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Kidney Disease - Chronic Kidney Disease Affects More Than 40 Million Americans as Number of Dialysis Treatments Increase, According to DaVita

Kidney Disease - Fresenius Medical Care to Offer Nephrology Electronic Health Record System for Chronic Kidney Disease

Kidney Disease - Nearly 1 in 10 Americans Has A Relative With Kidney Failure

Kidneys - Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Initiates Post-Marketing Studies of AMITIZA in Subjects with Renal or Hepatic Impairment

Kleptomania - Stanford Study Finds No Conclusive Benefit From Treating Kleptomania With Medication

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings - LabCorp Announces $500 Million Stock Repurchase Program

Lumera Corporation - Lumera Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Results; Company Elects C. James Judson Chairman

Lung Cancer - Measuring lung motion leads to better radiation treatment for lung cancer

Lung Cancer - Study reveals how some molecules inhibit growth of lung cancer cells

Lymphoma - Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) Files for Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) for Pixantrone in Relapsed Indolent Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL)

Malaria - G6PD deficiency is associated with significant protection against severe, life-threatening malaria

Malaria Vaccines - Malaria: The right vaccine in the right place?

Malaria Vaccines - Vanderbilt Investigators Testing Vaccine to Slow Malaria’s Global March

Mallinckrodt Inc. - Mallinckrodt Initiates Voluntary Imaging Product Recall

Managed Care - Aetna is a Leader in Pursuing NCQA Accreditation for National PPO Plan

Managed Care - MCOL Releases 2007 Editions of Consumer Driven Care Guidebook and Training Kit CD-ROM - Includes Company Specific Enrollment and Premium Research

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Cellzome Receives First Milestone Payment for Alzheimer's Program From Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Elbit Medical Imaging Announces Plaza Center's Expansion in Romania

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - InforMedix Appoints Richard P. Voss Senior Vice President, Business Development

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Maxygen Announces End of Co-Development Agreement

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Montecito Medical Partners with ING Clarion to Purchase Medical Office Buildings

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Patterson Companies and Sirona Dental Systems Announce Extension of Exclusive Distribution Agreement For Schick CDR Digital Dental X-Ray Products

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Progenics Pharmaceuticals Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End Results

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Prudential Financial Informs Consumers on Preparing for the Increasing Costs of Long-Term Care

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - SCOLR Pharma Announces Research Collaboration with BioCryst Pharmaceuticals

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - SCOLR Pharma Says Wyeth Will Terminate Ibuprofen License

Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Tutogen Medical Names David C. Greenspan, Ph.D Vice President Global Research & Development

Massachusetts General Hospital - Correct Patient Positioning Can Decrease CT Radiation Dose

McNeil Nutritionals, LLC - New VIACTIV FLAVOR GLIDES Supplements Offer a Great Experience to Help Women Meet Their Multi-Vitamin and Calcium Needs

MedAvant Healthcare Solutions - MedAvant Announces Fourth Quarter and Year End 2007 Results

MedCath Corporation - MedCath Corporation Announces Filing of Registration Statement

Medical Broadcasting Company - New Survey Finds 'Relevance Gap' in Pharmaceutical Digital Marketing

Medicare and Medicaid - American HomePatient Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2006

Medicare and Medicaid - Arkansas Community Care Offers Free Fitness Center Membership as Part of HealthySteps Program to Fort Smith Medicare Beneficiaries

Medicare and Medicaid - Bausch & Lomb Products Granted New Technology Intraocular Lens Designation

Medicare and Medicaid - Emergency Medicaid for Immigrants Goes to Childbirth

Medicare and Medicaid - Federal Government and California Healthcare Organizations Partner to Promote Better Physician Performance

Medicare and Medicaid - New APHA Report Urges Expanded Health Coverage for Children

Medicare and Medicaid - Pregnancy complications account for majority of Emergency Medicaid costs for undocumented immigrants

Medicare and Medicaid - Southeast Community Care Offers Free Fitness Center Membership as Part of HealthySteps Program to Charleston Medicare Beneficiaries

Medicare and Medicaid - Spokane Community Care Offers Free Fitness Center Membership as Part of HealthySteps Program to Spokane Medicare Beneficiaries

Medicare and Medicaid - Texas Community Care Offers Free Fitness Center Membership as Part of HealthySteps Program to Austin Medicare Beneficiaries

Medivation, Inc. - Medivation Common Stock Approved for Listing on the Nasdaq Global Market

MedQuist Inc. - MedQuist and Financial Medical Systems Partner for Clinical Coding Services

Menopause - Depomed Files Investigational New Drug Application for Gabapentin GR for the Treatment of Postmenopausal Hot Flashes

Menstruation - RepHresh Attacks pH and Tough, Embarrassing Feminine Issues

Mental Health - Constella Group's Mental Health and Substance Use Program Director Contributes to SAMHSA's ''Mental Health, United States''

Mental Health - Mental Illnesses Appear Common Among Veterans Returning from Iraq, Afghanistan

Mental Illness - Many Parents Want Distance Between Own Kids and Those With Mental Illness

Mergers & Acquisitions - Investor Alert: Update on Proposed Acquisition of Sierra Health Services, Inc. - SIE

Mergers & Acquisitions - UnitedHealth Group Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Sierra Health Services, Inc.

Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. - Metropolitan Health Networks Announces Delay in Filing Annual Report for 2006

MitoPharm Corporation - HerbalPharm Holdings, Inc. Changes Its Name to MitoPharm Corporation

MODA Technology Partners - Lonza Selects MODA-EM for Walkersville Facility

Mott's - Say 'So Long' to Watered Down Juice with Mott's for Tots

MPS Group, Inc. - Soliant Health to Exhibit at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and Exposition

Multi-Media Productions (USA), Inc. - Alexander Haig's Health Journal Television Series Featuring SabiaMed, MDwerks & Dimensions Analysis is Now Streaming

Multiple Sclerosis - Guardian Technologies' Advances Signature Mapping Initiatives

Muscular Dystrophy - LifeVantage Corporation Provides Further Information on Additional Studies Involving Protandim

Myeloma - Test for Tumor Suppressor p53 Is Needed to Prescreen Patients for Blood Cancer Drugs

Mylan Laboratories, Inc. - Mylan Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $.06 Per Share

Myopia - Study suggests wearing no-line bifocals slows myopia progression in some children

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals - Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2006 Financial Results

Nanotechnology - Super small nanoelectrodes can probe microscale environments

Nanotechnology - Surveying the Most Recent Experimental Approaches in Three Areas of Increasing Complexity within the Nanobiotechnology Industry: Nanoparticles, Nanostructures and Nanomachines

National Center for Policy Analysis - Lack of Transparency in Health Care Heightens Costs, Retards Innovation

National Health Realty, Inc. - NHR Reports Year End Results

National HealthCare Corporation - NHC Reports 28.3% Increase in Net Income

National Quality Forum - National Quality Forum Endorses New Consensus Standards for Hospital Care

NationsHealth, Inc. - NationsHealth Announces 2006 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results

NDS Surgical Imaging, LLC - NDS Surgical Imaging Launches New Product Lines, Enters Infection Control Markets - Expansion Demonstrates Company's Commitment to Patient Safety in Surgical and Imaging Markets

Neuralstem Inc. - Neuralstem Inc. Raises $5 Million in a Private Placement

Neurodegenerative Disease - Stem cells act through multiple mechanisms to benefit mice with neurodegenerative disease

Neurogenetic - New Reason to Hit the Gym: Fighting Memory Loss

Neurology - Men more likely to benefit from clot-busting stroke treatment

Neurology - Stroke damage keeps brain regions from 'talking' to each other

Neurology - UCL scientist receives Max Planck Research Award 2007

Neuroma - Alexian Brothers Hospital Network To Bring Advanced Brain Mapping Technology To Chicagoland

Neuromed Technologies Inc. - Neuromed Receives Milestone Payment of $2 Million Under Collaboration and License Agreement with Merck & Co., Inc.

Neuroscience - Making sense of the world through a cochlear implant

Neuroscience - Prefrontal cortex loses neurons during adolescence

Neuroscience - Using brain scans, researchers find evidence for a two-stage model of human perceptual learning

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - NPS Pharmaceuticals Reports 2006 Results and Progress, Announces New Business Plan to Advance Pipeline

Obesity - High BMI Associated With Lower Likelihood of Being Discharged Home After Hospitalization for Stroke

Obesity - NikeGo Head Start Comes to Springfield, MA to Fight Childhood Obesity Epidemic

Obesity - Obese patients run higher risk of post-operative complications

Obesity - Patients should be alert for obesity surgery complication

Obesity and Diabetes - Obesity high among Baltimore's homeless, Johns Hopkins researchers say

Obesity and Diabetes - Phthalates now linked to fat, related health risks

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Study of drug therapy for compulsive buying yields a puzzle, Stanford researcher says

Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide - Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide Names Veteran Kate Cronin to Lead New York Office

Omega Technology Solutions, LLC - Omega Technology Solutions Continues to Attract Seasoned Healthcare Executives to its Board of Advisors with the Appointment of Industry Entrepreneur Mr. Stephen B. Sternbach

Omnicell, Inc. - Coastal Carolinas Health Alliance Chooses Omnicell as a Business Partner for Point-of-Use Pharmacy Cabinets

Oncology - Community Blood Centers Announces Band-aid Drive To Benefit University of Miami/Holtz Children's Hospital

Oncology - Oklahoma Oncology Selects OTN and Onmark as Oncology Services Partner

Ophthalmic Imaging Systems - Ophthalmic Imaging Systems Increases Net Income 28% for Record Profits in 2006

Ophthalmology - American Academy of Ophthalmology Urges Athletes to Wear Protective Eyewear

Ophthalmology - Eye disease affects quality of life for nearly 5 million in the U.S.

Ophthalmology - STAAR Surgical's Fourth Quarter Revenue Grows 27% Year-Over-Year

Orchid Cellmark Inc. - Orchid Cellmark Appoints Bruce Basarab as Vice President of North American Sales and Marketing

Osteoporosis - How to Build Strong Bones & Prevent Osteoporosis

Ovarian Cancer - Chemokine Therapeutics announces preliminary results of CTCE-9908 Phase Ib/II clinical trial in late stage cancer patients

Ovarian Cancer - Expert centers prove cost-effective in managing ovarian cancer

Palliative Care - VITAS Innovative Hospice Care Physician Jeffrey Behrens Meets Highest Standards for Hospice and Palliative Care

Pancreatic Cancer - Genetic pathways to curable and incurable forms of pancreatic cancer identified

Panic Disorder - Effectiveness of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Panic Disorder

Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. - Par Pharmaceutical Files Form 10-K/A With SEC

Parkinson Disease - Drug Helps Prevent Hip Fractures in Parkinson Disease

Parkinson Disease - Health care system for aging nerve cells

Partnership for Prescription Assistance - Partnership for Prescription Assistance Continues Growth; Helps 3.5 Million Patients Across United States

Patents - A Clinically Proven, Very Effective and Safe Product for Joints Now Available

Patents - Angiotech receives favourable decision from the European Patent Office

Patents - Bovie Medical Corporation Announces Completion of Development of Monopolar and Bipolar Modular Forceps; Expected to Significantly Impact Future Growth

Patents - Curis Selects First Development Candidate from its Targeted Cancer Drug Development Platform

Patents - FDA Extends Marketing Exclusivity for LEVAQUIN

Patents - GTC Biotherapeutics Grants Expanded License to PharmAthene for Further Development of Protexia

Patents - No carrier necessary: This drug delivers itself

Patents - Penwest Confirms Patent and Trademark Office Action on Oxymorphone Patent Application

Pathmark Stores, Inc. - PATHMARK Launches Pharmacy Advantage Club

Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. - Patient Safety Technologies Appoints Bill Adams President of Company

PDI, Inc. - PDI Launches PDI ON DEMAND

Perfusion - Atrium Medical Receives CE Mark for its ClearWay RX Therapeutic Perfusion Catheter

Perot Systems - Perot Systems Features Company CEO in Healthcare Tech and the World Podcast

Personnel - Abingworth Appoints Vincent Miles as Venture Partner

Personnel - Cytochroma appoints co-founder Dr. P. Martin Petkovich as full-time Chief Scientific Officer

Personnel - Empyrean Benefit Solutions Announces Andy Sawyer Joins Empyrean as EVP of Strategic Healthcare Relationships

Personnel - Five Named to NIAID Advisory Council

Personnel - Sharps Compliance Corp. Announces Sales and Marketing Organizational Changes

Pharsight Corporation - Pharsight Releases WinNonlin Validation Suite Version 1.2

Physiology - When your brain talks, your muscles don't always listen

PICS - SleepKey: Drug-Free Solution for Insomnia Sufferers Uses Technology to Bring Restful Sleep

Pneumoperitoneum - Aragon Surgical, Inc. Acquires VeriSure, Inc.

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome - New project to analyze why Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and insulin resistance are so closely linked

Premier Inc. - Appalachian Regional Healthcare Joins Premier as Affiliate of Norton Healthcare

Premier Inc. - Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with Premier Bed Mobility Device Agreements

Premier Inc. - Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with Premier Core Laboratory Products Agreements

Premier Inc. - Kings Mountain Hospital Selects the Premier Healthcare Alliance to Ease Task of Public Reporting, Enhance Patient Care

Premier Inc. - Premier Healthcare Alliance Board Appoints Seven To Group Purchasing & Member Relations Committee

Premier Purchasing Partners, LP - Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with Premier Forms and Related Product Agreements

Premier, Inc. - Premier Healthcare Alliance Receives Prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Pressure Ulcer - Researcher's Presentation Supports the Use of Longport's Technology

Prime Companies, Inc. - Prime Companies Purchases ChoiceDentist.com

Prostate Cancer - EDAP TMS S.A. Continues Italian Expansion

Prostate Cancer - MacroArray Technologies Enters into a License Agreement with Abbott for MacroArray's PCADM-1 Urine Test for Prostate Cancer

Prostate Cancer - Prostate Cancer Experts Join Columbia and NewYork-Presbyterian

Proteomics - BIOBASE ExPlain Analysis Platform Selected for Top Honors

Proteomics - Low Virulent Strains of Candida Albicans: Unravelling the Antigens for a Future Vaccine and Highly Phosphorylated Bacterial Proteins Are Some of the Topics Discussed Inside 'Proteomics Of Microbial Pathogens'

Proteomics - Power3 Medical Engages Noble Financial Group for Financial Advisory and Investment Banking Services

ProVation Medical, Inc. - Plaza Selects ProVation Software to Streamline Business Processes in Gastroenterological Lab

Psychiatry - Obecure Initiates Phase II Weight Gain Prevention Study for Patients Taking Zyprexa

Psychology - Eighteen percent of young women experience sexual victimization

Psychology - Perceived attractiveness driven by link between gender and gender-specific roles

Public Health - Michigan Chosen to Participate in National Exercise for Mobilizing Emergency Volunteers Using Global Secure Platform

Pulmonary Fibrosis - UCLA study reports Viagra drug may help improve exercise capacity in pulmonary fibrosis patients

Pure H2O Bio-Technologies, Inc. - Pure H20 Bio-Technologies, Inc. Announces Existing Water Treatment Has Its Limitations

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Questcor Announces Financial Results for 2006 and Outlook for 2007

Quovadx, Inc. - Provider Advantage Selects Quovadx Financial Interoperability Solution to Increase Efficiency for Its Insurance Verification System

Radiation Therapy - Radiation Therapy Services Acquires Arizona Facility

Radiology - American College of Radiology Launches ACR Image Metrix

Regulatory Actions - Exactech, Inc. Cleared by FDA for U.S. Distribution of Equinoxe Reverse Shoulder

Regulatory Actions - Global Med Technologies, Inc. Submits ElDorado Donor Doc to FDA

Regulatory Actions - Grifols Announces Expansion of US Manufacturing Capacity

Regulatory Actions - Molnlycke Adds Sterile Exam Glove to Biogel Glove Line

Regulatory Actions - Mylan Announces Tentative FDA Approval for Divalproex Sodium Extended-Release Tablets

Regulatory Actions - PARI's Hydrate Receives FDA 510k Clearance

Regulatory Actions - PreMD Provides Update on 510(k) Application for PREVU(x) LT

Regulatory Actions - Ranbaxy Receives Tentative FDA Approval to Manufacture and Market Zolpidem Tablets

Regulatory Actions - Teva Receives First U.S. Approval for Generic Uniretic Tablets

Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society - RAPS Unveils New Logo, Tagline

Rehabilitation Research - RehabCare and St. Luke's Reach Definitive Agreement to Develop New Rehabilitation Hospital

Reliv International, Inc. - Reliv International's Retail Sales Top $30 Million in First Two Months of 2007

Research and Markets - Analyze the Products Offered by Schwarz Pharma Ag and its Competitors

Research and Markets - Gain an Insight into the Key Payers, Employers, & Industries of Mississippi's Healthcare System

Research and Markets - Gain Valuable Insight into the Healthcare System in Arkansas

Research and Markets - Get An Detailed Overview Of The South Dakota Healthcare System

Research and Markets - Get Quarterly Briefings For The Healthcare Technology Markets

Research and Markets - Government Efforts to Simplify Regulatory Procedures is Driving Growth in the Chinese Healthcare Industry

Research and Markets - Hawaii Healthcare Overview - State Healthcare Knowledgebase Report Is Tremendously Useful In Creating Sales

Research and Markets - In The Generic Drug Manufacturing Environment the Pace of Corporate Consolidation Grows Ever Faster As Eight Significant Acquisitions Were Announced In 2006

Research and Markets - New Report Provides an Overview of the Healthcare System in Alabama

Research and Markets - New State Healthcare Knowledgebase Report Gives an Overview of Healthcare in Illinois

Research and Markets - Pennsylvania Healthcare Overview Provides the State Statistics across the Nation Related To Population Growth, Healthcare Spending, and Employment

Research and Markets - Research & Markets: Gain an Insight into the Latest Merger & Acquisition Activity of Inflazyme Pharmaceuticals Inc

Research and Markets - Research & Markets: GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Wyeth with Pfizer Inc were the Leading Companies Active in the American OTC Healthcare Market

Research and Markets - Research & Markets: Identify the Key Competitors Faced by XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd.

Research and Markets - Research & Markets: New Report Shows Pfizer Inc. was the Leading Company Active in the Japanese OTC Healthcare Market

Research and Markets - The 'Georgia Healthcare Overview - State Healthcare Knowledgebase Report' Can Be A Tremendous Asset To Market Research, Strategic Planning, and New Business Development Initiatives Focused On Increasin

Research and Markets - The 2006 Pharmaceutical Companies Performance Tables Contains Detailed Performance Rankings for More Than 100 Leading Pharmaceutical Companies

Research and Markets - The Medical Laboratories Industry Report Features 2007 Current And 2008 Forecast Estimates On The Size Of The Industry For The 47 Largest World Countries

Research and Markets - The Pharma Market Research Report Newsletter Help you Keep Track of the Pharma Developments that Matter

Research and Markets - Understand And Examine The Healthcare System In Iowa

Research and Markets Ltd. - Annual Report Of The U.S. Hospital IT Market Is Now Available

Research and Markets Ltd. - China is Expected to Become the Fifth Largest Drug Market in the World by 2010

Research and Markets Ltd. - Get Up-to-Date & Current Information on Healthcare Spending in Kentucky

Research and Markets Ltd. - Research and Markets: Johnson & Johnson and Novratis Remain Competitors for Amgen Incorporation, Read More Inside Its Updated Corporate Analysis

Research and Markets Ltd. - South Carolina Healthcare Overview Provides the State Statistics Related To Population Growth, Healthcare Spending, and Employment

Research and Markets Ltd. - The 'Handbook Of Clinical Diagnosis' Concentrates Entirely On The Diagnosis, Referring Readers To The Handbook Of Clinical Medicine And Oxford Handbook Of Clinical Specialties For Management Information

Research and Markets Ltd. - The Nursing Care Facilities Industry Report Features Forecast Estimates on the Industry for the 47 Largest World Countries

Royal Philips Electronics - Philips Introduces Transport Monitor and on-Screen Protocol Compliance Application

Rural/Metro Corporation - City of Tucson Awards 911 Renewal Contract to Southwest Ambulance

Rural/Metro Corporation - Rural/Metro Changes Accounting Method for Revenue; Revises Estimate for Effect of Inventory Restatement

SAFE-BioPharma Association - Industry Executive Says Environment Rapidly Improving for Pharmaceutical Industry Use of Digital Signatures

Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Associative learning traced to early stages of visual processing pathway

Schering-Plough Corporation - Schering-Plough to Acquire Organon BioSciences

Schizophrenia - Study challenges idea that schizophrenia is distinct in developing and developed regions

SCOLR Pharma, Inc. - SCOLR Pharma, Inc. Reports Year-End 2006 Financial Results

SellingLTC.com, LLC - SellingLTC.com Develops LTCI Financial Calculators

Sharps Compliance Corp. - Sharps Compliance Corp. Announces Approval for Listing in Mergent Manual and News Reports

Sickle Cell Anemia - APS Healthcare and State of Missouri Expand Chronic Care Improvement Program to Medicaid Participants with Sickle Cell Disease

Sigma-Aldrich - Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) Announces New European Credit Facility

Silverlink Communications - Silverlink Completes a Strong 2006 with Revenue Growth of 80 Percent

SK&A Information Services, Inc. - SK&A Information Services Announces PrescriberPlus

Sleep Apnea - Sleep apnea common, but undiagnosed, among pacemaker patients

Sleep Disorders - Sleep disorders can impair children's IQs as much as lead exposure

Sleep Disorders - Sleep Disorders Fuel Hot New Spa Trend in 2007

Sleep Medicine - The Harvard Medical School Guide to a Good Night's Sleep

Smoking - PA Health Department Launches New Web Site to Help Hispanic Smokers Quit Tobacco

Solid Cancer - ArQule Announces Acceptance of Clinical Data on ARQ 197, c-Met Inhibitor, for Oral Presentation at ASCO

Solucient, Thomson Corporation - Hospitals in the Midwest Lead the Nation in Performance, According to Solucient Study

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. - Sony Computer Entertainment Joins Stanford University Folding@home Program to Further Medical Research

Stem Cell Research - NeoStem Announces Las Vegas Facility to Expand Nationwide Network of Cutting-Edge Adult Stem Cell Collection Centers

Stem Cell Research - NeoStem Cites Growing Mainstream News Coverage Highlighting Burgeoning Adult Stem Cell Therapeutics Industry

Stem Cell Research - NeoStem Hires Experienced Marketing Executive Arlene Graime to Direct Government Affairs and Raise Nationwide Consumer Awareness

Stem Cell Research - New Stem Cell Production Facility Installs CompacT SelecT To Provide Rapid Delivery of Consistently High Quality Stem Cells

Stem Cell Research - Stem Cell Finding Could Help Reduce Transplant Rejection

Stem Cell Research - Zoomedia Launches Improved Hype & Hope (www.hypeandhope.com)

Sturge-Weber Syndrome - ``Save Your Vision'' Month Hits Close to Home with the Sturge-Weber Foundation

Substance Withdrawal Syndrome - A short walk helps smokers quit

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - Pacifier use may lower risk of SIDS

Suicide - Insomnia drug can improve brain function

SureHealth LLC - SureHealth, LLC Opens its CareSite Specialty Pharmacy Division To Provide A ''Patient's First'' Approach To Medication Therapy Management

Surgery - QuadraMed Unveils Solution to Improve Surgical Department Patient Safety and Efficiency

Surgery - Salary.com Announces Release of Fall 2006 Healthcare Compensation Survey

Surgery - Somanetics Reports Record Net Revenues for the First Quarter of Fiscal 2007

Surgery - SourceMedical Partners with Inventory Optimization Solutions (IOS) to Provide Advanced Supply Chain Management Functionality for Surgery Centers

Surgery - Surgical Notes, Inc. Partners With JC Data Solutions, Inc. to Provide EOB Tracking System

Surgery - USGI Medical Announces First US Clinical Use of EndoSurgical Operating System

Systems Xcellence Inc. - SXC Health Solutions notified of protest regarding contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Administration Center

Talyst - Talyst Names Gregg Bennett as Corporate President

Tanox, Inc. - Tanox Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Results

Teratology - Dr. Kenneth Lyons Jones Receives Lifetime Achievement Award in Genetics from March of Dimes

Tercica, Inc. - Tercica Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2006 Financial Results

The Amacore Group, Inc. - The Amacore Group, Inc. Signs Sales Agreement with Selective Health Plans

The Library of Congress - National Library Service Celebrates Talking-Book Program, Partners, and Patrons During National Library Week

Tissue Engineering - Coral and Cattle Part of Foot and Ankle Surgeons' Toolkit

Trans-India Acquisition Corporation - Trans-India Acquisition Corporation Announces Separate Trading of Common Stock and Warrants

Trimeris, Inc. - Trimeris Announces Management Changes

Trimeris, Inc. - Trimeris Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year End 2006

Tripos, Inc. - Glass Lewis Joins ISS in Recommending Tripos Shareholders Approval of Asset Sale and Liquidation Proposals at March 15 Special Meeting

Tuberculosis - CLSI Publishes New Guideline for Diagnosis of Mycobacterial Infections

Tyco International Ltd. - Tyco Taps Paul Fitzhenry as New Vice President of Corporate Communications; Sheri Woodruff to Join Tyco Electronics

Type 1 Diabetes - Successful Islet Cell Transplant Without Immunosuppressive Therapy in Mice with Type

Type 2 Diabetes - Delta Burke to Americans: Let's Talk about Managing Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes - Periodontal diseases may aggravate pre-diabetic characteristics

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. - U.S. Physical Therapy Reports Fourth Quarter and Year 2006 Results

Ultrasound - B-K Medical Introduces the Only Prostate Transducer to Combine Two Ultrasound Techniques in One

Ultrasound - Production of Diagnostic Ultrasound System ProSound SSD-3500 Breaks 10,000 Units Mark

University of Alabama - Air Bags Linked to More Foot, Ankle Trauma

University of Cincinnati - Jet engines help solve the mysteries of the voice

Urology - EDAP TMS S.A. Announces Exclusive Distribution of LMA StoneBreaker System in France

Urology - New Study Published in Journal Urology Demonstrates Rapid, High Rate of Return to Sexual Function After Cryoablation

Vaccines - Preclinical Update - Debio-0512 Therapeutic Vaccine for the Treatment of Chronic and Acute Inflammatory Conditions

Vascular Disease - GliSODin Supplement Shown to Be a Preventive Agent against Atherosclerosis in Individuals with Metabolic Syndrome

Vascular Disease - Obesity’s Connection to Cardiovascular Disease Remains Poorly Understood

Vascular Disease - Offspring Whose Parents Have Long Lives Appear to Have Lower Heart Risks in Middle Age

Versant Advantage, Inc. - Versant Advantage Achieves Milestone With the Graduation of More Than 2500 RN Residents

VIASYS Healthcare Inc. - VIASYS Healthcare Inc. Chief Operating Officer Assumes Additional Role of Group President, VIASYS NeuroCare

Vitrolife - Vitrolife: New Vice President Marketing & Sales

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. - West Pharmaceutical Services Prices $150 Million of Convertible Junior Subordinated Debentures

Women's Health - Ultrasound could help couples undergoing IVF

Xechem International, Inc. - Xechem Updates the Progress on NICOSAN Manufacturing Capacity in Nigeria

YourRxCard - YourRxCard.com: Unfilled Prescriptions Contribute to Health System Woes

Zix Corporation - Zix Corporation Email Encryption Service Selected by Lake Regional Health System

Corning - Recent developments from Corning detailed

Utah Medical Products - New developments from Utah Medical Products outlined recently

Nastech Pharmaceutical - New developments from Nastech Pharmaceutical outlined recently

Department of Health, U.K. - Department of Health, U.K., officials describe recent developments

Digene - New developments from Digene outlined recently

Cipher Pharmaceuticals - Officials from Cipher Pharmaceuticals detail the latest developments

Biotechnology Industry Organization - Biotechnology Industry Organization officials announce the latest developments

Ohio State University, U.S. - Researchers from Ohio State University, U.S., publish new findings

Biopure - Reports describe the most recent news from Biopure

Cepheid - News published by Cepheid officials updates activities

Illumina - Illumina presents its most recent news and research developments

American Diabetes Association - News published by American Diabetes Association officials updates activities

Lung Cancer Alliance - Lung Cancer Alliance officials summarized the newest activities

Candela - Candela announced its latest developments

Advanced Medical Optics - Recent reports from Advanced Medical Optics provided an update

Metabasis Therapeutics - Recent reports from Metabasis Therapeutics provided an update

Stanford University, U.S. - News published by Stanford University, U.S., officials updates activities

Vascular Solutions - Recent developments from Vascular Solutions summarized

American Diabetes Association - Officials from American Diabetes Association detail the latest developments

Christopher Reeve Foundation, U.S. - New developments from Christopher Reeve Foundation, U.S., highlighted recently

University of North Carolina, U.S. - Recent studies involving University of North Carolina, U.S., highlighted

University of New Hampshire, U.S. - New study findings published by University of New Hampshire, U.S.

Yale University, U.S. - New developments from Yale University, U.S., described

Bayer - Reports from Bayer highlight the latest developments

Receptor BioLogix - Officials from Receptor BioLogix provide details of new developments

American Academy of Neurology - Recent news from American Academy of Neurology summarized

Department of Justice, U.S. - Department of Justice, U.S., officials provide details on the latest developments

Washington University, U.S. - Investigators with Washington University, U.S., publish new medical data

Merck - Officials at Merck discuss recent developments

ViaCell - Recent developments reported by ViaCell

Mylan Laboratories - Reports from Mylan Laboratories present the latest news and research developments

Roche - Officials at Roche discuss recent developments

ArthroCare - ArthroCare presents its most recent news and research developments

BayBio - Recent developments from BayBio highlighted

Del Global Technologies - Reports describe the most recent news from Del Global Technologies

Shire - Shire reports on new developments

Matrixx Initiatives - Reports describe the most recent news from Matrixx Initiatives

AstraZeneca - Officials from AstraZeneca report on recent developments

OXIS International - OXIS International officials detail recent developments

Columbia University, U.S. - Reports highlight recent research from Columbia University, U.S.

University of New Hampshire, U.S. - Recent developments from University of New Hampshire, U.S., detailed

Food and Drug Administration, U.S. - Food and Drug Administration, U.S., describe recent developments

Inex Pharmaceuticals - Inex Pharmaceuticals officials provide details on the latest developments

Enzon Pharmaceuticals - New developments from Enzon Pharmaceuticals highlighted recently

Teva Pharmaceuticals - New developments from Teva Pharmaceuticals highlighted recently

Kyphon - Officials from Kyphon detail the latest developments

Targacept - Targacept officials report on new developments

Loyola University, U.S. - Studies from Loyola University, U.S., highlight latest findings

Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. - Study findings from Environmental Protection Agency, U.S., enhance human health research

Third Wave Technologies - Officials from Third Wave Technologies report details of recent activities

Yale University, U.S. - Studies from Yale University, U.S., highlight latest research

Verathon - Reports from Verathon detail the recent activities

Cerexa - Officials from Cerexa report details of recent activities

Celera - An update on recent developments released by Celera

Merck - Officials at Merck announce latest news and research developments

Stanford University, U.S. - Research from Stanford University, U.S., provides new scientific insights

Dade Behring - News from Dade Behring highlights the latest developments

Serono International - Serono International officials provide details on the latest developments

Invacare - Recent developments reported by Invacare

National Quality Forum - National Quality Forum provides an activity update

Nycomed - Nycomed provides an activity update

DOV Pharmaceutical - DOV Pharmaceutical details recent developments

Harvard University, U.S. - Reports summarize new developments from Harvard University, U.S.

Stem Cell Innovations - Officials from Stem Cell Innovations recently report on new developments

University of Pennsylvania, U.S. - Study findings from University of Pennsylvania, U.S., enhance human health research

Merck - Recent developments from Merck detailed

Genentech - Recent news from Genentech summarized