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TLCVision to incorporate TearLab Osmolarity System to study DED in refractive surgery centers

OccuLogix, Inc., dba TearLab Corporation, announced today that TLCVision Corporation, North America's premier eye care services company, will be incorporating the TearLab™ Osmolarity System in eight of its U.S. refractive surgery centers to study Dry Eye Disease symptoms as they relate to LASIK surgery.

11 Mar 2010

AAA approves guidelines to accept donation of bodies for education and biomedical research

The Board of Directors of the American Association of Anatomists (AAA) has approved a set of guidelines to govern programs accepting the donation of bodies for education and biomedical research. The guidelines cover the minimum requirements that should be met by any Willed Body Program.

11 Mar 2010

Global Food Security: New programme aims at providing sustainable, secure supply of good quality food

The UK's main public funders of food-related research and training will today (11 March) join together to launch a new programme aimed at meeting the challenge of providing the world's growing population with a sustainable, secure supply of good quality food using less land and fewer resources. The organisations will work together through a new programme - Global Food Security - to coordinate and align their research interests.

11 Mar 2010

Study shows smokers have lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease

Researchers have new insight into the relationship between Parkinson's disease and smoking. Several studies have shown that smokers have a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease. A new study published in the March 10, 2010, online issue of Neurology ®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, shows that smoking for a greater number of years may reduce the risk of the disease, but smoking a larger number of cigarettes per day may not reduce the risk.

11 Mar 2010

Scientists identify specific causative genetic mutation associated with CMT

Scientists using advanced genomic analysis technologies from Life Technologies Corporation have sequenced an individual’s genome and identified the specific causative mutation associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT), one of the most common inherited neurological disorders currently affecting 1 in 2,500 individuals in the United States.

11 Mar 2010

Extreme or moderate heat may help cure malignant and benign tumors

Aided by ultrasound guidance, treating tumors with extreme heat or moderate heat may provide a possible therapeutic option, according to early research presented at the second AACR Dead Sea International Conference on Advances in Cancer Research: From the Laboratory to the Clinic, held March 7-10, 2010.

11 Mar 2010

Injured nerves may cause severe pain in patients with sickle cell disease

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered the pain caused by sickle cell disease may not occur solely from damaged tissues, but also from injured nerves.

11 Mar 2010

Obama makers final public push for health reform as Democrats consider timeline

President Obama is delivering his "closing argument" for health care reform in St. Louis today as Democratic leaders strategize on moving the bill through the House and Senate.

11 Mar 2010

Watson Pharmaceuticals resolves Actos patent litigation

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc, today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America resolving outstanding patent litigation related to Watson's generic equivalent version of Actos® (Pioglitazone Hydrochloride) 15mg, 30mg and 45mg tablets.

11 Mar 2010

WHO and UN partners join hands to eliminate discrimination against women

Thirty years after the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), many girls and women still do not have equal opportunities to realize rights recognized by law.

11 Mar 2010

SRI/Surgical Express reports total revenue of $25.79M for fourth-quarter 2009

SRI/Surgical Express, Inc., a leading provider of reusable surgical device reprocessing services supporting the healthcare industry, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009.

11 Mar 2010

Smith & Nephew announces global launch of VLP FOOT Variable-angle Locked Plating system

Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Division today announces the global launch of its VLP™ FOOT Variable-angle Locked Plating system. The portfolio of innovative screws and low-profile plates expands for Smith & Nephew surgeon customers the variety of patients who can return to an active lifestyle after orthopaedic foot surgery.

11 Mar 2010

Molecular master switch plays a key role in maturation process of brain cells

About four out of every 10 cells in the brain are so-called oligodendrocytes. These cells produce the all-important myelin that coats nerve tracts, ensuring fast, energy-efficient transmission of nerve impulses.

11 Mar 2010

Forteo therapy may speed healing, improve patient outcomes after rotator cuff surgery

Tears in the shoulder's rotator cuff, a common sports injury, are painful and restricting. Surgery to repair the damage is successful for pain management, but in many patients it does not result in full recovery of function due to poor healing. New research shows an approved therapy for osteoporosis, Forteo, may speed healing and improve patient outcomes.

11 Mar 2010

Comparative research lags far behind approval-driven evaluations

A new study has found that few drug evaluations compare treatments in ways that help doctors make better decisions, Reuters reports.

11 Mar 2010

Clinical research trial of new treatment to restore brain cells damaged by stroke passes safety stage

A clinical research trial of a new treatment to restore brain cells damaged by stroke has passed an important safety stage, according to the UC Irvine neurologist who led the effort.

11 Mar 2010

MBL scientists develop novel methods to interpret cellular dynamics

If you can imagine identical twin sisters at rest, their breath drawing them subtly together and apart, who somehow latch onto ropes that pull them to opposite sides of the bed-you can imagine what happens to a chromosome in the dividing cell.

11 Mar 2010

Veterans PTSD Project: Cannabis Science formalizes agreement with specialized FDA regulatory compliance firm

Cannabis Science, Inc., a pioneering pharmaceutical cannabis company, is pleased to announce that it has formalized its agreement with a privately owned, highly specialized international FDA regulatory compliance firm. The compliance firm will review and prepare technical data for Cannabis Science's FDA Pre-Investigative New Drug submission package for its Veterans PTSD Project.

11 Mar 2010

Insight Imaging commences operations in partnership with ARA in the Dallas metro-area

InSight Health Services Holdings Corp. announced today that it has commenced operations in partnership with American Radiology Associates, P.A. in the Dallas metro-area. Insight Imaging will manage the partnership, which has acquired ARA’s Willowbend Diagnostic Imaging Center. ARA has also agreed to provide professional services in the coming months at Insight Diagnostic Center – Forest Lane.

11 Mar 2010

Researchers identify new treatment strategy for lymphoma

Seaweed extract may eventually emerge as a lymphoma treatment, according to laboratory research presented at the second AACR Dead Sea International Conference on Advances in Cancer Research: From the Laboratory to the Clinic, held here March 7-10, 2010.

11 Mar 2010

Medical News

TLCVision to incorporate TearLab Osmolarity System to study DED in refractive surgery centers

AAA approves guidelines to accept donation of bodies for education and biomedical research

Global Food Security: New programme aims at providing sustainable, secure supply of good quality food

Study shows smokers have lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease

Scientists identify specific causative genetic mutation associated with CMT

Extreme or moderate heat may help cure malignant and benign tumors

Injured nerves may cause severe pain in patients with sickle cell disease

Obama makers final public push for health reform as Democrats consider timeline

Watson Pharmaceuticals resolves Actos patent litigation

WHO and UN partners join hands to eliminate discrimination against women

SRI/Surgical Express reports total revenue of $25.79M for fourth-quarter 2009

Smith & Nephew announces global launch of VLP FOOT Variable-angle Locked Plating system

Molecular master switch plays a key role in maturation process of brain cells

Forteo therapy may speed healing, improve patient outcomes after rotator cuff surgery

Comparative research lags far behind approval-driven evaluations

Clinical research trial of new treatment to restore brain cells damaged by stroke passes safety stage

MBL scientists develop novel methods to interpret cellular dynamics

Veterans PTSD Project: Cannabis Science formalizes agreement with specialized FDA regulatory compliance firm

Insight Imaging commences operations in partnership with ARA in the Dallas metro-area

Researchers identify new treatment strategy for lymphoma

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