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New surgery can improve outcomes in patients with severe adult flat foot deformity

A surgery developed at Hospital for Special Surgery can improve patient outcomes in individuals with severe adult flat foot deformity, a problem that is increasingly being seen in hospitals across the country. Patients who undergo the new surgery have better long-term outcome and mobility than those who undergo traditional surgery.

8 Jul 2010

Nominations open for first annual Most Influential in Specialty Health Award

The National Association of Specialty Health Organizations today announced that nominations are being accepted for the first annual Most Influential in Specialty Health Award. This award will recognize leaders in specialty health who have played a major role in advancing the industry's mission to improve value, access and availability of high quality specialty health services.

8 Jul 2010

Standard Process launches new ProSynbiotic product

By our first birthday, we've acquired over 400 bacterial passengers in our gastrointestinal tract. Our gut microbes, or "bugs," work to keep our complex and diverse gut ecosystem in balance. Unfortunately, the trials of daily life-stressful events, aging, diet, or immune challenges-can be hard on these bugs. Standard Process Inc. introduces a new product, ProSynbiotic, to help our body maintain a healthy, balanced gut ecosystem.

8 Jul 2010

First Edition: July 8, 2010

Today's headlines reflect the continued coverage of President Obama's recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to head CMS as well as other developments related to Medicaid, the health insurance industry and state challenges to the health reform law.

8 Jul 2010

Ranir acquires Synpart from HemCon Medical Technologies

Ranir, LLC, a leading oral care consumer products company, announced today that it has acquired Synpart Limited and Synpart AG from HemCon Medical Technologies, Inc. Synpart is a leading manufacturer and marketer of store brand oral care products in the European Community and a contract manufacturer for global branded oral care companies.

8 Jul 2010

CF patients recover from exacerbations equally well when treated at home or in hospital: Researchers

Patients with cystic fibrosis recover from exacerbations equally well if they are treated at home or in a hospital, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University. Furthermore, longer treatment with antibiotics does not appear to offer any additional benefit over shorter courses.

8 Jul 2010

NOSCAR completes first NOTES transoral and transvaginal gallbladder removal in U.S. human trial

The Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research- (NOSCAR-), a joint effort of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), announces the completion of the first transoral and transvaginal cholecystectomies (gallbladder removal) using Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery- (NOTES-) in a multicenter human trial in the United States.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 8 Jul 2010

Experts to sound alarm on the worsening global AIDS crisis among MSM

Many of the world's leading experts on the health and human rights of men who have sex with men (MSM) will gather on Tuesday, July 20 for a press briefing to sound the alarm on the worsening global AIDS crisis among MSM -- and the role that tragic human rights violations and ignorance play in the spread of the epidemic.

8 Jul 2010

Biopharmaceutical Nanotechnology Scientific Forum to take place in Philadelphia between August 16-18

IQPC presents Biopharmaceutical Nanotechnology Scientific Forum taking place August 16-18 in Philadelphia, PA.

From IQPC Ltd 8 Jul 2010

ESMO releases revised set of clinical guidelines for cancer patient care

The European Society for Medical Oncology just released an enhanced and revised set of clinical recommendations designed to help oncologists deliver the best quality care to their patients.

8 Jul 2010

Informed consent discussions lead to greater patient comprehension of surgical procedures

Surgical patients who participate in longer- to 30-minute- discussions prior to having an operation (known as the informed consent process) better understand the proposed operation, according to new research published in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. In addition, researchers found that asking the patient to "repeat back" their understanding of the procedure was effective in enhancing patient comprehension of informed consent issues. This is the largest study ever conducted on the surgical informed consent process.

8 Jul 2010

Vitamin D receptor emerges as key player amid gut bacteria, scientists find

Within the human digestive tract is a teeming mass of hundreds of types of bacteria, a potpourri of microbes numbering in the trillions that help us digest food and keep bad bacteria in check.

8 Jul 2010

Scientists shrink distant sarcomas with genetically reprogrammed herpes virus and anti-vascular drug

Scientists have used a genetically reprogrammed herpes virus and an anti-vascular drug to shrink spreading distant sarcomas designed to model metastatic disease in mice – still an elusive goal when treating humans with cancer, according to a study in the July 8 Gene Therapy.

8 Jul 2010

Racism influences African-American women's beliefs about depression care: Study

African-American women's beliefs about depression and depression care are consistently and systematically influenced by racism, according to a new study conducted at Oregon Health & Science University. The results are published online in the American Journal of Public Health.

8 Jul 2010

Tips to keep kids safe while traveling in a car

Car accidents remain the leading cause of death and disability in children in the United States. Stricter laws and car seat education programs have dramatically decreased the mortality and morbidity rates in motor vehicle accidents in the last several years. Yet, thousands of children die or are injured in car accidents each year.

8 Jul 2010

Nurses file unfair practice charge with SLRC against Cambridge Health Alliance

The registered nurses of the Cambridge Hospital campus of the Cambridge Health Alliance have filed an unfair practice charge with the State Labor Relations Commission (SLRC) against the hospital for its refusal to engage in good faith negotiations with the nurses in their effort to reach agreement on a new union contract.

8 Jul 2010

Military families with autistic children file lawsuit against DoD for refusing coverage for ABA therapy

Military families having children with autism have filed a class action lawsuit against the Department of Defense, alleging that the DoD and its health benefits division, TRICARE, have wrongfully refused to provide insurance coverage for applied behavior analysis therapy. In a dramatic new development, the Department of Defense has vacated its prior policy of denying payment for ABA therapy for autistic children of military families, but it is still refusing to pay for such claims.

8 Jul 2010

20% of Canadians less sympathetic towards lung cancer sufferers

Canadian lung cancer patients are likely to suffer significant stigma due to the disease's link to smoking, a connection that may impact the care and treatment patients receive. According to a 16-country survey carried out by Ipsos MORI on behalf of The Global Lung Cancer Coalition, one in five Canadians admit feeling less sympathetic towards lung cancer sufferers because of its known association with smoking cigarettes and other tobacco products.

8 Jul 2010

Researchers use nanotechnology to develop advanced wound dressing to detect, treat infection

Researchers are using nanotechnology to develop a medical dressing which will detect and treat infection in wounds. Scientists at the University of Bath and the burns team at the Southwest UK Paediatric Burns Centre at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol are working together with teams across Europe and Australia to create an advanced wound dressing.

8 Jul 2010

Article related to MN-166 mechanism of action included in PNAS USA

MediciNova Inc, a biopharmaceutical company publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Market and the Hercules Market of the Osaka Securities Exchange (Code Number:4875), today reported that the June 22, 2010 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA included an article related to the mechanism of action of MN-166 (ibudilast), as an emerging therapeutic for neurological disorders.

8 Jul 2010

Medical News

New surgery can improve outcomes in patients with severe adult flat foot deformity

Nominations open for first annual Most Influential in Specialty Health Award

Standard Process launches new ProSynbiotic product

First Edition: July 8, 2010

Ranir acquires Synpart from HemCon Medical Technologies

CF patients recover from exacerbations equally well when treated at home or in hospital: Researchers

NOSCAR completes first NOTES transoral and transvaginal gallbladder removal in U.S. human trial

Experts to sound alarm on the worsening global AIDS crisis among MSM

Biopharmaceutical Nanotechnology Scientific Forum to take place in Philadelphia between August 16-18

ESMO releases revised set of clinical guidelines for cancer patient care

Informed consent discussions lead to greater patient comprehension of surgical procedures

Vitamin D receptor emerges as key player amid gut bacteria, scientists find

Scientists shrink distant sarcomas with genetically reprogrammed herpes virus and anti-vascular drug

Racism influences African-American women's beliefs about depression care: Study

Tips to keep kids safe while traveling in a car

Nurses file unfair practice charge with SLRC against Cambridge Health Alliance

Military families with autistic children file lawsuit against DoD for refusing coverage for ABA therapy

20% of Canadians less sympathetic towards lung cancer sufferers

Researchers use nanotechnology to develop advanced wound dressing to detect, treat infection

Article related to MN-166 mechanism of action included in PNAS USA

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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