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Health industries: Changes could kill health reform bill

Insurers and pharmaceutical manufacturers are concerned that changes in a Senate bill could derail efforts — and their agreement — to overhaul the nation's health care system.

9 Oct 2009

Aperio's new digital slide sharing service for pathology incorporated as part of CAP’s Diagnostic Work Station

Aperio Technologies, Inc., a global leader in digital pathology for the healthcare and life sciences industry is pleased to announce that SecondSlide™, its newly launched digital slide sharing service for pathology, has been incorporated as one of the vendor solutions in the College of American Pathologists (CAP) prototype of the Diagnostic Work Station (DWS), a collaborative and heterogeneous vendor-neutral environment.

9 Oct 2009

Learning new tasks causes changes in spontaneous brain activity patterns: Study

Spontaneous brain activity formerly thought to be "white noise" measurably changes after a person learns a new task, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Chieti, Italy, have shown.

9 Oct 2009

Stereotaxis to offer 6,500,000 shares to the public at $4.00 per share

Stereotaxis, Inc. announced today that it had priced the public offering of 6,500,000 shares of its common at a price to the public of $4.00 per share. Stereotaxis has granted the underwriters of the offering an option to purchase up to an additional 975,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. All of the shares in the offering are being offered by Stereotaxis. Stereotaxis expects the offering to close on October 15, 2009.

9 Oct 2009

Art's Way Scientific to build a 6,000 sq. ft. complex for prestigious cancer research center

Art's Way Manufacturing, Inc., announces its wholly owned subsidiary, Art's Way Scientific, Inc. buildingsforscience.com will be providing design, manufacturing and installation of a 6,000 sq. ft. two story laboratory and office building for Lockard Construction, Inc. www.lockardonline.com who is the prime contractor on this complex for a well known, nationally respected cancer research center. The contract is valued at approximately $3 million.

9 Oct 2009

A three-month study reveals the impact of swine flu on the health of the general public in Australia and New Zealand

A comprehensive study has revealed, for the first time, the impact of swine flu on the health of the general public in Australia and New Zealand.

9 Oct 2009

State governments start swine flu vaccine campaign

Questions, answers and reactions emerge as various states and counties distribute H1N1 flu vaccines.

9 Oct 2009

Fox News Channel airs misleading data from HHS

Doug Harrison, CEO and Founder of The SCOOTER Store, is outraged that misleading data from a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General's report was recently cited during a Fox News Channel segment on the costs of providing medical equipment to Medicare beneficiaries.

9 Oct 2009

Kimberly-Clark to acquire I-Flow Corporation

Kimberly-Clark Corporation and I-Flow Corporation, a leading healthcare company that develops and markets technically advanced, low-cost drug delivery systems and innovative products for post-surgical pain relief and surgical site care, today announced a definitive agreement whereby I-Flow will be acquired in a cash tender offer for approximately $324 million on a fully diluted basis.

9 Oct 2009

United Concordia Dental helps to provide $400,000 in free dental services to nearly 2,800 people in need

United Concordia Dental, one of the nation's largest dental insurers, has helped provide more than $400,000 in free dental services to nearly 2,800 people in need since the beginning of the year.

9 Oct 2009

PHWC announces the recipients of the 2009 Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards

The impact of the unsettled economy has affected all sectors in British Columbia. Enlightened employers know that ensuring that their staff is supported is critical to maintain productivity, morale and sustainability, particularly in difficult times. These efforts serve to preserve employer-employee relationships which can help organizations be more resilient during tough times and to respond readily to opportunities for recovery and growth as they arise.

9 Oct 2009

Catholic bishops call for changes in health care legislation

CNN: "Senior Catholic bishops are threatening to oppose the health care bill under consideration in Congress if lawmakers don't make significant reforms regarding federally funded abortions and other issues."

9 Oct 2009

Are doctors to blame? NPR reports on what drives up medical costs

NPR reports on how decisions by doctors can drive up medical consumption, published as part of a partnership with This American Life. The story is the first in a three-part series about why American health care costs are so high.

9 Oct 2009

Patients sue insurers for denying transplants

The Los Angeles Times has a two-part series on patients who have sued their insurers for denying potentially life-saving transplants.

9 Oct 2009

Web-based TV program to focus on holistic lifestyle

The outcome of the current healthcare legislation is uncertain, but one matter is clear: Americans need to get healthier. From childhood obesity to alarming rates of clinical depression among adults, people across the U.S. have been confronted with the consequences of lives off-balance.

9 Oct 2009

CREON Delayed-Release Capsules improves fat absorption in patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that Phase III data published in the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis showed that CREON® (pancrelipase) Delayed-Release Capsules, the most prescribed pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) in the United States, significantly improves a key measure of fat absorption in patients with CF who suffer from exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI).

9 Oct 2009

Additional Zenvia Phase III results in multiple sclerosis announced by AVANIR

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVNR) today announced additional detailed results from the confirmatory double-blind Phase III STAR trial evaluating two doses of the investigational drug Zenvia™ (dextromethorphan/quinidine) compared to placebo in the treatment of pseudobulbar affect (PBA) among patients with underlying multiple sclerosis (MS) or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Over the course of the 12-week study in the MS patient subset, Zenvia 30/10 mg met the primary efficacy endpoint by reducing PBA episode rates by an incremental 11.9% beyond placebo

9 Oct 2009

Cantel Medical announces fiscal 2009 fourth-quarter and full-year financial results

CANTEL MEDICAL CORP. reported a 65% increase in net income to $4,279,000, or $0.26 per diluted share, on a 4% increase in sales to a record $66,793,000 for the fourth quarter ended July 31, 2009. This compares with net income of $2,596,000, or $0.16 per diluted share, on sales of $64,281,000 for the fourth quarter ended July 31, 2008.

9 Oct 2009

MedaSorb Technologies raises $1.3 million to help finance ongoing European Sepsis Trial

MedaSorb Technologies Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary CytoSorbents, Inc., announced that it has raised $1.3 million in the exercise of the warrant attached to the Series B financing completed in August 2008. Dr. Phillip Chan, Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are pleased to have the continued support of our existing investors.

9 Oct 2009

Aspen Institute and TIME magazine to present panel discussions on health care reform

With health care reform headed to the floor of the House and Senate, the Aspen Institute and TIME magazine will present a day of panel discussions designed to shed light on what the looming changes will mean for the American people.

9 Oct 2009

Medical News

Health industries: Changes could kill health reform bill

Aperio's new digital slide sharing service for pathology incorporated as part of CAP’s Diagnostic Work Station

Learning new tasks causes changes in spontaneous brain activity patterns: Study

Stereotaxis to offer 6,500,000 shares to the public at $4.00 per share

Art's Way Scientific to build a 6,000 sq. ft. complex for prestigious cancer research center

A three-month study reveals the impact of swine flu on the health of the general public in Australia and New Zealand

State governments start swine flu vaccine campaign

Fox News Channel airs misleading data from HHS

Kimberly-Clark to acquire I-Flow Corporation

United Concordia Dental helps to provide $400,000 in free dental services to nearly 2,800 people in need

PHWC announces the recipients of the 2009 Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards

Catholic bishops call for changes in health care legislation

Are doctors to blame? NPR reports on what drives up medical costs

Patients sue insurers for denying transplants

Web-based TV program to focus on holistic lifestyle

CREON Delayed-Release Capsules improves fat absorption in patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Additional Zenvia Phase III results in multiple sclerosis announced by AVANIR

Cantel Medical announces fiscal 2009 fourth-quarter and full-year financial results

MedaSorb Technologies raises $1.3 million to help finance ongoing European Sepsis Trial

Aspen Institute and TIME magazine to present panel discussions on health care reform

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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