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Ascend Health opens Mother-Infant Outpatient Program to treat post-partum depression

Ascend Health Corporation, through Cedar Hills Hospital, announced the opening of the Mother-Infant Outpatient Program, the first in the Pacific Northwest region where new mothers can receive treatment with their children in a safe, caring and convenient setting. Cedar Hills Hospital is a facility of Ascend Health Corporation.

5 Feb 2011

First mobile application is now available for clinicians to diagnose bleeding disorders

Novo Nordisk announced today the availability of Coags Uncomplicated – the first mobile application to assist in the diagnosis of bleeding disorders – created in partnership with Craig Kessler, MD, Professor of Medicine and Pathology and Director of the Coagulation Laboratory, Georgetown University Hospital, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

5 Feb 2011

Pay gap growing for women physicians

Women are playing a greater and greater role in medicine. But when it comes to salaries, they're actually losing ground. A provocative study in the current issue of the journal Health Affairs finds female physicians' average starting salaries earned nearly $17,000 less than their male counterparts' in 2008.

5 Feb 2011

March of Dimes appreciates FDA for approving new drug to prevent preterm births

The first-ever drug known to prevent some preterm births, which won market approval today from the Food and Drug Administration, was welcomed by the March of Dimes.

5 Feb 2011

Endocyte prices initial public offering

Endocyte, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing targeted small molecule drug conjugates, announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 12,500,000 shares of its common stock.

5 Feb 2011

Partek signs distribution agreement with Life Technologies

Partek Incorporated, a global leader in bioinformatics software, announced today the signing of a distribution agreement with Life Technologies Corporation, a provider of next-generation DNA sequencing technology. The agreement makes Partek Genomics Suite available through Life Technologies as a featured solution for analyzing data generated by Life Technologies' next-generation sequencing devices.

5 Feb 2011

SVHC to deploy athenahealth's cloud-based physician medical billing and practice management service

athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of web-based practice management, electronic health record, and patient communication services to medical groups, today announced that St. Vincent's HealthCare (SVHC), a not-for-profit regional medical facility in Jacksonville, Florida, will deploy athenahealth's cloud-based physician medical billing and practice management service, athenaCollector®, to its growing network of more than 120 employed medical providers.

5 Feb 2011

Lack of DOT1L enzyme could lead to some types of heart disease: Study

Everyone knows chocolate is critical to a happy Valentine's Day. Now scientists are one step closer to knowing what makes a heart happy the rest of the year.

5 Feb 2011

Microsulis' Microwave Endometrial Ablation platform sold to Hologic

Microsulis Medical Limited announced this week that it has exclusively licensed to Hologic Inc all rights to its microwave technology in the gynecology and female urology fields of use.

From Hologic, Inc. 5 Feb 2011

ArtVentive announces $10,000,000 USD agreement with European financial group

ArtVentive Medical Group, announced today a ten million dollar financing agreement with a European financial group. A firm commitment for the first tranche of $1,950,000 is at $.90 per share with the remainder of the financing to be priced at not less than $.90 per share.

5 Feb 2011

Recent releases in Global Health

"Africa should be one of the leading regions in shaping global food security policies and feeding the future instead of others shaping it for Africa. Developing practical, integrative and more small-scale solutions for agricultural inputs and outputs, farming, and for managing both land and water resources, will help Africa provide for future generations on the Continent and elsewhere," Robin Renee Sanders, the U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, writes in a Huffington Post blog post.

5 Feb 2011

Roundup: House Republicans plan to advance anti-abortion agenda with action next week; Medical device makers lobby to repeal tax

House Republicans said Thursday that they plan to consider two significant bills next week that would prevent taxpayer-funded abortions. One of the controversial measures was slightly modified after abortion rights supporters lashed out against language that included limits on exemptions for such situations as rape and incest (Adams, 2/3).

4 Feb 2011

Jungle Brolly launches new natural line of non alcoholic industrial hand sanitizers

Natural hand sanitizers prove a viable alternative to chemical-based hand sanitizers. In today's world, we are surrounded by a multitude of bacteria, germs, and viruses, as well as stories of new strains of those viruses, leading to serious illnesses and, in some cases, even death. In response, we seek convenient and more effective ways to protect ourselves.

4 Feb 2011

AmerisourceBergen first quarter revenues increase 3% to record $19.9 billion

AmerisourceBergen Corporation today reported that in its fiscal year 2011 first quarter, ended December 31, 2010, diluted earnings per share were $0.57, a 10 percent increase. Revenue in the quarter was a record $19.9 billion, up 3 percent.

4 Feb 2011

FDA approves ANDA for phentermine HCl 37.5 mg tablets

Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today the approval of an Abbreviated New Drug Application for phentermine HCl 37.5 mg tablets by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The phentermine HCl tablets are the generic equivalent of the Adipex-P 37.5 mg tablets.

4 Feb 2011

Anacor initiates dosing in AN2728 Phase 2b trial for psoriasis

Anacor Pharmaceuticals announced today that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 2b trial of AN2728, a topical anti-inflammatory product candidate for the treatment of psoriasis. Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects approximately 7.5 million people in the United States and over 100 million people worldwide.

4 Feb 2011

HPV vaccine can prevent 90% of genital warts in men: Study

The vaccine for human papillomavirus can prevent 90 percent of genital warts in men when offered before exposure to the four HPV strains covered by the vaccine, according to a new multi-center study led by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and UCSF.

4 Feb 2011

Senior citizens can benefit from new emergency detection system

Elderly people living alone have a dangerous life: after a fall, they often spend hours lying on the floor before their situation comes to anyone's attention and a doctor is contacted. A new system automatically detects predicaments like this and informs a trusted person. This makes it possible to live an independent life in one's own four walls.

4 Feb 2011

Opinions: Global Fund; Accountability for Haiti Aid

Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson writes of the "breathless Associated Press story" about the uncovering of some corruption in grants given by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the subsequent reaction: "When scandals fit preexisting ideological narratives, they assume a life of their own. This particular narrative - the story of useless, wasted aid - is durable. It is also misleading and might be deadly."

4 Feb 2011

Positive results from Photocure's Allumera RevitAll study to improve skin's appearance

Photocure, a Norwegian specialty pharmaceutical company focused in dermatology and cancer, today announced positive results from its consumer trial with Allumera™, a breakthrough cosmetic treatment formulated to improve the skin's appearance.

4 Feb 2011