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Home health care fraud: Detroit-area physical therapist pleads guilty

Detroit-area resident Jessica Vigil pleaded guilty today for her role in a Detroit-area home health care fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Barbara L. McQuade; Special Agent in Charge Andrew G. Arena of the FBI's Detroit Field Office; and Special Agent in Charge Lamont Pugh III of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General's (HHS-OIG) Chicago Region.

27 Jan 2010

International Stem Cell joins StockProfile.com

International Stem Cell Corporation, announced today that it has expanded its market awareness program by joining www.StockProfile.com, a customized web-based platform showcasing emerging growth stocks.

27 Jan 2010

Pediatricians need to refer children with suspected delays for further testing or treatment and follow up

Many pediatricians score high on screening their patients for developmental delays, but barely make a passing grade in referring children with suspected delays for further testing or treatment, according to a study from Johns Hopkins Children's Center and other institutions to appear in the February issue of Pediatrics.

27 Jan 2010

Conmed Healthcare Management and Pima County, Arizona sign $2.8M medical services agreement

Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc., a leading full service provider of correctional facility healthcare services to county and municipal detention centers, today announced that it has signed a medical services contract with Pima County, Arizona to provided services at their Juvenile Detention Center. The initial term of the contract is two years and five months with projected revenues of approximately $2.8 million.

27 Jan 2010

St. Jude Medical reports net sales of $1.203 billion in fourth-quarter of 2009

St. Jude Medical, Inc. today reported sales and net earnings for the fourth quarter and year ended Jan. 2, 2010.

27 Jan 2010

WellWorld Science officially launches Livea in the U.S.

After more than 30 years of research and an extensive open-label weight loss study, WellWorld Science® announces the official U.S. launch of Livea®, a doctor-developed, non-prescription, patent-pending appetite-control supplement that is unlike any other dietary supplement on the market.

27 Jan 2010

EU Clinical Trials Directive: ECCO supports proposals by its member organisations

In response to a European Commission consultation on the EU Clinical Trials Directive, ECCO - the European CanCer Organisation - has supported proposals by its member organisations for adapting the Directive's requirements to reflect practical necessities in cancer research and treatment.

27 Jan 2010

Treating septic shock patients with intensive insulin therapy does not reduce risk of in-hospital death

Treating adults with septic shock with intensive insulin therapy to counter elevated blood glucose levels associated with corticosteroid therapy did not result in a reduced risk of in-hospital death, compared to patients who received conventional insulin therapy, according to a study in the January 27 issue of JAMA.

27 Jan 2010

AcuMedSpa Holdings completes Authorized Share reduction

AcuMedSpa Holdings, Inc., in accordance with its vision to increase shareholder value and confidence, announces that it has completed its Authorized Share reduction from 375,000,000 to 175,000,000. The Outstanding Shares remain unchanged at 127,124,965. AcuMedSpa Holdings would like to reiterate its position that it intends to maintain and increase shareholder value.

27 Jan 2010

FedSources to host an InFocus Event on Healthcare Technology

FedSources, a Washington Management Group company, is hosting an InFocus Event on Healthcare Technology on Thursday, January 28, 2010.

27 Jan 2010

GenSpera commences treatment in G-202 Phase I trial for solid tumors

GenSpera, Inc. announced that the first patient was treated in the Phase I clinical study of its cancer chemotherapeutic agent, G-202, at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, Wisconsin. The trial is also being conducted at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland.

27 Jan 2010

TeleTracking Technologies' Bed Management Suite selected as leading patient flow solution

For the third straight year TeleTracking's Bed Management Suite™, with the trend-setting electronic bedboard® , was selected "Category Leader – Patient Flow" (formerly Bed Management) by healthcare providers who use automated patient flow solutions, according to healthcare market researcher KLAS.

27 Jan 2010

NIST researchers determine best practices for storing and monitoring refrigerated vaccines

Every year, billions of dollars worth of vaccines are shipped to thousands of medical providers across the country, and every year doctors must dispose of tens of millions of dollars worth of those vaccines because they became too warm or too cold while in storage.

27 Jan 2010

Indequate coverage and lack of legal accountability for insurers

Consumer Watchdog urged President Obama to watch Sunday's Dateline NBC documentary on patients who have insurance but not adequate coverage, then pledge in his State of the Union address tomorrow to deal with the lack of legal accountability for insurers and lack of adequate representation for consumers in the federal government.

27 Jan 2010

Social inequalities exist in diabetes care

People with lower socioeconomic status and those belonging to ethnic minority groups receive worse health care in the treatment of diabetes than the rest of patients in the world's most developed countries.

27 Jan 2010

Two new studies further the understanding of molecular steps in PLC cascade

Two new studies by researchers at the University of Washington further our understanding of the molecular steps in the PLC cascade, a G protein-coupled receptor signaling mechanism that underlies a wide variety of cellular processes, including egg fertilization, hormone secretion, and the regulation of certain potassium channels.

27 Jan 2010

Study could lead to better understanding of how certain birth defects occur in humans

Scientists have identified a gene family that plays a key role in one of the earliest stages of development in which an embryo distinguishes its left side from the right and determines how organs should be positioned within the body. The finding in mice likely will lead to a better understanding of how certain birth defects occur in humans.

27 Jan 2010

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals discontinues the development of ozarelix in BPH

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, a commercial-stage biotechnology company with a primary focus in oncology, today announced that it is discontinuing development of ozarelix in benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH).

27 Jan 2010

Blood sugar levels link decision making to metabolic cues

Would you choose to receive a small amount of money today or a larger sum next month? We know that it is worth it to wait longer for a larger reward, but sometimes the temptation for the smaller, immediate reward becomes too great and we simply cannot resist it. Selecting the immediate reward is known as "future discounting" and often suggests a lack of self-control.

27 Jan 2010

Hypothermic machine perfusion outperforms standard cold-storage liver preservation

Preserving organs on ice prior to transplantation, an approach known as cold storage or CS, has been the standard practice in liver transplant for 20 years. Now there is new evidence that a technique called hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) may offer an improvement, according to the first-ever study comparing the impact of the two techniques on transplant outcomes.

27 Jan 2010

Medical News

Home health care fraud: Detroit-area physical therapist pleads guilty

International Stem Cell joins StockProfile.com

Pediatricians need to refer children with suspected delays for further testing or treatment and follow up

Conmed Healthcare Management and Pima County, Arizona sign $2.8M medical services agreement

St. Jude Medical reports net sales of $1.203 billion in fourth-quarter of 2009

WellWorld Science officially launches Livea in the U.S.

EU Clinical Trials Directive: ECCO supports proposals by its member organisations

Treating septic shock patients with intensive insulin therapy does not reduce risk of in-hospital death

AcuMedSpa Holdings completes Authorized Share reduction

FedSources to host an InFocus Event on Healthcare Technology

GenSpera commences treatment in G-202 Phase I trial for solid tumors

TeleTracking Technologies' Bed Management Suite selected as leading patient flow solution

NIST researchers determine best practices for storing and monitoring refrigerated vaccines

Indequate coverage and lack of legal accountability for insurers

Social inequalities exist in diabetes care

Two new studies further the understanding of molecular steps in PLC cascade

Study could lead to better understanding of how certain birth defects occur in humans

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals discontinues the development of ozarelix in BPH

Blood sugar levels link decision making to metabolic cues

Hypothermic machine perfusion outperforms standard cold-storage liver preservation

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