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Cordex Pharma files ATPace formulation patent

Cordex Pharma, Inc. has announced today that it has filed a formulation patent covering its lead product, ATPace.

4 Mar 2009

Genetic link between cats and humans for retinitis pigmentosa

About one in 3,500 people are affected with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a disease of the retina's visual cells that eventually leads to blindness.

4 Mar 2009

Three biomarkers found for Chikungunya fever

Three specific biomarkers provide an accurate indication of the severity of Chikungunya fever (CHIKF), which is emerging as a threat in South-East Asia, the Pacific and Europe, according to research conducted in Singapore.

4 Mar 2009

Being fat increases the risk of primary joint replacement in osteoarthritis

A study published in BioMed Central's open access journal, Arthritis Research & Therapy , found that increased waist circumference and body mass index (BMI) were associated with the risk of both knee and hip joint replacement.

4 Mar 2009

Antibody key to treating variant CJD

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have determined the atomic structure of the 'binding' between a brain protein and an antibody that could be key to treating patients with diseases such as variant CJD.

4 Mar 2009

Majority of drug addicted men admit they consume drugs to increase their sexual pleasure

72.28 per cent of drug addict men admit to have consumed drugs to be able to have sexual relations and most of them (58%) choose cocaine to this purpose, the narcotic which increases the most sexual incapacitation.

4 Mar 2009

GE invents intelligent wireless medical sensing platform

GE Global Research has announced that scientists have transformed a common and commercially available GE sensor for home security into an innovative, intelligent wireless medical sensing platform. If successful, this new platform could dramatically improve neonatal and home patient monitoring.

4 Mar 2009

Launch of new foundation for Batten disease

Leading scientists, medical researchers and affected families joined together today to launch Beyond Batten Disease Foundation, an organization committed to finding a cure for this rare disease that claims the lives of children.

4 Mar 2009

Axela introduces dotLab Amine Reactive Sensor

Axela Inc has introduced the dotLab Amine Reactive Sensor for stable covalent coupling of affinity reagents such as antibodies for use with the Axela dotLab System.

4 Mar 2009

Heart attack outcomes worse for blacks than whites due in part to individual characteristics

Black heart attack patients have worse outcomes than their white counterparts in large part because of preexisting chronic health conditions and socioeconomic factors, according to a study published in the March issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, Reuters Health reports.

4 Mar 2009

Contra Costa County considering health services cuts for undocumented immigrants, inmates

This month, the Contra Costa County, Calif., Board of Supervisors will consider a plan to prohibit undocumented adult immigrants from receiving nonurgent, county-funded care, the Contra Costa Times reports.

4 Mar 2009

Southern African health officials develop cross-border initiative for malaria elimination

Health ministers from eight countries in the Southern African Development Community this week held a Malaria Elimination Ministerial Meeting in the Namibian capital of Windhoek to develop a cross-border approach for eliminating malaria in the region, New Era reports.

4 Mar 2009

Zambia launches effort to improve tuberculosis diagnosis

Zambia recently launched a four-year project to improve tuberculosis diagnosis and ensure early treatment for the disease, the Daily Mail reports.

4 Mar 2009

Maine medical residents receive dental care training to address state dentist shortage

The New York Times on Tuesday examined how "[d]entists are in such short supply in Maine that primary care doctors who do their medical residency in the state are learning to lance abscesses, pull teeth and perform other basic dental skills through a program that began in 2005."

4 Mar 2009

Bill would limit Federal funding for Florida Medicaid pilot program

Florida Rep. Elaine Schwartz (D) has proposed a bill that seeks to limit the funding of a Medicaid pilot program that some say has led to delays in access to care, the AP/Miami Herald reports (AP/Miami Herald, 3/2).

4 Mar 2009

Some physicians asking patients to sign 'gag orders'

Some physicians have begun to ask patients "to agree to what amounts to a gag order that bars them from posting negative comments" on Web sites where patients can rate their doctors anonymously because of concerns about the fairness of such reviews, the AP/Contra Costa Times reports.

4 Mar 2009

Poll finds high support for Obama, hesitation for plans

U.S. residents have more confidence in President Obama than in some of his initiatives, such as the recently enacted economic stimulus plan and a proposal to raise taxes in order to expand health care coverage, according to a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, the Journal reports.

4 Mar 2009

Grassley to introduce bill modifying how 'not-for-profit' hospitals set executive pay

Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Tuesday said that he intends to introduce legislation that would increase pressure on the boards of directors at not-for-profit hospitals to ensure pay for the facilities' presidents is reasonable, the Boston Globe reports.

4 Mar 2009

Advocates in Mexico call for greater effort against HIV/AIDS

AIDS-related mortality rates in Mexico have remained somewhat steady over the past 12 years, despite increased access to antiretroviral drugs in the country, officials at the National Institute of Public Health, or INSP, said recently, The News/Individual.com reports.

4 Mar 2009

World Food Program expands program for HIV-positive people in Rwanda

The World Food Programme recently expanded a project in Rwanda that provides food to HIV-positive people taking antiretroviral drugs, adding 10,000 participants and increasing the number of project sites from 61 to 138 across 18 districts in the country, the New Times/AllAfrica.com reports.

4 Mar 2009