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FDA announces partnership agreement with University of Rochester to form ACTION Initiative

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced a partnership agreement with the University of Rochester to form the Analgesic Clinical Trial Innovations, Opportunities, and Networks (ACTION) Initiative.

2 Nov 2010

Ceremonial groundbreaking for new Children's Hospital of Michigan Specialty Center

Federal, state, and regional legislators and community leaders today join Vanguard Health System's Vice Chairman Keith Pitts, DMC President and CEO Mike Duggan, and Children's Hospital of Michigan President Herman Gray, MD at a ceremonial groundbreaking of the Children's Hospital of Michigan Specialty Center on the campus of the DMC (3950 Beaubien).

2 Nov 2010

Einstein College's new website features latest information on aging research

Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has launched SuperAgers.com, a new website that features the latest information on more than a decade of aging research at Einstein.

2 Nov 2010

Research on AID enzyme could improve therapy for lymphoma, leukemia

A recent scientific discovery made by researchers at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montr-al (IRCM) led by Dr. Javier Marcelo Di Noia, Director of the Mechanisms and Genetic Diversity research unit, was published online today by The Journal of Experimental Medicine. The team identified a mechanism regulating activation-induced deaminase (AID), which could be important for the therapy of some types of lymphoma and leukemia.

2 Nov 2010

Study finds elderly women at high risk for inappropriate urinary catheter utilization

Elderly women are at high risk for inappropriate urinary catheter utilization in emergency departments, according to a new study in the November issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).

2 Nov 2010

Fitness level, not size or weight, may be more important determinant of women's risk of death

Obesity alone may no longer be linked to a high risk of death in women, according to research published in the Nov. 2010 Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. Researchers now suggest cardiovascular fitness level, not just a woman's size, may actually be the key predictor of health level and overall risk for death.

2 Nov 2010

BioCancell's Phase I/IIa clinical trial of BC-819 shows positive result for pancreatic cancer

BioCancell, a developer of anti-cancer drugs, announced success in attaining the goals of its Phase I/IIa clinical trial of BC-819 as a treatment for pancreatic cancer, which demonstrated an excellent safety profile and preliminary efficacy.

2 Nov 2010

Health law challenges: Birth control, grandfathering, state's exchanges

The Associated Press: Among the complications posed by the health law is the fight over "social mores" that will could be triggered by the possibility that free contraception will be made available to women as a result of its provisions. A panel of experts set up by the Institute of Medicine will meet in November to determine what types of contraception should be considered "preventive care" under provisions barring insurers from charging copays for such services.

2 Nov 2010

Arrayit sells third advanced microarray manufacturing system to UT Southwestern

Arrayit Corporation announced today that it has sold a third advanced microarray manufacturing system to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. The NanoPrint LM60 Microarrayer equipped with Arrayit's Patented Microarray Manufacturing Technology (US Patent 6,101,946) is a computer-driven robotic microarray manufacturing system that enables the screening of 1.5 million lead therapeutic compounds per run, and the NanoPrint LM210 enables more than 5 million.

2 Nov 2010

Novel technology using quantum dots increases drug uptake in lung injury

Researchers at the University at Buffalo have developed a novel technology using quantum dots that is expected to have major implications for research and treatment of tuberculosis, as well as other inflammatory lung diseases.

2 Nov 2010

AAAOM, NCCAOM respond to report on cause of deaths due to improper acupuncture treatments

The American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AAAOM) and the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) are collaborating to respond to a recent report by British professor Edzard Ernst, published in The Guardian, claiming improperly trained acupuncture treatments have been the cause of deaths over the past 45 years.

2 Nov 2010

House win would give GOP the ways, means to roll back health law

A GOP takeover of the House would give Republicans the ability to attack the new law in new ways. If Rep. Joe Barton becomes chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee next year, the Texas Republican vows to make life miserable for Democratic defenders of the health care overhaul law.

2 Nov 2010

EMA issues Scientific Advice to Genta's clinical development plan for tesetaxel in patients with gastric cancer

Genta Incorporated today announced that the Company has received Scientific Advice from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on the Company's clinical development plan for tesetaxel in patients with advanced gastric cancer, which includes a pivotal, randomized, controlled, Phase 3 trial.

2 Nov 2010

LCA releases 2010 National Report Card on Lung Cancer

Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) released its Annual National Report Card on Lung Cancer, an overall assessment of the nation's response to the continuing high mortality of lung cancer, the leading cancer killer.

2 Nov 2010

Minn. will accept federal assistance, Tenn. tackles burgeoning drug abuse problem

Politico: "Minnesota will accept federal assistance under the Democrats' health reform law after all, despite Gov. Tim Pawlenty's executive order barring voluntary participation in federal health care programs. The state's Management and Budget Office was one of 700 new organizations that signed up for the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program, a $5 billion program that helps pay for the insurance costs of retirees between the ages of 55 and 64.

2 Nov 2010

Medicare cuts become hot topic in mid-term election campaigns

Advertisements are focusing on Medicare cuts and using them as a rallying point to influence the election. The message, delivered by a series of nervous-looking older Americans, is uniform: Democratic Congressional candidates voted for billions of dollars in cuts to Medicare and let their constituents down.

2 Nov 2010

Study finds inhaled corticosteroids increase type 2 diabetes risk

Patients taking inhaled corticosteroids are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, and more so with higher doses, say researchers at the Jewish General Hospital's Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (LDI) In Montreal. The risk is of special concern for patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), and much less significant for asthmatics.

2 Nov 2010

HHS awards CTI $977,917 in grants under Therapeutic Discovery Tax Credit program

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded $977,917 in grants under the Therapeutic Discovery Tax Credit program that was enacted under the U.S. government's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The program targets projects that show potential to produce new therapies, address unmet medical needs, reduce the long-term growth of health care costs and advance the goal of curing cancer.

2 Nov 2010

PPACA program provides $733,438 grant to Inovio

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leader in the development of therapeutic and preventive vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases, announced today that it has received a $733,438 grant under The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA).

2 Nov 2010

More companies push employee wellness programs

General Mills has a corporate culture that consistently encourages workers to stay active and healthy. It's part of the consumer-products company's long-established wellness program, which General Mills says has helped it keep increases in health-care costs in the single digits, way below the national average

2 Nov 2010

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FDA announces partnership agreement with University of Rochester to form ACTION Initiative

Ceremonial groundbreaking for new Children's Hospital of Michigan Specialty Center

Einstein College's new website features latest information on aging research

Research on AID enzyme could improve therapy for lymphoma, leukemia

Study finds elderly women at high risk for inappropriate urinary catheter utilization

Fitness level, not size or weight, may be more important determinant of women's risk of death

BioCancell's Phase I/IIa clinical trial of BC-819 shows positive result for pancreatic cancer

Health law challenges: Birth control, grandfathering, state's exchanges

Arrayit sells third advanced microarray manufacturing system to UT Southwestern

Novel technology using quantum dots increases drug uptake in lung injury

AAAOM, NCCAOM respond to report on cause of deaths due to improper acupuncture treatments

House win would give GOP the ways, means to roll back health law

EMA issues Scientific Advice to Genta's clinical development plan for tesetaxel in patients with gastric cancer

LCA releases 2010 National Report Card on Lung Cancer

Minn. will accept federal assistance, Tenn. tackles burgeoning drug abuse problem

Medicare cuts become hot topic in mid-term election campaigns

Study finds inhaled corticosteroids increase type 2 diabetes risk

HHS awards CTI $977,917 in grants under Therapeutic Discovery Tax Credit program

PPACA program provides $733,438 grant to Inovio

More companies push employee wellness programs

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