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Major clinical studies for heart disease, stroke fail to consider participant's ethnicity

Major clinical studies that evaluate prevention strategies for heart disease and stroke fail to consider a participant's ethnicity, a factor that can more than double the rate of death in some groups, according to research led by St. Michael's Dr. Joel Ray.

18 Mar 2011

Exerting more self control leads to negative emotions

People who make an effort to exert self-control are attracted to aggressive art and public policy appeals, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. They also don't appreciate messages that nag them to control their behavior.

18 Mar 2011

Individualized dentritic cell vaccine may increase survival time in patients with glioblastoma

A dendritic cell vaccine personalized for each individual based on the patient's own tumor may increase median survival time in those with a deadly form of brain cancer called glioblastoma, an early phase study at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found.

18 Mar 2011

UCLA researchers identify new biomarker that can help track amyloid beta in Alzheimer's

UCLA researchers have identified a new biomarker that could help them track how effectively the immune system is able to clear the brain of amyloid beta, which forms the plaques considered one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease.

18 Mar 2011

At the one-year mark, implications of health law emerge

Media outlets report on a range of issues related to implementation of the health law and its one-year anniversary — among them, the unexpected importance taken on by waivers, the marketplace impact on health insurance brokers, the geography of the health care workforce issues likely to result from coverage expansions and the continuing problems faced by lawmakers who are trying to repeal the measure's 1099 reporting provision.

18 Mar 2011

ACP: Increase in internal medicine enrollment can ease primary care workforce shortage

The increase in the number of U.S. medical students choosing internal medicine residencies in 2011 is a positive sign toward easing the primary care workforce shortage, according to the American College of Physicians, the nation's second-largest doctors group.

18 Mar 2011

CPF applauds new guidelines for treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) applauds the joint statement issued by the American Thoracic Society for the first evidence-based clinical guidelines for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The guidelines represent progress in understanding of the disease and a milestone for patients. The devastating and deadly disease also called simply "Pulmonary Fibrosis" or "PF" has no FDA approved treatment and no cure.

18 Mar 2011

Viewpoints: Houston's 'painful' E.R. decision; Arizona's 'war' on kids' health care; protecting elders from abuse

Women are the majority of public-sector employees at the state and local levels and have already lost 320,000 public-sector jobs in the past two years. In addition, the GOP majority is attempting to defund Title X services, which have connected millions of American women to health care since 1970.

18 Mar 2011

Liquid polymer research could represent next breakthrough in stem cell therapy

At present, cartilage implants created using stem cells can only be constructed as a solid shape, acting as an interim measure before the almost inevitable need for total joint replacement.

18 Mar 2011

MeadWestvaco's Mebane packaging plant earns FSC Chain of Custody certification

MeadWestvaco Corp. announced today that its Mebane, N.C. packaging plant received Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody certification in February 2011.

18 Mar 2011

Covidien provides update on its operations in Japan

Covidien, a leading global supplier of healthcare products, today provided an update on its operations in Japan.

18 Mar 2011

Anacor Pharma, MMV enter agreement to develop AN3661 for malaria treatment

Anacor Pharmaceuticals announced today that it has entered into a development agreement with Medicines for Malaria Venture to develop Anacor's compound AN3661 for the treatment of malaria.

18 Mar 2011

UPMC Health Plan earns recognition for overall satisfaction in Pennsylvania

UPMC Health Plan earned the highest ranking for overall satisfaction by a health insurer in Pennsylvania in 2011, according to a study on member experience by J.D. Power and Associates, the nationally recognized market research company.

18 Mar 2011

New IAF study identifies ten states as 'diabetes hot spots'

A new study conducted by the Institute for Alternative Futures identified California, Texas, Florida, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Michigan as "diabetes hot spots," where the burden of diabetes will be greatest in the next 15 years.

18 Mar 2011

Cangene second quarter revenues increase 3% to $40.2 million

Cangene Corporation today reports financial results for the quarter ended January 31, 2011, which have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB").

18 Mar 2011

NAA expresses strong support of diagnostic code for seniors with ASD

The National Autism Association today expressed its strong support of a diagnostic code for disabled minors that have a serious history of wandering and elopement from safe environments.

18 Mar 2011

What about medical mistakes?

Are California hospitals reporting medical mistakes and infections accurately — or at all?

18 Mar 2011

Vitamin A may play key role in sperm cell formation and development of central nervous system

In a recently-published study mapping the structure and function of the so-called "orphan" nuclear receptor TR4, Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) investigators suggest that Vitamin A may play a more direct role than was previously known in certain physiological functions including sperm cell formation and the development of the central nervous system.

18 Mar 2011

Increase in nurses' workload linked to high mortality risk in patients

Nurses are the front-line caregivers to hospital patients, coordinating and providing direct care and delivering it safely and reliably. The goal for any hospital is to ensure that each of its patient-care units has an adequate number of nurses during every shift.

18 Mar 2011

BDV installs IDSS video and audio solutions in Saint Francis', John T. O'Connell Tower

Black Diamond Video, Inc. has completed installation of its state-of-the-art Integrated Digital Surgical Suite video and audio solutions in Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center's new John T. O'Connell Tower.

18 Mar 2011

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Major clinical studies for heart disease, stroke fail to consider participant's ethnicity

Exerting more self control leads to negative emotions

Individualized dentritic cell vaccine may increase survival time in patients with glioblastoma

UCLA researchers identify new biomarker that can help track amyloid beta in Alzheimer's

At the one-year mark, implications of health law emerge

ACP: Increase in internal medicine enrollment can ease primary care workforce shortage

CPF applauds new guidelines for treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Viewpoints: Houston's 'painful' E.R. decision; Arizona's 'war' on kids' health care; protecting elders from abuse

Liquid polymer research could represent next breakthrough in stem cell therapy

MeadWestvaco's Mebane packaging plant earns FSC Chain of Custody certification

Covidien provides update on its operations in Japan

Anacor Pharma, MMV enter agreement to develop AN3661 for malaria treatment

UPMC Health Plan earns recognition for overall satisfaction in Pennsylvania

New IAF study identifies ten states as 'diabetes hot spots'

Cangene second quarter revenues increase 3% to $40.2 million

NAA expresses strong support of diagnostic code for seniors with ASD

What about medical mistakes?

Vitamin A may play key role in sperm cell formation and development of central nervous system

Increase in nurses' workload linked to high mortality risk in patients

BDV installs IDSS video and audio solutions in Saint Francis', John T. O'Connell Tower

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