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Columbia Laboratories net revenues increase 74% to $12.5 million

Columbia Laboratories, Inc. today reported financial results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2011.

5 May 2011

New test can diagnose deadly human fungal infections

Deadly human fungal infections caused by certain strains of Aspergillus fungi appear to be developing resistance to current drug treatments at an alarming rate, say scientists.

5 May 2011

Insights into psychiatric disorders

Social deficits are common in several psychiatric disorders, including autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia. Individuals with severe social dysfunction can experience significant difficulties with everyday functioning.

5 May 2011

Anacor first quarter revenues increase to $2.2 million

Anacor Pharmaceuticals reviewed today its first quarter accomplishments and reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

5 May 2011

Conrad views $4T budget savings blueprint as counterpoint to House-passed GOP plan

The plan is said to contain "modest" Medicare savings. Meanwhile, Politico reports that the "window" of opportunity for the so-called "gang of six," which is working on a separate track to craft budget solutions and also includes Conrad, is getting smaller.

5 May 2011

Theragenics reports consolidated revenue of $20.3 million for first quarter 2011

Theragenics Corporation, a medical device company serving the surgical products and prostate cancer treatment markets, today announced consolidated financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

5 May 2011

Headache disorders prevalent but under-treated and cause financial burden, WHO report says

Approximately half to three quarters of adults ages 18 to 65 experienced headache last year, making headache disorders one of the most prevalent but under-treated health problems in the world, according to a report released Tuesday by the WHO, Xinhua reports.

5 May 2011

Devrom is effective for eliminating flatulence, stool odor issues

Flatulence. Everyone has it. Common factors contributing to flatus production are swallowed air and digestion of certain foods in the intestine. Perhaps one of the most embarrassing aspects of flatulence is the smelly odor, but there is a remedy and it is called Devrom.

5 May 2011

Study demonstrates value of MicroPulse technology for diabetic macular edema treatment

IRIDEX Corporation today announced that leading clinicians have performed and published the results of a new study that compares the benefits of MicroPulse photocoagulation technology, similar to that used in the new generation IRIDEX lasers, over the standard-of-care protocol for the treatment of eyes with diabetic macular edema.

5 May 2011

Researchers identify unexpected triple-negative breast cancer marker

German researchers have identified an unexpected molecular marker that predicts how sensitive hard-to-treat triple-negative breast cancers are to chemotherapy.

5 May 2011

Two breast cancer genomic tests produce broadly similar results for high and low-risk patients

Two multi-gene tests designed to predict the risk of disease progression and response to chemotherapy in breast cancer produce broadly similar results for high- and low-risk patients, but do not always agree in their predictions for those at intermediate risk, a new analysis shows.

5 May 2011

States are battlegrounds for Planned Parenthood funding, abortion issues

Speaker John Boehner has thus far refused to make social issues central in his agenda, focusing instead on spending and the debt. But the House today will briefly wade into the social wars of the 1990s, bringing up a controversial anti-abortion bill. The measure, which is expected to pass, would prohibit federal funding for abortions and create new controls on private companies that offer insurance plans that cover abortions.

5 May 2011

Insight into breast cancer

Measuring the transfer of tiny amounts of energy from one protein to another on breast cancer cells has given scientists a detailed view of molecular interactions that could help predict how breast cancer patients will respond to particular therapies.

5 May 2011

Over 1000 patients enrolled in world's largest ever pancreatic cancer vaccine trial

KAEL-GemVax, a leading oncology biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it had been officially notified by the independent Data Monitoring Committee that over 1000 patients have been enrolled in the TeloVac Study, making it the world's largest ever pancreatic cancer vaccine trial.

5 May 2011

Medical News

Columbia Laboratories net revenues increase 74% to $12.5 million

New test can diagnose deadly human fungal infections

Insights into psychiatric disorders

Anacor first quarter revenues increase to $2.2 million

Conrad views $4T budget savings blueprint as counterpoint to House-passed GOP plan

Theragenics reports consolidated revenue of $20.3 million for first quarter 2011

Headache disorders prevalent but under-treated and cause financial burden, WHO report says

Devrom is effective for eliminating flatulence, stool odor issues

Study demonstrates value of MicroPulse technology for diabetic macular edema treatment

Researchers identify unexpected triple-negative breast cancer marker

Two breast cancer genomic tests produce broadly similar results for high and low-risk patients

States are battlegrounds for Planned Parenthood funding, abortion issues

Insight into breast cancer

Over 1000 patients enrolled in world's largest ever pancreatic cancer vaccine trial

Genome epigenetic analysis reveals new ways to detect and treat breast cancer

Congressional Republicans advance legislation to repeal Medicaid maintenance-of-effort provisions

Clinical study: Celecoxib drug may treat breast cancer

S*BIO regains North American, European rights to novel JAK2 inhibitors from Onyx

St. Vincent RNs sign agreement with management to withdraw strike for patient safety

Cosmofrance introduces Dermasculpt microcannula for painless cosmetic injections

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

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