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Micromedex clinical decision support and CareNotes content to be integrated within M2 HCIS

Micromedex clinical decision support and CareNotes® patient education content from Thomson Reuters will be integrated within the M2 Health Care Information System (HCIS).

23 Apr 2010

New on-off switches: SUMO protein silences developmental genes, SNP2 snips SUMO to allow gene expression

Deleting a gene in mouse embryos caused cardiac defects and early death, leading researchers to identify a mechanism that turns developmental genes off and on as an embryo matures, a team led by a scientist at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reported today in Molecular Cell.

23 Apr 2010

Researchers take major step to predict adverse drug reactions using genetic information

In a new study, researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have taken a major step toward the ability to predict adverse drug reactions, using genetic, cellular, and clinical information to learn why some medicines cause heart arrhythmias in patients. Published in the April 20 issue of the journal Science Signaling, the new framework described in the study could potentially be applied to the study of medications that treat other diseases and disorders such as epilepsy and autism.

23 Apr 2010

First annual U.S.-African Union high level bilateral meetings start in Washington

Representatives of the African Union (AU) on Wednesday began meeting with members of the Obama administration in Washington, as part of the first Annual U.S.-African Union High Level Bilateral Meetings, United Press International reports (4/21).

23 Apr 2010

Research associates diabetes with atrial fibrillation

As the U.S. population keeps aging and gaining weight, diabetes is becoming increasingly common. Some research has associated diabetes with the most common kind of chronically irregular heartbeat, called atrial fibrillation, which can raise the risk for stroke and death. But results of past studies of diabetes and atrial fibrillation have conflicted.

23 Apr 2010

Astellas Pharma extends tender offer for OSI Pharmaceuticals

Astellas Pharma Inc. announced today that it has extended its all-cash tender offer for $52 per share for all of the currently outstanding shares of common stock (including the associated stock purchase rights) of OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on Monday, May 17, 2010, unless further extended.

23 Apr 2010

UIC College of Dentistry awarded $10M federal grant to upgrade research facilities

The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry has received a $10 million federal grant to transform its research facilities into a state-of-the-art clinical and translational research center.

23 Apr 2010

Opinions: New U.S.-backed global food, agriculture program; Foreign aid to Africa; Medicines in Africa

In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announce the launch of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, a fund "to help the world's poorest farmers grow more food and earn more than they do now so they can lift themselves out of hunger and poverty."

23 Apr 2010

Techniques to protect organs during bypass surgery impair autoregulation, increase risk of stroke: Study

The standard practice of cooling and then rewarming a patient to prevent organ damage during cardiac bypass surgery may impair the body's mechanism that controls blood flow to the brain, potentially increasing the patient's risk of stroke, new research from Johns Hopkins suggests.

23 Apr 2010

Interesting heart rate dynamics in premature infants

A normal healthy heart beats at a variable rate with extraordinarily complex fluctuations across a wide range of time scales. Reduced complexity of heart rate has both clinical and dynamical significance - it may provide warning of impending illness, or clues about the dynamics of the heart's pacemaking system.

23 Apr 2010

Physio-Control decides to perform voluntary correction of LIFEPAK 15 monitor/defibrillators

Physio-Control, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Medtronic, Inc., (NYSE: MDT), announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has classified the company's decision to perform a voluntary correction of LIFEPAK 15 monitor/defibrillators manufactured prior to December 16, 2009 as a Class I recall.

23 Apr 2010

Mass. court orders state's two largest health insurers to submit insurance rates; N.C. Governor restores funding for some mental health programs

The Boston Globe: "A Suffolk Superior Court judge yesterday ordered two of the state's largest health insurers to submit April 2009 rates for insurance covering individuals and small businesses, the latest development in an ongoing dispute between the state and carriers over premium increases. Both companies said they would comply, even as they proceed with administrative appeals in an effort to charge higher rates.

23 Apr 2010

Nicotine poisoning linked to weight gain

A new study links nicotine poisoning with weight gain, and concludes tha active smokers, not only those who stop, put on more weight than non-smokers. After four years of analysis in the University of Navarra, those who put on least weight were those who had never smoked.

23 Apr 2010

OnBase ECM software suite continues to be top choice for healthcare organizations

With "meaningful use" a reality, healthcare providers need complete electronic health records. They're quickly learning that to make this happen, they must bring together both electronic data and paper-based content. It's certainly a challenge – one that involves many solutions, not just an electronic medical record like Eclipsys or Cerner.

23 Apr 2010

New ways for earlier diagnosis of osteoarthritis

Researchers at King's College London's Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, based at St Thomas' Hospital have discovered new ways of measuring biological markers in the blood which could be used to diagnose osteoarthritis earlier.

23 Apr 2010

New multi-faceted treatment program for young adults addicted to opioid drugs

A multi-faceted treatment program for young adults addicted to opioid drugs was unveiled today at the National Institute on Drug Abuse's Blending Conference in Albuquerque, N.M. This eighth meeting in the series brings together researchers and clinicians so their latest findings can be immediately applied to the needs of patients and their families dealing with addictive disorders.

23 Apr 2010

PCFT helps in effectively targeting cytotoxic antifolates to tumors: Study

Scientists at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit today presented a poster at the American Association for Cancer Research's 101st Annual Meeting 2010 that details their novel study of molecules that use a tumor's acidic microenvironment to help them tailor chemotherapeutic agents to kill the tumor.

23 Apr 2010

21% of Americans want no changes to health care legislation: CHPPR survey

Less than a quarter of Americans want no changes to the health care legislation signed into law by the president last month but there may be more common ground with other Americans than many think, according to the latest national survey by researchers from Indiana University's Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research.

23 Apr 2010

KHN column: Will private long-term care insurance supplement the CLASS Act

"The Community Living Assistance Service and Supports Act—the new national long-term care insurance program included in the just-passed health bill—begins to change the way we pay for personal assistance for the frail elderly and adults with disabilities" (4/22).

23 Apr 2010

Geron scientists highlight importance of telomerase inhibitor, GRN163L at AACR 2010

Geron Corporation today announced five presentations by Geron scientists and collaborators on the company's telomerase inhibitor, imetelstat sodium, including the drug's activity against cancer stem cells, at the 101st American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting held in Washington D.C.

23 Apr 2010

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Micromedex clinical decision support and CareNotes content to be integrated within M2 HCIS

New on-off switches: SUMO protein silences developmental genes, SNP2 snips SUMO to allow gene expression

Researchers take major step to predict adverse drug reactions using genetic information

First annual U.S.-African Union high level bilateral meetings start in Washington

Research associates diabetes with atrial fibrillation

Astellas Pharma extends tender offer for OSI Pharmaceuticals

UIC College of Dentistry awarded $10M federal grant to upgrade research facilities

Opinions: New U.S.-backed global food, agriculture program; Foreign aid to Africa; Medicines in Africa

Techniques to protect organs during bypass surgery impair autoregulation, increase risk of stroke: Study

Interesting heart rate dynamics in premature infants

Physio-Control decides to perform voluntary correction of LIFEPAK 15 monitor/defibrillators

Mass. court orders state's two largest health insurers to submit insurance rates; N.C. Governor restores funding for some mental health programs

Nicotine poisoning linked to weight gain

OnBase ECM software suite continues to be top choice for healthcare organizations

New ways for earlier diagnosis of osteoarthritis

New multi-faceted treatment program for young adults addicted to opioid drugs

PCFT helps in effectively targeting cytotoxic antifolates to tumors: Study

21% of Americans want no changes to health care legislation: CHPPR survey

KHN column: Will private long-term care insurance supplement the CLASS Act

Geron scientists highlight importance of telomerase inhibitor, GRN163L at AACR 2010

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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