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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

People living with HIV/AIDS in China face discrimination when accessing health care, report says

HIV-positive people living in China "are routinely being denied medical treatment in mainstream hospitals due to fear and ignorance about the disease," according to a study based on interviews with 103 people living with HIV/AIDS and 23 health care workers that was conducted by the International Labor Organization and China's National Center for STD and AIDS Prevention and Control, Reuters reports.

19 May 2011

New technique offers successful bone marrow, organ transplant for patients with autoimmune diseases

University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have discovered a method to quickly and exponentially grow regulatory T-cells - also known as "suppressor cells." The new process enables replication of the cells by tens of millions in several weeks, a dramatic increase over previous duplication methods. Historically, regulatory T-cells have been difficult to replicate.

19 May 2011

USANA to expand business operations into Thailand in fourth quarter 2011

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. today announced plans to expand into Thailand in the fourth quarter of 2011. This will be USANA's 16th market in which independent distributors sell USANA's high quality, science-based products.

19 May 2011

Low calorie sweeteners offer effective solution to manage weight

The desire to eat sweet things does not need to be suppressed, just managed, according to health and nutrition experts meeting at the International Sweeteners Association's conference in Brussels today.

19 May 2011

HHS offers new initiatives to add momentum to ACOs

The Obama administration on Tuesday announced three new initiatives to encourage physicians and hospitals to better coordinate care after a key regulation came under intense criticism over the past week.

19 May 2011

Sensitive troponin assays improve clinical outcome and cardiac patient management

Research presented this week at the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry Congress and Laboratory Medicine showed that using a lower diagnostic threshold for troponin improves clinical outcomes and patient survival in patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes.

19 May 2011

TissueGene commences enrollment in TG-C Phase II trial for severe knee osteoarthritis

TissueGene, Inc. announced today that it has initiated patient enrollment for a U.S. Phase II clinical trial of its lead product candidate TG-C. TG-C involves human allogeneic chondrocytes developed to produce the therapeutic protein TGF-beta1 for the regeneration of cartilage in patients suffering from severe osteoarthritis of the knee.

19 May 2011

IRIN examines high risk of TB infection among health workers in Kenya

IRIN examines tuberculosis among health care workers in Kenya, where "safety equipment - including protective masks and proper waste disposal facilities - are rarely available in rural centres, something health workers say must be addressed urgently."

19 May 2011

USPTO grants four key patents for Alvine's proteases to detect celiac disease

Alvine Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of autoimmune and gastrointestinal diseases, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued four key patents: 7,943,312; 7,928,056; 7,923,532; and 7,910,541, protecting various aspects of Alvine's core technology.

19 May 2011

Synthetic nanopatch helps regenerate natural heart tissue cells

When you suffer a heart attack, a part of your heart dies. Nerve cells in the heart's wall and a special class of cells that spontaneously expand and contract - keeping the heart beating in perfect synchronicity - are lost forever. Surgeons can't repair the affected area. It's as if when confronted with a road riddled with potholes, you abandon what's there and build a new road instead.

19 May 2011

Hospital websites use industry-provided content and overestimate claims of surgical robots

An estimated four in 10 hospital websites in the United States publicize the use of robotic surgery, with the lion's share touting its clinical superiority despite a lack of scientific evidence that robotic surgery is any better than conventional operations, a new Johns Hopkins study finds.

19 May 2011

Afghan Acting Health Minister says country wants to boost immunization access

Reuters featured an interview with Afghanistan's Acting Health Minister Suraya Dalil on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva. "Afghanistan, whose government is fighting a worsening insurgency that has dragged on for nearly a decade since the U.S.-backed overthrow of the Taliban, is also plagued by poverty, malnutrition and corruption," Reuters writes, adding that the government and donors together spend "barely" $10 per person on health annually.

19 May 2011

YM BioSciences announces updated interim results from CYT387 Phase I/II trial in myelofibrosis

YM BioSciences Inc., today reported updated interim results for the first 60 patients with high/intermediate-risk myelofibrosis who have completed a minimum of three cycles of treatment (12 weeks) in its ongoing Phase I/II multi-center study.

19 May 2011

Study: 10% of cancer patients fail to fill initial oral oncolytic prescriptions

Ten percent of cancer patients failed to fill their initial prescriptions for oral anti-cancer drugs, according to a new study published jointly today in the Journal of Oncology Practice and American Journal of Managed Care.

19 May 2011

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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

People living with HIV/AIDS in China face discrimination when accessing health care, report says

New technique offers successful bone marrow, organ transplant for patients with autoimmune diseases

USANA to expand business operations into Thailand in fourth quarter 2011

Low calorie sweeteners offer effective solution to manage weight

HHS offers new initiatives to add momentum to ACOs

Sensitive troponin assays improve clinical outcome and cardiac patient management

TissueGene commences enrollment in TG-C Phase II trial for severe knee osteoarthritis

IRIN examines high risk of TB infection among health workers in Kenya

USPTO grants four key patents for Alvine's proteases to detect celiac disease

Synthetic nanopatch helps regenerate natural heart tissue cells

Hospital websites use industry-provided content and overestimate claims of surgical robots

Afghan Acting Health Minister says country wants to boost immunization access

YM BioSciences announces updated interim results from CYT387 Phase I/II trial in myelofibrosis

Study: 10% of cancer patients fail to fill initial oral oncolytic prescriptions

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