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Data undermining Thai HIV vaccine trial not reported, AHF disappointed

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider in the US which now provides treatment and services for more than 110,000 individuals in 21 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, expressed frustration and disappointment at the news that data that seriously undermines a widely reported Thai HIV vaccine trial were not released publicly when other, more favorable data from the vaccine trial were publicly reported late last month.

12 Oct 2009

New journal focuses on therapeutic hypothermia and its applications in cardiology and neurotrauma

Therapeutic Hypothermia, a new online open access peer-reviewed journal, will focus on medical treatment which lowers a patient's body temperature to help reduce the risk of ischemic injury to tissues following a period of insufficient blood flow.

12 Oct 2009

Press Ganey releases report on home care patient satisfaction

Home health care providers serve many chronically ill patients in the country, and a new report released today finds an upward trend in overall home care patient satisfaction. Press Ganey Associates, Inc., the leading provider of healthcare improvement solutions, has announced the results of the annual 2009 Home Care Pulse Report: Patient Perspectives on American Health Care.

12 Oct 2009

Eat Right America Nutrition Prescription Solution on ShopNBC

ShopNBC, the premium lifestyle brand in electronic retailing, today announced the launch of the "Eat Right America" show series on its multi-channel platform this Saturday, October 10 at 2 am, 8 am, and 3 pm ET.

12 Oct 2009

Vaccination against HPV will help decrease cervical cancer death rate in India

Although a wide spectrum of human papillomavirus is seen across the population of India, HPV-16 and HPV-18 are the most common types and a vaccination targeting these types could eliminate 75 percent of the cervical cancers in the region, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research Meeting.

12 Oct 2009

Federal stimulus funds for comparative-effectiveness research in cancer

Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Group Health Research Institute and the University of Washington schools of Public Health and Pharmacy have been selected to lead four projects backed by approximately $16 million in federal stimulus funding for comparative-effectiveness research in cancer.

12 Oct 2009

New device minimizes brain damage by speeding the delivery of post-stroke countermeasures

A new device from NeuroInterventions, Inc., is designed to minimize brain damage by dramatically speeding the delivery of post-stroke countermeasures.

12 Oct 2009

Business update from Cardima

Cardima, Inc., a medical device company focused on the diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation (“AF”), is providing the following update on its progress, recent activities and upcoming milestones.

12 Oct 2009

Jason Beans, CEO of Rising Medical Solutions discusses logical solutions for healthcare reform

Jason Beans, CEO of Rising Medical Solutions, Inc. (Rising), a leading medical-financial solutions organization, discusses logical solutions needed for healthcare reform in his latest interview on the topic for OurBlook.com - an online community dedicated to dialogue and debate to get new ideas into the public sphere.

12 Oct 2009

U.S. women with RA feel less self-confident in their sex-life, reveals survey

A new survey of U.S. women living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) published today reveals that RA has a clear emotional impact on people living with the disease, with loss of self-confidence seen in their sex lives, in the workplace, and in their social lives.

12 Oct 2009

VitalWear partners with XBACK Bracing Services to deliver innovative products

VitalWear, Inc. (www.vitalwear.com), a leader in thermal compression medical devices announced that they have formed a partnership with XBACK Bracing Services (www.xbackbrace.com) revolutionizing the bracing and thermal therapy markets. (www.thexbackvwsolution.com)

12 Oct 2009

MDMA opposes medical device tax as part of the health care reform bills

Yesterday, the Medical Device Manufacturers Association Board of Directors met and unanimously voted to oppose any device tax as part of the health care reform bills moving through Congress.

12 Oct 2009

FDA advisory committee reviews Fibrocell Science's azfibrocel-T for treating wrinkles

Fibrocell Science, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee reviewed azfibrocel-T, an autologous cell therapy being investigated for the treatment of moderate to severe nasolabial fold wrinkles in adults.

12 Oct 2009

Compounds that bock nutrient-sensing receptor may impact obesity and diabetic conditions

According to new research from the Monell Center and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, certain common herbicides and lipid-lowering fibrate drugs act in humans to block T1R3, a nutrient-sensing taste receptor also present in intestine and pancreas.

12 Oct 2009

Pieris reports its progress in the development of PRS-050

Pieris AG, the biopharmaceutical company developing Anticalins as a novel class of targeted human protein therapeutics, today reported continued progress in development of its lead therapeutic program for the clinic.

12 Oct 2009

Researchers find how KEAP1 tumor suppressor works

A tumor-suppressing protein snatches up an important cancer-promoting enzyme and tags it with molecules that condemn it to destruction, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports this week in the journal Molecular Cell.

12 Oct 2009

Rural Americans with heart disease at risk of impending Medicare cuts

Medicare regulatory changes expected to be finalized in November - but overshadowed by the partisan bluster of the ongoing health care debate - pose an imminent threat to 80 million patients in America suffering from heart disease, especially for the nearly one in four Americans over the age of 65 living in rural areas.

12 Oct 2009

Elbit Imaging sells its subsidiary's shares to Polish institutional investors

Elbit Imaging Ltd. ("Elbit") announces today that on October 9 ,2009 it sold a total of 4,794,292 ordinary shares of it subsidiary, Plaza Centers N.V., (LSE: PLAZ) (WSE: PLAZ/PLAZACNTR) ("Plaza"), to a number of Polish institutional investors.

12 Oct 2009

Detroit jury indicts alleged perpetrators of X-Press Center $2.3M Medicare fraud scheme

Three Miami-Dade County, Fla., residents have been indicted in connection with an alleged $2.3 million Medicare fraud scheme operated out of X-Press Center, a Detroit-area clinic that purported to specialize in providing injection and infusion therapies, Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Terrence Berg and Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced today.

12 Oct 2009

Federal grant to boost food and feed safety initiatives

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has awarded 83 grants in FY2009 totaling $17.5 million to state and local regulatory agencies to boost food and feed safety initiatives among federal, state, and local partners.

12 Oct 2009