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Saskatchewan province health officials call for efforts to address increasing number of HIV cases

Moira McKinnon -- the chief medical health officer in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan -- on Monday called for efforts to address the increasing number of new HIV cases recorded in the province, the Regina Leader-Post reports.

30 Mar 2009

Illinois County reports increased STI testing demand

Health Officials in Kane County, Ill., are reporting an increased demand for sexually transmitted infection tests, and the county likely will have to allocate an additional $55,000 to meet the demand, the Chicago Daily Herald reports.

30 Mar 2009

Reps. introduce bill to expand Medicaid coverage to some HIV-positive people

Reps. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have introduced a bill (H.R. 1616) to allow states to expand Medicaid coverage to low-income HIV-positive people, CQ HealthBeat reports.

30 Mar 2009

Nile Therapeutics update on phase II CD-NP trial for acute heart failure

Nile Therapeutics, Inc. has announced that, in the course of reviewing the Investigational New Drug (IND) application materials that Nile submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to support the initiation of the Company's Phase IIb clinical trial with CD-NP for the treatment of acute heart failure, the FDA has placed CD-NP on clinical hold.

30 Mar 2009

New tool in the radiography approach will assist in earlier detection of asbestos-related diseases

Michael Harbut, M.D., MPH, co-director of the National Center for Vermiculite and Asbestos-Related Cancers (NCVAC) at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, MI, and chief of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine Wayne State University, announced the use of a new technology to aid in the diagnosis of asbestos-related lung disease.

30 Mar 2009

New marker for breast cancer metastasis

Researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have identified a new marker for breast cancer metastasis called TMEM, for Tumor Microenvironment of Metastasis.

30 Mar 2009

New survey tracks behavioral health treatment trends

Behavioral healthcare systems are playing a major role in responding to the needs of the millions of Americans of all ages who experience psychiatric and substance use conditions each year, according to the latest annual survey from the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) released.

30 Mar 2009

New molecular force probe stretches molecules, atom by atom

Chemists at the University of Illinois have created a simple and inexpensive molecular technique that replaces an expensive atomic force microscope for studying what happens to small molecules when they are stretched or compressed.

30 Mar 2009

New Lantheus study finds significant survival benefit for critically ill patients undergoing contrast-enhanced echocardiography

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc has announced new data regarding the use of DEFINITY Vial For (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) Injectable Suspension.

29 Mar 2009

New high-throughput screening technique makes probing puzzling proteins possible

Understanding the tens of thousands of proteins that compose the human proteome has emerged as a key challenge of this century, and research efforts to date have already enabled major advances in drug discovery and understanding basic biology.

29 Mar 2009

NTRILIPIX (fenofibric acid) in combo with Rosuvastatin calcium shows improvement on key lipids for cholesterol management

Data from a new study showed that Abbott's TRILIPIX (fenofibric acid) delayed-release capsules in combination with rosuvastatin calcium met all of the study's primary endpoints.

29 Mar 2009

Mednet and AT&T to offer wireless heart monitoring

Lifesaving diagnoses and actions, prompted by the anywhere, anytime availability of vital cardiac information, is now more accessible thanks to a wireless heart monitoring solution from Mednet Healthcare Technologies that is powered by AT&T's wireless technologies.

29 Mar 2009

Medgenics’ phase I/II clinical trial shows EPODURE continuous anemia treatment lasting 5 months in kidney disease patients

Medgenics has announced that the latest, encouraging results of the Company's ongoing EPODURE Biopump Phase I/II Clinical Trial were presented at the 45th Conference of the Israeli Society of Nephrology and Hypertension, in Israel on March 27, 2009.

29 Mar 2009

Medical News

Saskatchewan province health officials call for efforts to address increasing number of HIV cases

Illinois County reports increased STI testing demand

Reps. introduce bill to expand Medicaid coverage to some HIV-positive people

Nile Therapeutics update on phase II CD-NP trial for acute heart failure

New tool in the radiography approach will assist in earlier detection of asbestos-related diseases

New marker for breast cancer metastasis

New survey tracks behavioral health treatment trends

New molecular force probe stretches molecules, atom by atom

New Lantheus study finds significant survival benefit for critically ill patients undergoing contrast-enhanced echocardiography

New high-throughput screening technique makes probing puzzling proteins possible

NTRILIPIX (fenofibric acid) in combo with Rosuvastatin calcium shows improvement on key lipids for cholesterol management

Mednet and AT&T to offer wireless heart monitoring

Medgenics’ phase I/II clinical trial shows EPODURE continuous anemia treatment lasting 5 months in kidney disease patients

Researchers discover and manipulate molecular interplay that moves cancer cells

Eli Lilly announces inconclusive study results for mGlu2/3 in acute schizophrenia

Improved predictive value of biomarkers in HF makes earlier diagnosis and better management possible

Improved predictive value of biomarkers in heart failure now makes earlier diagnosis and better management possible

High dosage brachytherapy obtains excellent results in head and neck tumors

Discovery of new cancer gene

Genes that make bacteria make up their minds

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

From street to lab: Advancing controlled substance testing with handheld Raman and FTIR

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