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QLT fourth quarter revenues decrease 7.3% to $10.0 million

QLT Inc. today reported financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010 and full year 2010 as well as issued its guidance for 2011. Unless specified otherwise, all amounts are in U.S. dollars and in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

1 Mar 2011

U-M's SIVQ software-tool can pinpoint cell and tissue samples more accurately

Ulysses Balis, M.D., clicks a mouse to identify a helicopter in a satellite photo of Baghdad, Iraq. With another click, an algorithm that he and his team designed picks out three more choppers without highlighting any of the buildings, streets, trees or cars.

1 Mar 2011

AMGA releases comments on preliminary proposals for Stage 2 Meaningful Use objectives

The American Medical Group Association, a trade association representing multispecialty medical groups and other organized systems of care, today released its comments on a request for information from the Health Information Technology Policy Committee on its preliminary proposals for Stage 2 Meaningful Use objectives.

1 Mar 2011

Anesthesia & Analgesia journal receives notification from LÄK for lack of IRB approval in 89 articles

The peer-reviewed medical journal Anesthesia & Analgesia received notification from Landesärztekammer Rheinland-Pfalz, the Rheinland State Medical Board, that there was no IRB approval for 89 articles published Dr. Joachim Boldt, including 22 published by A&A from 1999-2009.

1 Mar 2011

San Diego Hospice is California's first provider of unique children care program

The Comprehensive Care Management Programs at San Diego Hospice celebrates one year as California's first provider of Partners for Children. This unique state-funded program allows chronically ill children on Medi-Cal and CCS to receive pain and symptom management services, or palliative care, at home.

1 Mar 2011

Doctors should transit patients to adult medical care for congenital heart disease during early adolescence

Doctors should transition their patients from pediatric to adult medical care for congenital heart disease during early adolescence, experts recommend in a scientific statement published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

1 Mar 2011

EPO cancels PDL's '216B European Patent

PDL BioPharma, Inc. announced today that the Technical Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office has cancelled its hearing in which three appellants sought to have a 2007 decision upholding PDL's European Patent No. 0 451 216B overturned and the patent revoked.

1 Mar 2011

New study: No decline in breast cancer incidence rates among U.S. white women

A sharp decline in breast cancer incidence rates among non-Hispanic white women in the U.S. after a dramatic drop in the use of postmenopausal hormone therapy did not continue through 2007, according to a new study from the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute.

1 Mar 2011

Survey finds social networking sites associated with one in five divorces in the US

If you're single, Facebook and other social networking sites can help you meet that special someone. However, for those in even the healthiest of marriages, improper use can quickly devolve into a marital disaster.

1 Mar 2011

Radiologists develop new non-surgical post-mortem technique

A new non-surgical post-mortem technique that has the potential to revolutionise the way autopsies are conducted around the world has been pioneered by forensic pathologists and radiologists at the University of Leicester in collaboration with the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

1 Mar 2011

Axolotl's two EHR systems receive ONC-ATCB certification

Axolotl Corp. announced that two of its electronic health record systems - Axolotl EHR, version 7 and Elysium EMR Lite - have received Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT Authorized Testing and Certification Body 2011/2012 certifications in accordance with Eligible Provider certification criteria adopted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

1 Mar 2011

International conference to address pediatric congenital cataract treatment in New York City

An international conference addressing the treatment of children born with a cataract will take place in New York City on Friday, March 11, 2011.

1 Mar 2011

ADC announces RNAscope technology clinical study results for HPV-associated head and neck cancers

Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. today announced the results of its clinical study utilizing RNAscope technology to detect human papillomavirus E6/E7 mRNA in routine clinical specimens of head and neck cancer.

From Advanced Cell Diagnostics 1 Mar 2011

New England's program to keep students out of tanning beds

What do Kelli Pedroia, Lesley Green all have in common? They are all passionate advocates for the Melanoma Foundation of New England's program to keep students out of tanning beds.

1 Mar 2011

AHRQ: High levels of disparities prevail, despite improvements in health care quality

Improvements in health care quality continue to progress at a slow rate - about 2.3 percent a year; however, disparities based on race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status and other factors persist at unacceptably high levels, according to the 2010 National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report issued today by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

1 Mar 2011

New study: Alzheimer's disease can be inherited from your mother than father

Results from a new study contribute to growing evidence that if one of your parents has Alzheimer's disease, the chances of inheriting it from your mother are higher than from your father.

1 Mar 2011

FDA approves Forest Labs' Daliresp to treat COPD

Forest Laboratories, Inc. announced today that Daliresp was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a treatment to reduce the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations in patients with severe COPD associated with chronic bronchitis and a history of exacerbations.

1 Mar 2011

Routine blood test can reduce hospital readmissions in patients with heart failure

An inexpensive, routine blood test could hold the key to why some patients with congestive heart failure do well after being discharged from the hospital and why others risk relapse, costly readmission or death within a year, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

1 Mar 2011

K-State chemistry professor receives Sloan Foundation Fellowship for gold nanoparticle research

A Kansas State University chemistry professor has been selected as a Sloan Research Fellow for her success as a promising young scholar, particularly in the research areas of sustainable energy and gold nanoparticles.

1 Mar 2011

Tenofovir gel more effective than oral tablet for HIV treatment: Study

In the first study to make head-to-head comparisons between tenofovir gel and oral tenofovir - two promising approaches for preventing HIV in women - researchers found that daily use of the vaginal gel achieved a more than 100-times higher concentration of active drug in vaginal tissue than did the oral tablet, while, compared to the gel, the tablet used daily was associated with a 20-times higher active drug concentration in blood.

1 Mar 2011

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QLT fourth quarter revenues decrease 7.3% to $10.0 million

U-M's SIVQ software-tool can pinpoint cell and tissue samples more accurately

AMGA releases comments on preliminary proposals for Stage 2 Meaningful Use objectives

Anesthesia & Analgesia journal receives notification from LÄK for lack of IRB approval in 89 articles

San Diego Hospice is California's first provider of unique children care program

Doctors should transit patients to adult medical care for congenital heart disease during early adolescence

EPO cancels PDL's '216B European Patent

New study: No decline in breast cancer incidence rates among U.S. white women

Survey finds social networking sites associated with one in five divorces in the US

Radiologists develop new non-surgical post-mortem technique

Axolotl's two EHR systems receive ONC-ATCB certification

International conference to address pediatric congenital cataract treatment in New York City

ADC announces RNAscope technology clinical study results for HPV-associated head and neck cancers

New England's program to keep students out of tanning beds

AHRQ: High levels of disparities prevail, despite improvements in health care quality

New study: Alzheimer's disease can be inherited from your mother than father

FDA approves Forest Labs' Daliresp to treat COPD

Routine blood test can reduce hospital readmissions in patients with heart failure

K-State chemistry professor receives Sloan Foundation Fellowship for gold nanoparticle research

Tenofovir gel more effective than oral tablet for HIV treatment: Study

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