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Obama: Not going to walk away from health reform

New York Times' The Caucus blog: "Conceding his health care overhaul had 'run into a bit of a buzz saw,' President Obama vowed on Friday to keep fighting for legislation that will 'hold the insurance industry accountable and bring more stability and security to folks in our health care system'" (Stolberg, 1/22).

23 Jan 2010

Osteotech adopts Stockholder Rights Plan to discourage unfair takeover tactics

Osteotech, Inc., a leader in the emerging field of biologic products for regenerative healing, announced today that its Board of Directors adopted a Stockholder Rights Plan. The rights plan is designed to discourage coercive or unfair takeover tactics and to provide fair and equal treatment for all stockholders of the Company in the event that an unsolicited offer is made to acquire the Company.

23 Jan 2010

IsoRay expands market awareness program by joining www.StockProfile.com

IsoRay, Inc., announced today that they have expanded their market awareness program by joining www.StockProfile.com, a customized web-based platform showcasing emerging growth stocks.

23 Jan 2010

Tips to combat childhood obesity

You've heard the alarming statistic before: one-third of U.S. children and teens are overweight or obese, increasing their risk of developing health problems such as diabetes.

23 Jan 2010

Pfizer's global R&D facilities to deploy ChemAxon's Markush platform

ChemAxon - a leading provider of cheminformatics software for the life sciences industry has entered into agreement with Pfizer to provide its Markush searching and structure enumeration functionality for global development and deployment within Pfizer's global R&D facilities.

23 Jan 2010

Dark chocolates may ease emotional stress

There may well be another important reason for giving your sweetheart sweets for Valentine's Day besides the traditional romantic one: The "chocolate cure" for emotional stress is now getting new support from a clinical trial published online in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research. It found that eating about an ounce and a half of dark chocolate a day for two weeks reduced levels of stress hormones in the bodies of people feeling highly stressed.

23 Jan 2010

LifeNet Health to launch CardioGRAFT decell pulmonary patch with MATRACELL technology

LifeNet Health, a leading allograft bio-implant company, will nationally launch the CardioGRAFT® decell pulmonary patch with MATRACELL™ technology at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons annual meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on January 24.

23 Jan 2010

MEMI Tech launches new 911 Medical ID Medallion

Just months after introducing the 911 Medical ID™ USB portable personal health record (PHR) wallet card, its maker, MEMI Tech, is launching another revolutionary product.

23 Jan 2010

States worry about Medicaid stimulus money drying up under scaled-back health bill

News outlets report on health care funding gaps in state budgets, including Massachusetts, Maryland, Georgia and Wisconsin, and the possible impact of a scaled-back federal health bill.

23 Jan 2010

A personal account of a heart attack survivor

People would say, myself included, that this can not be true. I had lived my life being active and fit. I had been living a healthful and happy life, trying to set a good example for those around me.

23 Jan 2010

NEB's Double Digest Finder and Enzyme Finder tools now available for iPhone and iPod Touch

New England Biolabs' (NEB) popular web tools, Double Digest Finder and Enzyme Finder, are now available for the iPhone™ and iPod® Touch. These tools to help design restriction enzyme experiments are frequently visited on the NEB website, www.neb.com; making them available as free downloads brings their accessibility closer to the bench.

From New England Biolabs 23 Jan 2010

Sutter Health deploys surgical care team and sends medical supplies and equipment for Haiti relief efforts

A 15-member surgical care team from the Sutter Health network deployed Thursday from San Francisco International Airport to provide critical medical care to earthquake victims in Haiti. The team included general and orthopedic surgeons, anesthesiologists, pulmonary acute care specialists and operating room nurses from Sutter Health-affiliated Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, California Pacific Medical Center and Mills-Peninsula Health Services.

23 Jan 2010

Salient Management announces partnership with New York State's OMIG to provide Medicaid oversight

Salient Management, known for its success in helping organizations achieve improved results, today announced a partnership with New York State's Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) to help eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within the Medicaid system.

23 Jan 2010

Recent releases in global health

"Picture the situation in Haiti: families living on top of sewage-contaminated rubbish dumps, with no reliable sources of food and water and virtually no access to health care. This scenario depicts the situation in Haiti before the earthquake that catapulted this impoverished and conflict-ridden country into the international headlines,"

23 Jan 2010

Scientists map origin of MRSA, technology could help understanding of other diseases

"Scientists have found a way to track minutely-differing strains of the 'superbug' MRSA [methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus] as they spread between people and across the globe, a finding that could aid efforts to control the deadly bacteria," Reuters/ABC News reports (Kelland, 1/21).

23 Jan 2010

Hypertensive patients should monitor their salt intake

About one in four Americans has hypertension, a disease that elevates blood pressure and can lead to a host of serious problems including heart attacks and strokes.

23 Jan 2010

Department of Health to continue H1N1 vaccination clinics every Saturday in Pennsylvania

In an effort to ensure that Pennsylvania's citizens are protected against the H1N1 flu virus, the Department of Health will continue public vaccination clinics at all 60 state health centers every Saturday through Feb. 6 from 9 a.m. to noon.

23 Jan 2010

World Heart to sell nearly 1.5M shares of its common stock to raise $7.3M

World Heart Corporation, a developer of mechanical circulatory systems, announced today that it has obtained commitments from institutional and individual investors to purchase approximately $7.3 million of its common stock in a private placement. WorldHeart has entered into a securities purchase agreement with the investors pursuant to which WorldHeart will sell an aggregate of 1,418,726 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase up to 2,837,452 additional shares of common stock.

23 Jan 2010

Poll: Most say Congress should start again on health care

"A majority of Americans say President Obama and congressional Democrats should suspend work on the health care bill that has been on the verge of passage and consider alternatives that would draw more Republican support, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds," USA Today reports.

23 Jan 2010

PhRMA funds a two-year research initiative to evaluate the safety and benefits of existing drugs

The Pink Sheet recently reported that the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and individual drug firms, through the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, are funding a two-year public/private research initiative to evaluate the safety and benefits of drugs that are currently on the market.

23 Jan 2010

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Obama: Not going to walk away from health reform

Osteotech adopts Stockholder Rights Plan to discourage unfair takeover tactics

IsoRay expands market awareness program by joining www.StockProfile.com

Tips to combat childhood obesity

Pfizer's global R&D facilities to deploy ChemAxon's Markush platform

Dark chocolates may ease emotional stress

LifeNet Health to launch CardioGRAFT decell pulmonary patch with MATRACELL technology

MEMI Tech launches new 911 Medical ID Medallion

States worry about Medicaid stimulus money drying up under scaled-back health bill

A personal account of a heart attack survivor

NEB's Double Digest Finder and Enzyme Finder tools now available for iPhone and iPod Touch

Sutter Health deploys surgical care team and sends medical supplies and equipment for Haiti relief efforts

Salient Management announces partnership with New York State's OMIG to provide Medicaid oversight

Recent releases in global health

Scientists map origin of MRSA, technology could help understanding of other diseases

Hypertensive patients should monitor their salt intake

Department of Health to continue H1N1 vaccination clinics every Saturday in Pennsylvania

World Heart to sell nearly 1.5M shares of its common stock to raise $7.3M

Poll: Most say Congress should start again on health care

PhRMA funds a two-year research initiative to evaluate the safety and benefits of existing drugs

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