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Tips to avoid exercise-related injuries in baby boomers

The March issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource covers what's behind boomeritis. Baby boomers, now in their 50s and 60s, are fitter and more athletic longer into their lives, compared with their parents' generation.

18 Mar 2010

Low T Center opens new men's testosterone diagnosis and treatment center in Southlake, Texas

Low T Center announces the grand opening of its new men's testosterone diagnosis and treatment center located at 601 Zena Rucker Road, Suite 101 – the corner of Byron Nelson Parkway and FM 1709 in Southlake, Texas. This is the first and only low testosterone therapy clinic for men in the Metroplex.

18 Mar 2010

FCC makes recommendations for using high-speed broadband networks to increase use of telemedicine

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. was pleased on learning that The Federal Communication Commission’s national strategy for broadband issued today emphasizes health care, including electronic health record adoption and use, health data exchanges, telemedicine and mobile health services.

18 Mar 2010

Family planning will not be included in Canada's G8 maternal health initiative, Foreign Minister says

"Canada's 'signature' initiative at June's G8 summit - a strategy to improve the health of mothers and young children in poor countries" will not include family planning programs, Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said on Tuesday, the Globe and Mail reports. Cannon said the initiative "does not deal in any way, shape or form with family planning. Indeed, the purpose of this is to be able to save lives."

18 Mar 2010

McGill researchers pioneer major breakthrough in DNA nanotechnology

A team of McGill Chemistry Department researchers led by Dr. Hanadi Sleiman has achieved a major breakthrough in the development of nanotubes - tiny "magic bullets" that could one day deliver drugs to specific diseased cells.

18 Mar 2010

Academics focus on challenges of improving diets in both developed and developing countries

For the first time in history the number of people worldwide suffering from obesity now exceeds the number suffering from hunger.

18 Mar 2010

Virtuoso Digital Pathology Software: BioImagene adds Companion Algorithms for colon cancer

BioImagene, Inc., the leading provider of end-to-end digital pathology solutions, today announced the availability of Companion Algorithms™ for colon cancer in their Virtuoso™ Digital Pathology Software. BioImagene’s Companion Algorithms are unique in the digital pathology industry as they are specific to a biomarker and a tissue type. Therefore, pathologists are not faced with the challenges of customizing generic algorithms in order to make them work.

18 Mar 2010

SANTE study: Deep brain stimulation can reduce seizures

A recent study organized by Stanford University researchers found patients with refractory partial and secondarily generalized seizures had a reduction in seizures after deep brain stimulation. This multi-center clinical trial determined that the benefits of stimulation of the anterior nuclei of thalamus for epilepsy (SANTE) persisted and by 2 years there was a 56% reduction in seizure frequency.

18 Mar 2010

Stress during pregnancy may raise infant’s risk to asthma and allergy

Stress during pregnancy may raise the risk of asthma in offspring, according to researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

18 Mar 2010

U.N. Secretary-General launches report aimed at meeting MDGs by 2015

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "warned on Tuesday that failure to meet" Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets by the 2015 deadline could result in "increased instability, violence, epidemic diseases and overpopulation," Agence France-Presse/Mail & Guardian reports (3/17).

18 Mar 2010

Findings from Study 305 evaluating the effect of Northera reported

Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd. reported findings from Study 305, a study evaluating the effect of Northera™ (Droxidopa), an investigational agent being studied for the treatment of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (NOH), on patients' 24-hour blood pressure (BP) profile.

18 Mar 2010

Harbor BioSciences receives approval for stock listing transfer to The Nasdaq Capital Market

Harbor BioSciences, Inc. today announced that NASDAQ has approved its application to transfer its stock listing to The Nasdaq Capital Market from The Nasdaq Global Market, effective at the opening of business on March 18, 2010. The company's common stock will continue to be traded under the symbol "HRBR." The Nasdaq Capital Market is a continuous trading market that operates in substantially the same manner as the Nasdaq Global Market.

18 Mar 2010

Bone Biologics receives Notice of Allowance of patent claims that protects formation of cartilage by UCB-1

Bone Biologics, Inc. announced today that it has received a US Patent Office Notice of Allowance of patent claims which strongly protects the formation of cartilage by the unique NELL 1 protein (UCB-1). Additional claims cover the surgical application of the NELL 1 (UCB-1) protein by several delivery agents.

18 Mar 2010

AARP opposes passage of ‘Freedom of Conscience’ bill

Idahoans may soon learn someone else's "conscience" at the worst possible time. Today, after two days of heated debate, the Idaho House passed the Freedom of Conscience bill (SB 1353), which allows all health care professionals, including dieticians, nurses and pharmacists, to walk away from any end-of-life care that violates their conscience.

18 Mar 2010

Acurox NDA: FDA schedules Advisory Committee meeting

Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has publically announced the scheduling of an April 22, 2010 Advisory Committee meeting to discuss the New Drug Application ("NDA") for Acurox® (oxycodone HCl and niacin) Tablets and the results of studies evaluating the addition of niacin for the purpose of reducing the misuse of oxycodone.

18 Mar 2010

Kinetic Concepts’ Prevena Incision Management System may help reduce post-operative complications

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. today announced the initial European and Canadian launch of the Prevena™ Incision Management System, the first and only powered negative pressure product designed specifically for management of surgically closed incisions.

18 Mar 2010

Haiti should have final say over rebuilding, Preval says

In an interview with Reuters, Haitian President Rene Preval on Tuesday said that the U.S. State Department Human Rights report, which says corruption is "widespread in all … levels of government" in Haiti, is "arrogant" and that Haiti should have the final say in approving plans to rebuild the country after the January earthquake, the news agency reports.

18 Mar 2010

Watchful waiting is viable option for many men with low risk prostate cancer

Active surveillance, also referred to as watchful waiting, is a viable option for many men with low risk prostate cancer although the concept continues to cause distress and confusion. James L. Mohler, MD, of Roswell Park Cancer Institute and chair of the NCCN Guidelines Panel for Prostate Cancer, discussed the role of active surveillance as well as other treatment options recommended in the recently updated NCCN Guidelines™ for Prostate Cancer at the NCCN 15th Annual Conference.

18 Mar 2010

NIST and HHS to develop software tools to support health IT testing infrastructure

Fully incorporating modern information technology into the healthcare system promises many benefits, including better quality care, less paperwork and fewer medical errors while reducing unnecessary costs. In any such critical application, however, it's important to ensure that the new technology behaves as expected.

18 Mar 2010

Costs almost double for health care for Pennsylvania poor; New study finds percentage of people taking insurance through work declines

Facing a sharp rise in costs, Pennsylvania has almost doubled the monthly bill for a state health insurance program for poor people who do not qualify for Medicaid and are on a waiting list for a less costly option. On March 1, the cost of the plan rose to about $600 a month, up from $313 a month, for the roughly 2,400 state residents on the waiting list.

18 Mar 2010

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Tips to avoid exercise-related injuries in baby boomers

Low T Center opens new men's testosterone diagnosis and treatment center in Southlake, Texas

FCC makes recommendations for using high-speed broadband networks to increase use of telemedicine

Family planning will not be included in Canada's G8 maternal health initiative, Foreign Minister says

McGill researchers pioneer major breakthrough in DNA nanotechnology

Academics focus on challenges of improving diets in both developed and developing countries

Virtuoso Digital Pathology Software: BioImagene adds Companion Algorithms for colon cancer

SANTE study: Deep brain stimulation can reduce seizures

Stress during pregnancy may raise infant’s risk to asthma and allergy

U.N. Secretary-General launches report aimed at meeting MDGs by 2015

Findings from Study 305 evaluating the effect of Northera reported

Harbor BioSciences receives approval for stock listing transfer to The Nasdaq Capital Market

Bone Biologics receives Notice of Allowance of patent claims that protects formation of cartilage by UCB-1

AARP opposes passage of ‘Freedom of Conscience’ bill

Acurox NDA: FDA schedules Advisory Committee meeting

Kinetic Concepts’ Prevena Incision Management System may help reduce post-operative complications

Haiti should have final say over rebuilding, Preval says

Watchful waiting is viable option for many men with low risk prostate cancer

NIST and HHS to develop software tools to support health IT testing infrastructure

Costs almost double for health care for Pennsylvania poor; New study finds percentage of people taking insurance through work declines

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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