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11:26:58 PM Edwards, Baxter Working on Kidney Device Recall
Orange County Business Journal - Irvine,California,USA

By VITA REED Irvine-based Edwards Lifesciences Corp. is working with its former parent on the recall of a medical device that traded hands between the pair ... [more]

10:48:24 PM QuantRx acquiring Calif. one-man firm | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/29/2010
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

QuantRx Biomedical Corp. of Doylestown, which specializes in point-of-care diagnostic products, will acquire NuRx Pharmaecuticals of Irvine, Calif. .... [more]

10:42:04 PM Ethan Zohn Talks about His Stem Cell Transplant
People Magazine

Back home from the hospital after spending three weeks in isolation as a result of his stem-cell transplant, Ethan Zohn talked about his ordeal with The ... [more]

10:24:20 PM Targeting Cancer Stem Cells May Eradicate Tumors
US News - USA

29 (HealthDay News) -- New ways of identifying and studying cancer stem cells in the lab could accelerate understanding of the cells and lead to the ... [more]

10:14:40 PM Courts Struggling to Apply FDA Preemption Decision
fdanewsalert.com

Medtronic that many state tort claims against manufacturers of PMA-approved medical devices are preempted by federal law, it didn't give clear guidance on ... [more]

9:20:46 PM Our Health: Alzheimer's [BC-HEALTH-SRS-OURHEALTH:OC]
Behavioral Health Central (blog)

The good news is medical breakthroughs have added more than 20 years to the average lifespan in the past century. The bad news is more people living longer ... [more]

9:17:03 PM Medical device industry's Q4 lobbying spend tops $20 million
Mass Device - USA

Medical device makers, health information technology providers and AdvaMed together spent more than $20 million lobbying Congress, the White House and the ... [more]

8:50:19 PM Medical Community Rushes to Aid Victims of Haiti Quake
San Leandro India West - San Leandro,CA,USA

By SUNITA SOHRABJI The Indian American medical community is mobilizing to provide aid and medical care to victims of the Jan. 12 massive earthquake that hit ... [more]

8:05:29 PM United States Seizes Unapproved Ozone Generators
FDA.gov - USA

The seized goods, which are medical devices, are valued at $75900. The FDA advises health care professionals and consumers to discontinue use of these .... [more]

7:18:40 PM Children May Ethically Serve As Hematopoietic Stem Cell Donors
Medscape - USA

January 29, 2010 — Minors may ethically serve as stem cell donors provided specific criteria are met, according to an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) ... [more]

6:55:39 PM NU Tech 2010 to Showcase Medical Device Developments
MyNC.com - Raleigh,NC,USA

By Brian Van Norman, User Submitted, 12 hours, 5 minutes ago Media Contact: Mike Gauss 919.232.5008 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) ... [more]

6:24:32 PM DC begins planning redevelopment of Walter Reed acreage
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

By Lisa Rein The possibilities are endless: condos and townhouses, offices, parks, a retirement community, a medical research campus -- and a makeover of ... [more]

6:04:42 PM Biomedical engineering imaging talk set for Monday
Ethiopian Review - Washington,DC,USA

Nilanthi Warnasooriya, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, will give a talk Monday (Feb. ... [more]

5:14:23 PM WCRI: Texas Comp Reforms Led To Decreasing Cost Trend
National Underwriter Property And Casualty Insurance News

.... decade have led to a trend of decreases and stabilization in the medical costs per claim, according to the Workers' Compensation Research Institute. ... [more]

4:37:34 PM Gingko Biloba and other 'Natural' Remedies May Be Dangerous
Discovery News

The herbal supplement industry is a multi-billion dollar business, and has lobbied hard to keep their products from being regulated by the FDA. ... [more]

4:22:36 PM Blind girl and family return from China after stem- cell treatments
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise - Saranac Lake,NY,USA

Only later did they hear about experimental stem-cell treatments being done with umbilical cord stem cells (not embryonic ones) at a hospital in Qingdao, ... [more]

3:59:00 PM Physicians Must Treat Transplant Tourists
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA

While the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)'s statement on medical tourism does maintain that the medical community has an obligation to provide care ... [more]

3:34:07 PM QuantRx Biomedical to Acquire NuRx Pharmaceuticals
2K Play and Nickelodeon Announce Dora the Explorer Debut for Wii™

(BUSINESS WIRE)--QuantRx Biomedical Corporation (OTCBB: QTXB) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire NuRx Pharmaceuticals, ... [more]

2:55:44 PM New Smartphone Application Rewards Physicians With CME Credit for Online ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

.... an iPhone(r) and iPod Touch(r) application that provides physicians with continuing medical education (CME) credit for clinical research done online. ... [more]

1:50:58 PM Heart-Test Developer BG Medicine Plans $86.3 Million IPO
Wall Street Journal - USA

The medical-diagnostic test developer received approval lastyear from the European Union for the test and has begun limited sales and marketing activity ... [more]

1:22:33 PM Nebula Stocks LLC: Nebulastocks.com : Presenting Exciting Picks That
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Trading Markets (press release) Stem Cell Pioneers is believed to be one of the largest patient moderated forums online. It is a community of patients, medical professionals and ... [more]

12:54:45 PM Generation Rescue Supports Dr. Andrew Wakefield
Age of Autism - Trumbull,USA

It has taken twelve long years for the medical community to catch up with Dr. Wakefield's findings. Finally, just last month, in the American Academy of ... [more]

12:38:13 PM Last Alder Hey hospital child remains buried
BBC News - E,UK

The Liverpool hospital removed organs from dead babies without permission and held them for medical research. Tissue samples and foetuses which have gone ... [more]

11:10:05 AM MoneyTV with Donald Baillargeon, 1/29
CNN/Money - USA

Imaging3, Inc. (OTCBB: IMGG) CEO Dean Janes discussed the most recent news about the company's pending FDA approval of their medical imaging technology. ... [more]

10:36:41 AM British doctor rebuked over research linking vaccine and autism
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Britain's medical regulator finds that Dr. Andrew Wakefield, who now practices in Texas, conducted his now-discredited research on the MMR shot in an ... [more]

10:35:05 AM Wyoming medical team stands by to help in Haiti
Billings Gazette

Support for the St. Anthony's relief project hasn't been limited to the medical community. Last week, Hendricks was organizing the effort with one doctor. ... [more]

10:09:31 AM In Reversal, State Says It Will Start Process Of Awarding Stem Cell Grants
Hartford Courant - United States

By ARIELLE LEVIN BECKER The state Department of Public Health will move ahead with the process of awarding stem cell research grants, reversing a decision ... [more]

9:19:47 AM UW Honors Medical Device Entrepreneur Joe Eichinger For 35 Years Of Service
xconomy - USA

About 40 prominent researchers, physicians, and businesspeople gathered at the University of Washington's bioengineering department Wednesday night to honor ... [more]

8:23:06 AM Fujifilm's Fuji Digital Radiography AcSelerate system gets US FDA approval
pharmabiz.com - Mumbai,MH,India

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has announced that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) approval has been received for the Fuji Digital Radiography (FDR) ... [more]

6:20:21 AM Doctor serves new, old communities in different ways
News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA

Distler got to know Oo through efforts to connect the Fort Wayne medical community with the needs of incoming Burmese refugees. Distler says Oo has acted as ... [more]

5:05:58 AM Stem cell transplant seals life-saving bond
AsiaOne

Ayinuer, a Kazak girl from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region whose name means "moonlight", received a life-saving stem cell from Li in a transplant .... [more]

4:04:36 AM Medical device lobby spends $284K in 4Q
BusinessWeek - USA

Besides Congress, the group lobbied the FDA and Department of Health and Human Services, according to the form filed Jan. 20 with the Senate's public ... [more]

3:41:47 AM Another argument for the cloudy future of life sciences HPC
GenomeWeb News - NY,USA

Wu's lab works on biological mechanisms of adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem cells. To do this, they employ a combination ... [more]

3:08:24 AM Without tax benefit, CR Bard says 4Q profit fell
BusinessWeek - USA

Medical device maker CR Bard Inc. said Thursday its profit fell 29 percent in the fourth quarter due to higher income tax and research and development costs ... [more]

3:07:31 AM Senator Wants the Naitonal Institues of Health to Spend More on Small
Origins - Washington,DC,USA

Science Magazine (blog) A bill introduced today by Senator Ben Cardin (D–MD) is a shot across the bow at the $30 billion a year agency and the biomedical community. ... [more]

2:47:27 AM Biologist launches stem cell test to cure Multiple Sclerosis symptoms
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

A California biologist is launching a study to see how stem cells may reverse the effects of Multiple Sclerosis. The hope by molecular biologist Thomas E. ... [more]

1:55:25 AM New ovarian cancer therapy proposed
United Press International

28 (UPI) -- Yale University Medical School scientists say they've discovered the disarming of certain specialized stem cells might combat deadly ovarian ... [more]

1:55:07 AM Skin cells turned directly into neurons
Financial Times

By Clive Cookson Stem cell scientists at Stanford University in California announced "a huge step forward" last night, with the publication of research that ... [more]

12:56:51 AM Maryland should (cautiously) legalize medical marijuana
The Life of Kings - Baltimore,MD,USA

Opinion remains divided among the medical community over the potential therapeutic benefits and risks of medical marijuana. Yet there's enough anecdotal and ... [more]

12:56:06 AM Brain-stimulating possibilities in battling disease
Medill Reports - DC,USA

The FDA approved the treatment for these conditions several years ago. Now a growing body of research indicates this same technique may have the potential ... [more]



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