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Florida among nine states to receive F grade in children's dental health: Pew Report

Florida is failing to ensure the dental health needs of its children, according to a report released by the Pew Center on the States.

23 Feb 2010

Genentech's Avastin combination Phase III study in advanced stomach cancer does not meet primary endpoint

Genentech, Inc., a wholly owned member of the Roche Group, today announced that a Phase III study (AVAGAST) did not meet its primary endpoint of showing Avastin® (bevacizumab) plus Xeloda® (capecitabine) or 5-FU and cisplatin chemotherapy extended the lives of people with inoperable or advanced stomach (gastric) cancer, compared to chemotherapy alone.

23 Feb 2010

Multidisciplinary rounds may facilitate implementation of best clinical practices: Study

Multidisciplinary care teams consisting of clinicians, nurses and other health care professionals appear to be associated with a lower risk of death among patients in the intensive care unit, according to a report in the February 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. A second report finds that an increasing number of surgical patients are being managed jointly by a surgeon and another clinician, such as a hospitalist or internal medicine sub-specialist.

23 Feb 2010

FDA issues approval for Gileads's Cayston for respiratory symptoms in cystic fibrosis

Gilead Sciences, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing approval for Cayston® (aztreonam for inhalation solution) as a treatment to improve respiratory symptoms in cystic fibrosis patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Cayston’s safety and efficacy have not been established in pediatric patients below the age of 7, patients with forced expiratory volume in one second of less than 25 percent or greater than 75 percent predicted, or patients colonized with Burkholderia cepacia.

23 Feb 2010

Obecure granted patent covering betahistine with olanzapine for mitigating antipsychotic drug associated weight gain

Obecure Ltd., a subsidiary of Bio-Light Israeli Life Science Investments Ltd., has received notice of allowance from the US Patent Office for its two key patent applications covering methods of use and compositions covering the use of betahistine with olanzapine for the mitigation of the serious weight gain associated as a side effect of the antipsychotic drug.

23 Feb 2010

National public service campaign to raise mental health awareness in young African American adults

Officials from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Ad Council and the Stay Strong Foundation will unveil a national public service campaign designed to raise awareness of mental health problems among young adults in the African American community. The event is part of Black History Month and it is being held to coincide with the first annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities National Mental Health Awareness Day. The launch will be telecast to colleges and universities nationwide.

23 Feb 2010

Merge Healthcare increases offer for AMICAS to $6.05 cash per share

Merge Healthcare Incorporated today announced its pending $6.05 cash per share offer for AMICAS, Inc.. Merge’s proposal, for an aggregate of $248 million, represents a 13% premium to the previously-announced offer for AMICAS from a newly-formed affiliate of Thoma Bravo, LLC for $5.35 cash per share. Merge’s current offer follows its offer of $6.00 cash per share that was made during the “go-shop” period contemplated by AMICAS’ merger agreement with Thoma Bravo.

23 Feb 2010

Somerset Hospital collaborates with Mckesson to automate pharmacy with PROmanager-Rx system

Somerset Hospital in Pennsylvania has joined with McKesson to automate its pharmacy using the new PROmanager-Rx™ system. The system will enable the 150-bed hospital to fully automate dispensing of tablets, capsules, and other oral solid medications that come directly from drug manufacturers in unit-dose, bar-coded form. Somerset, already a user of McKesson’s Paragon® community hospital information system, expects PROmanager-Rx to automate dispensing for approximately 80 percent of its daily scheduled patient doses.

23 Feb 2010

AMICAS issues statement on Merge Healthcare's views on acquisition proposal

AMICAS, Inc., a leader in image and information management solutions, today responded to a press release issued earlier today by Merge Healthcare Incorporated, regarding Merge's acquisition proposal. AMICAS Board of Directors has already considered and publicly rejected Merge's acquisition proposal.

23 Feb 2010

Older diabetes patients with high stress levels are more likely to experience memory loss

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh studied more than 900 men and women aged between 60 and 75 with type-2 diabetes, which tends to be common after the age of 40.

23 Feb 2010

U.S. health insurers need to expand globally for sustaining high rates of growth and profitability

U.S. health insurers must focus on overseas expansion opportunities if they seek continued high rates of growth and profitability, according to a new study by Conning Research & Consulting.

23 Feb 2010

Study to restrict hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers

study published in the March 2010 issue of the journal Anesthesiology gives researchers new insights in how to better understand and control a severe side effect of hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs), often referred to as "artificial blood."

23 Feb 2010

Sound-based lasers could lead to development of high-resolution biomedical diagnostic devices

Physicists have taken major step forward in the development of practical phonon lasers, which emit sound in much the same way that optical lasers emit light. The development should lead to new, high-resolution imaging devices and medical applications.

23 Feb 2010

Pelosi calls for passage of comprehensive, affordable health insurance reform

"The President today made available to all Americans the Administration's health insurance reform proposal, which contains positive elements from the House and Senate-passed bills. I look forward to reviewing it with House Members and then joining the President and the Republican leadership at the Blair House meeting on Thursday. This discussion will continue a year-long historic level of transparency and open debate of this crucial reform effort.

23 Feb 2010

GlycoVaxyn initiates Phase I clinical study of GVXN SD133 vaccine candidate against Shigella dysenteriae

GlycoVaxyn, a pioneer in the development of innovative bioconjugate vaccines, has commenced a Phase I clinical study with its vaccine candidate (GVXN SD133) against Shigella dysenteriae, a cause of serious intestinal infections. This is the first product from the company to enter clinical evaluation.

23 Feb 2010

Multidisciplinary, team-based approach can reduce mortality rates in ICUs

The severe shortage of specially-trained intensivist physicians has hospital intensive care units (ICUs) nationwide struggling to staff units with critical care teams led by intensivists, even though the presence of these specially trained physicians reduces the risk of death for patients in the ICU.

23 Feb 2010

Cross- province initiatives to address uncertainity of small, rural, northern health care

The Ontario Health Coalition in partnership with dozens of community groups in rural and northern Ontario, are announcing a series of cross- province activities. This group initiative is a direct response to the uncertain future of small, rural and northern health care, as a result of hospital restructuring.

23 Feb 2010

Pew Center on the States report finds Colorado on track in addressing dental health needs of children

Colorado is on track when it comes to addressing the dental health needs of its children, according to a report released by the Pew Center on the States. The Cost of Delay: State Dental Policies Fail One in Five Children, released with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the DentaQuest Foundation, grades each state's policy responses to the urgent challenges in dental health among America's children.

23 Feb 2010

Humans can harbor bacteria in gallstones, infect others with active typhoid fever

A new study suggests that the bacteria that cause typhoid fever collect in tiny but persistent communities on gallstones, making the infection particularly hard to fight in so-called "carriers" - people who have the disease but show no symptoms.

23 Feb 2010

Also in global health news: Infant, maternal mortality in N. Korea; malaria in Cambodia; Zambia PEPFAR program; Pakistan's anti-polio campaign; U.N. Ambassador responds to Somalia; Myanmar refugees

Higher rates of infant and maternal mortality have lead to a decline of life expectancy in North Korea over the past 15 years, census figures, which were obtained with help form the U.N. Population Fund, said on Monday, Agence France-Presse reports (2/22).

23 Feb 2010

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Florida among nine states to receive F grade in children's dental health: Pew Report

Genentech's Avastin combination Phase III study in advanced stomach cancer does not meet primary endpoint

Multidisciplinary rounds may facilitate implementation of best clinical practices: Study

FDA issues approval for Gileads's Cayston for respiratory symptoms in cystic fibrosis

Obecure granted patent covering betahistine with olanzapine for mitigating antipsychotic drug associated weight gain

National public service campaign to raise mental health awareness in young African American adults

Merge Healthcare increases offer for AMICAS to $6.05 cash per share

Somerset Hospital collaborates with Mckesson to automate pharmacy with PROmanager-Rx system

AMICAS issues statement on Merge Healthcare's views on acquisition proposal

Older diabetes patients with high stress levels are more likely to experience memory loss

U.S. health insurers need to expand globally for sustaining high rates of growth and profitability

Study to restrict hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers

Sound-based lasers could lead to development of high-resolution biomedical diagnostic devices

Pelosi calls for passage of comprehensive, affordable health insurance reform

GlycoVaxyn initiates Phase I clinical study of GVXN SD133 vaccine candidate against Shigella dysenteriae

Multidisciplinary, team-based approach can reduce mortality rates in ICUs

Cross- province initiatives to address uncertainity of small, rural, northern health care

Pew Center on the States report finds Colorado on track in addressing dental health needs of children

Humans can harbor bacteria in gallstones, infect others with active typhoid fever

Also in global health news: Infant, maternal mortality in N. Korea; malaria in Cambodia; Zambia PEPFAR program; Pakistan's anti-polio campaign; U.N. Ambassador responds to Somalia; Myanmar refugees

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