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Invacare 2010 adjusted earnings per share increase 16% to $1.84

Invacare Corporation today announced its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2010 and provided guidance for 2011.

3 Feb 2011

Surrogate questions imaging can answer about cancer

A Professor who is investigating how modern body imaging techniques can be adapted to answer new questions - such as the anti-cancer properties of fish oils and green tea, or establishing cause of death in forensic investigation - is to give a free public lecture at the University of Leicester.

3 Feb 2011

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, American Cancer Society receive CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and the American Cancer Society - High Plains Division have received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the commitment of these organizations to reducing the risk of cancer for employees and their families by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment.

3 Feb 2011

AVEO receives USAN, WHO generic name approval for ficlatuzumab

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the United States Adopted Names (USAN) Council, in consultation with the World Health Organization (WHO) International Nonproprietary Names Expert Committee, has approved the use of the nonproprietary generic name "ficlatuzumab" (pronounced fye" kla tue' zue mab) for AV-299, a potent, functional anti-HGF/c-MET antibody internally discovered at AVEO.

3 Feb 2011

Transcend fourth quarter revenue increases 26% to $26,976,000

TRANSCEND SERVICES, INC., a leading provider of clinical documentation solutions to the U.S. healthcare market, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010.

3 Feb 2011

Consumer Reports Health unveils ratings of nine common screenings for heart disease

Consumer Reports Health unveils Ratings of nine common screenings for heart disease based on systematic review of evidence; some screenings work well while others deemed not worth the risk for healthy individuals

3 Feb 2011

Acacia subsidiary acquires rights to prescription lens technology patent portfolio

Acacia Research Corporation announced today that a subsidiary has acquired rights to a patent portfolio for prescription lens technology.

3 Feb 2011

CIGNA fourth quarter shareholders' net income increases to $461 million

CIGNA Corporation today reported shareholders' net income of $461 million, or $1.69 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2010 compared with shareholders' net income of $330 million, or $1.19 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2009.

3 Feb 2011

Blood clotting protein could be used as 'biomarker' for mucopolysaccharide diseases

University of Manchester scientists have shown that a protein involved in blood clotting can be used to diagnose and subsequently monitor the treatment of a group of childhood genetic diseases.

3 Feb 2011

MEDNAX fourth quarter net income increases to $53.8 million

MEDNAX, Inc., the national medical group specializing in neonatal, maternal-fetal, pediatric cardiology, other pediatric subspecialty and anesthesia physician services today reported earnings per share of $1.12 for the three months ended December 31, 2010, that were driven by the Company's successful acquisition efforts throughout the year.

3 Feb 2011

USF Health sponsors conference on Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis

Some of the country's leading physicians and researchers in the fields of Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis will gather later this month to discuss the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of these neurological disorders.

3 Feb 2011

IDF commends Florida council for recommending SCID screening for all newborns

The Florida Genetics and Newborn Screening Program Advisory Council voted unanimously to recommend that the Department of Health screen all newborns for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID) – commonly known as bubble boy disease.

3 Feb 2011

Chances of surviving cardiac arrests high in large public venues having AEDs

A study of more than 14,000 men and women whose hearts stopped suddenly suggests that the chances of survival are very high if such cardiac arrests are witnessed in large public venues, including airports, sports arenas or malls. The reasons, researchers say, are that almost four out of five such cases appear to be due to a survivable type of heart rhythm disruption and that big places with lots of people are more likely to have an automated external defibrillator, or AED device, handy, along with those who can apply it as well as CPR.

3 Feb 2011

Stockpiling flu drugs, vaccines reduces impact of pandemic, but option out of reach for most countries, study finds

"Stockpiling antiviral flu drugs and vaccines saves lives and reduces disease in a flu pandemic," but the cost to maintain such a stockpile and deploy interventions in the event of an outbreak "is too expensive for around two thirds of the world's population, scientists said on Wednesday," Reuters reports.

3 Feb 2011

PanCare Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Survivor Care and Follow-up Studies to kick off in Lund, Sweden

By learning more about these late effects of treatment, the health care services can, on the one hand, improve and reduce the intensity of the treatment, and, on the other hand, find appropriate ways to care for those suffering from side-effects of the treatment in adolescence and adulthood.

3 Feb 2011

Public health experts: Improved community engagement needed to prevent pandemic spread

In the current issue of Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, public health experts assert that improved community engagement is needed to prevent the spread of pandemics.

3 Feb 2011

New concrete actions on cancer prevention in Europe

ECCO and its partners are joining forces with the European Commission and MEPs to put forward concrete actions on cancer prevention, to national and EU policymakers in Brussels on 2 February, ahead of World Cancer Day on 4 February.

3 Feb 2011

Physicians should contribute some efforts to improve patient safety, outcomes

Efforts to keep hospital patients safe and continually improve the overall results of health care can't work unless medical centers figure out a way to get physicians more involved in the process.

3 Feb 2011

Canadian government urged to approve proposed federal food labelling regulations

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is being asked to act on the concerns of millions of Canadians with food allergies and celiac disease and listen to the advice of prominent national medical, consumer and health organizations and pass proposed federal food labelling regulations now. The Prime Minister is also encouraged to heed the results of a new public opinion poll showing close to 70% of Canadians want regulations to affect all pre-packaged food and beverages and not grant a special exemption for the beer industry.

3 Feb 2011

Scientia Advisors: Unmet need for new medical technologies to treat CVI and blood clots

In light of an aging population and increasing chronic vascular disease, there is a tremendous unmet need for new medical technologies to treat potentially dangerous chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) and blood clots, according to a Scientia Advisors review of the vascular device market released today. Both the CVI and the thrombosis segments present significant opportunities for medical device innovators.

3 Feb 2011

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Invacare 2010 adjusted earnings per share increase 16% to $1.84

Surrogate questions imaging can answer about cancer

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, American Cancer Society receive CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation

AVEO receives USAN, WHO generic name approval for ficlatuzumab

Transcend fourth quarter revenue increases 26% to $26,976,000

Consumer Reports Health unveils ratings of nine common screenings for heart disease

Acacia subsidiary acquires rights to prescription lens technology patent portfolio

CIGNA fourth quarter shareholders' net income increases to $461 million

Blood clotting protein could be used as 'biomarker' for mucopolysaccharide diseases

MEDNAX fourth quarter net income increases to $53.8 million

USF Health sponsors conference on Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis

IDF commends Florida council for recommending SCID screening for all newborns

Chances of surviving cardiac arrests high in large public venues having AEDs

Stockpiling flu drugs, vaccines reduces impact of pandemic, but option out of reach for most countries, study finds

PanCare Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Survivor Care and Follow-up Studies to kick off in Lund, Sweden

Public health experts: Improved community engagement needed to prevent pandemic spread

New concrete actions on cancer prevention in Europe

Physicians should contribute some efforts to improve patient safety, outcomes

Canadian government urged to approve proposed federal food labelling regulations

Scientia Advisors: Unmet need for new medical technologies to treat CVI and blood clots

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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