Physician Law Weekly

Medicare - CMS to increase payments to hospitals reclassified under reform law

Medicare - New steps implemented to prevent drug card fraud

Medtronic, Inc. - Pivotal clinical trial for Intercept Epilepsy Control System begins

Medtronic, Inc. - Sacral nerve stimulation effective in treating fecal incontinence

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - A multidisciplinary approach is necessary when treating thyroid cancer

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Sentinel lymph node biopsy may raise threshold for adjuvant therapy

Mental Health - Nursing home bus kills mental patient

Metaphore Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Biotechnology company announces new senior VP, chief financial officer

Migal Galilee Technology Center - Production of melanoma gp100 antigen and polyclonal antibodies reported

Monash University - Zanamivir derivatives show improved anti-influenza activity

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine - Vesicular stomatitis virus infusions staunch hepatocellular carcinoma in rats

NDCHealth Corp. - Information Resources collaborates to offer DTC drug-ad testing service

National Cheng Kung University - Impedance method effective for Pseudomonas aeruginosa subtyping

National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health - Unpublished studies suggest most SSRIs unsuitable for children

National Taiwan University - Alcohol is associated with the development of oral cancer

National Utano Hospital - Pergolide ameliorates nocturia in female Parkinson disease patients

National Yang-Ming University, Taipei - Antitumor HDAC inhibitors promote wound healing following radiation

Natl. Inst. for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba - Ozone augments antigen-presenting activity in rats

Neogen Corp. - GENE-TRAK Listeria Microwell Test receives AOAC validation

Netherlands Institute for Brain Research - Virus-mediated gene transfer reverses rubrospinal neuron atrophy

NicOx S.A. - Alzheimer drug candidate reduces most common form of dementia in elderly

Northfield Laboratories, Inc. - Blood substitute company reports net loss for quarter

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago - Post-SCT antimicrobial treatment practices evaluated

NovaDel Pharma, Inc. - Lingual-spray company reports "substantial progress" in first quarter

Nursing Care - VA gives $18.5 million for nursing home

Nursing Homes - Complicated structure helps rest home owners avoid sanctions

Nutraceutical International Corp. - Lonza files patent infringement lawsuit

Nutrition - 9% of students consume beverages from school vending machines in study

Obestiy - Mississippi schools get money to end fat epidemic

Obstetrics - Spinal, epidural anesthetics are equally effective in cesarean section delivery

Obstetrics - Women enjoy pregnancy more when in charge of their own case notes

Odense University Hospital - Oxygen is critical for wound healing and avoiding infection

Ohio State University - Depressive symptoms after breast cancer surgery are common

Oregon Research Institute - Common eating pathology patterns encompass most ethnic groups

Oregon Research Institute - The Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale is both valid and reliable

Organ Transplantation - Woman will receive twin's ovary

Orphan Medical, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company announces filing of registration statement

Osaka Medical Center - High-volume hospitals result in improved survival from ovarian cancer in Japan

Osaka University - Fiber-mutant adenovirus vectors have antitumor activity

Otsuka Maryland Research Institute, Inc. - Ralph Harkins joins R&D firm as VP

Otto Von Guericke Univ., Magdeburg - Specific oncosurgical therapies are not suited to outpatient clinics

Paul Sabatier University - Peroxyketal function key to activity of G factor-derived antimalarials

PediaMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company appoints new head of corporate development

Pennsylvania State University - Increasing portion size of packaged snack increases energy intake

Pennsylvania State University - Phosphatase Reg1p-Glc7p needed for fructose-phosphatase degradation

Personnel - DW Healthcare Partners names new managing director

Personnel - Nicholas J. Sears, MD, joins Aspen Healthcare Metrics

Personnel - Siemens appoints chief nursing officer

Personnel - Specialty Laboratories announces new chief financial officer

Personnel - Texas scientists recognized

Pharmanex, Inc. - Chinese mushroom derivatives can improve aerobic exercise

Pomeranian Academy of Medicine - Flourine compounds toxic to human leukemic cells

Prescription Costs - Study shows doctors prescribe expensive drugs for high blood pressure

Prescription Drug Importation - Maryland county, home to FDA, to recommend buying drugs from Canada

Prescription Drugs - Louisiana bill would let some psychologists write prescriptions

Public Employee Health Insurance - Bill gives Oklahoma teachers 100% paid health insurance

QuantomiX - Polymer capsule offers better way to use electron microscope

Quest Diagnostics, Inc. - John C. Baldwin, MD, nominated for election to board of diagnostics company

Rabies Prevention - Pennsylvania begins rabies-baiting program earlier this year

Rega Institute for Medical Research - Prevalence of non-B HIV subtypes rising in Belgium

Regeneration Technologies, Inc. - Exclusive distribution agreement for spinal implants amended

Rinat Neuroscience Corporation - Neuroscience company announces appointments of two senior executives

Roche - Fuzeon to be widely available in U.S. pharmacies

Rochester Center Improve Communicable Health Care - Focus-group intervention for breast cancer survivors and spouses decrease stress

Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Cancer immunotherapy and heat-shock proteins reviewed

Royal South Hants Hospital - Electronic monitoring best measure of immunosuppressive treatment adherence

Rutgers University - Understanding HIV drug resistance

Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Single amino acid of APOBEC3G controls species-specific interaction with Vif

Samaritan Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Pharmaceutical company raises $4.3M, Going Concern statement removed

Sanofi-Synthelabo - Distribution of interim dividend reported by pharmaceutical firm

Schering, AG, Group - Primovist, a new MRI liver-contrast agent, approved in Sweden

Scripps Research Institute - Src blockade stabilizes blood vessel mechanisms after a heart attack

Second-Hand Smoke - Some workers say they suffer on the job from cigarette smoke

Sedatives - Low-dose of ketamine effective and safe in children, concludes research

Seoul National University - Monoclonal antibodies useful for FACS detection of intracellular Toxoplasma

Shinshu University - Microenvironmental factors govern the character of sentinel lymph nodes

Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston - Researchers report a possible technique for expanding the donor liver pool

Sirna Therapeutics, Inc. - Therapeutics company names senior VP of development, chief medical officer

Soder Sjukhuset - Crystalloid fluids are eliminated faster in pre-eclamptic patients

St Thomas' Hospital, London - Horn shaped fascio-cutaneous flap reliable for cutaneous malignancies

Sungkyunkwan University - Lack of brain specific angiogenesis inhibitor-1 in brain tumors forecasts death

Technical University of Munich - Urokinase-type plasminogen activator is prognostic in breast cancer

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology -  Entamoeba histolytica L-arginase blocks NO-mediated macrophage activity

Tel Aviv University - Interferon-alpha stimulates optic neuropathy in a chronic hepatitis C patient

Theratechnologies - Positive phase II results reported for ThGRF in HIV-associated lipodystrophy

Tobacco Use - Health officials say New Yorkers quit smoking using free nicotine patch program

Toyama Medical & Pharmaceutical University - Serum granulysin is a Th1 marker during pre-eclampsia

Transgene - Data indicate potential for Ad-IL2 cancer immunotherapy program

Tranzyme Pharma - Research collaboration to develop non-human primate models of human diseases

Trestle Holdings, Inc. - University of Michigan Health System purchases live microscopy product

TriPath Imaging, Inc. - TriPath Imaging signs multi-year agreement for liquid-based Pap test

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Husband involvement in child treatment in Guatemala studied

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Survivors had health problems 1 year after exposure to deadly bacterium

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Room illuminance affects monitor calibration

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Transplacental exposure to 5-AZA-CdR affects behavior of male mice

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Interleukin-2 plays key role in Th2 polarization

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Late effects of neck irradiation described

Univ of CA, Irvine College of Med - Technology partnership formed for clinical research networks

Univ. Pittsburgh Medical Center - Porcine partial liver transplantation is a model for small-for-size liver grafts

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Fat's loss is bone's gain

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Extracellular Ca²⁺-sensing receptors reviewed

Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Researchers focus on impending staffing crisis in nursing homes

Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Ctr. - High blood pressure risk rises sharply with increased pre-pregnancy BMI

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Effect of environment on breast cancer risk reviewed

Univ. of Texas, Austin - Intervention improves the well-being of children of ill-timed pregnancies

Univ. of Texas, Dallas - Irreversibly sickled cell reviewed

Univ. of Texas, Dallas - Two molecules work together to aid transport of immune cells

Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison - Clinic-based intervention program improves quit rates

Universita degli Studi di Napoli 'Federico II' - Melatonin prevents LPS-induced hyporeactivity in rats

Universite de la Mediterranee - CRB3 regulates morphogenesis of tight junctions in epithelial cells

University Clinic, Bergmannsheil - German tumor registry shows asbestos present in most mesothelioma patients

University College London - Research seeks to unravel the secrets of the brain's smallest cells

University at Buffalo - Grant supports ongoing efforts to develop products to meet disability needs

University of Adelaide - Novel endoperoxide antimalarial agents synthesized

University of Alberta - Repeated pregnancies in rats affect blood pressure regulation

University of Arizona, Tucson - HIV-polio vaccine theory refuted

University of Barcelona - Sirolimus effective for treatment of post-transplant KS

University of Basel - Epidural analgesia for labor pain improves maternal respiratory function

University of Basilicata - Thiophene-containing nelfinavir analog synthesized

University of Bologna - New variations of CNS neoplasms are emerging

University of British Columbia - Reason for dieting affects dieting behavior

University of California, San Diego - Naive, infection-resistant lymphocytes dominate immune recovery in children

University of California, San Diego - Racial distribution of chemokine mutations determined

University of California, San Francisco - Host immune signals have sex-specific effects on Schistosoma mansoni growth

University of Cologne - Myeloablative therapy for chronic myelogenous leukemia alters vascularity

University of Colorado - HLA-DQ8-associated T cell responses to diabetes autoantigen studied

University of Freiburg - Steroidogenic acute regulatory therapy useful for adrenocortical cancer

University of Gottingen - Soft copy and hard copy readings of mammograms are typically comparable

University of Heidelberg - Ultrasound and DXA osteodensitometry identify women with a risk for bone loss

University of Illinois - Cathepsin B inhibition suppresses angiogenesis in human glioblastoma cells

University of Iowa - Animals exposed to 24-hour light retain wake-sleep habits

University of Iowa - Second-generation triazoles highly effective against opportunistic fungi

University of Kansas - ICAM-1 cyclic peptides inhibit T-cell adhesion to epithelial cells

University of Manitoba - Asthma intervention program successful in decreasing prevalence

University of Massachusetts - Prohormone convertases I and II implicated in obesity development

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia - HAART restores T-cell repertoire in patients with acute HIV infection

University of Munich - Technological tools augment botulinum toxin therapy for pediatric spasticity

University of Munster - TMP-SMZ therapy does not select for S. aureus small colony variants

University of N Dakota - Gender influences teacher ratings of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

University of Nebraska - Adipocyte can be considered an endocrine cell

University of Nijmegen - Noticing the mistakes of others may shed light on learning process

University of North Carolina - Scientists create mouse model answering central question - lungs lack water

University of Oulu - Substrate binding site of folding catalyst protein isomerase reported

University of Padua - Hepatitis B virus preS1 sequences stimulate squamous cell carcinoma antigen

University of Pennsylvania - Discovery in animal model opens up possible future therapy to tackle obesity

University of Pennsylvania - Managed healthcare has an impact on breast cancer patients and providers

University of Pittsburgh - Mechanical massage enhances liver cell gene transfer in the mouse

University of Pretoria - Non-surgical fibrin glue treatment can resolve gastrocolonic fistula

University of Rochester - Brain tumors may depend on multiple variables for growth that are not understood

University of Rome 'La Sapienza' - Novel PNU-100480 analogues have antimycobacterial activity

University of Sao Paulo - Re-immunization after bone marrow transplantation discussed

University of Toronto - Validity and precision of methods to determine glycemic index examined

University of Ulm - Role of Bcl10 protein in B-cell development and activity clarified

University of Ulsan - Patients with collagen diseases have peculiar breast calcification patterns

University of Virginia - Suprapubic ultrasound and CT images of the prostate compared

University of Washington - Gene mutation found for a form of juvenile-onset motor neuron disease

University of Washington - Vaccine allows for infection control in macaques exposed to SHIV

VIASYS Healthcare, Inc. - Fred B. Parks, PhD, joins board of directors of medical-technology company

VNUS Medical Technologies - Partnership agreement created to sell Venosan compression stockings

Vanderbilt Children's Hospital - Doctors now using Viagra to treat seriously ill infants

Vasomedical, Inc. - Medical device manufacturer reports third quarter financial results

Vector III Orthodontics - New orthodontic appliance designed to straighten teeth without braces

Vencor International, Inc. - Home Access FDA-approved at-home tests to be distributed internationally

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated - Study results highlight therapies for unmet needs in hepatitis C treatment

Verus, Inc. - New Verus product enables creation of online patient-account center

Viragen, Inc. - Scottish government awards grant for anti-cancer antibody research

Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research - Transcriptional changes during severe malaria identified

Weizmann Institute Science - DNA vaccination with CD25 protects rats from adjuvant arthritis

West Nile Virus - North Carolina assumes West Nile prevalent across state

Western General Hospital, Edinburgh - Physicians challenged to control postmenopausal symptoms safely

Women's Health Initiative - National study shows estrogen-alone has both risks and benefits

World Bank - African ambassadors seeking international help for women's health in Africa

Wyeth - Sales up but profit down compared with last year Effexor maker reports

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals - FDA approves reformulation of Protonix IV for Injection

Xcyte Therapies, Inc. - Phase II trial to evaluate Xcellerated T cells in relapsed multiple myeloma

Yale University - Muscarinic receptor type 3 linked to islet secretory responses

Yale University - RNA targeting heme oxygenase-1 enhances lung apoptosis

Yamaguchi University - Angiogenic induction is low with ex vivo expanded CD117+ stem cells

ev3, Inc. - First patient enrolled in carotid-stent clinical trial