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IVF Witness uses RFID to identify the sperm and eggs, and reduces the risk of lab errors in infertility treatment

A new software technology is helping to reduce the risk of laboratory errors in infertility treatment, by electronically identifying the sperm, eggs, resulting embryos and other materials used in in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment cycles. Using non-invasive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), IVF Witness(TM) can track a patient's sperm, eggs and embryos during the course of treatment. If the wrong material is introduced in the lab environment, IVF Witness alerts the staff, via visual and audible signals, to help prevent mislabeling of any materials.

12 Nov 2009

Businesses at risk from health reform, or status quo, depending on source

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Employment Policies Institute and other friends of business have joined to launch a national television ad campaign, beginning Thursday, that will warn against the health care overhaul, The Boston Globe reports. The $10 million ad blitz "features June O'Neill, former director of the Congressional Budget Office, arguing that the bill would deepen the national debt and hurt job creation."

12 Nov 2009

ClearCount Medical Solutions' SmartSponge System wins "Best of What's New" award

ClearCount Medical Solutions, an innovator of patient safety solutions for the operating room, announced today that the editors of Popular Science have named the SmartSponge® System one of the top technology innovations of 2009. As a winner off a “Best of What’s New” award in the health category, the SmartSponge System stands out as the first and only system to incorporate the efficiency of counting with the safety of detection for the prevention of left-behind sponges during surgery.

12 Nov 2009

Pew report: Nine states face budget crises of Californian magnitude

A new Pew analysis, titled "Beyond California: States in Fiscal Peril," warns that nine other states are also on the brink of economic catastrophe and urges state legislatures to act quickly, The Associated Press reports. While Michigan slashed health care spending, Arizona is in such a dire fiscal situation that officials have considered mortgaging state buildings to temporarily fend off disaster. The other states are Florida, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.

12 Nov 2009

ARYx Therapeutics announces operating results for the third quarter of 2009

ARYx Therapeutics, Inc. today reported results of operations and provided a general business update for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

12 Nov 2009

KHN column: Don't overlook the other determinants of health

In a column for Kaiser Health News, Gail Wilensky writes that "after months of discussion and debate, the House has passed its version of health care reform. But as many observers, including me, have already noted, health care reform has primarily become health insurance reform over the course of the year."

12 Nov 2009

Humana CEO: No no regrets about sending warning letters to Medicare customers

Humana's CEO says he does not regret sending Medicare customers a letter warning that health care reform could hurt their benefits. The letters caused government officials to probe whether the insurer violated federal regulations in September.

12 Nov 2009

Senesco's multiple myeloma drug candidate data to be presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC conference

Senesco Technologies, Inc. announced today that Catherine Taylor, one of the Company's funded researchers, will be presenting pre-clinical stability and biological activity data on SNS-01, Senesco's multiple myeloma drug candidate, at the 2009 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)-National Cancer Institute (NCI)-European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics Conference.

12 Nov 2009

The Quigley Corporation announces financial results for the third quarter of 2009

The Quigley Corporation, today reported net sales of $5.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, compared to net sales of $6.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008.

12 Nov 2009

Florida officials say Medicaid reimbursement formula will drive deficit

Florida state legislators have written to their U.S. Senators to urge them address what they called a "serious flaw" in the formula that determines of how much money the state's Medicaid program receives from the federal government, Health News Florida reports.

12 Nov 2009

AARP leader provides powerful voice for seniors and health care

John Rother tries to dispel myths and quell fears that seniors may have about health care reform as a leader at the powerful lobby and senior group AARP.

12 Nov 2009

Cequent Pharmaceuticals proposes the first test of an orally administered RNA interference drug in humans

Cequent Pharmaceuticals, a pioneer in the development of novel products to deliver RNAi-based treatments to prevent and treat human disease, has announced that it has filed its first IND (investigational new drug) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

12 Nov 2009

Transplantation of human mononuclear cells exerts a deleterious effect in rats with liver cirrhosis

The use of stem cells in regenerative medicine is not always beneficial for human health, it may even be harmful according to a work done by the universities of Granada and León. Scientists have demonstrated that transplantation of human mononuclear cells isolated from umbilical cord blood exerted a deleterious effect in rats with liver cirrhosis.

12 Nov 2009

Congressional Democrats seeking to maintain health overhaul momentum

The Senate could begin debate next week on a health care reform bill while House Democratic leadership is telling members to prepare to work deep into December.

12 Nov 2009

Predictive power of Champions Biotechnology's Biomerk Tumorgraft platform to be presented

Champions Biotechnology, Inc., an oncology drug development company with a predictive preclinical platform aimed at accelerating the development and enhancing the value of oncology drugs, has announced that two of its studies regarding its application in oncology drug development and personalized medicine have been selected for a poster and oral presentation at the upcoming AACR-EORTC conference in Boston.

12 Nov 2009

Abortion rights groups unite in fight against coverage restrictions

Politico reports that abortion-rights "advocates are calling in the cavalry to help fight off an anti-abortion provision House Democratic leaders swallowed in order to win passage of their health care reform bill."

12 Nov 2009

Second-quarter fiscal 2010 results announced by AdvanSource Biomaterials

AdvanSource Biomaterials Corporation, a leading developer of advanced polymer materials for a broad range of medical devices, today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 second quarter ended September 30, 2009.

12 Nov 2009

Will the health bill bend costs?

One cause for health reform anxiety is that no one is sure whether the legislation would achieve one of its most critical goals: lowering health care costs.

12 Nov 2009

Making end-of-life wishes known is rare; more hospice care could save Medicare money

Because Medicare beneficiaries account "for the vast majority of U.S. deaths" the treatment people receive "in the last year of life accounts for roughly a quarter of Medicare's budget." Dr. Joel Policzer, a medical director for a hospice, says that often "a dying elderly patient may have wanted less invasive care. But it doesn't happen.

12 Nov 2009

Pharmos announces financial results for the third quarter of 2009

Pharmos Corporation today reported financial results for the third quarter and nine-month period ended September 30, 2009.

12 Nov 2009

Medical News

IVF Witness uses RFID to identify the sperm and eggs, and reduces the risk of lab errors in infertility treatment

Businesses at risk from health reform, or status quo, depending on source

ClearCount Medical Solutions' SmartSponge System wins "Best of What's New" award

Pew report: Nine states face budget crises of Californian magnitude

ARYx Therapeutics announces operating results for the third quarter of 2009

KHN column: Don't overlook the other determinants of health

Humana CEO: No no regrets about sending warning letters to Medicare customers

Senesco's multiple myeloma drug candidate data to be presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC conference

The Quigley Corporation announces financial results for the third quarter of 2009

Florida officials say Medicaid reimbursement formula will drive deficit

AARP leader provides powerful voice for seniors and health care

Cequent Pharmaceuticals proposes the first test of an orally administered RNA interference drug in humans

Transplantation of human mononuclear cells exerts a deleterious effect in rats with liver cirrhosis

Congressional Democrats seeking to maintain health overhaul momentum

Predictive power of Champions Biotechnology's Biomerk Tumorgraft platform to be presented

Abortion rights groups unite in fight against coverage restrictions

Second-quarter fiscal 2010 results announced by AdvanSource Biomaterials

Will the health bill bend costs?

Making end-of-life wishes known is rare; more hospice care could save Medicare money

Pharmos announces financial results for the third quarter of 2009

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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