UPDATE 1-Endologix raises 2009 rev view

March 23 (Reuters) - Medical device maker Endologix Inc raised its 2009 revenue view and forecast first-quarter revenue above market estimates on better-than-expected adoption of its recently approved...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Mar 2009 | 11:47 am

IBM China consulting unit to add four new offices

BEIJING, March 23 (Reuters) - IBM expects its China business consulting unit to almost double in size within a year to cater for increasing demands from local firms despite the economic slowdown, a senior...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Mar 2009 | 11:41 am

UPDATE 1-Lilly's Zyprexa-Prozac combo wins expanded use

NEW YORK, March 23 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have expanded the approval of Eli Lilly and Co's Symbyax, which combines the active ingredients of its Zyprexa antipsychotic and Prozac antidepressant, for...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Mar 2009 | 11:34 am

Synthetic blood from embryos bid

UK scientists plan trials to see if synthetic human blood can be made from embryonic stem cells.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Mar 2009 | 11:24 am

Transition Therapeutics Announces Initiation of a Phase Ib Clinical Study of TT-223 in combination with a GLP-1 analogue in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Mar 2009 | 11:01 am

Micromet Has Started a New Phase 2 Trial with Adecatumumab in Colorectal Cancer Patients

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Mar 2009 | 11:00 am

Yongye Biotechnology Announces Fourth Quarter and Record Full Year 2008 Year End Results

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Mar 2009 | 11:00 am

FDA Approves Symbyax(R) as First Medication for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Mar 2009 | 11:00 am

Surfing Your Stress to Success Program Offers a New Way of Dealing with Stress

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Mar 2009 | 11:00 am

Phase III Trial Showed Investigational Compound Arzoxifene Was Superior to Evista(R) (raloxifene HCl) in Increasing BMD in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Mar 2009 | 11:00 am

RiskMetrics Affirms Recommendation that Stockholders Support LCA-Vision Board of Directors and Reject All Proposals by Dissident Joffe Group

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 23 Mar 2009 | 11:00 am

British Lung Foundation Leaflets Available Ahead Of World TB Day In A Variety Of Languages

The British Lung Foundation has produced leaflets in six different languages, which will help to support the World TB Day campaign which takes place on Tuesday 24th of March 2009.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am

Organisations Run By People With Disabilities, UK

More than £1 million will help disabled groups run their own organisations and help people to live full and independent lives, Care Services Minister, Phil Hope announced today. Twenty-five "user-led" organisations, which are run locally by disabled people and carers, will have access to a £1 million pot as part of the Action and Learning Sites programme.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am

Pea Protein Fights Blood Pressure And Kidney Disease

New research from Canada found that proteins in the common garden pea may provide a natural remedy against high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease (CKD). The pea protein could be used as a natural food product such as an additive or dietary supplement to help the millions of people worldwide that suffer from these conditions, suggested the researchers.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am

Institute For Oneworld Health Marks World Water Day By Advocating For New Diarrheal Disease Treatments

The Institute for OneWorld Health, the US-based non-profit pharmaceutical company that develops drugs for people with neglected infectious diseases in the developing world, today marked World Water Day by advocating for new drug therapies, in addition to clean water initiatives, to combat the epidemic of diarrheal disease in developing countries.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am

Pioneering Cancer Prevention Program Launched In New York

A prevention program serving an ethnically diverse population of women at high risk of cancer is detailed in an article published Monday 23 March in the online peer-reviewed journal ecancer.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am

Paper Examines Drug Access Under ADAPs

"The AIDS Drug Assistance Program: Securing HIV/AIDS Drugs for the Nation's Poor and Uninsured (.pdf)," AIDS Institute/AIDS Action: The policy paper examines the AIDS Drug Assistance Program of the Ryan White Program and how adequately it provides access to medications for HIV-positive people in the U.S.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am

Ambry Genetics Introduces Sequence Capture For High Throughput Sequencing Applications On Multiple Next Gen Sequencing Platforms

Ambry Genetics announced capabilities of performing sequence capture for the Illumina® or Roche® Next Gen Sequencing platforms. Customers will have the option of choosing either custom 385K or pre-designed 2.1M high density arrays available through Roche NimbleGen.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am

Fighting Hypertension, Kidney Disease Wtih Proteins From Garden Pea

Researchers in Canada are reporting that proteins found in a common garden pea show promise as a natural food additive or new dietary supplement for fighting high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Those potentially life-threatening conditions affect millions of people worldwide.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am

Education Slowing AIDS In Sub-Saharan Africa

Increased schooling across sub-Saharan Africa may be lowering new HIV infections among younger adults, according to sociologists, suggesting a shift in a decades-long trend where formal education is considered an AIDS risk factor.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am

U.S. Health Reform Should Not Be Modeled On Massachusetts Health Insurance Law, According To Report

Efforts to overhaul the U.S. health care system should not be modeled after the 2006 Massachusetts health insurance law because the law does not include cost controls, according to a report released on Tuesday by researchers at the Institute for America's Future, the Boston Herald reports.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 23 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am

Paris youths in row over condoms

Eleven people were arrested in Paris after clashes between groups for and against the Pope's stance on condom use.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Mar 2009 | 3:52 am

Cancer drug 'fuels tumour growth'

A type of drug designed to stunt tumour growth has been found to fuel cancer spread if given at too low a dose.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Mar 2009 | 12:56 am

Eczema cases rise dramatically

The number of people with eczema is increasing dramatically in England, GP figures suggest.
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Mar 2009 | 12:40 am

AP IMPACT: Mentally ill a threat in nursing homes (AP)

AP - Ivory Jackson had Alzheimer's, but that wasn't what killed him. At 77, he was smashed in the face with a clock radio as he lay in his nursing home bed.

Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Mar 2009 | 8:15 pm

Five-to-10 Day Cessation of Thienopyridine Likely Safe for Surgery If Aspirin Maintained, Post-DES

Researchers say patients should be considered on a case-by-case basis, but at least in patients where bleeding concerns do not outweigh those for stent thrombosis, short-term discontinuation of thienopyridine therapy "may be relatively safe."
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Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 22 Mar 2009 | 7:43 pm

Drug industry advocates join chorus to split FDA (AP)

AP - As momentum builds to rework the nation's food-safety system after a salmonella outbreak linked to peanuts, the drug industry is hoping for a happy side effect: faster approvals for new medicines.
Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 22 Mar 2009 | 6:02 pm

In pictures

A haven for mothers-to-be in eastern DR Congo
Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 22 Mar 2009 | 5:58 pm

Eating Food That’s Better for You, Organic or Not

The American diet needs an overhaul. But “organic” food offers no guarantee of eating well, healthfully, sanely, even ethically.


Source: NYT > Health | 22 Mar 2009 | 1:20 pm

It's one step at a time for brain injury patients

March 22, 2009 Mar. 22--CHARLOTTESVILLE -- They live together in a Victorian house on a quiet street in this college town. Mostly men in their early 20s, they play video games, watch movies, tell stories and practice playing guitar.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 22 Mar 2009 | 1:06 pm

Proposed bill would recognize postpartum psychosis as a defense

March 22, 2009 Mar. 22--Under a bill introduced in the Texas Legislature, postpartum mental disorder would be recognized as a legal defense for women, such as Andrea Yates and Dena Schlosser, who kill their children.
Source: PsycPORT.com | 22 Mar 2009 | 1:06 pm

Is a Food Revolution Now in Season?

Advocates of organic and locally grown food have found a receptive ear in the White House, which has vowed to encourage a more nutritious and sustainable food supply.


Source: NYT > Health | 22 Mar 2009 | 11:11 am