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UK Government grants 8 MN GBP to the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation

Global efforts to combat tuberculosis gained momentum today when the government of the United Kingdom announced generous funding to the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation. The first-ever grant of - 8,000,000 (approximately US$ 13 million) is a significant show of support for Aeras in its mission to develop new TB vaccines.

24 Mar 2010

New ‘Revitalizing Q10 Eye Roller Gel’ for men

NIVEA For MEN formally announced the launch of the brand’s new Revitalizing Q10 Eye Roller Gel today, a men’s eye care product engineered to minimize the look of fine lines and reduce the appearance of dark circles and puffiness underneath the eyes.

24 Mar 2010

InvestorSoup.com announces investment report featuring Oncothyreon

InvestorSoup.com announces an investment report featuring Oncothyreon Inc. (Nasdaq:ONTY). The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and pertinent industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

24 Mar 2010

Patients and doctors' views on important endpoints in incurable metastatic breast cancer

Many patients with metastatic breast cancer believe that the primary goal in survival with new treatment should be to prolong life by at least a year over the survival they might expect from using current best therapies, a researcher will tell the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference in Barcelona today. This finding contrasts with doctors' perception that an additional four to six months' survival is significant enough to consider a new treatment worthwhile.

24 Mar 2010

Clinicians can help pregnant women in making lifestyle changes for healthy weight gain

A new study from UCSF shows that prenatal health care professionals are concerned about patients' excessive weight gain during pregnancy but have difficulty providing effective counseling.

24 Mar 2010

Virtual biopsy probes to detect precancerous polyps to be available soon

The newest generation of "virtual biopsy" colonoscopy probes being tested at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida demonstrate that it might soon be possible to use such a device to determine whether a colon polyp is benign and not remove it for biopsy. Currently, all colon polyps are extracted during a colonoscopy and sent to a pathologist for examination, which adds time, expense, and some surgical risk, to the procedure.

24 Mar 2010

60 minutes of moderate-intensity activity needed to maintain normal weight: Study

Among women consuming a usual diet, physical activity was associated with less weight gain over 13 years only among women of normal weight, according to a study in the March 24/31 issue of JAMA. The researchers also found that women successful in maintaining normal weight averaged approximately 60 minutes a day of moderate-intensity activity throughout the study.

24 Mar 2010

Transcept Pharmaceuticals receives second patent for Intermezzo formulation

Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the second patent covering the composition and use of Intermezzo® (zolpidem tartrate sublingual tablet), the lead Transcept product candidate, has been issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

24 Mar 2010

Bill signing is first step in reforming nation’s health care system, says Business Roundtable

“Health care in America is too costly – for individuals, for employers and for our country. It is the number one cost pressure facing our members, who provide coverage to more than 35 million Americans, which is why we have been at the table since day one advocating for effective systemic reform.

24 Mar 2010

Community awareness can help fight tuberculosis

Pennsylvania Health Secretary Everette James today stressed the importance of increasing awareness of tuberculosis, or TB, and continuing efforts to control the infectious airborne disease that killed nearly 2 million people in 2008.

24 Mar 2010

New injection device for endoscopic treatment of pediatric vesicoureteral reflux

A new injection device for the endoscopic treatment of vesicoureteral reflux) offers urologists greater control, precision and accuracy for treating a condition of the urinary tract that predominantly affects infants and young children. An alternative to corrective surgery, the Injekt VUR Injection Needle marks an advancement in fast and minimally-invasive endoscopic treatment.

24 Mar 2010

Abbott/Eisai's Humira termed as most efficacious therapy for psoriasis

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that surveyed dermatologists view Abbott/Eisai's Humira as the most efficacious therapy for the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis. Thirty-two percent of surveyed dermatologists selected Humira as the most efficacious, followed by Centocor Ortho Biotech/Merck/Mitsubishi Tanabe's Remicade. The current sales leader Amgen/Pfizer/Takeda's Enbrel was selected as the most efficacious therapy by only 23 percent of dermatologists surveyed.

24 Mar 2010

Policymakers should determine risk-reduction initiatives to improve health systems, says new report

Tackling the increasing rates of cardiovascular disease in developing nations will require input from multiple partners, including the business community and international companies as well as global health and development agencies and the governments of these countries, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

24 Mar 2010

Teletherapy as effective as face-to-face session

Obtaining therapy via teleconference is just as effective as face-to-face sessions, according to a new research by St-phane Guay, a psychiatry professor at the Universit- de Montr-al.

24 Mar 2010

College professors discourage U.S. women, minority scientists from pursuing STEM Careers: National Survey

Significant numbers of today’s women and underrepresented minority chemists and chemical engineers say they were discouraged from pursuing a STEM career at some point in their lives, according to a new Bayer Corporation.

24 Mar 2010

Unions take hard look at lawmakers who voted against health bill while tea party is promising to fight on

Roll Call: "Industry groups, labor unions and other stakeholders in health care reform offered up their parting shots on Monday, airing lingering grievances with the historic legislation or praising a bill that, after more than a year of tussling, now awaits President Barack Obama's signature.

24 Mar 2010

Patients to discuss future of health care system at Canadian Patient Summit

More than 100 patients living with chronic medical conditions will share their solutions for ensuring that patients are part of government decisions on the future of Canada's health care system.

24 Mar 2010

TYRX begins enrollment in CITADEL study for Aigisrx anti-bacterial agent

TYRX, Inc., a leader in the commercialization of implantable medical devices designed to help reduce infection, announced today that it has begun enrollment in CITADEL, the second of two large scale, prospective, multicenter studies.

24 Mar 2010

UNDT's 5-agent bioterrorism detection kits used by first responders

Universal Detection Technology, a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies and counter-terrorism training programs to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats, issued a response today to a growing interest in the security and emergency response communities to immunize first responders most susceptible to anthrax exposure.

24 Mar 2010

KHN column: Why the vote changes the health care debate forever

In his latest Kaiser Health News column - done in collaboration with The New Republic, Jonathan Cohn writes: "Over the last week or so, as passage seemed ever more likely, Republicans moved from denial to anger.

24 Mar 2010

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UK Government grants 8 MN GBP to the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation

New ‘Revitalizing Q10 Eye Roller Gel’ for men

InvestorSoup.com announces investment report featuring Oncothyreon

Patients and doctors' views on important endpoints in incurable metastatic breast cancer

Clinicians can help pregnant women in making lifestyle changes for healthy weight gain

Virtual biopsy probes to detect precancerous polyps to be available soon

60 minutes of moderate-intensity activity needed to maintain normal weight: Study

Transcept Pharmaceuticals receives second patent for Intermezzo formulation

Bill signing is first step in reforming nation’s health care system, says Business Roundtable

Community awareness can help fight tuberculosis

New injection device for endoscopic treatment of pediatric vesicoureteral reflux

Abbott/Eisai's Humira termed as most efficacious therapy for psoriasis

Policymakers should determine risk-reduction initiatives to improve health systems, says new report

Teletherapy as effective as face-to-face session

College professors discourage U.S. women, minority scientists from pursuing STEM Careers: National Survey

Unions take hard look at lawmakers who voted against health bill while tea party is promising to fight on

Patients to discuss future of health care system at Canadian Patient Summit

TYRX begins enrollment in CITADEL study for Aigisrx anti-bacterial agent

UNDT's 5-agent bioterrorism detection kits used by first responders

KHN column: Why the vote changes the health care debate forever

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