Health Business Week

Non-Prescription Drugs - Methamphetamine bill sparks concerns for pharmacies, others

NovaMed,Inc - Pain management center opens in Indiana

Olive Garden - Students raise money in grass-roots effort to fund cancer research

Orthopedic University Hospital, Frankfurt - Anatomically-shaped SBG stem has high long-term success rate

Ottawa General Hospital - Attachment predicts treatment completion of hospital program by women with AN

Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition - Breast cancer coalition launches Pennsylvania funding program for research

Personnel - Cancer Lifeline announces retirement of executive director

Personnel - Comprehensive Health Education Foundation adds fund development director

Personnel - HMS Holdings names Thomas G. Archbold senior VP, CFO

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufact. of America - Drug discount program launched in Ohio

ProxyMed, Inc. - Healthcare transcription company announces that its CEO will retire

Purdue University - Pinitol does not affect insulin-mediated glucose metabolism

Pusan National University - Effects of skin penetration enhancer HPE-101 on RBC membrane determined

QIAGEN N.V. - Nucleic acids company launches new product line for protein sample preparation

RIKEN, Kanagawa - The CD40 ligand gene may be involved in coronary artery lesion formation

Ranbaxy Inc. - Pharma company files three antiretrovirals with the U.S. FDA

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon - Health insurance company launches generic medication sampling program

Russian Cardiology Research Center, Moscow - Study investigated mechanisms of platelet interaction with von Willebrand factor

S. Orsola Policlinic, Bologna - Growth imbalances characterize essential thrombocythemia megakaryocytopoiesis

SHPS - Integrated health management provider selected by Delta Health Systems

Schering-Plough Corporation - Pharmaceutical company senior VP named one of most powerful black executives

SecureCARE Technologies, Inc. - AMGA members implement Internet-based healthcare information system

Sepracor Inc. - Insomnia and major depressive disorder preliminary trial results announced

Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - U.S. FDA grants priority review for ACEON sNDA

St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim - Model for quantifying motion in artery plaques was valid for seven parameters

Stanford University - Immunity to extracellular domain of Nogo-A modulates encephalomyelitis

Starpharma Holdings Limited - Pharmaceutical company completes level 1 American Depositary Receipts Program

State Medicaid - House agrees to restore Medicaid benefits to legal immigrants

Tel Aviv University - Utility of dental implants in anterior maxillary reconstruction determined

Tercica, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company provides NDA update, appoints chief medical officer

Texas Center for Joint Replacement - Highly and minimally instrumented unicompartmental knee prostheses compared

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Pennsylvania children's hospital names Gavin R. Kerr executive VP, COO

Thoratec Corporation - Cardiovascular implant developer names 4 new staff members to management team

Transax International Limited - IT systems provider for healthcare companies reports record Q4 2004 volume

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Cutoff points for antibody levels to pertussis toxin established

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Replication of SARS coronavirus in monkey respiratory tract investigated

Univ. of California, Berkeley - Acid-degradable particles for protein-based vaccines enhances survival rate

Univ. of California, Davis - Endocrine disruption in puberty may predispose females to later disease

University Catholique Louvain, Brussels - Differentiated neural stem cells express functional glial glutamate transporters

University College London - Two minutes of magnetic stimulation can change your brain for an hour

University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg - Data advance knowledge in asthma research

University of Alabama, Birmingham - Three-D TTE defined atrial septal defect location, size, and surrounding anatomy

University of Auckland - Vaginal hysterectomy leads to better outcomes than abdominal surgery

University of Autonoma Barcelona - Researchers report on tophaceous gout involving anterior cruciate ligament

University of Bern - Real-time PCR quantifies bovine lactase mRNA from GI tract of milk-fed calves

University of California Berkeley - Fruits containing vitamin C, potassium may reduce risk of childhood leukemia

University of California Davis, Sacramento - Alzheimer disease, cerebrovascular disease may act additively to cause dementia

University of California San Francisco - Maps are used in initial genome scans for susceptibility alleles

University of Cambridge - Apathogenic hepatitis G vaccine might benefit patients infected with HIV

University of Edinburgh - Versatile spectroscopic probe for cytochrome P450 BM3 developed

University of Florida - Cold weather hikes blood pressure

University of Franche-Comte - Novel GABARAP family protein involved in GABA_A receptor transport

University of Gottingen - Prion protein studied, upregulation after focal cerebral ischemia revealed

University of Halle-Wittenberg - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of cardiology

University of Hamburg - Polymorphism in p85 alpha gene does not affect insulin signaling

University of Illinois, Chicago - Later-stage cancer in pregnant women isn't more aggressive

University of Kaiserslautern - Sensitive in vitro tests for androgenic/antiandrogenic activity developed

University of Kiel - Studying ancestral chordate enhances understanding of adaptive immune systems

University of Liverpool - Azithromycin shows promising results in early clinical trials

University of Michigan - Anti-CD137 antibody augments antitumor efficacy of dendritic cell vaccines

University of Minnesota - Intervention-related bias occurs in food intake reporting by children

University of Ottawa - Dystrophin sequences activate dystrophin CP promoter in skeletal muscle

University of Patras - Epileptic seizure induced, effect on cerebral cortex thiol redox state revealed

University of Queensland - Telmisartan lowers blood pressure and increases insulin sensitivity

University of Science, Kecskemet - Nomogram of limited value in predicting non-SLN involvement after SN+ biopsy

University of Sydney - Voluntary smallpox vaccination requires information about attack likelihood

University of Tennessee - Olive oil mitigates induction of lipogenesis in hyperinsulinemic rats

University of Texas, Austin - Death rate lower in white low birth weight babies in U.S. than black LBW babies

University of Tokyo - Multiple transporters involved in efflux across the blood-brain barrier

University of Toronto - Protein source and quantity determine effect of proteins on food intake

University of Trieste - Aging affects myoblast differentiation potential

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - NDRG1 gene is necessary for p53-dependent apoptosis

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond - Administration of CoCl₂ preconditions the heart against I/R injury

Vivantes Auguste Viktoria Klinikum, Berlin - Nevirapine reduces racemic methadone/(R)-methadone levels in HIV infection

Wake Forest University - Editorial urges "black-box" warning for Bextra and Celebrex

Washington University - Antigen concentrates in small number of antigen presenting cells

Wayne State University, Detroit - Lipoic acid stems the occurrence of diabetic retinopathy in rats

West Nile Virus - Mosquito specialists plan early start to prevent West Nile

Wyeth Vaccines Research - Weight-based antibody units assigned for antipneumococcal reference serum

Yamaguchi University - Study applied functional proteomics to identify a cellular target of ERK1/2

York University, Toronto - Findings describe new data in ovarian cancer research

deCODE genetics - Company awarded $24 million to study genetics of infectious disease and vaccines