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AAOS, SOMOS, and OTA host EWI symposium on improving patient care for wounded warriors

Since the beginning of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, there have been nearly 36,000 battle- injured warriors, of which approximately 82 percent suffer extremity trauma. Many of these injuries are complicated by the effects of improvised explosive devices which cause injury patterns distinct from civilian trauma. Traditional wound-management guidelines simply fall short.

28 Jan 2010

Zero LWOT metric appeared on the hospital dashboard at United Hospital Center

The week of Christmas left no one turned away from the Emergency Department at United Hospital Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia. For the first time in years, a zero LWOT (Left Without Treatment) metric appeared on the hospital dashboard.

28 Jan 2010

National contest invites teens and teachers to participate in flu prevention campaign

Former American Idol finalist Danny Gokey and The Clorox Company have teamed up to launch I Don't Want to Miss…, a national contest designed to get teens and their teachers involved in flu prevention.

28 Jan 2010

Anacor Pharmaceuticals to present data on its PDE4 inhibitor at the Cytokines and Inflammation Conference

Anacor Pharmaceuticals announced today that it will present a poster and oral presentation on a novel systemic anti-inflammatory candidate, AN6415, at the upcoming 8th Cytokines and Inflammation Conference, taking place January 28-29, 2010 in La Jolla, California.

28 Jan 2010

David Brennan interviewed on AstraZeneca's fourth-quarter and full-year results

Pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca announced it's Q4 and full-year results today with CEO David Brennan saying in a video interview on http://www.cantos.com that cost control and restructuring had helped deliver a revenue line above company expectations.

28 Jan 2010

Study shows guilt feelings are more pronounced in older women

Although changing social and cultural contexts mean guilt has less power today than it once did, a new study has shown that in the West this emotion is "significantly higher" among women. The main problem, according to the experts, is not that women feel a lot of guilt (which they do), but rather that many males feel "too little".

28 Jan 2010

Baxter International reports net income of $572M for the fourth-quarter of 2009

Baxter International Inc. today reported strong performance for the fourth quarter of 2009, and provided its financial outlook for the first quarter and full-year 2010.

From Baxter International Inc. 28 Jan 2010

ZOLL Medical, HealthTrust Purchasing Group enter into purchasing agreement

ZOLL Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that HealthTrust Purchasing Group, LP (HealthTrust), a leading healthcare group purchasing organization (GPO), has entered into a purchasing agreement with ZOLL for its therapeutic temperature management equipment.

28 Jan 2010

Scientists discover mechanism that regulates prolactin hormone

A mechanism for regulating the hormone prolactin has newly been revealed by scientists at Karolinska Institutet. The results are to be published in the scientific journal Neuron, and may be significant for conditions and functions such as breast-feeding, sexual libido, and metabolism.

28 Jan 2010

First-quarter fiscal 2010 results announced by Nutraceutical International

Nutraceutical International Corporation today reported results for the fiscal 2010 first quarter ended December 31, 2009. Net sales for the fiscal 2010 first quarter were $44.8 million compared to $39.6 million for the same quarter of fiscal 2009. For the first quarter of fiscal 2010, net income was $3.9 million, or $0.37 diluted earnings per share, compared to net income of $3.1 million, or $0.28 diluted earnings per share, for the same quarter of fiscal 2009.

28 Jan 2010

Encision reports financial results for third-quarter of fiscal year 2010

Encision Inc., a medical device company owning patented surgical technology that is emerging as a standard of care in minimally-invasive surgery, reported its financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2010.

28 Jan 2010

Zimmer Holdings reports net sales of $1.11 billion for the fourth-quarter of 2009

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. The Company reported fourth quarter net sales of $1.11 billion, an increase of 7.5% reported and 2.5% constant currency over the fourth quarter of 2008. Diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $0.74 reported and $1.12 adjusted, an increase of 12.0% adjusted over the prior year period.

28 Jan 2010

AHF to conduct HIV testing events in Texas

AHF’s Magic Johnson ‘Testing America’ Tour, a six-month, 48-state national cross-country HIV testing tour, will ride into San Antonio, Texas, for two days of testing events at two Walgreens location.

28 Jan 2010

ZOLL Medical reports revenues for first-quarter of fiscal 2010

ZOLL Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of resuscitation devices and software solutions, today announced that revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2010 increased 18% to $105,212,000, compared to revenues in the first quarter of last year of $89,462,000.

28 Jan 2010

Men welcome male contraceptive pill currently undergoing trials

Would you trust men to take a 'male pill'? That's the question posed to 380 people in North East England by a team from Teesside University which questioned people about the male contraceptive pill currently undergoing trials.

28 Jan 2010

Florida State University research team to develop way of measuring zinc levels in the human body

A team of Florida State University researchers will use a five-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a way to measure levels of the trace metal zinc in the human body.

28 Jan 2010

Christiana Care Health System introduces COPE technology for common diagnoses

Christiana Care Health System is taking a giant leap forward toward a comprehensive Electronic Health Record with the launch of Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE), technology that makes it easier, more efficient and safer for doctors to order tests and medications.

28 Jan 2010

Studies in Mexico and Africa demonstrate the effectiveness of rotavirus vaccine

For the first time ever, studies in Mexico and Africa, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrate a reduction in diarrheal disease deaths following rotavirus vaccine introduction in Mexico and vaccine efficacy among impoverished populations in Malawi and South Africa.

28 Jan 2010

Sexuality publishing portfolio gains key journal

Starting in 2010, Springer will publish the journal Sexuality Research and Social Policy. All aspects of sexual behavior are covered in the journal, including a unique focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations. The journal was previously published by the University of California Press.

28 Jan 2010

Repligen announces five-year supply agreement for recombinant Protein A with GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences

Repligen Corporation announced today that it has extended its longstanding relationship with GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB by entering into a five-year supply agreement for recombinant Protein A, a consumable used in the manufacture of monoclonal antibodies, a highly successful class of biopharmaceutical. Repligen is the world's leading supplier of recombinant Protein A and has manufactured recombinant Protein A for GE Healthcare for more than 10 years.

28 Jan 2010