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Casa Herbalife program launched in Croatia

The Herbalife Family Foundation has established a Casa Herbalife program at the Dom Tuskanac charity (Children and Youth Home) in Zagreb, Croatia, to help support the center to provide good nutrition to children.

23 Sep 2009

Academy of Friends announces its 2009-2010 fundraising for 11 Bay Area HIV/AIDS service organizations

Academy of Friends proudly announces its 2009-2010 fundraising for 11 Bay Area HIV/AIDS service organizations. Known for its annual Academy Awards® Night Charity Gala and monthly social events, AOF raised more than $7.5 million benefitting over 70 organizations serving more than 250,000 people over the last 30 years.

23 Sep 2009

Third-quarter fiscal 2009 results announced by The Quantum Group

The Quantum Group, Inc. (NYSE Amex:QGP) announced financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009 ended July 31, 2009.

23 Sep 2009

Many amendments already introduced to Senate Finance bill

The Salt Lake Tribune: "Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has 51 ways he wants to change the latest health reform proposal including one amendment that would ease a tax on high-end insurance plans for 'any state with a name that begins with the letter 'U.'

23 Sep 2009

Abbott, Coherex Medical sign multi-year distribution agreement

Salt Lake City-based Coherex Medical, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a multi-year distribution agreement with global health care company Abbott for the Coherex FlatStent™ EF PFO Closure System.

23 Sep 2009

Amnesty International report highlights maternal mortality 'emergency' in Sierra Leone

"One in eight women in Sierra Leone risks dying of pregnancy and childbirth complications exacerbated by a combination of poverty, discrimination, inequality and government mismanagement," according to an Amnesty International report, released Tuesday, Reuters AlertNet reports (Fominyen, 9/22).

23 Sep 2009

New heart surgery method raises questions for reformers

A new method for performing cardiac catheterizations may be more comfortable, shows a lower chance of complications such as severe bleeding, and allows patients to be discharged more quickly, potentially saving money, the Washington Post reports.

23 Sep 2009

FCI to educate women about fertility preservation

Life-saving cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation can destroy the reproductive potential of both men and women; an added struggle for the 130,000 people in the US diagnosed with cancer each year. The good news is that advances in fertility technologies now give patients the ability to preserve their fertility prior to treatment, an option many oncologists fail to inform their patients.

23 Sep 2009

Abiomed announces new data from its USpella IRB registry of Impella 2.5 patients

Abiomed Inc. (NASDAQ: ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, today announced new clinical data from USpella, the first U.S. multicenter registry of Impella 2.5 patients evaluating the safety and feasibility of left ventricular support with the Impella 2.5 during high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

23 Sep 2009

Adjuvant formula to enhance existing vitamin products

Emergent Health Corp. (Other OTC: EMGE) -- Emergent expects to revolutionize the vitamin business. The company plans to introduce an adjuvant formula that enhances existing vitamin products currently on the market to assist in the production of normal cells.

23 Sep 2009

Clinton Global Initiative meeting begins, will address investment in women, girls

The Clinton Global Initiative's (CGI) 2009 meeting, which begins Tuesday in New York, has added a new theme to its agenda - "investing in women and girls to narrow the gender gap," Bloomberg reports in an article examining the conference.

23 Sep 2009

Gamma Medica-Ideas closes $24 million financing to support digital technologies

Gamma Medica-Ideas, Inc. ("GMI"), a leading developer of digital molecular imaging systems, announced today that it had closed a $24 million financing, the company's first institutional round, in order to support continued growth of the company's proprietary digital SPECT, PET and CT technologies in current and new markets.

23 Sep 2009

Oncology Metrics and Altos Solutions to merge

Altos Solutions and Oncology Metrics llc, today announced the planned merger of the two companies, creating a combined technology and knowledge data company serving community-based oncology practices. The merged company will be known as Altos Solutions and will be headquartered in Los Altos, California.

23 Sep 2009

British Prime Minister to unveil $1b effort to improve health systems in developing countries

During the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday is scheduled to announce that Britain is teaming up with Norway, the Netherlands and Australia to invest $1 billion to strengthen the health systems in developing countries, the Financial Times/NineMSN reports (Jack, 9/21).

23 Sep 2009

Biomagnetics, Bright Dairy enter into distribution agreement for China

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., (PINK SHEETS:BMGP) a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis, and malaria detection, today announced it has entered into an agreement with Bright Dairy, which is the third largest dairy products producer and marketer in China.

23 Sep 2009

Obesity can increase cancer incidence in leukemic children

Obesity is an important factor contributing to chemotherapy resistance and increasing relapse rates among children with leukemia, according to recent findings published online first in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

23 Sep 2009

Alpha Orthotics announces launch of its Medial Mid-foot Brace in the U.S.

Splayfoot, also called "fallen arch" occurs when the arch of the foot collapses, with the entire sole of the foot coming into complete or near-complete contact with the ground. An estimated 20%-30% of Americans have this condition where the arch never develops, or collapses in one or both feet.

23 Sep 2009

Today's opinions and editorials

Political intimidation has always been part of the current Congress's health-care strategy: "If you're not at the table, you're on the menu" is tattooed on every lobbyist and industry rep in Washington. But Max Baucus's latest bullying tactics are hard to believe by even these standards, as the Senate Finance Chairman has sicced federal regulators on the insurer Humana Inc. for daring to criticize one part of his health bill (9/22).

23 Sep 2009

Baucus: Several changes to make health bill affordable for middle class

"Under pressure from fellow Democrats, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee endorsed additional measures to defray the cost of insurance for working class families on Tuesday as the panel opened debate on sweeping health care legislation,"

23 Sep 2009

BioMarin commences PEG-PAL Phase 2 clinical trial for phenylketonuria

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq: BMRN) announced today that the first patient has initiated treatment in the Phase 2 clinical study of PEG-PAL (PEGylated recombinant phenylalanine ammonia lyase) for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU). Initial top-line results are expected in mid-2010.

23 Sep 2009