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Annual diabetes Consumer Guide to be published in the January 2010 issue by Diabetes Forecast

When shopping for a new cell phone or even a car, there are dozens of features to explore and choices to make. The same is true of shopping for medical products that will help manage a chronic disease.

19 Dec 2009

Continuum Health Care: All resolutions set forth in management information circular passed at the AGM

Continuum Health Care Inc. ("Continuum") is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions, as set forth in the management information circular (the "Circular") dated November 13, 2009 for the Annual General and Special Shareholders' meeting of Continuum held on December 10, 2009 (the "AGM"), were duly passed at the AGM.

19 Dec 2009

Court hearing to allow Luna Innovations to emerge from bankruptcy set for January 12

Luna Innovations Incorporated announced today that a bankruptcy court hearing has been set for January 12, 2010, to decide whether to confirm Luna’s Plan of Reorganization and allow Luna to emerge from bankruptcy.

19 Dec 2009

Headache on rare occasions can be a warning sign of potentially serious disorder

Headaches are extremely common. Almost everyone has experienced a severe headache at least once in his or her lifetime. In most cases, headaches are minor nuisances that resolve within a short time. However, a headache can on rare occasions be the warning sign of a potentially serious disorder that requires immediate medical attention.

19 Dec 2009

Diabetes patients at higher risk from glaucoma

An estimated 3 million Americans have glaucoma, which can stealthily cause vision loss even before people realize they have the disease. People with diabetes face special risks from glaucoma. This January during Glaucoma Awareness Month, through its EyeSmart™ campaign, the American Academy of Ophthalmology in partnership with the American Glaucoma Society and the Glaucoma Research Foundation, remind Americans that knowing your glaucoma risks can save your sight and that people with diabetes need to be extra-vigilant.

19 Dec 2009

CLIAWAIVED.COM expands its business into GPO market by signing the first major GPO

CLIAWAIVED.COM, Inc., the leading Internet-based, multi-line distributor of point-of-care CLIA Waived Diagnostic tests, medical products and physician office supplies, today announced the planned expansion of their business into the GPO (Group Purchasing Organization) market with the signing of their first major GPO, representing nearly 700 physician offices and 7000+ doctors.

19 Dec 2009

SCCA's infection control program leads to suppression of potential H1N1 pandemic

Despite a 100-fold increase in H1N1 influenza cases in the Seattle area during spring 2009, an aggressive infection control program to protect immunocompromised cancer patients and thorough screening measures resulted in no corresponding increase in H1N1 cases among the total patient population at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, according to a new study by researchers and physicians at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the SCCA.

19 Dec 2009

Symmetry Medical to increase operational efficiency and drive annualized cost savings by restructuring

Symmetry Medical Inc., a leading independent provider of products to the global orthopaedic device industry and other medical markets, announced today a restructuring that includes a facility consolidation and other staff reductions designed to increase operational efficiency and drive annualized cost savings.

19 Dec 2009

HHS announces $60M to address barriers in adopting health IT

David Blumenthal, M.D., Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, today announced plans to make available $60 million to support the development of Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP). SHARP projects will conduct focused research in critical areas where breakthrough advances are needed to address existing barriers to the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (health IT).

19 Dec 2009

UCLA CNSI and NOF collaborate in novel technologies for nanodelivery of drug therapies

The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has announced a new collaboration with Japan-based NOF Corp. to explore initiatives in nanotherapeutics research for new drug-delivery systems.

19 Dec 2009

Latest issue of Johns Hopkins Nursing shows how nursing education has changed over the years

The latest issue of Johns Hopkins Nursing (http://web.jhu.edu/jhnmagazine) —the magazine named the best nursing print media of 2009 by Sigma Theta Tau international honor society for nurses—takes a look at how nursing education has changed over the years and how generational differences are driving those changes.

19 Dec 2009

Neogen reports record net income for second-quarter fiscal 2010

Neogen Corporation announced today that its net income for the second quarter of FY 2010, which ended Nov. 30, increased 18% from the previous year's second quarter. Adjusted for a 3-for-2 stock split effective Dec. 15, net income in the quarter rose to $0.20 per share, compared to the prior year's $0.17. Neogen's second quarter net income of $4,610,000 set another quarterly record for the 27-year-old company.

19 Dec 2009

Researchers develop laser spinning to produce bioglass nanofibres

A team of researchers from the University of Vigo, Rutgers University in the United States and Imperial College London, in the United Kingdom, has developed "laser spinning", a novel method of producing glass nanofibres with materials.

19 Dec 2009

LifeVantage pays Zrii $400,000 to settle litigation

LifeVantage Corporation, the maker of Protandim® and TrueScience(TM) Anti-Aging Cream, science-based solutions to oxidative stress, announced today that the Company has entered into a settlement agreement with, among other parties, Zrii, LLC.

19 Dec 2009

InHealth to further understand socioeconomic impact of medical devices and diagnostics

As the Institute for Health Technology Studies (InHealth) marks its five-year milestone, the research and educational nonprofit is taking stock of its contributions to objective evidence about the roles that medical technologies play in the economy, in the healthcare system, and in patients' lives.

19 Dec 2009

AAPS: Withdraw the healthcare reform bill

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) asked Senate Majority Harry Reid to give America a real Christmas gift: withdraw the divisive healthcare reform bill.

19 Dec 2009

IRB approves Neuralstem's Phase I trial to treat ALS with spinal cord stem cells

Neuralstem, Inc. today announced that its Phase I trial to treat Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) with its spinal cord stem cells has been approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.

19 Dec 2009

Medical liability concerns lead to overprescription of antibiotics

A new study led by a team of researchers at New York Medical College suggests that that medical liability concerns may be playing a role in the increase of MRSA in healthcare settings by encouraging clinicians to prescribe antibiotics more often and more broadly than clinical circumstances and evidence-based guidelines warrant. The study appeared in the September-October issue of the American Journal of Therapeutics.

19 Dec 2009

Canadian clinical trials move over to electronic data capture tools

A research team led by Dr. Khaled El Emam, the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the CHEO Research Institute, evaluated the use of technology in Canadian clinical trials, and found that a significant proportion (41%) have moved away from collecting and managing trial data using only paper records.

19 Dec 2009

Physicians' bedside exams superior to high-tech CT scan, study finds

Sometimes, a simple bedside exam performed by a skilled physician is superior to a high-tech CT scan, a Loyola University Health System study has found.

19 Dec 2009

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Annual diabetes Consumer Guide to be published in the January 2010 issue by Diabetes Forecast

Continuum Health Care: All resolutions set forth in management information circular passed at the AGM

Court hearing to allow Luna Innovations to emerge from bankruptcy set for January 12

Headache on rare occasions can be a warning sign of potentially serious disorder

Diabetes patients at higher risk from glaucoma

CLIAWAIVED.COM expands its business into GPO market by signing the first major GPO

SCCA's infection control program leads to suppression of potential H1N1 pandemic

Symmetry Medical to increase operational efficiency and drive annualized cost savings by restructuring

HHS announces $60M to address barriers in adopting health IT

UCLA CNSI and NOF collaborate in novel technologies for nanodelivery of drug therapies

Latest issue of Johns Hopkins Nursing shows how nursing education has changed over the years

Neogen reports record net income for second-quarter fiscal 2010

Researchers develop laser spinning to produce bioglass nanofibres

LifeVantage pays Zrii $400,000 to settle litigation

InHealth to further understand socioeconomic impact of medical devices and diagnostics

AAPS: Withdraw the healthcare reform bill

IRB approves Neuralstem's Phase I trial to treat ALS with spinal cord stem cells

Medical liability concerns lead to overprescription of antibiotics

Canadian clinical trials move over to electronic data capture tools

Physicians' bedside exams superior to high-tech CT scan, study finds

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