Managed Care Business Week

Mayo Clinic - Survey results outline social, psychological and physical effects of chronic cough

McGill University, Montreal - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of proteomics

MeadWestvaco Corporation - Packaging company reports third quarter net income of $55 million

MedicAlert Foundation - Medical alert company partners with Seryx to offer pharmacogenetic test

Medical Action Industries Inc. - Disposable medical device company reports increased revenues of $37.6 million

Medicare - Physical therapists comment on Senate Finance Committee action on therapy cap

Mental Health - Alzheimer's Foundation of America offers post-hurricane coping techniques

Milestone Scientific, Inc. - Clinical pediatric study supports benefits of CompuDent in administering anesthetic injections to children

National Hospital Organization, Ehime - Advanced age is not a negative factor for surgery in elderly lung cancer patients

National Taiwan University, Taipei - Factors that influence provision of palliative care in rural Taiwanese communities listed

Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont - Incidence of male breast cancer in California, 1988-2000, discussed

Ohio State University - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of physiology

Okayama University - Thrombospondin-1 induction in rat myocardial infarction is accelerated by ischemia/reperfusion

Oscar Lambret Center, Lille - Exclusive low-dose-rate brachytherapy used to treat T2N0 mobile tongue carcinoma

Palomar Medical Technologies Inc - Light-based cosmetic treatments company announces $19.3 million in revenue

PerkinElmer Life & Analytical Sciences - High-resolution serum proteomic profiling developed for Alzheimer disease detection

Perrigo Company - Healthcare supplier announces $319.7 million in first quarter net sales

Pozen Inc. - Pharma company reports net loss of $4.7 million

Procyon Biopharma Inc. - Study finds therapeutic peptide for prostate cancer well tolerated

Renal Care Group, Inc. - Dialysis services company acquired; executive VP and COO resigns

Rochester Medical Corporation - Latex-free disposable catheter manufacturer reports sales of $4.3 million

Rotech Healthcare - Respiratory care company reports revenues of $137.0 million for third quarter

Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Riyadh - HIV/AIDS knowledge is lacking in paramedical students in Saudi Arabia

Sepracor Inc. - Phase I study begins of triple reuptake inhibitor for major depression

Shire Pharmaceuticals Group Plc - Fosrenol shown to reduce and maintain serum phosphate levels up to 3 years

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale - Potential adult mouse model to study HSV-2 recurrence reported

Sungkyunkwan University College of Pharmacy, Kyunggi Do - Sensitive HPLC method quantitatively detects paclitaxel in mouse samples

Talecris Biotherapeutics - Therapeutic protein company names three to executive posts

Temple University Hospital & Medical School, Philadelphia - Past alcohol use confounds patient response to hepatitis C therapy

Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals - Tentative approval granted for hepatitis C combination therapy

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Mass spectrometric method developed to differentiate botulinum neurotoxins

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Ongoing transmission of hepatitis B among prison inmates reported

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Prevalence of tuberculosis elevated among correctional inmates

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Six new members appointed to panel on Gulf War veterans' illnesses

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - U.S. agency announces rapid response team to combat avian flu

Unilever - Benefits of tea flavonoids reported at American Dietetic Association meeting

University Clinic, Bonn - Immunomodulation by filarial nematodes reviewed

University Hospital of Canary Islands, Tenerife - Chemotherapy-related bone loss is attenuated by tamoxifen treatment

University Hospital of Strasbourg - Arthroscopic resection of pigmented villonodular synovitis pseudotumor described

University of California, Los Angeles - Low-income men showed greater improvements after treatment for prostate cancer

University of California, San Diego - Keratinocyte cathelicidin production acts directly against skin pathogens

University of Chicago - Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy is proposed for nerve preservation

University of Copenhagen - NCAM-derived peptide FGL protects neurons from ischemic injury

University of Genoa - Researchers' findings advance cardiology research

University of Gothenburg - Voluntary physical exercise is associated with improved coronary flow velocity reserve

University of Guanajuato - Candida DPMS may be regulated by phosphorylation-dephosphorylation

University of Insubria, Varese - Concomitant abdominal and thoracic endovascular repair feasible for multilevel disease

University of Maryland - Spatial dynamics of Lyme disease in New York State from 1990-2000 investigated

University of Michigan - Women receive fewer diagnostic tests for ischemic stroke than men

University of Minnesota - Chronic intrathecal injections of a large volume of fluid increase mast cells in the CNS

University of Montreal - MRI visual rating scale improves assessment of cholinergic pathway hyperintensities

University of Nebraska - Greatest differences in behaviors exist between normal weight and overweight women

University of Pittsburgh - Metabolic syndrome complicates bipolar disorder

University of Saarland - 4'-methyl-alpha-pyrrolidinobutyrophenone metabolites are detectable in rat urine using GC-MS

University of Salerno - Anti-HIV dibenzylbutyrolactone-type lignans isolated from Phenax rugosus

University of South Dakota - HtrA has key role in S. mutans surface protein expression and biofilm formation

University of Texas, San Antonio - FlhG and FlhF regulate class I and III V. cholerae flagellar transcription

University of Utah - Microkeratome with artificial chamber provides reliable thickness and low endothelial cell loss

University of Wisconsin - LaeA regulates morphogenetic fungal virulence factors

University of Zagreb -  K. pneumoniae nosocomial outbreak strains in 1997 and 2005 not clonally related

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Two commercial electron beam treatment planning systems compared

VestaCare Inc. - VestaCare to acquire data conversion business, expand claim processing services

Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Anticancer drug gets fast track for elderly with acute myelogenous leukemia

Vital Images, Inc. - Agreement signed to distribute quantification software for cardiac MR images

Washington State University - TCDD exposure is not associated with lung damage during influenza A infection

Wave Biotech, LLC - Strategic alliances announced for pandemic influenza vaccine production

Wayne State University, Detroit - ATM and p21 suppressed aneuploidy and subsequent tumor development

Yamagata University - Reports describe recent advances in diabetes pathogenesis research

Zelos Therapeutics, Inc. - Brian MacDonald, PhD, named CEO of parathyroid hormone research-focused company

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. - Companies expand agreement for distribution of orthopedic bone cement products

eClinicalWorks - EMR software provider announces support for Continuity of Card Record Standard