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St. Jude receives top spot in 2010-11 Best Children's Hospital rankings

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has been named the nation's top children's cancer hospital in the 2010-11 Best Children's Hospital rankings published in U.S. News & World Report. St. Jude received the best overall score summarizing quality of care. St. Jude is the first and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children and serves as an international resource to physicians and researchers.

4 Jun 2010

Research finding suggests possibilities for future treatment of anxiety disorders

Researchers at the University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine have found a way to pharmacologically induce a memory of safety in the brain of rats. As reported in the June, 4 2010 issue of Science, administering brain-derived neurotrophic factor into the prefrontal cortex prevented rats from expressing fear to a tone that had been previously paired with a shock.

4 Jun 2010

COBRA subsidy stall could raise premiums for millions while battle rages over 'doc fix'

The (Delaware County, Pa.) Daily Times reports that health care premiums for millions of Americans could "triple with the expiration of government subsidies to the COBRA program."

4 Jun 2010

HRT patches containing low doses of oestrogen carry less risk of stroke than oral therapy: Study

Hormone replacement therapy skin patches containing low doses of oestrogen carry less risk of stroke than oral therapy and may represent a safer alternative to tablets, suggests a study published on bmj.com today.

4 Jun 2010

ELLICSR research centre opened at UHN

What do you get when you combine a comedian, a magician, a radio show host, and a chef? A group of cancer survivors and caregivers celebrating National Cancer Survivors Day at the opening of a unique new research centre at University Health Network (UHN), the first of its kind in Canada.

4 Jun 2010

Financial Times examines needs of smallholder farmers in developing countries

Reflecting on USAID's plans to reduce reliance on food aid to fight global hunger by investing in agricultural development through microloans, the Financial Times examines the needs of smallholder farmers throughout the world. The piece looks at the role that lenders and large suppliers can play in assisting smallholder farmers and ways to maximize the relationships between farmers and these groups.

4 Jun 2010

Hiru, MindUp BioResearch comment on recent research findings in cancer treatments

Hiru Corporation and its European subsidiary MindUp BioResearch comment on the recent research findings in the field of cancer treatments for multi-drug resistant non-small cell lung cancer.

4 Jun 2010

R-Tech Ueno announces completion of Phase II clinical study of UF-021 for retinitis pigmentosa

We are pleased to announce that the Phase II clinical study of UF-021, product name Ocuseva, which we are developing as a therapeutic drug for retinitis pigmentosa, has been completed.

4 Jun 2010

American Cancer Society and NPCRC award $1.8M for palliative care research

The American Cancer Society and the National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC) are awarding $1.8 million in research grants to researchers at 12 institutions for studies aimed at reducing suffering for seriously ill patients and their family caregivers. The studies will be conducted over the next two years. Since 2007, a collaborative effort by the organizations has awarded 51 grants totaling almost $7 million.

4 Jun 2010

State roundup: Health law could be critical for Miss.'s poor; Colorado passes end-of-life care laws, Penn. details plan for high risk pool

The health care overhaul, which "provides hundreds of billions of dollars to help states expand medical insurance for the poor," could prove critical for Mississippi, which "has the highest poverty rate in the nation and some of the sickest people, with the country's highest rate of heart disease and the second-highest rate of diabetes.

4 Jun 2010

States face budget scramble as chances for federal Medicaid assistance extension get slim

States are worrying that enhanced federal payments to help cover Medicaid expenses during the recession will soon end after the House opted not to include an extension of the funds in its recent jobs bill.

4 Jun 2010

Morria Biopharmaceuticals to present Phase II study results of MRX-4 at EAACI Congress

Morria Biopharmaceuticals Plc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on novel, anti-inflammatory drugs, announced today that it will be presenting the results from its ICH compliant Phase II study of MRX-4>th EAACI Congress in London on June 7th. The results will be presented by the study's principal investigator Prof. Eric Bateman.

4 Jun 2010

New UNC-Olympus Research Imaging Center opens doors

The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill today opened the doors of a new facility designed to be one of the world's most sophisticated research centers devoted to life science imaging. The new UNC-Olympus Research Imaging Center provides researchers with advanced microscopes and camera equipment, software, consultation and expertise, in an environment intended to encourage the highest levels of scientific inquiry.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 4 Jun 2010

Special dementia care plan does not slow functional decline compared with usual care: Study

A special dementia care plan, involving regular assessments of patients with Alzheimer's disease in specialist memory clinics, does not slow functional decline compared with usual care, finds a study published on bmj.com today.

4 Jun 2010

Administration claims about Dartmouth Medicare analyses questioned

The New York Times, in a front page story, reports: "In selling the health care overhaul to Congress, the Obama administration cited a once obscure research group at Dartmouth College to claim that it could not only cut billions in wasteful health care spending but make people healthier by doing so.

4 Jun 2010

United Health, Cigna differ on how plans will change after exchanges begin

United Health's CEO Stephen Hemsley said he expects companies to keep offering benefits instead of pushing people to health exchanges created in 2014 by the federal government, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.

4 Jun 2010

ASGE issues guidelines on ethnicity, gastrointestinal diseases and endoscopic procedures

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has issued guidelines addressing ethnicity, gastrointestinal diseases and endoscopic procedures. The guideline suggests that colorectal cancer screening should begin at age 45 for average risk African-American men and women, and that it is recommended that colorectal cancer screening be emphasized for other minority ethnic groups that have lower screening utilization rates.

4 Jun 2010

McMaster University researchers discover chemical clue directing Staphylococcus aureus

McMaster University researchers have discovered a central controller or processing unit of a superbug's weaponry. An article on the breakthrough appears in the high-impact journal Science today.

4 Jun 2010

YM BioSciences raises $3.2M through non-brokered private placement of common shares

YM BioSciences Inc., announced today that it has raised approximately US$3.2 million through a non-brokered private placement of 2,500,000 common shares to be issued at US$1.27. The sale price is at no discount to the closing price of the shares on the NYSE Amex on June 1, 2010.

4 Jun 2010

ViiV Healthcare to provide additional cost savings to cash-strapped ADAPs

AHF is pleased to report that yet another drug company: ViiV Healthcare, a new drug company formed in a partnership between GSK and Pfizer, has announced an agreement that will provide additional cost savings to cash-strapped ADAPs nationwide.

4 Jun 2010

Medical News

St. Jude receives top spot in 2010-11 Best Children's Hospital rankings

Research finding suggests possibilities for future treatment of anxiety disorders

COBRA subsidy stall could raise premiums for millions while battle rages over 'doc fix'

HRT patches containing low doses of oestrogen carry less risk of stroke than oral therapy: Study

ELLICSR research centre opened at UHN

Financial Times examines needs of smallholder farmers in developing countries

Hiru, MindUp BioResearch comment on recent research findings in cancer treatments

R-Tech Ueno announces completion of Phase II clinical study of UF-021 for retinitis pigmentosa

American Cancer Society and NPCRC award $1.8M for palliative care research

State roundup: Health law could be critical for Miss.'s poor; Colorado passes end-of-life care laws, Penn. details plan for high risk pool

States face budget scramble as chances for federal Medicaid assistance extension get slim

Morria Biopharmaceuticals to present Phase II study results of MRX-4 at EAACI Congress

New UNC-Olympus Research Imaging Center opens doors

Special dementia care plan does not slow functional decline compared with usual care: Study

Administration claims about Dartmouth Medicare analyses questioned

United Health, Cigna differ on how plans will change after exchanges begin

ASGE issues guidelines on ethnicity, gastrointestinal diseases and endoscopic procedures

McMaster University researchers discover chemical clue directing Staphylococcus aureus

YM BioSciences raises $3.2M through non-brokered private placement of common shares

ViiV Healthcare to provide additional cost savings to cash-strapped ADAPs

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