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Postdoctoral scientists receive prestigious award; grants totaling $1.54 million will help in funding innovative projects

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on supporting exceptional early career researchers and innovative cancer research, named 11 new Damon Runyon Fellows at its November 2009 Fellowship Award Committee review.

22 Jan 2010

Researchers show how MRSA transmission can be tracked in hospital settings

For the first time, researchers have shown how transmission of MRSA from one person to another can be precisely tracked in a hospital setting. The team have developed a remarkable new method that can 'zoom' from large-scale inter-continental transmission events to the much finer detail of person-to-person infection of MRSA within a single hospital.

22 Jan 2010

Norepinephrine responses to bucindolol influenced by alpha-2C adrenergic receptor genotype

ARCA biopharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing genetically targeted therapies for heart failure and other cardiovascular disease, today announced that the paper “An alpha-2C-Adrenergic Receptor Polymorphism Alters the Norepinephrine Lowering Effects and Therapeutic Response of the Beta Blocker Bucindolol in Chronic Heart Failure” was published in the January 2010 edition of the peer-reviewed journal Circulation: Heart Failure (http://circheartfailure.ahajournals.org).

22 Jan 2010

Democratic Congress' policies: Americans frustrated about healthcare

One year after the inauguration of President Obama, an analysis of 18 American Pulse™ surveys (including over 90,000 respondents), shows that Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with his and the Democratic Congress' policies. From concerns over the economy, frustration about healthcare and a feeling that they no longer have a voice in Washington (just to name a few), Americans are indicating they may simply be fed up with Washington.

22 Jan 2010

Researchers discover genetic variations that predict clinical outcomes in patients with stomach cancer

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have, for the first time, identified specific genetic variations that predict clinical outcomes in patients with gastric (stomach) cancer.

22 Jan 2010

Fluctuation in insulin delivery due to pump movement may increase risk of complications in diabetics

Researchers at Sansum Diabetes Research Institute and University of California, Santa Barbara have concluded that changing the height of a conventional insulin pump in relation to its tubing and infusion set can significantly impact expected insulin delivery rates. Such changes can occur during routine daily activities like dressing, sleeping or showering.

22 Jan 2010

Smart-Tek Automated Services rolls out its healthcare initiative for 2010

Smart-Tek Automated Services Inc., a subsidiary of Smart-Tek Solutions Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board : STTN) is rolling out its healthcare initiative for 2010. Smart-Tek has put together a comprehensive product offering and has chosen Aflac for the electronic administration of employee benefits in a company-wide implementation beginning February 11.

22 Jan 2010

U.S. Citizens Association attributes Scott Brown victory to its campaign against Obama's health care policies

The stunning victory of Scott Brown in Massachusetts could be directly attributed to the U.S. Citizens Association's six month national media campaign against health care and the far left policies of the Obama Administration and Congress.

22 Jan 2010

Current research suggests flu may predispose to secondary bacterial infections

Current research suggests that the flu may predispose to secondary bacterial infections, which account for a significant proportion of mortality during flu pandemics. The related report by Lee et al, "A mouse model of lethal synergism between influenza virus and Haemophilus influenzae," appears in the February 2010 issue of The American Journal of Pathology.

22 Jan 2010

TGen holds the promise of a brighter economic future for Scottsdale

TGen Drug Development (TD2) is poised to play a significant role in the expansion of Scottsdale's biomedical industry, fostering new jobs and city revenues, and prompting the creation of more related businesses.

22 Jan 2010

Physicians take measures to treat ADHD on college campuses across the country

In college, students with attention deficit/hyperactive disorder face an array of challenges—long days and nights of classes, studying and activities, all of which require increasing amounts of concentration.

22 Jan 2010

Patheon constructs new pharmaceutical development center in Bourgoin-Jallieu

Patheon a global provider of drug development and manufacturing services to the international pharmaceutical industry announced today it has begun construction of a new pharmaceutical development center at its existing manufacturing facility in Bourgoin-Jallieu, France.

22 Jan 2010

Researchers to study the impact of asthma on sleep and academic performance of young children

Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center and Hasbro Children's Hospital researchers have received more than $2.5 million in direct costs from The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to study the impact of asthma on the sleep quality and academic performance of young children.

22 Jan 2010

MAQUET Cardiovascular to host educational symposium to optimize cardiovascular care

MAQUET Cardiovascular LLC, a leading provider of cardiovascular technologies, announced today that it will a host an educational symposium featuring leading cardiovascular surgeons who will discuss the critical issues in caring for today's cardiovascular surgery patients.

22 Jan 2010

Vitamin D insufficiency associated with higher risk of relapse attacks in patients with MS

Low vitamin D blood levels are associated with a significantly higher risk of relapse attacks in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who develop the disease during childhood, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco.

22 Jan 2010

Large New York medical center reduces CT scans and radiation dose delivered to patients with PE

A large New York medical center reduced the number of CT scans and radiation dose delivered to emergency department patients with suspected pulmonary emboli (PE) by holding collaborative educational seminars for staff and routing patients to CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) or ventilation perfusion (V/Q) scanning based solely on their chest X-ray results, according to a study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

22 Jan 2010

HMS completes 100% of its defined goals at the IHE North American Connectathon event

Healthcare Management Systems (HMS), the health information technology answer for community hospitals, successfully completed 100 percent of its defined goals at the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) North American Connectathon event in Chicago last week.

22 Jan 2010

Medical News

Postdoctoral scientists receive prestigious award; grants totaling $1.54 million will help in funding innovative projects

Researchers show how MRSA transmission can be tracked in hospital settings

Norepinephrine responses to bucindolol influenced by alpha-2C adrenergic receptor genotype

Democratic Congress' policies: Americans frustrated about healthcare

Researchers discover genetic variations that predict clinical outcomes in patients with stomach cancer

Fluctuation in insulin delivery due to pump movement may increase risk of complications in diabetics

Smart-Tek Automated Services rolls out its healthcare initiative for 2010

U.S. Citizens Association attributes Scott Brown victory to its campaign against Obama's health care policies

Current research suggests flu may predispose to secondary bacterial infections

TGen holds the promise of a brighter economic future for Scottsdale

Physicians take measures to treat ADHD on college campuses across the country

Patheon constructs new pharmaceutical development center in Bourgoin-Jallieu

Researchers to study the impact of asthma on sleep and academic performance of young children

MAQUET Cardiovascular to host educational symposium to optimize cardiovascular care

Vitamin D insufficiency associated with higher risk of relapse attacks in patients with MS

Large New York medical center reduces CT scans and radiation dose delivered to patients with PE

HMS completes 100% of its defined goals at the IHE North American Connectathon event

CytRx announces its plans to advance multiple oncology development programs in 2010

HealthPartners Medical Group to provide timely colorectal cancer screening for African American patients

Fattah releases statement urging the House and Senate to pass healthcare bill with improvements

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

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

Reimagining light scattering for biotherapeutics

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