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UCB offers tips for managing rheumatoid arthritis during festive season

A third of women living with rheumatoid arthritis say their disease impacts their enjoyment of the festive season - Women living with rheumatoid arthritis find shopping for gifts, preparing holiday food, writing cards and wrapping presents most difficult to do - Nearly two thirds of women living with rheumatoid arthritis experience pain daily

14 Dec 2009

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan applauds the state legislature for passing smoking ban

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan applauds the state legislature for protecting the health of millions of Michigan residents by passing a state-wide smoking ban in restaurants and bars.

14 Dec 2009

MultiCare Health Systems contracts Skanska to expand Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup

Skanska has been contracted by MultiCare Health Systems for the final phase of construction management work for a hospital expansion. The contract amounts to USD 71.4 M, about SEK 500 M, which is included in order bookings for the fourth quarter.

14 Dec 2009

New biosensors show how schizophrenia drugs alter brain chemistry

Scientists have resolved a question about how a popular class of drugs used to treat schizophrenia works using biosensors that reveal previously hidden components of chemical communication in the brain.

14 Dec 2009

Cell-enriched breast reconstruction procedure improves breast deformity in lumpectomy patients

Interim results from a European clinical trial, RESTORE 2, demonstrate that cell-enriched breast reconstruction achieved a high rate of patient and physician satisfaction and improvements in overall breast deformity in lumpectomy patients.

14 Dec 2009

African American women with breast cancer receive no follow-up care after lumpectomy, shows study

A new study finds many breast cancer patients - particularly African American women - do not receive recommended radiation treatments after undergoing a lumpectomy.

14 Dec 2009

Physician's counsel can make a difference in reducing sudden death syndrome

The advice of a pediatrician to place infants on their backs to sleep appears to be the single most important motivator in getting parents to follow these recommendations and a key reason that the rate of sudden death syndrome (SIDS) has plummeted since the "Back to Sleep" campaign was launched in 1994, says a UT Southwestern researcher.

14 Dec 2009

Changes to NCQA's disease management Accreditation and Certification standards released

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) today released changes to its disease management Accreditation and Certification requirements, adding voluntary performance reporting for five chronic conditions.

14 Dec 2009

Pfizer announces results from studies evaluating neratinib

Pfizer Inc. today announced results from studies evaluating neratinib (HKI-272), an investigational, orally administered, pan-ErbB inhibitor, in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2, also known as ErbB2) positive breast cancer at the 2009 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).

14 Dec 2009

Senator Arlen Specter proposes new amendment to current healthcare reform bill

Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) today proposed a new amendment to the current healthcare reform bill which will preserve access to care for millions of Medicare patients seen by a medical specialist.

14 Dec 2009

Results from Phase 2 trial evaluating Nexavar with capecitabine and paclitaxel presented

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced results from two collaborative group-sponsored randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trials were presented at the 32nd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).

14 Dec 2009

Tulane Cancer Center starts randomizing patients in phase III clinical study of Alpharadin

Algeta ASA, the cancer therapeutics company, announces that the first clinical center in the US, the Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, has started randomizing patients in the phase III clinical study of Alpharadin in men with castration-resistant (also known as hormone-refractory) prostate cancer (CRPC) that has metastasized to the skeleton.

14 Dec 2009

Medical Marijuana purchases 20 acres of prime mountain valley property in Southern California

Medical Marijuana, Inc. announces today the purchase of 20 acres of prime mountain valley property in Southern California intended to be used within strict governmental guidelines as a research facility targeting medical Cannabis strains specific to a wide range of medical conditions.

14 Dec 2009

Heart attacks peak during winter months, finds research

Research has found that heart attacks peak during the winter months, and the prevailing hypothesis has been that cold temperatures stress the heart. But in 2004, researchers analyzed 12 years of Los Angeles County death certificates and found that heart attack deaths also rise in the balmy Los Angeles winters.

14 Dec 2009

Combination therapy improves overall survival in women with advanced breast cancer

In a clinical study, women with an aggressive form of breast cancer experienced a median survival of 14 months when treated with an investigational combination of TYKERB® (lapatinib) plus HERCEPTIN® (trastuzumab). The results of the Phase III study in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer were presented during the 32nd Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held in San Antonio, Texas (Dec. 9 - 13).

14 Dec 2009

Black women with HR-positive breast cancer have worse disease-free and overall survival, shows data

Black women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer had worse disease-free and overall survival, according to data presented at the CTRC-AACR Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 9-13, 2009.

14 Dec 2009

Study: Ethyl nitrite improves blood flow and organ status during laparoscopy

As good as laparoscopy is in preventing some of the stresses of open surgery on the body, it does have drawbacks, including reduced blood flow and organ dysfunction. Laparoscopy is a type of surgery in the abdomen done through small incisions.

14 Dec 2009

Ipsen announces preliminary results of phase I trial in metastatic breast cancer with BN83495

Ipsen today announced the preliminary results of a phase I trial in metastatic breast cancer with BN83495, Ipsen’s lead and first-in-class orally available irreversible steroid sulfatase (STS) inhibitor.

14 Dec 2009

National Vaccine Plan aims to protect Americans from vaccine-preventable illnesses

While vaccines help prevent many diseases in the United States, we lack immunization protection against several serious illnesses, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine that identifies priority areas for updating the National Vaccine Plan.

14 Dec 2009

Agricultural alliance releases report calling for efforts to prevent climate change from affecting global food security

The "food-security arm of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR], a global alliance of agricultural experts," launched a report Friday at the U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen that "calls for an intensive effort to speed the implementation of dozens of agriculture-related technologies in developing countries, which are the most vulnerable to climate change," the Globe and Mail reports.

14 Dec 2009

Medical News

UCB offers tips for managing rheumatoid arthritis during festive season

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan applauds the state legislature for passing smoking ban

MultiCare Health Systems contracts Skanska to expand Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup

New biosensors show how schizophrenia drugs alter brain chemistry

Cell-enriched breast reconstruction procedure improves breast deformity in lumpectomy patients

African American women with breast cancer receive no follow-up care after lumpectomy, shows study

Physician's counsel can make a difference in reducing sudden death syndrome

Changes to NCQA's disease management Accreditation and Certification standards released

Pfizer announces results from studies evaluating neratinib

Senator Arlen Specter proposes new amendment to current healthcare reform bill

Results from Phase 2 trial evaluating Nexavar with capecitabine and paclitaxel presented

Tulane Cancer Center starts randomizing patients in phase III clinical study of Alpharadin

Medical Marijuana purchases 20 acres of prime mountain valley property in Southern California

Heart attacks peak during winter months, finds research

Combination therapy improves overall survival in women with advanced breast cancer

Black women with HR-positive breast cancer have worse disease-free and overall survival, shows data

Study: Ethyl nitrite improves blood flow and organ status during laparoscopy

Ipsen announces preliminary results of phase I trial in metastatic breast cancer with BN83495

National Vaccine Plan aims to protect Americans from vaccine-preventable illnesses

Agricultural alliance releases report calling for efforts to prevent climate change from affecting global food security

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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