Hospital and Nursing Home Week

Medicaid - Disabled poor not receiving necessary equipment through Medicaid, doctors say

Medical Misconduct - Mental-health counselor accused of having sex with teenage client

Medical-Instill Inc. - Company announces long-term agreement with GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals

Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. Johns - Hemodynamic effects of vasopressin analogues studied, comparison reported

Meningitis - UNC-Chapel Hill warned of suspected meningitis case

Microvision Inc. - Technology company enters licensing agreement with Ethicon Endo-Surgery

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York - Reduced-calorie and -carbohydrate diet slows progression of dementia in mice

National Institute for Medical Research, London - Malaria parasite-inhibitory antibody epitopes merozoite protein mapped

Neoforma - Supply chain management provider retains financial advisor

Netherlands Institute for Developmental Biology - Research in toxicology provides new insights

Northwestern University - Cochlear function in Prestin knockout mice analyzed

Northwestern University - Defective fatty acid oxidation aggravates steatohepatitis

Ohio State University - Loss of ERalpha signaling induces epigenetic silencing of downstream targets

PDI, Inc. - Sales and marketing services company names president of business unit

Pain Relief - Opioid combination breaks escalation after poor response to previous opioid

Peking University - Aldosterone stimulates cardiac fibroblasts to produce and secrete adrenomedullin

Pennsylvania State University - Activity of novel macrolides againstHaemophilus influenzae revealed

Personnel - Health Net, Inc., announces president of Health Net of Northeast

Poliomyelitis - U.N. begins vaccinating 6 million Sudanese children against polio

Produce for Better Health Foundation - Produce foundation comments on U.S. dietary guidelines

QLT Inc. - Pharmaceutical company continues trial of age-related macular degeneration drug

Quovadx, Inc. - Royal Health Care Data Center purchases transaction manager

Radiologix, Inc. - Diagnostic imaging company names chief financial officer

Reflective Learning - New Web site created to advance happiness through positive psychology

RehabCare Group, Inc. - Consulting company provides consultation services for correctional health system

RehabCare Group, Inc. - Physician practice consulting company announces new hire

Royal Free University College Medical School - Growth hormone upregulates a protein that gives humans muscle strength

Russian Research Ctr. of Virology & Biotech. - Study links sickness to Russian launch site

SAFC - Chemical manufacturer breaks ground on new facility

Scottish Meningococcus & Pneumococcus Ref. Lab - Erythromycin resistance in pneumococci related to clonal type

Seattle Biomedical Research Institute - Pregnancy-associated malaria vaccines reviewed

Sejong University, Seoul - The carboxy-terminus of hepatitis B virus X protein triggers angiogenic protein

Shanghai Medical University - Chitosan-gelatin complex scaffolds used for cartilage tissue engineering

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. - Infection-focused biotech company announces listing on Halter USX China Index

Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta - Lipid peroxidation affected by high and low serum estradiol levels

Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of preeclampsia

SuperGen, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company withdraws pancreatic cancer treatment NDA per FDA talks

Tobacco Use - Massachusetts looking to close loopholes in private club's smoking ban

Tobacco Use - Michigan's top health officials call for end of flavored cigarettes

Tokyo Medical & Dental University - Recent findings illuminate research in proteomics

Truth Publishing - New ereport offers ways to kick the soft drink habit

U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse - New findings in the area of neuroscience described

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Studies add new findings to enzymology body of knowledge

U.S. Navy - Spotted fever group rickettsiae characterized from flea and tick specimens

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Racial differences exist in health service use in diabetic Medicaid patients

Univ. of California, San Francisco - DHA restores blood vessel function in children with high cholesterol

Univers. Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho - Increased IL-10 and low IL-6 linked to survival in mice infected by rabies

University Medical Center Nijmegen - Researchers' work adds to insulin resistance body of knowledge

University of Barcelona - Nucleoside transporters studied, long-term endocrine regulation revealed

University of Bellvitge Hospital - Familial Alzheimer disease is associated with A713T mutation in APP

University of British Columbia - Evidence lacking on long-term safety of OC use to suppress menstruation

University of California San Diego - Review examines the roles of emotions and cognitions in CHD risks and outcomes

University of Glasgow - Women with PCOS unwilling to discontinue off-label metformin therapy

University of Lausanne - Bacterial muramyl dipeptide activates NALP3/cryopyrin inflammasome

University of Liverpool - Endothelium-dependent relaxation of aorta induced by marine algal lectin

University of Lleida - Aging studied, skeletal muscle nonenzymatic and proteasome influences revealed

University of Lund Hospital - Artery culture is suitable method for studying angiotensin receptor regulation

University of Maryland - Genes and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes reviewed

University of Mississippi - HPLC analysis of thermogenic weight loss products conducted

University of Missouri - Insights into the biology of diabetic vascular disease reported

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - No reflow is a condition associated with MI and coronary interventions

University of North Carolina, Greensboro - Study describes fatigue-related factors in older women after heart attack

University of Notre Dame -  Plasmodium vivax erythrocyte binding studied, ligand residues revealed

University of Nottingham - Extremely premature babies have a high rate of disability

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Study will investigate tumor stem cells as therapeutic target

University of Regensburg Hospital - Flaps containing engineered constructs offer stability without morbidity

University of Southern California - Frequency-place mapping plays key role in cochlear implant performance

University of St. Andrews, Scotland - An invasion of cheats: The evolution of worthless nuptial gifts

University of Tennessee - Reports describe recent advances in diabetes pathogenesis research

University of Texas - Protein directly promotes lipogenic enzyme gene transcription

University of Thessaly, Larisa - Fibrinogen values are higher in children with snoring than in controls

University of Tokyo - Viral eradication augments non-resective liver cancer therapy

University of Toronto - 4-1BB and OX40 independently facilitate robust CD8 and CD4 recall responses

University of Virginia - Blocking a certain protein could cause regeneration of inner-ear hair cells

VIASYS Healthcare Inc. - Medical software systems company introduces platform for auditory testing

Vanderbilt University - Oxygen thresholds may sway oxygen-induced retinopathy in premature infants

VirtualScopics, LLC - Developer of imaging analysis software receives proceeds of warrant exercise

Wannan Medical College - Antidigoxin antiserum reduces apoptosis after myocardial I/R in rats

Women In Government - Findings of report on states' progress to eliminate cervical cancer released