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Researchers demonstrate how Plasmodium falciparum can able to circumvent action of artemisinin

Researchers from CNRS, INSERM and Toulouse University Hospital have demonstrated how the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which causes severe forms of malaria, is able to circumvent the action of artemisinin and its derivatives, which are today the first-line drugs used to treat this disease. This study supplies some important findings that will enable a clearer understanding of the mechanisms of resistance to antimalarial drugs and the testing of novel therapeutic strategies in a context where the drug resistance of parasites is of increasing concern.

6 May 2010

Xience V sales out-performing Promus in Japanese drug-eluting stent market: MRG

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, when Abbott Vascular's Xience V and Boston Scientific's Promus entered the Japanese drug-eluting stent market in Q1 2010, both companies picked up share from competitors Medtronic and Cordis.

6 May 2010

AGA Medical first-quarter net sales increase 15.4% to $51.3 million

AGA Medical Holdings, Inc., a leading developer of interventional medical devices for the minimally invasive treatment of structural heart defects and vascular abnormalities, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

6 May 2010

Neuroscientists investigate alcohol dependency, withdrawal in C. elegans worms

Drinking alcohol over a long period of time profoundly affects the brain, which adapts to the intoxicant and causes withdrawal symptoms when consumption stops.

6 May 2010

Angelenos observe Children's Mental Health Awareness Day

Angelenos observe "Children's Mental Health Awareness Day in the City of Los Angeles" today, thanks to a proclamation introduced by Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard Parks, signed by the mayor and adopted by council in chambers yesterday.

6 May 2010

Researchers use new tools to study how brain responds when injury occurs

Researchers at four institutions, led by Stanford University and Brown University, have begun an effort with more than $14 million of federal funding to learn both how the brain and its microcircuitry react to sudden physiological changes and what can be done to encourage recovery from injury.

6 May 2010

New study links fecal contamination on hands and bacterial contamination in stored water

Scientists are reporting dramatic new real-world evidence supporting the idea that hand washing can prevent the spread of water-borne disease. It appears in a new study showing a connection between fecal bacteria contamination on hands, fecal contamination of stored drinking water, and health in households in a developing country in Africa. The study is in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology, a semi-monthly journal.

6 May 2010

New study shows single night of partial sleep deprivation can induce insulin resistance

According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, just one night of short sleep duration can induce insulin resistance, a component of type 2 diabetes.

6 May 2010

Stereotaxis reports $10.6 million revenue for first-quarter 2010

Stereotaxis, Inc. today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010 highlighted by recurring revenue and gross margin achieving record levels while operating losses continued to decline. In addition, the Company reported that its efforts to drive clinical adoption within the U.S. market are favorably impacting utilization rates.

6 May 2010

Scientists catch new mediators to develop novel treatments for diseases linked to inflammatory processes

Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine went on a molecular fishing trip and netted a catch of new mediators that not only can explain how omega-3 fatty acids reduce inflammation, but also hint at novel treatments for a host of diseases linked to inflammatory processes. Their findings were published today in the online version of Nature Chemical Biology.

6 May 2010

Global CRO Chiltern joins ACRO

The Association of Clinical Research Organizations, which represents the CRO industry globally, is pleased to announce that Chiltern, headquartered in Berkshire, United Kingdom, has joined ACRO and that Glenn Kerkhof, Chiltern CEO, will be the company's representative to the Association.

6 May 2010

Study aims to clarify expression patterns of CD24 in NSCLC

The May edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology features a study aimed to clarify expression patterns of a novel cancer biomarker, CD24, in non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC) and to correlate the findings to clinicopathologic variables, such as performance status, age, gender and prognostic significance.

6 May 2010

Bill requiring AEDs be installed in public spaces will save countless lives across Ontario

A new provincial Bill undergoing second reading this week could have a profound effect on the outcomes of cardiac arrest and bystander CPR response in Ontario if it is passed.

6 May 2010

PTNS performed using Urgent PC Neuromodulation System to receive category 1 CPT reimbursement code

Uroplasty, Inc., a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative proprietary products to treat voiding dysfunctions, announced today that it has been informed that percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS), the procedure performed using the Uroplasty Urgent PC Neuromodulation System, will receive a category 1 CPT reimbursement code. This is expected to occur when those codes are published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which is expected in October 2010.

6 May 2010

OSIR reports net income of $15.7M for fourth-quarter 2009 compared to net loss of $7.8M in 2008: MicroStockProfit.com

MicroStockProfit.com announces an investment report featuring Osiris Therapeutics Inc. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

6 May 2010

Patient for Patient Safety Canada launches on Stop! Clean Your Hands Day

Patients for Patient Safety Canada, with a national vision of "Every Patient Safe", is officially launching as an organization today. Patients for Patient Safety Canada is a patient led national organization committed to safety in healthcare.

6 May 2010

Swedish Cancer Institute, Elekta renew partnership to continue flow of technology, services to cancer patients

Swedish Cancer Institute and Elekta launch renewed partnership agreement to continue the flow of world-class technology, services to cancer patients in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

From Elekta 6 May 2010

Vical reports net loss of $8.5 million for first-quarter 2010

Vical Incorporated today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. Revenues were $1.5 million for the first quarter of 2010 compared with $2.3 million for the first quarter of 2009, reflecting lower revenues under the company's license agreement with AnGes MG, Inc. Operating expenses were $10.1 million for the first quarter of 2010 compared with $10.6 million for the first quarter of 2009.

6 May 2010

Experts unveil roadmap to improve health and health delivery in the U.S.

A Commission of national health care experts convened by the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress has unveiled a roadmap and integrated approach that will put "health" back into our nation's health care system as well as address key opportunities following passage of health care reform legislation.

6 May 2010

Nanosphere reports $0.8 million revenue for first-quarter 2010

Nanosphere, Inc., a leader in the development and commercialization of advanced molecular diagnostics systems, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

6 May 2010

Medical News

Researchers demonstrate how Plasmodium falciparum can able to circumvent action of artemisinin

Xience V sales out-performing Promus in Japanese drug-eluting stent market: MRG

AGA Medical first-quarter net sales increase 15.4% to $51.3 million

Neuroscientists investigate alcohol dependency, withdrawal in C. elegans worms

Angelenos observe Children's Mental Health Awareness Day

Researchers use new tools to study how brain responds when injury occurs

New study links fecal contamination on hands and bacterial contamination in stored water

New study shows single night of partial sleep deprivation can induce insulin resistance

Stereotaxis reports $10.6 million revenue for first-quarter 2010

Scientists catch new mediators to develop novel treatments for diseases linked to inflammatory processes

Global CRO Chiltern joins ACRO

Study aims to clarify expression patterns of CD24 in NSCLC

Bill requiring AEDs be installed in public spaces will save countless lives across Ontario

PTNS performed using Urgent PC Neuromodulation System to receive category 1 CPT reimbursement code

OSIR reports net income of $15.7M for fourth-quarter 2009 compared to net loss of $7.8M in 2008: MicroStockProfit.com

Patient for Patient Safety Canada launches on Stop! Clean Your Hands Day

Swedish Cancer Institute, Elekta renew partnership to continue flow of technology, services to cancer patients

Vical reports net loss of $8.5 million for first-quarter 2010

Experts unveil roadmap to improve health and health delivery in the U.S.

Nanosphere reports $0.8 million revenue for first-quarter 2010

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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