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Rxi Pharmaceuticals second-quarter net loss decreases to $2.1 million

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a recognized leader in RNAi-based therapeutic discovery and development, today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

11 Aug 2010

Serving breakfast in classroom overcomes School Breakfast challenges: FRAC

Serving breakfast in the classroom instead of in the cafeteria is among the best options to overcome challenges such as time constraints and staffing issues when offering School Breakfast. According to the Food Research and Action Center's School Breakfast Scorecard for 2008-2009, districts using breakfast in the classroom have the highest participation rates.

11 Aug 2010

Agile initiates Phase 3 NEW CHOICE Study of AG200-15 contraceptive patch

Agile Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmaceutical development company specializing in women's healthcare products, today announced study initiation and dosing of the first patient in the Company's pivotal, Phase 3 NEW CHOICE Study of AG200-15, Agile's lead contraceptive patch. AG200-15 is designed to effectively deliver a low dose of estrogen in combination with levonorgestrel. The patch is applied once weekly for three weeks followed by a patch-free week.

11 Aug 2010

A.D.A.M. launches innovative Health@Hand app in partnership with Highmark

A.D.A.M., Inc., a leading provider of health information and benefits technology solutions, announced today the launch of an innovative iPhone application called Health@Hand in partnership with Highmark Inc., a Pennsylvania-based health insurer. Developed by A.D.A.M. and adapted for Highmark, Health@Hand is available to Highmark health plan members via download in the iTunes store.

11 Aug 2010

Protox reports $1.1M net income for second-quarter 2010 vs. $1.8M net loss for second-quarter 2009

Protox Therapeutics Inc., a leader in the development of receptor targeted fusion proteins, today released financial results for the second quarter 2010, ended June 30, 2010.

11 Aug 2010

Central Logic to host annual symposium to explore nuances of patient transfer center management

Central Logic, the healthcare industry's leading provider of innovative patient flow software and consultative expertise, today announced it will host its highly-anticipated second annual Transfer Center Summit, an exclusive gathering of medical sector specialists exploring the nuances of patient transfer center management, Aug. 19-20, 2010, at the Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah.

11 Aug 2010

Quality of translations of clinical trial consent forms questioned

The first study to look at simplified English-language consent forms translated into another language calls into question the common belief that a translated consent form meets readability standards. The study appears in IRB: Ethics & Human Research.

11 Aug 2010

Survey shows strong interest in video games, virtual reality environments for doctor training

Today's students were raised with a digital mouse in their hands. So it should be no surprise that a majority of medical school students surveyed say video games and virtual reality environments could help them become better doctors.

11 Aug 2010

Emergency departments not crowded with non-urgent patients: Report

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention once again debunks the myth that emergency departments are crowded with non-urgent patients, a finding noted by the American College of Emergency Physicians.

11 Aug 2010

Third round of tax-free $250 rebate checks mailed to eligible Medicare beneficiaries

Today, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the third round of one-time, tax-free $250 rebate checks have been mailed to eligible Medicare beneficiaries whose drug costs are so high they have reached the Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage gap known as the "donut hole."

11 Aug 2010

Major bone-related meetings to take place in Valencia, Spain in March 2011

Two bone-related meetings, jointly organized by the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis and International Osteoporosis Foundation will take place in Valencia, Spain in March 2011.

11 Aug 2010

CAMY study shows youth exposure to alcohol advertising in magazines decline by 48%

Youth exposure to alcohol advertising in magazines declined by 48 percent between 2001 and 2008, according to a new study by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

11 Aug 2010

Sypol launches workplace health package for small- and medium-sized enterprises

A top specialist in occupational health has hit out at those who pour scorn on her industry and like to refer to it as 'Elf and Safety', despite the fact that 180 people a year die in workplace accidents and more than 246,000 are injured.

11 Aug 2010

Rates of ED visits increase among adults with Medicaid: Study

From 1997 to 2007, the rates of visits to emergency departments in the U.S. increased significantly, particularly among adults with Medicaid, according to a study in the August 11 issue of JAMA.

11 Aug 2010

TomTec releases new version of 2D Cardiac Performance Analysis package

TomTec launches the latest version of its 2D Cardiac Performance Analysis package as part of TomTec's Image-Arena™ multimodality imaging solution.

11 Aug 2010

WCRF statistics: Breast cancer rates are higher in the UK

Breast cancer rates are more than four times higher in the UK than they are in eastern Africa, figures show. Statistics published by the World Cancer Research Fund show that 87.9 per 100,000 women in the UK were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, compared to just 19.3 per 100,000 in eastern Africa.

11 Aug 2010

NMDP applauds introduction of 'Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2010'

The National Marrow Donor Program today applauded the introduction of the "Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2010." Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Richard Burr (R-NC), Jack Reed (D-RI), John Ensign (R-NV), and Al Franken (D-MN) introduced the act in the U.S. Senate as S. 3751 on Thursday, Aug. 5. Last evening, Reps. C.W. Bill Young (R-FL) and Doris Matsui (D-CA) introduced the companion legislation, (H.R. 6081), in the House.

11 Aug 2010

OHCA applauds Congress for taking action to pass vital Medicaid relief

Reacting to the approval of the U.S. House and Senate to measures extending emergency Medicaid relief until June 30, 2011, the Ohio Health Care Association praised the vote and urged Governor Strickland and the Ohio General Assembly to take advantage of the opportunity. OHCA's chief executive officer said that the $500 million in additional funding for Ohio's Medicaid program can be used to retain access to quality care for the state's most vulnerable seniors, and protect key frontline healthcare jobs.

11 Aug 2010

Winner Medical third-quarter net sales increase 27.0% to $30.9 million

Winner Medical Group Inc., a leading manufacturer of medical dressings, medical disposables and non-woven PurCotton materials for the medical and consumer products industries in China, today reported that third quarter fiscal year 2010 revenue year-on-year increased 27.0%, to $30.9 million, net income increased 10.1% to $3.4 million and a sales of PurCotton products year-on-year increased 114.0%, to $2.6 million.

11 Aug 2010

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals completes sale of PentaStaph vaccine candidate to GSK

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals announced today that it has successfully completed the technology transfer of program know-how associated with the sale of the PentaStaphTM vaccine candidate to GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals S.A.. As a result of successfully completing this milestone, Nabi is eligible to receive $8 million under the agreement governing Nabi's sale of PentaStaphTM (Pentavalent S. aureus Vaccine) and related assets to GSK.

11 Aug 2010