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Pennsylvania outstrips every state in the loss of employer-sponsored health care

Employers provided health insurance to 694,471 fewer Pennsylvanians in 2007 and 2008 than at the start of the decade, according to a new report analyzing U.S. Census data.

30 Oct 2009

New hope for chronic pain sufferers

In an Anglo-Italian study, thirty healthy subjects were invited to look at either their own hand, the experimenter's hand, or an object, while their hand was subjected to laser-induced pain.

30 Oct 2009

Combination of psychiatric medication and depression linked to preterm delivery

The odds triple for premature child delivery pregnant women with a history of depression who used psychiatric medication, according to a new study.

30 Oct 2009

Group education is an effective way to help alleviate organ shortage and increase living donations

Get-togethers with a kidney disease patient's family and friends can improve their willingness to consider donation, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, CA.

30 Oct 2009

Nonin Medical receives Medical Technology Award for Onyx II, Model 9560

Nonin Medical, Inc., a leading innovator of noninvasive physiological monitoring solutions, was awarded the Medical Technology Award and its owner and CTO, Phil Isaacson received the Technology Executive of the Year by the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA), in partnership with Enterprise Minnesota and LifeScience Alley.

30 Oct 2009

Elders Living at Home Program receives AoA grant

The Elders Living at Home Program (ELAHP) at Boston Medical Center has received a three-year, $864,400 Aging in Place Grant from the Administration on Aging (AoA). The grant will be used to develop, implement and evaluate an intervention to support formerly homeless elders who have already transitioned to housing but need support to maintain it.

30 Oct 2009

Comparative study of chronic wound treatment completed

The comparative study of chronic wound treatment at the Hospital Civil of Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico, was concluded successfully. Due to the significantly superior therapeutic success the Ministry of Health ordered the control to be abandoned and moved to Hemospray treatment for ethical reasons.

30 Oct 2009

FluGen's CHO-cell-based production system generates egg-free, 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine virus

FluGen Inc., an emerging leader in the development, production and delivery of influenza vaccines, today announced that its proprietary CHO-cell-based production system has generated novel 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine virus without the use of eggs during any step of production.

30 Oct 2009

Absence of male hormones extends transplanted cell survival, says new study

Trophoblast stem cells (TSCs), cells found in the layer of peripheral embryonic stem cells from which the placenta is formed, are thought to exhibit "immune privilege" that aids cell survivability and is potentially beneficial for cell and gene therapies. Further, the survivability of TSCs has been thought to require the presence of ovarian hormones. However, none of these assumptions has ever been verified.

30 Oct 2009

Researchers report preclinical results of a novel PET biomarker designed to detect malignant breast tumors

Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA, supported in part by NuView Life Sciences, have published an article in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine reporting preclinical results of a novel PET biomarker designed to selectively detect malignant breast tumors.

30 Oct 2009

Research provides new insight on gene fusion, a phenomenon known to cause prostate cancer

Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered what leads to two genes fusing together, a phenomenon that has been shown to cause prostate cancer to develop.

30 Oct 2009

Researchers discover new bend in gene control

Since the completion of the human genome sequence, a question has baffled researchers studying gene control: How is it that humans, being far more complex than the lowly yeast, do not proportionally contain in our genome significantly more gene-control proteins?

30 Oct 2009

Study: HSP inhibitor could stop tumor formation and extend survival

Like yoga for office drones, cells do have coping strategies for stress. Heat, lack of nutrients, oxygen radicals - all can wreak havoc on the delicate internal components of a cell, potentially damaging it beyond repair. Proteins called HSPs (heat shock proteins) allow cells to survive stress-induced damage. Scientists have long studied how HSPs work in order to harness their therapeutic potential.

30 Oct 2009

Research project to improve early diagnosis and treatment of mild traumatic brain injuries

With financial backing from a leading nonprofit supporter of military medical research, medical device manufacturer Neuro Kinetics, Inc. (www.neuro-kinetics.com) said today that it is collaborating with the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) at Fort Rucker, Alabama, and three other military medical facilities in a comprehensive research project to improve early diagnosis and treatment of mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI).

30 Oct 2009

Medical News

Pennsylvania outstrips every state in the loss of employer-sponsored health care

New hope for chronic pain sufferers

Combination of psychiatric medication and depression linked to preterm delivery

Group education is an effective way to help alleviate organ shortage and increase living donations

Nonin Medical receives Medical Technology Award for Onyx II, Model 9560

Elders Living at Home Program receives AoA grant

Comparative study of chronic wound treatment completed

FluGen's CHO-cell-based production system generates egg-free, 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine virus

Absence of male hormones extends transplanted cell survival, says new study

Researchers report preclinical results of a novel PET biomarker designed to detect malignant breast tumors

Research provides new insight on gene fusion, a phenomenon known to cause prostate cancer

Researchers discover new bend in gene control

Study: HSP inhibitor could stop tumor formation and extend survival

Research project to improve early diagnosis and treatment of mild traumatic brain injuries

Dr. Heather Greene to receive 2009 C.A.R.E. Pharmacy Award

All Canadians need to be immunized against H1N1: CPHA

Antiviral protein produced by immune system can tame HIV and other viruses, show researchers

Fiscal 2009 results announced by Helix BioPharma

FDA and WebMD Health collaborate to provide increased access to consumer health information

MRG: Global spinal nonfusion technology market to increase up to $2 billion

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How the Arts Reshape Brain Function: Susan Magsamen on the Future of Neuroaesthetics

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