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UIC Institute for Juvenile Research centennial anniversary celebrations on Oct. 1

The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine's Institute for Juvenile Research will celebrate its centennial anniversary Oct. 1.

13 Sep 2010

New guidance on making complex decisions about injured athlete's return to play

When is it appropriate for an injured athlete to return to competition? A new three-step framework provides team physicians and other sport medicine clinicians with guidance on making complex decisions about return to play, reported in the September Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine.

13 Sep 2010

HR in Healthcare Forum takes place 17 - 20, October 2010 in Bahrain

HR professionals are challenged with developing robust and next generation recruitment, retention and engagement practices to meet the growing healthcare sector which is estimated to be valued between $15 billion and $18bn and is expected to grow five-fold by 2025.

From IQPC Ltd 13 Sep 2010

Less-invasive alternative to vasectomy

Pro-Vas® – the new faster, less-invasive alternative to traditional vasectomy – was featured Thursday in millions of homes and doctors' offices across the nation on "The Doctors" TV show. This nationally syndicated show highlights significant advancements in the world of health and medicine.

13 Sep 2010

Mental illness costs Canadian economy $51 billion in lost productivity

Mental illness is associated with more lost work days than any other chronic condition, costing the Canadian economy $51 billion annually in lost productivity. In the first study of its kind, researchers from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have calculated the actual cost of mental health leave and found that on average it's double the cost of a leave for a physical illness.

13 Sep 2010

Dr. Siegal & Son introduces CalciOs cookies to relieve heartburn

Dr. Siegal & Son, LLC, a new Vienna, Virginia based company launched by renowned physician and author Sanford Siegal, D.O., M.D., and his son, Matthew Siegal, the duo behind the internationally popular Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET brand, has introduced CalciOs cookies, a snack food that's enriched with calcium carbonate, a common source of dietary calcium supplementation that also neutralizes stomach acid and relieves occasional heartburn. U.S. and international patents are pending.

13 Sep 2010

Leukemia survivor to meet donor of bone marrow transplant

Ann Marie Del Fiacco, a 38-year-old Berwyn mother of two, owes her life to a stranger who volunteered to be a donor for her life-saving bone marrow transplant.

13 Sep 2010

RadNet reports definitive agreement to acquire Image Medical Corporation

RadNet, Inc., a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective, fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services through a network of 191 fully owned and operated outpatient imaging centers, today reported it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Image Medical Corporation, the parent of eRAD, Inc., for $10.75 million in a combination of cash and promissory notes.

13 Sep 2010

Non-invasive brain stimulation helps paralysed stroke patients regain motor function

Stroke patients who were left partially paralysed found that their condition improved after they received a simple and non-invasive method of brain stimulation, according to research in the September issue of the European Journal of Neurology.

13 Sep 2010

Researchers investigate human reovirus with chemotherapy for ovarian cancer

Researchers are now investigating whether the human reovirus, when prescribed along with chemotherapy, will provide a desperately needed "one-two punch" against ovarian cancer.

13 Sep 2010

Health risk assessments

At various points in our lives, we're curious about our health risks, wondering about our susceptibility for everything from high cholesterol to a deadly inherited disease. We might want to learn more about our risks when we reach a certain age or experience a bout of bad health; when we hear about a friend or co-worker coping with a dreaded illness; or read the latest headlines about disease research.

13 Sep 2010

Six California-based institutions collaborate to guide CDU

Six California-based institutions specializing in health, hospital, university and nonprofit health announced today the formation of a new and unprecedented collaboration effort to rescue, restructure, reinvigorate and guide Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) towards a new, resurgent and financially viable future.

13 Sep 2010

Defining best practices in palliative care in Europe

Palliative care is not just about pain relief, albeit an important component, but embraces a wide range of patient care, with the aim of improving the quality of a patient's life and upholding his or her sense of dignity. Palliative care - not to be confused with 'care at any cost'- implies the involvement of patients' families, as active caregivers as well as people to take care of: their quality of life is also a primary objective.

13 Sep 2010

eMedischedule.com to provide online appointment scheduling system for clinics

eMedischedule.com, a provider of online clinic scheduling and medical scheduling technology, has been selected by the South Central Public Health District in Twins Falls, ID., to provide customized online scheduling and automated virtual call center technology to support its clinic and office scheduling needs.

13 Sep 2010

Court of Appeals favors Lilly in third-party payor suit

Eli Lilly and Company today announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has agreed with Lilly's position that a class should not have been certified in a pending third-party payor suit, in which unions and insurers who act as third-party payors alleged that they overpaid for Zyprexa prescriptions. The court also agreed with Lilly that plaintiffs' overpricing claims should not go forward.

13 Sep 2010

Myconostica presents data of MycAssay for Pneumocystis detection

Myconostica Ltd, the UK-based medical diagnostic company developing and commercialising rapid and highly specific tests for life-threatening fungal infections, today presented positive data from a multi-centre prospective evaluation of MycAssay Pneumocystis, the Company's CE marked diagnostic product for detection of Pneumocystis DNA in respiratory samples.

13 Sep 2010

Scientific advances in glycomics

The glycome, encompassing all of the complex sugars produced by an organism, is comprised of multiple families of molecules whose function in the human body is often determined by the structure, composition, and placement of the attached sugars, as explored in a comprehensive look at the field of glycomics in a group of key articles in OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. (www.liebertpub.com). The relevant articles are available free online at www.liebertpub.com/omi.

13 Sep 2010

Basketball-related traumatic brain injuries increase 70% over 11-year study period

A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital examined basketball-related injuries treated in emergency departments among children and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 19 from 1997 to 2007. According to the study, more than 4 million basketball-related injuries were treated in emergency departments during the 11-year study. While the number of injuries decreased 22 percent over the course of the study, the average number of injuries per year (375,350) remained high.

13 Sep 2010

CAP forges collaboration with CAP-ACP and RCPA for development of cancer protocols

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) recently signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with the Canadian Association of Pathologists (CAP-ACP) and the Royal College of Pathologists Australasia (RCPA), forging a collaboration in the development of cancer datasets, also called protocols. The CAP Cancer Protocols are designed as a guideline for definitive cancer reporting.

13 Sep 2010

Cell quality control mechanism research paves way for new understanding of neurodegenerative diseases

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have solved a long-standing mystery of how cells conduct "quality control" to eliminate the toxic effects of a certain kind of error in protein production. The findings may lead to a better understanding of a host of neurodegenerative diseases.

13 Sep 2010