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SunLink second quarter consolidated net revenues decrease 4.0% to $27,850,000

SunLink Health Systems, Inc. today announced net earnings for its second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2012 of $3,935,000, or $0.42 per fully diluted share, compared to a net loss of $935,000, or a loss of $0.10 per fully diluted share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2011.

14 Feb 2013

Personalis announces availability of Genome Services for Research

Personalis, Inc. today announced availability of its Genome Services for Research, focusing on accuracy in sequencing, analysis, and interpretation of human genomes. Personalis believes that accuracy is crucial in medicine, both in research and ultimately in clinical use.

14 Feb 2013

Santarus launches UCERIS for induction of remission in patients with ulcerative colitis

Santarus, Inc. announced today the U.S. commercial launch of UCERIS (budesonide) extended release tablets for the induction of remission in patients with active, mild to moderate ulcerative colitis.

14 Feb 2013

Innophos reports net sales of $209 million for fourth quarter 2012

Innophos Holdings, Inc., a leading international producer of performance-critical and nutritional specialty ingredients, with applications in food, beverage, dietary supplements, pharmaceutical, oral care and industrial end markets, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2012.

14 Feb 2013

Second Sight Medical Products receives FDA approval for Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, the first implanted device to treat adult patients with advanced retinitis pigmentosa (RP).

14 Feb 2013

Political cartoon: 'Don't Go Breakin' My Heart?'

Kaiser Health News provides a fresh take on health policy developments with "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart?" by Gary Markstein.

14 Feb 2013

Teachers have a high prevalence of voice disorders

Teachers are significantly more likely to have voice disorders than individuals in other professions, research shows.

14 Feb 2013

Foot and ankle assessments fail to capture patient concerns

Commonly used clinical measurements of foot and ankle outcome do not reflect patient concerns, missing the impact of age and gender on how patients define treatment success, US researchers caution.

14 Feb 2013

High diclofenac use questioned

Diclofenac remains one of the most widely recommended and regularly used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs globally, despite its known association with increased cardiovascular risk, warn researchers who argue it should be removed from Essential Medicines Lists.

14 Feb 2013

Elemental diet may help adults with eosinophilic esophagitis

Results from a small study suggest that consumption of an elemental diet for 2–4 weeks results in a significant histologic improvement in adult patients with eosinophilic esophagitis.

14 Feb 2013

Schizophrenia dampens volition

Patients with schizophrenia and negative symptoms are less likely than mentally healthy people to increase their efforts for higher levels of reward, research shows.

14 Feb 2013

Prediabetes associated with impaired lung function

Japanese researchers have found a significant association between prediabetes and impaired lung function.

14 Feb 2013

Manic episodes linked to memory recall deficit in bipolar disorder

Patients with bipolar disorder have impaired recall of episodic autobiographical memories when recounting events that occurred during mania, report Canadian researchers.

14 Feb 2013

DNA repair mechanisms tied to reproductive aging

Age-related decline in the efficacy of DNA repair may underlie reproductive aging, say researchers.

14 Feb 2013

Collaborative home-based palliative care for heart failure successful in UK

A collaborative home-based palliative care service for patients with advanced congestive heart failure could increase their chances of dying in their place of choice, show UK study results.

14 Feb 2013

Defensive medicine under attack

Around one-eighth of all requests for tests and procedures by gastroenterologists are attributable to the practice of defensive medicine, Italian research shows.

14 Feb 2013

Crowded emergency department has psychologic impact

The likelihood for patients with acute coronary syndromes developing post-traumatic stress disorder rises with emergency department crowding, research suggests.

14 Feb 2013

US health system failing unaccompanied immigrant children

Unaccompanied immigrant or “alien” children arriving in the USA with no papers or family often receive no or inadequate mental healthcare, says the author of an article published in JAMA Pediatrics.

14 Feb 2013

Laparoscopic proctectomy stands up to open surgery

Laparoscopic surgery produces comparable results to open surgery for rectal cancer, show the findings of the first, large, randomized trial of the technique.

14 Feb 2013

Cyclist pollution exposure minimized by use of quieter roads

Research suggests that using quieter streets with less traffic exposes city cyclists to lower levels of air pollution than using more congested routes, although wind-speed has a significant influence on levels of pollution exposure experienced each day.

14 Feb 2013