Aging and Elder Health Week

Leiomyosarcoma - Parotid gland leiomyosarcoma detected in a child

Market Analysis - Flexibility in realigning pharmaceutical sales reps is best strategy, Cutting Edge reports

Mayo Clinic, U.S. - Reports from the United States, Japan and Australia add new data to osteoporosis research

McMaster University, Canada - Social model alcohol recovery programs were examined as therapeutic landscapes

Medical Research Institute, Kenya - Reports from Kenya, Uganda and the United Kingdom describe recent advances in malaria research

Medical University of South Carolina, U.S. - Antidepressant-drug interactions are rarely clinically significant

Medicare - Demonstration program supports physician-hospital collaborations to improve quality of care

Mergers & Acquisitions - Assurant to sell equity interest in Private Health Care Systems

Midwest Research Institute, U.S. - Midwest Research Institute's Kansas City facility receives ISO 9001:2000 certification

Mie University, Japan - Studies from Japan, the United Kingdom and Spain describe new findings in hepatitis C virus research

Montreal Heart Institute, Canada - Transmural differences in ionic currents may underlie sex differences in cardiac repolarization

Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, U.S. - Colorectal cancer screening could be increased by referring patients in emergency department

NHS Blood and Transplant, U.K. - Several factors affect bone marrow volume reduction and red blood cell depletion prior to transplant

National Institute per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Italy - Leukapheresis under anesthesia safe and feasible in very low-weight noncompliant children

National Institutes of Health, U.S. - Cone photoreceptor development is activated by retinoid-related orphan receptor

Neuroblastic Tumors - Pediatric neuroblastic tumor linked to chromosome 17 abnormalities

Novartis - Researchers from Switzerland, France and Canada report details of new studies and findings in the area of hepatitis C virus

Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan - Herpesvirus reactivation may occur during drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome

Okayama University, Japan - New data from Japan and the United States lluminates research in hepatitis C virus

Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada - Studies from Canada and the United States advance knowledge in diabetes research

Park-Klinik, Germany - New research from the United States, Canada and United Kingdom in the area of surgery detailed

Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China - Researchers from the United States, Germany and Belgium provide details of new studies and findings in the area of transplants

Peking University, People's Republic of China - Researchers from the People's Republic of China, Japan and Taiwan publish new studies and findings in the area of gastric cancer

Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty - Life-saving percutaneous coronary angioplasty for heart patients increases by a third, reports AHRQ

Personnel - Utah healthcare leader Eligio G. White elected board chair of national health center group

Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Center, New Delhi, India - Head and neck cancer-associated xerostomia prevented by minimizing radiation dose to parotid gland

ReGen Therapeutics - ReGen releases findings showing Colostrinin has potential as anti-aging, anti-cancer therapy

Rectal Cancer - Reports from the United Kingdom, Germany and People's Republic of China add new data to rectal cancer research

Royal Hospitals Trust, Belfast, North Ireland - New findings from the United States, France and Ireland in the area of rotavirus detailed

Rush University, U.S. - Findings from the United States and United Kingdom describe new data in vaccines research

Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden - Studies from Sweden, the United States and Japan add new findings to diabetes body of knowledge

San Raffaele Science Institute, Italy - Researchers' work from Italy, the United States and France adds to HIV/AIDS body of knowledge

Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel - West Nile encephalitis mimics herpes encephalitis

Shiga University, Japan - Findings from Japan, France and Canada describe new data in obesity research

Stanford University, U.S. - Longitudinal lesion remodeling, circumferential plaque location are affected by side branch

Stress Oxydant et Atteintes Vasculaires, France - Researchers from France, the United States and Italy detail new studies and findings in the area of diabetes

Telos Pharmaceuticals - Data from the United States and United Kingdom advance knowledge in influenza research

Tenri Hospital, Nara, Japan - Hemodialysis vascular access guidelines needs and justification are reviewed

Teva Pharmaceuticals - Teva announces settlement in patent infringement litigation on OxyContin

Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Japan - Researchers from Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom report details of new studies and findings in the area of transplants

Toronto Catholic District School Board, Canada - Intervention efforts among serial bullies can eliminate origin of a school's forms of violence

Transitions Optical - Back-to-school season brings eye health concerns for parents

University College London, U.K. -  Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal carriage not related to S. aureus in HIV/AIDS

University College London, U.K. - Acute coronary syndrome triggering is characterized by sociodemographic, clinical factors

University College London, U.K. - Cancer in Barrett esophagus detected by elastic scattering spectroscopy

University College London, U.K. - Vascular remodeling is age dependent after carotid artery occlusion

University Medical Center of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands - Platelet binding and phagocytosis by macrophages is reduced using metabolic arrest

University of Amsterdam, Netherlands - Energy and fat restriction of 1 month did not alter gastric emptying in obese

University of California, U.S. - Mediated cell entry of dsRNA induces RNAi silencing

University of California, U.S. - Predictors of HIV-related stigma determined among young people living with HIV

University of California, U.S. - Salmonellosis risk from raw almonds may be reduced 5 logs following chemical treatment

University of Cambridge, U.K. - Insulin receptor substrate 1 pleckstrin homology domain key to normal insulin signaling

University of Chicago, U.S. - Mother deer cannot recognize the calls of their own offspring but fawns know their mothers

University of Cincinnati, U.S. - Ischemic preconditioning in hypertrophied myocardium requires STAT-3 activation

University of Colorado, U.S. - Pharmacogenetic characteristics determined among antiretroviral drugs in HIV/AIDS

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany - Post-stroke imaging-based thrombolysis treatments compared

University of Frankfurt, Germany - Oropharyngeal cancer treatment by intraarterial induction chemotherapy proves encouraging

University of Geneva, Switzerland - Dopamine modulates von Willebrand factor secretion in endothelial cells via D2-D4 receptors

University of Heidelberg, Germany - TMJ arthralgia predicted from clinical diagnosis and MRI findings is studied

University of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China - Increased glycemia is associated with increasing prevalence of vascular risk factors

University of Kentucky, U.S. - Research from the United States, United Kingdom and Iran in cell biology provides new insights

University of Leipzig, Germany - Reports from Germany, Scotland and Turkey describe recent advances in angiology research

University of Melbourne, Australia - Rheumatoid arthritis patients have increased 30-day case fatality risk after myocardial infarction

University of Michigan, U.S. - Studies from the United States and Germany add new findings to renal cancer body of knowledge

University of North Carolina, U.S. - Lymphocyte apoptosis increases in autoreactive B-cell activation

University of North Carolina, U.S. - Root canal treatment predictors for teeth with full coverage restorations are investigated

University of Oslo, Norway - Researchers' data from Norway, the United States and Italy advance breast cancer research

University of Pavia, Italy - QT interval duration in healthy men was associated with depression-related neuroticism

University of Pavia, Italy - Stem cell transplant recipients may frequently develop asymptomatic human metapneumovirus infection

University of Pittsburgh, U.S. - Researchers' findings from the United States advance HIV/AIDS research

University of Queensland, Australia - Type 2 diabetes prevalence in Chinese populations are rising as life-styles change

University of Sao Paulo, Brazil - Findings from Brazil, Switzerland and the United States describe new data in imaging research

University of Saskatchewan, Canada - Tumor-associated antigen 90K/Mac-2-binding protein has role in colon cancer

University of Texas, U.S. - Anastrozole treatment benefits were similar among patients with and without prior chemotherapy

University of Texas, U.S. - Co-morbid illnesses predict cervical cancer survival more than socioeconomic factors

University of Texas, U.S. - Researchers from the United States describe findings in cancer treatment studies

University of Tromso, Norway - Diabetes prevalence among elderly needing care is high, but undiagnosed diabetes rate is low

University of Tsukuba, Japan - Fat availability may be higher in those with visceral fat obesity compared to subcutaneous fat

University of Tubingen, Germany - Recent studies from Germany, Japan and Israel add new data to diabetes research

University of Utah, U.S. - Experimental scoliosis treated with anterior vertebral stapling is studied

University of Virginia, U.S. - Major adverse cardiovascular events are predicted by age-normalized carotid intima-media thickness

University of Western Ontario, Canada - Recent findings in diabetes described by researchers from Canada, Turkey and Italy

VA Medical Centers, U.S. - Lung cancer could be staged better with endoscopic ultrasound than positron emission tomography

VA Medical Centers, U.S. - Memantine is safe and effective treatment for mild to moderate Alzheimer disease

Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium - Childhood pneumonia-causing pneumococcal serotypes are determined

Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands - Sympathetic effects on cardiac contractility show substantial heritability in ambulatory recordings

WEX Pharmaceuticals - WEX Pharmaceuticals granted patents by intellectual property offices of China and Ukraine

Wake Forest University, U.S. - New findings in diabetes described from the United States and Turkey

Washington Hospital Center, Washington, U.S. - Thyroid cancer linked to various syndromes that could have significant skin manifestations

William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, U.S. - Researchers from the United States and Japan describe findings in cardiology studies

Wyeth - Wyeth receives extension of review for desvenlafaxine succinate

Yonsei University, South Korea - Carotid intima-media thickness improved in diabetics after intensive lifestyle modification

eGene - Bureau of Investigation Ministry of Justice, Taiwan, uses eGene's HDA-GT12 System for DNA ID work