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Southwest Washington Health System announces formal affiliation agreement with PeaceHealth

Southwest Washington Health System and PeaceHealth today announced a formal affiliation between the two organizations. As part of the agreement, Southwest's two hospital campuses, clinics, foundation, medical group, and other programs will join the PeaceHealth system of hospitals and health services, effective January 1, 2011, pending final regulatory approvals.

10 Dec 2010

Results of Adjuvant Treatment with Zoledronic Acid in Stage II/III Breast Cancer to be presented at symposium

The long-awaited results of the Adjuvant Treatment with Zoledronic Acid in Stage II/III Breast Cancer, the AZURE trial, will be presented at the 33rd Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held here Dec. 8-12.

10 Dec 2010

Physiotherapy Associates announces new MS Specialty Program

Physiotherapy Associates, the nation's foremost provider of outpatient rehabilitation services, announced its new MS Specialty Program, which includes physical therapy services and a health and wellness program designed to reduce or alleviate the symptoms of MS for patients, available in its more than 600 clinics throughout the United States.

10 Dec 2010

News outlets report on polio outbreaks in Central, East Africa

"Bad immunisation strategy has been blamed for an outbreak of polio, which has killed nearly 200 and is believed to have caused paralysis in more than 2,000 others across Angola, Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo," the Mail & Guardian writes in a story examining the emergence of the disease in the three countries and efforts to control it.

10 Dec 2010

AACR reports majority of women do not get regular mammograms

Only half of eligible women in the United States are getting their annual mammograms, even if they have insurance to pay for the procedure, according to data presented at the 33rd Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

10 Dec 2010

Researchers target MIC-1 protein to halt growth of melanoma tumors

Halting the growth of melanoma tumors by targeting the MIC-1 protein that promotes blood vessel development in tumors may lead to better treatment of this invasive and deadly cancer, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers in The Foreman Foundation Research Laboratory.

10 Dec 2010

Researchers find new light-activated platinum-based compound to kill cancer cells

When it comes to health care blue lights, are usually most useful on the top of ambulances but now new research led by the University of Warwick has found a way to use blue light to activate what could be a highly potent platinum-based cancer treatment.

10 Dec 2010

Biovex announces OncoVEXGM-CSF Phase 3 study for head and neck cancer

BioVex Inc, a company developing next generation biologics for the treatment and prevention of cancer and infectious disease, announced today that a Phase 3 pivotal study with OncoVEXGM-CSF for the first line treatment of patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head & neck has commenced.

10 Dec 2010

Oxygen Biotherapeutics reports net revenue of $27,126 for second quarter of fiscal 2011

Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc., a development stage biomedical company focused on developing oxygen-rich intravenous and topical products, today announced results for the fiscal year second quarter ended October 31, 2010.

10 Dec 2010

Senate approves Medicare 'doc fix'

The Senate's $19.2 billion pay fix was approved by unanimous consent Wednesday and now will go to the House, where it is expected to gain passage before Congress leaves Washington for the holidays. The measure is paid for by a tweak in the health overhaul law.

10 Dec 2010

NCCN announces new guidelines for patients with multiple myeloma

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network recently announced the latest addition to the library of NCCN Guidelines for Patients, the NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Multiple Myeloma. This new resource is a patient-friendly translation of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Multiple Myeloma, which physicians use when determining appropriate cancer treatment.

10 Dec 2010

Silencing the TLR4 gene can prevent cardiovascular disease in diabetic patients

Silencing the TLR4 gene can stop the process which may lead to cardiovascular disease in diabetic patients. Researchers demonstrated that TLR4 plays a critical role in hyperglycaemic cardiac apoptosis, and that silencing the gene using specific small interfering RNA can prevent it.

10 Dec 2010

Clinical, preclinical results of ISF35 in CLL patients presented at ASH 2010

Memgen, LLC announced the presentation of clinical and preclinical results for its lead product, ISF35, during the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology in Orlando, Florida. The research and clinical development of ISF35 announced today was led by Januario Castro, MD, and Thomas Kipps, MD, PhD, both at the University of California, San Diego.

10 Dec 2010

New software may help improve major deficiencies in ADHD children

An intensive, five-week working memory training program shows promise in relieving some of the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, a new study suggests.

10 Dec 2010

Older people living in racially segregated neighborhoods have higher chance of developing cancer: Study

Older people who live in racially segregated neighborhoods with high crime rates have a much higher chance of developing cancer than do older people with similar health histories and income levels who live in safer, less segregated neighborhoods.

10 Dec 2010

Rule makers in health reform hot seat; Number of administration waivers from key aspect of law climbing

As rulemaking continues to be the new focus in the health law debate, media outlets report on the Obama administration use of waivers regarding a key aspect of the new law.

10 Dec 2010

Clearance of plaque-forming substance is impaired in Alzheimer's disease

"Clearance is impaired in Alzheimer's disease," says Randall Bateman, MD, assistant professor of neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

10 Dec 2010

Some key molecular events in immune system contribute to inflammatory bowel disease: Scientists

Scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have discovered some of the key molecular events in the immune system that contribute to inflammatory bowel disease. The results, which help researchers move one step further in their efforts to develop new drugs to treat inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases, are reported in the November 2010 edition of the journal Mucosal Immunology from the Nature Publishing Group.

10 Dec 2010

VCP gene causes some instances of familial ALS: Researchers

Using a new gene sequencing method, a team of researchers led by scientists from Johns Hopkins and the National Institutes of Health has discovered a gene that appears to cause some instances of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The finding could lead to novel ways to treat the more common form of this fatal neurodegenerative disease, which kills the vast majority of the nearly 6,000 Americans diagnosed with ALS every year.

10 Dec 2010

Five Fairfield County community health centers awarded grants to increase access to primary care

The GE Foundation-the philanthropic organization of GE- and the GE Corporate Diversity Council today announced $1.25 million in grants to five Fairfield County community health centers with the goal of increasing access to primary care for uninsured and underserved populations across the county.

10 Dec 2010

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Southwest Washington Health System announces formal affiliation agreement with PeaceHealth

Results of Adjuvant Treatment with Zoledronic Acid in Stage II/III Breast Cancer to be presented at symposium

Physiotherapy Associates announces new MS Specialty Program

News outlets report on polio outbreaks in Central, East Africa

AACR reports majority of women do not get regular mammograms

Researchers target MIC-1 protein to halt growth of melanoma tumors

Researchers find new light-activated platinum-based compound to kill cancer cells

Biovex announces OncoVEXGM-CSF Phase 3 study for head and neck cancer

Oxygen Biotherapeutics reports net revenue of $27,126 for second quarter of fiscal 2011

Senate approves Medicare 'doc fix'

NCCN announces new guidelines for patients with multiple myeloma

Silencing the TLR4 gene can prevent cardiovascular disease in diabetic patients

Clinical, preclinical results of ISF35 in CLL patients presented at ASH 2010

New software may help improve major deficiencies in ADHD children

Older people living in racially segregated neighborhoods have higher chance of developing cancer: Study

Rule makers in health reform hot seat; Number of administration waivers from key aspect of law climbing

Clearance of plaque-forming substance is impaired in Alzheimer's disease

Some key molecular events in immune system contribute to inflammatory bowel disease: Scientists

VCP gene causes some instances of familial ALS: Researchers

Five Fairfield County community health centers awarded grants to increase access to primary care

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