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Research: Having large number of supportive relatives increases fear of dying among elderly

Having a large number of supportive relatives increases the fear of dying among the elderly from ethnic minority groups, suggests research in Postgraduate Medical Journal.

30 Mar 2010

Key provisions in health care reform to impact employers' benefit plans: Ceridian Web forum

Ceridian Corporation, a leading provider of managed human resource, employee benefits administration, tax filing and payroll outsourcing solutions, announced today it will present a free educational Web forum to help employers understand the changes they will soon need to make to their benefits plans on account of health care reform.

30 Mar 2010

Two thirds of new cars in Australia are not pedestrian-safe, says report

In a disturbing new report, a leading road crash unit says that two thirds of the new cars sold in Australia do not meet up to the international standards for pedestrian safety.

30 Mar 2010

WPS Health Insurance secures spot on 2010 World's Most Ethical Companies list

WPS Health Insurance, Wisconsin's leading not-for-profit health insurer, has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for 2010. Out of a record number of nominations for the award, WPS Health Insurance (Wisconsin Physicians Service) secured a hard-earned spot on the list by going the extra mile, implementing upright business practices and initiatives that are instrumental to the company's success, benefit the community, and raise the bar for ethical standards within the industry.

30 Mar 2010

U.Va. develops Prostate Exam Simulator

Early detection through physical examination is one of the key factors in successfully treating prostate cancer.

30 Mar 2010

Researchers working on full-page Braille display system to help blind read better

Imagine if your computer only allowed you to see one line at a time, no matter what you were doing - reading e-mail, looking at a Web site, doing research. That's the challenge facing blind computer users today. But new research from North Carolina State University is moving us closer to the development of a display system that would allow the blind to take full advantage of the Web and other computer applications.

30 Mar 2010

Nationwide campaign to repeal government controlled national health care program

Americans for Responsible Health Care announced today that it is launching a nationwide campaign to collect ten million signatures of Americans determined to repeal, reform and replace the new government controlled national health care program that was enacted despite the public's overwhelming opposition.

30 Mar 2010

Fecal incontinence: Sacral nerve stimulation along with Medtronic InterStim Therapy promising

Data published in the March issue of the Annals of Surgery show that investigational use of sacral nerve stimulation with Medtronic InterStim® Therapy reduces fecal incontinent episodes and increases quality of life in patients with the condition. The 120-patient, multi-center study - the largest trial of its kind in the world and the first such trial in North America - examined the efficacy of InterStim Therapy in patients with chronic fecal incontinence who had failed or were not candidates for more conservative treatments.

30 Mar 2010

Mutations in gene protecting body leads to development of cancer

An important gene that normally protects the body against cancer can itself cause a variety of cancers depending on the specific mutation that damages it, according to a new study by investigators at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-James).

30 Mar 2010

BIOCIUS Life Sciences executes lease agreement for new Corporate Headquarters in Wakefield, MA

BIOCIUS Life Sciences Inc., developers of the RapidFire® high-throughput mass spectrometry system, today announced execution of a lease agreement for a new Corporate Headquarters in Wakefield, MA. The new facility located at 11 Audubon Road doubles the company's capacity and is a result of the increase in demand for RapidFire products and services.

30 Mar 2010

CompCare signs contract to provide autism care coordination services in Wisconsin

Comprehensive Care Corporation today announced it has signed a contract effective March 1, 2010, to provide autism care coordination services for a health plan in Wisconsin.

30 Mar 2010

New therapeutic approaches against lymphoid tumors

Helmholtz Zentrum M-nchen has launched a new cooperative project with SIRION BIOTECH GmbH in Martinsried to develop new therapeutic approaches against lymphoid tumors. With a two-year grant from the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, the two partners will seek to further develop lentiviral vector systems to better understand the disease mechanisms of this cancer form and to devise approaches for treatment.

30 Mar 2010

BRIC ministers reach agreement on promoting global food security

Brazil, Russia, India and China, collectively known as BRIC, have reached an agreement to promote global food security, the Moscow Times reports (Anishyuk, 3/29).

30 Mar 2010

Britain popping “pills for every ill”, says research

A new study reports that Britons are turning to prescription drugs for every illness, minor or major. This recent paper titled “A Pill for Every Ill”, published in Social Science & Medicine journal says that while two decades earlier average number of prescriptions dispensed per person was only eight, it is more than 16 now.

30 Mar 2010

Silence Therapeutics, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma announce expansion of siRNA delivery collaboration

Silence Therapeutics plc today announced that the company and Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. have agreed to an expansion of their ongoing small interfering RNA (siRNA) delivery collaboration. Under this collaboration, which was originally entered into in August 2009, the companies are leveraging Silence's proprietary siRNA molecules and multiple lipid delivery and targeting technologies to demonstrate functional delivery of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics to specific disease targets in the body.

30 Mar 2010

New DNA test to detect Lyme disease spirochete infection

Many of the more than 30,000 people a year in the United States with suspected cases of Lyme disease spirochete (bacterial) infection can now take a DNA test developed by a Connecticut scientist/physician and his team that can quickly determine if they test positive for Lyme spirochetes in their blood.

30 Mar 2010

NHS Primary Care Trust Managers inefficient, says Commons Health Committee report

Managers of NHS primary care trusts (PCTs) who are in charge of 80% of the annual budget have drawn flak recently from the MPs. Figures revealed last week that the number of health managers have risen by 80% in the last decade.

30 Mar 2010

Resurgence of mumps orchitis among teenage boys and young men

Urologists at a leading Irish hospital have reported an alarming increase in the number of teenage boys and young men developing mumps orchitis, in a paper published in the April issue of the urology journal BJUI.

30 Mar 2010

Few pregnant women meet physical activity guidelines set by health officials: Study

Fewer than 1 in 4 pregnant women meet physical activity guidelines set by doctors and health officials, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study.

30 Mar 2010

Systemic treatment of microRNA therapeutic targeting miR-10b inhibits breast cancer metastasis

Regulus Therapeutics Inc. today announced the publication of new results in the journal Nature Biotechnology by Regulus scientists and collaborators. The new study demonstrated that systemic treatment of a microRNA therapeutic targeting microRNA-10b in tumor-bearing mice inhibits breast cancer metastasis. Cancer-related metastasis is a major cause of mortality and current cancer treatments have limited utility suppressing the metastatic spread of cancer cells. microRNA therapeutics targeting miR-10b represent a promising approach for the discovery and development of a novel anti-metastatic agent.

30 Mar 2010

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Research: Having large number of supportive relatives increases fear of dying among elderly

Key provisions in health care reform to impact employers' benefit plans: Ceridian Web forum

Two thirds of new cars in Australia are not pedestrian-safe, says report

WPS Health Insurance secures spot on 2010 World's Most Ethical Companies list

U.Va. develops Prostate Exam Simulator

Researchers working on full-page Braille display system to help blind read better

Nationwide campaign to repeal government controlled national health care program

Fecal incontinence: Sacral nerve stimulation along with Medtronic InterStim Therapy promising

Mutations in gene protecting body leads to development of cancer

BIOCIUS Life Sciences executes lease agreement for new Corporate Headquarters in Wakefield, MA

CompCare signs contract to provide autism care coordination services in Wisconsin

New therapeutic approaches against lymphoid tumors

BRIC ministers reach agreement on promoting global food security

Britain popping “pills for every ill”, says research

Silence Therapeutics, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma announce expansion of siRNA delivery collaboration

New DNA test to detect Lyme disease spirochete infection

NHS Primary Care Trust Managers inefficient, says Commons Health Committee report

Resurgence of mumps orchitis among teenage boys and young men

Few pregnant women meet physical activity guidelines set by health officials: Study

Systemic treatment of microRNA therapeutic targeting miR-10b inhibits breast cancer metastasis

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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