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OptiMedica releases new details on femtosecond laser system for cataract surgery

OptiMedica Corp., a global ophthalmic device company, has released new details regarding the development of its proprietary femtosecond laser system for cataract surgery. The new system, which combines OptiMedica's breakthrough pattern scanning technology, an ultra-fast laser and integrated Optical Coherence Tomography imaging, is designed to dramatically improve the complex cataract procedure by replacing its most technically demanding and manual steps.

12 Apr 2010

New TIVR telephone system to teach pain management skills to patients with arthritis

Joan Broderick, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stony Brook University, has received a $606,000 grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.

12 Apr 2010

Ku protein employs unique mechanism for DNA repair: Researchers

Scientists have shown in multiple contexts that DNA damage over our lifetimes is a key mechanism behind the development of cancer and other age-related diseases. Not everyone gets these diseases, because the body has multiple mechanisms for repairing the damage caused to DNA by aging, the environment and other human behaviors - but the mechanisms behind certain kinds of DNA repair have not been well-understood.

12 Apr 2010

Scientists discover and block pathway responsible for link between stress, anxiety and depression

Scientists at The University of Western Ontario have discovered the biological link between stress, anxiety and depression. By identifying the connecting mechanism in the brain, this high impact research led by Stephen Ferguson of Robarts Research Institute shows exactly how stress and anxiety could lead to depression.

12 Apr 2010

One in ten primary care physicians in the U.S. experience conflict with religiously-affiliated hospital: Report

Nearly one in ten primary care physicians in the United States has experienced a conflict with a religiously-affiliated hospital or practice over religious policies for patient care, researchers from the University of Chicago report in a paper published early online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

9 Apr 2010

MaxCyte, Medinet agree to amend License, Development and Supply Agreement

MaxCyte, Inc., and Medinet Co. Ltd., announced today that they have agreed to amend their License, Development and Supply Agreement for expansion of Medinet's right to use MaxCyte's cell loading technology in Asia Pacific markets.

9 Apr 2010

We need social security fund on a global scale: The Lancet

We are in need of a social security fund on a global scale. That is what scientists of the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp argue in a Viewpoint in the leading medical journal The Lancet. Such a 'Global Fund for Health' would make the use of international donor money a lot more transparent and efficient.

9 Apr 2010

Massachusetts dentist pleads not guilty in Medicaid fraud case

"A former Massachusetts dentist accused of Medicaid fraud for using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in patients' root canals has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him." The dentist, Michael Clair, was released on personal recognizance.

9 Apr 2010

IMAGE project to be launched for prevention of type 2 diabetes

Researchers and clinicians from across the UK have been part of a pan-European team that has developed the first Europe wide strategy for the prevention of type 2 diabetes. The project received substantial funding of -1.2 million from the European Union.

9 Apr 2010

Critical experts introduce mild exercise programs to care critically ill patients in ICU

A new report from critical care experts at Johns Hopkins shows that use of prescription sedatives goes down by half so that mild exercise programs can be introduced to the care of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit.

9 Apr 2010

Latest advancement in the development of lab tests for bipolar disorder

Genetic testing may rise to a new level with the findings of Indiana University School of Medicine researchers whose "prototype" for laboratory testing for bipolar disorder appears today in the online edition of the American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics.

9 Apr 2010

Level of bacteria on fresh produce can vary according to income level: Study

No one wants a mixed salad tossed with extra bacteria, mold and yeast, but those are just what you might find when you try to eat a healthier diet in poorer neighborhoods. A new study shows that the level of bacteria found on the fresh produce can vary according to the income level of the neighborhoods where it is for sale.

9 Apr 2010

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners' vigabatrin data to be presented at 41st ASAM conference

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. today announced that on Friday April 16th, Eugene C. Somoza, MD, PhD, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH will present a paper he authored along with Charles Gorodetzky, MD, PhD, Douglas Winship and Peggy Somoza, entitled: "A Multi-Site, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Vigabatrin (VGB) for Treating Cocaine Dependence"

9 Apr 2010

Hospitalists shape the future of American healthcare system

On March 21, 2010, Congress passed the most comprehensive healthcare reform bill since the formation of Medicare. While a monumental achievement, the bill leaves much of the critical work of healthcare reform unfinished, according to a new editorial by Dr. Robert Wachter, Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, and past president of the Society of Hospital Medicine, in the April issue of the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

9 Apr 2010

Tβ4 therapy for ocular disorders closer to reality

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that Tβ4, a synthetic version of a naturally occurring peptide that is the basis for the company's product candidates, will be the subject of three poster presentations at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) to be held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from May 2-6, 2010.

9 Apr 2010

Broken heart disease affects women in post menopause period

It seems an infarction, but it's not. It's called Tako-Tsubo syndrome, or stress-induced cardiomyopathy, and it's a rare disease which at first used to be confused with the far more common (and dangerous) cardiac infarction. Patients arrive to the emergency room with the characteristic heart attack symptoms: acute pain in the chest, an electrocardiogram with the typical changes and the release of those enzymes associated with the usual heart disease.

9 Apr 2010

Drugs that affect methylation state of genes could reverse autism's effects: The FASEB Journal

A new discovery raises hope that autism may be more easily diagnosed and that its effects may be more reversible than previously thought. In a new study appearing online in The FASEB Journal, scientists have identified a way to detect the disorder using blood and have discovered that drugs which affect the methylation state of genes could reverse autism's effects.

9 Apr 2010

Cordis commences enrollment in safety trial of INCRAFT stent graft system for AAA

Cordis Corporation, a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of interventional vascular technologies, announced today that the first patients have been enrolled in the INNOVATION trial, which will assess the safety of a new stent graft system, called INCRAFT™, to treat abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). An estimated 27 million people worldwide have abdominal aortic aneurysms.

9 Apr 2010

Non-psychoactive cannabis to be unveiled at Annual National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics

The availability of a new type of medical cannabis strain will be presented for the first time by Steve DeAngelo, who has been featured on CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, and The New York Times as Executive Director of one of the nation's top model and non-profit medical cannabis dispensaries, Harborside Health Center in Oakland, California.

9 Apr 2010

New methodology helps investigate unfolding of DNA

NYU Langone Medical Center researchers have developed a powerful new method to investigate the discrete steps necessary to turn on individual genes and examine how the process goes wrong in cancer and other diseases. The finding, based on seven years of research and described in the April 9 issue of Molecular Cell, allows scientists to investigate the unfolding of DNA, a process required for gene activation.

9 Apr 2010

Medicine News and Research

OptiMedica releases new details on femtosecond laser system for cataract surgery

New TIVR telephone system to teach pain management skills to patients with arthritis

Ku protein employs unique mechanism for DNA repair: Researchers

Scientists discover and block pathway responsible for link between stress, anxiety and depression

One in ten primary care physicians in the U.S. experience conflict with religiously-affiliated hospital: Report

MaxCyte, Medinet agree to amend License, Development and Supply Agreement

We need social security fund on a global scale: The Lancet

Massachusetts dentist pleads not guilty in Medicaid fraud case

IMAGE project to be launched for prevention of type 2 diabetes

Critical experts introduce mild exercise programs to care critically ill patients in ICU

Latest advancement in the development of lab tests for bipolar disorder

Level of bacteria on fresh produce can vary according to income level: Study

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners' vigabatrin data to be presented at 41st ASAM conference

Hospitalists shape the future of American healthcare system

Tβ4 therapy for ocular disorders closer to reality

Broken heart disease affects women in post menopause period

Drugs that affect methylation state of genes could reverse autism's effects: The FASEB Journal

Cordis commences enrollment in safety trial of INCRAFT stent graft system for AAA

Non-psychoactive cannabis to be unveiled at Annual National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics

New methodology helps investigate unfolding of DNA

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