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Survey aims to better understand daily needs of unpaid caregivers of people with diabetes

Chevy Chase, MD-The Hormone Foundation, the public education affiliate of The Endocrine Society, in collaboration with the National Alliance for Caregiving, today released key findings from a first-of-its-kind survey (http://www.hormone.org/Public/diabetes_caregiver.cfm) aimed at better understanding the daily needs and struggles of unpaid caregivers of people with diabetes.

19 Aug 2009

Common-sense precautions for H1N1

Doctors and hospitals nationwide expect a surge in H1N1 influenza cases during the upcoming flu season. In a new video and the tips below, Yvonne Maldonado, MD, chief of infectious disease at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, explains what every parent should know about H1N1 flu as children head back to school.

19 Aug 2009

Improving the health and well-being of U.S. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teens

Research indicates that the social stigma that surrounds lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) teens leads to a variety of health risks such as substance use, risky sexual behaviors, eating disorders, suicidal ideation, and victimization.

19 Aug 2009

Omnia Biologics and Aparna Biosciences sign agreement on lentivirus drug development

Biologics contract manufacturer Omnia Biologics, Inc. (Omnia) (Rockville, MD) and drug development company Aparna Biosciences Corp. (AparnaBio) (Rockville, MD) today announced a deal for Omnia to provide AparnaBio with process development and production services. Omnia will provide lentiviral vector technical services as well as manufacture of research grade through cGMP grade materials.

19 Aug 2009

Neovasc reports Q2 2009 financials

"During the second quarter we continued to make significant progress in executing on our strategic initiatives adopted late last year," said Alexei Marko, chief executive officer of Neovasc. "We are especially pleased at the growing traction we are seeing in our tissue business, where our decision to focus on our specialty products and services is beginning to bear fruit, with increases in tissue sales already evident.

19 Aug 2009

The Parkinson's Disease Foundation and the Davis Phinney Foundation jointly fund new study

The Davis Phinney Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with Parkinson's disease (PD) today, announced that it has awarded four Parkinson's disease research centers with support to conduct a landmark study on the long-term changes in quality of life and mobility that occur in people with PD. The results of this research will help to advance the understanding of how interventions, such as exercise, impact changes in quality of life and mobility over the course of the disease.

19 Aug 2009

CEL-SCI expands work on current H1N1 virus vaccine

CEL-SCI Corporation has announced that it is expanding the scope of its work towards creating a novel treatment and vaccination against the current H1N1 virus, as well as a future mutated form in which the virus has acquired greater morbidity and mortality.

19 Aug 2009

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

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Survey aims to better understand daily needs of unpaid caregivers of people with diabetes

Common-sense precautions for H1N1

Improving the health and well-being of U.S. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teens

Omnia Biologics and Aparna Biosciences sign agreement on lentivirus drug development

Neovasc reports Q2 2009 financials

The Parkinson's Disease Foundation and the Davis Phinney Foundation jointly fund new study

CEL-SCI expands work on current H1N1 virus vaccine

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

Flow chemistry, AI, and NMR: A next-gen approach to scalable API production

Digital pathology and the PathoVerse: A conversation with Dr. Singh

Bioprocess Efficiency with Cell Density Monitoring

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