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We Care Health Services acquires Pace Group of Companies

We Care Health Services (We Care), Canada's most trusted name in home health care and support services, is pleased to announce that it is further expanding its comprehensive health care portfolio with the acquisition of the Kitchener-Waterloo based Pace Group of Companies (Pace).

12 Feb 2013

New cancer research to be highlighted in AACR Annual Meeting 2013

The AACR Annual Meeting 2013 will bring more than 17,000 scientists, advocates, industry leaders and other professionals to Washington, D.C., for the latest in breakthrough cancer science.

12 Feb 2013

PharmaJet receives Performance, Quality and Safety pre-qualified certification from WHO

PharmaJet Inc. has become the first and only needle-free injection company to receive Performance, Quality and Safety (PQS) pre-qualified certification from the World Health Organization (WHO).

12 Feb 2013

MannKind fourth quarter total operating expenses increase to $33.5 million

MannKind Corporation today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012.

12 Feb 2013

Two different mechanisms trigger early-onset prostate cancers

While prostate cancer is the most common cancer in elderly Western men it also, but more rarely, strikes patients aged between 35 and 50. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, in collaboration with several other research teams in Germany, have discovered that such early-onset prostate cancers are triggered by a different mechanism from that which causes the disease at a later age.

12 Feb 2013

U.S. hospitals continue to make progress in reducing health care-associated infections

Hospitals in the U.S. continue to make progress in the fight against central line-associated bloodstream infections and some surgical site infections, according to a report issued today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Catheter-associated urinary tract infections remained unchanged between 2010 and 2011.

12 Feb 2013

Community health workers can help individuals better manage their diabetes

Newly published results from a randomized controlled clinical trial in the Pacific U.S. territory of American Samoa add clear evidence for the emerging idea that community health workers can meaningfully improve type 2 diabetes care in medically underserved communities.

12 Feb 2013

Enzyme therapy slows progression of Batten disease in dogs

Batten disease is a rare, fatal genetic disorder that affects children. Currently, no effective treatment exists for the disease, which ultimately kills all who are affected. Dachshunds also suffer from Batten disease, and now researchers from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Medicine, in collaboration with BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., have developed a treatment for the disease that has significantly delayed the onset and progression of symptoms in the Dachshunds.

12 Feb 2013

Skilled Healthcare fourth quarter revenue increases 2.4% to $219.2 million

Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. today announced its consolidated financial operating results for the three and twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012.

12 Feb 2013

Eight ways to say ‘I love you’ from Loyola dietitian

If you want to keep your true love's heart beating strong, Susan Ofria, clinical nutrition manager at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, said the real food of love is dark chocolate and red wine. In moderation, red wine and dark chocolate are good health choices not just on Valentine's Day, but for any occasion.

12 Feb 2013

RNF20 protein required for MLL-rearranged leukemia amplification

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive blood cancer that is currently incurable in 70% of patients. In a bold effort, CSHL scientists are among those identifying and characterizing the molecular mechanisms responsible for this cancer in order to generate potential new therapeutics.

12 Feb 2013

Omega reports operating revenues of $95.0 million for fourth quarter 2012

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. today announced its results of operations for the three- and twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012. The Company also reported Funds From Operations ("FFO") available to common stockholders for the three-month period ended December 31, 2012 of $61.4 million or $0.55 per common share.

12 Feb 2013

AB SCIEX releases new testing method for laboratories to detect DCD in dairy products

AB SCIEX today announced the release of a new testing method for laboratories to screen for and quantify dicyandiamide ‒ known as DCD ‒ in dairy products and other protein-rich foods.

12 Feb 2013

Southampton scientists create new method to generate bone cells

Scientists at the University of Southampton have created a new method to generate bone cells which could lead to revolutionary bone repair therapies for people with bone fractures or those who need hip replacement surgery due to osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.

12 Feb 2013

STD Med, Pavilion announce joint investment to launch Saphena Medical

Pavilion Medical Innovations L.L.C. of Norwell, MA and STD Med, Inc. of Stoughton, MA are pleased to announce a joint investment to launch Saphena Medical, Inc., a new cutting edge medical device company focused on Endoscopic Vein Harvesting technologies.

12 Feb 2013

Unilife revenues decrease to $0.7 million for three months ended December 31, 2012

Unilife Corporation, a developer and supplier of injectable drug delivery systems, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2012, (the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2013).

12 Feb 2013

Letters to the editor: Readers' thoughts on issues related to hospice care, mental health provisions of the President's gun plan

Here's a selection of reader responses to Kaiser Health News' stories, including one about a federal investigation into San Diego Hospice as well as another detailing the mental health provisions included in President Barack Obama's gun plan.

12 Feb 2013

Petaluma Health Center earns NCQA level 3 PCMH recognition

Today, the California Primary Care Association (CPCA) announced that one of its members, the Petaluma Health Center, has received Level 3 Recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for its implementation of the Patient Centered Health Home (PCHH) model of care.

12 Feb 2013

Tips on avoiding a Valentine's Day Headache

February 14 is right around the corner, and no one wants to spend Valentine's day, or the day after, with a severe headache and some of its accompaniments – nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light and sound. And you certainly don't want your gift to be the culprit in producing a headache.

12 Feb 2013