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Synthetic blood saves life

In a medical first, a revolutionary synthetic blood has saved the life of a Victorian woman. Doctors at The Alfred brought Tamara Coakley, 33, back from the brink of death after a horrific car crash left her with severe blood loss and dangerously close to heart failure.

5 May 2011

Health officials concerned with mental health problems after QLD floods

According to health experts Ipswich residents need to look out for the mental health of friends and family with the effects of January’s floods still weighing on many people. The Australian Medical Association of Queensland (AMAQ) launched the See the Signs awareness campaign this week to help people spot symptoms of mental health issues like depression.

5 May 2011

CanTeen launches groundbreaking cancer support system

For these young people, a parent’s cancer can cause great disruption to routines and relationships and can contribute to immense feelings of anxiety and isolation. CanTeen offers young people dealing with their parent's cancer a powerful dual support system in the form of an innovative Offspring Support Program (being launched in Melbourne on 11 May and Brisbane on 17 May, with plans to go national) and a practical FREE resource book Now What…? Dealing with your parent’s cancer, which may be the only help they receive during this difficult time.

5 May 2011

Medical-grade polycarbonate exhibits excellent retention of mechanical properties after gamma irradiation

Consistent resin performance and the retention of physical and mechanical properties over a wide range of conditions are critical to plastic medical devices. Bayer MaterialScience LLC scientists have studied newly introduced medical grades of its Makrolon® polycarbonate resin to demonstrate how these grades maintain stiffness, toughness and other key properties after gamma sterilization.

5 May 2011

Short antibiotic courses effective, safer for children with breathing-tube infections

Short courses of antibiotics appear just as effective as longer ones — and a great deal safer — in treating respiratory infections that might cause pneumonia in children on temporary breathing devices, according to a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study published online May 3 in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

5 May 2011

A new round of deficit talks begins amidst roadblocks, debt-ceiling concerns

How to handle entitlement spending issues including Medicare will be central to the discourse. Meanwhile, AARP launches a campaign to protect Medicare in the midst of it all.

5 May 2011

Fluidigm ships over 1 billion microscopic NanoFlex valves

Fluidigm today announced that its Singapore factory has manufactured and shipped more than 1 billion microscopic NanoFlex™ valves. Each NanoFlex valve is so small that it takes 10 to span the width of a human hair.

5 May 2011

CytRx reports $6.3 million net loss for first quarter 2011

CytRx Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in oncology, today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2011, and provided a business update.

5 May 2011

Easy way to lower blood pressure

"HOW TO RECOVER YOUR NATIVE BLOOD PRESSURE - An Easy Way to Lower Your Blood Pressure in 10 Minutes" was published online today by Brahm of San Diego, California.

5 May 2011

Zynex first quarter net revenue increases 36% to $6,633,000

Zynex, Inc., a provider of non-invasive medical devices for electrotherapy and stroke rehabilitation, neurological diagnosis and cardiac monitoring, announces its first quarter 2011 financial results.

5 May 2011

Fecal transplant procedures performed at Sinai Hospital

Sudhir Dutta, M.D., head of the Division of Gastroenterology at Sinai Hospital, performed fecal transplant procedures for two patients with severe clostridium difficile (C. difficile) colitis that did not respond to routine antibiotic and other treatments. C. difficile causes symptoms ranging from mild diarrhea to more serious, sometimes life threatening colon inflammation.

5 May 2011

NHI acquires four assisted living and memory care communities for $15 million

National Health Investors, Inc. announced today it has closed a $15 million purchase of four assisted living and memory care communities totaling 183 units in Louisiana and has leased those communities to Selah SeniorCare III and managed by Selah Management Group. The purchase price was funded from NHI's revolving credit facility.

5 May 2011

Symmetry Medical first quarter revenue increases 13.4% to $95.8 million

Symmetry Medical Inc., a leading independent provider of products to the global orthopaedic device industry and other medical markets, announced first quarter 2011 financial results for the period ended April 2, 2011.

5 May 2011

Pfizer’s Revatio receives European Commission approval for pediatric treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pfizer Inc. announced that Revatio (sildenafil citrate) has been approved by the European Commission for the treatment of pediatric patients aged 1 to 17 years old with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Efficacy in terms of improvement of exercise capacity or pulmonary hemodynamics has been shown in primary pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart disease.

5 May 2011

Acorda reports $0.7 million GAAP net loss for first quarter 2011

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

5 May 2011

PhotoMedex introduces DNA Damage Control sunscreens

PhotoMedex, Inc. a leading supplier of advanced, clinical skincare and medical laser products, today introduced DNA Damage Control, the breakthrough treatment sunscreens that feature advanced photoprotection with DNA repair technology.

5 May 2011

Promedior's PRM-151 clinical data in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis to be presented at ATS 2011

Promedior, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel therapies to treat fibrotic and inflammatory diseases, today announced that data from a clinical study of PRM-151 will be presented at the 2011 American Thoracic Society International Conference, being held May 13-18, 2011 in Denver, CO.

5 May 2011

POZEN reports revenue of $4.5 million for first quarter 2011

POZEN Inc., a pharmaceutical company committed to transforming medicine that transforms lives, today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

5 May 2011

Boston Business Journal honors Tufts Health Plan for Worksite Wellness program

Tufts Health Plan recently received the prestigious honor of being recognized for its Worksite Wellness initiatives by the Boston Business Journal. As a finalist in the Boston Business Journal's listing of "HEALTHIEST EMPLOYERS," the non profit company was recognized as an organization that is deeply committed to improving the health of its employees and its workplace.

5 May 2011

Biosense Webster enters new agreement with Stereotaxis to deploy Odyssey products

Stereotaxis, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a new strategic collaboration with Biosense Webster, Inc. related to Stereotaxis' rapidly growing Odyssey Solutions.

5 May 2011