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Cancer patients continue to be affected by FN as a result of chemotherapy: Survey

Thirty percent of patients surveyed experienced an infection as a result of chemotherapy, 45 percent of which were associated with neutropenia or febrile neutropenia according to findings from a pan-European patient and nurse survey presented today at the 7th Annual European Oncology Nursing Society Spring Convention.

15 Apr 2010

GE and U.S. Army to evaluate deployed soldiers for TBI and PTSD symptoms

As part of GE's continuing efforts to support U.S. troops, GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, is engaged in a two-year research study with the U.S. Army to evaluate soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan for traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD).

15 Apr 2010

BeaconEquity.com releases investment report featuring Antigenics

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

15 Apr 2010

Investment report on MIPI

StockPreacher.com announces an investment report featuring Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals Inc.. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

15 Apr 2010

Phase 1 clinical trial results of Achillion Pharmaceuticals' ACH-1625 to be presented at EASL meeting

Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today presented data from the Company's ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial of ACH-1625 to treat hepatitis C at the European Association for the Study of the Liver's International Liver Congress taking place at the Reed Messe Wien Congress Center in Vienna, Austria from April 14-18, 2010.

15 Apr 2010

New York Times examines how developments in India, Nigeria could aid global polio eradication campaign

"A decade after the world's original deadline for eradicating polio, the most tenacious bastions of the crippling virus - Nigeria and India - have recently shown remarkable progress in halting its spread, giving even some of the antipolio campaign's severest doubters hope that it may yet largely achieve its goal,"

15 Apr 2010

Communities close to oil sands have better air quality than larger cities, says UA researcher

Warren Kindzierski, University of Alberta researcher in the School of Public Health, says people living in the communities of Fort McMurray, Fort Mckay and Fort Chipewyan should feel confident that the air they are breathing is safe.

15 Apr 2010

WHO official says agency struggled to find 'right tempo' for release of H1N1 information

The rapid spread of information via the Internet "had a disruptive impact on the handling of the flu pandemic by fanning speculation and rumours," WHO officials said Tuesday on day two of a three-day meeting of external experts tasked with evaluating the WHO's handling of H1N1 (swine flu), Agence France-Presse reports.

15 Apr 2010

New findings may allow clinicians to prevent complications in pregnancy

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that epigenetic marks on human placentas change from the first trimester of pregnancy to the third, a discovery that may allow clinicians to prevent complications in pregnancy.

15 Apr 2010

Mylan announces quarterly dividend to preferred stock holders

Mylan Inc. today announced that in accordance with its 2.139 million preferred stock issuance, the company has declared its quarterly dividend of $16.25 per share (based on the annual dividend rate of 6.5% and a liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per share) payable on May 17, 2010, to holders of preferred stock of record as of May 1, 2010.

15 Apr 2010

Gene causing progressive form of hair loss identified

A team of investigators from Columbia, Rockefeller and Stanford Universities has identified a new gene involved in hair growth, as reported in a paper in the April 15 issue of Nature. This discovery may affect future research and treatments for male pattern baldness and other forms of hair loss.

15 Apr 2010

MDA awards over $21M in grants for advancing critical neuromuscular research

Forty-two medical researchers and their labs have been awarded more than $21 million in grants by the Muscular Dystrophy Association to advance critical neuromuscular research in 2010. Many of the grants are multi-year awards to be dispersed over the next three years.

15 Apr 2010

Medication and behaviour therapy help children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Medication and behavioural interventions help children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) better maintain attention and self control by normalising activity in the same brain systems, according to researchers at The University of Nottingham.

15 Apr 2010

Wellstar International's initial Beta Test successful in Long Term Care Facility

Wellstar International, Inc. has announced they are having success in the initial Beta Test in the Long Term Care Facility.

15 Apr 2010

Zumba Fitness launches first Zumba Academy in Europe

Zumba Fitness, LLC, a United States-based company providing Latin-inspired dance fitness products and services (such as Zumba classes, DVDs, music, and Zumbawear), announces its first Zumba Academy in Europe - a three day event including a Zumba Party, a Basic 1 training with program creator Beto and specialty program trainings with international Zumba fitness presenters, April 16-18, 2010 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

15 Apr 2010

Health bill provision on long-term care will affect baby boomers

Kaiser Health News' Peggy Girshman talks with National Council on Aging President and CEO Jim Firman about a specific part of the new health law -- one of the lesser-known provisions that may have one of the biggest and longest-lived impacts (Girshman, 4/13).

15 Apr 2010

New investigational treatment may help prevent involuntary outbursts in MS and ALS patients

Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) is a neurologic condition of involuntary, sudden and frequent episodes of laughing or crying and is quite common in patients with underlying neurologic diseases or injuries, especially those with multiple sclerosis (MS) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

15 Apr 2010

Research reveals demand for over-the-counter oral contraceptives in the US

American women who live along the U.S.-Mexico border frequently buy over-the-counter oral contraceptives from Mexican pharmacies because they don't need a prescription and can send a friend to pick up the pills, according to a study by researchers from two University of Texas campuses and Ibis Reproductive Health.

15 Apr 2010

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine ranked #2 among nation's research-oriented medical schools

The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine has been ranked #2 among the nation's research-oriented medical schools, according to the annual survey by U.S. News & World Report, rising from #3 in last year's survey. The prestigious survey of the nation's 126 fully-accredited medical schools ranked Harvard University in first place and John Hopkins University third.

15 Apr 2010

Universal screening test for CMV infection is not effective, says study

DNA analysis of dried blood samples routinely collected from newborns did not effectively identify an infection that is a major cause of hearing loss in children, according to a study in the April 14 issue of JAMA.

15 Apr 2010

Medical News

Cancer patients continue to be affected by FN as a result of chemotherapy: Survey

GE and U.S. Army to evaluate deployed soldiers for TBI and PTSD symptoms

BeaconEquity.com releases investment report featuring Antigenics

Investment report on MIPI

Phase 1 clinical trial results of Achillion Pharmaceuticals' ACH-1625 to be presented at EASL meeting

New York Times examines how developments in India, Nigeria could aid global polio eradication campaign

Communities close to oil sands have better air quality than larger cities, says UA researcher

WHO official says agency struggled to find 'right tempo' for release of H1N1 information

New findings may allow clinicians to prevent complications in pregnancy

Mylan announces quarterly dividend to preferred stock holders

Gene causing progressive form of hair loss identified

MDA awards over $21M in grants for advancing critical neuromuscular research

Medication and behaviour therapy help children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Wellstar International's initial Beta Test successful in Long Term Care Facility

Zumba Fitness launches first Zumba Academy in Europe

Health bill provision on long-term care will affect baby boomers

New investigational treatment may help prevent involuntary outbursts in MS and ALS patients

Research reveals demand for over-the-counter oral contraceptives in the US

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine ranked #2 among nation's research-oriented medical schools

Universal screening test for CMV infection is not effective, says study

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