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Individuals having greater purpose in lives less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease: Study

Individuals who report having greater purpose in their lives appear less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease or its precursor, mild cognitive impairment, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

2 Mar 2010

Colonoscopy screening recommended for people with family history of colon cancer

A family history of colon cancer, also known as colorectal cancer or CRC, puts people at higher than average risk for developing the disease.

2 Mar 2010

Balloon Sinuplasty minimally invasive surgery safe for treating chronic sinusitis in children

A recently published study in the American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy demonstrates Balloon Sinuplasty™ technology to be safe when used by physicians in pediatric patients. Known as the INTACT study, this is a prospective, non-randomized, multicenter study and was sponsored by Acclarent, Inc.

2 Mar 2010

Pennsylvania to use nearly $10M in federal grant funds to improve quality of health care for children

Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced Pennsylvania will use nearly $10 million in federal grant funds to improve the quality of health care for children while reducing the cost of services through the use of pediatric electronic health records.

2 Mar 2010

Kronos closes 41 major contracts with healthcare organizations

Solidifying its leadership as the premier provider of workforce management solutions to the healthcare industry, Kronos® Incorporated today announced that it closed 41 major contracts with healthcare organizations in the past 12 months.

2 Mar 2010

$28M grant to examine neural and behavioral profiles of healthy cognitive aging

The Research Partnership in Cognitive Aging, a public-private effort to promote the study of brain function with age, will award up to $28 million over five years to 17 research grants to examine the neural and behavioral profiles of healthy cognitive aging and explore interventions that may prevent, reduce or reverse cognitive decline in older people.

2 Mar 2010

Study results of new PCR technology that reports mutations associated with FXS announced

Asuragen, Inc. announced today the results of a collaborative study with scientists at the M.I.N.D. Institute at the University of California Davis evaluating a new PCR technology that reproducibly reports mutations associated with Fragile X syndrome (FXS).

2 Mar 2010

Canyon Pharmaceuticals announces the availability of Iprivask inhibitor for prevention of DVT

Canyon PharmaceuticalsTM (www.canyonpharma.com) today announced the availability of Iprivask (desirudin for injection), the first direct thrombin inhibitor (DTI) approved in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which may lead to pulmonary embolism in patients undergoing elective hip replacement surgery.

2 Mar 2010

Oberthur Technologies supplies doctors and first responders with FIPS 201 PIV cards

Oberthur Technologies, a global leader in the delivery of high security solutions and the #1 provider of smart credentials to the U.S. Federal government, is supplying doctors and first responders with FIPS 201 compliant, physical and logical access Personal Identify Verification (PIV) cards to assist in response to disaster.

2 Mar 2010

Some Democrats cautious as leaders line up health votes - GOP slams Dem approach

In addition to GOP resistance, the Democratic party faces internal opposition to some aspects of health reform legislation.

2 Mar 2010

There are many obstacles to diagnosing and treating HAE, says expert

There are many obstacles to diagnosing and effectively treating hereditary angioedema (HAE). Symptoms of HAE are often indistinguishable from other conditions and accurate diagnosis requires both detailed patient and family history, as well as a combination of laboratory tests.

2 Mar 2010

Long-time cannabis use linked to psychosis-related outcomes

Young adults who have used cannabis or marijuana for a longer period of time appear more likely to have hallucinations or delusions or to meet criteria for psychosis, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the May print issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

2 Mar 2010

Loyola medical students and CRJHS students team up to promote healthcare awareness

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing students are teaming up with high schoolers from Cristo Rey Jesuit High School (CRJHS) to bring awareness and share ideas about health care now and in the future.

2 Mar 2010

Agilent Technologies announces new lab informatics suite at Pittcon 2010

Agilent’s major new lab informatics suite, the OpenLAB portfolio, is designed to enable customers to easily capture, analyze and share scientific data throughout the lab and across the enterprise. OpenLAB is scalable, open architecture based on industry open standards.

2 Mar 2010

BioSante Pharmaceuticals announces receipt of two US patents directed to 2A/Furin technology

BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the receipt of two US patents directed to its 2A/Furin technology for expressing proteins. The first issued US patent, US Pat. No., 7,632,059, covers methods for manufacturing recombinant antibodies.

2 Mar 2010

AdMeTech Foundation: Health care reform highlights need for better screening and prevention of prostate cancer

AdMeTech Foundation announced today that its President and CEO Dr. Faina Shtern will testify on March 4 before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on how health care reform highlights the need for increased funding for research aimed at creating accurate, life-saving diagnostic tools for prostate cancer, which will improve screening, prevention, early detection and reduce health costs.

2 Mar 2010

febit releases updated Geniom Biochip containing 58 new miRNA sequences

febit today announced that an updated version of the company's Geniom Biochip containing 58 new discovered sequences in addition to all of the Homo sapiens microRNAs (miRNA) from miRBase version 14 is now available for cancer research. The 58 new miRNA sequences were found by deep sequencing in a miRNA discovery study performed on an Applied Biosystems SOLiD 3 sequencing system. All 58 miRNAs have been validated using the ABI TaqMan miRNA qRT-PCR assay and are now available for further studies using febit's microarray technology for miRNA-profiling.

2 Mar 2010

Business Roundtable issues report on health care cost trends

In September 2009, Business Roundtable issued a report on health care cost trends prepared by Hewitt Associates. Its central finding was that, if present trends continue, the cost to provide an employee with health care will rise from $10,000 to $28,000 over ten years. Cost increases of this magnitude imperil the competitiveness of our companies and the health care coverage of our employees; they must be addressed.

2 Mar 2010

Study finds most HIV prevention, treatment, care efforts overlook IDUs

A systematic review of HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users (IDUs) throughout the world, published Monday in the journal Lancet, found that international efforts to fight the disease are largely overlooking this population, the Australian Associated Press/Sydney Morning Herald reports (Rose, 3/1).

2 Mar 2010

Majority of prediabetic patients are not adopting preventive measures to avoid diabetes

Although it is known that diabetes can be prevented or delayed among adults at high risk through modest weight loss and increased physical activity, a study published in the April 2010 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine revealed that only about half of U.S. adults with prediabetes reported that in the past year they tried to lose weight or exercise more.

2 Mar 2010

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Individuals having greater purpose in lives less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease: Study

Colonoscopy screening recommended for people with family history of colon cancer

Balloon Sinuplasty minimally invasive surgery safe for treating chronic sinusitis in children

Pennsylvania to use nearly $10M in federal grant funds to improve quality of health care for children

Kronos closes 41 major contracts with healthcare organizations

$28M grant to examine neural and behavioral profiles of healthy cognitive aging

Study results of new PCR technology that reports mutations associated with FXS announced

Canyon Pharmaceuticals announces the availability of Iprivask inhibitor for prevention of DVT

Oberthur Technologies supplies doctors and first responders with FIPS 201 PIV cards

Some Democrats cautious as leaders line up health votes - GOP slams Dem approach

There are many obstacles to diagnosing and treating HAE, says expert

Long-time cannabis use linked to psychosis-related outcomes

Loyola medical students and CRJHS students team up to promote healthcare awareness

Agilent Technologies announces new lab informatics suite at Pittcon 2010

BioSante Pharmaceuticals announces receipt of two US patents directed to 2A/Furin technology

AdMeTech Foundation: Health care reform highlights need for better screening and prevention of prostate cancer

febit releases updated Geniom Biochip containing 58 new miRNA sequences

Business Roundtable issues report on health care cost trends

Study finds most HIV prevention, treatment, care efforts overlook IDUs

Majority of prediabetic patients are not adopting preventive measures to avoid diabetes

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