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University of Leeds and Martin House collaborate to study children’s’ palliative care data

A partnership between researchers at the University of Leeds and Martin House Children's Hospice has resulted in the world's first comprehensive study of palliative care received by children and young people.

13 Nov 2009

NQF releases the QDS framework for defining data necessary to measure performance in patient care

The National Quality Forum (NQF) announced today the release of the Quality Data Set (QDS), a common technological framework for defining clinical data necessary to measure performance and accelerate improvement in patients' quality of care. The QDS framework provides a standardized set of data that should be captured in patients' electronic health records and is applicable to all care settings a patient is likely to use in his or her lifetime.

13 Nov 2009

New Satellite Dialysis center to serve patients affected with CKD opened

Satellite Healthcare, one of the nation's first and leading providers of kidney dialysis services and a major sponsor of nephrology research, today announced the opening of a new Satellite Dialysis center in Tracy, CA.

13 Nov 2009

Alternative proposal from HSPH to AAFP for developing web content on beverages

Leading Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) nutrition and health researcher Walter Willett, M.D., Dr. P.H., has written a letter to the President-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) offering an alternative to the organization's decision, announced in October, to accept a six-figure grant from the Coca-Cola Company to develop web content on beverages and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

13 Nov 2009

RemedyMD launches first nationwide diabetes registry

RemedyMD (www.RemedyMD.com), the leading provider of Patient registry software, today announced the first nationwide Type 2 Diabetes registry to help clinicians and researchers identify which interventions are most appropriate for specific patient populations.

13 Nov 2009

SpinalMotion submits Kineflex lumbar artificial disc PMA to FDA

SpinalMotion, developer of the investigational Kineflex® lumbar and Kineflex/C® cervical disc implants for treating patients with degenerative disc disease (DDD), today reported that it has submitted the Pre-Market Approval (PMA) to FDA for the Kineflex lumbar artificial disc

13 Nov 2009

PKCI/HINT1 gene associated with mood regulation

Removing the PKCI/HINT1 gene from mice has an anti-depressant-like and anxiolytic-like effect. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience applied a battery of behavioral tests to the PKCI/HINT1 knockout animals, concluding that the deleted gene may have an important role in mood regulation.

13 Nov 2009

Idaho's U.S. Representatives oppose HR 3962: AARP disappointed

AARP is disappointed Idaho's U.S. Representatives chose to oppose the legislation, ignoring the worsening health care crisis in their home state.

13 Nov 2009

Scientists to develop a treatment for rare genetic disorder, FOP

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, is taking the first step in developing a treatment for a rare genetic disorder called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), in which the body's skeletal muscles and soft connective tissue turns to bone, immobilizing patients over a lifetime with a second skeleton.

13 Nov 2009

DFG to strengthen its support for young researchers, approves establishment of 11 new Research Training Groups

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has intensified its efforts to strengthen its support of young researchers. At its fall session in Bonn, the responsible Grants Committee of Germany's central research funding organisation approved the establishment of eleven new Research Training Groups. In these groups, doctoral researchers can earn their doctorates in a structured research and qualification programme.

13 Nov 2009

Reid's option: Individuals earning more than $250,000 a year to pay a modest increase in payroll tax

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reportedly is moving closer toward a progressive way to fund quality, affordable health care for all.

13 Nov 2009

Health Canada approves ONGLYZA for type 2 diabetes treatment

Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada and AstraZeneca Canada today announced that Health Canada has approved ONGLYZA(TM) (saxagliptin) which improves all three key measures of glycemic control - hemoglobin A1c (A1c), fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and post-prandial glucose (PPG) - when taken in combination with other commonly used oral anti-diabetic agents (metformin or a sulfonylurea).

13 Nov 2009

Vanderbilt University researchers study role of statins in reducing flu-related deaths

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers are studying statins, the class of drugs long associated with lowering cholesterol, as a way to reduce H1N1-related deaths.

13 Nov 2009

Galapagos third quarter 2009 financial results in line with management expectations

Galapagos NV announces today that third quarter 2009 operational and financial results were in line with management expectations. These results encourage the Company to retain full year guidance of EUR 100 million revenues, a growth of 30% compared to 2008. Galapagos' service division BioFocus will significantly increase its cash contribution to the Group result for the full year 2009.

13 Nov 2009

Study: Coffee might be effective to fight against colon cancer

A compound in coffee has been found to be estrogenic in studies by Texas AgriLife Research scientists.

13 Nov 2009

Suneva Medical commends Trilogy Education for conducting a two-day dermal filler training course for nurses

With the growing use of dermal fillers, ensuring patient safety and satisfaction has never been more important. Dermatology and plastic surgery nurse practitioners continue to play a vital role in managing, educating and interacting with patients. A 2009 study of dermatology nurse practitioners estimates that the average number of patients nurse practitioners see each year totals six hundred million.

13 Nov 2009

Clinical Care Options to provide online continuing medical education in "The Oncology Portal"

Clinical Care Options (CCO), a leader in the development of innovative interactive online, print, and live medical education for healthcare professionals, today announced its exclusive collaboration with Oncology Today(TM), a wholly owned subsidiary of US Oncology, Inc., to be the provider of online continuing medical education (CME) for the newly formed US Oncology's online clinician community, "The Oncology Portal."

13 Nov 2009

Mechanical ventilation damages lungs, says scientist

As more Canadians are diagnosed with H1N1 influenza infection, some will be admitted to hospital. The most severely affected may be treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) and placed on a mechanical ventilator to help them breathe while they recover from the infection.

13 Nov 2009

Laser expert develops new technique for hair removal in ethnic skin types

Dr. Jay Kulkin, MD, internationally recognized laser expert and Fellow of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (highest designation), has successfully developed a laser technique making laser hair removal burns in ethnic skin types a thing of the past.

13 Nov 2009

Breast cancer patients who undergo fertility preservation need not delay treatment

A new study published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that breast cancer patients under 40 years old who undergo fertility preservation do not face a significant delay in the treatment of their disease when their care is coordinated in a timely fashion.

13 Nov 2009

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University of Leeds and Martin House collaborate to study children’s’ palliative care data

NQF releases the QDS framework for defining data necessary to measure performance in patient care

New Satellite Dialysis center to serve patients affected with CKD opened

Alternative proposal from HSPH to AAFP for developing web content on beverages

RemedyMD launches first nationwide diabetes registry

SpinalMotion submits Kineflex lumbar artificial disc PMA to FDA

PKCI/HINT1 gene associated with mood regulation

Idaho's U.S. Representatives oppose HR 3962: AARP disappointed

Scientists to develop a treatment for rare genetic disorder, FOP

DFG to strengthen its support for young researchers, approves establishment of 11 new Research Training Groups

Reid's option: Individuals earning more than $250,000 a year to pay a modest increase in payroll tax

Health Canada approves ONGLYZA for type 2 diabetes treatment

Vanderbilt University researchers study role of statins in reducing flu-related deaths

Galapagos third quarter 2009 financial results in line with management expectations

Study: Coffee might be effective to fight against colon cancer

Suneva Medical commends Trilogy Education for conducting a two-day dermal filler training course for nurses

Clinical Care Options to provide online continuing medical education in "The Oncology Portal"

Mechanical ventilation damages lungs, says scientist

Laser expert develops new technique for hair removal in ethnic skin types

Breast cancer patients who undergo fertility preservation need not delay treatment

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