Health Business Week

Innsbruck University - Sudden infant death syndrome prevention programs in Austria should continue

Institut Curie - New way of increasing efficacy of chemotherapy described

Isotechnika, Inc. - Company receives regulatory approval in China for Helikit

Kyushu University, Fukuoka - Two-loci or greater HLA mismatch associated with poor SCT outcome

Lerner Medical Devices, Inc. - Company announces 510(k) clearance of the levia phototherapy system

Malaria Research Centre, Delhi - Novel PCR assay distinguishes members of An. fluviatilis complex

Malignant Hyperthermia - Gene-testing families risk overheating

Mayo Clinic - Nerve block cuts pain in cancer patients by 50%

Medicaid - Draft of audit shows Arkansas owes federal government $20 million

Meiji Pharmaceutical University - Phloroglucinol from brown algae may treat diabetic complications

Mental Health - Mental health centers in Missouri may not have to close

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals - Encouraging results from NicVAX phase I/II clinical trial

National University of Singapore - Antisense suppression of DENN alters the growth of cancer cells and tumors

Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp. - Study finds a 39% reduction in AD in patients taking statin drugs

Orchid BioSciences, Inc. - BioSciences company reports 2003 financial results

Orthofix International N.V. - Orthopedic products company reports increased sales for 2003

Osaka Medical College - Chymase inhibition prevents adhesion formation after abdominal surgery

Pasteur Institute of Bangui, Paris - HIV rates high in both rural and urban Central African Republic

Physical Fitness - Women-only gym offers comfort for self-conscious

Prescription Drug Importation - Lawmakers grill Thompson over opposition to drugs from Canada

Preventive Medicine - Study seeks to curb hospital visits, cost of treating seniors

Quidel Corporation - Diagnostics company files patent infringement lawsuit

Rotech Healthcare Inc. - Medical equipment provider reports 2003 pro forma financial results

Rotech Healthcare Inc. - New agreements with home healthcare company announced

Scripps Research Institute - Integrins regulate Rac targeting by internalization of membrane domains

Sicel Technologies - Grant to fund development of implantable sensor technology for oncology

SinoFresh HealthCare, Inc. - SinoFresh Nasal and Sinus Care to be distributed in Latin America

St. Francis Hospital, Mooresville - Researchers compare pre- and intraoperative knee alignment

St. Jude Children's Hospital - Clofarabine is active in children with advanced leukemia

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Protein's role in retina development key to understanding devastating eye cancer

St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital - Folic-acid fortification policy a great success in reducing neural tube defects

State Medicaid - Experts suggest changes to Louisiana's healthcare system

Thermogenesis Corp. - Cord blood stem cell programs in Japan continue adoption of BioArchive System

Trestle Holdings, Inc. - Maine Health Alliance expands telemedicine relationship

Tulane University - High childhood blood pressure predicts hard arteries in adults

U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Painkiller linked to rise in overdose deaths

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Potential type 2 diabetes-linked gene characterized in Pima Indians

U.S. National Institutes of Health - T-cell subsets harboring HIV in vivo have implications for HIV pathogenesis

Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - 3-Hydroxyisovaleric acid is best suited for detecting biotin deficiency

Univ. of Tennessee, Memphis - Minors able to buy nicotine replacement therapy products

Univ. of Texas School of Medicine, Houston - Blindness arising from postpartum leukoencephalopathy syndrome usually resolves

University of Alberta - Depression can lead to back pain

University of Calgary - Robot may soon aid in brain operations

University of Cologne - As many as 95% of Hodgkin disease patients can be cured with modern therapy

University of Liverpool - British heart deaths slashed when smokers quit

University of Manchester - Cancer rates in teens and early 20s rising

University of Minnesota - Radiation treatment is active in bone cancer

University of North Carolina - KSHV K1 protein activates Akt cell survival pathway

University of Nottingham - DNA binding by meningococcal RdgC protein linked to pilin antigens

University of Saskatchewan - Structure of universally employed enzyme determined

Vanderbilt University - FDG-PET finds unknown metastases in 30% of cholangiocarcinoma patients

Wansbeck General Hospital - The ABG-I cementless hip implant has a very high failure rate

Washington University - First avian genome now available to scientists worldwide

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company announces marketing partner for nicotine gum