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Medica Foundation awards grants totaling $604,940 in second cycle of funding

The Medica Foundation wrapped up its 2009 giving with 17 program grants totaling $473,690 in its second cycle of funding in 2009. The Medica Foundation also awarded 19 General Health Improvement Grants totaling $131,250. Funding by the Medica Foundation totaled $604,940 in its second cycle; for all of 2009, its total funding was $1,353,000.

11 Feb 2010

Sears Hearing Centres joins Hearing Mission to Toluca, Mexico

Sears Hearing Centres founder, Rhonda Martin, announced today that she will be volunteering on an eight-day Hearing Mission to Toluca, Mexico from February 21st to the 28th. The Mission, which is preparing to fit more than 2,000 adults and children with over 4,000 hearing devices, has been organized by the Starkey Hearing Foundation, as part of its commitment to "Help the World Hear."

11 Feb 2010

Therapeutic cell types obtained from iPS cells exhibit abnormal expansion and early cellular aging

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. reported that a range of therapeutic cell types obtained from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells exhibit abnormal expansion and early cellular aging.

11 Feb 2010

DPC lauds passage of S.B. 316 dialysis care legislation

Dialysis Patient Citizens today praised the Senate Insurance and Labor Committee for unanimously passing legislation – S.B. 316 – which will increase patient access to life-saving dialysis care or transplant medications. Dialysis patients attending yesterday’s hearing encouraged lawmakers to support the bill which, if enacted, would greatly help approximately 2,000 Georgians suffering from kidney failure who are having difficulty accessing health insurance. Twenty-nine states across the country have enacted this popular legislation that is widely embraced by patients, family members and taxpayers.

11 Feb 2010

Researchers investigate risk factors for childhood obesity

Both genetics and parents who comfort their infants with food are the focus of a study funded for $1 million by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestion and Kidney Disease investigating risk factors for childhood obesity.

11 Feb 2010

People with GAD have abnormalities in the way their brain unconsciously controls emotions

People with generalized anxiety disorder, or GAD, have abnormalities in the way their brain unconsciously controls emotions. That's the conclusion of a new Stanford University School of Medicine study, and the study authors say the findings could open up new avenues for treatments and change our understanding of how emotion is regulated in everyday life.

11 Feb 2010

Intermec Technologies announces partnership with HealthWyse and Data Capture Solutions

Intermec Technologies today announced its partnership with HealthWyse and Data Capture Solutions to provide healthcare professionals with access to electronic medical records anytime, anywhere. The durability of Intermec’s CN3 ruggedized handheld computers combined with the ease-of-use of Healthwyse’s mobile clinical software and Data Capture Solutions’ support has saved customers, like Caritas Home Care, an average of 98 hours of total annual time per healthcare professional.

11 Feb 2010

Type-2 diabetics is associated with poor impulse control

Type-2 diabetes, an increasingly common complication of obesity, is associated with poor impulse control. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal BioPsychoSocial Medicine suggest that neurological changes result in this inability to resist temptation, which may in turn exacerbate diabetes.

11 Feb 2010

Biotage reports year end 2009 financial results

Net sales decreased by 9 percent to 99.5 MSEK (109.0). At comparable exchange rates sales decreased by 5 percent.

11 Feb 2010

Boston Scientific rebuts HeartRhythm's cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator implantation article

Boston Scientific Corporation today rebutted an article published in the journal HeartRhythm. The article reported a case summary of a patient who had been implanted subcutaneously with a Cognis cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator. The article suggested a weakened header bond was responsible for the abnormal sensing and pacing impedance experienced by the patient.

11 Feb 2010

Medicare payment cuts may impact patients’ access to quality neurosurgical care

As lawmakers continue to wrestle with how best to reform the Medicare physician payment system, the results of a new survey by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), and the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies (CSNS) paint a troubling picture for patients if drastic Medicare physician payment cuts continue.

11 Feb 2010

Raising New Jersey's cigarette tax by $1 would bring in $80M in new annual revenue

Raising New Jersey's cigarette tax by $1 per pack would bring in $80 million in new annual revenue to help close the state's budget shortfall, while also reducing smoking and saving lives, according to a national report released today by a coalition of public health organizations.

11 Feb 2010

Findings could lead to new targeted therapies for speech and learning disabilities

A team of University of Oregon researchers have isolated an independent processing channel of synapses inside the brain's auditory cortex that deals specifically with shutting off sound processing at appropriate times.

11 Feb 2010

Allos Therapeutics' disease-specific registry for patients with PTCL enrolls first study participant

MedNet Solutions, a global life sciences technology solutions company specializing in clinical study management systems, is pleased to announce that Allos Therapeutics' new international disease-specific registry for patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) has enrolled its first study participant.

11 Feb 2010

PwC: Companies in Life Sciences sector captured largest share of overall venture capital during 2009

Companies in the Life Sciences sector, which includes the biotechnology and medical device industries, captured the largest share of overall venture capital during 2009, reflecting the relative strength of the sector during the economic downturn, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC).

11 Feb 2010

Corporate sponsors to be recognized at ENA Leadership Conference

The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) today announced the corporate sponsors for the ENA Leadership Conference to be held in Chicago, Illinois on February 17-21, 2010.

11 Feb 2010

Centene to host seminar on medical management system for institutional investors and sell-side analysts

Centene Corporation today announced it will host a two-hour seminar on its medical management system capability for institutional investors and sell-side analysts on Monday, February 22, 2010, at the New York Helmsley Hotel in New York City.

11 Feb 2010

Ingrid Grummt to receive 2010 FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award

The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) announced Ingrid Grummt from the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, Germany, as the winner of the 2010 FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award. Ingrid Grummt has made important contributions to the field of transcriptional regulation in cells throughout her career.

11 Feb 2010

ASO announces additional society affiliation with the American Society of Breast Surgeons

The Annals of Surgical Oncology (ASO), the official journal of the Society of Surgical Oncology, has announced an additional society affiliation with the American Society of Breast Surgeons beginning in 2010. Published by Springer, the ASO is a leading monthly publication that features original articles on the latest advances in oncology for surgeons from all specialties.

11 Feb 2010

CTI reports financial results for fourth-quarter and year ended December 31, 2009

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) today reported recent accomplishments and financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009.

11 Feb 2010

Medical News

Medica Foundation awards grants totaling $604,940 in second cycle of funding

Sears Hearing Centres joins Hearing Mission to Toluca, Mexico

Therapeutic cell types obtained from iPS cells exhibit abnormal expansion and early cellular aging

DPC lauds passage of S.B. 316 dialysis care legislation

Researchers investigate risk factors for childhood obesity

People with GAD have abnormalities in the way their brain unconsciously controls emotions

Intermec Technologies announces partnership with HealthWyse and Data Capture Solutions

Type-2 diabetics is associated with poor impulse control

Biotage reports year end 2009 financial results

Boston Scientific rebuts HeartRhythm's cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator implantation article

Medicare payment cuts may impact patients’ access to quality neurosurgical care

Raising New Jersey's cigarette tax by $1 would bring in $80M in new annual revenue

Findings could lead to new targeted therapies for speech and learning disabilities

Allos Therapeutics' disease-specific registry for patients with PTCL enrolls first study participant

PwC: Companies in Life Sciences sector captured largest share of overall venture capital during 2009

Corporate sponsors to be recognized at ENA Leadership Conference

Centene to host seminar on medical management system for institutional investors and sell-side analysts

Ingrid Grummt to receive 2010 FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award

ASO announces additional society affiliation with the American Society of Breast Surgeons

CTI reports financial results for fourth-quarter and year ended December 31, 2009

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