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Lorillard responds to Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee conclusions

Lorillard, Inc., the third largest manufacturer of cigarettes in the United States, announced its response to the conclusions reached at today's meeting of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee.

19 Mar 2011

JCCF event honors Showtime Networks President with Humanitarian Award

The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation at UCLA hosts its 16th annual Taste for a Cure Friday, April 15, 2011 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. This year's event honors Showtime Networks President of Entertainment, David Nevins, with the Gil Nickel Humanitarian Award.

19 Mar 2011

Potential bias seen in informed consent language when describing trials, say researchers

When presented with different terms to describe a clinical trial, parents were far more likely to consent to enroll their child if it was called a "research study" than if it was called a "medical experiment" or a "research project," in large part because they perceived the former as safer, even though that was not necessarily the case, according to a report in IRB: Ethics & Human Research.

19 Mar 2011

Medical practitioners, students can benefit from updated textbook on neurologic exams

For more than 40 years, neurologists have learned how to do thorough neurologic examinations with the help of DeMyer's The Neurologic Examination.

19 Mar 2011

Researcher to present study on validation of salivary-biomarkers for pSS patients

Saturday, March 19, during the 89th General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research, held in conjunction with the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research and the 35th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research, lead researcher A.N.M. Nazmul-Hossaini will hold an oral presentation on a study titled "Validation of Salivary-Biomarkers for Sj-gren's Syndrome Detection in US Population."

19 Mar 2011

CAPCC, Health Canada, Safe Kids Canada remind parents about dangers of unintentional poisoning

Kathleen Wong was frantic when her three-year-old daughter Kiana took a nibble from one of her grandfather's diabetes tablets. "We were visiting my father and he had put his medication out on the counter to take later," recalls Kathleen. "My daughter got up on a chair near the counter and took a bite of one of the pills."

19 Mar 2011

CHMP recommends approval of Centralized Marketing Authorization for Cinryze

ViroPharma Incorporated today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has adopted a positive opinion at its plenary meeting in March 2011 recommending approval of a Centralized Marketing Authorization for Cinryze (C1 inhibitor [human]) in adults and adolescents with hereditary angioedema for routine prevention, pre-procedure prevention and acute treatment of angioedema attacks.

19 Mar 2011

APHA issues statement recommending improved safety for workers in adult film industry

In a newly posted position paper on its website, the American Public Health Association, the oldest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world representing over 50,000 health professionals and others who work to promote health, prevent disease and ensure conditions in which all can be safe and healthy, has issued a comprehensive policy statement, "Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV among Performers in the Adult Film Industry," that includes a series of recommendations intended to foster improved safety and workplace conditions for workers in the adult film industry.

19 Mar 2011

Flexibility key word at Senate hearing on state exchanges

State officials from different political perspectives expressed interest in establishing health insurance exchanges, and an administration official promised "a wide berth" in how states choose to construct parts of the reform law.

19 Mar 2011

Insight into hereditary diseases

Hereditary diseases such as epilepsy or various coordination disorders may be caused by changes in nerve cells of the cerebellum, which do not set in until after birth. This is reported by Bochum's neuroscientists in the Journal of Neuroscience.

19 Mar 2011

U-M professor shows how plasticity of brain restores critical functions related to learning, memory

When Geoffrey Murphy, Ph.D., talks about plastic structures, he's not talking about the same thing as Mr. McGuire in The Graduate. To Murphy, an associate professor of molecular and integrative physiology at the University of Michigan Medical School, plasticity refers to the brain's ability to change as we learn.

19 Mar 2011

House GOP targets CLASS Act during subcommittee hearing

Republicans on the panel took issue with the 2012 start-up funding sought by the Department of Health and Human Services, though the long-term care program is one part of the health law Democrats have made clear they are open to refining.

19 Mar 2011

Symposium discusses about novel approaches to bacterial caries management

Saturday, March 19, during the 89th General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research, held in conjunction with the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research and the 35th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research, a symposium titled "Novel Approaches to Bacterial Caries Management: an Efficacious Solution in View?" will take place.

19 Mar 2011

Aid delivery trickles in one week after Japanese quake, tsunami

"Across large parts of Japan stricken a week ago by a quake and tsunami, aid isn't getting through. Blizzards, impassible roads, worries over radiation exposure, fuel shortages and other logistical problems have stalled aid from getting to those who need it, even as officials have boosted the amount of food and other goods available to some easier-to-reach communities," the Wall Street Journal reports.

19 Mar 2011

FDA Neurological Devices Advisory Panel voted to recommend approval for Pipeline Embolization Device

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Neurological Devices Advisory Panel voted to recommend approval for Pipeline Embolization Device, intended for the endovascular treatment of large or giant wide-necked intracranial aneurysms in the cavernous and paraclinoid regions of the internal carotid artery.

19 Mar 2011

Are newer prostate cancer treatments — now gaining popularity — worth the extra cost?

Newer technologies for treating prostate cancer have surged in popularity in the last decade — and they have come with a hefty price tag, according to a report published this week.

19 Mar 2011

Senate passes FY11 continuing resolution to keep government funded through April 8

The Senate passed a continuing resolution on Thursday, which will now be sent to President Barack Obama for his signature, Roll Call reports. "The spending measure, which passed 87-13, would keep the government funded through April 8 and would cut $6 billion in spending".

19 Mar 2011

Ontario announces passage of regulations that fully enable remote pharmacy dispensing

The Government of Ontario today announced passage of regulations that fully enable remote pharmacy dispensing in all areas of the province. Further to the provisions of Bill 179, passed in December 2009, these regulations provide the framework for how remote dispensing will occur in Ontario, and mark a historic moment in health care delivery in Canada.

19 Mar 2011

Reports highlight global state of TB epidemic, concerns over drug-resistant TB

Increasing rates of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis "are hampering world health programs aimed at tackling TB and threaten to wipe out progress made against the disease, scientists said on Friday," Reuters reports (Kelland, 3/18).

19 Mar 2011

Growing field of literature outlines necessary steps for elder disaster preparedness in emergency

The oldest segment of Japan's population will likely be the hardest hit as a result of the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunami, based on data from previous catastrophic events. Approximately 23 percent of Japanese citizens currently are age 65 and above.

19 Mar 2011

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Lorillard responds to Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee conclusions

JCCF event honors Showtime Networks President with Humanitarian Award

Potential bias seen in informed consent language when describing trials, say researchers

Medical practitioners, students can benefit from updated textbook on neurologic exams

Researcher to present study on validation of salivary-biomarkers for pSS patients

CAPCC, Health Canada, Safe Kids Canada remind parents about dangers of unintentional poisoning

CHMP recommends approval of Centralized Marketing Authorization for Cinryze

APHA issues statement recommending improved safety for workers in adult film industry

Flexibility key word at Senate hearing on state exchanges

Insight into hereditary diseases

U-M professor shows how plasticity of brain restores critical functions related to learning, memory

House GOP targets CLASS Act during subcommittee hearing

Symposium discusses about novel approaches to bacterial caries management

Aid delivery trickles in one week after Japanese quake, tsunami

FDA Neurological Devices Advisory Panel voted to recommend approval for Pipeline Embolization Device

Are newer prostate cancer treatments — now gaining popularity — worth the extra cost?

Senate passes FY11 continuing resolution to keep government funded through April 8

Ontario announces passage of regulations that fully enable remote pharmacy dispensing

Reports highlight global state of TB epidemic, concerns over drug-resistant TB

Growing field of literature outlines necessary steps for elder disaster preparedness in emergency

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