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Surgeons can now customize artificial knee implants, prevent future revision surgeries

Throughout the years orthopedic surgeons have learned that one size does not fit all when it comes to joint replacements. Because of advancements in technology, surgeons can now customize artificial knee implants and prevent future revision surgeries.

4 May 2010

AIDS 2010 to explore latest developments in HIV science

Organizers of the XVIII International AIDS Conference announced today that President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, and South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi will be among 19 high-level speakers who will address an estimated 25,000 conference attendees in Vienna this summer.

4 May 2010

Rice students' Sally Centrifuge could help diagnose anemia globally

A simple salad spinner will save lives this summer, if everything goes as planned by two Rice University undergraduates.

4 May 2010

Prevalence of childhood obesity, overweight appears to vary among states: Report

The prevalence of childhood obesity and overweight appears to vary widely among states, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the July print issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

4 May 2010

Wellstar International commences second Beta Test in Long Term Care Facility

Wellstar International Inc. has announced they have started their second Beta Test in a Long Term Care Facility.

4 May 2010

Schepens Eye Research Institute scientist selected for Otto Schade Prize

Dr. Eli Peli, a senior scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute, has been selected by the Society for Information Display for the Otto Schade Prize. Peli will receive the award at a special presentation at the Society's Awards Banquet on May 24, 2010 in Seattle.

4 May 2010

Regence BlueShield to serve Washington State public employees

Regence BlueShield has been chosen to serve Washington State public employees through the Uniform Medical Plan (the State's self insured PPO plan). Using a competitive bid process, the Washington State Health Care Authority awarded the contract to Regence for its commitment to partnering with the state and for the company's exceptional experience serving large member groups.

4 May 2010

Research makes progress in ending guesswork involved in prescribing effective ADHD medications

Children with ADHD who carry a specific type of dopamine receptor gene respond better to the drug methylphenidate than those without the genotype, according to new research from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

4 May 2010

Short sleep linked to premature death, long sleep to serious illnesses

Research carried out by the University of Warwick in collaboration with the Federico II University Medical School in Naples, Italy, has found that people who sleep for less than six hours each night were 12% more likely to die prematurely than those who get the recommended 6-8 hours.

4 May 2010

Researchers explore role of ECoG measurement to improve brain mapping technology

Epilepsy and seizures affect nearly 3 million Americans of all ages, with 200,000 new cases of seizures and epilepsy occurring each year. Epilepsy surgery may be performed in patients who have seizures associated with structural brain abnormalities, such as benign brain tumors and cortical dysplasia, malformations of blood vessels, the genetic disorder tuberous sclerosis, and strokes.

4 May 2010

Novel biomarker test predicts risk of disease progression in patients with Crohn's disease

Prometheus Laboratories Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical and diagnostic company, announced new findings supporting a novel, algorithm-based biomarker test that helps clinicians effectively predict the risk of developing aggressive disease in patients with Crohn's disease.

4 May 2010

New study shows people with BAV more likely to have brain aneurysms

A new study shows that people with a common heart defect may also be more likely to have brain aneurysms. The study is published in the May 4, 2010, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

4 May 2010

LA BioMed receives $1.5M in grant to study contraceptive for men

As the birth control pill marks its 50th birthday this month, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute announced today that it has received $1.5 million in grant funding to study a contraceptive for men that uses a combination of two hormonal gels applied to the skin of the arm and abdomen.

4 May 2010

USPTO rejects WARF's stem cell patent claims

In what two consumer groups today praised as a victory for open scientific inquiry, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected a controversial patent on human embryonic stem cells held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).

4 May 2010

Over time some people may experience NIHL

Driving in traffic, mowing the lawn, playing an instrument, listening to an MP3 player, going to the movies, concerts or athletic games - all the types of noise people experience day after day. Each activity by itself might not be enough to cause noise-induced hearing loss but add it all up and over time some people may experience hearing loss.

4 May 2010

NIH awards $3.4M grant for preclinical development of novel Staphylococcus aureus vaccine

GlycoVaxyn AG, a leader in the development of innovative bioconjugate vaccines, and Professor Jean Lee, principal investigator at the Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, announced today that they have received a USD 3.4 million NIH grant to finance preclinical development of a novel Staphylococcus aureus vaccine. S. aureus is a major cause of hospital-based infections.

4 May 2010

First of 5 Grand Challenges: Create point-of-care tools to diagnose range of illnesses

The Hon. James Flaherty, Minister of Finance for Canada, today announced the launch of Grand Challenges Canada, an innovative initiative that will help redefine Canada's role in the developing world by bringing together Canadian scientists, developing world scientific researchers, and the private sector to solve some of the most persistent health challenges facing poor countries.

4 May 2010

FDA orders Baxter Healthcare to recall and destroy all Colleague infusion pumps

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to Baxter Healthcare Corp. on April 30 ordering the company to recall and destroy all of its Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps (Colleague pumps) currently in use in the United States. This action is based on a longstanding failure to correct many serious problems with the pumps. The FDA believes there may be as many as 200,000 of those pumps currently in use.

4 May 2010

Drive for expediency should not compromise care in breast cancer diagnosis, treatment

While timely care can reduce stress among breast cancer patients about their condition, the drive for expediency should not compromise other factors important to care, such as safety, effectiveness, efficiency, and equity, according to new research findings published in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

4 May 2010

Deficiency of frataxin protein causes Friedreich's ataxia

The defective gene responsible for Friedreich's ataxia was identified over 20 years ago, but so far our ideas of how this gene causes the disease have been merely speculative. It was assumed that, as a result of the mutation, the gene could no longer be transcribed because this stretch of DNA was inaccessible. FMI Group Leader Marc Bühler and his team have now carried out experiments demonstrating that this is not the case and revealing what actually happens in Friedreich's ataxia.

4 May 2010

Medical News

Surgeons can now customize artificial knee implants, prevent future revision surgeries

AIDS 2010 to explore latest developments in HIV science

Rice students' Sally Centrifuge could help diagnose anemia globally

Prevalence of childhood obesity, overweight appears to vary among states: Report

Wellstar International commences second Beta Test in Long Term Care Facility

Schepens Eye Research Institute scientist selected for Otto Schade Prize

Regence BlueShield to serve Washington State public employees

Research makes progress in ending guesswork involved in prescribing effective ADHD medications

Short sleep linked to premature death, long sleep to serious illnesses

Researchers explore role of ECoG measurement to improve brain mapping technology

Novel biomarker test predicts risk of disease progression in patients with Crohn's disease

New study shows people with BAV more likely to have brain aneurysms

LA BioMed receives $1.5M in grant to study contraceptive for men

USPTO rejects WARF's stem cell patent claims

Over time some people may experience NIHL

NIH awards $3.4M grant for preclinical development of novel Staphylococcus aureus vaccine

First of 5 Grand Challenges: Create point-of-care tools to diagnose range of illnesses

FDA orders Baxter Healthcare to recall and destroy all Colleague infusion pumps

Drive for expediency should not compromise care in breast cancer diagnosis, treatment

Deficiency of frataxin protein causes Friedreich's ataxia

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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