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Canadian researchers organize clinical trials to find new treatments for H1N1 infection

An important, ground-breaking initiative is unfolding in the global critical care community in response to the H1N1 pandemic.

12 Nov 2009

Press Ganey announces a new consulting group for client improvement efforts

Press Ganey Associates announces the formation of a new strategic consulting group to help further client improvement efforts. The Press Ganey Consulting Group, which consists of experts including former hospital administrators and medical staff, offers a unique perspective on the industry.

12 Nov 2009

PIKAMAB announces the development of ADCC Therasight, a novel theragnostic product

PIKAMAB, a stratified medicine biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it is developing ADCC TherasightTM, a novel theragnostic product that can help guide the drug development process and patient treatment protocols for the cancer therapeutic antibodies that use ADCC (antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity) as the major mechanism of action.

12 Nov 2009

First pediatric hospital to discharge child with mechanical heart assist device

Texas Children's Hospital is the nation's first pediatric hospital to discharge a child while on an intracorporeal ventricular assist device (VAD), a feat previously accomplished only at adult institutions. The patient, 16-year-old Francisco "Frank" De Santiago, who was implanted with a mechanical heart pump called the HeartMate II on May 19, 2009, was discharged on Oct. 29, 2009.

12 Nov 2009

Impact of health insurance reform on Americans with diabetes: HHS report

As the nation marks American Diabetes Month, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a new report today, Preventing and Treating Diabetes: Health Insurance Reform and Diabetes in America. The report comes one day after Sebelius toured the East Manatee Family Healthcare Center in Bradenton, Fla. At the center, Sebelius met with patients and Floridians who care for people with diabetes.

12 Nov 2009

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian named as the most preferred hospital by Orange County residents

For the 14th consecutive year, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has been named the most preferred hospital by Orange County residents based on a consumer study by National Research Corporation (NRC). The award identifies hospitals that health care consumers in each region have selected as having the highest quality and image in over 300 markets throughout the U.S.

12 Nov 2009

Best Buy stores offer broad selection of health and fitness equipment

New technologies are emerging daily to help people plan, monitor, and enhance their health and fitness activities. Yet finding the ways and the time to stay fit and motivated can seem more complicated than ever before. Starting today, Best Buy customers in select markets from Washington, DC to Denver can turn to the nation’s largest consumer electronics retailer for help in satisfying their health and fitness equipment and management needs.

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MinuteClinic praises practitioners for providing affordable medical treatment and quality patient-centered care

In celebration of National Nurse Practitioner Week (Nov. 8-14), MinuteClinic, the pioneer and largest provider of retail health care centers in the United States, salutes practitioners across the country who deliver patient-centered care and help to increase access to high-quality, affordable medical treatment.

12 Nov 2009

SC Johnson announces its first commitment to CGI, rolls out a new anti-Malaria IEC program

In its continuing initiatives around Doing What's Right, SC Johnson, A Family Company, recently announced its first commitment as part of its involvement in the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Founded by former President Bill Clinton in 2005, CGI brings world leaders from a variety of backgrounds together to create partnerships that result in innovative and measurable solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges.

12 Nov 2009

AVMA confirms that a household cat in Iowa showed signs of H1N1 influenza

Amarillo Biosciences, Inc. reported that the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) recently confirmed that a household cat in Iowa developed signs of respiratory infection caused by H1N1 influenza virus.

12 Nov 2009

Series of holiday cards to help build ORBIS Kids Sight treatment centres launched

ORBIS Canada, a non-profit global development organization dedicated to saving sight worldwide, is launching a series of holiday cards available for purchase this season. Proceeds of these cards will be used to build ORBIS Kids Sight treatment centres in the developing world.

12 Nov 2009

Mental Health America and Prescription Audio team up to provide free sound therapy

Mental Health America today announced it is partnering with Prescription Audio, a Philadelphia-area based firm (Voorhees, N.J.), to make the company's scientifically based sound therapy available without charge as a download to veterans, active duty servicemen and women, their family members and health care providers.

12 Nov 2009

Transplantation of hESC-derived OPCs spare spinal cord tissue in the cervical lesion site: Study

Geron Corporation today announced the publication of data showing that oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), when transplanted into a rodent model of cervical spinal cord injury, reduced tissue damage within the lesion and improved recovery of locomotor function.

12 Nov 2009

Millennium Laboratories announces new clinical quantitative assay and drug screening tests for healthcare

Millennium Laboratories, a leading provider of therapeutic drug monitoring and education to physicians and staff treating chronic pain patients, announced today the company’s development and validation of a clinical quantitative assay for the new drug tapentadol (Nucynta™) by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).

12 Nov 2009

Investors are betting on upcoming medical study results of BioElectronics, says BioMedReports

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors, reports that investors are betting that BioElectronics' (PINKSHEETS: BIEL) upcoming medical study results will be significant.

12 Nov 2009

K2M announces the launch of TERRA NOVA and SERENGETI

K2M, Inc., the spinal device company developing innovative and simplified solutions for the treatment of complex spinal pathologies and procedures, today announced the launch of the TERRA NOVA® Minimally Invasive Access System and the SERENGETI® Disposable Kit at the North American Spine Society (NASS) 2009 Annual Conference.

12 Nov 2009

Updated efficacy results from Allos Therapeutics' FOLOTYN study to be presented at the ASH meeting

Allos Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that abstracts from studies of FOLOTYN™ (pralatrexate injection) were accepted for presentation at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, La., from December 5-8, 2009.

12 Nov 2009

Memphis Mayor supports National Bipolar Foundation; sees benefit in preventative care program

Memphis Mayor, A.C. Wharton stands up for the outstanding Memphis-based National Bipolar Foundation; a press conference is to be hosted by University of Tennessee Health & Science Center on November 17th at 2pm at the Student Center at 800 Madison in Room 305.

12 Nov 2009

FDA approves CSL Biotherapies' seasonal flu vaccine, Afluria for children

CSL Biotherapies, a subsidiary of CSL Limited, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of influenza vaccine, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company’s application for accelerated approval of its seasonal flu vaccine, Afluria® (Influenza Virus Vaccine) for use in the pediatric population aged 6 months and older.

12 Nov 2009

Regence adds HealthEquity as a banking partner, members to benefit from the relationship

Members who choose one of Regence's consumer-directed health plans will soon benefit from a new banking relationship, now that the company has added HealthEquity as a banking partner.

12 Nov 2009

Medical News

Canadian researchers organize clinical trials to find new treatments for H1N1 infection

Press Ganey announces a new consulting group for client improvement efforts

PIKAMAB announces the development of ADCC Therasight, a novel theragnostic product

First pediatric hospital to discharge child with mechanical heart assist device

Impact of health insurance reform on Americans with diabetes: HHS report

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian named as the most preferred hospital by Orange County residents

Best Buy stores offer broad selection of health and fitness equipment

MinuteClinic praises practitioners for providing affordable medical treatment and quality patient-centered care

SC Johnson announces its first commitment to CGI, rolls out a new anti-Malaria IEC program

AVMA confirms that a household cat in Iowa showed signs of H1N1 influenza

Series of holiday cards to help build ORBIS Kids Sight treatment centres launched

Mental Health America and Prescription Audio team up to provide free sound therapy

Transplantation of hESC-derived OPCs spare spinal cord tissue in the cervical lesion site: Study

Millennium Laboratories announces new clinical quantitative assay and drug screening tests for healthcare

Investors are betting on upcoming medical study results of BioElectronics, says BioMedReports

K2M announces the launch of TERRA NOVA and SERENGETI

Updated efficacy results from Allos Therapeutics' FOLOTYN study to be presented at the ASH meeting

Memphis Mayor supports National Bipolar Foundation; sees benefit in preventative care program

FDA approves CSL Biotherapies' seasonal flu vaccine, Afluria for children

Regence adds HealthEquity as a banking partner, members to benefit from the relationship

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