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Results of M118 EMINENCE clinical trial published in Circulation

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company specializing in the characterization and engineering of complex mixture drugs, today announced that the results of the M118 EMINENCE clinical trial have published in Circulation.

8 Apr 2010

Dating and hooking up: Benefits and risks

As hooking up takes over from dating as a means of heterosexual interaction on university campuses, more women than men continue to prefer dating whereas more men than women rate hooking up above dating. Both genders however perceive similar benefits and risks to dating and hooking up. Carolyn Bradshaw from James Madison University in Virginia, US, and colleagues explored the reasons that motivate college men and women to hook up or to date, as well as the perceived relative benefits and costs of the two practices.

8 Apr 2010

New funding for hard-to-insure people could ease burden on states' high-risk pools

The health law will allocated $5 billion to help establish a federal high-risk insurance pool to help tide over people with preexisting conditions until 2014 when broader parts of the law kick in, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

8 Apr 2010

First proton therapy center for New Jersey

Cancer survivors joined representatives from ProCure Treatment Centers, Inc., Princeton Radiation Oncology, and CentraState Healthcare System to break ground on the ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Somerset - the first proton therapy center to be built in the state, located 40 miles from downtown Manhattan.

8 Apr 2010

Adherence to type 1 diabetes treatment lags if parents don't monitor

Teenagers and "tweenagers" with type 1 diabetes have more trouble sticking to their treatment plan - thus raising their risk of blindness, kidney failure and heart disease - if their parents become increasingly lax about monitoring the child's treatment, or if the mother-child relationship is poor.

8 Apr 2010

Secretary of Health announces five health research grants to improve health of Pennsylvanians

Secretary of Health Everette James today announced five health research grants totaling approximately $20 million will be awarded from Pennsylvania's share of the national tobacco settlement for 2009-2010.

8 Apr 2010

Complex back surgeries skyrocket, raising concerns about cost, complications

NPR: "Too many complex back surgeries are being done and people are suffering as a result, according to a study in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The general tendency noted in the study — that many patients and doctors think more medical care is always better — has implications for the new health overhaul law.

8 Apr 2010

Intermittent exotropia will lead to nearsightedness in most children

Intermittent exotropia, a condition in which the eyes turn outward while looking at an object, occurs in about 1% of American children and is less common than esotropia, where the eyes turn inward. In an article published in the March 2010 issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, researchers from the Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, followed 135 patients with intermittent exotropia over a 20-year period and found that slightly more than 90% of these children became nearsighted by the time they reached their 20s.

8 Apr 2010

Researchers find new genomic approach to identify smokers at risk of lung cancer

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine in collaboration with investigators at the University of Utah, have discovered a new approach for identifying smokers at the highest risk for developing lung cancer. The findings, which appear in the April 7th issue of Science Translational Medicine, will allow the researchers to use a genomic approach to prevent lung cancer in these individuals and to personalize cancer chemoprophylaxis and therapy.

8 Apr 2010

AMA Victoria supports Brumby opposing Rudd’s health plans

The Commonwealth had proposed health changes by taking control of health funding by withholding some GST revenue. The Victorian Government has released an alternative approach for this. This plan called ‘The Putting Patients First’ intends for increases in Commonwealth health funding to be distributed by the States.

8 Apr 2010

Healthcare reform scams: Tips to avoid being victimized

With the healthcare reform law only days old, Medical Mutual of Ohio is urging its customers and the public to beware of scammers who may try to sell phony health insurance policies.

8 Apr 2010

Star Scientific completes Research and Royalty Agreement with SRQ Bio

Star Scientific announced today that it has completed a "Research and Royalty Agreement" with the Roskamp Institute's affiliate, SRQ Bio, LLC, under which the Institute will conduct research on a compound developed by the company's Rock Creek Pharmaceutical subsidiary that medical researchers at the Institute believe may have an application in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

8 Apr 2010

Charter Medical introduces Bio-Pak Cell Culture bags

Charter Medical, Ltd., a division of Lydall, Inc., today announced the launch of Bio-Pak® Cell Culture bags for biotech and pharmaceutical processing. These bags are designed to provide a stable cell culture environment to enhance cell growth and viability. They are made from Charter's high performance Clear-Pak® film, a single web, multi-layer film with superior gas barrier properties.

8 Apr 2010

Nutritional supplement can increase blood circulation of hematopoietic stem cells

A nutritional supplement could stimulate the production of stem cells integral for repairing the body. Research published in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Translational Medicine suggests that a commercially-available supplement can increase the blood circulation of hematopoietic stem cells, which can give rise to all blood cells, and endothelial progenitor cells, which repair damage to blood vessels.

8 Apr 2010

Haemacure announces closing of purchase by Angiotech Pharmaceuticals

Haemacure Corporation announces the closing of the purchase by Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of substantially all its assets, consisting mainly of its two product candidates and the associated intellectual property and manufacturing plant.

8 Apr 2010

Loyola University Medical Center to offer free screenings for oral, head and neck cancer

Oral, head and neck cancers — most of which are preventable — account for approximately 3 percent of all cancer cases in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. In 2009, more than 35,000 Americans were diagnosed with these cancers and 7,600 died.

8 Apr 2010

Sebelius promises help to confused Americans on health law, says to beware of scammers

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that Americans can expect help from her department as health reform is implemented. She also cautioned consumers to watch out for scammers using the new health bill to try to defraud people.

8 Apr 2010

UAW suing GM over $450 million for retiree health benefits

"The United Auto Workers union has sued General Motors Corp., saying the automaker owes it $450 million for retiree health care" (4/7).

8 Apr 2010

WhiteGlove House Call Health to provide routine medical care for employees of The Beryl Companies

WhiteGlove House Call Health, Inc., a new provider choice in medical care that offers affordable, high-quality routine care at the home or work, announced today that The Beryl Companies selected WhiteGlove to provide routine medical care to its employees and dependents.

8 Apr 2010

UTHealth receives $15M stimulus grant to conduct research on advanced information technology

An elderly woman suspected of having a stroke arrives confused at the emergency room. The physician uses the basic information she is able to provide to access the critical medical history that will help him treat her. In simplest terms, that's the promise of health information technology.

8 Apr 2010

Medical News

Results of M118 EMINENCE clinical trial published in Circulation

Dating and hooking up: Benefits and risks

New funding for hard-to-insure people could ease burden on states' high-risk pools

First proton therapy center for New Jersey

Adherence to type 1 diabetes treatment lags if parents don't monitor

Secretary of Health announces five health research grants to improve health of Pennsylvanians

Complex back surgeries skyrocket, raising concerns about cost, complications

Intermittent exotropia will lead to nearsightedness in most children

Researchers find new genomic approach to identify smokers at risk of lung cancer

AMA Victoria supports Brumby opposing Rudd’s health plans

Healthcare reform scams: Tips to avoid being victimized

Star Scientific completes Research and Royalty Agreement with SRQ Bio

Charter Medical introduces Bio-Pak Cell Culture bags

Nutritional supplement can increase blood circulation of hematopoietic stem cells

Haemacure announces closing of purchase by Angiotech Pharmaceuticals

Loyola University Medical Center to offer free screenings for oral, head and neck cancer

Sebelius promises help to confused Americans on health law, says to beware of scammers

UAW suing GM over $450 million for retiree health benefits

WhiteGlove House Call Health to provide routine medical care for employees of The Beryl Companies

UTHealth receives $15M stimulus grant to conduct research on advanced information technology

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