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ContextVision and Neusoft Medical enter strategic collaboration

ContextVision, the software imaging partner for the most recognized medical imaging manufacturers worldwide, today is pleased to announce that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd (Neusoft Medical, hereafter "NMS"), a leading provider of a broad range of medical equipment & IT solutions and healthcare services in China. NMS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Neusoft Corporation, which is a leading IT solutions and services provider in China with revenue in excess of $600 million in 2009.

8 Nov 2010

Medicare announces contracts for competitive bidding on equipment while docs worry about payment cuts

News outlets offer a variety of stories about Medicare, including details of a new bidding process for medical equipment and the scheduled cut in physician reimbursement.

8 Nov 2010

Teva hosts Respiratory Opportunity Meeting for financial community

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. today hosted its Respiratory Opportunity Meeting for the financial community in New York, featuring in-depth presentations on Teva's current and future respiratory growth strategy.

8 Nov 2010

Research findings on RGL2 protein can lead to new therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer

One of the most frustrating problems faced by doctors who treat pancreatic cancer is the lack of effective therapeutic options. More than 38,000 people in the United States die of the disease each year, and new drugs and treatments are desperately needed.

8 Nov 2010

MitoSciences awarded $244,000 grant under IRS Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project

MitoSciences Inc. today announces that it has been awarded a $244,000 grant under the IRS Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project. This award was made in support of MitoSciences' efforts to develop the world's most advanced set of assays for unlocking the role of metabolism in cancer and other critical diseases, and for helping researchers to design and monitor the most effective therapies for those conditions.

8 Nov 2010

Brain training improves real-world activities of older adults

A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) proves that the right kind of brain training can produce cognitive improvements that transfer to real-world skills. The study, available online and in the November 2010 issue of JAGS found that older drivers who completed 10 sessions of speed-of-processing training or reasoning training had an approximately 50 percent reduction in at-fault motor-vehicle collisions (MVC) compared to the control group.

8 Nov 2010

UC researchers receive four-year grant to study mechanism of malarial parasite replication in RBCs

Today, about half the world's population lives in areas at risk of malaria transmission. The disease is transmitted to humans through bites from mosquitoes, and each year causes hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide, with about 1,500 of these in the United States.

8 Nov 2010

New findings could help scientists devise optimal therapies for Friedreich's ataxia

Scripps Research Institute scientists have taken a step closer to understanding the cause of Friedreich's ataxia, a debilitating neurological condition that affects tens of thousands of people worldwide, and so far has no cure.

8 Nov 2010

Party leaders stake out individual positions for new debate on health overhaul

Individual Republicans and Democrats began staking out their positions on the health overhaul quickly after the elections.

8 Nov 2010

AAGL recommends vaginal or laparoscopic hysterectomies

Approximately 600,000 hysterectomies are performed in the United States annually to treat benign disorders of the pelvis. More than two-thirds are performed through an abdominal incision. In an evidence-based position statement published online today in The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, the AAGL, a medical specialty society of over 5,000 gynecologic surgeons, advocates the practice of performing these procedures vaginally or laparoscopically in a minimally invasive manner, thus reducing morbidity and facilitating a faster recovery period.

8 Nov 2010

TRPM7 protein plays a key role in maintenance of magnesium homeostasis

An international team led by researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has published new findings that demonstrate how a specific protein controls the body's ability to balance magnesium levels. Magnesium is an essential element for good health and is critical to more than 300 biochemical reactions that occur in the body.

8 Nov 2010

Scientists identify genes that enable some immune systems to halt HIV; finding could spur drug, vaccine development

Tiny variants in a protein that alerts the body to infection could explain how one in 300 HIV-infected people are able to resist the onset of AIDS for years without needing any treatment, researchers said Thursday in a study published online in the journal Science, Agence France-Presse reports

8 Nov 2010

Plexxikon's PLX4032 shows positive data in patients with metastatic melanoma

Plexxikon today announced positive preliminary data from a pivotal Phase 2 clinical trial of PLX4032 (RG7204) in metastatic melanoma, showing significant tumor shrinkage in the majority of patients.

8 Nov 2010

NeoGenomics receives $374,479 grant under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

NeoGenomics, Inc., a leading provider of cancer-focused genetic testing services today reported that it had been awarded two research and development grants totaling $374,479 from the US government under HR: 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the "Act").

8 Nov 2010

Prophylaxis can prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting

Vomiting is unpleasant. Nearly 30% of all patients suffer from nausea and vomiting after surgery. The financial repercussions of this are longer patient stays in the recovery room, with increased need for personnel. Appropriate prophylaxis and treatment can prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting. In a systematic review of the literature, Dirk Rüsch and co-authors investigate how treatment recommendations for nausea after general anesthesia can be improved.

8 Nov 2010

Risk pools, drug prices and other issues in health law implementation

A health law program that directs $5 billion for coverage of otherwise uninsurable people through state-run high-risk insurance pools has attracted only 8,011 people according to health department enrollment figures, The New York Times reports. That's a paucity compared to the hundreds of thousands of people government actuaries predicted would flock to the program causing it to run out of money too early.

8 Nov 2010

Researchers identify key step in metabolic pathways linked to diabetes and cancer

United States and Japanese researchers have identified a key step in metabolic pathways linked to diabetes and cancer. The study on activation of the protein complex TORC 2 was published online in the journal Current Biology Oct. 28.

8 Nov 2010

NCRI launches first virtual biobank for prostate cancer research

The first virtual biobank dedicated to prostate cancer research has been launched today by the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI). The UK Prostate Cancer Sample Collection Database will house details of around 10,000 biological samples taken from men in the UK with and without prostate cancer.

8 Nov 2010

Pervasis receives $920,000 in grants under QTDP program

Pervasis Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded over $920,000 in grants through the U.S. government's Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project, which provides tax credits and grants to projects that show significant potential to produce new therapies, reduce long-term health care costs, or significantly advance the goal of curing cancer within the next 30 years.

8 Nov 2010

Hydroxychloroquine may reduce cardiac neonatal lupus in subsequent pregnancies: Research

Women with anti-SSA/Ro antibodies and a previous child who has heart block a condition where the electrical signal that makes the heart beat is damaged may potentially decrease their risk of delivering another child with life threatening heart disease by taking hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta.

8 Nov 2010

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ContextVision and Neusoft Medical enter strategic collaboration

Medicare announces contracts for competitive bidding on equipment while docs worry about payment cuts

Teva hosts Respiratory Opportunity Meeting for financial community

Research findings on RGL2 protein can lead to new therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer

MitoSciences awarded $244,000 grant under IRS Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project

Brain training improves real-world activities of older adults

UC researchers receive four-year grant to study mechanism of malarial parasite replication in RBCs

New findings could help scientists devise optimal therapies for Friedreich's ataxia

Party leaders stake out individual positions for new debate on health overhaul

AAGL recommends vaginal or laparoscopic hysterectomies

TRPM7 protein plays a key role in maintenance of magnesium homeostasis

Scientists identify genes that enable some immune systems to halt HIV; finding could spur drug, vaccine development

Plexxikon's PLX4032 shows positive data in patients with metastatic melanoma

NeoGenomics receives $374,479 grant under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Prophylaxis can prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting

Risk pools, drug prices and other issues in health law implementation

Researchers identify key step in metabolic pathways linked to diabetes and cancer

NCRI launches first virtual biobank for prostate cancer research

Pervasis receives $920,000 in grants under QTDP program

Hydroxychloroquine may reduce cardiac neonatal lupus in subsequent pregnancies: Research

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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