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Study shows benefits of stent grafts over balloon angioplasty for patients who undergo dialysis

A randomized multicenter study of 190 patients at 13 medical centers shows-- for the first time-- the "superior" benefit of stent grafts over balloon angioplasty for maintaining function of dialysis access grafts in kidney failure patients who undergo dialysis. Until now, no other therapy has proven more effective than angioplasty.

12 Feb 2010

Better and standardized animal models needed for musculoskeletal regenerative medicine

Clinical testing and development of novel therapies based on advances in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine that will one day enable the repair and replacement of diseased or damaged human muscle, bone, tendons, and ligaments depends on the availability of good animal models.

12 Feb 2010

Sun Knowledge to attend Annual Drug Benefit Conference in Phoenix

Sun Knowledge, Ltd., a leading Healthcare Insurance provider of Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) services, will attend the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute’s Annual Drug Benefit Conference in Phoenix, Az., from February 17-19.

12 Feb 2010

Third party reexamination of Phase III study of Ereska meets primary endpoint

Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that a reexamination conducted by a third party of pain score measurements from its Phase III study of Ereska™ (intranasal ketamine) showed that top line results for its primary endpoint were statistically significant. Previously, Javelin had reported that the top line results for its primary endpoint were not statistically significant.

12 Feb 2010

getSTDtested.com launches "Kiss Chlamydia Goodbye" campaign

getSTDtested.com, a physician driven, STD testing and treatment online clinic today announced a campaign called "Kiss Chlamydia Goodbye" to encourage young women to take action to prevent chlamydia.

12 Feb 2010

Also in Global Health News: China's health care system; Breastfeeding practices in Pakistan; HIV transmission in MSM; Abu Dhabi joins malaria fight

The Los Angeles Times examines China's transition to "Western-style privatized medicine" through the government's "$124-billion overhaul, chiefly to improve service in rural areas." The article details the efforts of a woman from Inner Mongolia to get care in Beijing for her ailing father and looks at climbing health care costs and the growing "black market for medical care" (Pierson, 2/11).

12 Feb 2010

Center for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery performs 100th LAGB procedure

Few treatments are available to help obese adolescents who are unable to lose weight and are already suffering from obesity-related health problems. Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB), an option for adults in the United States since 2001, is showing promise for teens. The Center for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery, which opened at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital in 2006, recently performed its 100th LAGB procedure.

12 Feb 2010

Article features pelvic health problems, risk factors and treatment options for women

Pelvic health concerns in women are common -- yet how the issues impact sexuality and childbearing is not often discussed, according to Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource.

12 Feb 2010

Traditional Home Health and Hospice selects ExpressMD's Electronic House Call system for CHF program

ExpressMD™ Solutions, a provider of remote patient monitoring systems and services for patients with chronic illnesses, announced today that Traditional Home Health and Hospice in Dunmore, PA selected ExpressMD's Electronic House Call™ system for use in their Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) patient management program.

12 Feb 2010

United Airlines to deliver teddy bears to kids undergoing cancer treatment across the country

Starting today, United Airlines employees will begin delivering thousands of teddy bears to kids undergoing cancer treatment at hospitals across the country through a partnership with the American Cancer Society® that raised almost 27 million Mileage Plus miles.

12 Feb 2010

Ethnic and racial minorities less likely to receive A1C diabetes test

Ethnic and racial minorities bear a disproportionate share of America's diabetes epidemic but are significantly less likely than whites to receive a commonly used test to monitor control of blood glucose, according to Washington State University researchers.

12 Feb 2010

Antibodies also contribute to severe dengue virus-induced disease, confirms La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology

A leading immunology research institute has validated the long-held and controversial hypothesis that antibodies - usually the "good guys" in the body's fight against viruses - instead contribute to severe dengue virus-induced disease, the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology announced today. The finding has major implications for the development of a first-ever vaccine against dengue virus, a growing public health threat which annually infects 50 to 100 million people worldwide, causing a half million cases of the severest form.

12 Feb 2010

Wolters Kluwer Health releases optimized mobile website for Facts & Comparisons eAnswers

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that it has released an iPhone®/iPod touch® optimized mobile website for its industry leading drug information reference, Facts & Comparisons® eAnswers. The site, Facts & Comparisons Mobile, was developed in response to customer demand for convenient access to drug information via smart phones.

12 Feb 2010

Genzyme announces 2-year data from eliglustat tartrate Phase 2 trial for Gaucher disease

Genzyme Corporation announced today two-year follow-up data from patients enrolled in the phase 2 clinical trial for its investigational oral therapy for Gaucher disease type 1 known as eliglustat tartrate (formerly Genz-112638). Continued improvements were observed across all endpoints, including bone disease, at the two-year timepoint, compared with baseline. The two-year results were presented for the first time today at the Lysosomal Disease Network WORLD Symposium in Miami, Fla.

12 Feb 2010

SSA to add early-onset Alzheimer's disease to its Compassionate Allowances Initiative

In its effort to improve and expedite the disability determination process, the Social Security Administration has announced that it will add early-onset Alzheimer's disease to its Compassionate Allowances Initiative. The initiative identifies debilitating diseases and medical conditions that meet the SSA's disability standards for Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

12 Feb 2010

NeoStem prices public offering of 5M common stock shares at $1.35 per share

NeoStem, Inc., an international biopharmaceutical company with operations in the U.S. and China, announced today that it priced a public offering of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at $1.35 per share. Net proceeds from the offering, after underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses, will be approximately $5,697,500. NeoStem has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any.

12 Feb 2010

Parents often recognize signs of asthma in their children but delay home treatment: Report

Parents of young children with asthma often recognize signs that their child is about to have an asthma attack but delay home treatment until the attack occurs, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report.

12 Feb 2010

MCEG and HTMS report examines potential impact of reform on regional health plans

The Managed Care Executive Group and HTMS, with the help of Health Dialog, have jointly released a new report which examines strategic and operational priorities for 2010, as well as the potential impact of reform on regional health plans which composes the majority of the MCEG membership.

12 Feb 2010

Clinical research study conducted for patients with IC/PBS

A clinical research study is being conducted for patients with Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome (IC/PBS), a chronic bladder disorder characterized by intense pelvic pain, urinary frequency-urgency, and pain during sexual intimacy (www.PainfulBladderStudy.org). It is estimated that as many as 1.3 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with this disease and many more remain undiagnosed.

12 Feb 2010

Low doses of antibiotics may serve as active mutagens and lead to multidrug resistance

Multidrug resistant bacteria such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pose a major problem for patients, doctors, and the pharmaceutical industry. To combat such bacteria, it is critical to understand how resistance is developed in the first place. It is commonly thought that an incomplete course of antibiotics would lead to resistance to that particular antibiotic by allowing the bacteria to make adaptive changes under less stringent conditions.

12 Feb 2010

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Study shows benefits of stent grafts over balloon angioplasty for patients who undergo dialysis

Better and standardized animal models needed for musculoskeletal regenerative medicine

Sun Knowledge to attend Annual Drug Benefit Conference in Phoenix

Third party reexamination of Phase III study of Ereska meets primary endpoint

getSTDtested.com launches "Kiss Chlamydia Goodbye" campaign

Also in Global Health News: China's health care system; Breastfeeding practices in Pakistan; HIV transmission in MSM; Abu Dhabi joins malaria fight

Center for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery performs 100th LAGB procedure

Article features pelvic health problems, risk factors and treatment options for women

Traditional Home Health and Hospice selects ExpressMD's Electronic House Call system for CHF program

United Airlines to deliver teddy bears to kids undergoing cancer treatment across the country

Ethnic and racial minorities less likely to receive A1C diabetes test

Antibodies also contribute to severe dengue virus-induced disease, confirms La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology

Wolters Kluwer Health releases optimized mobile website for Facts & Comparisons eAnswers

Genzyme announces 2-year data from eliglustat tartrate Phase 2 trial for Gaucher disease

SSA to add early-onset Alzheimer's disease to its Compassionate Allowances Initiative

NeoStem prices public offering of 5M common stock shares at $1.35 per share

Parents often recognize signs of asthma in their children but delay home treatment: Report

MCEG and HTMS report examines potential impact of reform on regional health plans

Clinical research study conducted for patients with IC/PBS

Low doses of antibiotics may serve as active mutagens and lead to multidrug resistance

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