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University of Zurich Announces Worldwide Clinical Trial of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

...nces of dyssynchrony, this trial could potentially expand therapeutic options for a patient population in need", said Frank Ruschitzka, MD, University of Zurich, and co-principal investigator of the study. "We expect the results of EchoCRT to pave the way to better outcomes." More than 1000 patients with...

Roche Completes Acquisition of BioVeris

... Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) technology and can expand its immunochemistry business from the human diagnostics field into new market segments such as life sciences research, life science development, patient self-testing, veterinary testing, drug discovery, drug development and clinical trials. "We are...

Meningitis Shots for Teens

... camps or dormitories. The recommendation would expand the use of Sanofi-Pasteur's Menactra, also known as meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine or MCV4, which is now routinely recommended for all 11- and 12-year olds. The vaccine has been proven to protect against up to 83 percent of meningococcal case...

Expand HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs, Experts Stress

... to be used for prevention. With enough money to expand HIV prevention around the world, the working group estimated new HIV infections could be cut in half to 30 million by 2015. The report estimated that current prevention work is reaching fewer than one in five people who could benefit. For example, ...

FDA Advisory Against Anti-depressants to Be Expanded to Cover Young Adults too

...nesday the FDA asked makers of anti-depressants to expand the warning labels to include adults age 18-24. Eli Lilly and Co., the maker of Prozac, Zoloft manufacturer Pfizer Inc. and other pharmaceutical companies said they would comply with the FDA's request. "We believe this step will help ensure tha...

More Than a Toothache

...side $2 million a year for the next three years to expand public clinics where dental care remains a rarity for the poor. Providing such access, Tinanoff and others say, eventually pays for itself, sparing children the pain and expense of a medical crisis....

Hemangioblasts Aiding Eye Damage Repair

... U.S. Congress has passed several bills that would expand federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research but President George Bush vetoed one and has said he will veto any more.Yet, companies working with private funding, such as the over-the-counter listed ACT, may do as they please. Working with ...

Sports Physiotherapy Boosted by New International Qualification

...vate clients alike. It offers the opportunity to expand the knowledge and professional development in the management of athletes of all ages and abilities, said Ms Crowe. This reflects the approach we take with our own Team Bath athletes. We provide the best possible multi-disciplinary management of i...

Treatment of Premature Babies, Opossums Could Help

...nformation about the genome will really help us to expand the field into these new areas.' The researchers are also working to compile the genome sequence of other marsupials, such as the platypus and the tama wallaby, which will be Australia's first genome project. Armed with just 'one or two' marsupia...

Moves To Improve War Veterans Health Taken

...pproved six veterans' health care bills that would expand free care for war veterans, establish brain injury...substitute amendment to the legislation that would expand health care available retroactively to all veterans who meet the bill's criteria, rather than only t...

FDA Approves Ranbaxys Allergy Drug

...maceuticals Inc (RPI) Friday. "This will further expand our product portfolio of affordable generic alternatives which have a favorable impact on the economics of the US healthcare system," he said. Based in Jacksonville, Florida, RPI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL), I...

BMA Calls for Action to Halt Slide in Medical Academic Recruitment

...rs to join our medical schools we must continue to expand the number and quality of academic research posts, particularly academic training posts, and make it easier for doctors to move between the NHS and academic employment. Renewed investment in the entire medical education system is also required to sho...

FDA Approves ZYFLO CR(TM) (Zileuton) for Chronic Treatment of Asthma

...ts twice-daily dosing regimen, could fundamentally expand and improve the treatment options available to ast...Therapeutics' ZYFLO CR(TM), which will continue to expand DEY's presence in asthma and respiratory care." In March 2007, Critical Therapeutics and DEY enter...

New Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment Program in African Workplace

...and Malaria. 'African companies must establish and expand HIV/AIDS workplace programs for all of their employees and their families.' The Blueprint was developed with the support of Merck for use by African companies of all sizes - small, medium and large. Available in French and English, the tool shows h...

Advanced Breast Cancer: Study Reveals White and Black Women Have Different Survival Rates

...clinical trials at M. D. Anderson. "We wanted to expand our research and look to a bigger subset of patien...ore accessible. Giordano and Dawood also intend to expand upon their research and determine the causation of these racial disparities....

Recurrent Gliomas: Vorinostat Shows Anti-cancer Activity

...pathways. Dr. Galanis says the researchers plan to expand this analysis to all study patients. This will help define a patient population that has a higher likelihood of benefiting from treatment -- allowing treatment individualization in the future. Vorinostat is the first FDA approved oral anti-cancer a...

You are What You Buy

...ocused consumer. In two studies, the researchers expand understanding of these consumer impulses by assessing how promotion- and prevention-focused individuals respond to advertisements. They found that individuals who take up a promotion focus think more about the relationships among products and have ...

'Man's Best Friend' Could Be a Useful Companion in Overcoming Depression

...a new program that offers practical tips on how to expand support networks by incorporating dogs into the recovery process. The program is sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company and the Psychiatric Service Dog Society. "Depression is an illness often associated with strong social stigma, causing people to with...

EMRI to Expand Emergency Care Services Throughout India

...o cover the entire state by the month-end and then expand it throughout the country in the next two years. ...wo month training. It would require 25,000 EMTs to expand its services throughout the country, he said. The MoU between Stanford University, Andhra Pradesh ...

To Die For: Rolls-Royce and 'green' Coffins at British Funerals

... 10 percent a year and that the company planned to expand in the US, Canada and Europe at the end of the year. Recycled coffins have the advantage of being light. Of the 600,000 funerals in Britain each year, 75 percent feature cremations and 25 percent burials. And now even funeral urns are going "green" -...

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