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Boys get greater rush and more energy from caffeine than girls

Results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-response study of the response of youth to caffeine found that, in general, boys get a greater rush and more energy from caffeine than girls.

18 Feb 2011

USPTO issues two patents to VIRxSYS SMaRT RNA platform technology

VIRxSYS Corporation, a privately-held biotechnology company with proprietary RNA payload and lentiviral vector delivery platform technologies, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued the Company two patents for its SMaRT RNA platform technology, capable of reprogramming or repairing genes to create, increase or change protein expression.

18 Feb 2011

Total knee arthroplasty takes more time to perform in overweight, obese patients

Knee replacement surgery takes far more time to conduct in overweight and obese patients than in normal weight patients, according to recent research at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

18 Feb 2011

Apria Healthcare fourth quarter revenues decrease 1.6% to $527.7 million

Apria Healthcare Group Inc., a quality, cost-efficient provider of home healthcare products and services in the United States, today announced its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2010.

18 Feb 2011

Researchers discover new 'driver gene' in oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer

CANCER RESEARCH UK scientists have pinpointed a key cancer-causing gene that, when overactive, triggers a particularly aggressive type of breast cancer to develop.

18 Feb 2011

Bilingualism enhances multi-tasking skills

Once likened to a confusing tower of Babel, speaking more than one language can actually bolster brain function by serving as a mental gymnasium, according to researchers.

18 Feb 2011

Researchers identify CD19-L protein that facilitates recognition, destruction of leukemia cells

Scientists at the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases and The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles today announced a breakthrough discovery in understanding how the body fights leukemia.

18 Feb 2011

FDA defends record for approving medical devices

The Food and Drug Administration defended its approval process for medical devices during a congressional hearing Thursday and said industry comparisons with Europe are off the mark.

18 Feb 2011

Platelet-rich fibrin matrix doesn't improve healing after rotator cuff repair

For years, doctors have used platelet rich plasma (PRP) to promote healing in various surgeries, but a recent study demonstrates that a type of PRP did not improve healing after rotator cuff repair.

18 Feb 2011

Study: Low levels of Klotho protein may serve as early warning sign of CKD

Low levels of the anti-aging hormone Klotho may serve as an early warning sign of the presence of kidney disease and its deadly cardiovascular complications, according to findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers.

18 Feb 2011

LifePoint fourth quarter revenues decrease 5.5% to $36.3 million

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. today announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010.

18 Feb 2011

Impax' NDA for generic version of Adoxa receives final FDA approval

Impax Laboratories, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted final approval of the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application for its generic version of Adoxa.

18 Feb 2011

Chelsea prices underwritten public offering of 8.75 million shares of common stock

Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd. announced today that it has priced a public offering of 8.75 million shares of its common stock at a price of $4.00 per share which will result in gross proceeds of $35 million.

18 Feb 2011

HMS fourth quarter revenues increase 31.4% to $87.2 million

HMS Holdings Corp. today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2010.

18 Feb 2011

Frequent, potentially avoidable readmissions are major driver of pediatric health care costs

Among a group of children's hospitals, nearly 20 percent of admissions and one-quarter of inpatient expenditures were accounted for by a small percentage of patients who have frequent recurrent admissions, according to a study in the February 16 issue of JAMA.

18 Feb 2011

Scientists integrate multimedia patient data into PDF document

Who wouldn't want to send his heartbeat electronically? Not only scientists and doctors, but also lovers can now indulge in this desire. Researchers at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, in collaboration with colleagues at the university hospitals of Jena and Münster, the Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin and the Erlangen-based company 3D-Shape GmbH have, for the first time, embedded multimedia patient data into an electronic publication.

18 Feb 2011

Universal Medicalcare, Viking sign distribution agreement to sell new 3DHD Vision system

Viking Systems, Inc., a leading worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of 3D and 2D visualization solutions for complex minimally invasive surgery, has signed a distribution agreement with Universal Medicalcare to sell its new 3DHD Vision System in Mexico.

18 Feb 2011

Healthspring fourth quarter revenues increase 29.4% to $50.9 million

HealthSpring, Inc. today announced its results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. HealthSpring's 2010 results include one month's contribution from the operations of Bravo Health, Inc., which was acquired by HealthSpring on November 30, 2010, and transaction expenses related to the acquisition.

18 Feb 2011

Scientists find working memory highly dependent on fast inhibitory cells

Usually, we associate rhythms with dance and music. But they also play an important role in the brain. When billions of neurons communicate with each other, certain rhythmic activity patterns arise. The proper metre in this interplay is provided by nerve cells that do not excite other cells, but inhibit their activity instead. One type of these inhibiting cells acts in a particularly fast and efficient way and is therefore thought to be crucial for memory formation and information processing in neuronal networks.

18 Feb 2011

Fine-Gray competing-risks analysis may predict ESRD mortality in patients with type 1 diabetes

Patients with both type 1 diabetes and CKD have an increased risk of adverse outcomes. Despite aggressive treatment, many patients with type 1 diabetes and overt nephropathy develop End-Stage Renal Disease and/or succumb to a premature death. The competing risks of death and ESRD may confound the estimates of risk for each outcome.

18 Feb 2011

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Boys get greater rush and more energy from caffeine than girls

USPTO issues two patents to VIRxSYS SMaRT RNA platform technology

Total knee arthroplasty takes more time to perform in overweight, obese patients

Apria Healthcare fourth quarter revenues decrease 1.6% to $527.7 million

Researchers discover new 'driver gene' in oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer

Bilingualism enhances multi-tasking skills

Researchers identify CD19-L protein that facilitates recognition, destruction of leukemia cells

FDA defends record for approving medical devices

Platelet-rich fibrin matrix doesn't improve healing after rotator cuff repair

Study: Low levels of Klotho protein may serve as early warning sign of CKD

LifePoint fourth quarter revenues decrease 5.5% to $36.3 million

Impax' NDA for generic version of Adoxa receives final FDA approval

Chelsea prices underwritten public offering of 8.75 million shares of common stock

HMS fourth quarter revenues increase 31.4% to $87.2 million

Frequent, potentially avoidable readmissions are major driver of pediatric health care costs

Scientists integrate multimedia patient data into PDF document

Universal Medicalcare, Viking sign distribution agreement to sell new 3DHD Vision system

Healthspring fourth quarter revenues increase 29.4% to $50.9 million

Scientists find working memory highly dependent on fast inhibitory cells

Fine-Gray competing-risks analysis may predict ESRD mortality in patients with type 1 diabetes

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