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Researchers use biotechnological tools to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease

No one has yet found a cure or a way to prevent people from developing Alzheimer's disease. Researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, among others, are breaking new ground in biotechnology to find new tools that can help provide new solutions.

20 Oct 2009

ImPACKD calls for raising awareness about the risks of calcium overuse in CKD patients

Most Canadians living with CKD have likely never spoken with their physicians about calcium and the serious health risks associated with its overuse. This is why Improving Patient Advocacy in Chronic Kidney Disease (ImPACKD), a group of CKD patients and caregivers committed to raising awareness about the risks of calcium overuse, is starting the conversation about the importance of knowing the limits and keeping them in check.

20 Oct 2009

Smoothduck releases new Windows software to speed up file search

Smoothduck Inc. has just released its new Windows software product, Where'sMyStuff?, designed to simplify and speed the tasks of finding and organizing files on PCs.

20 Oct 2009

Vertos Medical raises $15.5 million for U.S. commercialization of the company’s "mild" technology

Medical device company Vertos Medical, Inc., developer of the mild® procedure for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), today announced it has completed a $15.5 million Series D financing. New investor, ONSET Ventures, led the round with additional participation from existing Vertos investors CHL Medical Partners, Foundation Medical Partners, Aweida Venture Partners and DFJ Mercury.

20 Oct 2009

Pfizer announces fiscal 2009 third-quarter results

Pfizer Inc. today reported financial results for third-quarter 2009. Revenues were $11.6 billion, a decrease of 3% compared with $12.0 billion in the year-ago quarter.

20 Oct 2009

Women without HOXA13 gene mutation need not be subjected to X-rays

Hugh S. Taylor, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale, and colleagues have found that women without mutations of the HOXA13 gene do not need to be subjected to x-rays and other tests for a rare condition called hand-foot genital syndrome. The research is presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) scientific meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-21.

20 Oct 2009

TechniScan becomes publicly traded company through reverse merger with Castillo

TechniScan, Inc. (OTCBB: TSNI) (“TechniScan” or the “Company”), a medical device company engaged in the development and commercialization of an automated breast ultrasound imaging system, has become a publicly traded company through a reverse merger with and into Castillo, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

20 Oct 2009

Merck Frosst Canada announces the use of ISENTRESS for treating HIV-1 infected adults

Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. is pleased to announce that (Pr)ISENTRESS(R) (raltegravir) is now indicated for use in treatment-naïve HIV-1 infected adults in combination with other antiretroviral agents.

20 Oct 2009

Boehringer Ingelheim continues providing non assert declarations to manufacture HIV/AIDS medicines

Boehringer Ingelheim continues to be willing to provide WHO qualified generic pharmaceutical companies non assert declarations to manufacturer and export products containing the HIV/AIDS medication nevirapine to Rwanda and other defined developing countries.

20 Oct 2009

TechnoVax receives NIH grant to further the development of its VLP-based, vaccine program

TechnoVax, Inc., a biotechnology developer of novel vaccines was awarded a three-year $2.9 million SBIR phase II grant from the National Institutes of Health to further the development of its VLP-based, vaccine program.

20 Oct 2009

Biogen Idec announces total revenues of $1.12 billion for third quarter 2009

Biogen Idec Inc., a global biotechnology leader in the discovery, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of innovative therapies, today reported its third quarter 2009 results.

20 Oct 2009

Meeting to discuss latest information on anti-aging medicine and euthanasia

America's foremost authorities on aging will share the latest information on "death panels," anti-aging medicine, health care reform, and other current topics at The Gerontological Society of America's upcoming 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting. This four day event - the country's largest interdisciplinary conference in the field of aging - will take place from November 18 to 22 in Atlanta, GA. Media representatives can register free of charge.

20 Oct 2009

First Edition: October 20, 2009

A new poll finds increased support for a public insurance plan in health reform just as Senate leaders discuss and debate in closed door meetings the various versions of this approach that might still draw enough votes to gain passage.

20 Oct 2009

GlaxoSmithKline to allow Apotex continue manufacturing their drug in Rwanda

GlaxoSmithKline Inc. (GSK) As part of its broad commitment to improving access to medicines and its ongoing support for Canada's Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR), GlaxoSmithKline confirms it will not object - through CAMR - to allow Canadian company (Apotex) to continue manufacturing their drug for the treatment of HIV/AIDS in Rwanda.

20 Oct 2009

Sudan Now campaign commends U.S. policy in support of a sustainable peace in Sudan

The Sudan Now campaign, which comprises several human rights and anti-genocide groups, commends the Obama Administration for constructing a clear statement of U.S. policy in support of a sustainable peace in Sudan. However, the Administration's diplomatic efforts to date have led member organizations to question whether the policy, as articulated today, will be fully implemented in the days ahead.

20 Oct 2009

Alberta revises its cervical cancer screening guideline

Alberta has revised its Cervical Cancer Screening Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) based on new technologies and epidemiologic evidence from Alberta and internationally.

20 Oct 2009

Tyrian Diagnostics and BD end collaboration to develop a Point-of-Care test for TB diagnosis

Tyrian Diagnostics Limited announced today that Tyrian and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) will not continue their collaboration to develop a Point-of-Care (PoC) test for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis (TB).

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 20 Oct 2009

Unemployed nurses are switching to RN health coach careers

Although the contagious economic epidemic is killing off nursing jobs, the thriving RN health coach sector appears to be immune. Many underpaid or unemployed nurses are transitioning into the booming health coach field with help from L.I.T.E. Therapeutics -- a leading provider of health coaches with nursing backgrounds.

20 Oct 2009

Unitedhealth announces third quarter results; reports growth in revenues and net earnings

UnitedHealth Group reported third quarter results today, including growth in revenues and net earnings and a continued strong financial position.

20 Oct 2009

“Second Opinion” from healthcare professionals on how to fix the healthcare system

More than 100 doctors and healthcare professionals will be in Washington, DC, to give the President, legislators, and the American people a “Second Opinion” on how to fix our healthcare system. Representing the more than 10,000 members of the Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights, these healthcare professionals from across the country will give legislators their frontline perspective of what needs to be fixed in healthcare – and what doesn’t.

20 Oct 2009

Medical News

Researchers use biotechnological tools to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease

ImPACKD calls for raising awareness about the risks of calcium overuse in CKD patients

Smoothduck releases new Windows software to speed up file search

Vertos Medical raises $15.5 million for U.S. commercialization of the company’s "mild" technology

Pfizer announces fiscal 2009 third-quarter results

Women without HOXA13 gene mutation need not be subjected to X-rays

TechniScan becomes publicly traded company through reverse merger with Castillo

Merck Frosst Canada announces the use of ISENTRESS for treating HIV-1 infected adults

Boehringer Ingelheim continues providing non assert declarations to manufacture HIV/AIDS medicines

TechnoVax receives NIH grant to further the development of its VLP-based, vaccine program

Biogen Idec announces total revenues of $1.12 billion for third quarter 2009

Meeting to discuss latest information on anti-aging medicine and euthanasia

First Edition: October 20, 2009

GlaxoSmithKline to allow Apotex continue manufacturing their drug in Rwanda

Sudan Now campaign commends U.S. policy in support of a sustainable peace in Sudan

Alberta revises its cervical cancer screening guideline

Tyrian Diagnostics and BD end collaboration to develop a Point-of-Care test for TB diagnosis

Unemployed nurses are switching to RN health coach careers

Unitedhealth announces third quarter results; reports growth in revenues and net earnings

“Second Opinion” from healthcare professionals on how to fix the healthcare system

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