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11:48:07 PM S.A. lacks separate children's hospital
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA

Beeler said the other major players in the medical community could become partners in the Christus initiative, “but it really has to be consistent with our ... [more]

11:25:29 PM Foreign clinics making wild claims. Growing fears of cancer. Are stem
Daily Mail - UK - UK

Daily Mail A pipetre and petri dishes, which are often used to grow stem cells in the laboratory. Stem cells are being used overseas to treat a range of conditions, ... [more]

10:31:21 PM Russian investment in pharmaceutical nanotechnology
Nanowerk LLC - Honolulu,HI,USA

.... work and medical trials for the project, will be the VN Orekhovich Institute of Biomedical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. ... [more]

10:00:50 PM Steady Bookings Prevail in a Resilient Meetings Market
San Diego Business Journal - CA,USA

“The medical community is going to meet regardless of the economy,” Wallace said. “That is our strongest market. The attendees at these medical conventions ... [more]

8:59:33 PM Locals Haitians rally to help family back home
Delaware Coast Press - Rehoboth Beach,DE,USA

Dr. Florian G. Huber of Salisbury issued a call throughout the medical community over the weekend for specific medications, face masks and disaster response ... [more]

8:43:22 PM Critiquing a Critique (1 Letter)
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Finally, his failure to acknowledge findings consistent with our own from two previous reviews is surprising given that both of them used the FDA trials ... [more]

8:35:14 PM Breakthrough: Stem cell therapy found for leukaemia
Indian Express

.... American scientists have claimed to have developed a technique which multiplies the small number of stem cells in the donor blood, making it much more ... [more]

8:27:40 PM Stress and artery health studied
NHS Choices - London,England,UK

The study was funded by the British Heart Foundation and the Medical Research Council. The paper was published in the (peer-reviewed) medical journal The ... [more]

7:58:49 PM Antibiotic doses may have to rise, biomedical scientists suggest
Mediplacements

The increase in British people with obesity may mean that recommended doses for patients requiring antibiotics need to be boosted to remain effective, .... [more]

7:19:33 PM FDA Warns of Fake OTC Weight-Loss Drug
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA

Pictures comparing the fakes with the original product can be seen on the FDA's Web site. MedPage Today provides daily, peer-reviewed medical news articles, ... [more]

7:08:30 PM Single-dose Neulasta® Equivalent to Multiple Doses of Neupogen® Following
Cancer Consultants (press release) - Memphis,TN,USA

Cancer Consultants In the current study, 80 patients undergoing high-dose chemotherapy with peripheral blood stem cell support were randomly allocated to receive either 1) a ... [more]

7:00:16 PM Health bulletin board: Medical research funding slows
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA

Money just isn't flowing to medical research quite as freely anymore. A new study published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Society shows ... [more]

6:37:36 PM Survey: 55 percent of med device workers job seeking
Boston Business Journal - MA, USA

Fifty-five percent of workers in the medical device field plan tolook for new opportunities this year, according to a survey by a national medical device ... [more]

6:25:34 PM FDA Developing New Guidelines For Medical Device Testing on People
Companies

Researchers from the FDA and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston conducted one of the studies, while the other was conducted by researchers at ... [more]

6:20:18 PM Characterization of differential properties of rabbit tendon stem cells
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - New York,NY,USA

7thSpace Interactive (press release) Moreover, TSCs expressed the stem cell markers Oct-4, SSEA-4, and nucleostemin, whereas tenocytes expressed none of these markers. ... [more]

5:41:39 PM Indian tycoon mulls investment in stem cell co Brainstorm
Globes Online - Israel

The company plans beginning clinical trials later this year of a stem cell product for neurodegenerative diseases. Sources inform "Globes" that Indian .... [more]

5:40:22 PM St. Jude gets Japanese approval for spinal-cord stimulation system
MedCity News - Cleveland,OH,USA

The approval and launch of the device is significant to St. Jude because Japan is the second-largest medical-device market in the world, according to ... [more]

5:08:37 PM American woman returns from stem-cell therapy in China
Treatment Abroad - Medical Tourism News - London,UK

It is too early to tell if the stem cells will help restore, or at least save, Miller's limited eyesight. The only other American to have gone to the clinic ... [more]

4:38:06 PM Lib Dems call for libel law reform to protect medical research
Pulse - London,UK

.... especially those that relate to medical care, environmental damage and public safety, if we are to protect ourselves against dubious research practices, ... [more]

4:31:22 PM Llamas to aid bioterror fight
BioPrepWatch.com

Scientists at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, Texas, developed the new system, which utilized antibodies found in llamas. ... [more]

3:53:04 PM FDA debates tougher cancer warning on tanning beds
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Next comes the US Food and Drug Administration, which has long regulated tanning beds as "Class I devices," a category of low-risk medical devices that ... [more]

3:29:51 PM The VisualMD from Anatomical Travelogue
VizWorld.com - Jackson,MS,USA

A new biomedical visualization company has emerged at the recent TEDMED conference with a product called 'The VisualMD”, which combines traditional 3D ... [more]

3:18:39 PM Canadians want more money spent on medical research
CTV - Canada

2010: Canadians Go for Gold in Health and Medical Research" was conducted by Angus Reid for six organizations: Almost nine out of 10 Canadians believe ... [more]

3:07:39 PM Diabetes Charity and Medical Device Company Work Toward 'Artificial
DOTmed.com (press release) - New York,New York,USA

DOTmed.com (press release) by Brendon Nafziger, Writer The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation will team up with Animas Corporation, a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson, ... [more]

2:53:18 PM Johnson and johnson recall list: tylenol recall 2009 list & children's
Khabrein.info - New Delhi,Delhi,India

Khabrein.info Such huge recall in medical history is unprecedented and people are very concerned about it and the report that the FDA has prepared about it. ... [more]

2:25:34 PM AMA ends support for bush doctor rule
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

It aligns it with two other influential doctors groups, and leaves the policy without support from the medical community. Last year the Rural Doctors ... [more]

2:19:31 PM Morgan Stanley rebuilds healthcare research team
Reuters - NY,USA

N), which last year hired a big team of healthcare investment bankers from UBS, is also beefing up its research coverage. In December it hired Stephen .... [more]

2:13:53 PM 'Jekyll and Hyde' cell may hold key to muscular dystrophy, fibrosis
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA

EurekAlert (press release) That's the Mr. Hyde side," says Rossi, associate professor in the Department of Medical Genetics and the Biomedical Research Centre. ... [more]

1:31:29 PM Scientists grow bacon from stem cells
Mother Nature Network - Atlanta,GA,USA

A new technique that turns pig stem cells into strips of meat could offer a green alternative to the slaughterhouse and help end hunger. ... [more]

1:10:51 PM Mammogram controversy
Inquirer.net

THERE is public uproar and protests from the medical community against the US Health and Human Services Department about the recent guidelines issued by the ... [more]

1:00:57 PM Than Half of Medical Device Industry Professionals Looking for New Job in
Syracuse Post Standard - Syracuse,NY,USA

The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com 18, 2010-- According to a random online survey of 2150 medical device industry professionals between January 4 and January 13, a full 55 percent are looking ... [more]

12:17:56 PM Coating helps stem cells colonize textile implants
Innovation in Textiles

18 January 2010, Boennigheim - Hohenstein Institute scientists have developed a special coating that allows adult human stem cells to colonize on the ... [more]

10:37:00 AM BiomedReports: News and FDA Updates for Meridian (OTC:MRDAF), Walgreens
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Trading Markets (press release) .... (OTC:MRDAF) is very pleased to announce the return of Ms. Anna Brazier as Director of Corporate Finances after her one year leave due to medical issues. ... [more]

10:21:48 AM Jyoti Basu's Body Donation for Medical Research—Eyes Harvested
MedIndia - India

These organs could not be used even if he had not suffered multi-organ failure. But it can be used for medical research and education.” [more]

10:10:57 AM Princess Marina makes history with Botswana's first ever open heart surgery
Sunday Standard

The epochal medical breakthrough was hailed as a landmark achievement in Botswana's medical history. “The successful completion of such complicated and ... [more]

9:31:05 AM Montreal auto gala raises over $361000 for charity
CanadianDriver - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada

.... Preview gala event at the Montreal International Auto Show raised $361119.24 to benefit five charities in the Greater Montreal's medical community. ... [more]

9:19:51 AM www.bharatbook.com : Ansell Limited Medical Equipment Company Report:
PRMinds (press release) - Palaiseau,France

PRMinds (press release) www.bharatbook.com included a new report on “Ansell Limited Medical Equipment Company Report: Medical Device Company Analysis Covering key Information ... [more]

8:31:48 AM Medical Breakthrough: Drug Free Strategy Shows Promise for Reversing or ...
Earthtimes.org - USA

WAVE Therapy has been proven by medical research to help build bone mineral density in many patients including those with Osteoporosis. ... [more]

8:26:09 AM European Medicines Agency (EMA) Waives Requirement to Test StemEx(R) in ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

Gamida Cell's technology takes this small population of cord blood stem cells and cultures it with limited differentiation, to a size that has the potential ... [more]

8:17:50 AM Experts: Screen kids 6 and up for obesity, get help from pros
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

The statement comes from the US Preventive Services Task Force, which makes medical-care recommendations based on the latest research. ... [more]

8:10:37 AM Novartis Invests Wisely in Smart Pill
The Procter & Gamble Company F4Q08 (Qtr End 06/30/08) Earnings ...

Novartis (NVS) is ramping up its commitment to personalized medicine with a $24 million investment in Proteus Biomedical, a pioneer of high-tech pills .... [more]

7:55:19 AM Natus To Cut Medical Device Jobs
Pharmaceutical Jobs

The move will result in a loss of medical device jobs. The company indicated that there will be a net staff reduction of approximately 50 employees. ... [more]

6:30:40 AM Mental Health kills the mentally ill
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

On the other hand, mental illness is a biologically based no-fault medical problem that resides in the brain's chemistry or neuroanatomy. ... [more]

5:27:04 AM Poll finds strong support for boosting heath, medical research funding
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

Despite the recession, Canadians strongly support bolstering investment in health and medical research, a new survey shows. Eighty-four per cent of those ... [more]

1:59:15 AM Weekend rest not a cure for sleep loss
WiredPRNews.com (press release) - Dallas,TX,USA

A recent study shows that chronic sleep deprivation through the weekday cannot be cured with additional sleep on weekends. Washington (WiredPRNews.com) ... [more]

1:37:16 AM A ray of hope for oral cancer treatment, Taiwan scientist discovers new
Indian Express

Indian Express Dr Tsann-Long Su, a scientist at Academia Sinica Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Taiwan, who delivered a lecture on Oncologic Drug Development in the ... [more]

1:33:39 AM Stem cell standoff: Do bills bring clarity or new restrictions?
Crain's Detroit Business - Detroit,MI,USA

By Jay Greene Stem cell researchers are voicing concerns about a package of six bills in the Michigan Senate intended to revise the constitutional amendment ... [more]

1:28:07 AM Wii Balance Board Outperforms $17885 Medical Device
VGChartz

By Evan Elden Eller 18th Jan 2010 Doctors at the University of Melbourne have taken apart a balance board and found it can measure balance as accurately as ... [more]

12:43:29 AM Haitian immigrants gather at Miami church after quake
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

said Voltaire Metellus, 32, a biomedical student. "It's difficult to answer." "Who are we to be angry at? God?" asked Dieudy Absolu, 38, a chef who plays ... [more]

12:19:06 AM stem cell transplant hopes lifted
BBC News - E,UK

The current system of bone marrow transplantation helps patients who have diseases, such as leukaemia, which affect the stem cells in their bone marrow ... [more]



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