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Logical Therapeutics to present its clinical study results on LT-NS001

Logical Therapeutics, Inc. (Logical), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing products that treat medical conditions associated with inflammation, has been selected to present the results of its clinical study comparing the gastrointestinal (GI) safety of its lead product LT-NS001, vs. naproxen at the American College of Gastroenterology's (ACG) Annual Scientific Meeting on October 27, 2009.

21 Oct 2009

5-year global cooperative agreement awarded to IntraHealth International

IntraHealth International has been awarded a new 5-year global cooperative agreement, with a $300 million ceiling, by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve the quality of health services in the developing world by strengthening the health care workforce.

21 Oct 2009

Pfizer announces first recipient of its Ripples of Hope Trainee Award in Mental Health

Pfizer Canada is pleased to announce Valeria Uribe as the first recipient of the newly established Pfizer Ripples of Hope Trainee Award in Mental Health. Ms. Uribe is currently working towards a Masters in Science at the University of British Columbia in her pursuit of a career in neuroscience.

21 Oct 2009

Innovative way to keep produce and flowers fresh for longer periods of time

Did you know that millions of tons of fruits and vegetables in the United States end up in the trash can before being eaten, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture?

21 Oct 2009

Cambrex wins the CPhI Innovation Award for its Continuous-Flow Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis technology

Cambrex Corporation announced today that it won the Silver Innovation Award at the 2009 CPhI Event for its Continuous-Flow Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis (CFMAOS) technology. The award was accepted by Dr. Jayne E. Muir (Market Research & New Technologies - Europe), who presented the technology to a panel of judges at this important pharmaceutical ingredients exhibition in Madrid, Spain on October 13, 2009.

21 Oct 2009

IMS Health to retain Foros Securities as its financial advisor

IMS Health, the world’s leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today announced that it is exploring a variety of strategic alternatives. The Company further stated that as part of the process the Board of Directors has formed a committee, which has retained Foros Securities LLC as its financial advisor.

21 Oct 2009

California Biotechnology Foundation launches new website and workforce directory

The California Biotechnology Foundation (CBF) today launched a new website www.cabiotech.org and unveiled a newly published workforce and education directory to help boost employment in the life sciences industry and to promote the biotechnology industry as a potential career choice for students.

21 Oct 2009

Omni Home agrees to pay the United States $1.97 million to settle claims

Omni Home Care, a home health care agency in Evansville, Ind., and its parent corporation, Omni Home Health, have agreed to pay the United States $1.97 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act between 2006 and 2008, by failing to obtain certain required physician approvals before submitting bills for home health services to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today.

21 Oct 2009

People living with diabetes to increase up to 435 million by 2030

The latest International Diabetes Federation (IDF) data reveals that over 285 million people worldwide now live with diabetes and this number will explode to 435 million by 2030. This staggering figure does not capture the toll the disease takes on the individual. Unlike other diseases, people with diabetes are responsible for 95% of their own care and many are doing so without the proper skills and knowledge to do so.

21 Oct 2009

Rural doctors, administrators push for health reform to include safeguards against Rx drug abuse

An increase in prescription drug fraud has caused doctors and hospital administrators to call for legislation to provide stronger safeguards. They say that such measures are especially important to protect government programs such as Medicaid and that heath reform proposals should increase coverage for drug treatment and rehabilitation. They note that prescription drug abuse and Medicaid fraud are especially sensitive issues in rural areas that struggle to attract providers.

21 Oct 2009

GOP message: Democratic health reforms are bad for America

Politico: "Through the summer, congressional Republicans were able to stand back and let the health care debate play out around them — watching public support for the idea plummet amid bitter town halls and Democratic infighting." And even as the chances increase that "President Barack Obama will have a chance to sign a health reform bill, Republicans say they're content to stick by that strategy — believing they can define the Democratic plan as a bad mix of higher premiums, more taxes and cuts to Medicare. And that, they believe, is a winning formula for them in 2010."

21 Oct 2009

Aflac enhances its GSTD policy allowing businesses to offer competitive, quality benefits to employees

Managing the cost of employee benefits is one of the greatest challenges businesses face today. In fact, recent Aflac surveys of business owners found that 62 percent of respondents said it's more difficult than a year ago to offer strong benefits packages. At the same time, 60 percent of respondents said the productivity of their workforce declines when employees are dealing with an illness or accident in the family.

21 Oct 2009

Practical changes in school infrastructure can provide better environments for disabled students

NJIT Research Architect B. Lynn Hutchings believes that by making a few practical, effective and relatively inexpensive changes to school buildings, they can become better environments for students with severe physical, intellectual, and sensory disabilities.

21 Oct 2009

Swine flu treatments, safety issues prompt health workers to speak out

In anticipation of new swine flu cases, medical workers are looking for new ways help their patients - and protect themselves.

21 Oct 2009

Cook Medical launches new products for treating peripheral arterial disease

In a tour de force of new product development and introduction, Cook Medical is introducing six new products in parallel to provide better treatment options to the physicians treating the 27 million people worldwide* afflicted with some form of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and other diseases of the circulatory system.

21 Oct 2009

CHA urges California Nurses Association to promote vaccinations to all health care workers

The California Hospital Association (CHA) is engaged with hospitals and state and local public health officials in a voluntary statewide effort to ensure that all hospital workers -- including registered nurses -- are vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus.

21 Oct 2009

Americans who believe in equality are impulsive shoppers, says new study

A new study from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business finds that Americans who believe in equality are more-impulsive shoppers. And it has implications for how to market products differently in countries where shoppers are more likely to buy on impulse.

21 Oct 2009

Regenstrief Institute links emergency medical services providers with electronic medical records

Emergency medical responders typically know very little about the patients they treat at mass disasters, accident scenes, or other sites where an ambulance is dispatched for rapid response. That's true everyplace in the United States except Indianapolis, the capital of the most health-wired state in the nation.

21 Oct 2009

Novo Nordisk's Levemir not associated with increase in the incidence of cancer

A meta-analysis of clinical data published today in Diabetologia, the medical journal for the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), demonstrated that the Novo Nordisk long-acting insulin Levemir® (insulin detemir [rDNA origin] injection) was not associated with any increase in the incidence of cancer when compared to human insulin.

From Novo Nordisk 21 Oct 2009

Research may facilitate improved understanding of music perception in human nervous system

Music serves as a natural and non-invasive intervention for patients with severe neurological disorders to promote long-term memory, social interaction and communication. However, there is currently no plausible explanation of its neural basis for why and how music affects physical and psychosocial responses.

21 Oct 2009

Medical News

Logical Therapeutics to present its clinical study results on LT-NS001

5-year global cooperative agreement awarded to IntraHealth International

Pfizer announces first recipient of its Ripples of Hope Trainee Award in Mental Health

Innovative way to keep produce and flowers fresh for longer periods of time

Cambrex wins the CPhI Innovation Award for its Continuous-Flow Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis technology

IMS Health to retain Foros Securities as its financial advisor

California Biotechnology Foundation launches new website and workforce directory

Omni Home agrees to pay the United States $1.97 million to settle claims

People living with diabetes to increase up to 435 million by 2030

Rural doctors, administrators push for health reform to include safeguards against Rx drug abuse

GOP message: Democratic health reforms are bad for America

Aflac enhances its GSTD policy allowing businesses to offer competitive, quality benefits to employees

Practical changes in school infrastructure can provide better environments for disabled students

Swine flu treatments, safety issues prompt health workers to speak out

Cook Medical launches new products for treating peripheral arterial disease

CHA urges California Nurses Association to promote vaccinations to all health care workers

Americans who believe in equality are impulsive shoppers, says new study

Regenstrief Institute links emergency medical services providers with electronic medical records

Novo Nordisk's Levemir not associated with increase in the incidence of cancer

Research may facilitate improved understanding of music perception in human nervous system

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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