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UCSF studies describe wide reach of tobacco industry and its influence on national health care reform

Three new UCSF studies describe the wide reach of the tobacco industry and its influence on young people, military veterans and national health care reform. The analyses will be published in a special July edition of the American Journal of Public Health titled "Modeling to Advance Tobacco Control Policy."

29 May 2010

Safety rules lag in biotech industry

The New York Times reports that safety rules for biotechnology workers sometimes expose them to dangerous pathogens. "Whether handling deadly pathogens for biowarfare research, harnessing viruses to do humankind's bidding or genetically transforming cells to give them powers not found in nature, the estimated 232,000 employees in the nation's most sophisticated biotechnology labs work amid imponderable hazards. And some critics say the modern biolab often has fewer federal safety regulations than a typical blue-collar factory."

29 May 2010

Some states calling for ultrasounds to limit abortion

News outlets report on state initiatives to limit abortions by requiring an ultrasound before the procedure. "Over the last decade, ultrasound has quietly become a new front in the grinding state-by-state battle over abortion," The New York Times reports.

29 May 2010

Sutter General performs first hip replacement with ROBODOC Surgical System after FDA clearance

Eighteen years ago, orthopedic surgeon William Bargar, M.D. made history when, at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento, he performed the first-ever hip replacement using a robotic device he developed called ROBODOC®, which improves precision in joint replacement surgery. Warren Roberts of Davis was among Dr. Bargar's first patients; in 1995, he underwent replacement of his left hip as a part of an FDA study using ROBODOC®.

29 May 2010

Allergic reactions prevent people with allergic asthma from generating healthy immune response to influenza

New research from UT Southwestern Medical Center suggests that allergic reactions to pet dander, dust mites and mold may prevent people with allergic asthma from generating a healthy immune response to respiratory viruses such as influenza.

29 May 2010

Patients Medical offers innovative stroke treatments to live longer, healthier life

Patients Medical, a leading integrative medical center in New York City, offers innovative stroke treatments such as hyperbaric oxygen therapy, acupuncture, diet therapy and customized intravenous nutrition drips. Daniel Silverstein, MD, holistic physician, recommends focusing on prevention to avoid a stroke and to live a longer, healthier life.

29 May 2010

Cross Country Healthcare extends revolving credit facility, reduces principal amount to $50M

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. today announced the refinancing of its revolving loan credit facility and extension of the maturity date by approximately three years. The Company also elected to reduce the aggregate principal amount of the revolving credit facility to $50.0 million. The revolving credit facility was undrawn upon the closing of the refinancing.

29 May 2010

Jobs bill: Dems keep 'doc fix' but jettison COBRA benefits, extra state Medicaid funding

House Democrats, under pressure from fiscal conservatives to cut spending, have dropped from a jobs bill both a COBRA subsidy extension to help newly laid-off pay for health coverage as well as more federal aid to boost state Medicaid budgets, The Associated Press reports. Although several programs covered by the bill will expire during the congressional recess that begins this weekend, final action isn't expected because even if House members reach agreement on the measure, it must still go to the Senate, which has not scheduled any votes today.

29 May 2010

Sunitinib not effective in patients with papillary RCC: Researchers

Of the more than 38,000 Americans diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma each year, approximately 20 percent have non-clear cell forms of the disease. New findings shows that a non-clear cell form of kidney cancer known as papillary RCC, which accounts for 12 percent of all RCC, responds differently to sunitinib - a standard frontline treatment for RCC.

29 May 2010

Shire receives Paragraph IV Notice Letter from Zydus over filing of ANDA for generic LIALDA

Shire plc, the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces that it has received a Paragraph IV Notice Letter today from Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. advising of the filing of an Abbreviated New Drug Application ("ANDA") for a generic version of Shire's 1.2g mesalamine delayed release tablets, LIALDA(R).

29 May 2010

Obama's National Security Strategy released, includes global health, food security priorities

"The Obama administration on Thursday released a sweeping statement of its national security goals," the Los Angeles Times reports. The 52-page document "calls for the United States to strengthen international institutions, to heed treaties and norms, and to build stronger ties to allies, including to the emerging powers of India, Brazil and China.

29 May 2010

Ethicon Endo-Surgery not to make certain advertising claims concerning trocar products

Applied Medical announced today that it has secured a settlement prohibiting a Johnson & Johnson company, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, from making certain advertising claims concerning trocar products.

29 May 2010

New, non-controversial source of stem cells can form heart muscle cells, repair heart damage

A new and non-controversial source of stem cells can form heart muscle cells and help repair heart damage, according to results of preliminary lab tests reported in Circulation Research: Journal of the American Heart Association.

29 May 2010

FDA may seek criminal penalties against J & J for faulty recall of children's Tylenol, other medicines

The Wall Street Journal: "The Food and Drug Administration said it is weighing whether to seek criminal penalties against the Johnson & Johnson unit that made children's Tylenol and other over-the-counter kids' medicines recalled last month. Joshua Sharfstein, the FDA's principal deputy commissioner, told lawmakers at a hearing Thursday that J&J's McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit had a 'pattern of noncompliance' with good manufacturing practices.

29 May 2010

MU awarded $6.8M to help patients benefit from use of health information technology

Considered one the great advances of modern medicine, electronic health records can provide a patient's entire medical history and a wealth of other information at the click of a button. They also have the potential to save countless lives and billions of dollars. Now, the University of Missouri has a two-year, $6.8 million cooperative agreement to help patients throughout the state benefit from increased use of this health information technology.

29 May 2010

CytRx commences Phase 2 clinical trial of bafetinib for high-risk B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia

CytRx Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in oncology, today announced initiation of a Phase 2 proof-of-concept clinical trial to evaluate the preliminary efficacy and safety of its oncology drug candidate bafetinib in patients with high-risk B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL).

29 May 2010

Study highlights need for earlier diagnosis and treatment of HIV

Despite growing evidence that the earlier people are diagnosed with HIV and get access to care, the better their clinical outcomes, many HIV-infected people in the United States and Canada are not receiving the care they need early enough.

29 May 2010

Republicans criticize CMS brochure on Medicare improvements

As the secretary of health and human services explains it, the government has an obligation to spread the word about the new health-care law. To that end, the department spent millions of dollars printing a glossy brochure and mailing it this week to 40 million Medicare beneficiaries detailing what Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called 'the facts.'

29 May 2010

World No Tobacco Day 2010 focuses on harmful effects of marketing tobacco to women

The Sixty-third World Health Assembly, which brought together Health Ministers and senior health officials from the World Health Organization Member States, concluded business and closed Friday evening.

29 May 2010

GenMark Diagnostics prices initial public offering

GenMark Diagnostics, Inc., a provider of automated, multiplex molecular diagnostic testing systems, announced today that its initial public offering of 4,600,000 shares of its common stock has been priced at $6.00 per share. The shares are expected to begin trading today on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol "GNMK." In addition, GenMark has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 690,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any.

29 May 2010

Medical News

UCSF studies describe wide reach of tobacco industry and its influence on national health care reform

Safety rules lag in biotech industry

Some states calling for ultrasounds to limit abortion

Sutter General performs first hip replacement with ROBODOC Surgical System after FDA clearance

Allergic reactions prevent people with allergic asthma from generating healthy immune response to influenza

Patients Medical offers innovative stroke treatments to live longer, healthier life

Cross Country Healthcare extends revolving credit facility, reduces principal amount to $50M

Jobs bill: Dems keep 'doc fix' but jettison COBRA benefits, extra state Medicaid funding

Sunitinib not effective in patients with papillary RCC: Researchers

Shire receives Paragraph IV Notice Letter from Zydus over filing of ANDA for generic LIALDA

Obama's National Security Strategy released, includes global health, food security priorities

Ethicon Endo-Surgery not to make certain advertising claims concerning trocar products

New, non-controversial source of stem cells can form heart muscle cells, repair heart damage

FDA may seek criminal penalties against J & J for faulty recall of children's Tylenol, other medicines

MU awarded $6.8M to help patients benefit from use of health information technology

CytRx commences Phase 2 clinical trial of bafetinib for high-risk B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Study highlights need for earlier diagnosis and treatment of HIV

Republicans criticize CMS brochure on Medicare improvements

World No Tobacco Day 2010 focuses on harmful effects of marketing tobacco to women

GenMark Diagnostics prices initial public offering

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Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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