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Hospitalization Practice Varies in Pediatric Abdomen Trauma

When is it appropriate to discharge a child with blunt abdominal trauma? The answer may vary. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health

Merck provides update on Phase III clinical program for preladenant

Merck provides update on Phase III clinical program for preladenant, the company’s investigational parkinson’s disease medicine...

Schools should provide students with daily physical activity, experts say

A new report from the Institute of Medicine says schools should be responsible for helping pupils engage in at least 60 minutes of vigorous or moderate intensity activity during each school day.

Guest blog: Unite and Standardize; the Need for Manufacturing Foresight in Regenerative Medicine.

Unite and Standardize; the Need for Manufacturing Foresight in Regenerative Medicine. Robert Shaw, Commercial director of the Stem Cell Initiative at Millipore discussed the state [...]

Lightlake Therapeutics announces Phase II clinical trial results of nasal spray treatment for BED

Lightlake Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing addiction treatments based on its expertise in opioid antagonists, announced today that results of the Company's Phase II clinical trial of its nasal spray treatment for Binge Eating...

US FDA advisory panel backs approval of Merck & Co's suvorexant, but only at lower doses

The US Food and Drug Administration's Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee yesterday voted 13 to three to approve drug giant Merck & Co's (NYSE: MRK) investigational insomnia medicine suvorexant at doses of 15mg and 20mg, bu...

Prominent Research Physician Points to Cures As Key to Holding down Medical Costs

WESTFIELD, N.J., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Stephen L. DeFelice, M.D., Founder and Chairman of FIM, The Foundation for Innovation in Medicine, released a new video criticizing mainstream health care cost projections of Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare, among others, because they omit the discovery of cures.  He cites a boom in technology, including gene modification and new organ...

New data highlights urgent crisis posed on US healthcare system by DFUs and VLUs

Organogenesis Inc., a commercial leader in the field of regenerative medicine, presented new data generated in collaboration with a team of expert economists from Analysis Group (a leading health economics consultancy) demonstrating the significant h...

Study: Calcium supplements can help women live longer

Taking a calcium supplement of up to 1,000 mg per day can help women live longer, according to a study whose lead author was Lisa Langsetmo, a Ph.D. Research Associate at McGill University, and whose senior author was Prof. David Goltzman, Division o...

Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre appoints chairman

The global life science entrepreneur, Dr David U’Prichard, will take on the role at the £20m Innovation Centre. The centre, developed by Health Science Scotland (HSS) and industry, brings together experts from academia, industry and the NHS to rap...

Guest blog: Biotime and Geron combine to form Asterias Biotherapeutics

Biotime and Geron combine to form Asterias Biotherapeutics: A star player in the field of regenerative medicine. Dr Thomas Okarma is the President and CEO [...]

Guest blog: Cell therapy approval and reimbursement must pace in synch within the modern scenarios

Cell therapy approval and reimbursement must pace in synch within the modern scenarios. Gil Van Bokkelen, Athersys CEO, and Micheal Werner, Alliance for Regenerative Medicine [...]

Researchers find possible 'master switch' in deadly brain cancer

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified a promising target for treating glioblastoma, one that appears to avoid many of the obstacles that typically frustrate efforts to develop effective treatm...

Second annual conference to reduce genomic health disparities

Researchers in genomic health disparities from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the Stanford University School of Medicine have teamed up to hold the second annual "Why We Can't Wait: Conference to Eliminate Health Disparities in...

Pusan National University Announces Science Translational Medicine Publication Highlighting Landmark Demonstration of Functional Anti-Cancer Antibody Induction in Patients Following JX-594 Treatment

BUSAN, South Korea, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, in collaboration with SillaJen, Inc., a private biotherapeutics and contract research company focused on research and development of targeted biological products for cancer, announced today a publication reporting the induction of functional anti-cancer antibodies in patients treated with the oncolytic and...

Non-invasive Quality Control of Cryopreserved Samples

Since the dawn of modern medicine, human biological material has been collected, stored, and used for a variety of purposes with biological integrity ensured by cryopreservation at temperatures below -137°C. These samples are almost always unique and irreplaceable but, until now, it has been impossible to quality assure the material before use to check that thermal damage has not occurred. In...

BTG builds interventional medicine platform with deals

LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Britain's BTG said it would make two acquisitions, one extending its expertise in liver cancer and the other a treatment for severe blood clots, to create an interventional medicine business with potential sales of $1 billi...

Only Probiotic Supplement Created by Practicing Gastroenterologist Marks Six Years; Dr. Hoberman’s EndoMune Improving Lives Since 2007

On July 1, 2007, San Antonio-based gastroenterologist Dr. Lawrence Hoberman, with the help of a microbiologist, created a probiotic supplement called EndoMune. Six years later, still the only physician-created supplement of its kind, EndoMune Advanced for adults and EndoMune Junior for children have changed thousands of lives and improved their overall daily health. San Antonio, Texas (PRWEB) May...

Sustainable Healthcare Advocate Takes on Medical Establishment -- in 17th century England

The life and times of revolutionary 17th-century healer Nicholas Culpeper are explored by master herbalists William Morris and Lisa Allen on this week's episode of the Dead Astrologers Society. The show, hosted by Donna Woodwell, airs live on Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 7 pm Eastern/4 pm Pacific on ParaManiaRadio.com. Austin, Texas (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 A healer who promotes locally grown herbs...

University Services Announces Expansion of its pm-Assist® Sleep Scoring & Interpretation Service

University Services’ pm-Assist® service now offers additional opportunities to medical professionals and insurance companies including diagnostic pathway determination, shipping of home sleep testing devices, treatment prescriptions, and coordinating PAP treatment and follow-up. Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 Since its launch in March 2011, University Services’ pm-Assist® Sle...

Manchester nuclear hormone research approach is a UK first

Researchers and doctors from Manchester institutes have joined forces with pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to launch an innovative joined-up approach to tackling chronic inflammatory disease. The creation of the Manchester Centre for Nuc...

BioLife Solutions Announces Presentation at 8th World Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine Congress

BOTHELL, Wash., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BioLife Solutions, Inc. (OTC:BLFS), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of proprietary clinical grade hypothermic storage and cryopreservation freeze media for cells and tissues, and contract aseptic media manufacturer, today announced its participation at the Terrapinn World Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine Congress 2013 this week...

Measuring The Health Of Human Genetic Material In Relation To A Patient's Age

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new technique featured in the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) could lead to the development of a "genetic thermometer" that could assess a patient's health in relation to other individuals. The method developed by the laboratory of Dr. Gil Atzmon at New York’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine measures telomere length, which serv...

Merck releases statement on FDA's Advisory Committee meeting about suvorexant

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today provided the following statement after the conclusion of the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee meeting of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about suvorex...

hCGTreatments/Diet Doc hCG Diet & Weight Loss Plans Now Teach Patients How to Lose Weight Safely and Offer Alternative to Weight Loss Surgery Now Linked to Colon Cancer

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 With rates of obesity at an all time high, more and more people are searching for answers on how to lose weight. Advances in medicine and technology now offer people the option of going under the knife in an attempt...