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Bref Rhone-Alpes honors EDAP with Best 2010 Product Innovation award for Sonolith i-move lithotripter

EDAP TMS SA, the global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, reported today that its new lithotripter Sonolith i-move received the Best 2010 Product Innovation award by the French economic journal Bref Rhone-Alpes. The award was presented on November 22, 2010 at a gathering of all major local economic and financial partners.

24 Nov 2010

New genomic approach to evaluate suspicious thyroid nodules

Doctors at the University of Colorado School of Medicine were concerned recently when they found a nodule in the thyroid of a 64-year-old Colorado man. They extracted cells from the nodule, hoping to determine whether the man had cancer. But the biopsy results were inconclusive.

24 Nov 2010

Daily oral antiretroviral reduces HIV infection risk in MSM by 44%, study finds

A study that included nearly 2,500 HIV-negative men and transgender women who have sex with men has shown that a daily dose of Truvada, a pill containing the AIDS drugs emtricitabine and tenofovir, "can reduce risk of contracting [HIV] by an average of 44% - and by more than 70% if the subjects" follow the regimen closely, Los Angeles Times reports (Maugh, 11/23).

24 Nov 2010

Lifestyle-related diseases will be costly down the road; Americans rate their healthcare highly

Increased efforts to prevent several lifestyle-related diseases could save the United States billions of dollars a year in medical costs, according to a study scheduled to run in the American Journal of Public Health.

24 Nov 2010

Experience of ill health associated with reduction or cessation of alcohol consumption

In a cross-sectional study from the 2004 and 2007 Australian National Drug Strategy Household (NDSH) surveys, respondents were questioned about their current and past drinking, the presence of formal diagnosis for specific diseases (heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cancer, anxiety, depression) and self-perceived general health status. The sample sizes for the 2004 and 2007 NDSH surveys were 24,109 and 23,356, respectively.

24 Nov 2010

CONRAD congratulates Global iPrEx study team for HIV prevention trial

CONRAD is pleased to join in congratulating the Global iPrEx study team for their successful trial of oral tenofovir (TDF) with emtricitabine (FTC) for HIV prevention.

24 Nov 2010

Study estimates cost savings associated with global polio eradication; global post examines vaccination efforts in Africa

Research published in the November issue of the journal Vaccine found that a global campaign to eliminate polio could save between $40 billion and $50 billion over the next few decades if the crippling disease is wiped out within five years Bloomberg reports.

24 Nov 2010

Health spending proposals, health law repeal divide lawmakers

The Wall Street Journal reports that proposals for cuts in health spending by President Barack Obama's deficit-reduction commission are drawing opposition from health companies, doctors and some consumer groups. "How to tackle health costs has become a sticking point for the 18-member committee, which last week concluded three days of meetings without a firm agreement among members.

24 Nov 2010

Less affluent cancer patients more likely to develop life-threatening health problems

CANCER patients from deprived backgrounds are more likely to develop life-threatening health problems, research published today (Wednesday) in the British Journal of Cancer shows.

24 Nov 2010

XenoPort receives grant from Michael J. Fox Foundation to support Parkinson's disease therapies

XenoPort, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research to support a preclinical study of the efficacy and safety of a novel, orally administered prodrug of acamprosate in reducing L-Dopa induced dyskinesias (LID) in a pre-clinical model of Parkinson's disease.

24 Nov 2010

Two surveys show 'huge variation' in health costs in U.S.

The Wall Street Journal: Two studies out Monday - one is a country-by-country survey by the International Federation of Health Plans, and the second from Change: healthcare - "attempt to bring some clarity to how costs stack up, both between different countries and among U.S. providers that might be just a few blocks apart."

24 Nov 2010

Verenium enters agreement with Desmet Ballestra for Purifine enzymatic degumming process

Verenium Corporation, a pioneer in the development and commercialization of high-performance enzymes solutions, today announced an agreement with Desmet Ballestra Group s.a., a leading global solutions provider in the field of engineering and delivery of installations and equipment for the edible oil and fats and biodiesel industries, to jointly market the Purifine enzymatic degumming process, which combines Verenium's Purifine PLC enzyme and Desmet Ballestra's engineering services and equipment.

23 Nov 2010

IDSI submits Premarket Notification for CTLM breast imaging device to FDA

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., a pioneer in laser breast imaging, announced today that a Premarket Notification 510(k) was submitted on Monday, November 22, 2010, to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). With this submission, the company moves forward in the process of seeking marketing clearance for its innovative breast imaging device, the CTLM system.

23 Nov 2010

UNAIDS report finds new HIV infections dropped by 20% over 10 years, deaths from AIDS-related illness dropped by 20% over 5 years

The number of new HIV infections has dropped by about one-fifth over the past decade but millions of people are still missing out on major progress in prevention and treatment, according to the annual UNAIDS report released Tuesday, Agence France-Presse reports.

23 Nov 2010

Insuring your health: Retirees can find insuring young adult children difficult

In her latest Kaiser Health News consumer column, Michelle Andrews writes: "According to the Department of Health and Human Services, the key is whether the retiree health plan is made up only of retirees and their dependents or a mix of both active and retired employees and dependents.

23 Nov 2010

Disrupting estrogen pathway can halt expansion of breast cancer stem cells: Research

Breast cancer stem cells (CSCs), the aggressive cells thought to be resistant to current anti-cancer therapies and which promote metastasis, are stimulated by estrogen via a pathway that mirrors normal stem cell development.

23 Nov 2010

Siemens receives ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 Complete EHR certifications

Siemens Healthcare has achieved Complete EHR ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 Certification for Soarian® EHR version 2010, INVISION® EHR version 2010 and MedSeries4® EHR version 2010. These Complete EHRs are 2011/2012 compliant and have been certified by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable certification criteria for Hospitals adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

23 Nov 2010

SAMHSA grants $14.4 million to help people in substance abuse treatment programs

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is announcing up to $14.4 million in new grants to help people in substance abuse treatment programs.

23 Nov 2010

'Telehealth' devices allow patients to track illnesses from home

Thousands of seriously ill patients are relying on computerized health trackers to help keep them safe at home.

23 Nov 2010

Feds recover $3 billion in health care fraud and other settlements

CNN: "Government lawyers have recovered a near-record $3 billion this year from health care fraud and other settlements, the Justice Department announced Monday." Assistant Attorney General Tony West said the funds included "a record $2.5 billion in recoveries from huge health care fraud cases against giant pharmaceutical firms. Only in 2006, when the federal government recovered $3.2 billion in total settlements, had recoveries previously hit the $3 billion mark" (Frieden, 11/22).

23 Nov 2010

Medical News

Bref Rhone-Alpes honors EDAP with Best 2010 Product Innovation award for Sonolith i-move lithotripter

New genomic approach to evaluate suspicious thyroid nodules

Daily oral antiretroviral reduces HIV infection risk in MSM by 44%, study finds

Lifestyle-related diseases will be costly down the road; Americans rate their healthcare highly

Experience of ill health associated with reduction or cessation of alcohol consumption

CONRAD congratulates Global iPrEx study team for HIV prevention trial

Study estimates cost savings associated with global polio eradication; global post examines vaccination efforts in Africa

Health spending proposals, health law repeal divide lawmakers

Less affluent cancer patients more likely to develop life-threatening health problems

XenoPort receives grant from Michael J. Fox Foundation to support Parkinson's disease therapies

Two surveys show 'huge variation' in health costs in U.S.

Verenium enters agreement with Desmet Ballestra for Purifine enzymatic degumming process

IDSI submits Premarket Notification for CTLM breast imaging device to FDA

UNAIDS report finds new HIV infections dropped by 20% over 10 years, deaths from AIDS-related illness dropped by 20% over 5 years

Insuring your health: Retirees can find insuring young adult children difficult

Disrupting estrogen pathway can halt expansion of breast cancer stem cells: Research

Siemens receives ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 Complete EHR certifications

SAMHSA grants $14.4 million to help people in substance abuse treatment programs

'Telehealth' devices allow patients to track illnesses from home

Feds recover $3 billion in health care fraud and other settlements

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