Genomic Health, Pfizer To Develop Prognostic Test For Non-Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Genomic Health, Pfizer to develop a genomic test to estimate the risk of recurrence following surgery for patients with Stage I-III renal carcinoma, clear cell type, that has not spread to other parts of the body.
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Coronado Initiates Trial Of Rationally Designed Fourth Generation Doxorubicin Analogue
The first patient has been treated in Coronado Biosciences's Phase I clinical trial of CNDO101, a rationally designed fourth generation doxorubicin analogue.
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Haemonetics Launches Enhanced Software Application For Blood Component Manufacturing
Haemonetics Software Solutions announces US marketing clearance for another software module in the Symphony blood bank management software suite.
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Hawaii Biotech To Perform West Nile Vaccine Clinical Trials
Hawaii Biotech has been notified by FDA that it may proceed to initiate a 24 patient safety study in healthy human volunteers with its recombinant, subunit West Nile vaccine.
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Make Your Car Smoke-Free
County of Lambton Community Health Department wants all drivers and all passengers who smoke to keep the vehicle smoke-free by taking it outside and away from children.
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New International Health Regulations Now In Force
New International Health Regulations designed to halt the international spread of dangerous diseases and other threats-are now in force.
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Support To Smokers Who Want To Quit
Quitting smoking is a popular New Year's resolution, and the Tennessee Department of Health can increase your odds of keeping it.
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Older Surgical Patients At Greater Risk For Developing Cognitive Problems
Patients over the age of 60 who have elective surgeries such as joint replacements, hysterectomies and other non-emergency, inpatient procedures, are at an increased risk for long-term cognitive problems.
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Global Blood Transfusion Patterns Raise Questions
Heart attack patients in US are far more likely to receive a blood transfusion than patients in other countries with the very same condition, but the outcome of their treatment is no better.
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Mutation May Cause Inherited Neuropathy
Mutations in a protein called dynein can cause defects in mice that may provide crucial clues leading to better treatments for a human nerve disorder known as peripheral neuropathy.
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Catheter Chaos: Hospitals Mixed On UTI Prevention
One in four Americans in the hospital right now has a urinary catheter. One percent of them will get a urinary tract infection from that catheter.
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Newly Approved Viral Diagnostic Tested At Beaumont
A new test, the first molecular diagnostic panel to simultaneously detect the most prevalent respiratory viruses.
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Dorgan Will Introduce Legislation Aimed At Improving Health Of American Indians
Byron Dorgan plans to bring up legislation that would address American Indian health care.
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Novel Mechanism For Long-Term Learning Identified Researchers
Neuroscientists have been perplexed by data showing that at the level of individual synapses, or connections between neurons, increased, repetitive stimulation might actually reverse early gains in synaptic strength.
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ANA598 Shows Positive Results In Animal Model Of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Anadys Pharmaceuticals announced preliminary data from two studies of ANA598, a non-nucleoside inhibitor of HCV NS5B polymerase, in a primate model of chronic HCV infection.
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Rib-X Pharmaceuticals Initiates Clinical Studies For Novel Antibiotic Compound RX-1741
Rib-X Pharmaceuticals announced enrolment of the first patients in two separate Phase 2 clinical trials.
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Escalon Receives FDA Clearance For Sonomed MASTER-VU B-Scan System
Escalon Medical's Sonomed subsidiary received clearance from FDA to market the MASTER-VU ophthalmic B-scan ultrasound system.
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Syphilis Cases Increase In Vermont, Could Contribute To Spread Of HIV
Vermont Department of Health announced an increase in the number of recorded syphilis cases in the state.
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Report Highlights Employers' Efforts To Reduce Health Care Costs
Editorials address several efforts by employers to reduce health insurance costs.
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Innocoll Initiates Clinical Trial To Investigate CollaRx For Prevention Of Surgical Site Infections
The first of two Innocoll's phase 3 clinical trials to investigate CollaRx GENTAMICIN SURGICAL IMPLANT for the prevention of surgical site infections, has commenced dosing.
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Echo Therapeutics Starts Clinical Study Of Glucose Monitoring System
Echo Therapeutics has started the second clinical study of its current Symphony Continuous Transdermal Glucose Monitoring System (CTGM System).
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Watson Receives FDA Approval For Generic DuoNeb
Watson Pharmaceuticals has received final approval from FDA on its ANDA for Ipratropium Bromide and Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution.
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BD Announces FDA Clearance Of Test To Identify Superbug In Patients With Positive Blood Cultures
StaphSR assay is the first test available to rapidly and simultaneously identify Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from patients with positive blood cultures.
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Siemens' Mobile Imaging Systems Improve Management Of Radiation Therapy
Siemens Healthcare has delivered the first two newly redesigned mobile Biograph 6 TruePoint positron emission tomography and computed tomography systems.
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Second Thoughts About Fluoride
Some recent studies suggest that over-consumption of fluoride can raise the risks of disorders affecting teeth, bones, the brain and the thyroid gland.
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FDA Approves Hi-Flex Mobile Bearing Knee For Active Adults
FDA approved the Zimmer Holdings knee, which is heralded as the next generation of knee prostheses for active adults.
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Three Palm Receives FDA Clearance For Breast Imaging Workstation
Three Palm Software has received 510(k) clearance from FDA for its WorkstationOne Breast Imaging Workstation.
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Ardea Biosciences Initiates Clinical Trial For NNRTI For HIV
MHRA has authorized a Phase 2a clinical trial evaluating RDEA806, a novel non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), in patients with HIV.
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Comparing Health Care Services' Cost, Quality
Oregonian examined whether releasing information on the costs and quality of health care will compel patients to act more like thrift-minded consumers.
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Discussing Health Care Proposals From Presidential Candidates
Opinion pieces discuss health care proposals from presidential candidates.
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Offerring Health Care Services To Low-Income, Uninsured US Residents
Health officials address glaring disparities in U.S. health care by expanding health screenings and lifestyle education programs to places where uninsured and low-income residents most often gather.
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States To Address Socioeconomic Factors Involved In Health Disparities
Officials in several states are revamping health departments to focus less on scientific data and more on the role of social determinants, which some believe are contributing to health disparities.
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President Bush Vetoes Defense-Policy Bill That Had Veterans Health Funding
President Bush vetoed a bill that included improvements to veterans' health care benefits.
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Small Businesses Could Have Major Influence On Next President's Health Care Plan
Los Angeles Times examined how the verdict of small business owners could lift or sink the next president's health care reform plan.
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States Struggled To Enact Health Care Reform In 2007
California, Illinois and Pennsylvania each proposed wide-ranging health care proposals, but none finished 2007 with bills passed and signed.
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UAW Looks To Influence Health Care Debate
United Auto Workers' gamble that it can manage the health care costs of up to 700,000 people.
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Medical School Enrollment Could Place Financial Burden On US Health Care System
Efforts to train more physicians to serve an aging U.S. population might increase health care costs, as well as expenses for Medicare.
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Health Industry Develops Medical Credit Score
The health technology is creating a new credit score that would rate an individual's ability to pay medical bills.
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Underfunding Of Federal Efforts To Eliminate Racial, Ethnic Disparities In Health Care Show Lack Of Seriousness
Federal efforts to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care are underfunded and indicate a lack of seriousness about accomplishing the goal.
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Hangover Cures for the New Year
Some doctors recommend that those who are susceptible to hangovers drink a large glass of milk before going out drinking. This is just one way to cure New Year's hangover.
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