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Cheering for your favorite baseball team: Is it hazardous to your health?

A study, led by cardiologist, Dr. Franklin Zimmerman of Columbia University, will use an ambulatory blood pressure monitor (ABPM) to determine whether cheering for your favorite baseball team is hazardous to your health.

21 Oct 2009

Genzyme commences patient enrollment in Genz-112638 phase 3 trials

Genzyme Corporation today announced that the company has begun enrollment in the first of two global, multi-center, phase 3 trials of Genz-112638, a potential new oral therapy for Gaucher disease type 1. The two multi-national, multi-center trials are being conducted to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the small molecule.

21 Oct 2009

UT Physicians to open new multi-specialty clinic in Sienna Village by 2010

Weaver, Davis & Jacob (WDJ) Realty Group, a full-service commercial real estate company specializing in mixed-use property development, announced today that UT Physicians, the medical group practice of The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, has entered into a lease agreement for 8,882 square feet with plans to expand to 24,000 square feet at Sienna Village in Missouri City, TX.

21 Oct 2009

U.S. food aid policy to be more flexible, Clinton, Vilsack say

"The Obama administration wants more flexibility in how it allocates food aid dollars to complement its new strategy to help small farmers in poor countries boost their food production," according to a conference call Friday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Reuters reports.

21 Oct 2009

Interim report from Medivir

Medivir designated another candidate drug (CD), MIV-711 in its osteoporosis portfolio, thus enhancing its commercial opportunities.

21 Oct 2009

SMART Modular Technologies to provide solid-state drives for MSU program

SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc. ("SMART" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SMOD), a leading independent manufacturer of memory modules, solid state drives, embedded computing subsystems, and TFT-LCD display products, today announced that it has been selected by Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) to provide solid-state drives (SSDs) for use in its Mass Storage Unit (MSU) program.

21 Oct 2009

Autobiography of a cardiologist "Doctor of the Heart" published

Doctor of the Heart: My Life in Medicine is the autobiography of Isadore Rosenfeld, MD, world-renowned cardiologist, best-selling author, and popular television commentator. Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Dr. Rosenfeld's book is a remarkable account of his long and extraordinary career (www.liebertpub.com/heart).

21 Oct 2009

CI Index of cancer immunotherapy stocks increases 80% during quarter; two companies lead CI index

The Cancer Immunotherapy Index of ten leading cancer immunotherapy stocks has increased 80% during its first three months of measurement. The CI Index as a whole trades for 10% of estimated future revenues.

21 Oct 2009

Sentillion bags contract from BTUH to implement its SSO solution

After demonstrating how quickly and easily its single sign-on (SSO) solution, expreSSO™, integrates with all types of healthcare applications, Sentillion today announced that it was awarded a contract with Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTUH). BTUH is currently deploying expreSSO in two clinical departments and will begin its enterprise deployment later this month.

21 Oct 2009

Oxygen Biotherapeutics announces its expanded product development plan

Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. announced its expanded product development plan.

21 Oct 2009

American Association for Homecare commends bipartisan lawmakers

The American Association for Homecare praised a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives for backing introduction of H.R. 3790, a bill to eliminate the controversial, deeply flawed "competitive" bidding program for durable medical equipment and services in Medicare.

21 Oct 2009

APP Pharmaceuticals to launch Chlorothiazide Sodium for Injection

APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals Holding, Inc., announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market Chlorothiazide Sodium for Injection, USP. APP expects to launch Chlorothiazide Sodium for Injection, USP in the fourth quarter of 2009.

21 Oct 2009

Comparative Effectiveness Research: One way to beat the competition

A higher percentage of companies are using Comparative Effectiveness Research to help with pricing and reimbursement decisions, according to new research from Cutting Edge Information.

21 Oct 2009

Otsuka Pharmaceutical acquires newly issued common shares of MethylGene

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. based in Japan, announces that on October 20, 2009, pursuant to the private placement disclosed on October 14, 2009, it acquired 3,686,182 newly issued common shares of MethylGene Inc. Following the closing of this private placement, Otsuka Pharmaceutical owns 9.12% of the issued and outstanding common shares of MethylGene.

21 Oct 2009

Summit to highlight multi-system interoperability and transparency for safer US food supply chain

Colorado-based Traceability Institute announced today the dates of the first executive summit designed to initiate consensus to achieve multi-system interoperability with the goal of accomplishing a more sustainable and safer US food supply chain.

21 Oct 2009

New report examines the health care status quo that has left employees at risk of losing their insurance

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills today released a new report, Insurance at Risk: Small Business Employees Risk Losing Coverage. The report examines the health care status quo that has left employees at risk of losing their insurance and underscores the financial difficulties small businesses face when providing health insurance to their employees. The complete report is available now at www.HealthReform.gov.

21 Oct 2009

New tools needed to identify men and women at risk for the most aggressive cancers

Twenty years of screening for breast and prostate cancer - the most diagnosed cancer for women and men - have not brought the anticipated decline in deaths from these diseases, argue experts from the University of California, San Francisco and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in an opinion piece published in the "Journal of the American Medical Association."

21 Oct 2009

Contribution of glycosaminoglycans to skeletal abnormalities in patients with lysosomal storage diseases demonstrated

A group led by Dr. Dieter Br-mme at the University of British Columbia has demonstrated that glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) contribute to skeletal abnormalities in patients with lysosomal storage diseases. Their report can be found in the November 2009 issue of The American Journal of Pathology.

21 Oct 2009

Weekly Digest releases report on investment opportunities in connection with the H1N1 outbreak

Weekly Digest (http://www.bullmarket.com/digest), a free investment research publication, announced the publication of a special report on investment opportunities in connection with the H1N1 "Swine Flu" Outbreak, including updated outlooks for GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi-Aventis, Novartis, Baxter International, Roche Holding and several others.

21 Oct 2009

Researchers study reading and written comprehension skills of deaf youngsters

A group of researchers at Seville University, headed by Isabel de los Reyes Rodríguez Ortiz, is analysing the reading comprehension processes of deaf youngsters, a factor closely linked to their level of expression, both verbal and using sign language.

21 Oct 2009