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Team PHLY to play against 'Big 5' to raise money for American Cancer Society

Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) will kick-off basketball season by facing the city of Philadelphia's "Big 5" college basketball coaches on the court at the University of Pennsylvania's Palestra Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Team PHLY will tip-off against Coaches Fran Dunphy (Temple), Phil Martelli (Saint Joseph's), Bruiser Flint (Drexel), John Giannini (La Salle), Glen Miller (University of Pennsylvania) and Jay Wright (Villanova) to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

8 Oct 2009

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center neurologist elected as ANA Honorary Member

Louis R. Caplan, MD, Senior Neurologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and a leader in the treatment and research of strokes, has been elected an Honorary Member of the American Neurological Association (ANA). As the organization's highest honor, Honorary Membership is reserved for select individuals who have made unique contributions to neurology and neurological science throughout their careers.

8 Oct 2009

Aeolus Pharmaceuticals’ AEOL 10150 effective against mustard gas exposure

Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported that researchers from National Jewish Health and Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute have completed a series of preliminary studies demonstrating that AEOL 10150 protects lungs from whole mustard gas exposure in rats. Data were presented at the Regional CounterACT Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats Conference in Albuquerque, NM.

8 Oct 2009

Telecommuting is an option for businesses during H1N1 outbreak

Incorporating telecommuting into a business continuity plan helps ensure "business as usual" during a widespread H1N1 outbreak. By giving employees the tools, policies, and procedures necessary to effectively work at home, companies ensure continuity of operations regardless of the ability of personnel to come into a centralized office location; which results in continued customer service, a continued revenue stream, and an ultimate maintenance of customer and brand loyalty.

8 Oct 2009

NIH awards a $2.2M grant to biochemist for a high-resolution electron microscope

Waltham, MA-Researchers' ability to rapidly detect the macromolecular protein clumps implicated in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases will soon get a sizable boost in the lab of biochemist and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator Nikolaus Grigorieff. The National Institutes of Health has just awarded Grigorieff a $2.2 million grant for a second high-resolution electron microscope (EM) in his lab.

8 Oct 2009

LeVOCC air purification system destroys H1N1 virus

LeVOCC, Inc. today announced that independent laboratory testing has conclusively demonstrated that the LeVOCC(TM) air purification system successfully destroys a strain of the H1N1 virus.

8 Oct 2009

Elderly cancer patients need custom-made treatment to combat the disease

Elderly cancer patients need a combination of treatments tailor-made to their specific needs to successfully combat the disease. The challenge is to boost their immune response to cancer vaccines, because like the rest of our organs, our immune system ages and gradually becomes less efficient as we get older.

8 Oct 2009

BIOLASE Technology honored with the Deloitte Tech Evolution Award

BIOLASE Technology, Inc. today announced that it is an inaugural winner of the Tech Evolution Award, an award that recognizes an elite group of companies that offer exceptional technologies that are transforming the technology industry. BIOLASE was announced as a recipient at a reception held on October 6 at The Island Hotel in Newport Beach, CA, by Deloitte & Touche LLP, host of the Tech Evolution Award and the Technology Fast 500.

8 Oct 2009

RWJF presents 2009 Community Health Leaders Award to New York City ER doctor

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced its selection of Lynne Holden, M.D., co-founder and president of Mentoring in Medicine in New York City, to receive a Community Health Leaders Award.

8 Oct 2009

Privately insured African-Americans HMO enrollees more likely to use emergency rooms

Health insurance, and the access it provides to a primary care physician, should reduce the use of a major driver of health care costs: the emergency room.

8 Oct 2009

"Health This Week" television program shows how people are exploring to live better, healthier and longer lives

Health This Week with Donald Baillargeon is an internationally syndicated television program about the many ways people are exploring to live better, healthier and longer lives.

8 Oct 2009

RWJF honors Arizona advocate with 2009 Community Health Leaders Award

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced the selection of David Carey, chair of Inspire Human Services Co-op in Phoenix, to receive a Community Health Leaders Award.

8 Oct 2009

ACG extends its Annual Scientific Meeting to a year-round forum

Within3, the leading developer of secure, private online communities for health and life sciences institutions, today announced that the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) will become the first medical society to extend its Annual Scientific Meeting to a year-round forum by creating a Within3 online collaborative community for its 11,000 members.

8 Oct 2009

Clinical and health status outcomes information repository of heart attack patients completed

An important observational registry evaluating processes of care and one-year outcomes of over 4300 heart attack patients is now being completed. Researchers at the Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, MO have led this observational research study in collaboration with 23 other hospitals throughout the U.S.

8 Oct 2009

NCIIA launches new biomedical competition for undergraduates

Today the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) announced the launch of BMEStart, an award recognizing undergraduate excellence in biomedical innovation.

8 Oct 2009

Insurer denies out-of-network liver transplants, lawsuit filed

A trial beginning next week targeting the nation's largest health insurer and its California subsidiary for allegedly automatically denying requests for out-of-network liver transplants will help shed light on the need for stronger health reform than is currently being considered, according to Consumer Watchdog. The group urged President Obama, White House representatives, and the national news media to follow the trial.

8 Oct 2009

Thommen Medical USA launches customizable gingiva former for natural and aesthetic contour

Thommen Medical USA announces the launch of its customizable gingiva former.

8 Oct 2009

Muscle Flex develops a strong portfolio of 'Water' related products to maintain healthy lifestyle

Muscle Flex Inc. (www.MuscleFlexInc.com) announced today that it is developing a strong portfolio of "Water" related products to market using its direct response, online ecommerce and traditional retail methods. Muscle Flex® regards "Water" as potentially the most important ingredient in maintaining a healthy lifestyle and it is estimated that as much as 75% of Americans do not drink enough good clean water.

8 Oct 2009

HHS unveils several new resources on federal government’s website for flu information

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today unveiled several new resources on the federal government’s one-stop resource for flu information -- www.flu.gov. The Web site now features a new H1N1 Flu Self-Evaluation guide for adults 18 and older along with a new Flu Myths and Facts section, which provides the public with the latest and most accurate information about the flu.

8 Oct 2009

Mitraclip is an experimental and controversial procedure, says heart specialist

Seventy-seven year-old Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor announced on Tuesday she was having a Mitraclip heart procedure. Leading cardiothoracic surgeon and heart surgery expert Dr. Lishan Aklog, M.D. appeared on EmpowHer, the home of women's health online, to explain why her surgery is "experimental and controversial."

8 Oct 2009

Medical News

Team PHLY to play against 'Big 5' to raise money for American Cancer Society

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center neurologist elected as ANA Honorary Member

Aeolus Pharmaceuticals’ AEOL 10150 effective against mustard gas exposure

Telecommuting is an option for businesses during H1N1 outbreak

NIH awards a $2.2M grant to biochemist for a high-resolution electron microscope

LeVOCC air purification system destroys H1N1 virus

Elderly cancer patients need custom-made treatment to combat the disease

BIOLASE Technology honored with the Deloitte Tech Evolution Award

RWJF presents 2009 Community Health Leaders Award to New York City ER doctor

Privately insured African-Americans HMO enrollees more likely to use emergency rooms

"Health This Week" television program shows how people are exploring to live better, healthier and longer lives

RWJF honors Arizona advocate with 2009 Community Health Leaders Award

ACG extends its Annual Scientific Meeting to a year-round forum

Clinical and health status outcomes information repository of heart attack patients completed

NCIIA launches new biomedical competition for undergraduates

Insurer denies out-of-network liver transplants, lawsuit filed

Thommen Medical USA launches customizable gingiva former for natural and aesthetic contour

Muscle Flex develops a strong portfolio of 'Water' related products to maintain healthy lifestyle

HHS unveils several new resources on federal government’s website for flu information

Mitraclip is an experimental and controversial procedure, says heart specialist

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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