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Amount of healthy foods must be adapted to limit weight gain

Overweight children reported more frequent intake of healthy foods such as fruit, vegetables, fish, brown bread and potatoes as well as low-energy cheese and yoghurt compared with normal weight children.

9 Nov 2010

Semafore's SF1126 for B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia granted FDA orphan drug designation

Semafore Pharmaceuticals announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to the Company's SF1126 product candidate for the treatment of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). In April 2010, the Company initiated an expansion of its ongoing Phase I clinical study into this disease setting. SF1126 is a novel peptidic prodrug that converts to LY294002, one of the most widely studied small molecule inhibitors of both phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR).

9 Nov 2010

Gentiva third quarter total net revenues increase 38% to $387.8 million

Gentiva Health Services, Inc., a leading provider of home health and hospice services, today reported third quarter 2010 results.

9 Nov 2010

Covance enters into accelerated share repurchase transaction with JPMorgan

Covance Inc. announced today it entered into an accelerated share repurchase transaction with JPMorgan Chase Bank. Covance will repurchase shares of its common stock pursuant to the ASR Agreement as part of the $250 million share repurchase program that it announced on September 28, 2010.

9 Nov 2010

Redpoint Bio decreases third quarter net loss to $1.8 million

Redpoint Bio Corporation, a company focused on the development of healthier foods and beverages and new approaches to the treatment of diabetes and obesity, today announced financial and operational results for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2010.

9 Nov 2010

First Edition: November 9, 2010

Today's news includes reports about the Supreme Court's decision regarding an early challenge to the health law.

9 Nov 2010

Changes in Medicare policies may hamper supply of power wheelchairs

Will power wheelchairs continue to be available to Nevada's Medicare patients following a series of federal regulatory and policy changes?

9 Nov 2010

Provectus holds second meeting with Australian TGA to review approval of PV-10 for metastatic melanoma

Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development-stage oncology and dermatology biopharmaceutical company, has held its second meeting with the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration ("TGA") to discuss milestones for approval of PV-10 for treatment of metastatic melanoma. The TGA is the part of the Australian Government's Department of Health and Ageing responsible for the assessment, approval and monitoring of therapeutic goods available in Australia. The initial meeting with the TGA was held in October 2008.

9 Nov 2010

Human blood from adult human skin

In an important breakthrough, scientists at McMaster University have discovered how to make human blood from adult human skin.

9 Nov 2010

Study finds lack of medication adherence among people with RA and lupus

People with rheumatic diseases don't take their medication on a regular basis, and this leads to poor outcomes in their disease treatment, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta.

9 Nov 2010

Study says looking older does not necessarily point to poor health

Even though most adults want to avoid looking older than their actual age, research led by St. Michael's Hospital shows that looking older does not necessarily point to poor health. The study found that a person needed to look at least 10 years older than their actual age before assumptions about their health could be made.

9 Nov 2010

Tyco reports revenue of $4.5 billion for fourth quarter 2010

Tyco International Ltd. today reported $0.55 in diluted earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations for the fiscal fourth quarter of 2010 and diluted EPS from continuing operations before special items of $0.74 per share. Revenue in the quarter was $4.5 billion with organic revenue growth of 2% year-over-year. Cash from operating activities was $963 million and free cash flow was $598 million. These amounts included $39 million of cash outflows related to restructuring activities and acquisition-related costs.

9 Nov 2010

Excessive texting and networking raise new health concerns for teens

Texting while driving can be a deadly combination for teenagers. Yet, new data released today reveal that the dangers of excessive texting among teens are not limited to the road. Hyper-texting and hyper-networking are now giving rise to a new health risk category for this age group.

9 Nov 2010

Late retirement or cancellation of compulsory retirement needs to be encouraged

Workers who agreed to take early retirement were likely to not have considered that option if it hadn't been for pressure at the workplace to do so. This has been revealed in a new study carried out at the University of Haifa that examined the significance of early retirement. "A policy of late retirement or canceling compulsory retirement ought to be encouraged.

9 Nov 2010

Patients with germinal center-like structures face greater risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Biopsying the glands that produce saliva to test for germinal center-like formation when someone is diagnosed with primary Sjögren's Syndrome can predict later development of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta.

9 Nov 2010

Data breaches of patient information cost healthcare organizations $6 billion annually

The latest benchmark study by Ponemon Institute, sponsored by ID Experts®, finds that data breaches of patient information cost healthcare organizations nearly $6 billion annually, and that many breaches go undetected. The research indicates that protecting patient data is a low priority for hospitals and that organizations have little confidence in their ability to secure patient records, putting individuals at great risk for medical identity theft, financial theft and embarrassment of exposure of private information.

9 Nov 2010

Study finds cancer cells subject to several major chromosomal changes at the same time

New progress has been made on the road to understanding the origins of genetic changes in tumour cells. The prevalent theory has been that genetic changes in tumour cells come about in multiple stages over a long time. However, a recent study by researchers at Lund University shows that this does not have to be the case at all, but that the cancer cells instead can be subject to several major chromosomal changes at the same time.

9 Nov 2010

REF donates $24 million in innovative RA research

The American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation today announced it has raised nearly $28 million, and funded $24 million, in RA research through its Within Our Reach: Finding a Cure for Rheumatoid Arthritis campaign - putting the Foundation two million from its initial $30 million goal.

9 Nov 2010

Discovery Labs reports net operating loss of $6.2 million for third quarter 2010

Discovery Laboratories, Inc., a biotechnology company developing its novel, synthetic, peptide-containing surfactant and related aerosolization technologies as first in class therapies for severe respiratory diseases, today provides an update on key pipeline and business initiatives and a financial update for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010.

9 Nov 2010

Spectral Molecular Imaging awarded $190,172 QTDP grant for development of melanoma detection system

Cascade Technologies Corp., announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Spectral Molecular Imaging, Inc. (SMI) has received a grant under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) program to advance the development of the company's SkinSpect system for the detection of melanoma and other skin cancers.

9 Nov 2010

Medical News

Amount of healthy foods must be adapted to limit weight gain

Semafore's SF1126 for B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia granted FDA orphan drug designation

Gentiva third quarter total net revenues increase 38% to $387.8 million

Covance enters into accelerated share repurchase transaction with JPMorgan

Redpoint Bio decreases third quarter net loss to $1.8 million

First Edition: November 9, 2010

Changes in Medicare policies may hamper supply of power wheelchairs

Provectus holds second meeting with Australian TGA to review approval of PV-10 for metastatic melanoma

Human blood from adult human skin

Study finds lack of medication adherence among people with RA and lupus

Study says looking older does not necessarily point to poor health

Tyco reports revenue of $4.5 billion for fourth quarter 2010

Excessive texting and networking raise new health concerns for teens

Late retirement or cancellation of compulsory retirement needs to be encouraged

Patients with germinal center-like structures face greater risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Data breaches of patient information cost healthcare organizations $6 billion annually

Study finds cancer cells subject to several major chromosomal changes at the same time

REF donates $24 million in innovative RA research

Discovery Labs reports net operating loss of $6.2 million for third quarter 2010

Spectral Molecular Imaging awarded $190,172 QTDP grant for development of melanoma detection system

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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