Medical Research News

Focus on the latest clinical studies, reports, findings, programs and standards covering a wide spectrum of medical and health issues. This section highlights research into human populations and includes information about research facilities, funding, resources and public policy.

Bacteria-Focused Treatment of Lyme Disease May be Incorrect

Clinical research done by Dr. David A. Jernigan at the Hansa Center for Optimum Health, suggests that in many of the people who experience long-term recovery from chronic Lyme disease, the bacteria and co-infections played only a secondary role in their recovery. - June 29, 2011 - Hansa Center for Optimum Health

HealthSaaS Integrates Translation Tools Into Cloud Based Personal Health Applications and White Labeled Solutions

HealthSaaS Integrates Translation Tools Into Cloud Based Personal Health Applications and White Labeled Solutions

HealthSaaS today announced they have upgraded all HealthSaaS cloud based PHAs and white labeled sites with complete translation capabilities. - June 21, 2011 - HealthSaaS, Inc

Doctors of Weight Loss Adds 7 Surgeons to Expert Panel

Doctors of Weight Loss, a resource for individuals who want to understand the latest research, news, and options for weight loss surgery, has announced the addition of 7 bariatric surgeons to their existing panel. Doctors of Weight Loss launched in May, 2011, and currently features 43 expert... - June 15, 2011 - Doctors of Weight Loss

Aciont® to Present at the 13th Annual NIH SBIR/STTR Conference

Dr. Kongnara Papangkorn’s presentation is entitled, “Safety Aspects and Drug Delivery Performance of Visulex® Passive Delivery System” - June 09, 2011 - Aciont Inc.

The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences Receives $750,000 EPA Grant

Environmental Protection Agency Awards Grant to Dr. Sudin Bhattacharya to Develop “Virtual Tissue” Model of the Human Liver - June 04, 2011 - The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences

Highlight HEALTH Biomedical Research Reporting Syndicated on Google News

Highlight HEALTH Biomedical Research Reporting Syndicated on Google News

Highlight HEALTH, a rapidly growing new media news organization dedicated to educational and informative reporting on biomedical research and clinical trials, announced today that Google News will be syndicating its news stories and research reviews. - June 03, 2011 - Highlight HEALTH

IonSense Introduces the ID CUBE™ Source - to be Presented at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry Annual Conference

IonSense Introduces the ID CUBE™ Source - to be Presented at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry Annual Conference

Features OpenSpot™ Sample Card for Near-Instantaneous Analysis of Liquids and Solids. - June 03, 2011 - IonSense, Inc.

Stevens Conference Explores Latest Innovations in Antimicrobial Biomaterials Research

The Stevens Conference on Bacteria-Material Interactions, June 9-10 in Hoboken, NJ, will cover the latest multi-disciplinary research in the area of infection-resistant biomaterials. - June 03, 2011 - Stevens Institute of Technology

Corengi Launches New Animated Video to Help Type 2 Diabetes Patients Better Understand Clinical Trials

Corengi Launches New Animated Video to Help Type 2 Diabetes Patients Better Understand Clinical Trials

www.corengi.com simplifies clinical research with new educational video and matching engine to help diabetes patients identify suitable trials. - June 01, 2011 - Corengi, Inc.

HRC Fertility Today Announced Receipt of Daniel A. Potter Summer Internship

Daniel A. Potter MD and HRC Fertility, a leading fertility clinic, announced today The 2011 Daniel A. Potter, MD Summer Internship has been awarded to Travis Morgan, 22, of Anaheim Hills, CA. - May 26, 2011 - HRC Fertility

New Endowment for Future NEI Center at Florida International University

New Endowment for Future NEI Center at Florida International University

The future NEI Center(TM) has found a home at the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at the Florida International University. - May 25, 2011 - PANDORA Org

Alzheimer’s Disease Consortium Identifies Four New Genes for Alzheimer’s Disease Risk

In the largest study of its kind, researchers from a consortium of investigators have identified four new genes linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Each gene individually adds to the risk of having this common form of dementia later in life. These new genes offer a portal into what causes... - May 22, 2011 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Chicago Senior Care Jobs Increasing as Companies Expand Hiring

Chicago Senior Care Jobs Increasing as Companies Expand Hiring

Chicago seniors are most likely to stay in the Chicago area, studies show, providing ongoing employment opportunities for senior caregivers. Hiring has increased in the last month in the Chciagoland area for senior caregivers, Caregiverlist reports. - May 15, 2011 - Caregiverlist, Inc.

BioPharm Systems to Host Webinar on Leveraging Oracle's Life Sciences Data Hub (LSH) to Enable Dynamic Cross-study Analysis

Leading provider of clinical trial, data, and safety solutions will demonstrate how LSH allows users to dynamically select patient subpopulations and automatically deliver the longitudinal data for those subpopulations for detailed analysis. - May 15, 2011 - BioPharm Systems

Eagle Biosciences Announces the Launch of Mouse Monoclonal Antibody Isotyping ELISA Kit

Eagle Biosciences Announces the Launch of Mouse Monoclonal Antibody Isotyping ELISA Kit

Eagle Biosciences introduces a simple ELISA where up to 12 individual samples can be assayed for heavy chain anti-IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2b, IgG3, IgA, and IgM as well as light chain kappa and lambda in one 96-well ELISA plate. - May 11, 2011 - Eagle Biosciences, Inc.

The Fusion of Wellness and Medicine - Global Health Resource Launches New Treatment Concept

Infusio provides new solutions for people with chronic syndromes. - May 10, 2011 - Global Health Resource

Julian Lennon Leads World Lupus Day Observance on May 10

Julian Lennon Leads World Lupus Day Observance on May 10

Musician and philanthropist Julian Lennon, newly appointed Global Ambassador for the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA), is encouraging people around the world to join with him to observe World Lupus Day on May 10. Julian is asking the public take a pledge to increase awareness of lupus, a devastating and life-altering autoimmune disease that affects at least five million people worldwide. Supporters can make their pledge and find resources to raise understanding of lupus at worldlupusday.org. - May 07, 2011 - Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.

Mane Center Tampa Florida Participates in World Autism Awareness Month

Mane Center Tampa Florida Participates in World Autism Awareness Month

The Mane Center and autism treatment authority, Dr. Nelson Mane, offers information about autism spectrum treatment. Promotion of awareness of the condition is the purpose of World Autism Awareness Month. - May 04, 2011 - Mañé Center

HealthSaaS Licenses Cloud Based Connected Outcomes Framework to Swedish Medical Center in White Labeling Deal

HealthSaaS Licenses Cloud Based Connected Outcomes Framework to Swedish Medical Center in White Labeling Deal

HealthSaaS today announced the licensing of their Connected Outcomes Framework to Swedish Medical Center in Seattle WA. Details of the white label project are not being disclosed at this time. Dr. Gordon Irving Medical Director of the Swedish Pain and Headache Center states, “Utilizing the... - April 27, 2011 - HealthSaaS, Inc

GXP Engaged Auditing Services Relaunched as Independent QM Consultancy and QA and Auditing Service Company

GXP Engaged Auditing Services, the global QM Consultancy and Audit Services company, with headquarters in Munich, Germany, has been created as a management buy-out company of the auditing and consultancy service brand of the ISO 9001 certified Harrison Clinical Research Group. GXP Engaged Auditing... - April 26, 2011 - GXP Engaged Auditing Services

"The Price of Global Health: Drug Pricing Strategies to Balance Patient Access and the Funding of Innovation"

"The Price of Global Health: Drug Pricing Strategies to Balance Patient Access and the Funding of Innovation"

As one of the most debated yet misunderstood aspects of the pharmaceutical industry, global drug pricing has been at the forefront of political and public dissent for the past decade. Global pharmaceutical pricing expert Ed Schoonveld, who serves as principal for the market access and pricing... - April 25, 2011 - ZS Associates

Boston Microfluidics Contracts Affinity Life Sciences for Immunoassay Development and Protein Chemistry Services

Boston Microfluidics Contracts Affinity Life Sciences for Immunoassay Development and Protein Chemistry Services

Boston Microfluidics, Inc. and Affinity Life Sciences, Inc. have partnered to develop immunoassays and chemistry components related to Boston Microfluidics’ POC device. - April 22, 2011 - Affinity Life Sciences

Research Shows Rapid Adoption of Newer, More Expensive Prostate Cancer Treatments

New research from the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center (DF/BWCC) shows that newer, more expensive treatment options for prostate cancer were adopted rapidly and widely during 2002 - 2005 without proof of their cost-effectiveness. - April 21, 2011 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital

International Society Publishes Open Letter to Address Stem Cell Treatment Proliferation

Nonprofit calls on all stem cell clinics to come into compliance with minimum standards and submit to formal evaluation. - April 21, 2011 - International Cellular Medicine Society

Research Finds "Dispense as Written" Prescriptions May Add $7.7 Billion to Annual Health Care Costs

Approximately five percent of prescriptions submitted by CVS Caremark Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) members in a 30-day period during 2009 included a "dispense as written" designation, costing the health care system up to $7.7 billion annually. - April 21, 2011 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Enterologics, Inc. (OTCBB: ELGO.OB) Unveils Novel Business Strategy to Develop Live Biotherapeutics for Gastrointestinal Diseases

Enterologics, Inc., a biotechnology company, is dedicated to the development of live biotherapeutic products for gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, that it believes are poorly addressed by current therapies. Key examples include pouchitis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s disease,... - April 15, 2011 - enterologics, inc

ImpactRx Promotes Industry Veteran to Senior Vice President, Client Services Operations

Mark Degatano Brings Thirty Years of Pharmaceutical Industry Experience to his New Role. - April 09, 2011 - ImpactRx, Inc

ImpactRX Launches New Pulmonologist Research Panel

Company Expands Nationwide Longitudinal Network of High-Value iPhone-Connected Physicians to Include Pulmonologists. - April 09, 2011 - ImpactRx, Inc

DZS Software Solutions Joins Medidata Solutions Technology Partner Program

DZS Software Solutions Joins Medidata Solutions Technology Partner Program

Clinical Data and Trial Management Services and Solutions Organization Leverages Medidata Rave Web Services API to Enable Data Sharing Between ClinPlus CTMS and Medidata Rave EDC/CDM - April 07, 2011 - DZS Software Solutions

Local Doctor Punyamurtula Kishore Presents at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 28th Annual BRFSS Conference

Local Doctor Punyamurtula Kishore Presents at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 28th Annual BRFSS Conference

Local doctor Punyamurtula Kishore, MD, MPH, FASAM presented his paper “Epidemiology and Surveillance of a Disease State in a Primary Care Practice,” at the CDC’s 28th Annual BRFSS Conference in Atlanta, GA. - March 31, 2011 - Preventive Medicine Associates Inc.

Researchers Unlock the Potential for Exploring Kidney Regeneration

Researchers have identified a cell in zebrafish that can be transplanted from one fish to another to regenerate nephrons, providing the potential to improve kidney function. - March 30, 2011 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Obesity and Knee Osteoarthritis Shorten Healthy Years of Life

Researchers estimate healthy years of life losses due to obesity and knee osteoarthritis in Americans 50-84 years of age. - March 30, 2011 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital

ARTClinica Launches the Most Cost-Effective Robust Scalable Customizable eClinical Software Solution

ARTClinica introduces its new eClinical software solution. The solution will be demonstrated at the Partnerships in Partnerships in Clinical Trials Conference taking place on March 30 – April 1 in Phoenix, AZ. - March 18, 2011 - ARTClinica

ICMS Announces First Participant in Stem Cell Clinic Accreditation Program

International Cellular Medicine Society and Regenerative Medicine Institute enter formal agreements to begin Accreditation Process. - March 17, 2011 - International Cellular Medicine Society

Victory Over Stroke Events Set for April in Sarasota and Bradenton, Florida

Seminars Focus on Stroke Awareness and Prevention - March 12, 2011 - The Stroke Association Of Florida

IonSense Introduces the DART XZ Transmission Module for Rapid Quantitation of Contaminants in Food Safety and Product Quality

IonSense Introduces the DART XZ Transmission Module for Rapid Quantitation of Contaminants in Food Safety and Product Quality

Fast and Accurate Determination of Chemicals and Contaminants using Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry. Displayed at Pittcon 2011 Booth #2735. - March 10, 2011 - IonSense, Inc.

Maximising Efficiency in Clinical Outsourcing

With two thirds of all clinical trials being outsourced and inefficiencies leading to 70% of all trials failing to complete on time; establishing CRO accountability, running trials in emerging markets and entering into risk sharing partnerships are discussed as possible solutions - March 10, 2011 - IQPC

Voicebrook to Participate in American Pathology Foundation Spring Conference

Voicebrook to Participate in American Pathology Foundation Spring Conference

Speech recognition experts to demonstrate how VoiceOver can drive reporting process improvements. - March 05, 2011 - Voicebrook, Inc.

Centrifan™ PE Personal Evaporator Uses Vacuum-Free, Closed System Drying to Contain Radioactive Compounds -  to be Introduced at Pittcon 2011

Centrifan™ PE Personal Evaporator Uses Vacuum-Free, Closed System Drying to Contain Radioactive Compounds - to be Introduced at Pittcon 2011

The Centrifan PE Personal Evaporator for sample safe drying of radioactive compounds will be introduced at Pittcon 2011 in Sorbent Technologies Pittcon Booth#3426 - March 02, 2011 - Modular SFC

CERAM Presents Novel Inorganic Drug Carrier Research

CERAM, a global expert in materials testing and consultancy for the healthcare industries, will be unveiling the results of its current research into inorganic drug carriers at the Smi 8th Conference on Controlled Release on 30 March 2011 in London. - February 23, 2011 - Lucideon

New Approach for Genetic Research in the US Health Care System

Electronic medical records linked to biological specimens provide resource for genetic research. - February 20, 2011 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Predictive Biosciences and Affinity Life Sciences Collaborate in the Development of Unique Biomarker Assays

Predictive Biosciences, a recognized leader in novel molecular diagnostics and Affinity Life Sciences, specialists in biomarker assay development and cGMP compliant production, are working together on the development of specific biomarker assays for use in clinical studies. This collaboration... - February 17, 2011 - Affinity Life Sciences

Lab Automation University Fosters Productivity in the Scientific Workplace

The Institute for Laboratory Automation and Lab Manager Magazine have created Lab Automation University, an annual event to teach lab managers and personnel how to plan for and apply automation technologies to their work. - February 16, 2011 - LabX

S.L.E. Lupus Foundation: "It's Time for Answers on Lupus in New York City"

S.L.E. Lupus Foundation: "It's Time for Answers on Lupus in New York City"

Foundation Urges New Yorkers with Lupus to Ask Their Doctor About the Just-Launched Manhattan Lupus Surveillance Program. - February 15, 2011 - S.L.E. Lupus Foundation

The Hamner Launches New Program in 3D Liver Bioassays

Research Will Support Broader Mission of Better Predictive Assessments for Human Health. - February 04, 2011 - The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences

Cutting Dietary Phosphate Does Not Save Dialysis Patients’ Lives

Doctors often ask kidney disease patients on dialysis to limit the amount of phosphate they consume in their diets, but a new study shows this does not help prolong their lives. - January 22, 2011 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital

DrNewtons.com Launches All New Weight Loss Technology: Diabetic-Friendly SKINNY D

DrNewtons.com Launches All New Weight Loss Technology: Diabetic-Friendly SKINNY D

DrNewtons.com teams with Bruce Agin, M.D. to distribute a Diabetic-Friendly Meal Replacement Drink. It is proven to increase Protein, Vitamin, and Energy Levels -- versus starve the body -- all at Only 10 Calories per serving. - January 20, 2011 - Dr. Newton's Naturals

New Liquid Haptoglobin Assay for the RX Series

The new liquid stable Haptoglobin kit from Randox provides a highly sensitive and specific method for the quantitative determination of Haptoglobin in human serum. The method is fully automated and suitable for use on the RX series of bench top clinical analysers including the RX daytona and RX imola. - January 20, 2011 - Randox Laboratories

Mitegen Appoints New CEO

Mitegen Appoints New CEO

Mitegen LLC (“Mitegen”, the “Company), a provider of innovative consumables for X-ray diffraction, crystallography and protein crystallization to academic, pharmaceutical, industrial and government researchers around the world, announced today that Robert Newman has been appointed... - January 19, 2011 - MiTeGen, LLC

New Cancer Treatment Techniques Offer Hope to Patients Fighting Deadly Tumors

New Cancer Treatment Techniques Offer Hope to Patients Fighting Deadly Tumors

The Integrative Cancer Therapies Fellowship with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M; www.worldhealth.net) announces that Dr. Mark Rosenberg, Medical Director of the Institute for Healthy Aging and Director of the Integrative Cancer Therapies Fellowship, will present preliminary findings of a novel technique for treating advanced-stage cancer. Dr. Rosenberg will be sharing his findings at the Fellowship in Integrative Cancer Therapies taking place March 10-13, 2011 in Boca Raton, FL - January 13, 2011 - A4M

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