adelaide research which could help thousands of stroke sufferers around the world.

12 Sep 2011

Brooke Army Medical Center goes live with Conexus Plexus Asset Tracking System

Conexus Inc. announces its Plexus Asset Tracking System is operational at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, and its associated outlying clinics. Brooke Army Medical Center and its associated outlying clinics went live with over 48,000 trackable assets in the Plexus database.

12 Sep 2011

Reducing malaria incidence could also drastically reduce deaths from bacterial infections, study says

"Reducing the incidence of malaria could also drastically reduce the number of deaths from bacterial infections among children in Africa, a study" published last week in the Lancet found, according to SciDev.Net.

12 Sep 2011

Lantus initiation may help limit weight gain in type 2 diabetes patients

Sanofi announced today data that demonstrates that initiating Lantus® (insulin glargine [rDNA origin] injection) in type 2 diabetes patients leads to better glycemic control and comparable and modest weight gain versus a comparator group consisting of other insulins, oral antidiabetics and dietary changes.

12 Sep 2011

CHRISTUS Health renews Spend and Clinical Resource Management relationship with MedAssets

MedAssets today announced that long-time customer CHRISTUS Health, a Catholic, faith-based, not-for-profit health system headquartered in Irving, Texas, recently elected to renew its Spend and Clinical Resource Management relationship with the company.

12 Sep 2011

Low-dose aspirin increases risk for GI bleeding

The risk of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding needs to be considered when determining the potential preventive benefits associated with low-dose aspirin for cardiovascular disease and cancer.

12 Sep 2011

Health Robotics announces rental program for I.V. Automation solutions

Health Robotics today announced the immediate availability in the United States of an affordable rental program for Health Robotics' undisputed world-leading I.V. Automation solutions i.v.STATION, i.v.SOFT Assist., and i.v.STATION ONCO.

12 Sep 2011

Frontage, Spaulding Clinical enter strategic partnership

Frontage Laboratories, Inc., a global full-service Clinical Research Organization with facilities in the US and China, and Spaulding Clinical Research, LLC, a US-based, leading-edge Clinical Pharmacology Unit, ECG Core Lab, and Medical Device Manufacturer have entered into a strategic partnership agreement.

12 Sep 2011

Pressure on 'super committee' to 'go big' mounts as usual budget-cutting options are explored

Health care advocates are getting nervous as they hone their pitches and prepare for this week's stepped up level of action.

12 Sep 2011

HNL to implement Altosoft's Insight system at anatomic and clinical pathology labs

Altosoft, an innovator in the field of healthcare informatics and business intelligence, today announced that Health Network Laboratories, has chosen to implement Altosoft's Insight system at its anatomic and clinical pathology labs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. With 46 locations throughout the two states, HNL, an affiliate of the Lehigh Valley Health Network, processes nearly five and a half million clinical and anatomic pathology tests each year.

12 Sep 2011

Dome9 Security announces multi-cloud security management platform

Dome9 Security, the leading provider of cloud security management for public and private clouds, as well as for dedicated and virtual private servers (VPS), today at TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 announced the general availability of its new first-of-its-kind, multi-platform security management service that automates cloud server security for both enterprises and cloud hosting providers.

12 Sep 2011

Medical News

Breakthrough opens new avenues for hep C vaccine

Cytta completes first client deployment of remote medical monitoring system

Modern Plastics named distributor for new EVONIK VESTAKEEP 5000 PEEK extruded stock shapes

Micronutrient powder helps prevent malnutrition in children up to two years old, study review shows

Marquette General Health System joins Premier healthcare alliance

Government funding crisis in Swaziland disrupts supply of HIV/AIDS supplies

Parents of teens underestimate own teens' substance use

UB transgenic mouse model of Timothy Syndrome improves understanding of autism

Risks of infectious disease outbreak portrayed in the film 'Contagion' are 'very real'

University of Adelaide research focuses on techniques to treat swallowing disorders

Brooke Army Medical Center goes live with Conexus Plexus Asset Tracking System

Reducing malaria incidence could also drastically reduce deaths from bacterial infections, study says

Lantus initiation may help limit weight gain in type 2 diabetes patients

CHRISTUS Health renews Spend and Clinical Resource Management relationship with MedAssets

Low-dose aspirin increases risk for GI bleeding

Health Robotics announces rental program for I.V. Automation solutions

Frontage, Spaulding Clinical enter strategic partnership

Pressure on 'super committee' to 'go big' mounts as usual budget-cutting options are explored

HNL to implement Altosoft's Insight system at anatomic and clinical pathology labs

Dome9 Security announces multi-cloud security management platform

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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