Medical News

RSS

Policies, practices concerning MRSA differ among acute-care hospitals in the U.S.: Researchers

Hospitals vary in how they detect and treat drug-resistant staph infections, but most follow national guideline recommendations, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

18 Aug 2010

Repros Therapeutics requests Type B Meeting to review Androxal Phase III protocols

Repros Therapeutics Inc. today announced that the Company has requested a Type B Meeting in order to review the Company's Phase III protocols for Androxal in the treatment of secondary hypogonadism. Androxal is an oral drug that normalizes both testosterone and sperm levels.

18 Aug 2010

Mindray announces US launch of new premium M7 ultrasound system

Mindray DS USA, a Mindray Global Company, announces the launch of the company's new premium M7 ultrasound system in the United States. The M7 platform is based on breakthrough System On Chip (SOC) technology, bringing a new level of imaging performance to a compact portable system.

From Mindray 18 Aug 2010

Live call-in program to focus on how state budget cuts affect health care services

Across the country, weak economic conditions are forcing budget cuts to state-assisted mental and physical health care facilities and services. Grants have all but dried up for local mental health centers, necessitating service cuts for the patients who need them the most.

18 Aug 2010

MDA awards $14.1 million in new grants to advance treatments and cures for muscle diseases

The Muscular Dystrophy Association, which has invested almost $39 million in 2010 in worldwide research seeking treatments and cures for muscle diseases, today announced that it has awarded $14.1 million in new grants.

18 Aug 2010

Washington Times examines how Millennium Challenge Corporation deals with recipient country corruption

The Washington Times examines how the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation, which dispenses U.S. foreign aid "meant to help reduce global poverty by stimulating economic growth," deals with countries that initially pass screening tests, but are later suspected of corruption.

18 Aug 2010

IRIS International announces approval of share repurchase program

IRIS International, Inc., a leading manufacturer of automated in-vitro diagnostics systems and consumables for use in hospitals and commercial laboratories worldwide, today announced that, effective immediately, its Board of Directors has approved a repurchase program for up to $10 million in shares of the Company's common stock over a twelve month period.

18 Aug 2010

Loyola University Medical Center to offer free prostate cancer screenings

More than 55 million American men are at risk for developing prostate cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. This year more than 27,000 men are expected to die of the disease, which is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men.

18 Aug 2010

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute implements Informatica Platform

Today Informatica Corporation, the world's number one independent provider of enterprise data integration software, announced that Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, one of the leading cancer care and research centers in the United States, has implemented the Informatica Platform enterprise wide.

18 Aug 2010

Concord Medical Services 2010 second quarter revenue increases 38.3%

Concord Medical Services Holdings Limited, the operator of the largest network of radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging centers in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

18 Aug 2010

Equatorial Guinea launches cholera, measles vaccination campaign to improve health services

Equatorial Guinea's (Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial) Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Sanitary Prevention Department launched a cholera and measles vaccination campaign in an effort to further improve health services for the nation's citizens.

18 Aug 2010

Human muscles waste away on long duration space flights

Astronaut muscles waste away on long space flights reducing their capacity for physical work by more than 40%, according to research published online in the Journal of Physiology.

18 Aug 2010

Polls: Health care 'very important' in midterms; Voters look at Medicare cuts to reduce deficit

A new CNN poll found that health care remains a big issue for voters ahead of November's midterm elections with more than 80 percent of respondents saying it was very or extremely important to them, The Hill reports.

18 Aug 2010

Marriage and social support reduce psychological stress

Being married has often been associated with improving people's health, but a new study suggests that having that long-term bond also alters hormones in a way that reduces stress.

18 Aug 2010

CLASS Act has potential to transform long-term care financing to insurance-based system: PPAR

The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act - a largely overlooked component of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - has the potential to transform long-term care financing in the United States from a welfare-based to an insurance-based system, according to the latest issue of Public Policy & Aging Report.

18 Aug 2010

Teachers' perceptions of poor behavior leads to potential misdiagnosis of ADHD

Nearly 1 million children in the United States are potentially misdiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder simply because they are the youngest - and most immature - in their kindergarten class, according to new research by a Michigan State University economist.

18 Aug 2010

Endocyte files registration statement for public offering of common stock

Endocyte, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing targeted small-molecule drug conjugates, announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common stock.

18 Aug 2010

Brain trauma in sports associated with motor neuron disease, researchers find

The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University School of Medicine and Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that they have provided the first pathological evidence that repetitive head trauma experienced in collision sports is associated with motor neuron disease, a neurological condition that affects voluntary muscle movements.

18 Aug 2010

Health care system delay increases death risk in heart attack patients

For patients with a certain type of heart attack, delay in the time between first contact with emergency medical service to initiation of therapy such as balloon angioplasty is associated with an increased risk of death, according to a study in the August 18 issue of JAMA.

18 Aug 2010

USAID, NASA, NIKE and State Department partner to address humanity's sustainability challenges

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), NASA, the U.S. Department of State, and NIKE, Inc. have partnered on a unique initiative called LAUNCH. The idea behind LAUNCH is to identify, showcase and support innovative approaches to humanity's sustainability challenges through a series of forums, each focused on a specific sustainability challenge. The second event in the LAUNCH series, LAUNCH: Health, will focus specifically on health issues related to the first 20 years of life.

18 Aug 2010

Medical News

Policies, practices concerning MRSA differ among acute-care hospitals in the U.S.: Researchers

Repros Therapeutics requests Type B Meeting to review Androxal Phase III protocols

Mindray announces US launch of new premium M7 ultrasound system

Live call-in program to focus on how state budget cuts affect health care services

MDA awards $14.1 million in new grants to advance treatments and cures for muscle diseases

Washington Times examines how Millennium Challenge Corporation deals with recipient country corruption

IRIS International announces approval of share repurchase program

Loyola University Medical Center to offer free prostate cancer screenings

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute implements Informatica Platform

Concord Medical Services 2010 second quarter revenue increases 38.3%

Equatorial Guinea launches cholera, measles vaccination campaign to improve health services

Human muscles waste away on long duration space flights

Polls: Health care 'very important' in midterms; Voters look at Medicare cuts to reduce deficit

Marriage and social support reduce psychological stress

CLASS Act has potential to transform long-term care financing to insurance-based system: PPAR

Teachers' perceptions of poor behavior leads to potential misdiagnosis of ADHD

Endocyte files registration statement for public offering of common stock

Brain trauma in sports associated with motor neuron disease, researchers find

Health care system delay increases death risk in heart attack patients

USAID, NASA, NIKE and State Department partner to address humanity's sustainability challenges

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

How cohesin mechanics and nanotracker tech are redefining DNA research

Todd Bauman and Chris Povich

Latest News