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Palmetto GBA to cover PTNS therapy for patients with overactive bladder

Uroplasty, Inc., a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative proprietary products to treat voiding dysfunctions, today announced that Palmetto GBA for California, Nevada and Hawaii, a regional Medicare carrier, now covers posterior tibial nerve stimulation using the Urgent PC Neuromodulation System for the treatment of the symptoms of overactive bladder.

20 Nov 2010

Depression in nursing home residents often unrecognized

Depression affects approximately 30 to 40 percent of nursing home residents, but it often goes unrecognized, according to American Geriatrics Society, which can lead to lower quality of life or even suicide. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found a series of indicators, other than changes in mood that are associated with the development of depression in nursing home residents.

10 Nov 2010

Allergan third quarter diluted loss per share increases to $2.21

Allergan, Inc. today announced operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2010. Allergan also announced that its Board of Directors has declared a third quarter dividend of $0.05 per share, payable on December 1, 2010 to stockholders of record on November 10, 2010.

1 Nov 2010

Coloplast announces acquisition of Mpathy Medical

Coloplast announced today that it has acquired Mpathy Medical, a fast growing company in women's health, for a total cash consideration of USD 30m equal to DKK162m, potentially increasing to a total of USD 35m equal to DKK 189m on a cash and debt free basis. The acquisition expands the Coloplast female health portfolio of innovative product technologies and surgical solutions for female stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.

29 Oct 2010

NICE issues PTNS guidance for overactive bladder

Uroplasty, Inc. announced today that the United Kingdom's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued a guidance document titled "Percutaneous Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation for Overactive Bladder Syndrome," reinforcing the safety and effectiveness of PTNS for overactive bladder.

28 Oct 2010

Medicare reimbursement changes increase demand for intermittent catheters

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, reimbursement changes have caused the demand for intermittent catheters to increase significantly. In April 2008, Medicare changed reimbursement to cover up to 200 catheters per month, instead of the previous 4 that it covered.

26 Oct 2010

Admissions for medication, drug-related conditions increase by 117% among Americans aged 45 and older

The number of hospital admissions among Americans ages 45 and older for medication and drug-related conditions doubled between 1997 and 2008, according to a new report released today by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Medication and drug-related conditions include effects of both prescription and over-the-counter medications as well as illicit drugs.

26 Oct 2010

FREE educational program to explore discoveries and treatments on women's health issues

A variety of women's health issues occur as the result of stress or from natural functions like aging, childbirth and pregnancy. Urinary incontinence and pelvic prolapse, alterations to female aesthetic appearance and changes to the face, body and breast may result from these normal occurrences.

14 Oct 2010

VNSNY adopts advanced information technology to improve patient care

Unlike most home healthcare agencies, which have restricted the use of computer programs to such non-patient-care items as billing, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York has adopted advanced information technology in order to improve patient care. One of the results, documented in a new publication, is a significant 10% reduction in patient episodes ending in hospitalization, from 37% to 27% over the years 2001-2009.

12 Oct 2010

New, multidisciplinary Senior Adult Oncology Center established at Kimmel Cancer Center

The odds of developing some type of cancer increase with age; sixty percent of cancer in the United States occurs in persons aged 65 and older. At the same time, senior patients may have acute or chronic diseases that make treating their cancer challenging. That's why the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson has established a new, multidisciplinary Senior Adult Oncology Center to provide a comprehensive consultation for senior patients in order to meet those special challenges.

12 Oct 2010

Innovacell invests 10 million Euros for clinical development

In a new round of financing, shareholders of Innsbruck's Innovacell Biotechnologie AG agreed on September 27th to make 4.3 million Euros worth of fresh capital available to the company. Financing of the current Phase IIb multi-centre study for urocell is thus totally secured," explained CEO Ekkehart Steinhuber.

6 Oct 2010

Maven Semantic updates Urinary Incontinence research database

Maven Semantic announces updates to their Urinary Incontinence research database.

4 Oct 2010

MediciNova receives FDA approval to proceed with initial trial of ibudilast

MediciNova Inc, a biopharmaceutical company publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Market and the Hercules Market of the Osaka Securities Exchange (Code Number:4875), today reported FDA's approval to proceed with an initial trial of the company's neurological drug candidate, ibudilast (MN-166/AV411), as a potential new pharmacotherapy for methamphetamine addiction.

27 Sep 2010

Study: PTNS offers an effective treatment option for detrusor overactivity incontinence

Uroplasty, Inc., a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative proprietary products to treat voiding dysfunctions, today highlighted results of a study "Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation Effects on Detrusor Overactivity Incontinence Are Not Due to a Placebo Effect A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial," to be published in the November 2010 print edition of THE JOURNAL OF UROLOGY.

24 Sep 2010

Antares Pharma second-quarter total revenue increases 78% to $3.1 million

Antares Pharma, Inc. today reported financial and operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

13 Aug 2010

AMS AdVance XP sling for male stress urinary incontinence receives CE Mark

American Medical Systems, a leading provider of world-class devices and therapies for both male and female pelvic health, announced today the company received CE Mark for AdVance XP. The device is the latest generation of AMS' AdVance sling, a minimally invasive implant for the treatment of male stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

9 Aug 2010

American Medical Systems second-quarter net income increases 22.0% to $20.6M

American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. reported sales of $136.4 million for the second quarter of 2010, a 7.9 percent increase over sales of $126.4 million in the comparable quarter of 2009. Adjusting for the negative impact of $1.4 million due to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates since the time the second quarter guidance was issued; revenue would have achieved the upper end of the guidance range.

4 Aug 2010

New surgical technique to maximize preservation of periprostatic anatomy

Stress urinary incontinence is one of the most feared complications of radical prostatectomy. The weighted mean continence rate immediately after catheter removal following robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) is 25.7%. Evidently, early recovery of urinary continence remains a challenge to be overcome. The Surgery in Motion section of the September issue of European Urology describes the surgical steps of pubovesical complex (PVC)-sparing RALP and presents the preliminary results of the technique.

3 Aug 2010

Disparities in cardiovascular disease risk linked to socioeconomic differences between races: Study

A new UCLA study suggests that disparities in cardiovascular disease risk in the United States are due less to race or ethnicity than to socioeconomic status.

2 Aug 2010