Managed Care Law Weekly

Institute of Puericulture - Varicella infections in pregnant women require expeditious management

Kitasato Univ. - S-1 combined with cisplatin is active against advanced gastric cancer

Kyung Hee Univ. - Betula platyphylla var. japonica extract may have anticancer properties

Luminex Corp. - xMAP maker reports Q4, year end results; revenues up 113%

Mayo Clinic - Biotechnology and medical genomics partnership awards research grants

McGill University - Insulin-like growth factor-I receptor fosters tumor invasion and metastasis

Medical Technology Systems - Maker of OnDemand systems reports 25% increase in third quarter revenue

Medsn - Medical education company promotes Tarun Mathur to chief technology officer

Mental Health - Hiring freeze amended to help Mississippi mental health department

Mergers and Acquisitions - U.S. Federal Trade Commission challenging merger of two Chicago hospitals

National Cancer Center, Tokyo - CPT-11+ cisplatin results in better survival than etoposide+cisplatin

National Psoriasis Foundation - Survey shows impact of psoriasis is more than skin deep

Neurology Center of South Florida - Mild cognitive impairment may be trigger for pharmacological treatment

Okayama University - API2-MALT1-positive tumors are more aggressive in colorectal lymphoma

Osaka City University - A dominant-negative mutant of the c-Jun gene stems colorectal cancer growth

Personnel - Caputo named IPC medical director of utilization management in Phoenix, Arizona

Personnel - Louisiana's health insurer looks for new leader

Rockefeller University - Formin-1 participates in polymerization of linear actin cables

Ross University - Geomagnetic disturbances at birth may be linked to a risk for schizophrenia

Royal Hospital for Women, Melbourne - Nutritional management improves the outcomes of multiple pregnancies

SE Michigan Partners Project - Availability of work site vaccinations increases rate of adult flu shots

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center - Tumor suppressor gene hypermethylation may predict GI stromal tumor behavior

Smoking Ban - Idaho lawmakers back ban on smoking in public places

Sontra Medical Corporation - SonoPrep skin permeation device receives FDA marketing clearance

Stanford University - Cool brain opens stroke treatment window

Stratus Research Labs - Houston firm set to begin human trials of new HIV treatment

The Immune Response Corporation - Biopharmaceutical company appoints Kevin Reilly to board of directors

Tokyo Medical & Dental Univ. - Hepatocyte growth factor prevents and ameliorates scleroderma symptoms

Trestle Holdings Inc. - Telepathology product installed for drug discovery and research

Tuberculosis - New Mexico health department, University study spread of TB at the border

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Exogeneous hormone rescues bromodichloromethane-induced pregnancy loss in rats

U.S. Food & Drug Administration -  Enterobacter sakazakii thermally inactivated in rehydrated infant formula

U.S. Natl. Inst. of Allergy & Infectious Diseases - Potential vaccine antigens of Streptococcus pyogenes identified

United Nations - Starvation in mothers can program children for obesity

Univ. College of London - Patients are moderately shocked about a screening-detected diagnosis of cancer

Univ. of California, San Diego - Methamphetamines augment HIV replication in humans

Univ. of Maryland - Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery is useful for solitary brain metastases

University of Auckland - Crystal structure of M. tuberculosis MshB determined

University of Bonn - Research describes why valerian calms us down

University of California - Study in children challenges primary theory for "stroke belt"

University of Iowa - International grant supports study related to preventing organ rejection

University of Iowa - Understanding apoptosis key to effective prostate cancer therapy

University of Leicester - Alkaline comet assay predicts bladder cancer cell radiosensitivity

University of Maastricht - HPV, chromosome aberrations correlate with transition to microinvasive carcinoma

University of Manitoba - Hyperhomocysteinemia activates endothelial cell NF-kappaB via oxidative stress

University of Michigan - Health risks, obesity interact to raise medical costs

University of Paris XI - Ivory Coast medicinal plants demonstrate antiparasite activity

University of Pittsburgh - Epidemiology of otitis media caused by S. pneumoniae reported

University of Toronto - Redox modulation of inotropic response to dobutamine is impaired

University of Turku - Diabetogenic T cells are primed in pancreatic and gut-associated lymph nodes

University of Utah - Transcatheter repair of traumatic ventricular septal defect reported

Wolfson Institute - Not all tests should be advocated