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Intermedix Corporation acquires healthcare IT solution company, EMSystems

Intermedix Corporation, the leading provider of technology-based business services to emergency healthcare service providers, announced today the acquisition of EMSystems, LLC ("EMSystems"), a leading provider of web-based healthcare information technology solutions in the public health and emergency services markets.

4 May 2010

One-half of physicians do not recommend bariatric surgery for adolescents

Severely obese adolescents may desire or potentially benefit from bariatric surgery. However, half of primary care physicians say they would not recommend the procedure to a patient under the age of 18, according to research published in Obesity Surgery

4 May 2010

NIH awards Hutchinson Center $10.24M for research of breast cancer disparities in Hispanic women

The National Institutes of Health has awarded $10.24 million to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to lead a five-year study that aims to understand and prevent breast cancer disparities in Hispanic women.

4 May 2010

Young adult survivors of childhood cancer more likely to develop PTSD: Study

Young adult survivors of childhood cancers are four times more likely to develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder than their control group siblings, a Childhood Cancer Survivors Study has found.

4 May 2010

QIAGEN reports 20% revenue growth in first quarter 2010

QIAGEN N.V. today announced the results of operations for its quarter ended March 31, 2010. Net sales were at the high end of, and adjusted earnings per share for the first quarter 2010 exceeded the guidance provided by the Company on February 9, 2010.

From QIAGEN Manchester Limited 4 May 2010

TB Alliance, AstraZeneca sign research collaboration agreement to develop drugs against tuberculosis

The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development and AstraZeneca announced today at the 2010 BIO International Convention that they have entered into a research collaboration agreement to accelerate the discovery, development and clinical use of drugs against tuberculosis, including drug resistant strains of the disease.

4 May 2010

Stratatech to advance living human skin substitute tissue clinical trial with $3M funding round

Stratatech Corp., a regenerative medicine company focused on the commercialization of cell-based, tissue-engineered skin substitute products, today announced that it has closed a $3.0-million round of funding comprised of convertible notes. The funding was secured from current investors in the company. The proceeds will be used to advance the clinical trial of the company's StrataGraft® living human skin substitute tissue. The company expects to begin Phase IIb of the trial during the second half of 2010.

4 May 2010

Guardian expands dental PPO network coverage by acquiring Preferred Dental Network

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, a leading provider of employee benefits, today announced that it will expand its dental PPO network coverage with the acquisition of Nevada-based Preferred Dental, LLC.

4 May 2010

Researchers receive $250,000 to study inventive cell-transfer therapy to treat cortical dysplasia

University of Florida researchers will receive $250,000 to study an inventive cell-transfer therapy to treat cortical dysplasia, a condition where the brain develops abnormally before birth, causing severe epilepsy in children and adults.

4 May 2010

Difference between grief and depression

"A son is a son till he takes a wife, a daughter is a daughter all her life," goes the old Irish saying. Though there is an extraordinary bond between every mother and child there is something unique about the relationship between a mother and daughter

4 May 2010

Baxter Healthcare's COLLEAGUE infusion pumps to be recalled

Baxter Healthcare Corporation today announced that it will recall COLLEAGUE infusion pumps from the U.S. market pursuant to an order under its existing June 2006 consent decree with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Baxter will work with the FDA to ensure that the recall process provides customers appropriate alternatives for supporting patients' needs.

4 May 2010

Pregnant Arab women have high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency: Study

Pregnant Arab women have an "extraordinarily high prevalence" of vitamin D deficiency - a potential health issue for them and their babies, according to a new Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center study.

4 May 2010

Depressive symptoms after ACS associated with vascular brain changes

A new study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosmatics has examined brain activity after a heart attack.This study provides the first evidence that persistent depressive symptoms after acute coronary syndrome are associated with vascular brain changes.

4 May 2010

Play-based intervention trial at Sydney University for children with ADHD

The Sydney University Faculty of Health Sciences is seeking participants for a new play-based intervention program which aims to assist children with ADHD to develop their social interactions.

4 May 2010

Sepracor issued FDA Complete Response Letter for STEDESA NDA

Sepracor Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. (DSP), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA, or Agency) has issued a Complete Response Letter to Sepracor's New Drug Application (NDA) for its antiepileptic drug candidate, STEDESA™, which is the company's proposed trade name for eslicarbazepine acetate.

4 May 2010

Array BioPharma reports 18.4M revenue for third-quarter fiscal 2010

Array BioPharma Inc. today reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2010.

4 May 2010

Fate of the unused swine flu vaccines

The United States Government in an announcement on Monday revealed that the U.S. still has 71 million doses of unused H1N1 swine flu vaccine but there is still time left before it is wasted. They have urged the providers to keep the vaccines and continue to supply them to people until pharmaceutical manufacturers start distributing seasonal vaccine for the coming influenza season in the autumn.

4 May 2010

NIH awards UIC $10M grant to study health disparities among underserved, minority women with breast cancer

A $9.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health has been awarded to the University of Illinois at Chicago to study access to care and health disparities among underserved and minority women with breast cancer in Chicago.

4 May 2010

Funds needed for prevention of needle stick injuries to nurses

According to the Australian Nurses Federation (ANF) there are more than 18,000 reports of accidental needle stick injuries to nurses caused by syringes or other sharp items in Australia each year. This increases their risk of contracting deadly blood borne diseases like HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B and C etc. The authorities believe that these figures although alarming are not reflective of the true figures with many nurses choosing to keep their exposure under wraps.

3 May 2010

Growth hormone boosts sprinting capacity in athletes but may have serious side effects

Human Growth Hormone (hGH) has long been used among athletes and body builders for stronger and a more muscular bodies over the past four decades. However it is only now that Sydney-based researchers have published a study that shows that hGH offers no such benefits.

3 May 2010