Managed Care Business Week

Mental Health - Ten percent of Oklahomans have a serious mental illness

Mergers and Acquisitions - Long Term Care Group acquired for $130M

Mergers and Acquisitions - Priority Healthcare Corporation acquires Partners in Care Pharmacy

MethylGene, Inc. - Research shows evidence of synergy and molecular activity of MG98

Mie University - Nitrotyrosine-induced oxidative DNA damage may be biomarker of inflammation

Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cambridge - Role of costimulatory molecules in allergy and asthma reviewed

Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Early surgery reduces hip fracture pain

Nagoya University - P73 A4T14 genotype associated with cervical cancer risk

Nursing Shortage - Strategies suggested to address Pennsylvania nursing shortage

Orthofix - Co-marketing agreement renewed for A-V Impulse System

Politics & Healthcare - Kerry supports striking nurses at Northern Michigan Hospital

Research Funding - Grant will help university find better medicine for children

Rite Aid Corporation - Drugstore chain store announces fourth quarter and year end revenue increases

Roche - Study shows no significant interactions in Invirase/Ritonavir with Tenofovir

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown - Sentinel node biopsy for melanoma has a high false-negative rate

Sexual & Reproductive Health - New erectile dysfunction ad features explicit language

Spencer Technologies - Medical device company recognized for achievements in neurodiagnostics

Spinal Injuries - Spinal injury rehabilation center to offer new treatments

St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital - Novel antibacterial agents for skin infections reviewed

Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals, LLC - FDA approves Ribasphere 200 mg for chronic hepatitis C

Tohoku University - Transcription factor Ets-1 is essential to the induction of angiopoietin-2

Trigen Ltd. - Pyrrolopyrimidine a novel and selective MRP1 inhibitor

Tufts University - Women with uterine fibroids may lack CCN5 gene functionality

Tyco Healthcare Group LP - Patent infringement lawsuit filed for reusable sharps containers

Tyco International, Ltd. - Joe Almeida rejoins company as president of international business unit

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Exfoliated cervical cells may yield RNA for biomarker discovery

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Binge drinking a national problem

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC: Flu season fairly typical, despite severe start in the West

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Smallpox history reviewed

Univ. of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics - Ultrasound is effective in evaluating the mastectomy site

Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II - Regulation of glutamate dehydrogenase in Neisseria described

University College London - HIV/gammaretrovirus-based STAR vector packaging system evaluated

University Hospital, Munster - Researchers review hinged versus total condylar design in revision TKA

University of Aquila - Antioxidants may mediate exercise-induced drop in platelet activity

University of Chicago -  E. coli LPS induces heat shock protein 25 in intestinal cells

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Mast cells have protective role during urinary bladder infections

University of Michigan - Mineral substrates combine with angiogenic factor to regenerate tissue

University of Mississippi - Phenytoin treated wounds heal better in studies of animal models

University of Pennsylvania - Leishmaniasis vaccine protects susceptible mice from virulent challenge

University of Queensland - Genomics of parasitic flatworms reviewed

University of Science and Technology of China - IL-1beta genotype significantly influences hypertension risk in Chinese men

University of Tennessee - Interleukin-1 could be targeted for treating herpes-related stromal keratitis

University of Toronto - Perinatal neural stem cells have bidirectional stress-dependent plasticity

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International - Pharmaceutical company forms scientific advisory board

Vanderbilt University - Popular citrus soda culprit in patient's medical mystery

Vical Incorporated - Biopharmaceutical developer announces patents for gene delivery technologies

Washington University - Calorie restriction drastically reduces risk of heart attack, stroke, diabetes

Water Safety - U.S. EPA proposes Microtox for whole effluent toxicity applications

Wuhan University - DNA vaccine against Streptococcus mutans characterized