Health Insurance Week

Medicare - Medicare Part D education campaign visits Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Recent chemotherapy reduced sensitivity of FDG-PET in detecting colorectal metastases

Mergers & Acquisitions - HIP's acquisition of PerfectHealth approved

Mergers & Acquisitions - IPC-The Hospitalist Company expands into Ocala, Florida

Merit Medical Systems Inc. - Disposable products company introduces new catheter securement device

Mexico National Institute of Public Health - Role of vitamin D in chronic inflammation and insulin resistance in diabetes is reviewed

Nara Medical University - Transplanted embryonic stem cell-derived neural stem cells effective in spinal cord injury

National Cancer Research Institute, Italy - Premature menopause may be averted with goserelin given before and during chemotherapy

Neurologix, Inc. - Pharma company appoints Marc Panoff as CFO and chief accounting officer

Nevada Cancer Institute - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of mesothelioma

Nishinomiya Municipal Central Hospital, Hyogo - Researchers' findings advance kidney cancer research

Novozymes A/S - Novozymes reports 11% net profits for 2005

NuVasive, Inc. - Medical device company appoints Jeffrey Rydin as senior vice president of U.S. sales

Nuvelo Inc. - Alfimeprase receives U.S. FDA fast track status for acute peripheral arterial occlusion

Obstetrics - Sperm bank to release some donor contact information when offspring reach adulthood

Ohio State University - Cyclophosphamide permits the dose reduction of a potent oncolytic virus

OmniGuide, Inc. - Cleveland Clinic Head and Neck Institute announced first robotic laser surgery using new fiber

Omnicell, Inc. - Novation awards group purchasing contract to patient safety company

Orion Genomics - Researchers collaborate to identify epigenetic biomarkers for early cancer diagnosis

Oscient Pharmaceuticals - U.S. FDA accepts sNDA for Factive for community acquired pneumonia

Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge - Rise in insulin resistance after C18:1 trans-fatty acid enriched meal depends on FABP2 gene

Personnel - Health insurance company names Cocagne and Guillemette regional vice presidents

Pfizer Inc - European Commission approves Exubera for treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes

Proacta, Inc. - Biotech company commences treatment of cancer patient in phase I study of PR-104

Quintiles Transnational Corp. - Pharmaceutical services company receives two key certifications for facility in Beijing

Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido - Findings in environmental health provide new insights

Saga University - Short-term CLA feeding shows antiobesity effects without inducing adverse effect

Saint John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis - Review addresses management of the metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular health

Schering-Plough Corp. - Health Canada Approves Temodal for newly diagnosed brain cancer patients

State University of Ghent - Protozoan infection is cause of diarrhea in young calves

SurModics, Inc. - Drug delivery company reports Q1 2006 revenues of $16.5 million, up 17% from year ago

Surface Logix Inc. - Steven Gillis, PhD, named to board of biophysical chemistry company

Sydney Dental Hospital - Full-mouth tooth extraction lowers systemic inflammatory and thrombotic markers of CV risk

Taiwan Blood Service Foundation - Modified conventional protocol for childhood AML well tolerated

Technical University Dresden Kliniukm - Single-dose pegfilgrastim for CD34+ cell mobilization is feasible

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. - U.S. FTC clears Israel-based generic drug company and IVAX to close merger transaction

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Soccer star named spokesman for cancer group

Tokyo Medical & Dental University - CCND1 gene numerical aberrations used to predict lymph node metastasis in oral cancer

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. - Cardiovascular group, imaging company establish cardiovascular CT education partnership

Trinity BioSystems, Inc. - Studies add new findings to pseudomonas vaccines body of knowledge

Tripos, Inc. - Life sciences products, services provider completes staff reductions in Discovery Research

U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston - Gene expression profiling clarifies tissue response to systemic blood loss

U.S. National Institutes of Health - TLR9 regulates Th1 responses and cooperates with TLR2 in mediating optimal MTB resistance

Umea University - LPL activity/mass ratio is higher in omental than in subcutaneous adipose tissue

Universita degli Studi Federico II, Naples - New findings in the area of prostate cancer described

University of British Columbia - Clusterin knockdown chemosensitizes human breast cancer cells

University of California, Los Angeles - Review examines secondary hormonal therapy for advanced prostate cancer

University of California, San Francisco - Breast cancer cells overproduce the angiogenesis promoter Sulf-2

University of Glasgow - Telomerase-specific Cre/Lox switch allows targeted cancer gene therapy

University of Hamburg - Phosphonate prodrugs more active against HIV compared to the parent PMEA

University of Heidelberg - Neuroendocrine differentiation exhibited prognostic value in prostatic carcinoma

University of Kirikkale - Optimal shock wave lithotripsy frequency is 90 waves per minute

University of Kuopio - Improved grip strength in women with lower bone loss may be linked to hormone replacement therapy

University of Minnesota - Upgrade to CRT reduces ventricular arrhythmia frequency in ICD users

University of North Carolina School of Medicine - Scientists discover "gatekeeper" protein in blood clotting

University of Rochester - Endoscopic treatment of vesicoureteral reflux with hydroxyapatite is safe and effective

University of Sheffield - Microvessel density is not a prognostic indicator in soft tissue sarcoma

University of Southern California - Study characterizes autonomic effect of arousal from sleep

University of Tampere Medical School - Pentavalent rotavirus vaccine reduces hospitalizations in infants

University of Tennessee Health Science Center - Research add new data to osteoporosis body of knowledge

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston - New findings in diabetes pathogenesis described

University of Thessaly - Autoimmune hepatitis and biliary cirrhosis have distinct bone marrow cytokine production

University of Ulsan, Seoul - Fluoroscopically guided balloon dilation effective for benign anastomotic stricture

University of Utah Health Sciences Center - Researchers identify major source of muscle repair cells

University of Utrecht - Waiting time between chemotherapy and radiotherapy should be short in lung cancer patients

University of Verona - Oxidized LDL receptor 1 gene is associated with coronary artery disease severity marker

University of Witten/Herdecke, Datteln - Intima media thickness in childhood obesity is related to cardiovascular risk

University of the Sacred Heart, Rome - Three molecular methods for detecting melanoma tyrosinase mRNA compared

Vapotherm, Inc. - Company recalls respiratory gas humidification devices due to Ralstonia contamination

Vidacare - Vascular access product receives U.S. FDA clearance for use in pediatrics

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute - Genome center researchers report new understanding of proteins in brain synapses

YM BioSciences Inc. - Enrollment of first patient in phase 2b trial of fentanyl therapy for acute pain announced

Yale University - Capecitabine and radiotherapy studied as pancreatic cancer treatment