Health Insurance Law Weekly

Laserscope - Medical laser systems manufacturer reports record revenues in second quarter

Medical University of Silesia - H3 mRNA level new proliferative marker in astrocytomas

Mental Health - Government wants mental health experts to keep distance from accused terrorists

National Consumers League - Consumer group says Americans vulnerable to, unaware of, counterfeit drugs

Northfield Laboratories Inc. - First interim analysis of polyheme ambulance study data announced

Novartis Inst. BioMed. Res., Arth. & Bone Metab. - p38 inhibitors are efficacious in rheumatoid arthritis models

Pan American Health Organization - AIDS in Latin America: A controllable epidemic?

Policy - Stem cells straddle political, scientific worlds

Postpartum Depression - Income influences mothers' depressive symptoms

Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong - Quinidine effective in treatment of electrical storm

Provena Health - Health system improve ICU care through information technology

Purdue University - Stuttering more than talk - research shows brain's role in disorder

Relapsing Fever - Two cases of relapsing fever confirmed in Montana

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharma company reports progress in aurora kinase program for treatment of cancer

Royal Oak Medical Center - Urgent care center earns accreditation from trade association

SIRS Laboratory - Sepsis-associated gene expression profiles identified

Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. - Bioscience company reports financial results

Sanofi-Synthelabo - Teva's ANDA doesn't challenge product patent for Avapro

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Kansas judge says doctors cannot be forced to report underage sex

Siemens Medical Solutions - New movable, digital C-arm receives FDA clearance

Sierra Health Services Inc., - Healthcare services company reports net income increases

Solvay Pharmaceuticals - European, Canadian marketing approval granted for cardiovascular drug

SomaLogic, Inc. - Proteomics firm acquires rights to DNA modification chemistry patents

Sonus Pharmaceuticals - Company reports second quarter financials, updates breast cancer drug progress

Southampton General Hospital - PorA protein of Neisseria meningitidis activates dendritic cells

Spherix Incorporated - Naturlose to be studied to extend blood shelf life

Sting-Free - Tech company's new insole composite can block plantar fasciitis heel pain

Stressgen Biotechnologies Corporation - Pharmaceutical company presents data at International Immunology Congress

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - SLE is an independent risk factor for endothelial dysfunction in women

Tampere University Hospital - Diazoxide has anti-inflammatory effects

Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center - Sustained HIV virological response better with triple nucleoside therapy

Thermo Electron Corp. - DPC inks agreement for TCAutomation and Konelab

Toxicology - Women may be more susceptible to immunotoxic effects of arsenic exposure

U.K. National Heart & Lung Institute - Acute graft attrition after myoblast transplantation to the heart studied

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in U.S. populations reported

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Hepatitis C virus kinetics and host responses in chimpanzees determined

U.S. National Institutes of Health - HLA-DRB1*0401-restricted MBP111-129-specific T cells may be pathogenic

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Pediatric patients require higher dosages of i.v. voriconazole than adults

USANA Health Sciences Inc. - Personal care products maker reports record second quarter results

Univ. of California, Irvine - Gene linked to breast cancer can suppress tumors

Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - Isolated soy protein shown to benefit type 2 diabetics

Univ. of Texas Medical Branch - Oxidative stress up-regulates chloride channel during cataractogenesis

University of Auckland - Physician perspectives on childhood immunization barriers outlined

University of Bern - Homologue of aliB found in capsule region of nonencapsulated S. pneumoniae

University of Bonn - Signal's "brake" in brain impaired

University of College London - ESHAP regimen cytoreduces resistant myeloma patients

University of Hawaii, Manoa - Progesterone and glucocorticoids can differentially regulate relaxin genes

University of Kentucky - Defective macrophage function in neonates and its impact reported

University of Minnesota - Parents are top influence on soft-drink consumption among kids

University of Pennsylvania - WXPN and Musicians on Call will take healing music to hospitalized children

University of Regensburg - FasL-overexpressing dendritic cells purge activated T cells

University of Sydney - Linking government payments to childhood immunization is effective

University of Tokyo - Viral components other than hemagglutinin protective in influenza model

University of Toronto - Microglia-expressed MRPs may restrict permeation of antiretroviral drugs

University of Wisconsin, Madison - Imatinib mesylate inhibits increases chemosensitivity in sarcoma

Upstate - Cell research company promotes Ian W. Ratcliffe to president and COO

Uterine Leiomyomas - Transient uterine ischemia hypothesized to kill fibroids

Vical Incorporated - Phase 1 clinical trial with bivalent anthrax vaccine initiated

Victorian Infection Diseases Reference Laboratory - Number needed to vaccinate developed for vaccine programs

Wake Forest University - Cardiologists studying new way to screen for heart disease

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. - Drug delivery company reports second quarter 2004 results

Yellowstone Neurosurgical Associates - Getting relief from pain can be shocking