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Physician experts review current practices for pain management in cirrhotic patients

In the May issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, physician experts review current practices for pain management in cirrhotic patients. The physician experts reviewed all current literature available on PubMed and MEDLINE with no limits in the search to recommend a uniform and practical guide to approaching analgesia in the cirrhotic patients.

27 May 2010

Benefits of new health insurance reform law for Medicare recipients discussed in news conference

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Barbara Kennelly of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, and Dr. Ben Williamowsky of Silver Spring, Md., a Medicare recipient, held a news conference today to discuss benefits of and misconceptions about the Affordable Care Act and Medicare.

27 May 2010

Small segment of a protein can control normal expression of genes: Research

In a major cancer-research breakthrough, researchers at the McGill University, Department of Biochemistry have discovered that a small segment of a protein that interacts with RNA can control the normal expression of genes - including those that are active in cancer.

27 May 2010

Naturxan expands production and distribution capabilities to provide worldwide availability of Aquasta

Naturxan, LLC, a joint venture between Archer Daniels Midland Company and Igene Biotechnology, Inc., today announced that it has completed an expansion of its production and distribution capabilities to provide worldwide availability of Aquasta, a naturally sourced astaxanthin made from Phaffia yeast for enriching and pigmenting salmon and trout consuming aquaculture feeds.

27 May 2010

Researchers discover genetic variant that raises risk of CHD

Although congenital heart disease represents the most common major birth defect, scientists have not previously identified the common variation in the genes that give rise to it. Now genetics and cardiology researchers, two of them brothers, have discovered a genetic variant on chromosome 5 that strongly raises the risk of congenital heart disease.

27 May 2010

Fear of H1N1 appears to be the driving factor behind adoption of preventive behaviors: Study

Fear of the H1N1 virus appears to be the driving factor behind the adoption of preventive behaviors, according to a study published in the June issue of AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

27 May 2010

Head Start Dental Home Initiative launched to benefit low-income children in Illinois

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry today announces the launch of its Head Start Dental Home Initiative to benefit the one-in-three low-income children in the state of Illinois. The Initiative links children participating in Head Start programs to local dentists who will provide children with a "dental home" which will ensure that each child's oral health care is delivered in a comprehensive, ongoing, accessible, coordinated and family-centered way by a participating dentist.

27 May 2010

Mount Sinai School of Medicine deploys Isilon scale-out NAS for DNA sequencing and analysis workflow

Isilon® Systems today announced that Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Genomics Institute and Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences has deployed Isilon scale-out NAS as the primary repository for its next-generation DNA sequencing and analysis workflow.

27 May 2010

Modified measles virus may hold potential for treatment of medulloblastoma

The use of modified measles virus may represent a new treatment for a childhood brain tumor known as medulloblastoma, according to a new study appearing in Neuro-Oncology.

27 May 2010

KPBS examines microbicide research as M2010 concludes

KPBS reports on researchers' efforts to develop novel methods to protect women from HIV infection that have been examined at the International Microbicides Conference (M2010) in Pittsburgh this week. In sub-Saharan Africa, one of the region's hardest hit by HIV/AIDS, "six out of ten adults living with the virus are women," KPBS writes.

27 May 2010

ASR to present new Kidz-Med 5-in-1 Non-Contact Thermometer at NACDS Marketplace

American Scientific Resources, Inc. announces today that the Company is set to present retailers with its new Kidz-Med 5-in-1 Non-Contact Thermometer at NACDS Marketplace June 5-8, 2010 in San Diego, CA.

27 May 2010

Report: Use of indoor tanning beds increases risk of melanoma

Use of indoor tanning beds increases risk of melanoma between twofold and fourfold depending on the device and length of time indoor tanning is used, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

27 May 2010

Household shampoos, detergents and cleaning agents form NDMA: Scientists

Scientists are reporting evidence that certain ingredients in shampoo, detergents and other household cleaning agents may be a source of precursor materials for formation of a suspected cancer-causing contaminant in water supplies that receive water from sewage treatment plants. The study sheds new light on possible environmental sources of this poorly understood water contaminant, called NDMA, which is of ongoing concern to health officials.

27 May 2010

Space Shuttle Atlantis returns from International Space Station with tenth scientific payload for Astrogenetix

Space Shuttle Atlantis returned from the International Space Station (ISS) landing at the Kennedy Space Center this morning with the tenth scientific payload for Astrogenetix, a commercial biotech company based out of Austin, Texas. Astrogenetix is conducting research on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as part of the ISS National Laboratory Pathfinder Vaccine (NLP-V) missions.

27 May 2010

Montana and other states struggle to contain medical marijuana boom, related violence

The Wall Street Journal: "Fourteen states plus the District of Columbia have passed laws intended to give certain ill people legal access to medical marijuana. But, in many instances, municipalities are left to figure out how to implement state laws that are often vague when it comes to the day-to-day operations of the medical-pot business. Those laws have led to confusion in communities and pushed states including Colorado and Maine to clarify what is legal for the industry."

27 May 2010

New $1.4M study to develop novel computer automation techniques for reducing prep time of IMRT for cancer

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Richard Radke is leading a new $1.4 million study to develop novel computer automation techniques that could reduce the prep time of a promising cancer-treatment technology from several hours to a few minutes.

27 May 2010

FDA advises consumers, health care professionals about Xenical, Alli

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today advised consumers and health care professionals about potential rare occurrences of severe liver injury in patients taking the weight-loss medication orlistat, marketed as Xenical and Alli.

27 May 2010

HHS, Institute of Medicine launch Community Health Data Initiative

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, and Institute of Medicine President, Harvey Fineberg, will launch the Community Health Data Initiative, a national effort to help communities harness the power of information to improve health.

27 May 2010

Global scientific research organizations release recommendations for how G8 should improve maternal, child health

The Royal Society of Canada, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and other scientific research organizations from around the world released a statement on Tuesday with recommendations for G8 countries on how to improve the health of women and children worldwide, the Toronto Star reports.

27 May 2010

Northstar Healthcare announces receipt of unsolicited takeover bid

Northstar Healthcare Inc. today announced that it has received an unsolicited takeover bid from Dr. Donald L. Kramer, a former CEO and former director of the Company, to acquire all the issued and outstanding common shares of Northstar Healthcare for Cdn $0.95 per common share.

27 May 2010

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Physician experts review current practices for pain management in cirrhotic patients

Benefits of new health insurance reform law for Medicare recipients discussed in news conference

Small segment of a protein can control normal expression of genes: Research

Naturxan expands production and distribution capabilities to provide worldwide availability of Aquasta

Researchers discover genetic variant that raises risk of CHD

Fear of H1N1 appears to be the driving factor behind adoption of preventive behaviors: Study

Head Start Dental Home Initiative launched to benefit low-income children in Illinois

Mount Sinai School of Medicine deploys Isilon scale-out NAS for DNA sequencing and analysis workflow

Modified measles virus may hold potential for treatment of medulloblastoma

KPBS examines microbicide research as M2010 concludes

ASR to present new Kidz-Med 5-in-1 Non-Contact Thermometer at NACDS Marketplace

Report: Use of indoor tanning beds increases risk of melanoma

Household shampoos, detergents and cleaning agents form NDMA: Scientists

Space Shuttle Atlantis returns from International Space Station with tenth scientific payload for Astrogenetix

Montana and other states struggle to contain medical marijuana boom, related violence

New $1.4M study to develop novel computer automation techniques for reducing prep time of IMRT for cancer

FDA advises consumers, health care professionals about Xenical, Alli

HHS, Institute of Medicine launch Community Health Data Initiative

Global scientific research organizations release recommendations for how G8 should improve maternal, child health

Northstar Healthcare announces receipt of unsolicited takeover bid

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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