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Cryogenically-cooled technology significantly enhances current capabilities of cardiac and brain MRI in mice

To effectively study cardiac morphology and function, or follow neuroinflammatory processes in the brain, image quality is everything. The current capabilities of cardiac and brain MRI in mice are being significantly enhanced by cryogenically-cooled technology, which is proving invaluable to researchers around the world.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 14 May 2014

Retrophin reports net loss of $70.6 million for first quarter 2014

Retrophin, Inc. today reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.

14 May 2014

SAP Patient Relationship Management solution now available for healthcare providers

SAP AG today announced the launch of the SAP Patient Relationship Management solution, designed to help healthcare providers compete for increasingly assertive, knowledgeable and price-sensitive patients.

14 May 2014

Isis Pharmaceuticals reports positive data from ISIS-GCGRRx Phase 2 study in patients with type 2 diabetes

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today positive data from a Phase 2 study of ISIS-GCGRRx in patients with type 2 diabetes uncontrolled on stable metformin therapy.

14 May 2014

Researchers develop new high-tech device for transferring DNA into cells

The ability to transfer a gene or DNA sequence from one animal into the genome of another plays a critical role in a wide range of medical research-including cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and diabetes.

14 May 2014

Nimotuzumab enhances chemo-radiosensitivity by promoting autophagic cell death in ESCC cells

A study which will be published in the May 2014 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine was aimed at determining whether an EGFR-targeted therapy combined with chemo-radiotherapy can improve local tumor control effectively, compared to cytotoxic agents or irradiation alone.

14 May 2014

DaVita wins 2014 Immunization Excellence Awards in "Healthcare Personnel Campaign" category

DaVita Kidney Care, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA) and a leading provider of kidney care services, was recognized at the National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit (NAIIS) as the national winner in the "Healthcare Personnel Campaign" category of the 2014 Immunization Excellence Awards.

14 May 2014

First Edition: May 14, 2014

Today's headlines include stories about consumer frustrations about cost and coverage issues that are emerging with the health law's implementation.

14 May 2014

Medrobotics announces closing of $26M Series E Preferred Stock financing

Medrobotics Corp., a surgical products company with core competencies in medical robotics, announced today that it had closed its $26 Million Series E Preferred Stock financing. Existing Medrobotics shareholders and undisclosed new investors participated in the Series E raise. Proceeds will be used for regulatory preparations and submissions and for anticipated commercial launches in Europe and the United States.

14 May 2014

Mylan releases generic version of Zyprexa Zydis Tablets

Mylan Inc. today announced that it has launched Olanzapine Orally Disintegrating Tablets (ODT), 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg and 20 mg, the generic version of Eli Lilly and Company's Zyprexa Zydis Tablets.

14 May 2014

Aradigm reports total revenue of $6.6 million for Q1 2014

Aradigm Corporation today announced financial results for the first quarter and three months ended March 31, 2014.

14 May 2014

Heart Failure Association calls for global policy change relating to heart failure

The Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology is calling for global policy change relating to heart failure. An international white paper, Heart failure: preventing disease and death worldwide, will be presented at an endorsement event on 16 May 2014 in Athens, Greece, immediately before the Heart Failure 2014 Congress.

14 May 2014

Viewpoints: What's next for employer mandate; SCOTUS and retiree health plans; the 'next big issue'

As complaints and cavils about the Affordable Care Act fall by the wayside, one piece of the law looms ever larger as its most controversial element: the employer mandate, which in 2016 will impose a penalty on businesses with 50 to 99 employees for not offering them health coverage (Michael Hiltzik, 5/12).

14 May 2014

Two new Manchester research centres aim at improving lives of people with arthritis

Two major new research centres at The University of Manchester aimed at improving the lives of people with arthritis are to be officially launched on May 19.

14 May 2014

Scientists explore why Leishmania parasites develop resistance against existing drugs

Leishmaniasis is one of the most underreported and insufficiently monitored diseases in the world affecting mainly the poorest and most disadvantaged people on the Indian Subcontinent, Latin America and East Africa. The disease is caused by tiny parasites, the Leishmania, and transmitted by the bite of an infected sandfly.

14 May 2014

Protein Data Bank now contains over 100,000 structures

Spanning the globe from the US, UK, and Japan, the Worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB) organization announces that the Protein Data Bank archive now contains more than 100,000 entries.

14 May 2014

Study links triple-negative breast cancer to ethnicity, independent of socioeconomics

An analysis of a large nationwide dataset finds that regardless of their socioeconomic status, black women were nearly twice as likely as white women to be diagnosed with triple-negative (TN) breast cancer, a subtype that has a poorer prognosis.

14 May 2014

IRS finalizes rule on data about consumers who purchase exchange plans

The regulation focuses on state exchanges and requires that these marketplaces report information such as enrollees' names, addresses, birthdates and premium amounts. In addition, news outlets also examine what went wrong in states with problem-plagued websites and what is happening in locations where the marketplaces have proven popular.

14 May 2014

Financially weak hospitals continue to struggle, say health researchers

The recent economic recession affected hospitals across the nation, regardless of financial status, but following the rebound, financially weak and safety-net hospitals continue to struggle, according to health researchers.

14 May 2014

Researchers develop chip-like device to sort, store and retrieve individual living cells for study

A U.S. and Korean research team has developed a chip-like device that could be scaled up to sort and store hundreds of thousands of individual living cells in a matter of minutes. The system is similar to a random access memory chip, but it moves cells rather than electrons.

14 May 2014

Medical News

Cryogenically-cooled technology significantly enhances current capabilities of cardiac and brain MRI in mice

Retrophin reports net loss of $70.6 million for first quarter 2014

SAP Patient Relationship Management solution now available for healthcare providers

Isis Pharmaceuticals reports positive data from ISIS-GCGRRx Phase 2 study in patients with type 2 diabetes

Researchers develop new high-tech device for transferring DNA into cells

Nimotuzumab enhances chemo-radiosensitivity by promoting autophagic cell death in ESCC cells

DaVita wins 2014 Immunization Excellence Awards in "Healthcare Personnel Campaign" category

First Edition: May 14, 2014

Medrobotics announces closing of $26M Series E Preferred Stock financing

Mylan releases generic version of Zyprexa Zydis Tablets

Aradigm reports total revenue of $6.6 million for Q1 2014

Heart Failure Association calls for global policy change relating to heart failure

Viewpoints: What's next for employer mandate; SCOTUS and retiree health plans; the 'next big issue'

Two new Manchester research centres aim at improving lives of people with arthritis

Scientists explore why Leishmania parasites develop resistance against existing drugs

Protein Data Bank now contains over 100,000 structures

Study links triple-negative breast cancer to ethnicity, independent of socioeconomics

IRS finalizes rule on data about consumers who purchase exchange plans

Financially weak hospitals continue to struggle, say health researchers

Researchers develop chip-like device to sort, store and retrieve individual living cells for study

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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