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UBM Canon's MD+DI wins 2014 MAGGIE Award from Western Publishing Association

UBM Canon's MD+DI (Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry), the medtech industry's comprehensive source for news, analysis, and in-depth information for 35 years, was recently honored as a 2014 MAGGIE Award winner at the Western Publishing Association's 63rd Annual MAGGIE Awards in the category of Best Cover (Circulation Under 50,000)/Trade for its August 2013 issue.

8 May 2014

Owaves launches world's first dedicated wellness planner on iTunes

Owaves, a cosmopolitan lifestyle medicine company based in San Diego, is launching the world's first dedicated wellness planner today on iTunes. The Owaves iPad App provides a remarkably simple, visual, fun and effective tool for positive lifestyle change and management.

8 May 2014

Finding has implications for understanding cognitive decline in degenerative diseases

New research suggests that certain types of brain cells may be "picky eaters," seeming to prefer one specific energy source over others. The finding has implications for understanding the cognitive decline seen in aging and degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis.

8 May 2014

Genetic changes linked to altered default mode network in psychosis

Researchers have identified biological processes likely to underlie altered activity in the resting-state default mode network in patients with psychosis.

8 May 2014

Life events link to mania bolstered

Study findings support a role for childhood and adulthood stressors in the risk of both new-onset and recurrent mania.

8 May 2014

NeoGenomics selects Aurora as primary partner for molecular testing

NeoGenomics, Inc., a leading provider of cancer-focused genetic and molecular testing services, announced today that it has been selected by Aurora Diagnostics to be its primary partner for molecular testing at each of Aurora's 19 specialized anatomic pathology laboratories in the United States.

8 May 2014

First Edition: May 8, 2014

Today's headlines include reports from a Capitol Hill hearing featuring health insurers' testimony about their experiences with new enrollment under the health law.

8 May 2014

Consumer Reports finds that only some hospitals help mothers avoid unnecessary C-sections

A Consumer Reports analysis of over 1,500 hospitals in 22 U.S. states suggests that some hospitals do a much better job than others at helping mothers avoid unnecessary C-sections.

8 May 2014

IPM gains exclusive worldwide rights to promising HIV prevention medicine from Janssen R&D Ireland

The International Partnership for Microbicides announced today that it has received exclusive worldwide rights to a promising HIV prevention medicine called dapivirine from Janssen R&D Ireland, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.

8 May 2014

MRI-guided focused ultrasound to treat pain from bone metastases

InSightec Ltd, the leader in magnetic resonance imaging guided Focused Ultrasound therapy (MRgFUS), announced that the results of its ExAblate® Phase III clinical trial for treating painful bone metastases have been published online in the JNCI, Journal of National Cancer Institute.

8 May 2014

MAXIMUS revenue increases 35% to $439.0 million in second quarter fiscal 2014

MAXIMUS, a leading provider of government services worldwide, today reported financial results for the three and six months ended March 31, 2014.

8 May 2014

New technique expands number of functional cord blood stem cells for transplantation

Adults suffering from diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, and other blood-related disorders may benefit from life-saving treatment commonly used in pediatric patients. Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a new technique that causes cord blood (CB) stems cells to generate in greater numbers making them more useful in adult transplantation.

8 May 2014

Expanding Medicaid access increases use of subspecialty surgical services in New York State

Researchers in the department of surgery at the University of Michigan have found that expanding access to Medicaid in New York State increased beneficiaries' use of subspecialty surgical services.

8 May 2014

Hepatocellular carcinoma on the rise among Mexican Americans

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the primary cancer of the liver, is on the verge of becoming an epidemic among Mexican Americans, especially in Texas.

8 May 2014

Penn experts urge health care institutions to rely on existing staff to drive needed transformations

A group of health care and policy experts from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is urging health care institutions to look more to their own in-house personnel, including physicians and nurses, as a source of new ideas for improving how care is delivered.

8 May 2014

Janssen submits sNDA to FDA for simeprevir in combination with sofosbuvir for treatment of HCV genotype 1 infection

Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen) today announced it has submitted a Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for simeprevir, an NS3/4A protease inhibitor marketed as OLYSIO™ in the United States, in combination with the nucleotide analog NS5B polymerase inhibitor sofosbuvir developed by Gilead Sciences, Inc.

8 May 2014

Medical News

UBM Canon's MD+DI wins 2014 MAGGIE Award from Western Publishing Association

Owaves launches world's first dedicated wellness planner on iTunes

Finding has implications for understanding cognitive decline in degenerative diseases

Genetic changes linked to altered default mode network in psychosis

Life events link to mania bolstered

NeoGenomics selects Aurora as primary partner for molecular testing

First Edition: May 8, 2014

Consumer Reports finds that only some hospitals help mothers avoid unnecessary C-sections

IPM gains exclusive worldwide rights to promising HIV prevention medicine from Janssen R&D Ireland

MRI-guided focused ultrasound to treat pain from bone metastases

MAXIMUS revenue increases 35% to $439.0 million in second quarter fiscal 2014

New technique expands number of functional cord blood stem cells for transplantation

Expanding Medicaid access increases use of subspecialty surgical services in New York State

Hepatocellular carcinoma on the rise among Mexican Americans

Penn experts urge health care institutions to rely on existing staff to drive needed transformations

Janssen submits sNDA to FDA for simeprevir in combination with sofosbuvir for treatment of HCV genotype 1 infection

Janssen expands collaboration with IPM for development of dapivirine to prevent HIV

Surgeons perform robotic gall bladder surgery more safely

NIH-funded study in tanzanian infants tracked risk of severe malaria over time

Smartphone app shows promise for detecting early signs of mood changes in people with bipolar disorder

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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