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Pennsylvania Governor signs new emergency medical services law

Governor Edward G. Rendell has signed into law Senate Bill 240, a measure to update and enhance Pennsylvania's existing Emergency Medical Services Act. The law was first enacted in 1985.

19 Aug 2009

Computed tomography angiography can identify abnormalities and injury beyond the pulmonary arteries

Children with clinically suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) are increasingly being evaluated with CT angiography (CTA). Even though many children ultimately test negative for PE, study results suggest that CTA is still valuable for this indication because it has the ability to accurately detect a variety of alternative diagnoses.

19 Aug 2009

Message from The White House: The President is not backing away from the public plan

"White House spokesman Robert Gibbs insists the Obama administration has not shifted its goals on health care reform or distanced itself from a government-run public insurance option." He told reporters today that stories indicating the Obama administration was backing away from including the public option in its push to overhaul the health system were "overblown."

19 Aug 2009

Seniors in U.S. overwhelmingly satisfied with their current Medicare coverage

Seniors in the U.S. are overwhelmingly satisfied with their current Medicare coverage, according to a survey released today by Silverlink Communications and Suffolk University in Boston. Of the more than 2,600 Medicare beneficiaries surveyed, more than 94% indicate that they are satisfied with their coverage, with just 6% expressing dissatisfaction.

19 Aug 2009

New "micropatterning" method useful in gene expression studies

Like oil and water, two water-based liquids can mingle without mixing in a new University of Michigan technology developed for biological experiments.

19 Aug 2009

Depression causes reduced function in the reward center of brain

Clinically depressed individuals are less capable of finding pleasure in activities they previously enjoyed, a recent study has proven. Research featured in the August 26 issue of the NeuroReport shows reduced brain function in the reward center of the brain in depressed individuals, when compared to healthy subjects.

19 Aug 2009

HealthFitness chosen to lead MillerCoor's health management strategy

Health Fitness Corporation, a leading provider of integrated employee health and productivity management solutions, today announced that MillerCoors recently awarded HealthFitness an expanded role in leading its company-wide health management strategy.

19 Aug 2009

Genetic mutation that helps regulate high blood pressure is a cause of inherited kidney disease

The discovery provides insight into a protein, renin, that is important in blood pressure regulation, and reveals the cause of one type of inherited kidney disease occurring in adults and children, said co-investigator Anthony Bleyer, M.D., professor of internal medicine-nephrology at the School of Medicine.

19 Aug 2009

Light-activated delivery system enhances anti-tumour drug potency

The effects of tumour-targeting drugs in mice are significantly enhanced by PCI Biotech's light-activated delivery system, a new study shows. Researchers say this dual therapy approach could be employed to increase the effect and lower the side effects of anti-cancer drugs in humans.

19 Aug 2009

BioDelivery Sciences International utilizes ICR's services for shareholder communications program

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (BDSI®) (Nasdaq:BDSI) today announced that it has retained ICR, a leading investor relations and strategic advisory firm, to assist in the Company's shareholder communications program. ICR, founded in 1998 by a group of former institutional capital markets professionals, is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut, with offices in Westport, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Beijing, and Shanghai.

19 Aug 2009

Forty-six uninsured San Diego County patients to receive free surgeries, procedures

Forty-six uninsured San Diego County patients will receive donated outpatient surgeries and procedures on Saturday, August 22, 2009, through an ongoing partnership between Project Access San Diego (PASD), a program of the San Diego County Medical Society Foundation, Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance Healthcare Foundation. PASD mobilizes medical volunteers to provide free surgeries and procedures to uninsured San Diegans.

19 Aug 2009

Retirees at risk: The precarious promise of post-employment health benefits

A nearly two-decade trend that is stripping away employer-provided health-care benefits for retirees in private business will likely continue and could soon hit an even deeper pool of government retirees, new research by a University of Illinois elder law expert warns.

19 Aug 2009

New data show nanotechnology-related activities in every U.S. state

Every state can now lay claim to the nanotechnology revolution. Data released today by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) highlights more than 1,200 companies, universities, government laboratories, and other organizations across all 50 U.S. states and in the District of Columbia that are involved in nanotechnology research, development, and commercialization. This number is up 50 percent from the 800 organizations identified just two years ago.

19 Aug 2009

Medicare picks twelve New Jersey hospitals to test incentive system

Twelve New Jersey hospitals and their participating physicians have received approval from the federal government to test an innovative new incentive method that aims to reduce healthcare costs while improving quality of care.

19 Aug 2009

HealthHelp upgrades customer care technology with Qwest solutions

HealthHelp, a Houston-based radiology benefit-management company, recently upgraded its customer care technology with Qwest services. Now, physician offices can operate more efficiently with self-service, around-the-clock voice and data access to HealthHelp’s radiology benefit-management programs thanks to technology powered by Qwest Communications.

19 Aug 2009

Kolltan Pharmaceuticals raises additional $5 million to close Series A financing

Kolltan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has raised an additional $5 million to close its Series A preferred stock financing at $40 million. Participants in the Series A financing, originally announced in January 2009, include Purdue Pharma, L.P., HBM BioCapital L.P., the Pritzker/Vlock family, and other substantial private life science investors.

19 Aug 2009

Sinovac Biotech announces positive results from clinical trial of H1N1 vaccine

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. announced today positive top-line results from the completed clinical trial for its internally-developed H1N1 vaccine. The clinical data unblinding conference was held in Beijing on the afternoon of August 17, 2009. Notably, Sinovac is the first company worldwide to complete clinical trials for the H1N1 vaccine.

19 Aug 2009

Discovery of mechanism that allows hepatitis C virus to remain in the body for decades

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) shows that the virus blocks the actions of a specific ion channel in the cell membrane that would usually trigger apoptosis - the cell's self-destruct programme - and in doing so, has evolved another way of protecting itself from being eliminated from the body.

19 Aug 2009

Arzoxifene phase 3 study results reported by Lilly

Eli Lilly and Company announced today that initial results from its pivotal, five-year, Phase III GJAD "GENERATIONS" trial for arzoxifene met its primary endpoints of significantly reducing the risk of vertebral fracture and invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women.

19 Aug 2009

Kyl says GOP won't support co-op proposal

"The number two Senate Republican said Tuesday replacing a public health care option with a nonprofit private cooperative wouldn't win any more Republican support, saying they are essentially the same thing," The Wall Street Journal reports. "Sen. Jon Kyl (R., Ariz.), said Republican objections were more fundamental than simply changing the name of a new national entity to compete with private medical insurers."

19 Aug 2009

Medical News

Pennsylvania Governor signs new emergency medical services law

Computed tomography angiography can identify abnormalities and injury beyond the pulmonary arteries

Message from The White House: The President is not backing away from the public plan

Seniors in U.S. overwhelmingly satisfied with their current Medicare coverage

New "micropatterning" method useful in gene expression studies

Depression causes reduced function in the reward center of brain

HealthFitness chosen to lead MillerCoor's health management strategy

Genetic mutation that helps regulate high blood pressure is a cause of inherited kidney disease

Light-activated delivery system enhances anti-tumour drug potency

BioDelivery Sciences International utilizes ICR's services for shareholder communications program

Forty-six uninsured San Diego County patients to receive free surgeries, procedures

Retirees at risk: The precarious promise of post-employment health benefits

New data show nanotechnology-related activities in every U.S. state

Medicare picks twelve New Jersey hospitals to test incentive system

HealthHelp upgrades customer care technology with Qwest solutions

Kolltan Pharmaceuticals raises additional $5 million to close Series A financing

Sinovac Biotech announces positive results from clinical trial of H1N1 vaccine

Discovery of mechanism that allows hepatitis C virus to remain in the body for decades

Arzoxifene phase 3 study results reported by Lilly

Kyl says GOP won't support co-op proposal

Fluidics in Modern Healthcare & Medical Device Innovation

Scaling 3D biology: Automation, imaging, and the future of high-throughput research

How does norepinephrine influence anxiety-related behaviours?

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