Medical News

RSS

First Edition: August 28, 2009

Even as politics seems to pause to remember Sen. Edward Kennedy, the health care debate still gains media attention.

28 Aug 2009

The California Endowment to fund a statewide campaign that promotes the participation of all residents in the 2010 U.S. Census

To ensure that every Californian is counted in the 2010 U.S. Census, the state’s largest, private health foundation today announced that it will make $4 million in grants towards a statewide campaign that will promote the importance of participating in the Census, particularly in the large number of "hard to count" communities throughout the state.

28 Aug 2009

Imprivata's webinar to discuss the usage of a single sign-on authentication solution for reducing password management problems in hospitals

Imprivata, Inc., the employee access management company, today announced that it will be conducting a webinar with Nebraska-based Box Butte General Hospital (BBGH).

28 Aug 2009

Welch Allyn to license Inovise Medical’s AUDICOR technology following a technology agreement

Welch Allyn, a leading global manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions announced today that it has entered into a multi-year agreement with Inovise Medical, Inc., a privately held cardiac technology company. Under terms of the agreement, Welch Allyn will license Inovise Medical, Inc.’s AUDICOR® technology with improved cardiac information to accurately diagnose more patients with acute or previous silent heart attacks at the point of care.

28 Aug 2009

Milestone reached in Biotie Wyeth collaboration for the development of PDE10 inhibitors for schizophrenia

Biotie announced today that it has reached a milestone in its collaboration with Wyeth for the development of PDE10 (phosphodiesterase 10) inhibitors for schizophrenia, triggering a USD 1.0 million milestone payment to Biotie.

28 Aug 2009

Oxea to increase prices and tightens sales control due shortage of raw materials

Oxea will increase prices on the following products effective September 1, 2009, or as contracts allow. This increase is in addition to any previously announced mid quarter price increase.

28 Aug 2009

Safeguard Scientifics' stock undergoes 1:6 reverse split

Effective today, August 27, shares of common stock of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., a holding company that builds value in growth-stage life sciences and technology companies, have been split 1-for-6.

28 Aug 2009

AHCA applaudes thirty-one state Attorneys General for sending a letter to HHS Secretary

The American Health Care Association (AHCA) today applauded thirty-one state Attorneys General for sending a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, calling for the suspension and revision of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS') Nursing Home Five Star Rating System.

28 Aug 2009

St. Jude Medical opens first Advanced Learning Center in Brussels

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) today announced the official opening of the St. Jude Medical Advanced Learning Center, in Brussels, Belgium, offering education and training in advanced, evidence-based therapies for physicians who treat heart disease.

28 Aug 2009

NAT gains importance as traditional testing methods become inadequate

An expanding population of bacterial strains that are drug resistant, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), will be the most important justification for nucleic acid-based tests (NAT).

28 Aug 2009

ASHG 2009 Annual Meeting to discuss the cutting-edge developments in human genetics and genomics research

The world's top scientists and clinicians in the human genetics field will gather in Honolulu, Hawaii to present their latest research findings at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, from Tuesday, October 20, through Saturday, October 24, 2009, at the Hawaii Convention Center.

28 Aug 2009

Involving nursing staffs in the assessment and application of healthcare technologies helps VCU Medical Center to improve workflow efficiency

InnerWireless®, Inc., the premier provider of end-to-end in-building converged wireless solutions, today reported that Spyglass Consulting Group’s independent study of the new Critical Care Hospital at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center (VCU Medical Center) reveals the benefits of involving nursing staffs in the assessment and application of healthcare technologies such as InnerWireless’ Horizon™ Converged Wireless solution.

28 Aug 2009

Research study associates KIAA0319 gene on Chromosome 6 with variability in language abilities

A new candidate gene for Specific Language Impairment (SLI) has been identified by a research team directed by Mabel Rice from the University of Kansas, in collaboration with Shelley Smith, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Javier Gayán of Neocodex, Seville, Spain.

28 Aug 2009

NYP/Weill Cornell research reveals that prolonged QRS duration indicates abnormal pumping of the heart

QRS duration (QRSd) is one of several measures of heart function recorded during a routine electrocardiogram (ECG). It is a composite of waves showing the length of time it takes for an electrical signal to get all the way through the pumping chambers of the heart. Prolonged QRSd is a sign of an abnormal electrical system of the heart and is often found when the heart isn't pumping efficiently.

28 Aug 2009

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants may help with primary care shortage

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants may help mitigate the primary care physician shortage.

28 Aug 2009

ReBuilder Medical Technologies reports 100% increase in second-quarter 2009 profits over first-quarter

ReBuilder Medical Technologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets: RBRM) a provider of electronic treatments for the pain resulting from peripheral neuropathy and Peripheral Artery Disease today announced that it has published its second quarter 09 profits and that profits are up 100% over the first quarter.

28 Aug 2009

WTN Services and Winetasting Network to be lead corporate sponsors of the Annual AIDS Walk Napa Valley

WTN Services(R) and the Winetasting Network(R) a division of 1-800-Flowers.com(R) have announced they have deepened the commitment to their existing plan of industry partnerships and projects that better the community.

28 Aug 2009

U.S. FDA agrees to the study design for cardiovascular outcomes trial of alogliptin

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda") and Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc., a wholly owned United States (U.S.) subsidiary, today jointly announced that the latter has received notification that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to the study design for a cardiovascular (CV) outcomes trial titled EXAMINE (EXamination of CArdiovascular OutcoMes: AlogliptIN vs. Standard of CarE in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Acute Coronary Syndrome) for alogliptin, a selective dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitor under investigation for the treatment of type 2 diabetes as an adjunct to diet and exercise.

28 Aug 2009

Study on basic mechanisms that control fertility in worms may help to know how some woman regain their fertility after cancer treatment

Scientific dogma has long asserted that females are born with their entire lifetime's supply of eggs, and once they're gone, they're gone. New findings by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, published online Aug. 27 in Science, suggest that in nematode worms, at least, this does not hold true.

28 Aug 2009

WERF to assess the hidden cost of endometriosis to society and women with the disease

The World Endometriosis Research Foundation (WERF) has raised sufficient funds to commence the first ever prospective study to assess the hidden cost of endometriosis to society and to women with the disease.

28 Aug 2009

Medical News

First Edition: August 28, 2009

The California Endowment to fund a statewide campaign that promotes the participation of all residents in the 2010 U.S. Census

Imprivata's webinar to discuss the usage of a single sign-on authentication solution for reducing password management problems in hospitals

Welch Allyn to license Inovise Medical’s AUDICOR technology following a technology agreement

Milestone reached in Biotie Wyeth collaboration for the development of PDE10 inhibitors for schizophrenia

Oxea to increase prices and tightens sales control due shortage of raw materials

Safeguard Scientifics' stock undergoes 1:6 reverse split

AHCA applaudes thirty-one state Attorneys General for sending a letter to HHS Secretary

St. Jude Medical opens first Advanced Learning Center in Brussels

NAT gains importance as traditional testing methods become inadequate

ASHG 2009 Annual Meeting to discuss the cutting-edge developments in human genetics and genomics research

Involving nursing staffs in the assessment and application of healthcare technologies helps VCU Medical Center to improve workflow efficiency

Research study associates KIAA0319 gene on Chromosome 6 with variability in language abilities

NYP/Weill Cornell research reveals that prolonged QRS duration indicates abnormal pumping of the heart

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants may help with primary care shortage

ReBuilder Medical Technologies reports 100% increase in second-quarter 2009 profits over first-quarter

WTN Services and Winetasting Network to be lead corporate sponsors of the Annual AIDS Walk Napa Valley

U.S. FDA agrees to the study design for cardiovascular outcomes trial of alogliptin

Study on basic mechanisms that control fertility in worms may help to know how some woman regain their fertility after cancer treatment

WERF to assess the hidden cost of endometriosis to society and women with the disease

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

Latest News