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Daschle warns opponents can still damage health law and stirs controversy on public option

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has written a book about the struggle to overhaul the health system. But while promoting this book, some of Daschle's comments about White House strategy on the public option have stirred a controversy.

7 Oct 2010

American Cancer Society awards 94 national research, training grants to 70 institutions nationwide

The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 94 national research and training grants totaling $46,633,000 to 70 institutions nationwide in the first of two grants cycles for 2011.

7 Oct 2010

Cincinnati Children's Hospital receives $12 million grant to create IBD registry

Building on the success of previous efforts among researchers and caregivers to improve the care of chronically ill children, a $12-million grant to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center will allow creation of a registry system unlike any before it, providing information in real time on thousands of cases around the country – and eventually the world.

7 Oct 2010

ACF grants $4.5 million to domestic violence prevention organizations

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the award of $4.5 million in Family Violence Prevention and Services Act grants geared toward domestic violence victims and organizations.

7 Oct 2010

Top experts to discuss concussion-related issues at Ice Hockey summit

On Oct. 19-20, 2010, Mayo Clinic's Sports Medicine Center will host "Ice Hockey Summit: Action on Concussion." The summit will bring together top scientists, trainers, coaches, officials and manufacturers from across the United States, Canada and Europe to discuss concussion-related issues, including the science of concussions, impact on children, and sporting world response.

7 Oct 2010

Hedgeye Risk Management to host conference on demand and profits in healthcare

The Hedgeye Risk Management Healthcare team, led by Tom Tobin, will host our next Black Book release and Conference Call, "Aging of America: Demographics of Demand and Profits in Healthcare,"

7 Oct 2010

FDA awards cooperative agreement to PAHO to develop information hub for medical products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the award of a $904,000 cooperative agreement to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to research and develop an information hub for medical products and related regulatory processes and systems in the Americas Region.

7 Oct 2010

Feds agree to waive minimum health insurance requirement for 30 companies while 3 GOP congressmen begin probe of health law costs

The federal government has issued a waiver for 30 companies so that they do not have to abide by a provision of the new federal health law that would have required the companies to provide a minimum of $750,000 in health insurance coverage for covered employees, Bloomberg reports.

7 Oct 2010

Scientists develop first screening method to identify river blindness disease

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have developed the first screening method that rapidly identifies individuals with active river blindness, a parasitic disease that afflicts an estimated 37 million people. The test could change the current strategy of mass treatment in areas where river blindness, also known as onchocerciasis, is suspected.

7 Oct 2010

BioNJ creates special diagnostics committee to focus on personalized medicine

The strength of New Jersey's life sciences community and its unique ability to contribute to one of medicine's fastest growing areas—personalized medicine—has prompted BioNJ, the voice of the biotechnology industry in New Jersey, to create a special Diagnostics Committee.

7 Oct 2010

Waist size can predict diabetes risk

A higher rate of diabetes seen among adult Americans when compared to peers in England is explained primarily by a larger waist size rather than conventional risk factors such as obesity, according to a new study by researchers from the RAND Corporation, University College London and the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London.

7 Oct 2010

3.5 million Calif. residents eligible for tax credits in future exchange; N.Y. prescription drug aid for seniors cut back; Idaho trims dental providers in Medicaid

An estimated 3.5 million Californians would be eligible for federal tax credits to slash the cost of their health coverage when they begin buying policies through a new statewide insurance marketplace in 2014, a study released Tuesday found.

7 Oct 2010

FDA unveils report to advance regulatory science

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today unveiled a report outlining the agency's plans to advance regulatory science through its Regulatory Science Initiatie.

7 Oct 2010

NIH grants $3.7 million to develop more accurate algorithms for tracking fetal development

Fetal growth is used as a marker of health and well-being in unborn babies as well as children. But, the tools that are currently available to differentiate between a small, healthy fetus and a fetus that is small due to pathologic causes have significant limitations. What if they were improved. Would it save the health care system resources spent monitoring women who might need medical intervention because their fetuses might just be small and healthy. Would it help some women avoid the anxiety such intervention brings.

7 Oct 2010

Faith-based interventions effective in changing behavior among older African-American women: Study

In a randomized controlled study based in Los Angeles, California, encouraging African-American women aged 60 or over to exercise, in conjunction with scripture reading and group prayer, led to a 78% increase in steps per week, equivalent to about three extra miles. This increase was four times greater than in the control group who were also encouraged to exercise but with no faith based interventions.

7 Oct 2010

'The Pittsburgh Protocol' enables reduction of multiple anti-rejection drugs after transplantation

The Pittsburgh Protocol is unique in utilizing bone marrow cells to enable reduction of the need for multiple anti-rejection drugs after transplantation. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is currently the only transplantation center in the world to offer it. An early report of the initial experience with the "Pittsburgh Protocol" in three recipients of upper extremity transplants was presented during the 2010 Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.

7 Oct 2010

Progenics receives NIH grant to develop novel monoclonal antibodies to treat C. difficile infection

Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the award of a grant totaling $4,143,652 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for Progenics' program to develop novel monoclonal antibodies to treat Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection.

7 Oct 2010

Herbal supplements can treat anxiety disorders

A systematic review of research into the use of nutritional supplements for the treatment of anxiety disorders has found strong evidence for the use of extracts of passionflower or kava and combinations of L-lysine and L-arginine. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access Nutrition Journal pooled the results of 24 studies involving a total of more than 2000 participants, showing that some nutritional and herbal supplements can be effective, without the risk of serious side effects.

7 Oct 2010

Patients with muscular dystrophy mount immune response to dystophin protein prior to gene therapy: Study

A clinical trial designed to replace the genetic defect causing the most common form of muscular dystrophy has uncovered an unexpected aspect of the disease. The trial, based on therapy designed by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, showed that some patients mount an immune response to the dystrophin protein even before they have received the gene therapy.

7 Oct 2010

Chelsea Therapeutics announces underwriters exercise 1.07 million additional shares to cover over-allotments

Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd. has completed its previously announced public offering of common stock and announced that the underwriters exercised their option to purchase approximately 1.07 million additional shares to cover over-allotments.

7 Oct 2010

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Daschle warns opponents can still damage health law and stirs controversy on public option

American Cancer Society awards 94 national research, training grants to 70 institutions nationwide

Cincinnati Children's Hospital receives $12 million grant to create IBD registry

ACF grants $4.5 million to domestic violence prevention organizations

Top experts to discuss concussion-related issues at Ice Hockey summit

Hedgeye Risk Management to host conference on demand and profits in healthcare

FDA awards cooperative agreement to PAHO to develop information hub for medical products

Feds agree to waive minimum health insurance requirement for 30 companies while 3 GOP congressmen begin probe of health law costs

Scientists develop first screening method to identify river blindness disease

BioNJ creates special diagnostics committee to focus on personalized medicine

Waist size can predict diabetes risk

3.5 million Calif. residents eligible for tax credits in future exchange; N.Y. prescription drug aid for seniors cut back; Idaho trims dental providers in Medicaid

FDA unveils report to advance regulatory science

NIH grants $3.7 million to develop more accurate algorithms for tracking fetal development

Faith-based interventions effective in changing behavior among older African-American women: Study

'The Pittsburgh Protocol' enables reduction of multiple anti-rejection drugs after transplantation

Progenics receives NIH grant to develop novel monoclonal antibodies to treat C. difficile infection

Herbal supplements can treat anxiety disorders

Patients with muscular dystrophy mount immune response to dystophin protein prior to gene therapy: Study

Chelsea Therapeutics announces underwriters exercise 1.07 million additional shares to cover over-allotments

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