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HESG to acquire stake in two Montana-based marijuana companies

Health Sciences Group, Inc. would like to announce that it is in strong negotiations to acquire a minority stake in two separate Montana-based marijuana growing, distribution and care giving operations.

5 Dec 2009

Forest Park Realty Partners III acquires Westmount Realty Capital's landholdings

Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capital announced today the sale of approximately 3.9 acres of its landholdings at Westmount Health Campus to Forest Park Realty Partners III for the further expansion of its adjacent Forest Park Medical Center

5 Dec 2009

FDA and APHIS create online risk assessment tool for food industry at the farm level

The FDA of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have created an online tool to help farmers and producers assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in their production processes.

5 Dec 2009

AES: Progress in epilepsy management not reached millions of people around the world

Substantial progress has been made over the last 15 years in the healthcare community's ability to diagnose and treat epilepsy and its complications. Yet this progress in epilepsy management has not reached most of the 50 million people around the world, including many of the nearly three million people in the United States who have the disorder.

5 Dec 2009

Mayo Clinic and Oxford University Press team up to publish medical reference books

Mayo Clinic announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP) to jointly publish medical reference books and textbooks authored by Mayo Clinic physicians and researchers.

5 Dec 2009

Research participants link high-paying clinical studies to increased risk levels

More than 15 million Americans are recruited annually to participate in clinical trials according to the Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP), and most will be compensated for their participation.

5 Dec 2009

Comparative study on African monkeys may provide novel targets for AIDS therapy

Two studies published this month in the Journal of Clinical Investigation provide a significant advance in understanding how some species of monkeys such as sooty mangabeys and African green monkeys avoid AIDS when infected with SIV, the simian equivalent of HIV.

5 Dec 2009

Licensing agreement to develop and commercialize potential treatment for Gaucher’s disease signed

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. represented Protalix (NYSE-Amex: PLX), a leading biopharmaceutical company, in its licensing agreement with Pfizer Inc. to develop and commercialize a potential treatment for Gaucher’s disease, a genetic disorder.

5 Dec 2009

Vermillion files First Amended Plan of Reorganization and Disclosure Statement with the United States Bankruptcy Court

Vermillion, Inc. (VRML) (Pink Sheets: VRMLQ) announced that on December 3, 2009, it filed its First Amended Plan of Reorganization and related amended Disclosure Statement with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

5 Dec 2009

Patients new to chronic disease medication face risk of medication discontinuation, finds study

In a new study published online today by Clinical Therapeutics, researchers from Adheris, Inc., an inVentiv Health company, found that patients new to chronic disease medication face the greatest risk of medication discontinuation during the first 30 days of treatment—with rates of discontinuation ranging from 29.6% to 78.1%.

5 Dec 2009

Researchers discover two new metabolic pathways

Case Western Reserve University researchers, from the School of Medicine's Department of Nutrition, discovered two new metabolic pathways by which products of lipid peroxidation and some drugs of abuse, known as 4-hydroxyacids, are metabolized.

5 Dec 2009

Iowa business researchers use efficient manufacturing principles to help contain rising health care costs

A group of researchers at the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business is using the principles of more efficient manufacturing processes in an effort to help contain ever-increasing health care costs.

5 Dec 2009

ACP pleased with affordable coverage for all Americans, expresses concern regarding several provisions

The American College of Physicians (ACP) today sent a letter to Senate leaders sharing the College's views on key issues in H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

5 Dec 2009

Call for every health insurance plan to cover Phenylketonuria

Credit Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Robert Casey (D-PA) with a significant contribution to the health care debate: a bill ends a glaring disparity in the way Americans living with Phenylketonuria (PKU) control their potentially devastating disease, and the way others living with serious chronic conditions are treated. "The Medical Foods Equity Act of 2009" aims to save affected families thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs, cut long-term costs for the entire system, and offer 20,000 Americans a better shot at healthy, happy, and productive lives.

5 Dec 2009

Wide variation in state Medicaid and SCHIP policies determine financial burden for families

In the United States, caring for a child with special health care needs usually means higher medical expenses for a family - particularly for low-income families, who spend a disproportionally large share of their income on their child's care.

5 Dec 2009

Svelte Medical Systems selected as winner of New England Venture Summit Top Innovator award

Svelte Medical Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a winner of the annual New England Venture Summit Top Innovator award by youngStartup Ventures.

5 Dec 2009

Health experts available to speak about health care reform

Garson helped originate and draft the "Health Partnership Act" (S. 325 and H.R. 5606), which funds grants to states for innovations to improve coverage for the uninsured, quality and efficiency.

5 Dec 2009

Club Red Clinic offers preventive care for women with cardiovascular risk factors

When the University of Virginia Health System's new Club Red Clinic was on the drawing board, its organizers envisioned creating an innovative, cost-effective model for healthcare delivery. In a bold move, they decided to meld two timely healthcare concepts - prevention and shared medical appointments (SMAs) - into a unique clinical offering that has garnered overwhelmingly positive feedback from patients.

5 Dec 2009

Congress will not let the full SGR cuts take effect

Despite claims that the pending health reform bills aren't really paid for because Congress never lets Medicare savings take effect, Congress has allowed the vast majority of Medicare cuts that it enacted in the past two decades to take effect and produce significant savings, a new study from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows.

5 Dec 2009

Emerging Healthcare Solutions enters into discussions with a Houston-based medical company

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. today announced the Company has entered into discussions with a Houston-based medical company relating to its patented, and patent pending, genetics technologies.

5 Dec 2009

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HESG to acquire stake in two Montana-based marijuana companies

Forest Park Realty Partners III acquires Westmount Realty Capital's landholdings

FDA and APHIS create online risk assessment tool for food industry at the farm level

AES: Progress in epilepsy management not reached millions of people around the world

Mayo Clinic and Oxford University Press team up to publish medical reference books

Research participants link high-paying clinical studies to increased risk levels

Comparative study on African monkeys may provide novel targets for AIDS therapy

Licensing agreement to develop and commercialize potential treatment for Gaucher’s disease signed

Vermillion files First Amended Plan of Reorganization and Disclosure Statement with the United States Bankruptcy Court

Patients new to chronic disease medication face risk of medication discontinuation, finds study

Researchers discover two new metabolic pathways

Iowa business researchers use efficient manufacturing principles to help contain rising health care costs

ACP pleased with affordable coverage for all Americans, expresses concern regarding several provisions

Call for every health insurance plan to cover Phenylketonuria

Wide variation in state Medicaid and SCHIP policies determine financial burden for families

Svelte Medical Systems selected as winner of New England Venture Summit Top Innovator award

Health experts available to speak about health care reform

Club Red Clinic offers preventive care for women with cardiovascular risk factors

Congress will not let the full SGR cuts take effect

Emerging Healthcare Solutions enters into discussions with a Houston-based medical company

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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