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First nationwide Prostate Cancer registry for identifying effective treatment options

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

28 Oct 2009

Commit 2B Fit receives "Exemplary Practices in Childhood Obesity in Florida Award"

Commit 2B Fit®, a school-based program to promote overall childhood wellness, received Honorable Mention in statewide Exemplary Practices in Childhood Obesity in Florida Award, presented by the Florida Initiative for Children’s HealthCare Quality (FLICHQ). FLICHQ, evaluated programs around the state according to its “five I’s: Impact, Inclusion, Improvability, Implementation and Innovation.”

28 Oct 2009

Breakthrough ophthalmic laser delivery technology introduced at the AAO Annual Meeting

Lumenis Ltd. a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of laser, light-based and radiofrequency devices for ophthalmic, surgical and aesthetic applications, announced today that it introduced a breakthrough ophthalmic laser delivery technology on October 24th at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, USA.

28 Oct 2009

Bcl-2 inhibitor may enhance chemotherapy treatment in patients with prostate cancer

In trying to better predict a patient's response to chemotherapy for cancer treatment, a team of investigators at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has identified a way to better manipulate a gene product to cause cancer cells to die.

28 Oct 2009

20% of Accuray in U.S. to utilize Accuray's Treatment Planning Service

Accuray Incorporated, a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that 20 percent of the company's U.S. installed base has signed on to utilize Accuray's Treatment Planning Service. This demonstrates a significant increase over the 10 percent of U.S. sites that had signed on as of February 2009.

28 Oct 2009

MMRF raises over $1.8 million at its 13th annual Fall Gala

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) raised over $1.8 million at its 13th annual Fall Gala held on Saturday evening in Greenwich, Conn. Funds raised at this premier fundraising event, attended by more than 1,000 guests, will support the MMRF’s efforts to accelerate the development of the next generation of treatments for patients with multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable blood cancer, and to find a cure for the disease.

28 Oct 2009

Pediatric and adolescent patients who receive antipsychotic medications experience weight gain

Many pediatric and adolescent patients who received second-generation antipsychotic medications experienced significant weight gain, along with varied adverse effects on cholesterol and triglyceride levels and other metabolic measures, according to a study in the October 28 issue of JAMA.

28 Oct 2009

Recruitment of Phase II trial of TB-402 completed ahead of schedule

ThromboGenics NV and co-development partner BioInvent International announce that they have completed recruitment of their Phase II trial of TB-402 ahead of schedule.

28 Oct 2009

VHA helps nurses to develop work processes that are more patient-centric

Nurses work in a world of broken systems, wasted time and energy, which can be incredibly frustrating and detrimental to patient care. Most national studies show that nurses spend as little as 30 percent of their day engaged in direct patient care activities, and this can contribute to poor patient outcomes in terms of infections and other complications, poor patient and nurse satisfaction and poor quality of care overall.

28 Oct 2009

Overseas and domestically adopted children have similar disability rates, says study

Children adopted from overseas have disability rates similar to those adopted from within the United States, according to new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

28 Oct 2009

Megadyne enters into one-year partnership with Attainia

Megadyne, an end-to-end, full-solution electrosurgical equipment and accessory developer/manufacturer, announced today that it has entered into a one-year partnership with Attainia, an industry-leading online marketplace for medical capital equipment.

28 Oct 2009

PPD signs agreement to invest $100 million in Celtic Therapeutics Holdings

PPD, Inc. today announced it has signed an agreement to invest $100 million in Celtic Therapeutics Holdings L.P., an investment partnership organized for the purpose of identifying, acquiring and investing in a diversified portfolio of 10 to 15 novel therapeutic product candidates.

28 Oct 2009

DiabetEZE, an energy bar designed and developed for diabetics launched

Innova Nutrition announced today the launch of "DiabetEZE," an energy bar designed and developed for diabetics, but great for everyone.

28 Oct 2009

Manhattan Scientifics and Senior Scientific team up to commercialize cancer detection technology

Manhattan Scientifics (OTCBB: MHTX) and Senior Scientific, LLC announced today that they have begun cooperative work to commercialize Senior Scientific’s nano medicine cancer detection technology.

28 Oct 2009

Multidisciplinary center to be launched for treatment of advanced liver disease

Distinguished transplant and cancer surgeon, Alan Hemming, MD, has been recruited to the University of California, School of Medicine to launch a multidisciplinary center for the treatment of advanced liver disease at the UC San Diego Medical Center and Moores UCSD Cancer Center.

28 Oct 2009

Renowned surgeons to discuss latest advances in laparoscopic surgery at upcoming MISS meeting

The upcoming prestigious Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium (MISS) will include discussion of advances in metabolic surgery, a robotic approach to colon surgery, single-port bariatric surgery, transoral gastroplasty, and other "frontier" topics.

28 Oct 2009

Experts release policy recommendations to promote better medication adherence and health outcomes

A diverse group of health care and consumer organizations released five policy recommendations this week that are designed to promote better medication adherence and improved health outcomes for patients.

28 Oct 2009

Clinical results of INVO procedure for treatment of infertility announced

INVO Bioscience announced that CECOLFES (http://cecolfes.com/), Colombia Fertility Center, Bogota, Colombia, the first center in Latin America to introduce the INVOcell device and the INVO procedure for treatment of infertility, made known today the results of the first 28 cycles of the INVO procedure.

28 Oct 2009

EPA's guide provides vital information on child’s exposure to pollutants

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released a user-friendly document to help risk assessors understand how children are exposed to pollution.

28 Oct 2009

Medtronic announces the international launch of PoleStar N30 Surgical MRI system

This week at the annual Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) announced the Conformite Europeen (CE) mark and international launch of the PoleStar® N30 Surgical MRI system, the latest in neuro oncology surgical solutions.

28 Oct 2009

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First nationwide Prostate Cancer registry for identifying effective treatment options

Commit 2B Fit receives "Exemplary Practices in Childhood Obesity in Florida Award"

Breakthrough ophthalmic laser delivery technology introduced at the AAO Annual Meeting

Bcl-2 inhibitor may enhance chemotherapy treatment in patients with prostate cancer

20% of Accuray in U.S. to utilize Accuray's Treatment Planning Service

MMRF raises over $1.8 million at its 13th annual Fall Gala

Pediatric and adolescent patients who receive antipsychotic medications experience weight gain

Recruitment of Phase II trial of TB-402 completed ahead of schedule

VHA helps nurses to develop work processes that are more patient-centric

Overseas and domestically adopted children have similar disability rates, says study

Megadyne enters into one-year partnership with Attainia

PPD signs agreement to invest $100 million in Celtic Therapeutics Holdings

DiabetEZE, an energy bar designed and developed for diabetics launched

Manhattan Scientifics and Senior Scientific team up to commercialize cancer detection technology

Multidisciplinary center to be launched for treatment of advanced liver disease

Renowned surgeons to discuss latest advances in laparoscopic surgery at upcoming MISS meeting

Experts release policy recommendations to promote better medication adherence and health outcomes

Clinical results of INVO procedure for treatment of infertility announced

EPA's guide provides vital information on child’s exposure to pollutants

Medtronic announces the international launch of PoleStar N30 Surgical MRI system

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

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