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NNSA helps funding development of domestic radioisotope supply

SNM applauds a move by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to help fund the development of a domestic supply of radioisotopes, which are used to help millions of patients each year through the diagnosis and staging of cancer, thyroid and heart disease.

28 Jan 2010

Special issue explores how evolution can help doctors understand and treat diseases

What does evolution - a field that often deals with changes over many generations - have to do with preventing and treating disease in our lifetime?

28 Jan 2010

Scientists discover new technique to investigate cancer stem cells

Scientists at Oxford University, funded by Cancer Research UK, have discovered a way to investigate cancer stem cells more efficiently in the laboratory.

28 Jan 2010

Mayo Clinic's QI programs recognized for inclusion in pilot MOC program

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), and the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)—the nation's three largest physician certifying boards—today announced that Mayo Clinic has been approved as a Portfolio Sponsor of Maintenance of Certification (MOC) activities.

28 Jan 2010

One Medical Group announces the availability of online appointment scheduling for members

One Medical Group, the modern medical practice that's reinventing primary care, today announced the availability of online appointment scheduling for its members in San Francisco and New York City.

28 Jan 2010

Researchers challenge prevailing assumptions in interpreting genome-wide studies

In the decade since the Human Genome Project produced the first map of DNA sequences in the human genome, scientists throughout the world have combed through genome data to identify genes and gene variants that cause human disease.

28 Jan 2010

Spine Pain Management announces revenue guidance for the fourth-quarter and year ending Dec. 31, 2009

Spine Pain Management, Inc., through its Chairman/CEO Dr. William Donovan, today issued revenue guidance for the fourth quarter and year ending Dec. 31, 2009. Spine Pain Management, Inc. began operations of its first clinic in Houston, TX late September 2009. Revenues for the three months ending Dec. 31, 2009 were approximately $730,000.

28 Jan 2010

Public health officials investigate multistate outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo.

28 Jan 2010

Leukemia cells rely on fatty acid metabolism to grow and evade cell death

Leukemia cells, like most cancers, are addicted to glucose to generate their energy, but new research shows for the first time that these cells also rely on fatty acid metabolism to grow and to evade cell death.

28 Jan 2010

Majority of Americans agree monetary stress can negatively affect health

As we enter a new decade with the hope of rebounding from one of the worst economic downturns in our history, a newly commissioned bank study confirms that nearly 90 percent of Americans agree that monetary stress can negatively affect one’s health. Even more women (91 percent) and older adults (92 percent of those 45 and older) link stress to concerns over money.

28 Jan 2010

GENFIT's GFT505 exhibits potential to address unmet needs in prediabetic and diabetic patients

GENFIT, a biopharmaceutical company at the forefront of drug discovery and development, focusing on the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of cardiometabolic and neurodegenerative diseases, today announces positive results from a recently completed clinical trial demonstrating the activity of GFT505 on glucose homeostasis. Results from the clinical trial (GFT505-2094) clearly demonstrate the potential of the drug candidate to reduce global cardiovascular risk in prediabetic patients who suffer from impaired fasting plasma glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, and abdominal obesity.

28 Jan 2010

Software tool helps medical service providers respond to serious incidents and disasters affecting children

A statistical study by a specialist group at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California indicates that the victims of the January 12 quake include an extraordinarily high number of children- more than 110,000, nearly half of the estimated total.

28 Jan 2010

Adipose tissue, a promising new source of HSPCs

Bone marrow is a leading source of adult stem cells, which are increasingly used for research and therapeutic interventions, but extracting the cells is an arduous and often painful process. Now, researchers have found evidence that fat tissue, known as adipose tissue, may be a promising new source of valuable and easy-to-obtain regenerative cells called hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), according to astudy prepublished online in Blood, the official journal of the American Society of Hematology.

28 Jan 2010

GI practices team up with NeuIsys to bring advanced imaging technologies for patients

NeuIsys Imaging System Solutions, LLC, a leader in providing state-of-the-art CT and MR imaging systems to physician practices, announced today that three gastroenterology (GI) practices have entered into agreements with NeuIsys to plan, install, and service the recently FDA approved NeuViz 16 Multi-Slice Computed Tomography (CT) System.

28 Jan 2010

Depression raises risks of advanced and severe complications from diabetes

Depression raises risks of advanced and severe complications from diabetes, according to a prospective study of Group Health primary-care patients in western Washington. These complications include kidney failure or blindness, the result of small vessel damage, as well as major vessel problems leading to heart attack or stroke.

28 Jan 2010

Amarin reviews 2009 accomplishments; outlines strategy for 2010 and beyond

Amarin Corporation plc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on improving the treatment of cardiovascular disease, today issued a special letter to its shareholders.

28 Jan 2010

Brain study finds intriguing connection between prosody and empathy

A new study in the journal PLoS ONE finds that people use the same brain regions to produce and understand intonation in speech.

28 Jan 2010

U.S. study finds improved mortality outcomes for children with rheumatic diseases

A recent study by researchers from the Cleveland Clinic found that the overall mortality rate in the U.S. for all pediatric patients with rheumatic diseases was not worse than the age and sex-adjusted population.

28 Jan 2010

Regular exercise and drinking tea may reduce depression in breast cancer patients

Breast cancer patients who exercise and drink tea on a regular basis may be less likely to suffer from depression than other patients, according to a new study led by Xiao Ou Shu, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Xiaoli Chen, M.D., a post-doctoral fellow, was first author of the study published in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

28 Jan 2010

Brighton Hospital signs letter of intent to build an addiction treatment facility in Riyadh

Brighton Hospital, the second-oldest alcohol and drug treatment provider in North America, has signed a letter of intent to begin a long-term management contract with a Saudi Arabian company to build a 291,000 square-foot, 250 bed addiction treatment facility in Riyadh, to serve the entire Islamic Mideast.

28 Jan 2010

Medical News

NNSA helps funding development of domestic radioisotope supply

Special issue explores how evolution can help doctors understand and treat diseases

Scientists discover new technique to investigate cancer stem cells

Mayo Clinic's QI programs recognized for inclusion in pilot MOC program

One Medical Group announces the availability of online appointment scheduling for members

Researchers challenge prevailing assumptions in interpreting genome-wide studies

Spine Pain Management announces revenue guidance for the fourth-quarter and year ending Dec. 31, 2009

Public health officials investigate multistate outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo

Leukemia cells rely on fatty acid metabolism to grow and evade cell death

Majority of Americans agree monetary stress can negatively affect health

GENFIT's GFT505 exhibits potential to address unmet needs in prediabetic and diabetic patients

Software tool helps medical service providers respond to serious incidents and disasters affecting children

Adipose tissue, a promising new source of HSPCs

GI practices team up with NeuIsys to bring advanced imaging technologies for patients

Depression raises risks of advanced and severe complications from diabetes

Amarin reviews 2009 accomplishments; outlines strategy for 2010 and beyond

Brain study finds intriguing connection between prosody and empathy

U.S. study finds improved mortality outcomes for children with rheumatic diseases

Regular exercise and drinking tea may reduce depression in breast cancer patients

Brighton Hospital signs letter of intent to build an addiction treatment facility in Riyadh

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

From street to lab: Advancing controlled substance testing with handheld Raman and FTIR

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