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Melamine concentrations in eggs do not exceed FDA limits

Eggs from chickens that consumed extremely high levels of melamine in their feed still did not contain levels of the potentially toxic contaminant that exceeded U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) limits.

16 Apr 2010

Laquinimod may have neuroprotective properties in addition to anti-inflammatory effects for RRMS

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Active Biotech today announced results from several studies demonstrating that laquinimod, a novel, investigational once-daily oral immunomodulator for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) may have neuroprotective properties in addition to its anti-inflammatory effects.

16 Apr 2010

Scientists grow cultured neurons to investigate basic mechanisms of memory

In order to be able to understand complex organs such as the brain or the nervous system, simplified model systems are required. A group of scientists led by the Frankfurt brain researcher Erin Schuman has successfully developed a novel method to grow cultured neurons in order to investigate basic mechanisms of memory.

16 Apr 2010

DNA modification can define early onset glioblastoma

A class of brain tumor that tends to emerge in younger patients but is less aggressive than others can be identified by examining DNA methylation of a specific set of genes, scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and colleagues with The Cancer Genome Atlas report today online at Cancer Cell.

16 Apr 2010

1440 nm wavelength beneficial in laser-assisted lipolysis for fat-disruption and tissue tightening

Cynosure, Inc. today announced the presentation of a new study that demonstrates the clinical benefits of using a 1440 nm wavelength in laser-assisted lipolysis to disrupt fat tissue and tighten skin through tissue coagulation. The study, led by Barry DiBernardo, M.D., Medical Director of New Jersey Plastic Surgery, is one of six Cynosure-related abstracts being presented this week at the 2010 American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS) Annual Conference in Arizona.

16 Apr 2010

RUCDR is poised to become a world leader in human disease and genome studies

Despite the continuing, crippling effects of a nationwide recession, a genetics research laboratory on Rutgers' Busch Campus is experiencing an economic boom.

16 Apr 2010

Federal report details health care quality across states; Online system ranks quality at Illinois hospitals

A Maryland Web site explores how the state ranked in a federal report about health care quality while other news operations look at an online site offered in Illinois that assesses hospitals there.

16 Apr 2010

OnFocus Healthcare secures $3M to support ongoing sales and marketing of EPM software

onFocus Healthcare, Inc. the leading provider of web-based enterprise performance management solutions for the healthcare services marketplace, today announced it has secured $3 million in Series B financing led by Clayton Associates' FCA Venture Partners IV.

16 Apr 2010

Revlimid now available to multiple myeloma patients in Nova Scotia

Following the broadcast on CTV's W5 of the plight of multiple myeloma patient Frank Boyd and his inability to obtain appropriate drug treatment, on March 27, the President of Myeloma Canada, John Lemieux, immediately wrote to the Honourable Maureen MacDonald, Minister of Health of Nova Scotia urging her to implement an interim arrangement to ensure that Revlimid is available to multiple myeloma patients, including Mr. Boyd, in Nova Scotia.

16 Apr 2010

Impact of health care reform on federal employees to be discussed on AFGE radio show

The impact of health care reform on federal employees and their families will be discussed this week on the American Federation of Government Employees' "Inside Government" radio show.

16 Apr 2010

Novel instrument may help limit spread of diarrhoea-causing bacteria

New strains of Clostridium difficile are making the diarrhoea-causing bacteria a global health problem. In hospitals especially, the bacteria can be extremely harmful. But a new instrument devised by Professor Chris Probert at The University of Bristol and Norman Ratcliffe from the University of the West of England (UWE) may help limit its spread.

16 Apr 2010

Promising pharmacokinetic data from Idenix Pharmaceuticals' Phase I study of IDX320 for HCV

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of human viral diseases, today reported promising in vitro data for IDX320, an HCV protease inhibitor, demonstrating potent and selective antiviral activity in multiple genotypes, or strains, of the virus.

16 Apr 2010

HHS Secretary hosts webcast to discuss benefits of the Affordable Care Act

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office on Health Reform, will host a webcast Thursday, April 15, 2010 to discuss the benefits of the Affordable Care Act.

16 Apr 2010

Seasonal flu tends to move in traveling waves: Researchers

An analysis of hospitalization records for adults age 65 and over found that seasonal flu tends to move in traveling waves, peaking earliest in western states such as Nevada, Utah, and California and working its way east. New England states such as Rhode Island, Maine, and New Hampshire tend to have the latest peak in seasonal flu, according to public health researchers at Tufts University in Boston.

16 Apr 2010

CombinatoRx's synergistic drug combinations for cancer treatment to be highlighted at AACR 2010

CombinatoRx, Incorporated today announced that preclinical data on its discovery of novel synergistic drug combinations for the treatment of cancer will be highlighted at the 101st Annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 2010, April 17-21, in Washington, DC.

16 Apr 2010

Senate Democrats move closer to passing bill that will delay Medicare pay cut slated for doctors

MedPage Today: Senate Democrats on Wednesday won a "key vote" toward delaying a 21 percent cut in physicians reimbursements from Medicare. Those cuts officially went into effect on April 1. On a 60-40 vote, the Senate agreed to exempt a provision to delay the cuts by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., "from a Senate rule that says all spending legislation must be paid for."

16 Apr 2010

Sexual minorities more likely to experience posttraumatic stress disorder

A new study from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Children's Hospital Boston has found that gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and heterosexuals who have ever had a same-sex sex partner are one-and-a-half to two times as likely to experience violent events, especially in childhood, than the general population.

16 Apr 2010

Many women with invasive breast cancer unaware of skin-sparing mastectomy

In the U.S., more than 180,000 women are diagnosed with invasive breast cancer each year. Many of these women will undergo mastectomy surgery that will result in disfiguring scars because they are unaware of the availability of skin-sparing mastectomies and did not ask their surgeons about this treatment option. Skin-sparing mastectomy is a surgical technique to remove cancerous breast tissue by using the same minimal and judiciously placed incisions used by plastic surgeons for elective breast surgery.

16 Apr 2010

Data from Phase 2 clinical trials of Hematide/peginesatide presented at NKF Annual Meeting

Affymax, Inc. and Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc., U.S., today announced data from several post hoc analyses of Phase 2 clinical trials that evaluated Hematide/peginesatide in dialysis patients with anemia in chronic kidney disease. The data provide hypotheses for further investigation of this agent in anemia management in this patient population.

16 Apr 2010

Study: Circadian’s anti-cancer therapy reduces tumour growth in animal models

Circadian Technologies Limited today released data demonstrating that its lead anti-cancer therapeutic, VGX-100, significantly inhibits tumour growth in a variety of different animal models (tumour xenografts) of human cancer.

16 Apr 2010

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Melamine concentrations in eggs do not exceed FDA limits

Laquinimod may have neuroprotective properties in addition to anti-inflammatory effects for RRMS

Scientists grow cultured neurons to investigate basic mechanisms of memory

DNA modification can define early onset glioblastoma

1440 nm wavelength beneficial in laser-assisted lipolysis for fat-disruption and tissue tightening

RUCDR is poised to become a world leader in human disease and genome studies

Federal report details health care quality across states; Online system ranks quality at Illinois hospitals

OnFocus Healthcare secures $3M to support ongoing sales and marketing of EPM software

Revlimid now available to multiple myeloma patients in Nova Scotia

Impact of health care reform on federal employees to be discussed on AFGE radio show

Novel instrument may help limit spread of diarrhoea-causing bacteria

Promising pharmacokinetic data from Idenix Pharmaceuticals' Phase I study of IDX320 for HCV

HHS Secretary hosts webcast to discuss benefits of the Affordable Care Act

Seasonal flu tends to move in traveling waves: Researchers

CombinatoRx's synergistic drug combinations for cancer treatment to be highlighted at AACR 2010

Senate Democrats move closer to passing bill that will delay Medicare pay cut slated for doctors

Sexual minorities more likely to experience posttraumatic stress disorder

Many women with invasive breast cancer unaware of skin-sparing mastectomy

Data from Phase 2 clinical trials of Hematide/peginesatide presented at NKF Annual Meeting

Study: Circadian’s anti-cancer therapy reduces tumour growth in animal models

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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