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Aetna introduces new IHP for employees to adopt healthy behaviours

Aetna, a leading global diversified health care benefits company, today announced the launch of a new suite of International Healthcare Plans for employers with globally mobile employees.

24 Feb 2011

Research: Gene mutation linked to schizophrenia may aid in new drug development

In a major advance for schizophrenia research, an international team of scientists led by the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and involving Trinity College Dublin researchers has identified a gene mutation strongly linked to schizophrenia that may be an important new target for the development of drug therapies.

24 Feb 2011

Researchers develop new inexpensive way of filtering water with silver nanoparticles

Disasters such as floods, tsunamis, and earthquakes often result in the spread of diseases like gastroenteritis, giardiasis and even cholera because of an immediate shortage of clean drinking water. Now, chemistry researchers at McGill University have taken a key step towards making a cheap, portable, paper-based filter coated with silver nanoparticles to be used in these emergency settings.

24 Feb 2011

Stereotaxis reports first-ever use of Niobe Magnetic Navigation System to treat hypertension

Stereotaxis, Inc. announced today the first-ever use of its Niobe® Magnetic Navigation System in a renal artery ablation procedure for the treatment of chronic hypertension that was not treatable with medication.

24 Feb 2011

Talent Plus, Centric Health Resources partner to provide patient-centered quality services

Centric Health Resources, Inc., a nationwide, Patient-Centered Health Management organization and specialty pharmacy, dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with orphan, ultra-orphan, and chronic genetic disorders, has partnered with Talent Plus, a global human resources consulting firm committed to building high-performing, talent-based organizations.

24 Feb 2011

Study examines several homicides involving anesthetic drugs, outlines anesthesiologists' experiences

A study published in March's issue of Anesthesiology examines several homicides involving anesthetic drugs and calls on anesthesiologists to assist in the investigation and prosecution of criminals who divert and kill with these drugs.

24 Feb 2011

Former Democratic and Republican Senate majority leaders to keynote GHX Healthcare Supply Chain Summit

Just one month after announcing their partnership in bipartisan healthcare reform, Tom Daschle, former Democratic Senate majority leader, and Bill Frist, M.D., former Republican Senate majority leader, have confirmed they will keynote the 2011 GHX Healthcare Supply Chain Summit.

24 Feb 2011

Study findings support therapeutic approach for common form of MS

In an effort to develop therapeutic remedies for multiple sclerosis, scientists debate two possible interventional approaches - but they're on opposite sides of the spectrum. Researchers at Wayne State University's School of Medicine, however, have reached a definitive conclusion as to which approach is correct, putting an end to a long-disputed issue.

24 Feb 2011

Special issue of Neuron journal provides new insight into recent advances in addiction research

Addiction is a brain disease that destroys lives, devastates families and tears at the very fabric of society. Effective prevention and treatment of addiction requires a clear understanding of the complex brain mechanisms that underlie addictive behaviors, and research has provided a fascinating view of how substance abuse hijacks neuronal circuits involved in reward and motivation and causes profound and persistent changes in behavior.

24 Feb 2011

UK HealthCare to deploy Allscripts EHR, Practice Management solution for faculty providers

UK HealthCare, the patient care operations of University of Kentucky, will deploy the Allscripts lectronic Health Record and Practice Management solution to help its team of 6,000 physicians, nurses, pharmacists and health care providers enhance the quality of patient care, improve patient communications, and better manage the cost of care delivery.

24 Feb 2011

Stamford Hospital to participate in US FDA Expanded Access Treatment IND program for Generex Oral-lyn

Generex Biotechnology Corporation announced today that Stamford Hospital has agreed to participate in the United States Food and Drug Administration Expanded Access Treatment Investigational New Drug Program for Generex Oral-lyn, the Company's proprietary buccal insulin spray product for the treatment of patients with diabetes.

24 Feb 2011

Takeda submits NDA to FDA for fixed-dose combination of azilsartan medoxomil plus CLD to treat hypertension

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced today that Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc. U.S., submitted a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an investigational fixed-dose combination of azilsartan medoxomil plus chlorthalidone for the treatment of hypertension, or high blood pressure.

24 Feb 2011

Opsens completes pre-clinical EasyWire device study for measurement of FFR in coronary arteries

Opsens Inc. said today that its Medical Division has reached a significant milestone, successfully completing a pre-clinical animal study on the EasyWire device, designed to measure Fractional Flow Reserve in the evaluation of coronary lesions.

24 Feb 2011

Quanterix expands its Single Molecule Array technology to measure proteins precisely

Quanterix Corporation, a single molecule diagnostics company providing technology with unprecedented sensitivity for the life science and in vitro diagnostics markets, today announced the online publication of a study that builds upon the company's Single Molecule Array technology by combining digital and analog detection in one straightforward measurement.

24 Feb 2011

G-CSF treatment improves inadequate endometrium during IVF cycles

During in vitro fertilization cycles, treatment with a medication called granulocyte-colony stimulating factor significantly improves inadequate endometrium, according to a report published electronically on February 15 in Fertility and Sterility - the official journal of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

24 Feb 2011

Covaris, Caliper enter co-marketing agreement to leverage next generation sequencing

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. and Covaris Inc., Woburn, Mass., today announced a co-marketing agreement which will leverage Covaris' acoustic DNA shearing platforms and Caliper's automation and microfluidics technologies to develop automated workflows for next generation sequencing experiments.

24 Feb 2011

Refrigerated whole blood may have shelf life beyond current standard of 24 to 48 hours

In a finding that may potentially improve survival from war injuries and disasters, laboratory researchers report that refrigerated whole blood may have a shelf life well beyond the current standard of 24 to 48 hours.

24 Feb 2011

Sanofi Pasteur to participate in first international bell-ringing event to eradicate polio

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the sanofi-aventis Group, today will participate in the first international bell-ringing event by a company listed on NYSE Euronext. The events will acknowledge past successes and future challenges in the battle to eradicate polio at the stock exchanges in New York, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Lisbon.

24 Feb 2011

FDA allows marketing of Ridascreen Norovirus 3rd Generation EIA assay in the US

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed marketing of the first test for the preliminary identification of norovirus.

24 Feb 2011

New strategies to improve developing countries' access to low-cost generic drugs needed, experts say

New strategies that ensure developing countries have access to low-cost generic medicines and encourage innovation are needed, according to experts who attended a recent meeting sponsored by the WHO, World Intellectual Property Organization, and World Trade Organization (WTO) that addressed growing concern that strict intellectual property protections are limiting access to low-cost generic medicines, BMJ News reports.

24 Feb 2011

Medical News

Aetna introduces new IHP for employees to adopt healthy behaviours

Research: Gene mutation linked to schizophrenia may aid in new drug development

Researchers develop new inexpensive way of filtering water with silver nanoparticles

Stereotaxis reports first-ever use of Niobe Magnetic Navigation System to treat hypertension

Talent Plus, Centric Health Resources partner to provide patient-centered quality services

Study examines several homicides involving anesthetic drugs, outlines anesthesiologists' experiences

Former Democratic and Republican Senate majority leaders to keynote GHX Healthcare Supply Chain Summit

Study findings support therapeutic approach for common form of MS

Special issue of Neuron journal provides new insight into recent advances in addiction research

UK HealthCare to deploy Allscripts EHR, Practice Management solution for faculty providers

Stamford Hospital to participate in US FDA Expanded Access Treatment IND program for Generex Oral-lyn

Takeda submits NDA to FDA for fixed-dose combination of azilsartan medoxomil plus CLD to treat hypertension

Opsens completes pre-clinical EasyWire device study for measurement of FFR in coronary arteries

Quanterix expands its Single Molecule Array technology to measure proteins precisely

G-CSF treatment improves inadequate endometrium during IVF cycles

Covaris, Caliper enter co-marketing agreement to leverage next generation sequencing

Refrigerated whole blood may have shelf life beyond current standard of 24 to 48 hours

Sanofi Pasteur to participate in first international bell-ringing event to eradicate polio

FDA allows marketing of Ridascreen Norovirus 3rd Generation EIA assay in the US

New strategies to improve developing countries' access to low-cost generic drugs needed, experts say

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Automation in cell-based workflows

Data management challenges in scientific research

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