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Northwest Biotherapeutics resumes enrollment in DCVax Phase II brain cancer clinical trial

Cutting edge, patient-specific vaccine treatments like DCVax® provide for a longer life expectancy along with a better quality of life for brain cancer patients, an improvement over current conventional brain tumor treatments. "The vaccine that I received has extended the median survival of Grade IV brain cancer (GBM) from 14.6 months, with conventional treatment, to over 36 months," stated Bob Gibbs, a 7 year brain cancer survivor, who has defied the odds statistically, thanks to the experimental brain cancer vaccine DCVax®.

25 Jan 2011

Triad alcohol prep pads with ARIXTRA Starter Kits not to be used

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has become aware of a United States market recall of all lots of alcohol prep pads, swabs and swabsticks manufactured by the Triad Group and marketed under various brand names. The Triad Group recall has been initiated due to concerns about potential microbial contamination of the alcohol products with Bacillus cereus that could potentially lead to life-threatening infections.

25 Jan 2011

APIC announces initiative to eliminate central line-associated bloodstream infections

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology today announced a major initiative to eliminate one of the most preventable and deadly infections that patients can acquire in healthcare facilities: central line-associated bloodstream infections, which kill 30,000 people in the U.S. every year.

25 Jan 2011

Study results presented at ASCO-GI reinforce value of Genomic Health's Oncotype DX Colon Cancer test

Genomic Health, Inc. today announced presentation of three studies at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancer Symposium, including one finding that high tumor grade was not a marker of higher recurrence risk in stage II colon cancer, suggesting that other markers, such as the Oncotype DX® Recurrence Score® (RS) test as well as T-stage and mismatch repair (MMR) status, should be considered by physicians during the treatment decision-making process.

25 Jan 2011

Exploration Emergency Medicine Focus Program helps children to save people in crisis

Since when have 11-year-old kids spent the summer learning how to suture wounds and defibrillate patients in cardiac arrest? Since the world of summer camp moved beyond canoeing and friendship bracelets. Learning to save people in crisis is what 11- and 12-year-olds do when they attend the Exploration Emergency Medicine Focus Program outside of Boston, Massachusetts.

25 Jan 2011

Florida Society of Pain Management Providers commends new Pain Clinic regulations / Standards of Care

The Florida Society of Pain Management Providers commends the Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine in their issuances of Pain Clinic regulations / Standards of Care.

25 Jan 2011

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Coca-Cola enter global partnership

Coca-Cola Hellenic has welcomed the opportunity to build upon its disaster response programme and community development projects across its 28 countries following the signing of a partnership agreement between the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC).

25 Jan 2011

New SOS Poison application for smartphones

What do you do when a child has eaten a buttercup? Should you induce vomiting in a child when it has drunk bleach? Everyone with a smartphone can immediately find answers to these types of questions by using the new SOS Poison app. The app is available for iPhones as well as Android phones.

25 Jan 2011

ASM to host 2011 Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) will host its 2011 Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting February 6-9, 2011 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC.

25 Jan 2011

Cardo and Arthrex enter Asset Purchase Agreement

Cardo Medical, Inc., an orthopedic medical device company based in Los Angeles, California, its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cardo Medical, LLC, and Arthrex, Inc., a leading provider of sports medicine product development and educational services for orthopedic surgeons based in Naples, Florida, announced today that they signed an asset purchase agreement.

25 Jan 2011

UH researchers to discuss computational surgery at MITIE

More than a dozen University of Houston (UH) researchers will be making presentations, ranging from robot-assisted surgery techniques to improving heart and breast surgery procedures, at the third annual international conference in computational surgery Jan. 26-28. The symposium will be held at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute (TMHRI) in Houston.

25 Jan 2011

Taiwanese research team develops large-scale proactive cancer treatment system first-generation prototype

A Taiwanese research team, led by Prof. Ming-Shing Young of Department of Electrical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), has successfully developed a large-scale proactive cancer treatment system first-generation prototype which includes Frequency-Adjustable High Frequency Induction Heating Machine (HFIHM) and 3D Magnetically Guiding Endoscope System (3DMGES).

25 Jan 2011

Allina Hospitals, NextGen Healthcare enter partnership to foster better patient care coordination

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced that it has partnered with Allina Hospitals & Clinics to foster better patient care coordination among physician practices of all sizes in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin.

25 Jan 2011

Kira For Women introduces two new products for menopause, PMS

Natural women's health brand, Kira For Women, is launching two new products - Kira PMS Relief and Kira Menopause Relief.

25 Jan 2011

Study finds heart failure diagnosis four times higher in most economically disadvantaged communities

Heart failure diagnosis is four times higher in the most economically disadvantaged communities and twice as high among South Asians a new study at the University of Leicester has found.

25 Jan 2011

Regulatory changes needed to protect public health from exposure to toxicants

Americans are exposed to hundreds, if not thousands, of suspected toxic substances every day, substances that affect the development and function of the brain, immune system, reproductive organs or hormones. Children are the most vulnerable. But no public health law requires product testing of most chemical compounds before they enter the marketplace.

25 Jan 2011

Scientist receives grant for research on parasitic diseases through African biodiversity medicines

McGill University and McGill University scientist Dr. Timothy Geary received a $1-million grant today for landmark research into addressing parasitic diseases through medicines derived from African biodiversity.

25 Jan 2011

Dr. Reddy’s third quarter consolidated revenues increase 10% to $424 million

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. today announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended December 31st, 2010 under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

25 Jan 2011

Finding true love is possible at any age

After a successful debut in January 2009, The Soulmate Secret: Manifest the Love of Your Life with the Law of Attraction, by relationship expert Arielle Ford, has helped thousands of people around the globe find love, with editions published in over 20 languages.

25 Jan 2011

ASCO urges physicians, medical schools to improve quality of life for people with cancer

The American Society of Clinical Oncology today called on physicians, medical schools, insurers, and others to help improve quality of life for people with advanced cancer.

25 Jan 2011

Medical News

Northwest Biotherapeutics resumes enrollment in DCVax Phase II brain cancer clinical trial

Triad alcohol prep pads with ARIXTRA Starter Kits not to be used

APIC announces initiative to eliminate central line-associated bloodstream infections

Study results presented at ASCO-GI reinforce value of Genomic Health's Oncotype DX Colon Cancer test

Exploration Emergency Medicine Focus Program helps children to save people in crisis

Florida Society of Pain Management Providers commends new Pain Clinic regulations / Standards of Care

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Coca-Cola enter global partnership

New SOS Poison application for smartphones

ASM to host 2011 Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

Cardo and Arthrex enter Asset Purchase Agreement

UH researchers to discuss computational surgery at MITIE

Taiwanese research team develops large-scale proactive cancer treatment system first-generation prototype

Allina Hospitals, NextGen Healthcare enter partnership to foster better patient care coordination

Kira For Women introduces two new products for menopause, PMS

Study finds heart failure diagnosis four times higher in most economically disadvantaged communities

Regulatory changes needed to protect public health from exposure to toxicants

Scientist receives grant for research on parasitic diseases through African biodiversity medicines

Dr. Reddy’s third quarter consolidated revenues increase 10% to $424 million

Finding true love is possible at any age

ASCO urges physicians, medical schools to improve quality of life for people with cancer

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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