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BioDelivery Sciences International announces filing of Annual Report with U.S. SEC

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. has filed its Annual Report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. Such Form 10-K is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

20 Mar 2010

Student loan provisions help offset health costs in reconciliation bill

"Without the inclusion of a student loan overhaul, the healthcare reconciliation bill would likely have been blocked in the Senate, according to an analysis of preliminary CBO estimates," Congress Daily reports.

20 Mar 2010

Today's OpEds: Wash Post, Economist support health bill, others articulate opposition

But if legislators are asked to cast an up-or-down vote in the next few days, our advice would be to vote yes. With trepidation, we would say that the benefits of acting outweigh the risks (3/19).

20 Mar 2010

Novus Scientific's TIGR Matrix Surgical Mesh: Initial results of First-in-Man study

Novus Scientific Pte. Ltd today announced the presentation of initial results of the First-in-Man study for TIGR™ Matrix Surgical Mesh. The study results were presented today at the American Hernia Society Meeting in Orlando, Florida by Dr. Fernando Ruiz-Jasbon, Consultant Surgeon at Kungsbacka Hospital / Gothenburg University, Sweden.

20 Mar 2010

AMA, AARP announce support for health care legislation

The New York Times Prescriptions Blog reports: "In a major end-game endorsement for Democrats, the American Medical Association, which represents the nation's doctors, reiterated its support for the health care legislation on Friday. The announcement was immediately hailed by the White House. ... While some groups like the United States Chamber of Commerce are openly fighting the legislation, it is helpful to the White House and Democratic leaders that the doctors are not throwing their weight behind the opposition" (Herszenhorn, 3/19).

20 Mar 2010

Bovie Medical receives FDA marketing clearance for BOSS bipolar sintered steel coagulation device

Bovie Medical Corporation, a manufacturer and marketer of electrosurgical products, today announced the Company received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its proprietary BOSS™ bipolar sintered steel coagulation device. The BOSS™ is the latest device based on Bovie’s saline enhanced sintered steel technology.

19 Mar 2010

Major study shoots for personalized breast cancer drugs

Mutations in BCRA1 and BCRA2 genes are mainly associated with increased risk of breast cancer in women. Recently many other genetic variants have been found to be associated with breast cancer.

19 Mar 2010

Bondi rescue? smoking ban coming

Bondi beach, a popular tourist hangout is under the scanner for smoking. The Waverly Council came up with a unanimous decision to ban smoking within 10 meters of the outdoor cafés in this popular tourist spot starting July this year.

19 Mar 2010

Melancholy - not just a ‘state of mind’ but maybe a mental illness

Melancholia was first identified by the Greek physician Hippocrates, who described sufferers as being plagued with ''fears and despondencies''. But due to lack of exact biochemical and clinical features this condition has been struck off the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders used worldwide to diagnose mental illnesses.

19 Mar 2010

Safe to smoke?

Some Australian scientists have found that there is a new agent that can protect the lungs of mice from the harmful effects of cigarette smoke.

19 Mar 2010

Divisions within pro-life groups on overhaul ease opposition

A previously steadfast coalition opposed to abortion - which feared that the health overhaul could divert federal money to support the procedure - is beginning to crack, The Christian Science Monitor reports. "Increasingly, abortion foes - including high-profile Catholic organizations and members of Congress - are saying that while the language aimed at preventing use of federal funds for abortion is not perfect, the bill is still worth passing as a first step."

19 Mar 2010

National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: NIAID Director issues statement

Following is a statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health on National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, March 20, 2010:

19 Mar 2010

Comprehensive community-based solution to help achieve 'meaningful use'

Navigating the Challenges of Meaningful Use to Identify Benefits, March 31, 2010, 2 p.m. CT, a Webinar hosted by Informatics Corporation of America, will explore how to practically implement a community-wide solution that assists its healthcare participants to achieve the proposed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s criteria for meaningful use and bridge gaps in the adoption of electronic health records by its provider community.

19 Mar 2010

Prevent Blindness America, Real Kids Shades partner to promote children's eye protection

In an effort to educate parents about the need to protect children's eye health, Prevent Blindness America, the nation's leading volunteer eye health and safety organization, and Real Kids Shades a leading manufacturer of quality eyewear for infants and children, are teaming up to ensure that 5 million children have healthy eyes for healthy futures. The joint effort supports "Star Pupils," a national program of Prevent Blindness America designed to arm parents with the information they need to help their children achieve a lifetime of healthy vision.

19 Mar 2010

Reese Pharmaceutical chooses SYSPRO ERP for private labeling and distribution operations

SYSPRO, the leading provider of visionary, pragmatic ERP software, today announced that Reese Pharmaceutical Company has selected SYSPRO ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software to run its private labeling and distribution operations. Reese, based in Cleveland, Ohio, has been in business for more than a century.

19 Mar 2010

Call for regionalization of hospital services threat to Cornwall Community, states CUPE

Liberal MPP Jim Brownell's call for the regionalization of hospital services is at best naïve and ignores the threat this poses to the Cornwall Community, CUPE Local 7811, which represents 600 nurses, clerical, maintenance, cleaning, dietary and support staff at the Cornwall Community Hospital said today.

19 Mar 2010

Pressure BioSciences announces presentations on advantages of PCT

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. today announced that five presentations on the advantages of pressure cycling technology (PCT) in the preparation, processing, identification, and quantification of proteins were made at last week's annual meeting of US HUPO (Human Proteomics Organization) in Denver, Colorado.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 19 Mar 2010

Cedars-Sinai Neurovascular Center's clinical trial of minimally invasive stenting procedure for TIA

Individuals between 30 and 80 years of age, who have had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or non-severe stroke within the past 30 days, and who cannot be treated surgically, may be eligible to participate in a Phase III clinical trial of a minimally invasive stenting procedure at the Cedars-Sinai Neurovascular Center. The study will focus specifically on patients who have had an intracranial artery narrowed by at least 70 percent and who are experiencing recurrent strokes or TIAs despite being on anti-clotting medication.

19 Mar 2010

CIO Healthcare Summit to be sponsored by Zanett Healthcare

Zanett Healthcare is pleased to announce that it will sponsor the CIO Healthcare Summit, a leading gathering for CIOs, analysts and industry-thought leaders within healthcare information technology. The CIO Healthcare Summit will be held at the InterContinental Montelucia Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona on May 9-12, 2010.

19 Mar 2010

Comprehensive healthcare reform: March Madness in Congress

"It's March Madness in Congress as well as on the nation's basketball courts this week, so let's look at the past performance charts to see how the two teams have performed on the big challenge of comprehensive healthcare reform.

19 Mar 2010

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BioDelivery Sciences International announces filing of Annual Report with U.S. SEC

Student loan provisions help offset health costs in reconciliation bill

Today's OpEds: Wash Post, Economist support health bill, others articulate opposition

Novus Scientific's TIGR Matrix Surgical Mesh: Initial results of First-in-Man study

AMA, AARP announce support for health care legislation

Bovie Medical receives FDA marketing clearance for BOSS bipolar sintered steel coagulation device

Major study shoots for personalized breast cancer drugs

Bondi rescue? smoking ban coming

Melancholy - not just a ‘state of mind’ but maybe a mental illness

Safe to smoke?

Divisions within pro-life groups on overhaul ease opposition

National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: NIAID Director issues statement

Comprehensive community-based solution to help achieve 'meaningful use'

Prevent Blindness America, Real Kids Shades partner to promote children's eye protection

Reese Pharmaceutical chooses SYSPRO ERP for private labeling and distribution operations

Call for regionalization of hospital services threat to Cornwall Community, states CUPE

Pressure BioSciences announces presentations on advantages of PCT

Cedars-Sinai Neurovascular Center's clinical trial of minimally invasive stenting procedure for TIA

CIO Healthcare Summit to be sponsored by Zanett Healthcare

Comprehensive healthcare reform: March Madness in Congress

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