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Reducing chronic pain, dry mouth could improve quality of life in head and neck cancer patients: Study

Head and neck cancer patients who reported poor sleep quality one year after diagnosis had more symptoms of chronic pain and complaints of dry mouth related to radiation treatments, according to a recent study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

12 Jul 2010

Drosophila fly study may aid in staving off diseases in humans using defensive bacteria

It has been a basic principle of evolution for more than a century that plants and animals can adapt genetically in ways that help them better survive and reproduce.

12 Jul 2010

MDT releases statement questioning AGD's priorities

The dentists who form Millennium Dental Technologies, Inc., and are pioneers of the patented LANAP protocol for the treatment of gum disease and the manufacturer of the PerioLase MVP-7 digital dental laser, today released a statement questioning the Academy of General Dentistry's priorities.

12 Jul 2010

Vaccine manufacturers may be able to produce lower-cost HPV vaccines, say researchers

Vaccine manufacturers in India and other developing countries may be able to produce a lower-cost HPV vaccine in spite of the complicated array of patent protections on the technology, say researchers at the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy. At a cost of at least $300 for the three-dose regimen, the blockbuster HPV vaccines, including Gardasil- from Merck and Cervarix- from GlaxoSmithKline, are some of the most expensive ever introduced.

12 Jul 2010

President Obama shoots a basket in 'Quest' to raise awareness about brain tumors

Thirteen year-old basketball enthusiast and brain tumor patient Justin Friedlander had the biggest thrill of his young life on Tuesday when he shot baskets with President Obama in hopes of helping to find a cure for brain tumors.

12 Jul 2010

Educational psychologists use eye-tracking method for detecting lies

Shifty eyes long have been thought to signify a person's problem telling the truth. Now a group of University of Utah researchers are taking that old adage to a new level.

12 Jul 2010

BRAIN AG acquires a minority share in Enzymicals AG

BRAIN AG, one of the leading European white biotechnology companies, has acquired a minority share in Enzymicals AG. This biotechnology company was founded in 2009 as a spin-off by a management team from the workgroup led by Prof. Dr. Uwe Bornscheuer from Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald with support from the EXIST-Programme of the Federal Ministry for Economy and Technology.

12 Jul 2010

GVK BIO receives AAALAC certification for animal facilities

GVK Biosciences Private Limited , Asia's leading Contract Research Organization, today announced that it received full accreditation from the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) International for its animal facilities.

12 Jul 2010

Report shows experimental trials have higher risk for bias

A Johns Hopkins review of nearly 150 randomized controlled trials on children - all published in well-regarded medical journals - reveals that 40 to 60 percent of the studies either failed to take steps to minimize risk for bias or to at least properly describe those measures.

12 Jul 2010

Hispanic and Asian Pacific Islander women have higher risk of GDM recurrence: Study

There is an increased risk of recurring gestational diabetes in pregnant women who developed gestational diabetes during their first and second pregnancies, according to a Kaiser Permanente study appearing online in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

12 Jul 2010

bitop's Ectoin allergy nasal spray reduces symptoms of acute allergic rhinitis in two-week crossover study

bitop AG, a biotech company specializing in the development of Ectoin®-containing medical devices, reports that Ectoin allergy nasal spray has been shown to significantly reduce symptoms of acute allergic rhinitis in a two-week observational, randomized, comparative crossover study with 50 patients suffering from acute allergic rhinitis. Based on this study, bitop performed a clinical trial on eyes drops and nasal spray in humans using an environmental exposure chamber (EEC) model.

12 Jul 2010

Getinge Group second-quarter net profit increases by 24.5% to SEK 890 M

Orders received increased by 1.1% to SEK 11,204 M (11,081), and grew organically by 6.9%.

12 Jul 2010

Deaths from heroin overdoses in Chicago's Cook County fall 16%: Study

A new study by Roosevelt University's Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy shows deaths from heroin overdoses in Chicago's Cook County fell 16 percent during the last decade, but the Chicago metropolitan region still ranks among the worst in the nation for heroin use. Kimberly Dennis, M.D., eating disorder specialist at Chicago's Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center, sees the use of heroin regularly from women and girls she treats and knows the importance of awareness and seeking help to overcome this addiction.

12 Jul 2010

athenaClinicals Version 10.6 receives CCHIT's EHR technology, preliminary IFR Stage 1 certification

athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of web-based practice management, electronic health record, and patient communication services to medical groups, today announced that the latest version of its web-based EHR service, athenaClinicalsSM Version 10.6, has been inspected by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) and is certified EHR technology, IFR Stage 1, preliminarily meeting 24 of 24 requirements for Eligible Providers published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the Interim Final Rule.

12 Jul 2010

New treatments to alleviate symptoms of muscular dystrophy, depression and dementia

Scientists researching a toxin extracted from the venom of the honey bee have used this to inform the design of new treatments to alleviate the symptoms of conditions such as muscular dystrophy, depression and dementia.

12 Jul 2010

Biogen Idec, Swedish Orphan Biovitrum announce advancement of rFVIIIFc into registrational study

Biogen Idec and Swedish Orphan Biovitrum today announced that they plan to advance the companies' long-lasting, fully-recombinant factor VIII Fc fusion protein (rFVIIIFc) into a registrational clinical trial in people with hemophilia A. The decision to advance the program is based on promising data from a Phase 1/2a open-label, cross-over, multi-center, dose-escalation study that evaluated the safety and pharmacokinetics of an intravenous injection of rFVIIIFc in 16 previously-treated patients with severe hemophilia A.

12 Jul 2010

Federal food safety agencies commended for supporting Food Safety Working Group

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius today commended federal food safety agencies for their accomplishments supporting the charge of President Obama's Food Safety Working Group, which advises the President on how to upgrade the U.S. food safety system for the 21st century.

12 Jul 2010

Vanderbilt Medical Center treats first patient in Galil Medical's new TRACE renal registry

Galil Medical, a global leader in minimally invasive cryotherapy cancer treatments, today announced that Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., has treated the first patient to be included in its new patient registry.

12 Jul 2010

Geisinger Health System receives elite Seven Seals Award from ESGR

Geisinger Health System received the elite Seven Seals Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a U.S. Department of Defense organization, in a ceremony today, July 9, at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. The Seven Seals Award is the highest award given by ESRG, and was created to publically recognize employers who provide outstanding patriotic support and cooperation to employees and families of those who have been called to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces.

12 Jul 2010

Studies support association of physical activity, diet with maintaining cognitive ability, reducing dementia risk

Evidence from three long-term, large-scale studies supports the association of physical activity and certain dietary elements (tea, vitamin D) with possibly maintaining cognitive ability and reducing dementia risk in older adults, according to new research presented today at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease 2010 in Honolulu, HI.

12 Jul 2010

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Reducing chronic pain, dry mouth could improve quality of life in head and neck cancer patients: Study

Drosophila fly study may aid in staving off diseases in humans using defensive bacteria

MDT releases statement questioning AGD's priorities

Vaccine manufacturers may be able to produce lower-cost HPV vaccines, say researchers

President Obama shoots a basket in 'Quest' to raise awareness about brain tumors

Educational psychologists use eye-tracking method for detecting lies

BRAIN AG acquires a minority share in Enzymicals AG

GVK BIO receives AAALAC certification for animal facilities

Report shows experimental trials have higher risk for bias

Hispanic and Asian Pacific Islander women have higher risk of GDM recurrence: Study

bitop's Ectoin allergy nasal spray reduces symptoms of acute allergic rhinitis in two-week crossover study

Getinge Group second-quarter net profit increases by 24.5% to SEK 890 M

Deaths from heroin overdoses in Chicago's Cook County fall 16%: Study

athenaClinicals Version 10.6 receives CCHIT's EHR technology, preliminary IFR Stage 1 certification

New treatments to alleviate symptoms of muscular dystrophy, depression and dementia

Biogen Idec, Swedish Orphan Biovitrum announce advancement of rFVIIIFc into registrational study

Federal food safety agencies commended for supporting Food Safety Working Group

Vanderbilt Medical Center treats first patient in Galil Medical's new TRACE renal registry

Geisinger Health System receives elite Seven Seals Award from ESGR

Studies support association of physical activity, diet with maintaining cognitive ability, reducing dementia risk

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