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TJMS, Lily team up to raise awareness on diabetes epidemic

Angie Stone and Anthony Anderson, spokespeople for Lilly's Fearless African-Americans Connected and Empowered Diabetes initiative, are teaming up with The Tom Joyner Morning Show for the 9th annual Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day, taking place on September 28, 2010.

24 Sep 2010

MeYou Health launches online social well-being tool, Daily Challenge

MeYou Health has launched Daily Challenge, a free, online social well-being tool that helps you positively impact your life every day by completing simple, positive tasks and sharing the experience with your personal connections.

24 Sep 2010

Pres. Obama unveils new U.S. Global Development Policy at U.N. MDGs summit

During a U.N. Summit on the Millennium Development Goals address in New York on Wednesday, President Barack Obama outlined "changes in how the United States will pursue international development" and "urged wealthy countries ... to maintain development assistance to poor nations," the Washington Post reports.

24 Sep 2010

Sokolove Law to recognize Mesothelioma Awareness Day on September 26

On September 26, 2010, Sokolove Law will recognize Mesothelioma Awareness Day, which was inaugurated five years ago by the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF) to bring attention to this deadly, incurable and often overlooked cancer.

24 Sep 2010

U.S. House of Representatives declares September 2010 as 'Blood Cancer Awareness Month'

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed House Resolution 1433, declaring September 2010 as 'Blood Cancer Awareness Month.' The resolution helps raise awareness and support for issues affecting blood cancer patients within the halls of the Capitol.

24 Sep 2010

EMA, FDA announce regulatory decisions on Avandia drug

GlaxoSmithKline confirms that following a review of Avandia (rosiglitazone maleate) by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), each agency has today announced their individual regulatory decisions and the resulting actions.

24 Sep 2010

House passes fraud bill to keep executives associated with wrongdoing from future Medicare business

The Hill's Healthwatch Blog: The House Wednesday passed a bill that would ban executives from "doing business with Medicare if their companies were convicted of fraud, even if the conviction takes place after their departure. The bill was introduced by the Ways and Means health panel's chairman and ranking member, Reps. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) and Wally Herger (R-Calif.)."

24 Sep 2010

SCA enters formal agreement to enhance ambulatory surgical services

Surgical Care Affiliates, one of the country's largest providers of specialty surgical services, announced today it has entered into a formal agreement with Saint Joseph Health System and Catholic Health Initiatives to enhance ambulatory surgical services in the Lexington, Ky. area.

24 Sep 2010

New federal funds to create first national patient registry for pulmonary fibrosis

During the 8th annual National Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) Awareness Week, Sept. 11 to 18, the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) met with over 45 legislators, both Representatives and Senators, and as of this date there are 139 House co-sponsors for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act (PFREA) to fund research on this deadly disease.

24 Sep 2010

Albert Einstein College researchers to hold congressional briefing on global diabetes epidemic

On Monday, September 27, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University will hold a congressional briefing in Washington, D.C., aimed at focusing attention on the alarming global diabetes epidemic.

24 Sep 2010

New EID/Qb technique offers real-time monitoring of AVF function during dialysis

A simple equation provides real-time feedback to detect access recirculation in arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) during hemodialysis, reports a study in the September/October issue of ASAIO Journal, Official Journal of the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs.

24 Sep 2010

New data demonstrates safety and efficacy of Resolute drug-eluting stent

Coronary artery disease, a leading cause of death and poor quality of life worldwide, runs the gamut from simple to complex, which complicates the daily practice of interventional cardiology. New clinical data from a second, large international study that enrolled "all comers," regardless of disease complexity and comorbidities, again demonstrated the strong performance of the Resolute drug-eluting stent (DES) from Medtronic, Inc. for patients across this continuum.

24 Sep 2010

Many antisocial boys may have malfunctioning brains

Antisocial boys who abuse drugs, break laws, and act recklessly are not just "bad" kids. Many of these boys may have malfunctioning brains, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

24 Sep 2010

PAREXEL Consulting releases two new white papers on biosimilar development

PAREXEL Consulting, a business unit of PAREXEL International and leading global life sciences consultancy serving the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries, today released two new white papers from leading biosimilar experts that provide key insights into emerging areas of biosimilar development.

From Parexel 24 Sep 2010

CGI summit looks at businesses' involvement in philanthropy

A growing number of companies are putting more emphasis on philanthropic investments, former President Bill Clinton and business leaders said on Wednesday during the second day of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) meeting in New York, Reuters reports.

24 Sep 2010

Past exposure to pathogens leads to disease resistance spreading through populations

A study by researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London, University College London and Oxford University, has found that a genetic variant which reduces the chance of contracting diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy is more prevalent in populations with long histories of urban living.

24 Sep 2010

Scientists discover molecular playbook to block cardiac hypertrophy

Like a well-crafted football play designed to block the opposing team's offensive drive to the end zone, the body constantly executes complex 'plays' or sequences of events to initiate, or block, different actions or functions.

24 Sep 2010

Scientists find high levels of stress hormone in chronic alcoholics

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that high levels of a stress hormone in recovering alcoholics could increase the risk of relapse.The study showed that cortisol, a hormone produced by the adrenal gland in response to stress, is found in high levels in chronic alcoholics, as well as those recovering from the condition.

24 Sep 2010

Sensitizing effect of anger and sadness not limited to fibromyalgia patients

Researchers from Utrecht University who studied the effect of negative emotions on pain perception in women with and without fibromyalgia found that anger and sadness amplified pain equally in both groups. Full findings are now online and will publish in the October 2010 print issue of Arthritis Care & Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology.

24 Sep 2010

GOP lawmakers formally 'pledge' to repeal health law, and more

In their just-released campaign manifesto, "A Pledge to America," Republican lawmakers say repealing the health overhaul law would be among their goals if they retake Congress, The New York Times reports. Repeal comes alongside goals like the permanent extension of Bush tax cuts, spending caps, and the recouping of unspent money from President Obama's stimulus last year.

24 Sep 2010