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Verizon Foundation awards $10,000 grant to The Wellness Community of the East Bay

The Wellness Community of the East Bay has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon, to fund the use of technology to identify the best community-based psychological and social support and education strategies for cancer patients and their families.

23 Oct 2009

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Onyx Pharmaceuticals start Phase 3 trial to evaluate Nexavar tablets

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the companies have begun enrolling patients in an international Phase 3 trial to evaluate Nexavar® (sorafenib) tablets for the treatment of patients with radioactive iodine-refractory, locally advanced or metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer.

23 Oct 2009

Study shows appropriate use of CRRT improves AKI patient outcomes

A study appearing today in the New England Journal of Medicine adds to the growing body of evidence supporting continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) as the therapy of choice for treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI) patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).

23 Oct 2009

Vidacare to release results of validation study on its OnControl Bone Marrow System

Vidacare Corporation has completed an analysis and is releasing the results of a validation study on its OnControl™ Bone Marrow System, the first effort in decades to improve the safety, control, and comfort of bone marrow aspiration and biopsy procedures.

23 Oct 2009

Number of diabetic patients on the rise; figures could reach to 440 million by 2030

Newly published data from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) show that number of people with diabetes continues to grow unchecked. The figures reveal that, if action is not taken to change the path of the epidemic, the numbers of people with diabetes will be close to 440 million by 2030.

23 Oct 2009

Texas and U.S. homecare groups praise bipartisan bill; say bidding program may reduce quality patient care

The Texas Alliance for Home Care Services and the American Association for Homecare praised a bipartisan bill in Congress, H.R. 3790, to eliminate the deeply flawed "competitive" bidding program for durable medical equipment and services in Medicare.

23 Oct 2009

Decision Resources predicts TNF-alpha inhibitors to dominate rheumatoid arthritis treatment

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha inhibitors will continue to dominate first- and second-line biologic therapy for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in the United States through 2011, but the more established branded drugs such as, Centocor Ortho Biotech's Remicade, Abbott's Humira and Amgen/Wyeth's Enbrel, in this class will face competition from newer entrants.

23 Oct 2009

Community based initiative to help combat obesity and promote healthy lifestyles

President Bill Clinton made a special appearance on October 10 to open the Weight Watchers Presents Fun and Fit in the City -- at the Harlem Children's Zone in Harlem, NY. Part of the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival, the free community based initiative -- which drew over 800 attendees -- was created to help combat obesity and provide practical tips for families to follow healthier lifestyles.

23 Oct 2009

Sinovac Biotech to distribute PANFLU.1 vaccine in Mexico

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NYSE Amex: SVA), a leading developer and provider of vaccines in China, today announced that it has received a Certificate of Approval from the Secretaria de Salud to distribute PANFLU.1, its H1N1 pandemic influenza (swine flu) vaccine, in Mexico. The certificate is valid through October 13, 2014.

23 Oct 2009

UC Riverside researchers create stable "abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes"

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have successfully created in the laboratory a class of carbenes, highly reactive molecules, used to make catalysts - substances that facilitate chemical reactions. Until now, chemists believed these carbenes, called "abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes" or aNHCs, were impossible to make.

23 Oct 2009

Vasamed partners with BBHOP for peripheral arterial disease research

On Saturday, November 7, 2009 Vasamed Inc., provider of diagnostic technologies that detect peripheral arterial disease in patients with diabetes, will partner with the Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program (BBHOP) in its mission to help African Americans identify the connection between peripheral arterial disease (PAD), diabetes, obesity and hypertension through early detection and referral to appropriate medical resources.

23 Oct 2009

Antidepressant prescriptions are on the rise

A dramatic rise in antidepressant prescriptions issued by GPs has been caused by a year on year increase in the number of people taking antidepressant drugs on a long-term basis, according to researchers from the University of Southampton.

23 Oct 2009

NBCSL lauds the Veterans’ Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act

NBCSL President, Rep. Calvin Smyre (GA), applauds the Obama Administration’s efforts to improve health care for veterans. Today, President Barack Obama signed the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act, which provides one year of advance funding for veterans’ medical programs. The VA now has one year to plan how to best allocate funds and deliver care to returning veterans.

23 Oct 2009

Study: General anesthesia can cause brain injury in immature rats

Studies by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have shown that blocking the NMDA receptor in immature rats leads to profound, rapid brain injury and disruption of auditory function as the animals mature.

23 Oct 2009

Ambry Genetics awarded CSP status for Agilent's SureSelect Target Enrichment System

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Ambry Genetics today announced that Ambry is the first organization to achieve Certified Service Provider (CSP) status for Agilent's SureSelect Target Enrichment System for next-generation sequencing.

23 Oct 2009

Perot Systems to develop plans for Regional Health Information Platform in China

Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) (www.perotsystems.com) announced today that it has signed a healthcare information technology agreement with the Changsha Municipal Government in the Hunan Province of China.

23 Oct 2009

Dig Pink Volleyball Breast Cancer Awareness campaign to raise $1 million in support of breast cancer research

The Side-Out Foundation and its Dig Pink- Volleyball Breast Cancer Awareness campaign will launch a first of its kind clinical trial this month to examine the effects of individualized treatment on patients with metastatic breast cancer.

23 Oct 2009

Yissum Research Development signs long-term multi-project collaboration agreement with Roche

Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd., the technology transfer arm of the University, today announced that it has signed a long-term multi-project research and license collaboration agreement with Roche.

23 Oct 2009

OIS EyeScan and OIS Symphony Digital Reporter systems to feature at AAO Annual Meeting

Ophthalmic Imaging Systems ("OIS" or "the Company") (OTCBB: OISI), a leading digital imaging and informatics company, today announced that it will launch two new products and improvements to the OIS EMR and OIS PM solutions at the American Academy of Ophthalmology's (AAO) 113th Annual Meeting, being held October 24 - 27, 2009, at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, CA.

23 Oct 2009

Biotie Therapies enters into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement with YA Global Master

Biotie Therapies Corp. has entered into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement ("SEDA") with YA Global Master SPV Ltd. a fund managed by Yorkville Advisors, LLC of Jersey City, New Jersey, USA ("Yorkville").

23 Oct 2009

Medical News

Verizon Foundation awards $10,000 grant to The Wellness Community of the East Bay

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Onyx Pharmaceuticals start Phase 3 trial to evaluate Nexavar tablets

Study shows appropriate use of CRRT improves AKI patient outcomes

Vidacare to release results of validation study on its OnControl Bone Marrow System

Number of diabetic patients on the rise; figures could reach to 440 million by 2030

Texas and U.S. homecare groups praise bipartisan bill; say bidding program may reduce quality patient care

Decision Resources predicts TNF-alpha inhibitors to dominate rheumatoid arthritis treatment

Community based initiative to help combat obesity and promote healthy lifestyles

Sinovac Biotech to distribute PANFLU.1 vaccine in Mexico

UC Riverside researchers create stable "abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes"

Vasamed partners with BBHOP for peripheral arterial disease research

Antidepressant prescriptions are on the rise

NBCSL lauds the Veterans’ Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act

Study: General anesthesia can cause brain injury in immature rats

Ambry Genetics awarded CSP status for Agilent's SureSelect Target Enrichment System

Perot Systems to develop plans for Regional Health Information Platform in China

Dig Pink Volleyball Breast Cancer Awareness campaign to raise $1 million in support of breast cancer research

Yissum Research Development signs long-term multi-project collaboration agreement with Roche

OIS EyeScan and OIS Symphony Digital Reporter systems to feature at AAO Annual Meeting

Biotie Therapies enters into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement with YA Global Master

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