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MAXIMUS wins Title IV-E Foster Care and Adoption Assistance contract in Wisconsin

MAXIMUS, a leading provider of government services worldwide, announced today that its Human Services North America Division has won a renewal of its Title IV-E Foster Care and Adoption Assistance contract with the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families.

19 May 2011

Online program helps people to manage chronic pain

There is good news for the 76 million Americans who experience chronic pain including migraine, back pain, fibromyalgia and arthritis. A new study reveals that an online, self-paced chronic pain management program reduces the physical and psychological burdens of this debilitating condition.

19 May 2011

ShangPharma first quarter net revenues increase 25.6% to $24.8 million

ShangPharma Corporation, a leading China-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology research and development outsourcing company, today announced its financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

19 May 2011

Isis receives $5M milestone payment from GSK for initiating ISIS-TTRRx Phase 1 study

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has earned a $5 million milestone payment from GlaxoSmithKline related to the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical study for ISIS-TTRRx.

19 May 2011

Omeros advances OMS103HP and OMS302 into Phase 3 clinical programs

Omeros Corporation today announced that it is advancing two of its product candidates from its PharmacoSurgery platform – OMS103HP for arthroscopic meniscectomy and OMS302 for intra-ocular lens replacement surgery – into Phase 3 clinical development programs.

19 May 2011

Shamir Optical Industry first quarter revenues increase 12.8% to $45.2 million

Shamir Optical Industry Ltd., a leading provider of innovative products and technology to the ophthalmic lens market, today announced unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

19 May 2011

Caring Online offers comprehensive and informative website on adult eating disorders

Are you aware that eating disorders affect more than 10 million people in this country, and that bulimia, anorexia, binge eating and other destructive food behaviors are not exclusive to the youth? These serious and often deadly afflictions have become a growing problem with midlife adults and older, often more difficult to detect as adults are expected to have it "all together."

19 May 2011

Center for Companies That Care names UHC as 2011 Honor Roll

Center for Companies That Care has announced that University HealthSystem Consortium was named to its Honor Roll, a national list recognizing employers for outstanding workplace practices and active community involvement, for the eighth consecutive year.

19 May 2011

AVAC calls on donors, policy makers to strengthen support for AIDS vaccine research

This year HIV Vaccine Awareness Day comes at the dawn of a true prevention revolution that could finally turn the tide of the AIDS epidemic. AIDS vaccine research is a critical part of that revolution and on this day AVAC calls on donors, policy makers and others to strengthen support for AIDS vaccine research.

19 May 2011

AstraZeneca announces encouraging results from olaparib phase II study in serous ovarian cancer

AstraZeneca announced today encouraging results from a phase II study in patients with platinum-sensitive relapsed serous ovarian cancer (SOC) who had received maintenance treatment with the investigational drug olaparib, after the completion of chemotherapy.

19 May 2011

Latest development in Gingrich-Ryan Medicare dust-up: An apology

Newt Gingrich's presidential candidacy is only days old, and more than a decade after he last campaigned for public office, he's clearly shaking off some rust. On Tuesday, the former House speaker stepped up outreach to conservatives in an attempt to backtrack from comments he made Sunday calling Rep. Paul Ryan's proposed changes to Medicare "right-wing social engineering," as Democrats sought to use his remarks to attack the GOP.

19 May 2011

Simple home-based colon cancer screening test can prevent many unnecessary deaths in Canada

Use of a simple, at-home screening test by Canadians can prevent many unnecessary colorectal cancer deaths, according to a special report about colorectal cancer in Canadian Cancer Statistics 2011 released today by the Canadian Cancer Society, in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Statistics Canada.

19 May 2011

Affymetrix launches new Axiom myDesign TG Arrays for targeted genotyping market

Affymetrix, Inc. today launched new Axiom myDesign Targeted Genotyping (TG) Arrays for the targeted genotyping market, enabling researchers to study mutations in disease pathways and characterize gene-gene interactions.

19 May 2011

'Gang of six' budget talks hit wall as Sen. Coburn withdraws

The already weak prospects for a bipartisan debt-reduction deal this year dimmed further on Tuesday when a Republican member of the Senate's "Gang of Six," Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, withdrew after months of private negotiations amid differences over changes to Medicare.

19 May 2011

Experts to develop pioneering tool for personalised asthma and COPD therapy

A team of international experts, led by a University of Leicester researcher based at Glenfield Hospital, is set to develop a pioneering tool to help tailor the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as part of a new EU project.

19 May 2011

Health law faces legal challenges and political battles

Senate Republicans target the law's Independent Payment Advisory Board and issue a top-10 list of its biggest problems. Meanwhile, CQ HealthBeat reports on the merits of the "imminent injury" argument that is in play in at least one legal challenge to the law.

19 May 2011

Dementia experts call for new approach to support patients and carers

Dementia experts call for a new approach to supporting dementia patients and their carers, after identifying gaps in current health and social care provision. The findings are highlighted in a new report, written by a panel of some of England's leading experts in dementia care, launched in the House of Lords today.

19 May 2011

ECRI Institute to conduct '10 Key Readiness Indicators for Exchange of Health Information' survey

Whether it is related to electronic health records, accountable care, medical homes, meaningful use, or other initiatives to improve patient safety and quality, a healthcare organization's ability to succeed—or fend off competition—depends on its ability to effectively exchange health information within the organization, with outside groups such as physician offices and payers, and with Health Information Exchanges.

19 May 2011

Medtronic issues statement on results of CoreValve System clinical data presented at EuroPCR 2011

Medtronic, Inc. today issued a statement on results of clinical data presented at EuroPCR 2011 that show the Medtronic CoreValve System, delivered through a new approach beneath the collarbone, achieved excellent procedural success rates and low in-hospital complication rates.

From Medtronic 19 May 2011

Free NYU Physician iPad app now available in iTunes store

NYU Langone Medical Center, one of the nation's premier academic medical centers, announced today the magazine of NYU School of Medicine, NYU Physician, is now available as a free iPad app in the iTunes App Store.

19 May 2011

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MAXIMUS wins Title IV-E Foster Care and Adoption Assistance contract in Wisconsin

Online program helps people to manage chronic pain

ShangPharma first quarter net revenues increase 25.6% to $24.8 million

Isis receives $5M milestone payment from GSK for initiating ISIS-TTRRx Phase 1 study

Omeros advances OMS103HP and OMS302 into Phase 3 clinical programs

Shamir Optical Industry first quarter revenues increase 12.8% to $45.2 million

Caring Online offers comprehensive and informative website on adult eating disorders

Center for Companies That Care names UHC as 2011 Honor Roll

AVAC calls on donors, policy makers to strengthen support for AIDS vaccine research

AstraZeneca announces encouraging results from olaparib phase II study in serous ovarian cancer

Latest development in Gingrich-Ryan Medicare dust-up: An apology

Simple home-based colon cancer screening test can prevent many unnecessary deaths in Canada

Affymetrix launches new Axiom myDesign TG Arrays for targeted genotyping market

'Gang of six' budget talks hit wall as Sen. Coburn withdraws

Experts to develop pioneering tool for personalised asthma and COPD therapy

Health law faces legal challenges and political battles

Dementia experts call for new approach to support patients and carers

ECRI Institute to conduct '10 Key Readiness Indicators for Exchange of Health Information' survey

Medtronic issues statement on results of CoreValve System clinical data presented at EuroPCR 2011

Free NYU Physician iPad app now available in iTunes store

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