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Boston University School of Public Health explores changing global health system for malaria research

This week PLoS Medicine publishes the third in a four-part series of policy papers examining the ways in which global health institutions and arrangements are changing and evolving.

20 Jan 2010

IMSMP signs a lease for additional 48,000 square feet to expand its facility

The International Multiple Sclerosis Management Practice (IMSMP), a 34,000 square foot research and treatment center dedicated to MS, today announced that it has signed a lease for an additional 48,000 square feet. This makes it the largest establishment in the world committed to discovering the cause and cure for MS.

20 Jan 2010

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries to donate over $7M in medicine to benefit earthquake victims in Haiti

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced today that it will be donating over $7 million in medicine to benefit earthquake victims in Haiti. Teva is working with several of its Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) partners to ensure these drugs are delivered to Haiti without delay.

20 Jan 2010

Light sedation decreases postoperative delirium in elderly patients by 50%

A recent study, published in the January issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, demonstrates that in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture repair under spinal anesthesia with propofol sedation, the prevalence of delirium can be decreased by 50 percent with light sedation, compared to deep sedation.

20 Jan 2010

HSF1A stimulates more protein chaperones and reduces protein misfolding

Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have found some compounds that improve a cell's ability to properly "fold" proteins and could lead to promising drugs for degenerative nerve diseases, including Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

20 Jan 2010

St. Jude Medical completes second interoperability testing process for Merlin.net Patient Care Network

St. Jude Medical, Inc. today announced it has successfully completed its second interoperability testing process for the company’s Merlin.net™ Patient Care Network, an Internet-based repository of patient and implantable device data.

20 Jan 2010

Officials debate merits of medical marijuana as coping tool in pain fight

As access to medical marijuana becomes more widespread, officials are debating its use as a pain-coping treatment and are easing rules for the sick to use the drug, The Wall Street Journal reports. "The U.S. Department of Justice has said it will not generally prosecute ill people under doctors' care whose use of the drug complies with state rules. New Jersey will become the 14th state to allow therapeutic use of marijuana, and the number is likely to grow. Illinois and New York, among others, are considering new laws."

20 Jan 2010

Researchers show how gliomas can evade drugs aimed at blocking EGFR

Researchers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores UCSD Cancer Center have shown one way in which gliomas, a deadly type of brain tumor, can evade drugs aimed at blocking a key cell signaling protein, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR),that is crucial for tumor growth.

20 Jan 2010

Perception of discrimination influences smoking in minority teen boys

The perception of discrimination increases the amount teenage minority boys smoke but does not increase the amount teenage minority girls smoke, according to a new study from the Indiana University School of Medicine.

20 Jan 2010

European Patent Office grants a patent for Rexahn Pharmaceuticals' RX-3117

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company commercializing potential best in class oncology and CNS therapeutics, today announced that the European Patent Office has granted a patent for its novel anti-cancer compound, RX-3117.

20 Jan 2010

Radiology Regional Center initiates participation in SOMO•INSIGHT Clinical Study

U-Systems announced today that Radiology Regional Center has initiated participation in the SOMO•INSIGHT Clinical Study. The first breast center in Southwest Florida to participate, Radiology Regional Center is recruiting participants for the national clinical research study designed to evaluate whether digital mammography in combination with the somo•v™ Automated Breast Ultrasound System (ABUS) from U-Systems is more sensitive to detecting breast lesions when compared to Mammography alone in women with dense breasts.

20 Jan 2010

PTC Therapeutics initiates additional clinical trial of ataluren in boys and young men with nmDBMD

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (PTC) today announced the initiation of an additional clinical trial of ataluren (PTC124®) in boys and young men with nonsense mutation Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (nmDBMD) who have permanently lost the ability to walk independently.

20 Jan 2010

Prenatal exposure to PBDEs associated with neurodevelopmental effects in young children

Prenatal exposure to ambient levels of flame retardant compounds called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) is associated with adverse neurodevelopmental effects in young children, according to researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

20 Jan 2010

Zeshaan A. Rasheed receives the 2010 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Pathway to Leadership Grant

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and the American Association for Cancer Research have awarded Zeshaan A. Rasheed, M.D., Ph.D., the 2010 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Pathway to Leadership Grant.

20 Jan 2010

Antibiotics can reduce infections post-Caesarean section

Having a baby by Caesarean section is becoming increasingly common, despite the higher risks associated with the surgery compared to a vaginal birth. One important concern is the risk of infection, which is between five and 20 times greater for women who undergo scheduled or emergency Caesarean section.

20 Jan 2010

NSBA releases its 2009 Year-End Economic Report

NSBA today released its 2009 Year-End Economic Report which shows small businesses continue to struggle under the lagging economy and the ongoing credit crunch. The number of small businesses citing decreases in revenue over the past 12 months rose to its highest point since 1993, and 39 percent report they are unable to get adequate financing for their business.

20 Jan 2010

Cardiac RSR test can quickly and accurately detect the presence of S-CAD

Testing a patient's cardiac respiratory stress response (RSR) can quickly and accurately detect the presence of significant coronary artery disease (S-CAD), according to new research published in the current issue of Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine.

20 Jan 2010

Motivational interviewing may help people to quit smoking

Addressing tobacco use without judging the user appears to help people quit, especially if a primary care physician uses a form of supportive counseling called "motivational interviewing," according to a new review of studies.

20 Jan 2010

Medstrat completes 'Field-Based Digital Templating' pilot program

Medstrat partners with major orthopedic company and is pleased to announce the successful completion of a Field-Based Digital Templating pilot program.

20 Jan 2010

Navigating Cancer announces the launch of new, free website for cancer patients

Navigating Cancer announced today the public beta launch of its new, free website specifically for cancer patients, www.navigatingcancer.com. Navigating Cancer provides essential cancer-related information from authoritative sources to help patients learn about their options once diagnosed, and tools for patients to partner with their physicians, allowing them to be more in control of their cancer treatment and care.

20 Jan 2010

Medical News

Boston University School of Public Health explores changing global health system for malaria research

IMSMP signs a lease for additional 48,000 square feet to expand its facility

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries to donate over $7M in medicine to benefit earthquake victims in Haiti

Light sedation decreases postoperative delirium in elderly patients by 50%

HSF1A stimulates more protein chaperones and reduces protein misfolding

St. Jude Medical completes second interoperability testing process for Merlin.net Patient Care Network

Officials debate merits of medical marijuana as coping tool in pain fight

Researchers show how gliomas can evade drugs aimed at blocking EGFR

Perception of discrimination influences smoking in minority teen boys

European Patent Office grants a patent for Rexahn Pharmaceuticals' RX-3117

Radiology Regional Center initiates participation in SOMO•INSIGHT Clinical Study

PTC Therapeutics initiates additional clinical trial of ataluren in boys and young men with nmDBMD

Prenatal exposure to PBDEs associated with neurodevelopmental effects in young children

Zeshaan A. Rasheed receives the 2010 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Pathway to Leadership Grant

Antibiotics can reduce infections post-Caesarean section

NSBA releases its 2009 Year-End Economic Report

Cardiac RSR test can quickly and accurately detect the presence of S-CAD

Motivational interviewing may help people to quit smoking

Medstrat completes 'Field-Based Digital Templating' pilot program

Navigating Cancer announces the launch of new, free website for cancer patients

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