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UPDATE 3-Express Scripts to buy WellPoint prescription unit* Includes 10-yr contract to provide services to WellPointSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2009 | 12:41 pm Tech Mahindra wins bid to acquire SatyamMUMBAI (Reuters) - India's Tech Mahindra will pay more than $500 million for a controlling stake in Satyam Computer Services Ltd , throwing a lifeline to the fraud-hit firm and propelling itself into...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2009 | 12:18 pm RPT-PREVIEW-Defensive pharma promises solid Q1 results* First Q1 results from J&J, Abbott, Roche this weekSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2009 | 12:00 pm Vertebral Technologies Receives Award for InterFuse(R) Interbody Fusion SystemSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2009 | 12:00 pm Chinese Colorectal Cancer Drug Market Will More Than Double by 2012Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2009 | 12:00 pm Quest Diagnostics to Release First Quarter Financial ResultsSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2009 | 12:00 pm Optimer Pharmaceuticals Receives Production Patent for Lead Product Candidate FidaxomicinSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2009 | 12:00 pm GNC Launches the First-Ever Comprehensive Line of Whole Body Health Products Exclusively for Fit and Active WomenSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2009 | 12:00 pm New Book Reveals 'The Jewish Secret'Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2009 | 11:55 am NeoStem Completes $11 Million Private Placement Financing to Support Expansion Activities in China, Further Development of NeoStem's VSEL Technology and Advancement of Medical Tourism InitiativesSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2009 | 11:30 am New Insight Into An Old Reaction: Adenylylation Regulates Cell SignalingA new study reveals the importance of adenylylation in the regulation of cell signaling from bacteria to higher organisms. The research, published by Cell Press in the April 10th issue of the journal Molecular Cell, provides new insight into bacterial pathogenesis and opens intriguing avenues for exploring post-translational modifications in eukaryotic cells.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Inflammation In Cancer, Asthma And Other Diseases Maintained By Biological FM SignalA study published 10 April in Science examines a key player in conditions such as cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis and asthma and has shown that cells use a sophisticated communication system to coordinate responses to infection and maintain inflammation in the body. This system is now a target for designing drugs to treat these conditions.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am In New Book Letters Provide Insight Into The Development Of Molecular BiologyNobel Prize-winning scientist Max Perutz was a campaigner for humanitarian causes, essayist, and advocate of science. A compilation of his personal letters has just been released by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am PEPFAR One Of Bush Administration's 'More Positive Legacies,' Editorial Says"One of the more positive legacies of the Bush administration is the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief," a Washington Post editorial says. According to the editorial, PEPFAR -- "the brainchild of President George W. Bush in 2003" -- is an "unprecedented multiyear and multibillion-dollar commitment by the United States to combat the epidemic's deadly march across Africa.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Recipients of ARVO 2009 AwardsThe Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) is pleased to announce its 2009 award recipients. Five individuals will be recognized at the ARVO Annual Meeting, May 3-7 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Proctor Medal: Joe G.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Male Infertility/Contraception: Small RNAs Can Play Critical RolesUniversity of Nevada School of Medicine scientists in the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology have discovered insight into the reproductive workings of the male sex chromosome that may have significant implications for male infertility and contraception.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Appeals Court Halts 5% Cuts In Medi-Cal Payments To California HospitalsThe Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Monday ordered a halt on California's 5% cut to Medi-Cal payments for hospitals, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Medi-Cal is the state's Medicaid program. In July 2008, legislation took effect that reduced Medi-Cal reimbursements by 10%.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Reduced Standard Of Care For Hispanics In Nursing HomesNursing homes serving primarily Hispanic residents provided poorer quality care compared to facilities whose patients were mostly white, according to Brown University research. Details were published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Test Quickly Assesses Whether Alzheimer's Drugs Are Hitting Their TargetA test developed by physician-scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may help assess more quickly the ability of Alzheimer's drugs to affect one of the possible underlying causes of Alzheimer's disease in humans, accelerating the development of new treatments.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Kansas Conference Examines Role Of Social Elements In Health DisparitiesThe Kansas Department of Health and Environment's fourth annual Health Disparities Conference took place Monday and Tuesday, focusing on how health status can be shaped by environment, education, income and other social factors, the Wichita Eagle reports. Sharon Goolsby, director of the health department's Center for Health Disparities, said, "All policy is health policy.Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2009 | 9:00 am Pizza once moreHow an op allowed one woman to eat the food she likesSource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 13 Apr 2009 | 8:27 am Taking a Page, and a Pen, From Makers of MedicinesNew York City is using representatives known as detailers to conduct public health campaigns drawing on the techniques of drug company salespeople.Source: NYT > Health | 13 Apr 2009 | 6:02 am The Caucus: Health Care Cautions, From One Who KnowsRichard A. Gephardt says universal coverage cannot pass this year — and he is urging the White House to defer that goal until it enacts cost-saving reforms in health care delivery.Source: NYT > Health | 13 Apr 2009 | 5:54 am Evidence That Mice Produce Egg Cells After BirthScientists have challenged the orthodox medical view that a woman is born with egg cells to last a lifetime.Source: NYT > Health | 13 Apr 2009 | 4:04 am For Some Patients With Heart Failure, Light Exercise May Improve Quality of LifeHeart failure patients, often warned against exertion, saw modest gains on a supervised aerobic exercise program, researchers said.Source: NYT > Health | 13 Apr 2009 | 3:42 am Scientists find 'pleasure nerves'Scientists in the US and Sweden say they understand more about how the body responds to pleasurable touch.Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Apr 2009 | 11:02 pm City pollutionUS study looks at air quality's impact on life expectancySource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Apr 2009 | 9:41 pm So Botox Isn’t Just Skin DeepBotox has become a wrinkle-removal gold mine for the drug maker Allergan, but some doctors are also now using it to treat ailments like migraines and oily skin.Source: NYT > Health | 12 Apr 2009 | 6:07 pm Nanotech in AfricaBattling HIV in Uganda with a new mobile technologySource: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Apr 2009 | 6:00 pm Experts say develop eggs using stem cells from mice (Reuters)Reuters - Researchers in China say they have managed to generate new eggs using stem cells from the ovaries of young and adult female mice, taking a step toward addressing problems of female infertility.Source: Yahoo! 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