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Welch Allyn honors four sales and marketing professionals with outstanding performance awards

Welch Allyn, a leading manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions, recently honored four North American sales and marketing professionals with outstanding performance awards at its 2010 Sales Meeting in Naples, Florida.

15 May 2010

Differential diagnosis and therapy for gait disturbance

One in four people over the age of 70 suffers from gait disturbance. To prevent falls, specific treatment should be given. In the current issue of Deutsches -rzteblatt International, Klaus Jahn and colleagues describe methods of differential diagnosis and therapy (Dtsch Arztebl Int 107[17]: 306-16).

15 May 2010

New research facility at Riley Hospital for Children to improve clinical research trials for children

A new research facility at Riley Hospital for Children will dramatically improve the process of turning the results of laboratory research into new treatments for sick children, federal and local officials said Friday.

15 May 2010

IpAuctions schedules sale of Zassi's pouchless ostomy management technology IP portfolio

IpAuctions™ has scheduled a live international corporate sale of the extensive IP portfolio of pouchless ostomy management technologies owned by Zassi Holdings, Inc. Zassi, the Florida-based firm, fosters breakthrough medical devices that are materially evolving the life sciences industry.

15 May 2010

CRC Health first-quarter consolidated net revenue increases 1.1% to $104.0 million

CRC Health Corporation, a leading provider of substance abuse treatment and adolescent youth services through its wholly owned consolidated subsidiaries, announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

15 May 2010

HSPH researchers succeed in locking malaria parasites within infected blood cells

Harvard School of Public Health researchers and colleagues seeking to block invasion of healthy red blood cells by malaria parasites have instead succeeded in locking the parasites within infected blood cells, potentially containing the disease.

15 May 2010

Inhibitex commences trials on INX-189 for treatment of Hepatitis C infections

The first clinical trials have started on a new investigational drug, discovered by researchers at Cardiff University, which is being developed to treat infections caused by Hepatitis C virus.

15 May 2010

Registered nurses from PRHC to provide fact sheets about cuts to beds, RNs

Registered nurses from Peterborough Regional Health Centre, members of the Ontario Nurses' Association, will be speaking with Peterborough residents and providing fact sheets about cuts to beds and RNs tomorrow at the Peterborough Farmer's Market.

15 May 2010

Medical Connections Holdings reports 6.6% decrease in first-quarter 2010 revenue

Medical Connections Holdings, Inc. announced today its operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. Revenue for the first quarter was $1,428,591, a decrease of $101,057, or 6.6%, when compared to the $1,529,648 in revenue for the same period one year ago.

15 May 2010

Low testosterone levels can impact sleep quality

At 30 years old, male testosterone levels drop by one to two percent annually. By age 40, men's quality of sleep begins to diminish. Could there be a link between decreased testosterone and reduced sleep?

15 May 2010

Futuremed Healthcare Income Fund unitholders approve conversion into corporation

Futuremed Healthcare Income Fund is pleased to announce that on May 13, 2010, at its annual and special meeting of voting unitholders, unitholders overwhelmingly approved the proposed conversion of the Fund into a corporation to be called Futuremed Healthcare Products Corporation.

15 May 2010

Computerized model for treating nicotine addiction wins first place at ISEF science competition

A project using cutting edge computer modeling to identify potential new medications for nicotine addiction won first place distinction at the annual Addiction Science Awards at this year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) --- the world's largest science competition for high school students.

15 May 2010

Winners of 2010 IADR/GSK Innovation in Oral Care Awards announced

The International Association for Dental Research and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare today announced the 2010 winners of the annual IADR/GSK Innovation in Oral Care Awards. The three prestigious awards recognize research in innovative oral care technologies that may maintain and improve oral health and the quality of life.

15 May 2010

Merck, Cardiome Pharma show superiority of BRINAVESS to amiodarone injection

In a new Phase III study, BRINAVESSTM (vernakalant) intravenous, an investigational compound being developed in the European Union by Merck (known as MSD outside the USA and Canada) and Cardiome Pharma Corp. to treat atrial fibrillation, showed that BRINAVESS was superior to amiodarone injection, in converting patients' heart rate from atrial fibrillation (AF) to sinus rhythm (SR) within 90 minutes of the start of administration.

15 May 2010

Hospira's I.V. administration set product line to be standardized to non-DEHP

Hospira, Inc., a leading global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, will expand its commitment to non-DEHP products by transitioning customers to its portfolio of non-DEHP intravenous administration sets.

15 May 2010

HTDS completes Quarterly Reports

Hard to Treat Diseases, Inc. and the company's IR representative Mina Mar Marketing Group announce, that the company completed its Quarterly Reports.

15 May 2010

AutoImmune stockholders vote in favor of voluntary dissolution

AutoImmune Inc. today announced that its stockholders have voted in favor of the company's voluntary dissolution pursuant to a Plan of Complete Liquidation and Dissolution at a special meeting of stockholders held on May 11, 2010. Stockholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the dissolution of the company pursuant to the Plan of Complete Liquidation and Dissolution, with the proposal receiving an affirmative vote from approximately 99% of the votes cast at the special meeting of stockholders.

15 May 2010

Research roundup: Whistleblowers, spreading best practices, Medicare's growth-limiting strategy

The Impact Of Removing Financial Incentives From Clinical Quality Indicators: Longitudinal Analysis Of Four Kaiser Permanente Indicators - The researchers found the removal of pay-for-performance incentives "was associated with a decrease in performance of about 3% per year on average for screening for diabetic retinopathy and about 1.6% per year for cervical cancer screening" (Lester et al., 5/11). More details about the study and related news coverage are in the May 12 Morning Report.

15 May 2010

Northstar Healthcare reports net loss of $1.4M in first-quarter 2010

Northstar Healthcare Inc. today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. All dollar amounts are in United States currency; percentage calculations are based on the numbers in the financial statements and may not correspond to rounded figures presented in this release.

15 May 2010

New GE SPHHS building to serve as convening place for public health leaders

The George Washington University announced today plans to begin construction of a new building for its School of Public Health and Health Services on Pennsylvania Avenue, to be completed in the summer of 2014.

15 May 2010

Medical News

Welch Allyn honors four sales and marketing professionals with outstanding performance awards

Differential diagnosis and therapy for gait disturbance

New research facility at Riley Hospital for Children to improve clinical research trials for children

IpAuctions schedules sale of Zassi's pouchless ostomy management technology IP portfolio

CRC Health first-quarter consolidated net revenue increases 1.1% to $104.0 million

HSPH researchers succeed in locking malaria parasites within infected blood cells

Inhibitex commences trials on INX-189 for treatment of Hepatitis C infections

Registered nurses from PRHC to provide fact sheets about cuts to beds, RNs

Medical Connections Holdings reports 6.6% decrease in first-quarter 2010 revenue

Low testosterone levels can impact sleep quality

Futuremed Healthcare Income Fund unitholders approve conversion into corporation

Computerized model for treating nicotine addiction wins first place at ISEF science competition

Winners of 2010 IADR/GSK Innovation in Oral Care Awards announced

Merck, Cardiome Pharma show superiority of BRINAVESS to amiodarone injection

Hospira's I.V. administration set product line to be standardized to non-DEHP

HTDS completes Quarterly Reports

AutoImmune stockholders vote in favor of voluntary dissolution

Research roundup: Whistleblowers, spreading best practices, Medicare's growth-limiting strategy

Northstar Healthcare reports net loss of $1.4M in first-quarter 2010

New GE SPHHS building to serve as convening place for public health leaders

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

Fluidics in Modern Healthcare & Medical Device Innovation

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