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Researchers elucidate the effect of nutritional parameters in long-term PPI therapy

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is the most common esophageal disorder, and frequently encountered in the primary care setting. Accumulating evidence has confirmed the excellent efficacy and safety of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy in patients with all grades of GERD, making these agents the mainstay of treatment.

24 Oct 2009

TV program shares insights on epilepsy, diagnosis and treatment

A recent edition of Immunotherapy Weekly reported that the television program 'Sharing Miracles' featured award-winning actor Danny Glover during the month of September. In this episode, the Hollywood star discussed his career and his battle against epilepsy.

24 Oct 2009

Supermodels' tips for matching glasses with face shapes

According to The Vision Council, 63 percent of American adults wear eyeglasses. For many, finding the ideal frames can be compared to locating the perfect pair of jeans - both require trial and error before discovering a pair that best fits one's shape, style and budget.

24 Oct 2009

Accelify enhances its products to ensure compliance and revenue maximization

Accelify announced today a series of enhancements to its products, services and personnel in Missouri.

24 Oct 2009

Obama Administration applauded for highlighting importance of offering dairy products in schools

The International Dairy Foods Association applauded Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the Obama Administration for highlighting the importance of offering more low fat milk and dairy products in schools.

24 Oct 2009

Race to raise awareness about breast cancer at the Pyramids of Giza

Egypt’s breast cancer movement will race forward at the historic Pyramids of Giza today. A mighty gathering of Egyptians and international visitors will run and walk across the Pyramids site starting at 10 a.m. to raise awareness about breast cancer during the first Race for the Cure® in the Middle East, organized by Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and the Breast Cancer Foundation of Egypt under the auspices of the First Lady of Egypt, H.E. Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak.

24 Oct 2009

Hypothalamic dysfunction can cause Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Dr. Oz's guest Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, best-selling author of From Fatigued to Fantastic! (Avery Penguin Group) and Pain Free 1-2-3 (McGraw-Hill), suffered from CFS when he was in medical school and had to drop out for a year to recover.

24 Oct 2009

Reverse mortgages help seniors retain their homes

A survey by the Urban Institute found that 1.9 million seniors found themselves having to choose between buying food and buying medicine. The survey was conducted in 1993—a time when the economy was booming! Due to the current economic woes, it is more difficult than ever for seniors to make it on their own.

24 Oct 2009

Select Medical Holdings Corporation receives exercise of underwriters' over-allotment option notice

Select Medical Holdings Corporation, the parent of Select Medical Corporation, today announced that it had received notice of the exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option to purchase an additional 3,602,700 shares of Select's common stock at a price per share of $10.00, which is expected to close on October 28, 2009, subject to customary closing conditions.

24 Oct 2009

Naviscan to present clinical trail results of new tools for breast cancer treatment

Naviscan, Inc., the leader in Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI), today announced that Paul J. Mirabella, President and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting a corporate update at the 4th Annual BIOCOM Investor Conference on October 27, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. being held at Hyatt Regency in La Jolla, California.

24 Oct 2009

New nucleic acid test to screen donated blood for HIV-1 Group M RNA approved

Health Canada has approved a new nucleic acid test from Roche Diagnostics to screen donated blood for HIV-1 Group M RNA, hepatitis C RNA and hepatitis B DNA in a single, automated assay.

From Roche Sequencing and Life Science 24 Oct 2009

FDA issues emergency use authorization for peramivir anti-viral drug

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in response to a request from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the investigational anti-viral drug intravenous (i.v.) peramivir in certain adult and pediatric patients with confirmed or suspected 2009 H1N1 influenza infection who are admitted to a hospital.

24 Oct 2009

Unilife Medical Solutions accepts US$5.2 million to create 241 new jobs in York County

Unilife Medical Solutions Limited ("Unilife" or "the Company") today announced it has accepted a US$5.2 million offer of assistance from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to support the creation of 241 new jobs within York County.

24 Oct 2009

Revenue Cycle Management: White paper released by XIFIN to help labs maximize valuations

XIFIN(TM), Inc., the leading provider of revenue cycle management for diagnostic service providers, today announced the release of a white paper outlining how laboratory valuations can be positively impacted by the appropriate use of state of the art Revenue Cycle Management technologies.

24 Oct 2009

Maxim Health Systems cancels all flu shot clinics at retail locations

Maxim Health Systems has cancelled all flu shot clinics at retail locations after October 22, due to lack of vaccine availability. Across the country, there has been a drastic increase in both demand and media attention regarding influenza and vaccine availability. While the nation is experiencing an increase in demand for flu vaccine, manufacturers are unable to produce more seasonal flu vaccine because all resources have been shifted to H1N1 production.

24 Oct 2009

Emodin raises hope for treatment of fibrotic liver diseases

In the last decade, advances in the understanding of genes promoting hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation are impressive. However, there are few breakthroughs in therapeutic intervention of hepatic fibrogenesis. Efficient and well-tolerated antifibrotic drugs are lacking and current treatment of hepatic fibrosis is limited to withdrawal of the noxious agent. Research identifying innocuous antifibrotic agents is of high priority and urgently needed.

24 Oct 2009

FDA to standardize front-of-package criteria, Smart Choices Program postpones active operations

The Smart Choices Program announced today that it will voluntarily postpone active operations and not encourage wider use of the logo at this time by either new or currently enrolled companies.

24 Oct 2009

Study on Pten's tumour suppressive functions published

Sanford Barsky, M.D., who holds faculty positions at the University of Nevada School of Medicine as chair of the pathology department and Nevada Cancer Institute chief of pathology, is part of a team that has a paper on transgenic mouse mammary tumors with direct relevance to human breast cancer published in the October 22 issue of the scientific journal Nature.

24 Oct 2009

IMRIS sells IMRISNV to Connecticut-based Yale-New Haven Hospital

IMRIS Inc. ("IMRIS" or the "Company") today announced the sale of IMRISNV to Connecticut-based Yale-New Haven Hospital (the "Hospital"), the primary teaching hospital for the Yale School of Medicine.

24 Oct 2009

Optical system for simultaneous imaging electrical and metabolic quantities in the heart

Cardiac rhythm disorders can result from disturbances in cardiac metabolism. These metabolic changes are tightly linked with specific cardiac electrophysiology (CEP) abnormalities, such as depressed excitability, impaired intra- and extracellular conductivities, wave propagation block, and alteration of conduction velocity, action potential amplitude, and duration.

24 Oct 2009

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Researchers elucidate the effect of nutritional parameters in long-term PPI therapy

TV program shares insights on epilepsy, diagnosis and treatment

Supermodels' tips for matching glasses with face shapes

Accelify enhances its products to ensure compliance and revenue maximization

Obama Administration applauded for highlighting importance of offering dairy products in schools

Race to raise awareness about breast cancer at the Pyramids of Giza

Hypothalamic dysfunction can cause Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Reverse mortgages help seniors retain their homes

Select Medical Holdings Corporation receives exercise of underwriters' over-allotment option notice

Naviscan to present clinical trail results of new tools for breast cancer treatment

New nucleic acid test to screen donated blood for HIV-1 Group M RNA approved

FDA issues emergency use authorization for peramivir anti-viral drug

Unilife Medical Solutions accepts US$5.2 million to create 241 new jobs in York County

Revenue Cycle Management: White paper released by XIFIN to help labs maximize valuations

Maxim Health Systems cancels all flu shot clinics at retail locations

Emodin raises hope for treatment of fibrotic liver diseases

FDA to standardize front-of-package criteria, Smart Choices Program postpones active operations

Study on Pten's tumour suppressive functions published

IMRIS sells IMRISNV to Connecticut-based Yale-New Haven Hospital

Optical system for simultaneous imaging electrical and metabolic quantities in the heart

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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