Health Business Week

Medical Malpractice - Insurers, doctors, legislators working to contain malpractice

Mental Health - Advisers recommend approval of new use for nerve stimulator

Mitsubishi Pharma Corp. - MediciNova acquires phase II anxiety compound

Natural Alternatives International, Inc. - Supplement maker appoints new independent member to board of directors

New York Eye and Ear Infirmary - Less invasive surgery is effective, safe for fungal sinus disease

Ohio State University - Abnormal chromosomes forecast leukemia relapse

Orphan Medical - Data highlights Xyrem as a treatment for excessive daytime sleepiness

Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. - Ribavirin patent infringement case dismissed

Personnel - Alaska virology lab director retiring

Pharmaceutical Drugs - U.S. doctors' group rejects proposal to soften 'freebie' policy

PrecisionMed Inc. - Cerebrospinal fluid sample bank launched

Prince Henry's Inst. for Medical Research - Fetal osteoblastic cell line sheds light on aromatase expression regulation

Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong - Novel mutations found in Chinese family with factor X deficiency

Regional Medical Research Center, Orissa - Traditional population groups in India have a low prevalence of hypertension

Scripps Research Institute - An in vivo model reveals elements underlying angiogenesis in obesity

Second University of Naples - Weight loss, lifestyle changes improve sexual function in obese men

Siemens Medical Solutions - Mayo Clinic to implement SIENET

Smoking Ban - California health advocates try again to bar smoking in cars carrying kids

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - New mouse model can be used to test new treatments for pediatric eye cancer

State University of Ghent Hospital - Sinus pack-based method devised for nasal fluid collection

Stem Cell Research - British scientists apply for license to clone human embryos

Sunnybrook & Women's College, Toronto - Versican isoform induces neuronal differentiation and promotes neurite outgrowth

Technical University of Munich - Empirical data on varicella situation in Germany released

Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Immunomodulatory Achillea oils characterized

Teva Neuroscience, Inc. - Copaxone reduces brain atrophy in MS patients

Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Worldwide rights acquired for development of iloperidone antipsychotic agent

Tufts University - Stromal tissue is the key target of mammary gland carcinogens

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Differences between human and mouse embryonic stem cells species-specific

Ullevaal University Hospital - VALUE study concludes angiotensin-receptor blockers can reduce blood pressure

Uniformed Svcs Univ of the Health Sci., Bethesda -  Shigella flexneri mutant shows no attenuation of virulence

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Researchers recreate patterns formed by mammalian cells

Univ. of New Mexico - FAS diagnosis requires history of environmental, behavioral, and genetic status

Universidad de Alcala - LPS-binding protein predicts infection in cirrhotic patients

University Catholique Louvain, Brussels -  B. henselae genotype I strains may be more pathogenic than type II strains

University Hospital, Lausanne - Atelectasis prevented during anesthesia in morbidly obese patients

University of California, San Francisco - Aortic smooth muscle cell expression of PKG-1 characterized

University of Debrecen - Low formaldehyde concentrations induce DNA damage in UV-irradiated skin cells

University of Edinburgh - Health risks from excess hormone exposure are passed to future generations

University of Edinburgh - Scottish study of deaths in drug injectors shows early help is critical

University of Essex - Factors affecting efficiency of immunoporation cell transfection identified

University of Florida - Obesity research suggests new way to beat biochemical bottleneck

University of Ioannina - Proangiogenic growth factor distinguishes melanoma from dysplastic nevi

University of Leipzig - Trifluoromethyl-substituted hydantoins useful for rational drug design

University of Mainz - Enzymatic cleavage of CD95 leaves tumor cells resistant to destruction

University of Miami - Study: Key markers for CVD risk improve in diabetics taking combination therapy

University of Michigan - Early intervention lessens impact of autism

University of Saarland - Lipid optimization augments solid lipid nanoparticle-mediated gene transfer

University of Tokyo - Anthracycline dose most potent predictor of cardiac complications after HSCT

University of Tubingen - Cloned transgenic animals produce high levels of antitumor bispecific antibody

University of Utah - Research uncovers how genes get us wired

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Investigational PI 640385 (VX-385) indicates activity against HIV

Wake Forest University - New study finds estrogen use doesn't reduce dementia risk in older women

Washington University - Major factors of lipid storage and utilization in adipocytes examined

Water Safety - Pure H20 Bio-Technologies announces new potable water disinfection systems

West Nile Virus - Bird in Knox County, Tennessee, confirmed to have West Nile virus

Wright State University - Jet propellant-8 presents unknown hazards to aviation industry workers

Yale University - Estrogen mediates sex difference in stress-induced prefrontal cortex dysfunction

Yale University - MEKK4 helps mediate STAT4-independent IFN-gamma production