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New website on healthy lifestyle and its issues launched by Healthy Life Network

HealthyLifeNetwork.com is officially online and making its healthful presence known on the world-wide web. The new site has been in development for sometime but overall the time to market from concept to publish was fast-tracked by a Chicago-based team of writers, editors, designers and marketing wizards.

12 Nov 2009

Data from Phase IIa clinical trial evaluating VT-111 to be presented by Viron Therapeutics at AHA conference

Viron Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of viral protein therapeutics, announced today that the Company's research collaborator, Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif, Director of the Research Center at the Montreal Heart Institute, will present data from a Phase IIa clinical trial evaluating VT-111 at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2009 conference. The conference will take place in Orlando, Florida from November 14 to 18, 2009.

12 Nov 2009

Study: Mouse gene uncovers new strategy for treating Alzheimer's disease

A new study reveals that a previously undiscovered mouse gene reduces the two major pathological perturbations commonly associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The research, published by Cell Press in the November 12 issue of the journal Neuron, finds that the novel gene interacts with a key cellular enzyme previously linked with AD pathology, thereby uncovering a new strategy for treating this devastating disorder.

12 Nov 2009

U.S. News & World Report rates HealthPlus' plans as one of the nation's best for the fifth year in a row

For the fifth year in a row, HealthPlus of Michigan's commercial and Medicare Advantage health plans are recognized by U.S. News & World Report/NCQA as among the nation's best.

12 Nov 2009

Dark chocolates reduce stress levels

The "chocolate cure" for emotional stress is getting new support from a clinical trial published online in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research. It found that eating about an ounce and a half of dark chocolate a day for two weeks reduced levels of stress hormones in the bodies of people feeling highly stressed. Everyone's favorite treat also partially corrected other stress-related biochemical imbalances.

12 Nov 2009

Researchers identify mouse gene that reduces the accumulation Alzheimer's plaques and tangles

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) and colleagues have identified a novel mouse gene (Rps23r1) that reduces the accumulation of two toxic proteins that are major players in Alzheimer's disease: amyloid beta and tau. The amyloid and tau lowering functions of this gene were demonstrated in both human and mouse cells.

12 Nov 2009

Children with developmental dyslexia have difficulties separating relevant auditory information from irrelevant noise

The vast majority of school-aged children can focus on the voice of a teacher amid the cacophony of the typical classroom thanks to a brain that automatically focuses on relevant, predictable and repeating auditory information, according to new research from Northwestern University.

12 Nov 2009

Video to improve patient-doctor communication

Amid growing concerns about racial, ethnic and language disparities in health care, The Joint Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights have released a video, entitled “Improving Patient-Provider Communication,” which supports language access in health care organizations.

12 Nov 2009

Some benefits from prescription drug DTCA, but significant risks remain

While the debate over prescription drug advertising persists, a new study released online in the American Journal of Public Health offers guidelines for improving drug ads in order to minimize potential harm and maximize benefits. The study reveals that while there are some benefits from prescription drug direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA), there are significant risks that are magnified by the prominence of DTCA.

12 Nov 2009

FDA regulatory clearance for Kensey Nash's ECM product

Kensey Nash Corporation, a leading medical technology company that provides innovative resorbable biomaterial technology for a wide range of medical procedures, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance for its first extracellular matrix (ECM) product, Medeor(TM) Matrix, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

12 Nov 2009

CVS Caremark's medication adherence program for people with diabetes has positive impact

CVS Caremark said the company's comprehensive adherence program for people with diabetes positively impacts medication adherence for both new and continuing patients. A review of data tracking the program found that 75.6 percent of patients continuing on a diabetes therapy who participated in the adherence program maintained optimal adherence to their prescribed therapy vs. 61.2 percent in the control group.

12 Nov 2009

Pacific Biosciences selects Camstar Manufacturing enterprise software to deliver innovative products

Camstar Systems, Inc. announced today that Pacific Biosciences, a leader in the development of a transformative Single Molecule Real Time (SMRT™) DNA sequencing platform, has selected the Camstar Manufacturing™ enterprise software platform to enable its critical transition from product development to high-volume production, and to ensure consistent top product quality.

12 Nov 2009

Updated WHO data finds deaths caused by tainted food are underestimated

New WHO data finds that unsafe food kills an estimated 1.2 million people over the age of five in Southeast Asia and Africa each year, including three times more adults than previously thought, Reuters reports. "It is a picture that we have never had before," WHO Food Safety Director Jorgen Schlundt said. "We now have documentation of a significant burden outside the less than five group, that is major new information."

12 Nov 2009

Issue of uninsured Americans takes center stage this weekend in New Orleans

The issue of uninsured Americans takes center stage this weekend in New Orleans as the Morial Convention Center, which served as a temporary medical clinic in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, will become the nation's largest physicians' office for a day with free health care for uninsured Louisiana residents. Up to 2,000 patients are expected to be treated by several hundred physicians and other volunteers at the C.A.R.E. (Communities Are Responding Everyday) Clinic.

12 Nov 2009

Hualapai Mountain Medical Center receives licensure by the Arizona Department of Health Services

MedCath Corporation, a healthcare provider focused on high acuity healthcare services, today announced it has received licensure by the Arizona Department of Health Services and accreditation by The Joint Commission for its new 70-bed Hualapai Mountain Medical Center in Kingman, Ariz, which opened October 15th.

12 Nov 2009

Gene delivery strategy to help improve muscle mass in patients with degenerative muscle disorders

Severe weakness of the quadriceps is a defining feature of several neuromuscular disorders. Researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital have shown that a gene delivery strategy that produces follistatin - a naturally occurring protein that inhibits myostatin, a growth factor expressed specifically in skeletal muscle - directly to the quadriceps of non-human primates results in long-term gene expression with muscle enhancing effects, including larger muscles with greater strength.

12 Nov 2009

Scientists develop new way for exploring the insides of living cells

Scientists in Washington, DC, are reporting development and successful tests of a new way for exploring the insides of living cells, the microscopic building blocks of all known plants and animals. They explode the cell while it is still living inside a plant or animal, vaporize its contents, and sniff. The study appears in online in ACS' journal Analytical Chemistry.

12 Nov 2009

Experts recommend nicotine replacement products and counseling to quit smoking

Whether you smoke three cigarettes or three packs of cigarettes a day, kicking the habit is difficult. Various nicotine replacement products are on the market to make quitting easier. But which product is right for you? Experts from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center are here to help.

12 Nov 2009

South Florida man inspires "Ian's Law," fights against discriminatory health insurance practices

McClatchy/The Miami Herald reports on Ian Pearl, a South Florida man born with muscular dystrophy who is drawing attention to discriminatory health insurance practices against the disabled. Pearl is the "inspiration for 'Ian's Law,' legislation being introduced by two New York state legislators that would require insurance companies to get approval from the state before dropping coverage plans for existing clients."

12 Nov 2009

ResearchMatch: A free meeting place for researchers

A new national initiative involving UT Southwestern Medical Center will match volunteers who want to take part in medical research studies with the scientists who are leading those studies.

12 Nov 2009

Medical News

New website on healthy lifestyle and its issues launched by Healthy Life Network

Data from Phase IIa clinical trial evaluating VT-111 to be presented by Viron Therapeutics at AHA conference

Study: Mouse gene uncovers new strategy for treating Alzheimer's disease

U.S. News & World Report rates HealthPlus' plans as one of the nation's best for the fifth year in a row

Dark chocolates reduce stress levels

Researchers identify mouse gene that reduces the accumulation Alzheimer's plaques and tangles

Children with developmental dyslexia have difficulties separating relevant auditory information from irrelevant noise

Video to improve patient-doctor communication

Some benefits from prescription drug DTCA, but significant risks remain

FDA regulatory clearance for Kensey Nash's ECM product

CVS Caremark's medication adherence program for people with diabetes has positive impact

Pacific Biosciences selects Camstar Manufacturing enterprise software to deliver innovative products

Updated WHO data finds deaths caused by tainted food are underestimated

Issue of uninsured Americans takes center stage this weekend in New Orleans

Hualapai Mountain Medical Center receives licensure by the Arizona Department of Health Services

Gene delivery strategy to help improve muscle mass in patients with degenerative muscle disorders

Scientists develop new way for exploring the insides of living cells

Experts recommend nicotine replacement products and counseling to quit smoking

South Florida man inspires "Ian's Law," fights against discriminatory health insurance practices

ResearchMatch: A free meeting place for researchers

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

Fluidics in Modern Healthcare & Medical Device Innovation

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