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Health and Wellness Partners completes production of Surge product line

Health and Wellness Partners, Inc. (HWP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Zealous, Inc. (OTCBB: ZLUS), announced that it has completed production of Surge and Surge for Women and has started to fulfill orders to distributors, wholesalers, retailers and consumers alike.

18 Jan 2010

Class action law suit filed on behalf of children with autism against ELARC

Today, attorneys with Public Counsel and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP filed a class action law suit and preliminary injunction on behalf of children with autism against the Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center (ELARC) for unlawfully terminating the most effective treatment for their condition.

18 Jan 2010

As health reform win seems close, Reid struggling in Nevada re-election bid

The Wall Street Journal: "In the nation's capital, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is on the brink of pushing through a national health program that Democrats rank alongside the creation of Social Security and Medicare.

18 Jan 2010

Bone marrow transplantation survivors can father children: new study says

Men who were previously deemed sterile due to aggressive cancer treatments may still be able to biologically father children according to a new study published in the journal, Bone Marrow Transplantation.

18 Jan 2010

Scientists discover new mechanism that explains role of EBV in tumor growth

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a virus of the herpes family, has two distinct life phases: After infecting a cell it first goes into a resting phase. Under certain circumstances the virus can become active - and then induces tumor growth or promotes its synthesis in the cell.

18 Jan 2010

Nine banks in Canada accept cash donations in support of Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti

The Canadian Red Cross is pleased to announce that nine banks in Canada are accepting cash donations in support of Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti. On January 12, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, followed by two powerful aftershocks, struck off the western coast of Haiti.

18 Jan 2010

FDA extends Tarceva's sNDA review period

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Genentech, Inc., a wholly owned member of the Roche Group, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the review period for the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Tarceva® (erlotinib) as a first-line maintenance therapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) by an additional 90 days.

18 Jan 2010

Scientists manipulate and expand the number of stem/progenitor cells

Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have cleared a major technical hurdle to making umbilical-cord-blood transplants a more widely-used method for treating leukemia and other blood cancers.

18 Jan 2010

Dramatically enhanced image contrast could revolutionize diagnostics and therapeutics

A Northwestern University study shows that coupling a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent to a nanodiamond results in dramatically enhanced signal intensity and thus vivid image contrast.

18 Jan 2010

Fourth edition of IDF Diabetes Atlas reports high incidence of diabetes in developing countries

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18 Jan 2010

Massage, manipulation and other hands-on approaches can reduce chronic pain

The January issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource discusses the uses and benefits of massage, spinal manipulation, and Rolfing, as well as the Alexander technique and the Feldenkrais method

18 Jan 2010

Obama signals interest in reducing the protections for biologic drugs

Lobbyists for generic biologic drugmakers are fighting to undercut a provision in the proposed health overhaul that would protect brand-name pharmaceutical companies from lower-cost, generic competition over new products for 12 years, the Associated Press reports. The generic companies have friends in high places: "White House officials and Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, are trying to reduce the curbs against competition to 10 years or less" (Fram, 1/14).

18 Jan 2010

Also in global health news: Anti-gay bill; Bush Institute TV show; funds for HIV programs in Kenya; EU aid commitments

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday publicly acknowledged the need to address the impact an anti-gay bill before the Ugandan parliament could have on foreign policy, Agence France-Presse reports (1/12).

18 Jan 2010

Joubert Syndrome - an inherited neurological disease found among Ashkenazi Jews

Two scientists from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) are part of an international team that has discovered a genetic mutation that causes Joubert Syndrome. JBTS, as it is commonly called, is a devastating inherited neurological disease that is very rare in the general population but found relatively more often among Ashkenazi Jews.

18 Jan 2010

FDA: Data from Spiriva HandiHaler do not support increased risks for stroke, heart attack or death

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that data from a recent review of the Spiriva HandiHaler, a long-acting respiratory treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), do not support an increased risk of stroke, heart attack, or death in patients using the medicine.

18 Jan 2010

Medical News

Health and Wellness Partners completes production of Surge product line

Class action law suit filed on behalf of children with autism against ELARC

As health reform win seems close, Reid struggling in Nevada re-election bid

Bone marrow transplantation survivors can father children: new study says

Scientists discover new mechanism that explains role of EBV in tumor growth

Nine banks in Canada accept cash donations in support of Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti

FDA extends Tarceva's sNDA review period

Scientists manipulate and expand the number of stem/progenitor cells

Dramatically enhanced image contrast could revolutionize diagnostics and therapeutics

Fourth edition of IDF Diabetes Atlas reports high incidence of diabetes in developing countries

Massage, manipulation and other hands-on approaches can reduce chronic pain

Obama signals interest in reducing the protections for biologic drugs

Also in global health news: Anti-gay bill; Bush Institute TV show; funds for HIV programs in Kenya; EU aid commitments

Joubert Syndrome - an inherited neurological disease found among Ashkenazi Jews

FDA: Data from Spiriva HandiHaler do not support increased risks for stroke, heart attack or death

Evidence suggests insulin pumps may help in maintaining blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetic patients

Common head injury not taken seriously

Majority of healthcare professionals fail to advise patients about their fitness to drive

FDA approves TCA-CT's adult stem cell protocol for conducting Phase I clinical trials in ALS

Research reveals gene activation is linked to most aggressive type of brain cancer

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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