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RDI launches HIV-TRePS system to predict patients’ response to HIV drugs

A ground-breaking system for predicting how individual patients with HIV and AIDS will respond to different drugs is launched today by RDI, a UK-based not-for-profit research group. The experimental system, called the HIV Treatment Response Prediction System (HIV-TRePS), is available free of charge over the Internet and helps physicians select the best treatment for their patients.

6 Oct 2010

Nurses push for bigger role gets powerful ally, Va. tries to retain docs they train

Nurses clamoring for a larger role in providing care for Americans got a powerful ally in the Institute of Medicine Tuesday as the institute released a report empowering nurses.

6 Oct 2010

Telehealth care benefits patients with severe asthma

Health care delivered via telephone or Internet might not improve the quality of life for people with mild asthma, but it could keep those with severe asthma out of the hospital, a new evidence review finds.

6 Oct 2010

Study may lend insight about hallucination mechanism in schizophrenia

Scripps Research Institute scientists have shown for the first time that the neurotransmitter serotonin uses a specialized signaling pathway to mediate biological functions that are distinct from the signaling pathways used by hallucinogenic substances. The new findings could have a profound effect on the development of new therapies for a number of disorders, including schizophrenia and depression.

6 Oct 2010

Progress in predicting epileptic seizures

A team of physicists, physicians and neuroscientists at the Bernstein Center of the University Freiburg did a step forward towards the ambitious goal of predicting epileptic seizures, as published in the latest issue of the journal "Epilepsia".

6 Oct 2010

AHF applauds Obama administration for reasserting U.S. leadership in contributions to fight global AIDS

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today lauded the Obama administration's announcement that it will seek $4 billion for the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis over the next three years—a 38% increase over what has been provided in the previous three-year period. The U.S. also urged better management of grants by participating countries, as well as increased accountability and efficiency by the Global Fund.

6 Oct 2010

Study finds link between air pollution and breast cancer

Air pollution has already been linked to a range of health problems. Now, a ground-breaking new study suggests pollution from traffic may put women at risk for another deadly disease.

6 Oct 2010

Healthcare organizations urge Congress to raise awareness on sudden cardiac arrest

In a powerful demonstration of collective standing in the health care community, more than 40 organizations gathered on Capitol Hill to issue a call to action in reducing sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) deaths.

6 Oct 2010

Study shows Strattice TM is safe for single-stage hernia repair

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. today announced that its LifeCell Strattice Reconstructive Tissue Matrix achieved highly favorable one-year outcomes in an ongoing clinical study of single-stage repair of contaminated or infected ventral incisional hernias.

6 Oct 2010

Repinotan blocks respiratory depressant effects of morphine without altering pain-relieving effects

A new drug called repinotan blocks the respiratory depressant effects of morphine-like opioid drugs—without altering their potent pain-relieving effects, according to a study in the October issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).

6 Oct 2010

Researchers to conduct trial to improve drug abstinence, relapse rates

A $15.7 million award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is allowing researchers to see whether consistent exercise will help people abstain from stimulant abuse.

6 Oct 2010

FEHBP premium costs to increase next year, just not as much as this year

The Washington Post reports that the price federal employees pay for health insurance next year won't go up as much as it did this year, but that the 7.2 percent increase for 2011 is "much greater than inflation or any pay increase or cost of living adjustment they might get."

6 Oct 2010

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center redesignated as Magnet hospital

The Magnet Recognition Program of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) has redesignated Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center as a Magnet hospital - one of only 372 hospitals worldwide to achieve this prestigious distinction for excellence in nursing services and patient care.

6 Oct 2010

Johnson & Johnson to acquire all outstanding equity of Crucell for euro 1.75 billion

Johnson & Johnson and Crucell N.V. today announced an agreement whereby Johnson & Johnson, through an affiliate, would acquire all outstanding equity of Crucell that it does not already own for approximately euro 1.75 billion in a recommended cash tender offer.

6 Oct 2010

Alma Lasers partners with National Breast Cancer Foundation to combat breast cancer

Alma Lasers, a global developer, manufacturer and provider of laser, light-based, radiofrequency and ultrasound devices for aesthetic and medical applications announced today they will be joining the millions of supporters committed to fighting breast cancer through awareness, education and research.

6 Oct 2010

Aeterna Zentaris' AEZS-130 demonstrates potential as oral diagnostic test for AGHD

Aeterna Zentaris Inc., today announced that an interim review of a Phase 3 trial of AEZS-130 (macimorelin, SolorelTM), demonstrates the compound may provide a simple, well-tolerated and safe oral diagnostic test for Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency (AGHD). The data was presented earlier today by Beverly M.K. Biller, M.D. of the Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, at the 5th International Congress of the Growth Hormone Research Society (GRS) and the Insulin-like Growth Factors (IGF) Society in New York City.

6 Oct 2010

New balloon angioplasty device could trigger a 'paradign shift' in PAD treatment

A balloon angioplasty device that sucks up dangerous plaque debris could trigger a "paradign shift" in how physicians treat peripheral artery disease, researchers write in the current issue of Endovascular Today.

6 Oct 2010

Platelet derived growth factor plays role in heart regeneration

In research that one day may lead to the discovery of how to regenerate tissue damaged by heart disease, investigators at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles have identified PDGF as a key factor in the proliferation and transformation of epicardial cells, one type of cell that surrounds heart muscle and contributes to vessels.

6 Oct 2010

Global health fund to get big boost from U.S.

The Wall Street Journal: "The Obama administration is expected on Tuesday to announce a large increase in its pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and to call for reform of the organization. The pledge of $4 billion over the next three fiscal years to the Geneva-based organization comes as governments and donors around the world have slowed increases in spending to combat HIV/AIDS, with weaker economies straining budgets."

6 Oct 2010

Ohio study finds 13% of parents with insurance skip treatment for kids because of cost

About 13 percent of parents with health insurance say they haven't gotten pediatrician-recommended care for their children due to costs, a new survey in Ohio finds.

6 Oct 2010

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RDI launches HIV-TRePS system to predict patients’ response to HIV drugs

Nurses push for bigger role gets powerful ally, Va. tries to retain docs they train

Telehealth care benefits patients with severe asthma

Study may lend insight about hallucination mechanism in schizophrenia

Progress in predicting epileptic seizures

AHF applauds Obama administration for reasserting U.S. leadership in contributions to fight global AIDS

Study finds link between air pollution and breast cancer

Healthcare organizations urge Congress to raise awareness on sudden cardiac arrest

Study shows Strattice TM is safe for single-stage hernia repair

Repinotan blocks respiratory depressant effects of morphine without altering pain-relieving effects

Researchers to conduct trial to improve drug abstinence, relapse rates

FEHBP premium costs to increase next year, just not as much as this year

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center redesignated as Magnet hospital

Johnson & Johnson to acquire all outstanding equity of Crucell for euro 1.75 billion

Alma Lasers partners with National Breast Cancer Foundation to combat breast cancer

Aeterna Zentaris' AEZS-130 demonstrates potential as oral diagnostic test for AGHD

New balloon angioplasty device could trigger a 'paradign shift' in PAD treatment

Platelet derived growth factor plays role in heart regeneration

Global health fund to get big boost from U.S.

Ohio study finds 13% of parents with insurance skip treatment for kids because of cost

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