Law and Health Weekly
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . December 29th, 2007
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Abviva, Inc. - Abviva Announces Letter of Intent to Acquire Prion Developmental Laboratories
Acxiom Corporation - Consumers to Access Accounts by Voice Only
Addiction Medicine - Hythiam's PROMETA(R) Treatment Program Featured on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday Night
Administrative Science - Research data from North Carolina State University update understanding of administrative science
Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. - Advanced Life Sciences Completes Private Placement for $20 Million
Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. - Advanced Life Sciences Enters Into Definitive Securities Purchase Agreements for $20 Million with New and Existing Institutional Investors
Ageing - Studies from Harvard University, Medical Department describe new findings in ageing
Algorithms - Technology can Dramatically Reduce Billions of Dollars in Medicaid, Medicare Fraud
Anesiva, Inc. - Anesiva Raises $45 Million in Common Stock Offering
Behavior - Research on behavior discussed by scientists at Florida State University
Behavior - Study findings from D. Besancenot et al broaden understanding of behavior
Biopharmaceuticals - AVI BioPharma, Inc. to Raise $20.3 Million in Registered Direct Offering
Biotech Business - Sinovac Reports Third Quarter 2007 Unaudited Financial Results
Biotechnology Business - Biovail Announces Proposed Settlement of U.S. Securities Class Action
Biotechnology Business - Cell Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Issuance of $23.25 Million in New Convertible Senior Notes in Exchange for $36.08 Million of Existing Convertible Senior Subordinated and Subordinated Notes
Breast Cancer - High-dose chemo and stem cell transplant shows little or no survival benefit for breast cancer
Breast Cancer - The Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition Hosts Seminar on Free Breast Cancer Treatment Program
Business Finance and Accounting - Research conducted at University of Cincinnati has updated our knowledge about business finance and accounting
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - New Report: Tobacco Regulation Would Save Iowa $449 Million in Health Care Costs by Preventing 25,700 Kids from Smoking
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - New Report: Tobacco Regulation Would Save Ohio $2 Billion in Health Care Costs by Preventing 114,200 Kids from Smoking
Clinical Trial Research - Studies from Glasgow University further understanding of clinical trial research
Connecticut State Attorney General's Office - Record-Breaking Financial Recovery Made in UnitedHealth Backdating Case
Consumers Union - Survey Finds U.S. Healthcare Facilities Not Doing Enough to Curb MRSA
Corder Philips - North Carolina Coalition on Donation Selects Corder Philips for Newest Campaign
Corporate Governance - New corporate governance study findings have been reported from University of Manchester
Corporate Governance - Study findings from University of Tasmania broaden understanding of corporate governance
Diabetes Care - Novo Nordisk Settles With Pfizer On Patent Infringement Suit
Diomed Holdings, Inc. - Diomed Comments on Status Conference in VNUS Litigation
Economics - Reports summarize economics research from University of Siena
Ener1, Inc. - Ener1, Inc. Chairman Tells Fox Business News Company's Lithium-ion Battery Will Be in Cars by End of '08
Falciparum Malaria - Research on falciparum malaria published by C.J Uneke et al
Financials - Herley Reports 1st Quarter Results
First DataBank - Patrick E. Lupinetti to Join First DataBank as Vice President and Editorial Director, Government and Pricing Services
Flaster/Greenberg P.C. - N.J. Codey Ruling, 'A Dramatic Threat' to N.J. Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Food Poisoning - Food and Drug Law Institute Sponsors Major Food Safety Conference
Forensic Science - Study data from University of Lausanne update knowledge of forensic science
Halock Security Labs - Halock Security Labs Warns Companies to Beware of the Fruit Cake: Holiday Season is Prime Time for Social Engineers
Health Insurance - CAHI Applauds Health Care Choice Legislation
Health Insurance - Overwhelming Majority of Michigan Residents Favors Individual Health Insurance Market Reforms Supported by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Health Policy - PAREXEL Appoints Charles A. Stevens as Vice President/General Manager of Health Policy and Strategic Reimbursement and Strengthens Capabilities
Heart Attack - Congress Clears the Way for National CPR and AED Awareness Week
Herley Industries, Inc. - Herley Settles Lawsuit With EADS
HIV/AIDS - Medicare Fraud Strike Force Cases Result in Long Prison Terms for Five Health Care Company Owners
HIV/AIDS Risk Factors - Recent findings from B.W. Weir and co-authors highlight research in HIV/AIDS risk factors
Hologic, Inc. - Hologic Announces Closing of Convertible Senior Notes Offering
InfoLogix, Inc. - InfoLogix CEO Scheduled to Discuss Medication Management Issues Live on FOX Business News, Friday, December 14 at 9:40 a.m.
Iodine Deficiency - Experts urge complete global access to iodized salt; prevents IQ loss and brain damage in babies
Joel Schlessinger M.D. - Will Lipodissolve Continue to Remain Popular?
Keratitis - 20 Additional Lawsuits Filed Against Advanced Medical Optics Over Recalled Contact Lens Solution
Latham and Watkins, Llp - Dr. William McGuire Settles with the SEC and the UnitedHealth Group Special Litigation Committee on Stock Options Matter
Law Offices of Mathys & Schneid - Law Offices of Mathys & Schneid Files Lawsuit for Parents in Infant Death from Prescription Cough and Cold Medicines Never Approved by the FDA
Life Sciences - Data on life sciences published by researchers at Northeastern University
Life Sciences - New findings reported from University of California describe advances in life sciences
Life Sciences - New life sciences data have been reported by scientists at University of Dublin, Trinity College
Life Sciences - Research on life sciences discussed by scientists at University of New Hampshire, Research Center
Life Sciences - Research on life sciences in children discussed by P. Saint-Martin and co-researchers
Life Sciences - Research results from King Edward Memorial Hospital update understanding of life sciences
Life Sciences - Researchers at Michigan State University target life sciences
Life Sciences - Researchers from Rutgers University report on findings in life sciences
Life Sciences - Researchers from University of Alabama describe findings in life sciences
Manhattan Group, Llc - City of River Rouge Saves Millions in Drug Coverage With New Manhattan Group, LLC Program
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Receipt of $30 Million Cash Payment and Closing of Agreement With King Pharmaceuticals
Martek Biosciences Corporation - Martek Announces Settlement of Class Action Lawsuit
Medical Systems - New medical systems study findings recently were reported by D. Lorence and co-researchers
Medicare and Medicaid - Kidney Patients' Health Is Jeopardized by Proposed Medicare Changes
Medicare and Medicaid - New Jersey Hospital to Pay U.S. $7.5 Million to Resolve Allegations of Medicare Fraud
Medicine - New findings in medicine described by A. Garment and co-researchers
Mental Illness - Research from S. Hodgins and co-authors yields new data on mental illness
Montefiore Medical Center - Spencer Foreman, MD, Retires as Montefiore President
Mylan Inc. - Mylan Receives $26.2 Million From Exercise of Overallotment Option of Common Stock
Patents - Bard Announces Patent Infringement Verdict against W. L. Gore & Associates
Patents - Barr Subsidiary Sues Watson and Sandoz for SEASONALE(R) Patent Infringement
Patents - Court Grants Depomed's Motion for Summary Judgment of Patent Infringement Against IVAX
Patents - EXACT Sciences Wins Patent Ruling on DNA Technology
Patents - ImClone and Sanofi-Aventis Settle Patent Litigation with Yeda Research and Development Corporation
Patents - Procter & Gamble Files Infringement Lawsuit
Patents - Watson and Novartis Settle Lawsuit Over Exelon(R) Patent Litigation
Pharmos Corporation - Pharmos Corporation to Present at the 2007 RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference
Political Science - Researchers from Leiden University report details of new studies and findings in the area of political science
ProRhythm, Inc. - ProRhythm, Inc. Seeks Restructuring
Public Health - Study results from D.E. Nelson and colleagues in the area of public health published
RAND Corporation - Rand study examines the effect of policy on entrepreneurship and small businesses
Research and Markets - Conceiving Life Examines the Evolution of Reproductive Law In Italy and Also Discusses Italian Policy Within the Wider European Policy Framework
Research and Markets - Get a Detailed Picture of the Functional Drinks Industry in China
Skin Cancer - Michigan State Medical Society Says Tanning Parlor Legislation a Crucial Step in Curbing Skin Cancer Deaths
Smoking Cessation - Blue Cross' Stop Smoking Phone Coaching Enrollments Jumped in October
Springer - Environmental exodus
Sugar Association - Federal Judge Says Sugar Association Suit Accusing Johnson & Johnson of False Advertising to Go Forward
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. - Teva Announces Approval of Generic Trileptal(R) Tablets
The Doctors Company - System Errors Contribute to 30 Percent of Settled Malpractice Claims, According to New Claims Analysis by the Doctors Company
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Latest US policy in Iraq can lead to human rights abuses says Hebrew University researcher
The Quantum Group, Inc. - The Quantum Group, Inc. Completes $13.2 Million Public Offering and Initiates Trading on the American Stock Exchange Under Symbol 'QGP'
The X2 Healthcare Network - Former US Congresswoman Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT) to Address the Women Executives of the X2 Healthcare Network
Tissue Engineering - Study findings from University of Tubingen, Department of Urology broaden understanding of tissue engineering
Tulane University - A new study offers peace-building recommendations for Uganda
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine - Finding the right words: Provider-patient discussions can help domestic violence victims speak up
Vaccine Safety - Merck Settles Clean Water Act Violations at its Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Plant
ViewPoint Bank - ViewPoint Bank Funds Senior Crimestoppers Program at Meadows Health and Rehab Center in Dallas
Wedgewood Pharmacy - Wedgewood Pharmacy: U.S. Court of Appeals Vacates DEA Action
Wright Medical Group, Inc. - Wright Medical Group, Inc. Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option for Convertible Senior Notes Due 2014
2005 Limra International "Trends in Life Insurance Ownership Among U.S. Households" report - Global Study Shows Americans Caught in Cycle of Anxiety
Abbott - Similac(R) Survey Finds New Moms Want Convenient, Time-Saving Baby Products
Academy of General Dentistry - To keep mouths safe, don't just wear a mouthguard; keep it clean
AcuNetx, Inc. - AcuNetx Subsidiary Reaches Agreement That Promises to Improve Prospects
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - Vion Pharmaceuticals Presents Preliminary Data from its Pivotal Phase II Trial of Cloretazine(R) (VNP40101M) in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia at ASH Annual Meeting
Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Ambit Biosciences Presents Data on AC220 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia at American Society for Hematology Conference
Acute Myeloid Leukemia - ImmunoGen, Inc. Announces Encouraging Clinical Findings Reported at ASH Annual Meeting for TAP Compound AVE9633
Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Preclinical Studies Show Promise for Novel Antibody Therapy to Treat Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Seattle Genetics Reports Multiple Complete Remissions With SGN-33 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia at ASH
Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, Inc. - Acquisition of Adams Respiratory Therapeutics by Reckitt Benckiser
Adaptis - Adaptis Names New Vice President of Business Services
Addiction Medicine - California Drug and Alcohol Clinic Becomes the First in the Nation to Offer DNA-Customized Treatment for Individuals With a Genetic Predisposition for Addictive Behavior
Addiction Medicine - Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners Announces Positive Phase II Trial Results for Vigabatrin in the Treatment of Cocaine Addiction
Addiction Medicine - Holiday Blues Trigger Increased Alcohol and Drug Use
Addiction Medicine - Southern California Drug Rehab Center is Offering Free Outpatient Treatment Services to Veterans Returning From Iraq and Afghanistan
Addiction Medicine - Study suggests nicotine addiction might be controlled by influencing brain mechanisms
Addis Creson - Branding Expert Steven Addis Offers Fresh Perspective on Brand Strategy
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. - Advanced Cell Technology to Present at 11th Annual New York Society of Security Analysts Biotech/Specialty Pharma Conference on Wednesday, December 12th
AdvancedMD - Greene Memorial Hospital Services, Inc. Chooses AdvancedMD for Comprehensive Revenue Cycle Management Solution
Advanstar Communications - Advanstar Unveils New Digital Healthcare Strategy
Adventrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals to Present at the 2007 RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference
Adverse Drug Reactions - U.S. Pharmacopeia Selects Quantros for Management and Expansion of its MEDMARX(R) Solution
Affymetrix, Inc. - Affymetrix Announces $41,250,000 Senior Convertible Notes Over-Allotment Closing
AFP Imaging Corporation - AFP Imaging Begins Deliveries of Its New Model Three Dimensional X-Ray Scanner for Dentists
Aggression - Scripps research scientists discover chemical triggers for aggression in mice
Aging - Aging improves parent, child relationships, research shows
Aging - Aging with GRACE: Improving health care for older adults
Aging - Genetic differences influence aging rates in the wild
Airplanes - Using carbon nanotubes to seek and destroy anthrax toxin and other harmful proteins
Alcatel-Lucent - Alcatel-Lucent to Build out MetroPCS' Advanced Wireless Services Spectrum in Seven Markets Including Northeastern U.S.
Algorithms - Eclipse(TM) Proton Scanning Algorithm from Varian Medical Systems Receives FDA Clearance
Allergan, Inc. - Allergan Announces New Board Member; Dawn Hudson Appointed
Allergan, Inc. - The International Face of Beauty
Allergic Reactions - 31 Million Americans Suffer From Sinus Infections
Allergies - STALLERGENES and Protein' eXpert Enter Into a Partnership for Producing Mites Recombinant Allergens
Allied Minds, Inc. - New York University Teams with Allied Minds to Develop Novel Non-Volatile Computer Memory
Allos Therapeutics, Inc. - Allos Therapeutics to Present at the 2008 JPMorgan Healthcare Conference
ALM Media, Inc. - Agenda and Speakers Announced for Positioning Pharmaceutical Brands for Maximum Value - Pre-Launch to Patent Expiry
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Alnylam Appoints Barry Greene President and Chief Operating Officer
Alopecia Areata - Infection outbreaks on teeth can cause 'alopecia areata' or localized hair loss
AlphaRx Inc. - AlphaRx CEO Buys More Company Shares
AlphaRx Inc. - AlphaRx Seeks Listing with TSX Venture Exchange
Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Present at New York Society of Security Analysts Conference
Alzheimer Disease - Alzheimer's Foundation of America Kicks Off Teens Initiatives
Alzheimer Disease - Applied NeuroSolutions' Founding Scientist, Dr. Peter Davies, to Participate on an Expert Panel on Alzheimer's Disease Hosted by Credit Suisse
Alzheimer Disease - Neuro-Hitech Announces Completion of Double-Blind Part of Phase Two Clinical Trial of Huperzine a in Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer Disease - Sarasota's Roskamp Institute Highlights Positive Japanese Data that Validates its Ongoing Alzheimer's Disease Research
Alzheimer Disease - Story ideas from the Journal of Biological Chemistry
AMAG Pharmaceuticals - AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Present at the 26th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Update on Sinerem(TM) in Europe
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. - Ambac Guarantees Another New UK Hospital PFI Transaction
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Hinode mission delves into solar mysteries
American Dental Association - Patients, dentists differ on smile ratings, JADA study
American Dietetic Association - American Dietetic Association Supports USDA's New WIC Food Packages
American Hospital Association - Full-Service Community Hospitals Blast Misleading Letter to Candidates From Limited-Service Hospitals
American International Group, Inc. - Lexington Insurance Company Announces New Human & Social Services Risk Solutions(SM) Industry Practice
American Laser Centers - Private Equity Firms Acquire American Laser Centers
American Medical Technologies Inc. - American Medical Technologies, Inc. Announces Partnership with Discus Dental to be the Authorized Representative of BriteSmile(R) and BreathRx(R) Products in International Markets
American Psychological Association - Pre-natal alcohol exposure shapes sensory preference, upping odds of later alcohol use and abuse
American Red Cross - American Red Cross Urges Preparedness for 'Deceptive Killers'
American Red Cross - Powerless Tulsans Have Opportunity to Help Others
American Red Cross - Randy Travis Participates in American Red Cross Holiday Card Program to Wounded Service Members
American Red Cross - Red Cross Blood Donor and Volunteer Featured on mtvU's 'CAUSE EFFECT'
American Society for Horticultural Science - Strawberry fields ripe for the picking
American Society for Horticultural Science - Tiny pest-eating insect fights fruit flies
American Society of Agronomy - Limited biofuel feedstock supply?
American Stock Exchange - American Stock Exchange Lists the Common Stock and Units of the Quantum Group, Inc.
American Thoracic Society - Breathless babies: Preemies' lung function shows prolonged impairment
Amerigroup Foundation - AMERIGROUP Foundation Awards $100,000 to Grady Health System Foundation in Atlanta
Amerinet Inc. - New Executive Vice President to Lead Amerinet Sales Team
Amerinet Inc. - Somerset Hospital Signs Agreement with Amerinet
AMICAS, Inc. - AMICAS Announces Authorization of Stock Repurchase Plan
Amyloidosis - Neurochem announces European opinion for Eprodisate (KIACTA(TM)) for the treatment of AA amyloidosis
AnazaoHealth Corporation - AnazaoHealth Expands Their Zao(TM) Brand to Include a New Skin Care Line
Andover Medical, Inc. - Andover Medical, Inc. Provides Business Update
Anesiva, Inc.; Medical Futures Inc. - Anesiva and Medical Futures Announce Exclusive Marketing and Distribution Agreement for Zingo(TM) in Canada
Angiogenesis - EntreMed Announces FDA Acceptance of IND Application for Panzem(R) in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Angiogenesis - EntreMed Presents Results for Its Lead Aurora Kinase-Angiogenesis Inhibitor
Angiology - FlowCardia, Inc. Launches Peripheral CROSSER(R) Catheter Portfolio in the US
ANSYS, Inc. - Collaboration Between ANSYS and Zuken Will Drive Improvement in Electronics Development
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana - Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Celebrates Local Moms-to-Be at Community Baby Shower
Anthrax - MPM BioEquities Demands VaxGen Drop Merger Plan with Raven
Antibiotics - Antibacterial chemical disrupts hormone activities
Antibiotics - Truthful Labeling Coalition Welcomes Perdue Farms
Antimicrobials - I-Flow Announces Agreement to Acquire AcryMed, Inc.
Antithrombins - GTC Obtains FDA Orphan Drug Designation for ATryn(R)
Antivirals - Deadly virus strips away immune system's defensive measures
Anxiety Disorders - EMD Serono Announces Support of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Anxiety Disorders - Is there a developmental component to the risk for depression?
Anxiety Disorders - MJFF and Merck Serono (EMD Serono in North America) Join Forces on $2-Million Initiative to Drive Treatments for PD-Related Cognitive Dysfunction and Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders - The International Neuromodulation Society Announces Promising Results for Treating Anorexia Nervosa With Deep Brain Stimulation
Aortic Dissection - Jefferson vascular surgeon heads national trial for torn aorta repair
api software, inc. - Memorial Medical Center Implements API's SecurALL(R) Solution for System-wide Access Control
Apoptosis - Identification of new genes shows a complex path to cell death
Applied NeuroSolutions, Inc. - Applied NeuroSolutions Appoints Ellen R. Hoffing to Additional Role as Chairman of the Board of Directors
Applied Physics - Without its insulating ice cap, Arctic surface waters warm to as much as 5 degrees C above average
Aqua Society GmbH - Unused Potential: Electricity From Industrial Waste Heat can Save 14 Million Tonnes of CO2 Annually in Europe
Arcadia HealthCare - Arcadia Resources to Participate in RBC Capital Markets 2007 Healthcare Conference
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Arena Pharmaceuticals Appoints Phillip M. Schneider and Randall E. Woods to Board of Directors
Arizona State University - Solving solar system quandaries is simple: Just flip-flop the position of Uranus and Neptune
Arrhythmia - Advanced Imaging Integration Module Now Available for Cardiac Arrhythmias
Arrhythmia - Scientists overcome obstacles to stem cell heart repair
Artes Medical, Inc. - Artes Medical Names Karon J. Morell as Vice President, Regulatory and Quality Affairs
Artes Medical, Inc. - Artes Medical's ArteFill Selected as Finalist for San Diego's Connect ''Most Innovative New Product'' Award
Arthritis - Arthritis Foundation Announces Amgen and Wyeth to Be Presenting Sponsor of the 2008 Arthritis Walk (R)
Arthritis - Rigel's R788 Demonstrates Significant Improvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis in Phase 2 Clinical Study
ArthroCare Corporation - ArthroCare to Repurchase up to $75 Million of Common Stock
Artificial Organs - What Ever Happened to the Jarvik 7 Artificial Heart?
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology - Poll of Infection Prevention and Control Professionals Reveals MRSA Prevention Progress Six Months After National Survey
Asthma - Heavy traffic makes breathing a burden in children
AT&T Inc. - Local Joliet Physician Group Selects AT&T for Managed Online Data Solutions
Athletic-Minded Traveler Llc - 2007: the Best Hotel Gyms in the U.S.
Atlantic Dental, Inc. - Atlantic Dental, Inc. Marks 10-Year Milestone
Atrial Fibrillation - FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval of KYNAPID(TM) for Acute Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation - Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Responds to Advisory Committee Recommendation for Further Study of Tedisamil to Treat Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation - Vice President Dick Cheney Shares Common Heart Issue With Growing Number of Americans
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Prominent Therapist and Author Brings Expert Advice to Readers at HealthCentral's ADHD Site
Aureus Pharma - Aureus Pharma Licenses AurSCOPE Ion Channel to Neuromed Pharmaceuticals
Autism - New studies suggest brain overgrowth in 1-year-olds linked to development of autism
Autism - Study finds first-ever genetic animal model of autism
Autoimmune Disease - Dr. Judith James Joins InNexus Biotechnology Scientific Advisory Board
Autoimmune Disease - Molecular 'trip switch' shuts down inflammatory response
Autoimmune Disease - Xencor Presents Findings on New Aspect of its Fc Technology Targeting Autoimmune Disease
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Named 'Life Sciences Company of the Year' by Eastern Technology Council
Avalon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - AVN944 Biomarkers Correlate with Clinical Effects and Disease Stabilization in Adult AML Patients
AVANIR Pharmaceuticals - AVANIR Enrolls First Patient in Confirmatory Phase III Trial of Zenvia(TM) in PBA
AVMA - AVMA Releases Latest Stats on Pet Ownership and Practices
AWT, Inc. - AWT to Buy New Jersey Company
B-Cell Lymphoma - Genmab Initiates Ofatumumab Phase II Study in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
B-Cell Lymphoma - Seattle Genetics Initiates SGN-40 Phase IIb Clinical Trial in Combination with Rituxan and Chemotherapy for Diffuse Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
B-Cell Lymphoma - ZymoGenetics Presents Positive Interim Phase 1 Results for IL-21 in Combination with Rituxan(R) in B Cell Lymphoma
BabyCenter internal calculations using 2006 Census data, Q1 - BabyCenter's Annual Top 10 Baby Names List Reveals Sophia the New Most Popular Baby Name for Girls
Back Pain - Amazing Treatment Relieves Serious Back Pain Without Dangerous Drugs, Injections or Surgery!
Back Pain - Special Report Describes a Medical Device That is Changing the Lives of Back Pain Sufferers
Batten Disease - Research unveils new hope for deadly childhood disease
Bayer CropScience - Bayer CropScience's Vegetable Seed Business Nunhems Acquires US Lettuce Seed Company Paragon Seed
Baylor College of Medicine - Does time slow in crisis?
BB&T Corporation - BB&T Insurance Services to acquire Georgia agency
Beckman Coulter, Inc. - Beckman Coulter Elects AMN Healthcare Executive to Board of Directors
Behavior - Drinking away anxiety -- a new program finds safer ways for college students to cope
Behavior - Employees with workplace flexibility have healthier lifestyle habits
Behavior - In fruit flies, homosexuality is biological but not hard-wired
Behavior - Massive study finds parenting practices don't suffer during divorce
Behavior - Neurons in the frontal lobe may be responsible for rational decision-making
Behavior - ValueOptions(R) and Crestview Partners Close Transaction
Best Practices, Llc - Best Practice Database Adds New Research on Contract Management and New Product Development
Best Practices, Llc - Best Practice Database: Complimentary Excerpt of 'Ensuring a Successful New Product Launch Through Effective Processes and Authority Roles'
Best Practices, Llc - Boosting Pharma Sales Force Effectiveness through Streamlined Internal Communications
Best Practices, Llc - Creating an Effective Market Research Group to Generate High-Impact Business Results
Best Practices, Llc - Pharmaceutical Product Launch Success: Marketing Meets R&D
Beverly Hills Aesthetics - Beverly Hills Aesthetics: SweatZap(TM) -- ''A Gentle Way to Zap Sweat Glands and Control Sweaty Armpits Permanently''
BIAS Corporation - BIAS Achieves Certified Advantage Partner Level in Oracle PartnerNetwork
Biochemistry - Redox Biochemistry Provides a Useful Resource for Practicing Researchers in the Fields Particularly Those in Medicine
Bioengineering - BioMimetic Therapeutics Reports Positive Clinical Results for GEM OS(R)1 in Canadian Foot and Ankle Fusion Study
Bioengineering - BioMimetic Therapeutics to Provide Results for GEM OS(R)1 Canadian Foot and Ankle Fusion Study
Bioinformatics - Applied Biosystems and Integromics to Offer Integrated Real-Time PCR and Data Analysis Platform
Bioinformatics - BGSU undergraduates to pilot groundbreaking genome project
Biologics - AstraZeneca - Biologics Day Interviews With Senior Management
Biologics - Pegasus Biologics Receives CE Mark for Diabetic Foot Ulcer Treatment
BioMed Central - Piddling fish face off threat of competition
BioMed Central - Turkish health workers condone wife beating
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. - BioMed Realty Trust Appoints Executive Officer of the Irvine Company to Its Board
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. - BioMed Realty Trust Declares Fourth Quarter 2007 Common Stock and Preferred Stock Dividends
Biopharmaceuticals - Affymax Appoints Keith Leonard and Christi van Heek to its Board of Directors
Biopharmaceuticals - Aladdin eToken First Strong Authentication Device to Achieve Certification from the SAFE-BioPharma Association
Biopharmaceuticals - Array BioPharma Selects Medidata Rave(R) as Enterprise-Wide Electronic Data Capture Solution
Biopharmaceuticals - Battelle Ventures, Affiliate Invest $3 Million in Biopharma Tech Firm
Biopharmaceuticals - FMC Corporation and Pronova BioPharma Announce Agreement To Develop New Alginate-Based Capsule Products
Biopharmaceuticals - Fovea Pharmaceuticals Completes EUR30M Series B Financing
Biopharmaceuticals - Global Biopharmaceutical Outsourcing Conference Comes Just in Time with Coverage on China, India, Latin America, Europe and Other Regions in Asia
Biopharmaceuticals - Informed Medical Communications Sells Consumer Internet Division to Revolution Health
Biopharmaceuticals - Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick Pays Visit to WuXi PharmaTech
Biopharmaceuticals - Millipore Corporation and Novozymes Form Strategic Alliance to Supply Animal-Free Cell Culture Supplements for Bioprocessing
Biopharmaceuticals - Shire plc: Board Changes
Biopsy - Vidacare(R) Announces Clearance of Novel Bone Marrow Biopsy System for Hematology/Oncology
Bioscience - Bruker BioSciences Corporation Files Preliminary Proxy Statement
Bioscience - Ice Ages and rivers may have affected gorilla diversification
BioSpace - DeviceSpace.com Launches Marketing Campaign for US Medical Device Industry
Biotech Business - Avecia Biotechnology Chooses Pilgrim Software's SmartSolve(R) Solution
Biotech Business - BIO Announces Keynote Speakers for the BIO-Asia Partnering Conference 2008
Biotech Business - Biovail Appoints Lloyd Segal to Company's Board of Directors
Biotech Business - Capital Area Biotechnology Partnership Receives $160,000 State Investment
Biotech Business - Commonwealth Biotechnologies Announces Appointment of Mark Hober to Vice President, Business Development and Marketing
Biotech Business - Commonwealth Biotechnologies Completes Integration Program for its Complementary Drug Discovery Businesses
Biotech Business - CoNCERT Pharmaceuticals Strengthens Executive Leadership Team
Biotech Business - CTDC Completes the Purchase of Manufacturing Plant for PV Solar Thin Film Base Plate
Biotech Business - North Shore Workforce Investment Board Partners with North Shore Technology Council for Assessment of Technology Industry Workforce Development Needs
Biotech Business - Pharmaceutical Market Research Report Says Monoclonal Therapeutics and Diagnostic Imaging Products Worth $56 Billion by 2012
Biotech Business - Synosia Therapeutics Announces Appointment of Chief Business Officer
Biotech Business - Third Rock Ventures Appoints Three New Partners
Biotechnology Business - Biogen Idec Completes Review of Strategic Alternatives
Biotechnology Business - BioLineRx In-Licenses Novel Formulation BL-5010 for the Non-Surgical Removal of Skin Lesions
Biotechnology Business - Biomet Launches Hip Technologies to Address Demand for Minimally Invasive Bone-Conserving Implants
Biotechnology Business - Biovail to Participate at the RBC Capital Markets 2007 Healthcare Conference
Biotechnology Business - Dutton Associates Announces Investment Opinion: Neurobiological Technologies Strong Speculative Buy Rating Maintained in Updated Coverage by Dutton Associates
Biotechnology Business - Eisai to Acquire MGI PHARMA for $41 Per Share in an All Cash Transaction
Biotechnology Business - Elan Update
Biotechnology Business - FDA Reviewing Potential Anti-Arrhythmic Claims for Ranexa(R)
Biotechnology Business - Helix BioMedix Announces the Launch of DermaVentures' P.A.C. Perfect Product Line Through Joint Venture
Biotechnology Business - Insmed Appoints Dennis M. Lanfear to Board of Directors
Biotechnology Business - Oncothyreon to begin trading today on NASDAQ and TSX
Biotechnology Business - Research and Markets: Cephalon Inc. Company Analysis Is Available Now
Biotechnology Business - Research and Markets: Gain Insight into the Current Product Pipeline at ABIOMED Inc. with New Report
Biotechnology Business - Senetek PLC Announces Voting Results From Its Annual General Meeting
Biotechnology Business - The Genentech Inc Product Pipeline Report Delivers the Latest and the Most Comprehensive Intelligence Available On Genentech Incs Current Pipeline Portfolio
Biotechnology Business - US-based Biomet Settles in Changzhou Export Processing Zone
Biotechnology Business - ZymoGenetics Presents PEG-Interferon Lambda Phase 1a Data
Bipolar Disorder - Studies find stable sleep patterns and regular routines may improve outcomes in bipolar disorder
Bipolar Disorder - Study finds brain differences in adolescents with mental illness
Birner Dental Management Services, Inc. - Birner Dental Management Services, Inc. Declares $.15 Quarterly Dividend
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. - Simple test improves accuracy of polygraph results
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. - Study: Personality traits influence perceived attractiveness
Blindness - MacuChek Chooses Creative Technology Services to Manage the Manufacturing of Its New Product
Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty - BUCL.org Joins Dr. Darsi Ferrer to Protest Apartheid-Like Policies in Cuba
Blood Cancer - Payless Cellular Announces Giving Campaign To benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Blood Cancer Research Programs
Blood Pressure - InterCure Names Scot Dube Vice President of Sales
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi - Bobby Rush Revue and James 'Super Chikan' Johnson Announced for Post-Race Concert
Bmeye - BMEYE(TM) Announces FDA 510(K) Clearance for Nexfin(TM)
Bond Laboratories, Inc. - Bond Laboratories, Inc. Announces 2-for-1 Forward Split
Bone Research - Seasonal Sippers Supply Bone-Building Benefits
Booth Research - Holiday Health: Vitamin C Most Popular Choice for Combating Colds
Boys Town - Heritage and Mission of Serving Children Reflected in Reintroduction of Boys Town Name and Look
BP America - BP Donates $1M in Solar Equipment for Capital Area Food Bank's New Home
Bradmer Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Bradmer Medical Isotope Supply for Phase III Trial Secure
Brain Cancer - Drug study for brain cancer shows promising results
Brandeis University - Caught in the act: The dynamic dance of enzymes
Breast Cancer - A&G Pharmaceutical Receives $870,000 Grant from Avon Foundation to Advance Innovative Blood Diagnostic Test for Early Detection of Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer - Accuracy of diagnostic mammograms varies by radiologist
Breast Cancer - Agendia's MammaPrint(R), the Only FDA-Cleared Breast Cancer Prognosis Test, is Now Widely Available to U.S. Patients
Breast Cancer - DiaGenic to Partner with Opaldia in UK on Blood Based Breast Cancer Gene Expression Test
Breast Cancer - HERmark(TM) Assay Results in Metastatic Breast Cancer Presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
Breast Cancer - MammaPrint(R) Breast Cancer Test Validated in Lymph Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients
Breast Cancer - Men unaware of their cancer risk when female relatives test positive for BRCA mutation
Breast Cancer - MicroRNA regulates cancer stem cells
Breast Cancer - Multigene Test Predicts Who Could Avoid Chemotherapy Despite Positive Lymph Nodes in Early Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer - Naviscan's PEM Flex(TM) Scanner Shows Promising New Data in Breast Cancer Management
Breast Cancer - New study reveals for first time how BRCA1 mutations cause breast cancer
Breast Cancer - New Taxotere(R) (docetaxel) Injection Concentrate Data to be Presented at the 30th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS)
Breast Cancer - Other highlights in the Dec. 11 JNCI
Breast Cancer - Putting risk in perspective: Do people make better decisions when they understand average risk?
Breast Cancer - Researchers From Around the World Gather to Discuss Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer - San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium December 13th to 16th 2007
Breast Cancer - Study Shows MammaPrint(R) Breast Cancer Test Provides Benefits to Patients from Personalized Treatment Regimen
Breast Cancer - Susan G. Komen for the Cure Announces Recipients of 2007 Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction
Breast Cancer - Susan G. Komen for the Cure Names Tim Doke Chief Marketing Officer
Breast Cancer - Tanger Surpasses $5 Million Milestone in the Fight Against Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer - The HealthCentral Network Wins eHealthcare Awards for Breast Cancer and Migraine Web Sites
Bruker BioSpin - Bruker BioSpin Launches an NMR Online Store
Burness Communications - New report on deforestation reveals problems of forest carbon payment schemes
C. R. Bard, Inc. - Bard Declares Quarterly Dividend
Cadient Group - Cadient Group Continues Upward Trajectory at Five-Year Anniversary
California Nurses Association - RNs Sponsor Hard-Hitting Health Care Ads in Top 10 Iowa Papers
California Nurses Association - Saint Mary's Reno RNs Choose CNA/NNOC in Landslide 64 Percent Vote for 500 RNs
California Rx Card Program - California Rx Card Saves Californians Thousands in Annual Prescription Costs
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. - Caliper Life Sciences Introduces Zephyr SPE Workstation to Improve Efficiency of Solid Phase Extraction
Calistoga Oasis Spa - Develop a Stress-Free Holiday Plan that Includes Time to Enjoy the Holidays
Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Inc. - CRi Announces Nuance 2, the Next-Generation Multispectral Imaging System for Brightfield and Fluorescent-Based Microscopy
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Alabama 49th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Arkansas 8th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks California 25th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Colorado 3rd in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Delaware 2nd in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Georgia 48th in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Hawai'i 4th in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Idaho 40th in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Illinois 39th in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Indiana 26th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Iowa 18th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Kansas 46th in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Kentucky 44th in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Louisiana 35th in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Massachusetts 33rd in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Michigan 47th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Minnesota 12th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Missouri 50th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Montana 6th in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Nebraska 37th in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Nevada 38th in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks New Hampshire 41st in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks New Jersey 36th in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks New Mexico 15th in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks New York 7th in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Ohio 14th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Oregon 30th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Pennsylvania 21st in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Rhode Island 43rd in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks South Carolina 45th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Tennessee 34th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Texas 42nd in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Utah 24th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Vermont 16th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Virginia 32nd in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Washington, DC 22nd in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks West Virginia 29th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - National Report Ranks Wisconsin 22nd in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - New Report Ranks Connecticut Last in Nation in Protecting Kids From Tobacco
Cancer - AMAS Test Measures Lethal Replikin Gene Activity in Lung and Other Cancers
Cancer - Amgen in Discussions with FDA to Update U.S. Prescribing Information for ESAs
Cancer - Are Muramyl Peptides the Magic Bullet in Probiotics?
Cancer - Biomoda Announces Collaborative Agreement With New Mexico Tech
Cancer - CDISC Board of Directors Elects New Board Members to Strengthen Global Leadership Base
Cancer - Diagnostic mammogram readings vary extensively by radiologist
Cancer - Highmark and Fifth Avenue Place Leading the Way on Sustainable, Eco-Friendly and Green Practices
Cancer - iCAD, Inc. Awarded Two Additional Patents for Its Computer-Aided Detection Technology
Cancer - Interwoven Powers Patient-Engaging Website for Breakthrough Cancer Treatment
Cancer - Karmanos Cancer Center Most Preferred Hospital for Cancer Care According to 2007 Survey
Cancer - Lance Armstrong Foundation Awards $1.5 Million in Grants
Cancer - Lucid Expands Support Internationally: Dr. Colin Stahel appointed Director for Asia Pacific Region
Cancer - Morphine: A comfort measure for the dying or pain control for the living?
Cancer - National Report Ranks Washington 10th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Cancer - New York State Health Department Approves Busulfan Testing by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Cancer - OXiGENE to Report on ZYBRESTAT(TM) Pivotal Trial Progress in Presentation to Investors in Sweden
Cancer - Participation in organized high school activities lowers risk of smoking 3 years after graduation
Cancer - Reducing Pain via Hypnosis, This Week on Your Cancer Today (TM)
Cancer - St. Jude Finds Mechanism for Faulty Protein Disposal
Cancer - St. Nick's Beverages Help Put FIZZ Into the 'Thanks and Giving' Spirit for St. Jude
Cancer - TomoTherapy Signs Distribution Agreements in Six New Markets
Cancer Vaccines - AVAX Technologies Announces Successful Completion of Phase I / II Study of MVax(R) in Patients with Stage 3 and 4 Melanoma
Cancer Vaccines - Celldex Therapeutics Announces Orphan Drug Designation for CDX-110, a Novel EGFRvIII Vaccine for Glioblastoma Multiforme
Cancer Vaccines - Dr. Maurizio Zanetti Joins InNexus Biotechnology Scientific Advisory Board
Cancer Vaccines - FDA Approves Phase I Clinical Trial for SKCC Breast Cancer Vaccine
Cancer Vaccines - Geron Receives Milestone Payment from Merck Triggered by IND Filing for Telomerase Cancer Vaccine Candidate
Cancer Vaccines - ImmunoVaccine Technologies Inc. to Acquire Immunotope Inc.
Cancer Vaccines - New study suggests why vaccines directed against cancer, HIV don't work
Candidiasis - AMWA Hosts Health Care Conversation With Congressman Kucinich
Canned Food Alliance - National Food Program Improves Access to Fruits and Vegetables
Caprius, Inc. - Caprius, Inc. Completes Private Placement of $4.7 Million
Carbon Nanotubes - Nanotechnology Companies Need Clear Environment and Health Roadmap to Succeed
Cardica, Inc. - Cardica Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option
Cardiff University - Ancient Egyptian glassmaking recreated
Cardinal Health, Inc. - Cardinal Health to Cease Distribution of Controlled Substances from Florida Facility
Cardiology - New Cardiology Software Helps Heart Centers Manage for Optimal Clinical Performance
Cardiology - Novadaq's SPY Imaging System named Product of the Year by Frost and Sullivan
Cardiometabolic Health Congress - With Obesity, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease on the Rise, Physicians Need More Comprehensive Guidelines
Cardiothoracic - Extreme Networks Provides Resilient Wired and Wireless Network to the UK's Basildon & Thurrock Hospital
Cardiovascular Disease - SemBioSys Appoints Former Esperion Officer to Board of Directors
Cardiovascular Sciences, Inc. - Cardiovascular Sciences, Inc. Announces Funding Event
Carelink Health Plans, Inc. - Carelink Awarded Excellent NCQA Accreditation
Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group - CG Technology is Now Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group
Carnegie Institution - Building blocks of life formed on Mars
Catalysts - Experiments reveal unexpected activity of fuel cell catalysts
Catcher Holdings, Inc. - Catcher Holdings, Inc. Lands Contract for Life-Saving EMS Applications
Celiac Disease - Shire Expands its Gastrointestinal Portfolio Through In-Licensing Celiac Disease Phase 2 Product From Alba Therapeutics Corporation
Cell Biology - NanoString Technologies Launches Early-Access Program for the nCounter(TM) Analysis System
Cell Press - Blind humans lacking rods and cones retain normal responses to nonvisual effects of light
Cell Press - Pathogens use previously undescribed mechanism to sabotage host immune system
Celsion Corporation - CELSION Purchases 659,738 Shares of Celsion Common Stock from Boston Scientific
Celsion Corporation - Celsion Re-Submits Protocol for Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) for Pivotal Phase III Liver Cancer Trial
Center for Health, Environment & Justice - Sears/Kmart Become Latest Retail Giants to Phase Out Toxic PVC Plastic, Major Source of Lead, Phthalates, and Dioxin Exposure
Central Nervous System Disease - Repligen Elects Earl Henry, M.D. to the Board of Directors
Ceridian - All I Want for the Holidays is a Cure for the Workplace Blues!
ChangeWorks Publishing - Teenagers and Accountability: Unique Three-Pronged Survey Reveals Consensus on the Importance of Setting Limits Among Current Parents of Teens, Recent Parents of Teens and 20-Somethings Looking Back on Their Teen Yea
Charles Rosen, M.D. - Give Your Back a Break This Holiday Season
Chem Rx Corporation - Chem Rx Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results
ChemDiv, Inc. - ChemDiv and Siwa Biotech Announce Discovery Collaboration
ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Limited - ChemGenex Investigators Report Activity of Omacetaxine in Imatinib-Resistant Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients With the T315I Mutation
Chemicals - Nanotube-producing bacteria show manufacturing promise
Chemistry - Collaboration yields 'the right glasses' for observing mystery behavior in electrons
Chemistry - New paper reveals nanoscale details of photolithography process
Chemistry - ORNL super water repellent could cause big wave in market
Chemotherapy - Modeling Simulation Predicts Potential Negative Impact on U.S. Blood Supply if ESA Use Limited for Chemotherapy-Induced Anemia
Chest Pain - CT scans to determine heart disease in the emergency room
Chicago Tribune Company - Chicago Magazine Highlights the Area's Top Doctors
China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd. - China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Reports 512.6% Increase in Net Income for Third Quarter 2007
China Yct International Group, Inc. - CYIG Awarded China's "Top 100 Enterprises" in New Pharmaceuticals, Selected as National "'Torch Plan' Key High-Tech Enterprise"
China-Biotics, Inc. - China-Biotics, Inc. Issues $25 Million 3 Year Convertible Note
Christian Science Church - Health Care Bill Omits Access to Spiritual Care
Chronic Disease - Cardiocom(R) Awarded 2007 Consumer Health World Awards for Its Commander Cellular Telemonitoring System
Chronic Disease - Delta Dental Joins Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
Chronic Heart Failure - Abiomed Announces Strategic Investment in WorldHeart Corporation
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - BioCryst Announces Presentation of Data Detailing Synergistic Activity of Forodesine HCl With Bendamustine in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Rosetta Genomics and Columbia University Medical Center to Develop MicroRNA-based Diagnostics for Leukemia and Non Hodgkin Lymphoma
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - TREANDA Significantly Improves Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Compared to Chlorambucil
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - When disease discriminates: Women and COPD
CIGNA - CIGNA International Expands Global Provider Network
CIGNA - Priti Dheer, CIGNA's Diversity Director, Named Community Leader By Urban League of Philadelphia
CIGNA HealthCare - CIGNA HealthCare Taps Thomson Healthcare to Power Its Health Advocacy and Consumer Engagement Informatics
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Concern Over Toy Safety and Disappointed Kids Impacts Holidays for Parents
Circadian Rhythms - Genetic switch for circadian rhythms discovered
Claimsnet.com - Claimsnet Signs Electronic Transaction Services Agreement With Employee Benefit Services of San Antonio
Claimsnet.com - Claimsnet to Acquire Acceptius
ClearWay Minnesota - Numbers for ClearWay Minnesota's(SM) QUITPLAN(R) Services Increase After Smoking Ban
Clinical Engineering - Service Industry Association Elects ISS Solutions' CEO Peter Brooks to Board of Directors
Clinical Research - Commercial Collaboration Agreement Between Harrison Clinical Research and Cyncron
Clinical Trial Research - Acusphere Announces that Imagify(TM) Safety and ECHO Reader Training Data Will Be Presented at EuroEcho 2007
Clinical Trial Research - Adolor Initiates Phase 2a Study of Delta Agonist ADL5859 in Neuropathic Pain
Clinical Trial Research - Advanced Clinical Research Services Enhances Biostatistics Offering
Clinical Trial Research - Alnylam Reports Continued Progress in Clinical Development of ALN-RSV01 for the Treatment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection
Clinical Trial Research - DATATRAK and NTT DATA Sign Five-Year Enterprise Agreement and Marketing Alliance for Delivery of Electronic Clinical Trials to the Japanese Market
Clinical Trial Research - Decreasing access to cigarettes for youth in the Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort Study
Clinical Trial Research - Exelixis Presents Encouraging Phase 1 Data for XL019, a Novel Selective Inhibitor of JAK2
Clinical Trial Research - Gentium Reports Third Quarter Financial Results; Provides Financial and Clinical Update
Clinical Trial Research - Ligand Presents Positive LGD-4665 Phase I Clinical Trial Results at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting (ASH)
Clinical Trial Research - Long-Term Soliris(R) Therapy Improved or Stabilized Kidney Function in Patients With PNH
Clinical Trial Research - Out of Five Thousand Compounds with Initial Promise, Five Will Go into Human Clinical Trials, and Only One Will Become an Approved Drug
Clinical Trial Research - Panacos Announces Results of Bevirimat 350 mg Cohort, Data Support Further Dose Escalation in Phase 2b Study
Clinical Trial Research - PARI's eFlow Delivers Alnylam RNAi Therapeutic in Phase I Study
Clinical Trial Research - PRO Consulting Expands Management Team in Response to Business Growth
Clinical Trial Research - Puricase(R) (pegloticase) Meets Pre-Specified Primary Efficacy Endpoint in Two Replicate Phase 3 Studies
Clinical Trial Research - QRxPharma Initiates Second Phase III Clinical Trial for its 'Dual Opioid' Pain Therapy
Clinical Trial Research - Twelve DOXIL(R) Clinical Studies to be Presented at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
CNN Worldwide - CNN Honors Extraordinary Deeds of Seven Everyday People in Global Event
Cognition - NJHA's Aline Holmes Receives Nursing Excellence Award
Cognos - New Cognos Performance Solution Helps Pharmaceutical Companies Optimize Sales Quota Management
Colitis - Nationwide survey reveals differing physician and patient perceptions regarding impact of UC
Colon Cancer - Center for Molecular Medicine Among First Labs in Nation to Offer Groundbreaking Test to Aid in Treatment of Colorectal Cancer
Colon Cancer - Chemoprevention, naturally: Findings on plant-derived cancer medicines
Colorado BioScience Association - ValveXchange Wins the Third Annual Faegre & Benson Venture Showcase Award, Presented At BioWest 2007
Community Health - Community Health Systems to Sell Lebanon, Virginia Facility
Companion Global Healthcare Inc. - Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, Joins Companion Global Healthcare's Network
Composites - NIST imaging system maps nanomechanical properties
CompuMed, Inc. - CompuMed to Publish E-Newsletter for Customers and Investors
Congestive Heart Failure - Use of diabetes medication by older adults linked with increased risk of heart problems, death
Conseco, Inc. - Tongson Joins Conseco as Senior Vice President, Corporate Actuarial
Conservation International - New carbon calculator conserves forests
Conservation International - New study shows world's protected areas threatened by climate change
Consumers Union - Consumers Union Opposes Over-the-Counter Cholesterol Drug
Coral Reef Targeted Research Program - It's official: The carbon crisis is lethal for coral reefs
Corbett Accel Healthcare Group - CORBETT ACCEL HEALTHCARE GROUP SELECTS ITS CMO: Veteran Brand Builder, Elisa Cooper-Broski, Will Lead Company's Marketing Initiatives
Cord Blood - Cord blood viable option for kids with life-threatening metabolic disorders
Critical Care - Physicians seek to improve the quality of sleep in ICU, researchers at UT Southwestern report
Crohn Disease - New Setback for UCB's Cimzia Shifts Competitive Landscape for TNF-Alpha Inhibitor Drug Class
Csiro Australia - Biodiesel could reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Csiro Australia - Smarter energy storage for solar and wind power
CSMG Technologies, Inc. - CSMG Technologies Announces Top Ranked Wall Street Healthcare Analyst and Portfolio Manager Steven P. Delco Joins CSMG and Live Tissue Connect Team
CTS Corporation - CTS Corporation Adds New Piezo Product Capabilities From Acquisition of Alpha Ceramics, Inc.
Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma - Gloucester Pharmaceuticals Reports Clinically Significant Responses in Pivotal Trial of Romidepsin for Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma at the 2007 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting
Cutera, Inc. - Cutera Announces Adoption of Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans
Cuyahoga Community College - Tri-C Awarded State Grant to Create Bioscience Worker Training Center
CVF Technologies Corporation - CVF Technologies Corporation's Holding - BIOREM Announces 3rd Order from China
Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Cyclacel Reports Updated Phase I Sapacitabine Data at 2007 ASH Meeting
Cytori Therapeutics - Cytori Therapeutics Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for the Cytori Fat Transfer System
Dairyland Healthcare Solutions - Dairyland Names Senior Leadership Team
Datascope Corp. - Datascope Recommends Shareholders Re-Elect its Two Incumbent Directors and Reject Ramius' Opposition Slate
Decas Cranberry Products, Inc. - Research Shows Decas Sweetened Dried Cranberries Pack Twice the Proanthocyanidin Punch as Cranberry Juice Cocktail
Delegation of the European Commission to the United States - European Union Provides 50 Million Euros to Help Iraqi Refugees in Syria and Jordan
Delirium - Intensive care quality of sleep improved by new drug, reports study
Dementia - High blood pressure associated with risk for mild cognitive impairment
Dementia - Lipids in the brain an important factor for Alzheimer's disease?
Dendreon Corporation - Dendreon Promotes Dr. Mark Frohlich to Senior Vice President of Clinical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer
Dengue Fever - Immune compound blocks virus' ability to hijack antibodies
Dentistry - Fluoridated water for Queensland ... at last
Depomed, Inc. - Depomed Appoints James A. Schoeneck to Board of Directors
Depression - Aspect Medical Systems Announces Positive Results of BRITE Major Depression National Study
Depression - Experts call for better research into link between women's hormones and mood disorders
Depression - Natural human hormone as the next antidepressant?
Depression - New Phase 3 Data Showed PRISTIQ Significantly Reduced Symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder Versus Placebo
Depression - Study shows new strategy for developing antidepressants
Depression - Venlafaxine extended-release effective for patients with major depression
Dermatitis - Astion Pharma to Commence International Phase III Clinical Studies With ASF-1057 in Seborrheic Dermatitis.
Diabetes - Living donors may be best source of insulin-producing islets for diabetes treatment
Diabetes - More evidence suggests diabetes drug may be dangerous
Diabetes - Most adults with conditions that increase cardiovascular disease risk have high blood pressure
Diabetes - Photos: Stick Me Designs Introduces Stylish Diabetes Meter Carrying Cases
Diabetes Risk - BIOSAFE Releases the First At-Home Diabetes Risk Assessment
Diabetic Retinopathy - Transporters may help delay diabetes-related retinal damage
Dialysis - American Stock Exchange Lists the Common Stock of Xcorporeal, Inc.
Dilatation Catheters - YMed, Inc. Successfully Completes First Clinical Cases With Innovative VascuTraK(TM) II PTA Dilatation Catheter
Discovery Health - Overweight Twins Battle the Bulge and Gain a New Lease in Life in National Body Challenge: Twins Edition on Discovery Health
DNA Research - Invitrogen Exclusively Licenses Novel Click Chemistry-Based Cell Proliferation Assays from Harvard University
DNA Research - Losses of long-established genes contribute to human evolution
DNA Research - Major Advance in the Observation of DNA Molecules
DNA Research - Media highlights in the Dec. 15 issue of Biophysical Journal
DNA Research - More 'functional' DNA in genome than previously thought
DNA Research - New Microbial Genome-to-Array Service
DOE/Joint Genome Institute - DOE JGI Community Sequencing Program delivers first moss genome
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, December 2007
Dowden Health Media - Launch of Innovative Journals on Quality and Performance Improvement in Medicine by Dowden Health Media
Dr. Sam Bakshian, Md - Dr. Bakshian Advises You to Watch Your Back Over the Holidays
DrFirst, Inc. - DrFirst(TM) Creates Stunning E-Prescribing Experience on iPhone(TM)
Drug Development - Curis, Inc. Reports Decision to Advance a Systemically Administered Hedgehog Antagonist into Phase II Clinical Testing
Drug Development - GlycoMimetics, Inc. to Present Results of Lead Drug Candidate in Animal Models of Sickle Cell Disease at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
Drug Development - High Throughput Screening 2007: HighTech Business Decisions Reports New Strategies, Success Rates, and the Use of Enabling Technologies
Drug Development - InforMedix Partners with Consumer Health Information Corporation
Drug Development - Mathew to Lead PPD Drug Development Operations and Expansion in India
Drug Development - Panomics Inc.: Recipient of the Frost & Sullivan 2007 United States Drug Discovery Technologies Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award
Drug Development - Targacept to Receive $6 Million from GlaxoSmithKline for Initiation of Phase I Trial of Neuropathic Pain Candidate
Drug Resistance - BD Acquires Right to Negotiate Business Relationship for Accelr8's BACcel(R) Rapid Diagnostics Technology
Drug Resistance - Manure management reduces levels of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes
Drug Resistance - National Wrestling Coaches Association Teams Up With CSG/SportsCoatings(TM)
Drugs - Pro-Pharmaceuticals Enters Research Collaboration with University of Massachusetts Lowell
Duke University - Reversible data transfers from light to sound
DuPont - DuPont Names Phuong Tram Chief Information Officer
Eating Disorders - Leading Eating Disorder Treatment Center Identifies Popular Eating Disorder Myths
eClinicalWorks - Mount Auburn Cambridge IPA Selects eClinicalWorks Unified EMR/PM Solution
Economic & Social Research Council - Retirees spending freely
Economic & Social Research Council - Scotland's economy challenged by population trends
Economic & Social Research Council - Scottish mothers have fewer children than other UK women
Economic & Social Research Council - Stats fail to reflect investments in knowledge economy
Economic & Social Research Council - Workplace opportunities and stresses are both increasing
Eczema - Eczema sufferers test out benefits of water softeners
Edgeline Holdings, Inc. - Edgeline Holdings Expects to Close on Its $10 Million Funding Agreement by Next Week and Provides Update
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation - Edwards Lifesciences Forecasts Strong Growth in 2008
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation - Edwards Lifesciences to Sell LifeStent Product Line to Bard
eFoodSafety.com, Inc. - eFoodSafety.com, Inc. Reports Positive Quarterly Results
Electrokinetics - Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Transport Pharmaceuticals' Innovative Electrokinetic Drug Delivery Platform for Contributing to Clinical Outcomes
Electronic Data Systems Corporation - EDS Awarded $715 Million Contract for Bristol-Myers Squibb Information Services
Elhuyar Fundazioa - Basque Country University researchers publish 2 articles in Nature on latest discoveries on Venus
Elmhurst College; Wight & Company - DuPage Community Foundation Awards $10,000 Grant to Elmhurst College for 'Green' Initiatives - Part of a $23 Million Redevelopment Project Led by Wight & Company
Elsevier - Green tea may protect brain cells against Parkinson's disease
Emageon Inc. - Emageon Names Chris E. Perkins as Chief Operating Officer
Embla Systems - Embla Systems in Collaboration with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to Develop Cardio-Pulmonary Coupling Technology
EMD Chemicals Inc. - EMD Partners with Rules-Based Medicine to Develop and Distribute Multi-Analyte Kits
Emergency Medicine - GE Healthcare Accelerates Growth of Compact Ultrasound and Expands Use of Emerging Patient Applications: New Editions Designed Specifically for Emergency Medicine and Anesthesia Delivery
Emergency Preparedness - Darkness and Cold Prevail in the Midwest
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. - Emergent BioSolutions to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences
Endoscopy - Smith & Nephew Endoscopy Names Todd Usen Senior VP, US Sales
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - Light and sound -- the way forward for better medical imaging
Enstar Group Limited - Enstar Group Limited Announces Acquisition
Enzyme Research - Rong Li Lab reports protein interactions of MAP kinase signaling pathway
Enzyme Research - SuperGen's CLIMB(TM) Technology Identifies Lead Pim Kinase Inhibitors
Epilepsy - Early treatment stops epilepsy in its tracks
Epilepsy - Former NFL Star Tiki Barber and CURE Founder Susan Axelrod Speak Out About Epilepsy on TODAY Show
Erectile Dysfunction - New Study Shows LEVITRA Successfully Treats Erectile Dysfunction (ED) in Men with Dyslipidemia, Including High Cholesterol
Erickson Retirement Communities - Provident Bank Rewards NorthBay with a $20,000 Donation
ESA/Hubble Information Centre - Hazy red sunset on extrasolar planet
European Science Foundation - Aurora Borealis breaks new grounds -- and old ice
European Science Foundation - Far flung food: Europe's distant diets
European Space Agency - An X-Ray Santa Claus in Orion
European Space Agency - Jules Verne ATV given its 'wings'
European Space Agency - Noctis Labyrinthus, labyrinth of the night
European Space Agency - Telemedicine: Health alert via satellite
Exactech, Inc. - Exactech to Acquire Altiva Corporation
Eyeforpharma - Sales Strategy Experts Join Forces for the World's Most Important Pharmaceutical Sales Force Effectiveness Conference, April 2008
Family Services Agency - County-Wide Home Visiting Program Found to Reduce Child Abuse and Neglect
Female Infertility - Obesity reduces chances of spontaneous pregnancy in women who are subfertile but ovulating normally
Ferro Corporation - Ferro Announces Additional Restructuring In Inorganic Specialties Group
Ferro Corporation - Ferro Completes Electronic Materials Restructuring Program; Sells Niagara Falls Manufacturing Facility
Field Museum - Massive dinosaur discovered in Antarctica sheds light on life, distribution of sauropodomorphs
Financial Filings Corp. - WallSt.net Announces Upcoming Interview With CEO of Avicena Group
Financials - Aeolus Pharmaceuticals Announces Fiscal Year 2007 Financial Results
Financials - Alfacell Reports Financial Results for First Quarter of Fiscal 2008
Financials - AmerisourceBergen Reaffirms Guidance for FY 2008 and for the December 2007 Quarter at Annual Investor Day
Financials - AMEX Accepts Manhattan Pharmaceuticals' Plan to Regain Compliance with Continued Listing Standards
Financials - AVANIR Announces Fiscal 2007 Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Financial Results
Financials - Biodel Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2007 Financial Results
Financials - BioReference Laboratories, Inc. Announces Earnings Date for Fourth Quarter and Year End for Fiscal Year 2007
Financials - Del Global Technologies Reports Fiscal 2008 First Quarter Financial Results
Financials - Fitch Affirms Trinity Health (Michigan) at 'AA'; Outlook Stable
Financials - IASIS Healthcare Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2007 Results
Financials - InVitro International Posts FY '07 Solid Sales Gain & Record Profits
Financials - Magellan Health Services Provides 2008 Financial Guidance
Financials - Martek Announces Fourth Quarter and FY 2007 Financial Results
Financials - Pall Corporation Reports Preliminary First Quarter Financial Highlights
Financials - Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2008
Financials - Sirona Reports Fiscal 2007 Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Results
Financials - Synergetics USA, Inc. Announces Record First Quarter Revenue for Fiscal 2008
Financials - Tutogen Medical, Inc. Reports Year-End Fiscal 2007 Financial Results
Financials - Tutogen Medical, Inc. to Report Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2007 Financial Results
Financials - Uroplasty More Than Doubles its Active Customers in the U.S. Since March
Financials - Zila, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2008 First Quarter Financial Results
Financing - Asuragen, Inc. Raises $18.5 Million in Series B Financing
Financing - Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals Secures $60 Million Committed Equity Financing Facility
Financing - International Finance Corporation Partners With Chindex International, Inc.
Financing - REVA Medical, Inc. Raises $42 Million in Private Financing
Fitch Ratings - Fitch Rates 489.480MM Mountain States Health (Tennessee) Revs Series 2007 A, B, & C 'A+/F1+'
Fitch Ratings - Fitch: Positive Operating Trends Will Continue for U.S. Drug Retailers
Five Star Quality Care, Inc. - Five Star Quality Care, Inc. to Present at the RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference on December 13th
Flagship Global Health, Inc. - Flagship Global Health Appoints New Chairman and New Directors to Its Board
Flagship Global Health, Inc. - Flagship Global Health Chairman Resigns
Flu Vaccines - Bioject at the Forefront of Product Development with Use of Biojector(R) 2000 in Vical's Expanded DNA Vaccine Clinical Trial
Flu Vaccines - GE Healthcare and Novavax Establish Collaboration To Develop and Market Pandemic Influenza Solution
Food Poisoning - Fresh-cut produce washing practices can minimize food-borne illness risks
Food Poisoning - MSU food safety experts say Chinese imports need to improve
Food Poisoning - Purfresh Launches Intellipur to Expand Intelligence into Food and Water Safety
Franck's Compounding Lab - Franck's Compounding Lab Purchases Wisconsin Pharmacy
Fresh Dining - Fresh Dining Launches First-Ever Program Designed to Facilitate Healthy Weight Loss and Promote Maximum Fitness for New Moms
Frost & Sullivan - Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Outstanding Companies for Excellence in Healthcare Opportunities
Gastric Cancer - JWCI Researchers Identify Epigenomic Test That Could Improve Treatment for Specific Gastric Cancers
Gastroenterology - American College of Gastroenterology Offers Updated Clinical Guidance for Managing Pregnant Patients
Gene Logic Inc. - Gene Logic Shareholders Approve Genomics Assets Sale and Company Name Change to Ore Pharmaceuticals
Gene Therapy - Neurologix Gene Therapy Approach to Parkinson's Disease Granted Fast Track Designation From FDA
Genital Wart - Bradley Pharmaceuticals Launches Veregen(TM) (sinecatechins) Ointment, 15%
Genoptix, Inc. - Genoptix Reports Strong Financial Results for Third Quarter 2007
Geology - December Geology and GSA Today media highlights
Glioblastoma - Bradmer announces additions to Scientific Advisory Board
Glioblastoma - Sangamo BioSciences Announces Presentation of Data for ZFP Therapeutic for Glioblastoma at American Society for Hematology Meeting
Glycogen Storage Disease - Genzyme Study of Myozyme(R) for Late-Onset Pompe Patients Meets Co-Primary Efficacy Endpoints
Grant Instruments - Asynt and Grant Partnership Speeds up Launch of Novel Continuous Flow Reactor
Halogen Software - Record Number of Customers Reinvest in Halogen
Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital - Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital Using Bubbles to Help Babies Breathe
Harvard University - Close relations exhibit greater agreement on the attractiveness of faces
HCCS - Evergreen Healthcare Selects HCCS Healthcare Learning Platform(TM)
Headache and Migraine - Pharmacokinetic Data Suggest NGX426, TorreyPines Therapeutics' Oral Prodrug of Tezampanel, May be Effective in Treating Acute Migraine Headache
Headache and Migraine - ProEthic Pharmaceuticals Announces Acceptance of New Drug Application for Migraine
Health Insurance - Benefitfocus(R) Introduces Market-Changing Technology Enabling Insurance Carriers To Sell Directly To Consumers
Health Insurance - Double-Digit Rate Increases Expected Under Mass. Mandatory Health Law; 5% Cap on Rate Hikes Proposed
Health Insurance - Grant Supports 2008 Campaign to Cover the Uninsured and Improve Access to Healthcare
Health Insurance - Norvax, UniCare Offer Internet Marketing Boot Camps to Help Agents Capture Sales in $100 Billion Individual Health Insurance Market
Health Insurance - Vsurance, Inc. Completes Breed Encyclopedia for Pet Owners
Health Management Systems, Inc. - Network Health Awards Contract to HMS for Coordination of Benefits
Health Net Federal Services LLC - Health Net Federal Services Wins Department of Veterans Affairs Claims Repricing Contract
Healthaxis Inc. - Healthaxis Completes Customer Implementations
Healthcare Technologies Ltd - Healthcare Technologies, Ltd. Receives Notice From Nasdaq
HealthLeaders-InterStudy - Worcester Hospitals Strengthen Ties to Boston-Area Health Systems
HealthpointCapital - BioHorizons Expands to New 44,000 Square Foot Facility
HealthSpring, Inc. - HealthSpring, Inc. to Present at the 26th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference
HearAtLast Holdings, Inc. - HearAtLast Continues Expansion Announcing Opening of New Clinic Location in Sam's Club in Richmond Hill, Ontario
Heart Attack - Adult stem cell heart attack study updated at American Society for Hematology Meeting
Heart Attack - MIAA To Conduct Workshop on Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Adolescents
Heart Attack - Stem cells train heart following heart attack
Heart Disease - Canada's Leading Cardiovascular Center Uses Affymetrix SNP Array 6.0 to Replicate Whole-genome Association Study Findings
Heart Disease - PCI Guideline Update Stresses Long-Term Anticoagulant Therapy After Treatment With Drug-Eluting Stents
Heart Disease - Research finds link between depression
Heart Failure - Another 'smart' cancer drug can have toxic effects on the heart
Heartburn - American College of Gastroenterology Offers Tips to Ease the Heartburn of Pregnancy
Heartscape Technologies Inc - Heartscape Technologies Appoints Former Medtronic Executive to Role as Chairman and Independent Director
HEI, Inc. - HEI, Inc. Initiates Delisting and Deregistration of Its Shares on NASDAQ
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres - Further development of Water Framework Directive necessary
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres - Indigenous water frogs under threat
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres - Mountain summits in the Alps becoming increasingly similar
Hematology - Inova Health System Awards Contract to Sysmex America for Enterprise-wide Integrated Hematology Systems
Hematology - SuperGen's Novel Hypomethylating Agent Highlighted at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
Hematology - Sysmex America Receives FDA Clearance for XE-5000(TM) Hematology Analyzer
HemCon Medical Technologies Inc. - HemCon Medical Technologies Given Exclusive Rights to Distribute Life-Saving Device
HemoBioTech, Inc. - HemoBioTech Featured In Flaherty Financial News, Inc.
Hemorrhagic Stroke - Cholesterol-lowering drugs and the risk of hemorrhagic stroke
Hepatitis A Vaccines - Sinovac's Hepatitis a Vaccine Healive Selected by Beijing Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention
Hepatitis B Virus - Pharmasset Announces Clevudine and R7128 Presentations at HEP-DART
Hepatitis C Virus - MIGENIX Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Results
Hepatitis C Virus - Novelos Therapeutics Concludes Nov-205 Hepatitis C Trial Based on Favorable Safety Profile
Hepatitis C Virus - XTL Biopharmaceuticals Presents Data Regarding its Hepatitis C Virus Small Molecule Program at Hep Dart 2007 - an International Scientific Conference on Viral Hepatitis
Herpesvirus - Penn researchers shine the light of venus to learn how the herpes virus invades cells
Highmark Inc. - Highmark Presents Work on MRSA Prevention at National Health Care Quality Conference
HIV/AIDS - AHF Seeks White House Clarification After Press Room Flap Over CDC's HIV Numbers
HIV/AIDS - AIDS Action Calls on Huckabee to Follow HIV/AIDS Science
HIV/AIDS - Bush proposal for HIV-positive visitors makes a bad rule worse
HIV/AIDS - Cipla Offers Modest AIDS Drug Price Cut: 'Not Nearly Enough,' says AHF
HIV/AIDS - Doctors failing to diagnose HIV early in UK Africans
HIV/AIDS - Huckabee's Defense of Earlier, Alarmist AIDS Stance Shows Unsuitability for Presidency, Says AHF
HIV/AIDS - Interactive Intelligence CEO Makes Largest Private Donation to Nobel Prize-Nominated AIDS Program
HIV/AIDS - Latin American adolescents are more likely to become infected with HIV than Spanish
HIV/AIDS - New Hampshire AIDS Group Calls on Huckabee to Disavow His 1992 Statement
HIV/AIDS - Semen ingredient 'drastically' enhances HIV infection
HIV/AIDS - Sequoia Pharmaceuticals Files Second IND for 2007
HIV/AIDS - Studies suggest HIV subtype more deadly than others
HIV/AIDS Co-Infection - Study of African traditional medicine will begin world-first clinical trial
Hologic, Inc. - Hologic to Present at the RBC Capital Markets 2007 Healthcare Conference
Homeland Security - Denial of Care for HIV+ Detainees 'Unacceptable,' Says AHF
Homeland Security - The Tauri Group LLC Awarded U.S. Department of Homeland Security Chemical and Biological Early Detection Systems Program Office Support Contract
Honeywell - Honeywell HomMed Partners with Procura to Offer Comprehensive Telehealth Solution
Hormones - Chemicals used as fire retardants could be harmful, UC-Riverside researchers say
Hormones - Doctors: Talk Therapy Newest Hope for Treating One Physical Side Effect of Holiday Blues
Hormones - Predicting growth hormone treatment success
Hospice Caring, Inc. - Hospice Caring, Inc. Earns Seal of Excellence and Elects New Board Member
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Same genetic machinery generates skin color evolution in fish and humans
Huber Engineered Materials - Huber Engineered Materials Announces Price Increase for Its Health and Nutrition Unit's Calcium Nutritional Products
Human Pheromone Sciences, Inc. - Human Pheromone Sciences Announces Stock Repurchase Program
Humana Inc. - Humana Extends Agreements with LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics
Humana Inc. - Ken Garff Automotive Group Selects Humana to Provide Health Benefits Coverage for Its Utah Employees
Huntington Disease - FDA Advisory Committee Votes Unanimously to Recommend Approval of Tetrabenazine for Chorea Associated With Huntington Disease
Hygiene - Meritech, Inc. Announces Sale of its CleanTech(R) System to the Turlock Unified School District
Hygiene - Resurgent Health and Medical Announces Infection Control News Blog During National Handwashing Week
Hythiam, Inc. - Hythiam's PROMETA(R) Treatment Program to Be Featured on ABC's Nightline This Evening and CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday
IGI, Inc. - IGI Announces Launch of Complexions by Dr. Watts Skin Care Line
Immersion Corporation - Immersion Medical Offers Cardiac Surgical Simulator Module for Coronary Valve Replacement
Immunicon Corporation - Immunicon Corporation Transfers Stock Listing to the Nasdaq Capital Market
Immunoassay - EMD Licenses Luminex(R) Technology to Develop Assays for the xMAP(R) Platform
Imperial College London - Sperm's immune-protection properties could provide link to how cancers spread
Incontinence - New Report Gives Forecasts to 2011 for the Incontinence Products Market in Hungary
Independence Blue Cross - Generic Prescription Drugs Show Increasingly Greater Use in Southeastern Pennsylvania
Indiana University - The dirty work of health care information technology
Infectious Mononucleosis - Epiphany Biosciences Reports Initiation of Phase 2 Study of Valomaciclovir for the Treatment of Acute Infectious Mononucleosis
Infectious Mononucleosis - Vaccine shows promise in preventing mono
Influenza - Don't Let Influenza Ruin Your Holidays - Get Vaccinated
Influenza - Lethal Human H5N1 Influenza Virus Replikin Gene Still Upregulated
Influenza - Merck Announces Voluntary Recall of Certain Lots of PEDVAXHIB(R) and COMVAX(R)
Influenza - Nanogen Reaches Milestone in CDC Influenza Project
Informed-Choice, Llc - Research Indicates Nearly 25 Percent of Supplements Are Contaminated With Steroids, Stimulants and Banned Substances
InnerWireless, Inc. - University of Michigan Health System Selects InnerWireless' PanGo Asset Tracking Solution
InSite Vision - Francis Chen Joins InSite Vision Board of Directors
Institute for Supply Management - Economic Growth to Continue in 2008
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International - Deep-ocean drilling researchers target earthquake and tsunami zone
Internal Medicine - Doctors trained on patient simulators exhibit superior skills
International Neuromodulation Society - Significant Improvement in Post-Stroke Upper Limb Function Announced at International Neuromodulation Society World Congress
Inverness Medical Innovations - Inverness Medical Innovations Proposes to Acquire BBI Holdings Plc
INX, Inc. - INX to Provide $2.8 Million Healthcare Network Infrastructure Solution in the Pacific Northwest
IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. - IPC the Hospitalist Company to Provide Exclusive Hospitalist Services to Lapeer Regional Medical Center in Michigan
Iron Overload - Once-Daily Exjade(R) Shown to Remove Toxic Iron From the Heart and Liver, According to Data Presented at ASH
Ischemia - Treatment with SN reduces injury to the brain following stroke
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Isis Announces Appointment of B. Lynne Parshall as Chief Operating Officer
J.D. Power and Associates - J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Paramus Surgical Center Recognized for Providing an Outstanding Outpatient Center Experience for a Second Consecutive Year
JAMA and Archives Journals - Mediterranean diet and physical activity each associated with lower death rate over 5 years
Jan Marini Skin Research, Inc. - Jan Marini Skin Research Adds Two New Sheer Colors to Antioxidant Daily Face Protectant SPF 30 With PhytoMelanin(TM)
Janssen-Cilag - Submission of Marketing Authorisation Application for Dapoxetine in Europe
Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Javelin Pharmaceuticals Launches Dyloject(R) in UK
Journal of Clinical Investigation - Anticancer drugs might be of benefit to sickle-cell patients
JPMorgan Chase & Co. - JPMorgan's 26th Annual Healthcare Conference Media Advisory
Kaiser Permanente - Holiday Season Brings $150,500 in Scholarships for Southern California Nursing Students
Kaiser Permanente - Kaiser Permanente to Host 30th Annual Diversity Conference
Karen Sperling - Artistic Magical Mystical Tours
Kendle International Inc. - Kendle Named Best CRO for Second Consecutive Year by Leading Global Pharmaceutical Publication Scrip
Kensey Nash Corporation - Kensey Nash to Participate in the RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference
Kent State University - Do middle-school students understand how well they actually learn?
Kidney Disease - 16-Year-Old Ecuadorian Boy in Dire Need of Dialysis Treatments Thanks One of Nation's Leading Providers for Saving His Life
Knee Osteoarthritis - Studies Show Effectiveness of EUFLEXXA(TM) in Treating Knee Osteoarthritis and Reducing the Pain that Interferes with Daily Activities
Knee Replacement - Zimmer Holdings Receives FDA Approval to Market Mobile Bearing Knee
Kryptiq Corporation - Kryptiq Recognized for Second Consecutive Year as an Oregon Most Admired Company
KSW, Inc. - KSW Selected as Trade Manager on Mt. Sinai Hospital Project
Labopharm Inc. - Labopharm to present at RBC Capital Markets 2007 Healthcare Conference
Language Access Network - Bridgeport Hospital in Connecticut to Provide Free Video Interpretation Services
Language Line Services - Giant Food Introduces Spanish Language Prescription Labels and Directions
Language Line Services - Language Line(R) Rx Packaged Interpretation Services for Retail Pharmacies Expands to Two New Chains
Language Line Services - Stop & Shop Introduces Spanish Language Prescription Labels and Directions
Lasers - PhotoMedex to Supply Lasers Exclusively to AngioDynamics
Leerink Swann - Leerink Swann Takes First Place in Institutional Investor's 2007 All-America Institutional Sales Team, Healthcare Survey
Leukemia - Early Phase II results show bosutinib safe, effective for CML
Leukemia - EntreMed Presents Results for ENMD-1198 and Vincristine in Preclinical Leukemia Models
Leukemia - Innovative Research Advances Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Transplantation
Leukemia - Scientists discover new role for miRNA in leukemia
Leukemia - Survey points out need for education for primary care physicians on rarely seen cancers
Leukemia Gene Therapy - Ireland Cancer Center researchers advance stem cell gene therapy
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Lexicon Pharmaceuticals to Present at RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference
Liberator Medical Holdings, Inc. - Liberator Medical Supply Exceeds Projected November Sales
Lice Infestation - Head Lice Removal Service Opens in Chicago
Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education - LIFE Foundation Names Feldman Its Next President and CEO
LIFE Foundation - Count Down to 2008; LIFE Foundation Reviews Top Life Insurance Trends for the New Year
Life Science Pharmacy - Keep Your Family Healthy During Cold/Flu Season
Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc. - Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc. Reviews Companies with Similar Products In Order to Proceed with FDA 510(k) Filing
Linkwell Corporation - Linkwell Corporation Signs LOI with German Company for Distributing Disinfectant and Detergent Products
Long Term Care Pharmacy Alliance - Long Term Care Pharmacy Alliance Expands Membership; Members Now Serve Most of the Nation's Nursing Home Residents
Longs Drug Stores Corporation - Longs Drugs Plans to Become the First Retailer in Hawaii With Walk-in Medical Clinics
LTC Financial Partners - As More Americans Live to 100, Long Term Care Insurance Leader Gives Health Assist
Luminetx Corporation - VeinViewer by Luminetx(TM) Receives Key Quality and European Certifications
Lung Cancer - Depression screening for cancer patients too often falls between the cracks
Lung Cancer - Lifestyle and cancer prevention: Making choices that change cancer risk
Lung Cancer - OSI Pharmaceuticals Announces Launch Date of Tarceva(R) (erlotinib) in Japan
Lupus - Profound immune system discovery opens door to halting destruction of lupus
Lupus Nephritis - ZymoGenetics and Merck Serono Initiate Phase 2/3 Clinical Trial of Atacicept in Lupus Nephritis
Lymphoma Gene Therapy - University of Pennsylvania researchers zero in on the tiniest members in the war on cancer
Malaria - MIT Holdings Featured in Scientific American
Male Infertility - USC researchers explore genetic causes for male infertility
Managed Care - GDS / Denex Dental Selected by Kaiser Permanente Northwest
Managed Care - Photo Release: 'Year of the Military Family' Initiative Celebrated
Managed Care - YMCA to Build a Second New Facility Downtown
Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. - MHA Announces Release of RxPertise 7.0 Release 2
Managed Health Network, Inc. - Support for Union Members is Strong: Sheet Metal Workers Local 12 to Benefit from a Members Assistance Program
Mariners Inn - Detroit Homeless Men Adopt Local Families for Christmas
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - ABQAURP Announces Quality Evaluation Process Conference
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Accelrys Announces Collaborative Agreement to Develop a Solution for the Registration of Biological Entities
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Alba Therapeutics Corporation and Shire plc Enter Into $325 Million ex-US, ex-Japan Licensing Agreement to Develop and Commercialize AT-1001
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Allarae Healthcare Inc. Announces Signing of Distribution Agreement With Intellect Inc.
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - BioMarin Announces FDA Approval for Kuvan
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Bridges to Excellence Announces New Implementation Programs for Health Plans and Additions to Board of Directors
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Critical Therapeutics Receives $5.0 Million Milestone Payment from DEY for Commercial Launch of ZYFLO
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Edgeline Holdings Signs Joint Development Agreement with Houston Pharmaceuticals
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - ITOCHU Corporation to Distribute Convergence CT's Clinical Data Warehouse in Japan
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Miami-Dade Schering-Plough Facility Increases Operations
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - MicroMass Expands Presence in Pharma Corridor with Opening of New Office in Morristown, N.J.
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Premier Pharmaceutical Company Issues Multi-year Purchase Order to Simulations Plus
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - Sedgwick CMS and UnitedHealth Group to Develop Integrated Disability, Medical, Workers' Compensation and Leave Administration Services for Employers
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - St. Joseph Health System Selects EPSi for Financial Performance Management and Decision Support Applications
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - U.S. Preventive Medicine to Expand into England with iHealth UK Ltd.
Marketing and Licensing Agreements - UnitedHealth Group and Sedgwick CMS Announce a Strategic Relationship to Advance Integrated Disability, Medical and Workers' Compensation for Employers
Martek Biosciences Corporation - Martek Signs DHA/ARA License and Supply Agreement With IlDong Foodis for Infant Formula in South Korea
Masada Resource Group, Llc - Masada Resource Group Donates TVA Biomass Pilot Plant Facilities and Equipment to Auburn University
Masada Resource Group, Llc - Masada Teams With Leading Waste Management Firm to Produce Ethanol From Municipal Solid Waste in the Dominican Republic
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT creates new oil-repelling material
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT sorts cells with beams of light
McKesson Corporation - MUSC and PPRNet Awarded Federal Grant to Research Safe Medication Practices
MDS Inc. - MDS Reports Fourth Quarter 2007 Results
MDS Inc. - MDS to Release Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results
Med Gen Inc. - Med Gen Signs Sunset Thomas as Spokesperson for Fab U Lust(R)
MedAmerica - New Long-Term Care Insurer Offers Simplified Insurance Plans in Florida
MedAptus Corporation - MedAptus Names Douglas Percy President and CEO
MedAssets, Inc. - MedAssets, Inc. Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
MEDecision, Inc. - MEDecision Announces Webinar to Preview New Collaborative Care Management Software
Medical Services International Inc. - Medical Services International Predicts Revenues for the Second Half of the Year
Medicare and Medicaid - Aetna Introduces Medicare Advantage Plans in Maine
Medicare and Medicaid - Aetna Introduces Medicare Advantage Plans in Nevada
Medicare and Medicaid - Congressman Tom Reynolds Awarded for Protecting Medicare Choices
Medicare and Medicaid - Health Plan of Michigan Latest Company Relocating to Detroit; 111 Employees to Move Downtown
Medicare and Medicaid - Idaho Awards Unisys Seven-Year Medicaid Contract
Medicare and Medicaid - Increased Reimbursement to Drive Uterine Fibroid Embolization Procedures
Medicare and Medicaid - Kidney Patient Organizations, Kidney Community Come Out in Support of Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Extension
Medicare and Medicaid - Maryland Expands Medicaid to Reach Uninsured
Medicare and Medicaid - Medicare Advantage Competition Intensifies
Medicare and Medicaid - Medicare Drops Proposed OT Certification on Power Wheelchair Evaluations
Medicare and Medicaid - MedPAC Again Fails to Evaluate Overall Economic Conditions in Assessing SNF Funding Requirements
Medicare and Medicaid - NCOA Recognizes Kaiser Permanente for Its Enrollment of Members in Low-Income Subsidy
Medicare and Medicaid - Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island Selects TCS Healthcare Technologies to Provide Medical Management Software Solution
Medicare and Medicaid - NFIB Calls for House Leadership to Include Pharmacy Reimbursement Fix in Medicare Package
Medicare and Medicaid - One Thing Washington Can Agree On: Time for E-Prescribing in Medicare
Medicare and Medicaid - Research and Markets: What Makes MemberHealth One of the Leading Operators of National and State Prescription Benefit Administration Programs
Medicare and Medicaid - VisionShare Celebrates Signing 2,000th Customer
MediNotes Corporation - MediNotes Surpasses 21,000 Users of Its Electronic Medical Record System
MedQuist Inc. - MedQuist Announces Appointment of Brian O'Donoghue and Mark E. Schwarz to its Board of Directors
Melanoma - Phase II Study of IMC-1121B for Advanced Malignant Melanoma Commences Patient Enrollment
Menopause - Unlike humans, chimpanzees don't go through menopause
Menopause - Wild chimpanzees appear not to regularly experience menopause
Mental Health - America's VetDogs and U.S. Army Participate in Historic Project
Mental Health - Dr. Christine Cauffield Named Co-Chair of Florida Agency Devoted to Improving Mental Health Services for Seniors
Mental Health - In Wake of Omaha Shooting, Mental Health America Provides Tips to Holiday Shoppers to Ease Anxieties
Mental Health - National Consumers League Helps Parents Better Enjoy the Holidays with New ADHD Resources
Mental Health - Netsmart Technologies Announces Availability of Video Case Studies for Behavioral and Public Health
Mental Health - New Study Finds That Some 55,000 Children Who Were Displaced Following Hurricane Katrina Face Long-Term Health, Mental and Educational Crises
Mental Health - Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Holds Infant-Toddler Mental Health Symposium
Mental Health - Pre-school program shown to improve key cognitive functions, self-control
Mental Illness - Psychiatrists: Least religious but most interested in patients' religion
Merck & Co., Inc. - Merck Reviews Progress on Strategic Plan at 2007 Annual Business Briefing
Mergers & Acquisitions - Bard Signs Agreement to Acquire LifeStent(R) from Edwards Lifesciences
Mergers & Acquisitions - Volcano Announces Agreement to Acquire CardioSpectra
Metabolism - New Clinical Data Shows Chromium Picolinate Improves Cognitive Function
Metabolism - Small RNA plays parallel roles in bacterial metabolism
Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council; CarePages, Inc. - MCHC, CarePages.com Make it Easy for Chicago Area Hospitals to Help Patients Stay Connected to their Families and Friends
Michael J. Fox Foundation - Michael J. Fox Foundation Launches Rapid Response Innovation Awards 2008 Following Strong Inaugural Year Response
Milestone Scientific, Inc. - Joe Martin Appointed CEO of Milestone Scientific and New Executive Member of the Board of Directors
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - VELCADE(R) (Bortezomib) for Injection Based Therapy Produced Significant Complete Remission Rates Pre- and Post-Transplantation in IFM Phase III Front-Line Multiple Myeloma Trial
Minrad International, Inc. - MINRAD International, Inc. Announces Validation Completion of its New Sevoflurane API Line
Misys Healthcare Systems - Misys Healthcare's Leading Solutions Deliver Results for More and More Customers
MM2 Group, Inc. - MM2 Group Closes Sale for New Fish Oil Product
MM2 Group, Inc. - MM2 Group Establishes New Venture for Sofgel Manufacture in China
MOCON, Inc. - MOCON Announces Quarterly Dividend
Molecular Imaging - Avid Radiopharmaceuticals Named Life Sciences Startup Company of the Year at 2007 Eastern Technology Council Enterprise Awards
Molina Healthcare, Inc. - NCQA Once Again Accords Molina Healthcare of Washington Highest Accreditation Status
Monoclonal Antibodies - Alexion Pharmaceuticals to Present Data on Soliris(R) (Eculizumab) and PNH at the 2007 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting
Monoclonal Antibodies - GlaxoSmithKline and OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Form Strategic Alliance to Develop Cancer Stem Cell Antibody Therapeutics
Movingfree.com - Fitness Guru Offers Novel Exercise Program and Tips to Stick with Exercise in the New Year
MPV - UNC Physicians & Associates Select MPV to Detect Payment Variances and Track Payor Compliance
MQ Associates, Inc. - MQ Associates, Inc. Announces Expiration of its Tender Offers for its 12 1/4% Senior Discount Notes Due 2012 (CUSIP No. 55345RAC2) and Medquest, Inc.'s 11 7/8 PERCENTS
MRO Corporation - MRO Appoints G. Michael Bellenghi to Board of Directors
MS Society - MS Society Welcomes Information on Sativex
MSA - MSA Elects William M. Lambert to Board
Multiple Sclerosis - BioMS Medical's phase III U.S. multiple sclerosis trial receives positive safety review from Data Safety Monitoring Board
Multiple Sclerosis - Genmab Announces Details of Planned Ofatumumab Phase II Study in Multiple Sclerosis
Murad, Inc. - Murad Expands Distribution Center to Accommodate Consumer Demand
Muscular Dystrophy - Insmed Awarded $2.1 Million by Muscular Dystrophy Association
Muscular Dystrophy - Reprogrammed human adult stem cells rescue diseased muscle in mice
Myelodysplastic Syndrome - Celator(R) Pharmaceuticals Reports CPX-351 Shows Anti-Cancer Activity in Leukemia Patients
Myelodysplastic Syndrome - Dacogen(R) (Decitabine) for Injection Data Presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 49th Annual Meeting and Exposition
Myelodysplastic Syndrome - Pharmion and MethylGene Present Favorable Clinical Data From Combination MGCD0103/Vidaza(R) Study in Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Acute Myelogenous Leukemia at the 49th American Society of Hematology (ASH RIGHTP
Myelodysplastic Syndrome - Pharmion Presents Clinical Data Demonstrating Significant Survival Advantage of Vidaza(R) in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Myelodysplastic Syndrome - Research Provides Critical Insight into Improving Therapy for Difficult-to-Treat Blood Cancers
Myelodysplastic Syndrome - Telik Reports Positive Results From Phase 1 Dose-Escalation Study of TELINTRA Tablets in Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Myeloid Leukemia - ARIAD Presents Unique Profile of Novel Multi-Targeted Kinase Inhibitor, AP24534, Supporting Multiple Oncology Indications
Myeloma - 3-drug combination 'extremely promising' as first-line therapy for multiple myeloma
Myeloma - Genmab's HuMax-CD38 Enters Phase I/II Clinical Trial for Multiple Myeloma
Myeloma - Kosan Presents Updated Data on Hsp90 Inhibitor, Tanespimycin, in Multiple Myeloma at Ash
Myeloma - Xanthus' Xanafide Bypasses Multi-Drug Resistance Proteins in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Myeloma - ZOLINZA (vorinostat) in combination with bortezomib demonstrated clinical activity
Myeloproliferative Disorders - S*BIO's Oral JAK2 Inhibitor SB1518 Demonstrates Therapeutic Potential for the Treatment of Myeloproliferative and Other Hematological Disorders
Nanomachines - CNSI and NanoPacific Holdings, Inc. Announce a Partnership to Develop and Commercialize Technologies Invented at the CNSI at UCLA
Nanoporous - New technique could dramatically lower costs of DNA sequencing
Nanospheres - Nanosphere, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results
Nanotechnology - Nanogen, Inc. Files Preliminary Proxy Statement
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center - Air quality forecasts see future in space
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center - NASA at American Geophysical Union Meeting
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center - NASA spacecraft make new discoveries about Northern Lights
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center - Smaller storms drop larger overall rainfall in hurricane season
NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center News Center - Hinode reveals new insights about the origin of solar wind
National Association of Professional Employer - Taking the Temperature of Small Business: Owners Tell NAPEO They're Squeezed Between Soaring Health-Care Costs and the Awful Uncertainty of Going Uninsured
National Business Coalition on Health - National Business Coalition on Health Releases 2008 eValue8(TM) RFI
National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and - NCCAOM Programs Receive NCCA Accreditation
National Consumers League - Survey Finds At-Risk Consumers Interested in OTC Statin
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - 'Combinatorial' approach squashes software bugs faster, cheaper
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - NIST helps beam time to TV viewers in the Middle East
National Marrow Donor Program - Florida Boy Named CNN Heroes Viewers' Choice Winner
National Women's Health Resource Center - Americans Don't Make the Grade When It Comes to the ABCs of Nutrition and Multivitamins
Natus Medical Incorporated - Natus Medical to Release 2008 Financial Guidance on December 18
Naval Research Laboratory - SECCHI team obtains images of the solar wind at Earth
Nektar Therapeutics - Nektar Promotes John Nicholson to Serve as Chief Financial Officer
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research - Cleaner diesels thanks to laser light
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research - Young and invisible: African domestic workers in Yemen
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. - Neurocrine Announces Closing of $109 Million Sale and Leaseback Agreement for its Real Estate Assets
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. - Neurocrine Announces Work Force Restructuring
Neurodegenerative Disease - Immune system may target some brain synapses, Stanford researchers find
Neurodegenerative Disease - Isis Announces ISIS 333611 Granted Orphan Drug Status for Treatment of ALS
Neurology - Good physical function after age 40 tied to reduced risk of stroke
Neurology - Subliminal smells bias perception about a person's likeability
Neurosurgery - Synthetic Blood Announces Progress with Oxycyte Program in Traumatic Brain Injury
New Health Corp. - New Health Corp. Introduces Heart Savior(TM), the Ultimate Natural Heart Health Product
New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Cold treatment opens doors for citrus exports to Japan
Ninds - NINDS Announces New Spanish-Language Website
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Genitope Corporation Presents New Data On Its Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies To Potentially Treat B-Cell Malignancies
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - TREANDA Demonstrates Substantial Efficacy in Patients with Relapsed Indolent Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Trubion Announces Initiation of Phase I/II Clinical Trial of TRU-015 for the Treatment of B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Avastin is Leading the Way for New Targeted Therapies to Replace Current Cytotoxic Agents as Driving Force in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Market
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Idera Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 1b Trial of IMO-2055 in Combination with Targeted Agents in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
North American Scientific, Inc. - North American Scientific Announces Agreement for Private Placement of Common Stock
North American Scientific, Inc. - North American Scientific Announces Bridge Loan Agreement
Norwich BioScience Institutes - How size matters
Novis Pharmaceuticals - Novis Pharmaceuticals Hires Lisa Lopez
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. - Nu Skin Enterprises to Present at Wedbush Morgan Securities California Dreamin' Conference
Obesity - Beckman Coulter Collaborates in Multisite Research Project for Cardiovascular Disease Markers
Obesity - Kaiser Permanente and Discovery Health Team Up to Fight Childhood Obesity Epidemic
Obesity - Kids more active when playground has balls, jump ropes, UNC study shows
Obesity - Local School Wins National got milk?(R) Healthiest Student Bodies Contest
Obesity - Middle Schools Receive Funding to Combat Childhood Obesity
Obesity - Smart Drinks for Smart Kids; FUZE Beverage Tackles the Fight Against Childhood Obesity
Obesity - VIVUS Initiates Third Qnexa Phase 3 Trial in Obese Patients
Obesity and Diabetes - Arena Pharmaceuticals Initiates Second and Third Pivotal Trials Evaluating Lorcaserin for the Treatment of Obesity
Obesity and Diabetes - Exercise may play role in reducing inflammation in damaged skin tissue
Obesity and Diabetes - Genaera Corporation to Participate in Diabetes and Obesity Panel at RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference
Obesity and Diabetes - Obesity and metabolism: Weight gain and the growing risk of cancer
Obesity and Diabetes - OREXIGEN(TM) Therapeutics Initiates Fourth Phase III Trial for Contrave(TM) to Treat Obesity
Obesity and Diabetes - Study suggests link between obesity, poor bone health
Obesity and Diabetes - Too much fructose could leave dieters sugar shocked
Obesity and Diabetes - UT Southwestern: Patients with mild Cushing syndrome may benefit from adrenalectomy
Obstetrics - FDA Advisory Panel Finds Hologic's Adiana(R) Permanent Contraception Approvable
Obstructive Sleep Apnea - News briefs from the December issue of Chest
Occupational Health - U.S. HealthWorks Medical Group Announces the Acquisition of Inland Industrial Medical Group in Ontario, California
Occupational Safety and Health Administration - New Cleaning Industry Topics Page Provides Important Safety and Health Resources
Odyssey Thera, Inc. - Odyssey Thera Receives Milestone Payments in Pfizer Collaboration
Ohio Nurses Association - Coshocton County Memorial Hospital RNs to Strike Despite Hospital's Claim of Financial Hardship
Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation - Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation Reports Ohio is Breathing Easier One Year Later
Omnicell, Inc. - Omnicell Completes Acquisition of Rioux Vision, Inc.
Only Natural Pet Store - Only Natural Pet Store Introduces New Supplements & Treats
Ophthalmology - Tongji's New Hospital 80% Complete; 400 Bed Facility Will Add $20M in Revenues
Oral Health America - Oral Health America's Robert Klaus Honored for Outstanding Public Advocacy
Orion HealthCorp, Inc. - Orion HealthCorp Consummates Reverse/Forward Stock Split
Ortec International, Inc. - Ortec Announces Revised Date and Time for Presentation at New York Society of Security Analysts Conference
Ortho Organizers, Inc. - Ortho Organizers(R) Introduces Product Line Extension - Rectangular Super Elastic Nitanium(R) Black Ti(TM) Archwire
Orthopedics - The Orthopaedic Trauma Institute Holds Its Annual Holiday Party for Children Recovering From Orthopaedic Injuries
Orthopedics - West Michigan Orthopaedics Migrates to Intergy by Sage Practice Management System
Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corporation - Oscient Pharmaceuticals Appoints John R. Leone to Board of Directors
OSI Systems, Inc. - OSI Announces Purchase of Minority Shareholding in Spacelabs Healthcare
Osteoarthritis - Acologix Presents Preclinical Data on Cartilage Regeneration by AC-100 at the OARSI 2007 World Congress on Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis - High-trauma fractures in older men and women linked to osteoporosis
Ovarian Cancer - Extracellular protein sensitizes ovarian cancer cells to chemotherapy
Oxford Finance Corporation - Oxford Finance Corporation and GE Healthcare Financial Services Reaffirm Commitment to Biotech Sector in Europe
Pain Management - NoMoreClipboard.com(TM) Personal Health Record Integrates Pain Management Module
Paleontology - Primitive early relative of armadillos helps rewrite evolutionary family tree
Panacos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Panacos to Participate in RBC Healthcare Conference
Paradigm Medical Industries, Inc. - Paradigm Medical Industries Names Joy Roop Marketing Coordinator
Parkinson Disease - Ceregene Presents Long-term Follow-up From Phase 1 Trial of CERE-120 in Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson Disease - Neupro(R) Filed with the FDA for the Treatment of Advanced-Stage Parkinson's Disease
PartsSource - PartsSource Wins Pillar Award for Community Service
PartsSource, Llc - PartsSource Named 2007 Weatherhead 100 Award Winner
Patents - Banyan Biomarkers Announces Issuance of US Patent Relating to Brain Injury Biomarkers
Patents - Decision Biomarkers Awarded U.S. Patent for Protein Array Surface Chemistry
Patents - Globetech Environmental, Inc. Provides Update on Business
Patents - HydroCision's Patent Portfolio is Expanding: Twenty-seventh Patent is Allowed
Patents - Odyssey Thera Granted U.S. Patent for Animal Imaging
Patents - Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Issuance of 25th U.S. Patent
Patents - Provectus Pharmaceuticals Receives Patent in India for Lead Oncology Product
PatientKeeper, Inc. - Catholic Health Initiatives Selects PatientKeeper as a Key Component of its Physician Alignment Strategy
Pediatrics - American Heart Association Introduces Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition, and Stabilization (PEARS) Course
Pediatrics - Hyundai Motor America Launches the Hyundai Scholars Pediatric Cancer Fellowship Program
Pediatrics - Study uncovers clues to cystic fibrosis gene dysfunction and gastrointestinal disease
Pennsylvania Office of the Governor - Governor Rendell Says CHIP Continuing to Give the Gift of Good Health to Pennsylvania's Kids
Pennsylvania Office of the Governor - Governor Rendell Signs Bill to Help Improve Services for Veterans
Perfusion - GE Announces Further Dose Reduction Improvements in CT
Perfusion - Nationwide Respiratory Signs Preferred Pulse Oximetry Agreement with Masimo
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America - New Report Offers Hope for Closing Health Gap for African Americans, With Nearly 700 Medicines in Pipeline
Pharmacokinetics - Inhibitex Reports Favorable Results from First Clinical Trial of FV-100
Pharmaxis Ltd - Pharmaxis Appoints Portuguese Distributor for Aridol
Phosphatase - Zebrafish study shows key enzyme in gut is a peacemaker
Picis - Picis Announces Appointment of Melissa Cruz as CFO
Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse - The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse Announces New Chairman of the Board
Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse - The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse Invests $100,000 in ParentPlus
Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. - Pluristem Therapeutics Approved for Listing on NASDAQ Capital Market
Pneumonia - First Patients Enrolled in Phase II Trial With Intravenous Iclaprim in HAP/VAP/HCAP
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - New studies on cancer and schizophrenia, depression and heart disease, trauma and autism
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - Study shows psychotherapy useful in treating post-traumatic stress disorder in early stages
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders - 'The American Veteran' Targets TBI and PTSD
Pre-Trials Research - Enzon Presents New PEG-SN38 Preclinical Data at ASH
Pre-Trials Research - Neurocrine Receives Approvable Letter for Indiplon Capsules with Additional Safety and Efficacy Data Required by FDA
Pregis Corporation - Pregis Corporation Appoints New President of Protective Packaging North America
Premier Inc. - Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with Premier's Wall Desks, Patient Charting Equipment and Supplies Agreement
Priority Health - Priority Health Offers More Choice With Addition of Physicians and Health Care Centers to Southeast Michigan Network
Prostate Cancer - Active compounds found in Ganoderma lucidum fungus with potential to treat prostate cancer
Prostate Cancer - Gene is associated with aggressive prostate cancer
Prostate Cancer - Growth factor receptor affects prostate cancer progression
Prostate Cancer - IsoRay's Cesium-131 Medical Isotope Used in Milestone Procedure Treating Eye Cancers at Tufts-New England Medical Center
Prostate Cancer - Panacea Pharmaceuticals Initiates GMP Manufacturing of Prostate Cancer Diagnostic Test Kits
Prostate Cancer - Study finds gene linked to aggressive prostate cancer
Proteomics - Fundamental Applied Biology, Inc. Completes $21 Million Series B Financing
Proteomics - SGI Introduces the SGI BioCluster Life Sciences Workflow Solution
PSS World Medical, Inc. - PSS World Medical Board of Directors Authorizes Purchase of 5% of Total Common Shares
Public Health - Scientists seek to assess the microbial risks in the water we drink
Public Radio International (PRI) - PRI Receives Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant to Elevate Global Health and Global Development Coverage in Public Media
Pulmonary Fibrosis - Molecular pathway appears crucial in development of pulmonary fibrosis
PureCircle - Exclusive Supply Agreement for Korean Market
QuadraMed Corporation - The Department of Veteran Affairs Awards QuadraMed $21.8 Million Contract for HIM and Revenue Cycle Management Technology
Quantum Foundation - Quantum Foundation Makes a Half Million Dollars Available to Federally Qualified Health Centers
Quintiles Transnational Corp. - Quintiles Appoints John Goodacre as General Counsel
Radianse, Inc. - Southern Ohio Medical Center Implements Radianse Reveal Asset Tracking Hospital-Wide
Radiation Therapy - Radiology Support Devices Introduces New Breathing Phantom System
Radiology - Texas Radiology Associates Selects Zotec Partners as New Billing Services Provider
Radius Ventures - Radius Ventures Announces Promotion of Dr. David Stoffel to Partner
RBC Life Sciences - RBC Life Sciences Names John W. Price President
Redpoint Bio Corporation - Redpoint Bio Signs Research & Technology Development Agreement with the Coca-Cola Company
Regenerative Medicine - BioTime, Inc. Announces the Formation of Embryome Sciences, Inc. for the Development and Commercialization of Stem Cell Technology
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Regeneron Announces Participation in a Panel Discussion at RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference
Regulatory Actions - FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Against Approval of Merck's NDA for Non-prescription MEVACOR(R) (lovastatin) 20 mg
Regulatory Actions - FDA and Pharsight Continue to Collaborate Under CRADA
Regulatory Actions - Lannett Receives FDA Approval for Phentermine
Regulatory Actions - Mylan Announces Tentative FDA Approval for Lamotrigine Tablets
Regulatory Actions - Neurochem announces eprodisate (KIACTA(TM)) receives acknowledgement of complete response and is granted Class 2 review
Regulatory Actions - Nuvelo Begins Phase 2 Trial and Receives Fast Track Status for Alfimeprase in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke
Rehabilitation Research - Anti-Gravity Treadmill Available in Phoenix
Rehabilitation Research - Brooks and the University of Florida Reach Research Agreement
Remedent, Inc. - Remedent, Inc. Announces Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Leading OTC Distributor Encompassing the Netherlands
Report Buyer - Report Buyer: World Market for Excipient Chemicals Will Reach $4.3 billion by 2011, says New Report
Reproductive Health - Catalyst Fund at Tides Foundation Supports Women of Color Leaders with $800,000 for Reproductive Justice Projects
ResCare, Inc. - ResCare to Ring NASDAQ Closing Bell on December 12
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Research and Markets - Asymmetric Synthesis the Essentials Second Completely Revised Edition Is Out Now
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Research Institute of Molecular Pathology - For the fruit fly, everything changes after sex
Restless Legs Syndrome - Neupro(R) Filed with the FDA for the Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome
RNA Research - RXi Pharmaceuticals Licenses Rights to RNAi Sequences to Genes for Therapeutic Applications from Thermo Fisher Scientific
Rosetta Genomics Ltd - Rosetta Genomics to Webcast Panel Presentation at RBC Capital Markets 2007 Healthcare Conference
Rotech Healthcare Inc. - Rotech Healthcare Announces NASDAQ Deficiency Notice
Rules-Based Medicine - Rules-Based Medicine Partners With EMD to Develop and Distribute Multi-Analyte Kits
RWD Technologies, Llc - RWD Invites U.S. Hospitals to Take a Walk in an Employee's Shoes
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. - Safeguard Scientifics to Present at the Roth Capital Partners Software Investor Conference on Thursday, December 13th
Sangart, Inc. - Independent Data Safety Monitoring Board Recommends Continuation of Sangart's Pivotal Phase III Trials of Hemospan(R)
Sartorius Stedim Biotech - Maik W. Jornitz Becomes Chair-Elect of the Board of the Global Parenteral Drug Association
SAVE The Patient - Health Care Knowledge Empowers the Public
Schizophrenia - ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Announces Completion of Enrollment of ACP-104 Phase IIb Clinical Trial Ahead of Schedule
Schizophrenia - Effective new treatment for schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - Iloperidone Phase III Clinical Data Demonstrate Efficacy and Favorable Safety and Tolerability Profile
Schizophrenia - INVEGA(TM) Shows Favorable Long-Term Safety Profile in a One-Year Study of Patients With Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - Studies elucidate genetic links between cancer and schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - Vanda Presents Phase III Iloperidone Efficacy Data
Science and Technology Facilities Council - Red sky at night -- astronomers delight
Scient'x Usa - Scient'x USA Strengthens Leadership Team With Appointment of Bryce IntVeld as Vice President of Sales
SciHealth, Inc. - Rhode Island Hospital Uses SciHealth to Improve Core Measure Scores
Seattle Genetics, Inc. - Seattle Genetics to Participate on Panel at RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference
SeaWeb - Immediate action needed to save corals from climate change
SEIU Healthcare - Community Calls on Atria Lynbrook to Bring Back Fired Worker, Stop Discrimination and Harassment
SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West - Dolores Huerta to Join Workers at Candlelight Vigil
SELmedia, Inc. - SELmedia Signs Global Distribution Agreement for Emotional Literacy Series
Sentillion, Inc. - Delano Regional Medical Center Goes Live With Sentillion for Single Sign-On and Context Management
Sepsis - Vasopressin caution in septic shock
Sevocity - Sevocity Names Catherine Huddle VP Sales and Marketing
Shared Health - New Data From Shared Health, Inc., Proves Effectiveness of Health Information Exchange for Improving Patient Outcomes at the Point of Care
Shopko - Shopko Names Mary Meixelsperger Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Sickle Cell Anemia - Reprogrammed adult cells treat sickle-cell anemia in mice
Sickle Cell Anemia - Research Identifies Need for Improved Understanding of Sickle Cell Disease in Adulthood
Siemens Medical Solutions - Siemens Medical Solutions' Michael Long Recognized as one of Computerworld's 2008 Premier 100 IT Leaders
Siemens Medical Solutions - The Polls are Open! America Votes to Decide Which Hospital is the Most Deserving of Siemens' Newest MRI Technology
Silicon Nitride - Amedica Receives FDA Special 510(k) Clearance for its Valeo(TM) Ceramic Spinal Implant
Simbionix Ltd. - 2007 a "Record Year" for Successful Validation Studies of Simbionix Simulators
Sinovac Biotech Ltd. - Sinovac Requests Extension for Annual Shareholders Meeting
SmartOps Corporation - SmartOps Enterprise Inventory Optimization Software Licensed by Wyeth
Smoking - New Neuroimaging Study Identifies 'Brain Signature' for Cigarette Cravings
Smoking - Smoking and depression often co-occur in new mothers
Smoking - Statement by the American Legacy Foundation(R) on Youth Smoking Rates
Society for General Microbiology - Climate gas could disrupt food chain
Society for General Microbiology - Food source threatened by carbon dioxide
Society for General Microbiology - Greenhouse gas from English streams
Society for General Microbiology - Methane from microbes: a fuel for the future
Society for General Microbiology - Nitrous oxide from ocean microbes
Society for Risk Analysis - General Population Unlikely to Suffer Health Effects From 9/11 Air Exposures, Risk Analysis Study Says
Sociology - University of Iowa research: Even today, couples put more emphasis on husband's career
Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Somaxon Pharmaceuticals Names David F. Hale Executive Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer
Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Somaxon Pharmaceuticals to Present at RBC Capital Markets 2007 Healthcare Conference
SpectraScience, Inc. - Jim Dorst Joins SpectraScience as CFO
Speech - A Better Smile Can Revive at Any Age
Spinal Cord Injury - Cyberkinetics Receives FDA Response Letter on Andara(TM) OFS(TM) System for Acute Spinal Cord Injury
SpineOvations - SpineOvations Names Robert R. Anglea to Board of Directors
St. Jude Medical, Inc. - St. Jude Medical Elects Barbara B. Hill to Board of Directors
St. Paul Brands - FEATURE/St. Paul Brands Introduces Effervescent AsperDrink(TM) and AcetaDrink(TM)
Stanford University - Large earthquakes may broadcast warnings, but is anyone tuning in to listen?
Stanford University - Wind power explored off California's coast
Starlight MidAtlantic - Premier Children's Charity Sets Fundraising Record With Back-to-Back Events
Steiner Leisure Limited - Steiner Leisure Announces Resignation of James Howard
Stem Cell Research - Brain stem cells sensitive to space radiation
Stem Cell Research - CellCyte Genetics Corp. Moves Operations From Kirkland to State-Of-The-Art Research Facilities and New Corporate Headquarters in Bothell, Washington
Stem Cell Research - Fair Political Practices Commission Will Investigate Stem Cell Conflict of Interest
Stem Cell Research - Osiris Therapeutics Receives FDA Fast Track Status for Prochymal(TM) as First-Line Treatment for Acute GvHD
Stem Cell Research - Special grants get new researchers off the ground
Stem Cell Research - Stanford Researchers Identify Granddaddy of Human Blood Cells
Stem Cell Research - Stanford Scientists Awarded $10.7 Million in Latest State Stem Cell Grants
Stem Cell Research - Stem Cell Agency Finally Reveals Institutions Involved in Conflict Problem
Stem Cell Research - Stem Cell Institute Correct in Rejecting Applications Over Conflicts of Interest; Institutions, Board Members Involved Must Be Identified, Consumer Advocates Say
Stent System - Devax Announces Completion of Enrollment of DIVERGE Trial of Novel Drug- Eluting Stent System for Bifurcation Lesions
Stevens Institute of Technology - Luftman's research published in MIS Quarterly Executive
Stevens Institute of Technology - Professor Strauf's research is Nature Photonics’ cover article
Strategies and Solutions for Supply Chain Success, which last year captured 27 national industry awards for editorial and design excellence. - Consorta Launches EverGreen Magazine to Spotlight Green Procurement and Sustainable Environmental Practices
Sub Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. - SSWM Issues LOI to Acquire BUGS Technology
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Sunesis Pharmaceuticals to Present at the RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference
Surgery - 'Santa Claus' Seeks Successor and More Elves
Surgery - ATS Medical Appoints James L. Cox, M.D. as Medical Director
Surgery - Capsulated Systems, Inc. Develops Long Term Local Anesthetic
Surgery - Chronic knee pain: Is surgery the only solution?
Surgery - Editorial: Better science, more rigorous studies characterize field of ophthalmic plastic surgery
Surgery - NeoGuide Systems Refocuses Its Business on Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery Market
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Surgery - Women persist in plastic surgery treatments that are not working, research says
Surgical Technology - NDO Announces Positive 5-Year Outcomes for Plicator(R)
Surgical Technology - Young Physicians Demanding Advanced Laparoscopic Energy Instruments
Syneron Medical Ltd. - Syneron Launches New Computer-Based Training Program to Assist Physicians in Growing Their Practices
Tachycardia - Medtronic Implantable Cardiac Monitors Give Physicians Valuable Insights into Heart Rhythms
TCC of South Carolina - Rhodes Named Head of Health Plan Administration Company TCC
Technology Transfer Tactics - Technology Transfer Tactics Announces Online and e-Marketing Opportunities for Companies Targeting Research Commercialization Professionals
Teleflex Incorporated - Teleflex to Present at the Merrill Lynch Growth Industrials Conference
Teradata Corporation - Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Expands Teradata-Driven Enterprise Intelligence Infrastructure for More Analytical Power
Teradata Corporation - Teradata and Informatica Deliver Improved Data for API
Terrorism - RAND study outlines passenger-rail systems which cost-effectively prevent terrorist attacks
Teva Uk Ltd - New Era for Teva in UK as Plans Announced for Major Expansion
The American Association of Feline Practitioners; Pfizer Animal Health - CATalyst Summit to Champion the Cat
The American Red Cross of Ventura County - 'DAT' (Disaster Action Team) Press Briefing at American Red Cross-Ventura County: Empowering Communities to Master Disaster
The Bayer Foundation - Bayer Foundation Awards $300,000 to MIT's Chemical Engineering Department for Professorship and Fellowship
The Christian Science Church - Universal Health Care in New York Should Include Spiritual Care
The Cosmetic Bootcamp Llc - Cosmetic Bootcamp Marketing and Management Symposium Reports Full Capacity Meeting in Las Vegas.
The Doctor's Channel - The Doctor's Channel and Brandofino Communications Form Content Partnership
The Ensign Group, Inc. - The Ensign Group, Inc. Acquires Assets of Three Previously Leased Facilities
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. - Lidoderm(R) Unseats OxyContin(R) to Top the Hartford's New List of Top 25 Drugs Used in Workers' Compensation
The Money Chi Dotcom - John Alexandrov Reveals 'the Secret' to Financial Success Via Launch of 'The Power of Deliberate Creation' Audio CDs
The New York Times Company - The New York Times Announces Winners of the 2007 'Tribute to Nurses' Awards
The Perrigo Company - Perrigo Announces Final FDA Approval of Dexcel's OTC Omeprazole; Raises Full Year Earnings Guidance
The Providence Service Corporation - Providence Service Corporation to Present at the RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference on December 12
The Quigley Corporation - The Quigley Corporation to Present at NYSSA Biotech/Specialty Pharma Conference
The Roskamp Institute - The Roskamp Institute Receives Award of Appreciation for Its Continued Innovative and Technological Advances
TheraDoc, Inc. - Nationally Recognized Quality Care Leader, Saint Vincent Health System, Selects Theradoc to Enhance Infection Control Programs
Thrombocytopenia - Pivotal Phase 3 Romiplostim Study in Splenectomized Patients Meets Primary Endpoints
Thrombocytopenic Purpura - Research Highlights New Approaches to Management of Blood Clotting and Bleeding Disorders
Thromboembolism - Three Phase III Trials Show Rivaroxaban Outperformed Enoxaparin in Preventing Venous Thromboembolism After Major Orthopedic Surgery
Tissue Banking - Caris Diagnostics Announces Combination With Molecular Profiling Institute
Tissue Engineering - Mechanism for regulation of growth and differentiation of adult muscle stem cells is revealed
Tissue Engineering - Organogenesis, Inc. Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese Regenerative Medicine Company
TomoTherapy Incorporated - TomoTherapy Announces Date of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Torticollis - New Online Learning Tool Fills the Knowledge Gap on Botulinum Toxin Type B for Cervical Dystonia
TouchMark - Medical Device Pad Printing Firm Adds New High-Accuracy Vision System
Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Transcept Pharmaceuticals to Present at RBC Capital Markets 2007 Healthcare Conference
Transfusion Medicine - MDS Patients on Five-Day Vidaza(R) Dosing Schedules Achieve Transfusion Independence Consistent with Seven-day Schedule
Trimeris, Inc. - Trimeris Announces 2008 Strategic Plan
Triple-S Management Corporation - Triple-S Management Corporation Prices Initial Public Offering
TriWest Healthcare Alliance - TriWest Contributes $15,000 to Support Idaho National Guard Families
TriWest Healthcare Alliance - TriWest Contributes $20,000 to Utah National Guard
TriWest Healthcare Alliance - TriWest Contributes $25,000 to Washington National Guard Fund and Sponsors Education for Teachers of Military Children
TriWest Healthcare Alliance - TriWest Contributes $75,000 to Agencies Supporting California Guardsmen
Tuberculosis - Most ancient case of tuberculosis found in 500,000-year-old human; points to modern health issues
Tuberculosis - Purdue Center Takes on North American Battle Against Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
TVI Corporation - TVI Corporation Names Don Yount as Chief Operating Officer
Type 2 Diabetes - Georgia Healthcare Leadership Council and the Institute for Wellness and Education Release Report on the State of Diabetes in Georgia
Type 2 Diabetes - Sirtris Pharmaceuticals' SIRT1 Activator Controls Glucose as well as a DPP-4 inhibitor in a Pre-Clinical Model of Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes - Smoking associated with increased risk of diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes - WCPD 2008 Congress Seeks Solutions for World's Diabetes Pandemic
U.S. Census Bureau - Doctors and Dentists Account for 27 Percent of $1.6 Trillion in Health Care Revenue
U.S. Fund for Unicef - UNICEF Launches Latest Progress for Children Report
Ulcerative Colitis - Nationwide Survey Reveals Differing Physician and Patient Perceptions Regarding Impact of Ulcerative Colitis on Patients' Lives
UnitedHealth Group - Exante Financial Services Helping Employers, Local Governments Pre-Fund Future Medical Expenses Through VEBAs
Universal Health Services, Inc. - Universal Health Services, Inc. Announces Share Repurchase Authorization
Universidad de Granada - Rodent fossils allows to determine climate of the Iberian Peninsula 6 million years ago
University at Buffalo - Design of patient tracking tools may have unintended consequences
University of Bath - Fear is stronger than hope for worriers trying to get fit, says research
University of Bath - Massive Canadian oilfield could be exploited using new UK system
University of Bristol - Student identifies enormous new dinosaur
University of Calgary - Making gas out of crude oil
University of California - Berkeley - Moss genome shows how plants invaded the land and learned to survive heat and drought
University of California - Los Angeles - New research may lead to better climate models for global warming, El Niño
University of California - Los Angeles - UCLA engineering researchers capture optical 'rogue waves'
University of California - Los Angeles - UCLA study shows different areas of the brain respond to belief, disbelief and uncertainty
University of Cambridge - New research alters concept of how circadian clock functions
University of Colorado at Boulder - Greenland melt accelerating, according to CU-Boulder study
University of Colorado at Boulder - Rising CO2 signals wetter storms for Northern Hemisphere, says CU-Boulder study
University of Colorado at Boulder - Saturn's rings may be as old as solar system, says CU-Boulder planetary scientist
University of East Anglia - Another warm year as Bali conference ends
University of Leeds - Generating hydrogen from biodiesel waste
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science - Climate's remote control on hurricanes
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - High-tech helmets reveal new information about the impact of hard hits to the head
University of Nottingham - Researchers predict pensions catastrophe
University of Nottingham - Wealthy Commonwealth countries urged to help poorer member countries improve infrastructure
University of Pennsylvania - Researchers led by Penn vet uncover the delicate protein balance behind the immune system response
University of Utah - Are humans evolving faster?
University of Washington - Earth's magnetic field could help protect astronauts working on the moon
University of Washington - Tiny dust particles from Asian deserts common over western United States
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Arsenic contamination lacks one-size-fits-all remedy
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Deep-sea drilling yields clues to mega-earthquakes
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Genome study places modern humans in the evolutionary fast lane
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Waterborne carbon increases threat of environmental mercury
Unum Group - Unum Group Announces Establishment of Revolving Credit Facility
Uppsala University - Analysis of documentary photos revises history
Urigen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Urigen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Appoints Professor Christian Stief to Scientific Advisory Board
Urology - Nymox Reports Update on NX-1207 Study Results, Marketing Plans and Activities
US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station - Scat sniffing dogs detecting rare California carnivores
US Script, Inc. - US Script Announces RxDirect VIPPS Accreditation
Vaccines - DelSite Nasal Powder Technology Could Reduce Recently Reported Waste in Federal Vaccine Program
Varian Medical Systems - Varian Medical Systems Schedules Annual Stockholder Meeting in Palo Alto
Vascular Grafts - W. L. Gore & Associates Announces Summary of GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft Study Data Presented at 34Th Annual VEITHsymposium(TM)
Vemics, Inc. - iMedicor Registrations Hit more than 32,000 on its iMedicor Site
Veno-occlusive Disease - Gentium Announces Expanded Access Program of Defibrotide for Patients with Severe Veno-Occlusive Disease
VeriChip Corporation - VeriChip Corporation's Infant Protection Systems Now Installed in More Than Half of All Birthing Facilities in Ohio
Virtual Radiologic Corporation - Virtual Radiologic Signs Lease for New Minnesota Headquarters
Vision Council of America - 'Tis the Season ... to Utilize Your Flexible Spending Account on Vision Care
VivoMetrics - VivoMetrics(R) Appoints Howard R. Baker as New President and Chief Executive Officer
VIVUS, Inc. - VIVUS to Participate in Panel at the 2007 RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference
VR Mergers and Acquisitions of Charlotte - VR Mergers and Acquisitions Completes Transaction of Laurinburg's Community Drug
Vyteris, Inc. - Vyteris Announces Appointment Rafael Espinal as Vice President of Manufacturing
Waismann Method - Use of Opiate Drug Replacement Therapies on the Rise in the United States
Weight Loss - BSML Announces Changes in Management
Weight Loss - Supermodel Rachel Hunter Helps Over 300 People Find Their Slim
Wellness - First Annual ''World Walk to Wellness'' Takes Place December 31st
Wellness - Healthcare Self-Management Easier With GPA's Improved HealthWatch(SM) Solutions
Wellness - In-Store or In Consultation, PULSE Health & Wellness Initiatives Redefines Healthy Brand Marketing
Wellness - Newly Formed Convenience Care Clinics to Franchise Revolutionary Healthcare Concept Nationwide
WellPoint, Inc. - WellPoint Highlights 2007 Accomplishments and Strong 2008 Outlook at Annual Investor Meeting
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. - West Pharmaceutical Services Announces Restructuring Plan for Tech Group
Wiley-Blackwell - New study increases concerns about climate model reliability
Women's Health - Adapting to pregnancy played key role in human evolution, study shows
Women's Health - Female lower back has evolved to accommodate the weight of pregnancy
Women's Health - Pregnancy Centers Named 'Daniel of the Year' by WORLD Magazine
Women's Health - Pregnancy-Friendly Workplace Is Key to Retaining Skilled Workers
Yoga Journal - Yoga Journal to Publish Digital Issue for Earth Day
ZOLL Medical Corporation - ZOLL Medical Corporation to Speak at the RBC Capital Markets 2007 Healthcare Conference
ZoomCare - ZoomCare Expands Health Care on Demand(TM) Team and Attracts Top Talent
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- Google 2010 PageRank: #2 Among Top News and Media for the Business of Pharmaceuticals
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