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Publicly released report cards do not appear to improve hospitals' performance, says new study

An analysis of quality of cardiac care following the public release of data on measures of care at hospitals in Ontario, Canada, did not result in significant systemwide improvement in hospitals' performance on most quality of care indicators, according to a study to be published in the December 2 issue of JAMA. The study is being released early online because of its presentation at an American Heart Association scientific conference.

19 Nov 2009

Pfizer and DNDi to battle against HAT, VL and Chagas disease

Pfizer Inc and Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) have signed an agreement that is designed to facilitate advancements in the battle against human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and Chagas disease, which afflict vulnerable populations in the developing world.

19 Nov 2009

Lathian Health announces the availability of proprietary longitudinal data assets to life science companies

After aggregating and mining physician responses to ePromotion campaigns spanning more than 115 brands, 64 therapeutic conditions and 30 specialties, Lathian Health today announced the availability of its proprietary longitudinal data assets to life science companies.

19 Nov 2009

Spineology's Capture Facet Screw System receives FDA clearance

Spineology Inc., developer and manufacturer of minimally invasive spinal surgery devices, announced today that it has received FDA clearance for its minimally invasive surgery (MIS) Capture™ Facet Screw System.

19 Nov 2009

New mathematical model may hasten drug development for Parkinson's Disease

Australian scientists have significantly advanced our understanding of dopamine release from nerve cells, findings that should speed the development of more effective drugs for treating Parkinson's Disease.

19 Nov 2009

iCAD and AdMeTech Foundation sign a strategic partnership agreement

iCAD, Inc., an industry-leading provider of advanced image analysis and workflow solutions for the early identification of cancer, today announces a strategic partnership with the AdMeTech Foundation, a non-profit organization with a mission to end prostate cancer as a patient care crisis and socio-economic problem.

19 Nov 2009

Xeomin receives approval for post-stroke spasticity of upper limb in European countries

Today, Merz Pharmaceuticals announced Xeomin®, the first botulinum toxin type A free from complexing proteins has been granted an extension of indication for post-stroke spasticity of the upper limb presenting with flexed wrist and clenched fist in adults in various European countries.

19 Nov 2009

TIME Magazine journalist honored with ASTMH Communications Award

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) today honored TIME Magazine Foreign Correspondent Vivienne Walt with its Communications Award during the opening ceremony of its 58th annual meeting.

19 Nov 2009

Opiate-based painkillers can increase tumor-cell proliferation, says new study

Although morphine has been the gold-standard treatment for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body of evidence is showing that opiate-based painkillers can stimulate the growth and spread of cancer cells.

19 Nov 2009

Radiation breakthrough to treat breast cancer patients in one day arrives at CTCA

A radiation breakthrough to treat breast cancer patients in one day, as opposed to the current average of six weeks, has arrived at Cancer Treatment Centers of America(R) (CTCA) in Philadelphia. CTCA will become the first in the country to offer this treatment option using the Novac7 technology from Rome, Italy.

19 Nov 2009

Protein content of women's saliva changes with advancing age, describe scientists

In a step toward using human saliva to tell whether those stiff joints, memory lapses, and other telltale signs of aging are normal or red flags for disease, scientists are describing how the protein content of women's saliva change with advancing age.

19 Nov 2009

New CT scanner offers quality diagnostic images and emits minimum radiation

NYU Langone Medical Center is the first hospital in the Northeast to offer one of the world's fastest and most radiation dose efficient computed tomography (CT) scanner.

19 Nov 2009

BeamOne announces its newest electron beam medical device sterilization service center

BeamOne LLC announces that it will locate its newest electron beam medical device sterilization service center in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. Ground breaking will begin on the new facility in Q4 2009, and it is anticipated to be operational during Q4 2010.

19 Nov 2009

Sildenafil drug improves cardiac performance in young adults with congenital heart disease

Heart function significantly improved in children and young adults with single-ventricle congenital heart disease who have had the Fontan operation following treatment with sildenafil, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension, say researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

19 Nov 2009

Sen. Grassley prods med schools about medical journal ghostwriting practices

"Senator Charles E. Grassley wrote to 10 top medical schools Tuesday to ask what they are doing about professors who put their names on ghostwritten articles in medical journals — and why that practice was any different from plagiarism by students," The New York Times reports.

19 Nov 2009

Ecron Acunova establishes new office in Moscow, Russia

Ecron Acunova, a full-service clinical research organization (CRO), with offices across Europe, in India and the US, has strengthened its Eastern European presence further by opening a new office in Moscow, Russia in October 2009.

19 Nov 2009

New research on viral activity may aid in treating bacterial infections

Viruses are well known for attacking humans and animals, but some viruses instead attack bacteria. Texas A&M University researchers are exploring how hungry viruses, armed with transformer-like weapons, attack bacteria, which may aid in the treatment of bacterial infections.

19 Nov 2009

Annual conference to discuss male infertility and tackling falling birth rates across Europe

Male infertility and tackling falling birth rates across Europe will be among the topics addressed at this year's British Andrology Society's annual conference at Queen's University in Belfast.

19 Nov 2009

People with egg allergy can have H1N1 flu vaccine in graded doses

As flu season got underway this fall, Dr. Catherine Monteleone, an allergist, noticed that her office started to receive an unusually high number of calls from people with egg allergy. They previously had avoided flu vaccines because of their sensitivity to eggs. This year, with all the attention being paid to the novel H1N1 influenza, those patients want to be protected against flu, and they contacted her to find out if they are candidates for inoculation.

19 Nov 2009

Chronic hepatitis B seems to progress faster in men, report scientists

Scientists in China are reporting discovery of unusual liver proteins, found only in males, that may help explain the long-standing mystery of why the hepatitis B virus (HBV) sexually discriminates -- hitting men harder than women. Their study has been published online in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, a monthly publication.

19 Nov 2009

Medical News

Publicly released report cards do not appear to improve hospitals' performance, says new study

Pfizer and DNDi to battle against HAT, VL and Chagas disease

Lathian Health announces the availability of proprietary longitudinal data assets to life science companies

Spineology's Capture Facet Screw System receives FDA clearance

New mathematical model may hasten drug development for Parkinson's Disease

iCAD and AdMeTech Foundation sign a strategic partnership agreement

Xeomin receives approval for post-stroke spasticity of upper limb in European countries

TIME Magazine journalist honored with ASTMH Communications Award

Opiate-based painkillers can increase tumor-cell proliferation, says new study

Radiation breakthrough to treat breast cancer patients in one day arrives at CTCA

Protein content of women's saliva changes with advancing age, describe scientists

New CT scanner offers quality diagnostic images and emits minimum radiation

BeamOne announces its newest electron beam medical device sterilization service center

Sildenafil drug improves cardiac performance in young adults with congenital heart disease

Sen. Grassley prods med schools about medical journal ghostwriting practices

Ecron Acunova establishes new office in Moscow, Russia

New research on viral activity may aid in treating bacterial infections

Annual conference to discuss male infertility and tackling falling birth rates across Europe

People with egg allergy can have H1N1 flu vaccine in graded doses

Chronic hepatitis B seems to progress faster in men, report scientists

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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