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Enhanced health management program from Nationwide Better Health

Nationwide Better HealthSM, a leading provider of health and productivity management solutions, has made it easier for participants to enroll into the company’s lifestyle and disease management telephonic coaching programs and to schedule their first call with their dedicated health coach.

6 Jan 2010

ATP-sensitive potassium channel can contribute to fat deposition and obesity, new study says

A new study involving the University of Iowa, Mayo Clinic and two other institutions provides insight on weight control, suggesting that a ATP-sensitive potassium channel critical to survival and stress adaptation can contribute to fat deposition and obesity.

6 Jan 2010

SAVE THE PATIENT to host community show to help seniors navigate long-term care issues

Senior citizens and their families often feel overwhelmed when dealing with health issues. Finding the right care services to fit their needs can be a daunting task -- but need not be. SAVE THE PATIENT is hosting another community show to bring insights, ideas and understandable answers to the Chicago public.

6 Jan 2010

'Make Today the Day' public awareness campaign to quit smoking launched

At a time when many smokers consider quitting for the New Year, today is a timely launch of a partnership that joins together mutual public health interests sought by the American Lung Association in California, Healthy San Francisco and the city's Public Health Office in a citywide public awareness campaign aimed to help smokers achieve that goal.

6 Jan 2010

U.N. leaders, HIV advocates laud official end to HIV travel ban

A travel ban in place since 1987 that prevented non-U.S. citizens with HIV/AIDS from entering the country officially ended Monday, The Hill's "Blog Briefing Room" reports (Romm, 1/4).

6 Jan 2010

Article about Enox Biopharma's self-sterilizing technology for catheters accepted for publication

A prestigious peer-review journal will publish an article in its January 2010 edition outlining a Vancouver BC based biomedical technology company's solution to the growing problem of hospital patients acquiring bacterial infections. The article about Enox Biopharma's self-sterilizing technology for catheters (patent pending) was accepted for publication in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology and one of the most prominent publications in the field.

6 Jan 2010

Inverness Medical Innovations and Epocal enter into distribution agreement

Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., a global leader in enabling individuals to take charge of their health at home through the merger of rapid diagnostics and health management, announced today that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Epocal Inc. of Ottawa, Canada to distribute its epoc® Blood Analysis System for blood gas and electrolyte testing.

6 Jan 2010

Microfluidics introduces "Voice of the Customer" program

Microfluidics today introduced the "Voice of the Customer" program as part of its ongoing mission to improve communication and understanding between the company and its customers.

6 Jan 2010

Phase I clinical trial for Intellikine's INK128 inhibitor initiated

Intellikine, Inc. has initiated a Phase I clinical trial for its targeted anticancer drug INK128, a novel orally-available small molecule inhibitor of both the TORC1 and TORC2 complexes, key components of the PI3K/mTOR signaling pathway.

6 Jan 2010

Scott & White's CRI launches two clinical trials targeting cancers

Scott & White's Cancer Research Institute (CRI) has launched two clinical trials targeting cancers that affect both adults and children.

6 Jan 2010

UHC signs strategic partnership agreement with EHR

The University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) and Executive Health Resources, Inc. (EHR) today announced the signing of a strategic partnership that will make EHR's expert Physician Advisor solutions available to all UHC members.

6 Jan 2010

Animal experiments show old antidepressant may reverse heart failure

A team of Johns Hopkins and other researchers have found in animal experiments that an antidepressant developed over 40 years ago can blunt and even reverse the muscle enlargement and weakened pumping function associated with heart failure.

6 Jan 2010

Excaliard Pharmaceuticals initiates Phase 2 trials of EXC 001

Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today the initiation of three proof of concept Phase 2 trials of EXC 001, an antisense medicine that reduces fibrosis, for the amelioration of skin scarring and other fibrotic disorders.

6 Jan 2010

New research may yield more effective treatment for childhood leukemia

A team of Israeli scientists at the Sheba Medical Center's Research Center for Leukemia and Childhood Malignancies has discovered a method for developing a more effective and less perilous treatment for those suffering from childhood leukemia, the most common cancer in children.

6 Jan 2010

Health Sciences Group negotiates with The Healing Center for Medical Marijuana license in Colorado

Health Sciences Group, Inc. would like to announce that it has engaged in negotiations with The Healing Center to assist with the acquisition of a Medical Marijuana license in the State of Colorado.

6 Jan 2010

Medizone International completes third round of testing and data logging for AsepticSure technology

Medizone International, Inc. announces that its third round of testing and data logging for the enhanced AsepticSure(TM) technology is now complete.

6 Jan 2010

Intuity Medical secures $64M Series D financing round

Intuity Medical, Inc., a privately-held company developing innovative technologies in diabetes management, today announced that it has secured a $64M Series D financing round.

6 Jan 2010

Medicare begins to reimburse for HIV screening

The Hartford Courant reports that "testing for the virus among those 65 and older lags far behind testing of other Americans, and experts say they worry that HIV cases in older adults go undiagnosed — some because of the stigma that the disease still carries, some because patients might dismiss the symptoms of the virus as signs of other conditions more frequently associated with aging and some because doctors can be hesitant to talk to older patients about sex or link their symptoms with HIV."

6 Jan 2010

EnVivo Pharmaceuticals announces initiation and dosing of patients in Phase 2b study of EVP-6124

EnVivo Pharmaceuticals today announced the initiation and dosing of patients in a Phase 2b study of its EVP-6124 compound, a selective alpha-7 nicotinic agonist in patients with schizophrenia. EnVivo is conducting the multi-center, dose ranging, placebo controlled, three-month study in the U.S. and Europe.

6 Jan 2010

NFCA and Partners Against Pain team up to create new Caregiver Cornerstones resource

The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) has teamed up with the national pain management education program, Partners Against Pain®, and advocate and author Lee Woodruff to create the new Caregiver Cornerstones resource.

6 Jan 2010