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Alnylam, Mount Sinai scientists discover svRNAs that play a critical role in influenza A virus replication

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today the publication of new research findings in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) by Alnylam scientists and collaborators from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. In the new study, Alnylam and Mount Sinai scientists discovered a novel class of virus-produced small non-coding RNAs, called small viral RNAs (svRNAs), which play a critical role in the replication of influenza A virus.

2 Jun 2010

KHN Consumer column: Health care tax credit comes with benefits, strings for small businesses

In this Kaiser Health News column, Michelle Andrews explores the health care tax credit for small businesses, which is designed to help employers pay for insuring workers.

2 Jun 2010

PET and CT colonography combination may provide suitable alternative for detecting polyps: Study

A study published in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography -a molecular imaging technique-combined with computer tomography colonography may provide a suitable alternative for detecting polyps and cancer in the colon. This particular imaging method may be especially desirable for patients because it does not require sedation or bowel preparation.

2 Jun 2010

TU Delft, MI Labs combine microPET and microSPECT into Versatile Emission Computed Tomography device

TU Delft and Molecular Imaging Labs (MI Labs) have succeeded in combining two forms of medical imaging techniques into one piece of equipment. These techniques are particularly useful for cancer research.

2 Jun 2010

State roundup: Ohio and Washington prepare high risk pool plans; Calif. lawmakers consider 20 bills; Virginia wrestles with Medicaid issues

A popular piece of the health-care overhaul bans insurance companies from denying individual coverage or charging high premiums to people with pre-existing medical conditions. But for adults younger than age 65, that provision doesn't kick in until 2014. In the meantime, the federal government wants states to create temporary high-risk pools through which people with cancer, multiple sclerosis and diabetes who have been uninsured for at least six months can buy affordable coverage.

2 Jun 2010

Anti-Dengue drug candidates demonstrate efficacy in preliminary cell culture studies

NanoViricides, Inc. reports that its anti-Dengue drug candidates demonstrated significant efficacy in the recently completed preliminary cell culture studies. The studies were performed in the laboratory of Dr. Eva Harris, Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of California, Berkeley.

2 Jun 2010

Azithromycin as effective as penicillin for early-stage syphilis: Study

In a clinical trial involving HIV-negative volunteers with early-stage syphilis, researchers have found that antibiotic pills (azithromycin) are as effective as penicillin injections in curing early-stage syphilis. The study was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.

2 Jun 2010

NFP receives $2M gift to support public health program around the U.S.

Nurse-Family Partnership, a leading non-profit organization addressing the needs of low income, first-time parents and their children, has received a $2 million gift from Jim Hagedorn, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company in Marysville, Ohio, and a member of the Nurse-Family Partnership Board of Directors.

2 Jun 2010

Liver surgery improves survival in people with bowel cancer

Patients with bowel cancer that has spread to the liver and who are eligible for surgery, are around 40 per cent more likely to survive if they undergo an operation to remove the liver disease.

2 Jun 2010

Insurance industry faces tough scrutiny from new HHS watchdogs

Kaiser Health News staff writer Julie Appleby, in collaboration with The Washington Post, reports on HHS' newly minted Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, which will be staffed with a foursome of longtime insurance industry watchdogs who are helping to steer the federal government's effort to overhaul the private insurance market (Appleby, 6/1).

2 Jun 2010

Opinions: Stopping active recruitment of developing country health care workers; MDGs at 10 years

In a Seattle Times opinion piece Amy Hagopian of the University of Washington, Eric Williams of Physicians for Human Rights and Emily deRiel of the Health Alliance International reflect on the recent adoption of a resolution "to prevent health-worker brain drain from developing countries" during the World Health Assembly last month.

2 Jun 2010

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International honors Roche with "Chancellor's Award"

Roche, makers of ACCU-CHEK® blood glucose meters, infusion pumps, lancing devices and data management systems for people with diabetes, received the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International's "Chancellor's Award" during the JDRF Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. The "Chancellor's Award" recognizes and honors longstanding JDRF corporate partners.

From Roche Sequencing and Life Science 2 Jun 2010

Proton therapy offers life-changing benefits to children with cancer

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announces the availability of proton therapy, a precise form of cancer radiation that offers potentially life-changing benefits to children with brain tumors and other solid tumors. The Hospital's Cancer Center has recently begun using proton treatment at the new Roberts Proton Therapy Center, a cutting-edge radiation oncology facility located across the street from Children's Hospital in Penn Medicine's Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine.

2 Jun 2010

Platelets play important role in cerebral malaria: Research

Scientists are making strides against cerebral malaria, a fatal form of malaria in children that can ravage the brain and is extremely difficult to treat. New research points to platelets - known for their role in blood clotting - as playing an important role in the disease, stimulating the immune system and turning on molecules that increase inflammation. The inflammation leads to the obstruction of blood vessels in the brain, causing brain damage similar to that seen with a stroke.

2 Jun 2010

Phase 3 pivotal REVIVE study data of VIVUS' avanafil for ED presented at 2010 AUA

VIVUS, Inc. today announced that data from the previously reported phase 3 pivotal REVIVE (TA-301) study, evaluating the safety and efficacy of the investigational drug avanafil for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED), were presented at the American Urological Association (AUA) 2010 Annual Meeting.

2 Jun 2010

Survey: 58% of Australians worry about brain health, age-related degenerative brain disease

The majority of Australians (58%) are worried about their brain health and the threat of age-related degenerative brain disease, according to a new survey. The national survey was commissioned by leading medical research institute Neuroscience Research Australia and polled 1000 Australians aged 18 to over 75.

2 Jun 2010

Plans to continue flu vaccination ban – intensive investigations ongoing

In the first quarter of this year nearly 300 children across Australia fell ill with fevers, vomiting and convulsions following administration of the seasonal flu vaccine.

2 Jun 2010

Rep. Dingell opposes proposal for drug reimportation

Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., will stand in the way of a proposal by Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., to attach a drug reimportation amendment to Dingell's food safety bill, which Dingell said "could derail the whole food safety effort," The Hill reports. "Adding to the charged politics is the widespread assumption that the Obama administration, which has made food safety a priority, may intervene behind the scenes against the amendment.

2 Jun 2010

Two-day Africa-France business relations summit begins, food security, fighting poverty will be discussed

The 25th Africa-France Summit, a two-day gathering "aimed at developing better business relations between" the regions, began Monday in the French city of Nice, All Headline News reports.

2 Jun 2010

Naples Diagnostic Imaging Centers to deploy IntelePACS Breast Imaging digital mammography solution

Intelerad® Medical Systems, a leader in medical imaging PACS and workflow solutions, today announced that Naples Diagnostic Imaging Centers will be replacing its current mammography workstations with the IntelePACS® Breast Imaging digital mammography solution.

2 Jun 2010

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Alnylam, Mount Sinai scientists discover svRNAs that play a critical role in influenza A virus replication

KHN Consumer column: Health care tax credit comes with benefits, strings for small businesses

PET and CT colonography combination may provide suitable alternative for detecting polyps: Study

TU Delft, MI Labs combine microPET and microSPECT into Versatile Emission Computed Tomography device

State roundup: Ohio and Washington prepare high risk pool plans; Calif. lawmakers consider 20 bills; Virginia wrestles with Medicaid issues

Anti-Dengue drug candidates demonstrate efficacy in preliminary cell culture studies

Azithromycin as effective as penicillin for early-stage syphilis: Study

NFP receives $2M gift to support public health program around the U.S.

Liver surgery improves survival in people with bowel cancer

Insurance industry faces tough scrutiny from new HHS watchdogs

Opinions: Stopping active recruitment of developing country health care workers; MDGs at 10 years

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International honors Roche with "Chancellor's Award"

Proton therapy offers life-changing benefits to children with cancer

Platelets play important role in cerebral malaria: Research

Phase 3 pivotal REVIVE study data of VIVUS' avanafil for ED presented at 2010 AUA

Survey: 58% of Australians worry about brain health, age-related degenerative brain disease

Plans to continue flu vaccination ban – intensive investigations ongoing

Rep. Dingell opposes proposal for drug reimportation

Two-day Africa-France business relations summit begins, food security, fighting poverty will be discussed

Naples Diagnostic Imaging Centers to deploy IntelePACS Breast Imaging digital mammography solution

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