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FDA: Potential risk of overdosing infants with liquid vitamin D

Some liquid vitamin D supplement products come with droppers that could allow parents and caregivers to accidentally give harmful amounts of the vitamin to an infant. These droppers can hold a greater amount of liquid vitamin D than an infant should receive.

17 Jun 2010

Stimuvax clinical program resumed in patients with NSCLC

EMD Serono, Inc., an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced that they are resuming their Stimuvax (BLP25 liposome vaccine) clinical program in patients with non-small cell lung cancer which includes the Phase III studies, START and INSPIRE. The treatment and enrollment in these studies will restart after approval by the local regulatory authorities and ethics committees.

17 Jun 2010

Obesity linked to bad sexual health: French Study

Now French researchers have found a link between obesity and bad sexual health in their study of 12,364 men and women aged 18 to 69 ranging from normal weight to obese who lived in France in 2006.

17 Jun 2010

“Experiment” with homeopathy killed a cancer patient: Inquest

Doctor Peter Dingle at an inquest into the events that led to the death of his wife Penelope, 45 on 25th August 2005 revealed that he had argued with her decision to go for alternative therapies as her colorectal cancer treatment.

17 Jun 2010

Hospital waiting time reduced nationally: Report

According to the latest report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) hospital admissions have risen significantly up to 16 percent from 2004 to 2009. Admissions in 2008 and 2009 amounted to a whopping 8 million and the report author George Bodilsen felt that multiple factors are responsible for this growing pressure on the nation’s hospitals. “The increase in hospital activity is a reflection of the increasing population, the ageing population, and perhaps the increase in chronic diseases in the population as we age,” he said.

17 Jun 2010

Rand Paul, who opposed federal 'handouts,' is criticized for taking Medicare patients; Other health politics news

Rand Paul, a Kentucky GOP Senate candidate, sees Medicare and Medicaid patients, even as he opposes federal "handouts" and is facing criticism from his Democratic opponent for not releasing his Medicare billing records, The Associated Press reported.

17 Jun 2010

Merck Serono, EMD Serono resume Stimuvax clinical program for NSCLC

Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, and its U.S. affiliate, EMD Serono, Inc. today announced that they are resuming their Stimuvax® (BLP25 liposome vaccine) clinical program in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) which includes the Phase III studies, STARTa and INSPIREb. The treatment and enrollment in these studies will restart after approval by the local regulatory authorities and ethics committees.

17 Jun 2010

GAO audit explores use of taxpayer funds by family planning groups

Hearst Newspapers/The San Antonio Express: "Anti-abortion lawmakers in Congress have determined that federal taxpayers poured at least $967 million into family planning organizations such as Planned Parenthood over the last eight years — money they said potentially freed the health-service enterprises to use other donations to perform abortions.

17 Jun 2010

New study shows 72% of women with RA suffer pain daily

Almost three quarters (72%) of women with Rheumatoid Arthritis suffer pain daily, despite the fact that three quarters (75%) receive pain relief medication, according to a new study presented today at EULAR 2010, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Rome, Italy. Furthermore the physical pain appears to affect women to such an extent that it impacts negatively on emotional and social aspects of their lives.

17 Jun 2010

Pharmacyclics announces $40M registered direct offering of common stock

Pharmacyclics, Inc. today announced that it has entered into stock purchase agreements with various institutional investors for the sale of approximately 6,150,000 shares of its common stock in a registered direct offering at $6.51 per share, the closing price on June 15, 2010.

17 Jun 2010

FBR announces winners of 9th annual Michael E. DeBakey Journalism Awards

The Foundation for Biomedical Research today announces the winners of the 9th annual Michael E. DeBakey Journalism Awards. The awards, named in honor of FBR's late chairman Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, recognize outstanding journalism that explores the essential role of humane animal research in medical discoveries and scientific breakthroughs.

17 Jun 2010

Fertility drugs cause multiple and premature births

The widespread use of fertility drugs, not just high-tech laboratory procedures, plays a major role in causing multiple births and contributes to the problem of premature birth in the United States, experts said today at the March of Dimes National Communications Advisory Council luncheon.

17 Jun 2010

AACC receives $6.6M grant to fund development of open-source delivery platform for healthcare careers

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that the American Association of Community Colleges will receive a $6.6 million grant to fund development of Healthcare Virtual Career Platform: Healthcare Career Central, an open-source delivery platform that will manage an individual's entry into any of more than 200 healthcare careers – from career exploration, to skills assessment, training and job placement.

17 Jun 2010

HealthPort launches AudaPro web-based audit management tool

HealthPort, an industry leader in health information technology announced today, the availability of a comprehensive software and services solution to manage audits in healthcare, including RAC, MIC, MAC and other government contractors as well as commercial plan and internal coding and compliance audits.

17 Jun 2010

VOA News examines countdown to 2015 report calling for additional 700,000 midwives to reduce maternal, newborn deaths worldwide

VOA News examines the Countdown to 2015 report, which says that a lack of trained birth attendants is contributing to more than two million stillbirths, maternal and newborn deaths annually (Smith, 6/15).

17 Jun 2010

Financial Times examines how GAVI's $2.6B shortfall might affect new vaccine programs in developing countries

GAVI Alliance's plan to introduce new vaccine projects in the developing world "is under threat amid the international economic downturn," the Financial Times reports. "Subsidies to extend the use of vaccines against rubella, HPV to tackle cervical cancer, cholera and Japanese encephalitis in the developing world are among those likely to be cancelled or delayed," according to GAVI's CEO Julian Lob-Levyt, the newspaper writes.

17 Jun 2010

Xacore signs agreement with ESSE to tackle challenge of military hearing loss

Xacore announces today that they have entered into an agreement with Ellis Services and Solutions Enterprises, LLC headed by retired US Army Four-Star General Larry R. Ellis and his group of experienced professionals to tackle the challenge of military hearing loss. This agreement joins Xacore's leading edge noise protection DSP radio headset technology with the strengths of ESSE's experience in marketing and solutions with the military and government.

17 Jun 2010

QR Pharma, Massachusetts General Hospital announce Parkinson's disease research collaboration

QR Pharma, Inc. (QR) and Massachusetts General Hospital announced today a new collaborative research agreement to work on a treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD).

17 Jun 2010

AHF's Magic Johnson Testing America Tour arrives in Boston, Massachusetts

AHF's Magic Johnson 'Testing America' Tour, a six-month, 48-state national cross-country HIV testing tour, arrives in Boston, Massachusetts, tomorrow and will offer free HIV testing, along with local partner Casa Esperanza from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM in front of Franklin Park in Boston's South End on Washington Street between East Newton and East Brookline Street.

17 Jun 2010

UC researchers receive $2.3M grant to develop user-friendly diagnostics for influenza virus

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have received a five-year grant to develop rapid, robust, user-friendly diagnostics for influenza virus. An interdisciplinary team of scientists has received a $2.3 million dollar grant from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one of the National Institutes of Health. The name of the grant is "Glycan Receptor Mimics for Rapid Detection, Typing, and Susceptibility Testing of Influenza."

17 Jun 2010