Managed Care Business Week

Mayo Clinic - Budesonide is effective for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

Mergers & Acquisitions - The Doctors Company acquires Northwest Physicians Mutual Insurance company

Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation - Microglia play an important role in the neuropathogenesis of tuberculosis

Monogram Biosciences, Inc. - Data highlighting the role of molecular diagnostics presented at major HIV/AIDS meeting

MultiCell Technologies, Inc. - Therapeutics company terminates exclusive license agreement with XenoTech

National Cancer Institute, Naples - Adjuvant treatment of malignant melanoma reviewed

National University of Singapore - Researchers' data advance tissue engineering research

Neurobiological Technologies, Inc. - Second pivotal phase III trial for Xerecept, a therapy for peritumoral brain edema, begins

Northwestern University, Chicago - Aortic neck dilation does not affect outcome of endovascular DTA aneurysm repair

Northwestern University, Chicago - Common mechanism may underlie several protein-folding diseases

Novadaq Technologies Inc. - Medical device company obtains exclusive license for intraoperative nerve imaging

Okayama University - Metaphase CGH useful for identifying chromosomal tumor alterations

Osaka Prefecture University - Report describes Salmonella survey of Japanese layer farms

PHT Corporation - Electronic patient reported outcome solutions company achieves ISO 9001:2000 recertification

Paion - Biopharma company to start phase IIa study with neuroprotectant Enecadin in acute ischemic stroke

Parexel International Corporation - Perceptive Informatics announces release of clinical trial interactive web response system

Pediatrics - Most premature infants defy odds and overcome difficulties by adulthood

Personnel - Long term care provider announces addition of three new officers

Pharming Group N.VConta - Biotech company signs partnership agreement with Paul Royalty Fund II, LP valued at US$30 million

Pharsight Corporation - deCode genetics becomes a customer for drug model explorer

Pochon CHA University College of Medicine - Somatostatin is safe, effective adjunct treatment for postoperative chylothorax in children

Private Pediatrics Outpatient Clinic, Trogir - Parental and offspring body mass index are strongly related

Professional Education - Kaplan's Fort Worth career center named 2005 School of the Year by health professionals

Prostate Cancer - U.S. poverty more significant than race in poor prostate cancer outcomes

Protein Sciences Corp. - New influenza vaccine takes weeks - not months - to mass produce

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham - High-dose SST is safe for excluding secondary adrenal insufficiency

RIKEN, Kobe - Nuclear transfer embryonic stem cells improve cloning from somatic cells

Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen - Ankle brachial index, CRP, and central augmentation index indicate severe atherosclerosis

Roche - Pharma company discontinues U.S. Fortovase sales and distribution

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago - Recurrent thrombo-embolic events are reduced with Cardia PFO occluder

Russian Academy of Sciences - Duplex-specific nuclease preference method may improve human SNP analysis

Scandius BioMedical, Inc. - Tibial fixation system for soft tissue ACL reconstruction granted U.S. FDA clearance

SkyePharma PLC - Drug delivery-focused company appoints Condella and Cunningham to senior management team

Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva - Natural tomato extract antioxidants reduce BP in patients with grade-1 hypertension

Spectral Diagnostics Inc. - Disease management company closes sale of rapid cardiac immunoassay test business

St. Jude Medical, Inc. - U.S. FDA approves new pacemaker platform; company plans immediate U.S. and European launch

Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul - 3T MRI found superior to T2-weighted imaging for detection and depiction of prostate cancer

Taiwan National Health Research Institute - Impaired fasting glucose is independently related to mortality risks for CVD and diabetes

Technion Israel Institute of Technology - Studies add new findings to cancer therapy body of knowledge

Tokyo Women's Medical University - Rapid perioperative glycemic control may trigger postoperative diabetic retinopathy progression

Toronto General Hospital - Role of stem cell factor receptors in cardiac healing elucidated

Transplant Medicine - California organ procurement organization posts 10% increase in organs transplanted in 2005

Tulane University, New Orleans - African-Americans with diabetes and persistent microalbuminuria have impaired FMD and NDD

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Expansion of useful methods to measure public health is recommended

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Introducing diaphragms increases overall protected sexual activity

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Overweight and obese U.S. adults report poor health

U.S. National Cancer Institute - CypA effects HIV-1 replicative ability such that both high and low CypA limits replication

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Accumulating evidence indicates that MLBCL and cHL are related entities

U.S. National Institutes of Health - NK cell exposure to HIV Env proteins causes cellular abnormalities

U.S. Naval Medical Research Center - Studies advance knowledge in typhus vaccines research

U.S. VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City - Hypersensitivity cases are associated with drug-eluting coronary stents

Umberto I Hospital, Mestre - Endoscopic light ring balloon catheter useful in pulmonary vein occlusion

Universitatsspital Basel - Patient expectation of antibiotic benefit studied in placebo-controlled trial

University of Bristol - Bovine paratuberculosis may not be a cause of Crohn disease

University of British Columbia - Chronic stroke patients can benefit from community-based exercise programs

University of California, Los Angeles - BNP predicts worse HF symptoms, impaired hemodynamics, and higher mortality at all BMI levels

University of California, Los Angeles - Transport of polyamines in Drosophila S2 cells depends on proton gradient

University of Georgia - Recent findings in HIV/AIDS pathogenesis provide new insights

University of Hamburg - Subthreshold test pulses provide accurate measure of defibrillation lead impedance

University of Ioannina Medical School - Four Shigella waterborne outbreaks in Greece correspond to two epidemic waves

University of Iowa School of Medicine - LIGHT induces ESC differentiation associated with activation of ERK5

University of Kentucky - Poly pyrimidine tract-binding protein is required for HCV RNA replication

University of Maryland - Gadolinium-enhanced MRI useful in assessing cardiac radiofrequency ablations

University of Miami - Early vasopressin improves short-term survival after pulmonary contusion

University of Michigan - Diabetes care does not compete with women's preventive care services

University of Notre Dame - Model accurately predicts dissolved oxygen consumption within a hepatic fiber bioreactor

University of Oklahoma - Vascular smooth muscle cells use an array of signals to modify angiopoietin-2 expression

University of Ottawa Heart Institute - Genetics of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias is the focus of review

University of Pittsburgh - Vaccination with adenovirus vectors elicited broad immunity to SIV

University of Stirling - Lower maternal tendencies may be related to higher levels of salivary testosterone

University of Texas, Austin - Confocal microscopy could aid detection of cervical precancerous lesions

University of Toronto - Wireless optical tracking system for endoscopic sinus surgery simple and effective

University of Washington - Gene expression patterns correlate with early progression to fibrosis in liver transplants

University of Zagreb - Effects of vanadate on glucose production discussed

Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medicine - Multipotent stem/progenitor cells present in neonatal and adult salivary glands

Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul - Urine jugs cause Serratia marcescens bacteriuria outbreak in neurosurgical ICU