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Vice President Biden: More regulation for insurers will protect consumers, lower costs

President Biden weighed in on health reform at a meeting of state insurance commissioners Tuesday, saying tighter regulation on insurance companies must protect consumers and slow the rise in costs, The Washington Post reports.

24 Sep 2009

Scientist reveals that selecting optimal radiation dosage for a patient is possible

An international group of scientists has taken the first step on the road to targeting radiotherapy dosage to individual patients by means of their genetic characteristics, a radiation oncologist told Europe's largest cancer congress, ECCO 15 - ESMO 34, in Berlin today (Thursday September 24). Professor Dirk de Ruysscher, from Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands, said that his team's work might provide the basis for personalised radiotherapy in which, with a simple blood test, doctors may be able to select the optimal radiation dose for a particular patient.

24 Sep 2009

ACP Ethics Case Studies now available on MedscapeCME

A series of cases with commentaries by the American College of Physicians (ACP) Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee and the College's Center for Ethics and Professionalism are now available on MedscapeCME at http://cme.medscape.com/viewpublication/30131.

24 Sep 2009

PNNL Department of Energy researcher earns prestigious NIH Director's New Innovator Award

An analytical chemist at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been recognized with a National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award. The award will support Wei-Jun Qian's drive to make new research and clinical diagnostic tools that are dramatically more sensitive, reliable and faster than current technologies.

24 Sep 2009

Web-based education system improves awareness on cord blood preservation options

Despite significant efforts by government agencies, consumer advocacy groups and industry to educate expecting parents about the medical significance of cord blood stem cells and the options for preserving them, three out of every four pregnant women still consider themselves only "minimally informed." However, data presented at an international meeting on stem cell science and policy found that a proprietary, web-based education system developed by Cord Blood Registry could be an effective and efficient method for improving awareness about all cord blood preservation options.

24 Sep 2009

Palmetto GBA-TrailBlazer Health cover Renessa treatment of female SUI

Novasys Medical, Inc., a developer of innovative therapies in women's health, announced today that Palmetto GBA and TrailBlazer Health Enterprises, LLC -- two large regional Medicare carriers serving over 10.2 million beneficiaries in California, Nevada, Hawaii, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico and Virginia -- have agreed to cover the Renessa(R) treatment for female SUI (stress urinary incontinence) in appropriately selected patients with documented medical necessity.

24 Sep 2009

Federal Court decides in favour of Cook and W. L. Gore & Associates in patent infringement case

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation,the global leader in the science of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring, today announced the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a previous court decision in favor of Cook Inc. and W. L. Gore & Associates, finding the companies did not infringe Edwards' patents for modular or multi-part endovascular grafts for treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).

24 Sep 2009

New version of Adis R&D Insight global pipeline database launched

Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of market data and competitive intelligence to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, today introduced a powerful, new version of its popular Adis R&D Insight global pipeline database.

24 Sep 2009

'Promise of Nursing for Maryland' gala to counter nurse shortage

As part of its ongoing commitment to help alleviate the nursing shortage in Maryland and across the United States, The Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future will host the “Promise of Nursing for Maryland” gala on Thursday, September 24 to raise funds to help ease the shortage throughout the region. One hundred percent of the event’s proceeds will support regional nursing school grants, faculty fellowships and student scholarships.

24 Sep 2009

New report on CEL-SCI's H1N1 flu drug candidate

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors, has published a new report about CEL-SCI Corporation's new H1N1 flu drug candidate.

24 Sep 2009

Phase III efficacy trial of two AIDS vaccine candidates shows promise

The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) greeted with excitement today’s announcement by the U.S. Military HIV Research Program and the Thai Ministry of Public Health that, according to an initial analysis, a prime-boost combination of two AIDS vaccine candidates has shown partial efficacy in a phase III efficacy trial in Thailand. The prime-boost combination appeared to be about 31% effective at preventing infection with HIV.

24 Sep 2009

Online portal for parents of children with disabilities

United Cerebral Palsy (UCP), today announced the launch of My Child Without Limits (MyChildWithoutLimits.org), UCP's pioneering initiative that provides parents of children with disabilities an online resource with critical information that also connects parents to a vital social network of parents of newly diagnosed children ages 0 to 5.

24 Sep 2009

COMPARE trial results demonstrate higher efficacy of XIENCE V stent system

Late-breaking data presented today from the COMPARE trial demonstrated that Abbott's market-leading XIENCE V(R) Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System demonstrated significantly better outcomes in key safety and efficacy measures compared to the TAXUS(R) Liberte Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System (TAXUS).

24 Sep 2009

TRUEresult store brand blood glucose monitoring system more accurate than name brand products: Study

Home Diagnostics, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of diabetes testing supplies, today announced that a new study has shown that its TRUEresult® store brand blood glucose monitoring system is comparable to the performance of more expensive name brand systems.

24 Sep 2009

H1N1 slows growth in US industries and GDP

H1N1 influenza could slow growth in key industries and stall already-weak GDP growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2009, says a health economist in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Business.

24 Sep 2009

KORE Telematics certifies MedApps telehealth solutions for use on its network

American Telemedicine Association Mid-Year Meeting—KORE Telematics, the world’s largest digital wireless services provider specializing in machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, today announced that MedApps telehealth solutions are now certified for use on the KORE network.

24 Sep 2009

Women usually tightlipped about bladder problems

Women may be known as the more talkative sex, but when it comes to a certain sensitive health topic, their lips are sealed, according to a new "Bladder Talk" survey of 780 women aged 35 and older in North America (U.S. and Canada) sponsored by TENA(R), the worldwide leader in the management of bladder protection, and conducted by Harris Interactive.

24 Sep 2009

ThromboGenics completes enrollment for MIVI-TRUST clinical trial

ThromboGenics NV, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative treatments for eye disease, vascular disease and cancer, announces today that it has completed the enrolment of the US Phase III trial evaluating microplasmin for the non-surgical treatment of eye disease.

24 Sep 2009

Allocate Software and NHS Professionals renew contract for StaffBank application

Allocate Software plc, the leading provider of workforce optimisation solutions, and NHS Professionals, the largest provider of flexible staff managed services to the NHS, are pleased to announce the renewal of a contract for the provision of the StaffBank application.

24 Sep 2009

Polycom's scalable solutions for the healthcare industry

Polycom, Inc., the global leader in telepresence, video and voice communication solutions, is making it easier and more cost-effective for hospitals and other healthcare organizations to deploy and scale telehealth and telemedicine networks. Through an enhanced, highly scalable solution, Polycom allows healthcare organizations to easily and securely extend visual communication capabilities outside of their private networks to a broader group of partner hospitals, community clinics and physicians.

24 Sep 2009