Sodium channel blocker shows promise as a potential treatment for cystic fibrosis

ATS 2009, SAN DIEGOCystic fibrosis patients may benefit from a new therapy that increases airway hydration, preventing the buildup of mucous, which is a key factor in the disease, according to researchers at Parion Sciences in Durham, N.C. The research will be presented on Sunday, May 17, during...

TeleHealth Services and UNC-TV Partner to Bring Kids Channel to North Carolina Children's Hospitals

TeleHealth Services, the nation's leading provider of healthcare on-demand patient and staff education, healthcare televisions and communications solutions, has announced a joint initiative with UNC-TV, North Carolina's member-supported statewide television network, to bring UNC-KD, a new digita...

Stanford researcher's discovery of ion channel turns ear on its head

STANFORD, Calif. Scientists thought they had a good model to explain how the inner ear translates vibrations in the air into sounds heard by the brain. Now, based on new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine, it looks like parts of the model are wrong. Anthony Ricci, PhD, as...

SHAPE Raises Heart Attack Awareness on CBS Channel 11

Great Day Houston with Debra Duncan featured former Olympic skating champion, Peggy Fleming, and Dr. Morteza Naghavi of SHAPE as they advocate for heart health awareness and heart attack prevention. Houston, Texas (PRWEB) March 28, 2009 -- Every year over 650,000 people...

ChanTest to Highlight Expanded Ion Channel and GPCR Services and Cell Lines, Including FDA Critical Path Safety Profiling Tools at ToxExpo, Booth 3056

- Company to host seminar Tuesday, March 17, 2009, from 8:30 to 9:30 AM in Room 337 CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- ChanTest, the leading expert in ion channels and GPCRs (G-protein coupled receptors) - key to drug discovery, development, and safety - will feature the latest in its...

Stratus Technologies Signs Allen Technologies as Newest Channel Partner for High Availability Avance Software

Will ensure at least 99.99 percent uptime for Interactive Patient Care system MAYNARD, Mass., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Stratus Technologies, Inc. announced that Allen Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of interactive patient communication systems, has adopted the high availability capabi...

The Housekeeping Channel (HC) and The Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) Partner on Vacuum Cleaner Reviews

Shoppers get new, reliable source for online vacuum cleaner reviews. Boise, Idaho (PRWEB) February 3, 2009 -- The Housekeeping Channel (HC) announced today that it will collaborate with The Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) to review residential vacuum cleaners that ha...

U.S. News Media Group Expands Online Health Channel with Interactive Medical Expert Forum

- Panel of Leaders in Health & Medicine Offers Advice and Opinions - WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. News Media Group, one of the nation's leading sources of news analysis and service journalism, today announced the expansion of its online health channel offerings to include an i...

SearchMedica Launches Radiology Search Channel for Medical Professionals

DARIEN, Conn., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- SearchMedica.com ( http://www.searchmedica.com/ ), the leading search engine for medical professionals, today unveiled its new Radiology search channel. The search channel connects radiologists and other medical professionals with the most timely and relevant ...

FFF Enterprises Unveils ‘The 8 Critical Steps to Guaranteed Channel Integrity' at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Meeting in Orlando

At this year's ASHP midyear meeting, FFF Enterprises, the nation's largest and most trusted distributor of critical-care biopharmaceuticals and vaccines, will unveil its best practices model for supply chain integrity and demonstrate how the company has taken pharmaceutical distribution to a new ...

TV: Not the only channel to early sex

Watching plenty of television combined with low self-esteem, poor relationships with parents, and low academic achievement are some of the factors that may add up to young people having sex before the age of 15. Alternatively, a parent's positive influence may go a long way to reduce risky sexual ...

International Society for Stem Cell Research Highlights New YouTube Channel Providing Accurate Scientific Perspectives on Stem Cell Research

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) commends the recent launch of a YouTube channel created by the University of Michigan and designed to share advances in stem cell science. The channel comes during a heightened period of interest concerning stem cell research in Michigan: O...

The Doctor's Channel Adds Esteemed Director of Minimally Invasive Urology at Columbia University to Editorial Team

Jaime Landman, M.D., Joins Premier Professional Online Medical Resource as Contributing Editor NEW YORK, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Doctor's Channel (http://www.thedoctorschannel.com ), today announced the appointment of Jaime Landman, M.D., Director of Minimally Inva...

CBS Outernet and Lifeclinic To Show Wellness Channel at NACDS Marketplace

Lifeclinic International, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of automated blood pressure monitors and health testing stations, and its strategic partner, CBS Outernet, a leading provider of customized digital media networks to retail locations, have created a "Wellne...

The United States Army Medical Department Announces the Launch of an Innovative New Programming Series Called 'The Strength to Heal' That Will Run on ReachMD XM 157 - The Channel for Medical Professionals on XM Radio.

CHICAGO, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- ReachMD XM 157 on XM Satellite Radio and The United States Army Medical Department (AMEDD), today announced the launch of a new 13 week programming series designed to highlight military medicine from across the globe, covering clinical trauma, internal medicine...

The Doctor's Channel Launches New Videos from Three Top Hospitals

Dozens of Videos from Doctors and Students at Seattle Children's Hospital, Swedish Medical Center and Medical University of South Carolina Now Available Videos Offer Insight and Advice on Topics Ranging from Pediatrics to Cancer Screening to Novel Su...

Ozmosis and the Doctor's Channel Revolutionize Online Medical Knowledge Exchange With Video Content

Video Sharing Between Physician-Driven Sites Facilitates Multimedia Learning Video Complements Online Discussions of Late-Breaking Medical News NEW YORK, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Doctor's Channel (http://www.thedoctorschannel.com ) and Ozmosis (http://w...

Nationally Recognized Information Technology Veteran and Entrepreneur John Bamberger Joins gloStream, Inc. as Chief Channel Officer

Bamberger Brings Extensive IT, Sales and Large-Project Management Experience to Grow EMR Software Provider's Partner Channel BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- gloStream, Inc. (gloStream), an electronic health records (EHR) software and practice management solutions prov...

Sundance Channel to Premiere Documentary Autism Every Day on World Autism Awareness Day, April 2nd at 8:00pm et/pt

Film Captures Everyday Lives of Eight Families Living with Autism NEW YORK, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Sundance Channel will present the U.S. television premiere of Lauren Thierry's documentary Autism Every Day on April 2, 2008, which has been designated World Autism Awareness Day by the Unite...

RNA-associated introns guide nerve-cell channel production

PHILADELPHIA Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that introns, or junk DNA to some, associated with RNA are an important molecular guide to making nerve-cell electrical channels. Senior author James Eberwine, PhD, Elmer Bobst Professor of Pharmacology,...

Scripps scientists find calcium channel blockers help normalize lysosomal storage disease cells

The study was published online February 5 in the February 2008 edition (Volume 6, Issue 2) of the journal PLoS Biology. The research team found that the hypertension drugs diltiazem and verapamil increased the overall function of mutant lysosomal enzymes associated with the conditions Gaucher d...

Revolution in understanding of ion channel regulation

A study at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago published this week in the online version of Biophysical Journal proposes that bubbles may control the opening and closing of ion channels. This new understanding of the channels that control much of life in health and disease provides a vital p...

Kline Analysts Say Clinique-Allergan Deal Sets Beauty Industry Precedent in Channel Diversification

- Smart Strategy Capitalizes on Growing Trend in Professional Skin Care - LITTLE FALLS, N.J., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Beauty industry analysts at worldwide consulting and research firm Kline & Company are calling Thursday's announcement by Estee Lauder to marry its powerhouse Clinique brand wit...

Time Domain Adds Eleven Partners to its Channel Reseller Network of PLUS(TM) Ultra Wideband Solutions Providers

New partners and installations drive adoption of PLUS in Real-Time Location System (RTLS) market HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Time Domain Corporation (http://www.timedomain.com ), a leader in precision ultra wideband (UWB) real-time location systems (RTLS),...

Edge Dynamics' New Dashboard Unlocks Value of Channel Data Enterprise-wide

Demand Dashboard Provides Dynamic, Desktop View of Channel Activity, Enabling Life Sciences Manufacturers to Take Real-time Corrective Actions That Improve Efficiency and Profitability REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Edge Dynamics, the leading provider of dynamic...

Sentillion Launches Channel Partner Program for Healthcare-Specific Identity & Access Management Solutions

Company Announces Three New Strategic Partners ANDOVER, Mass., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Sentillion, the company that created healthcare single sign-on (SSO), today announced the launch of the Sentillion Channel Partner Program, which will support value-added resellers, technology p...

Swine Flu Epidemic Reported on by Doctors on SIRIUS XM's Doctor Radio Channel

24/7 health and medical channel delivers breaking news updates, features live, daily call-in shows hosted by world-class physicians from NYU Langone Medical Center The Top Ten Swine Flu FAQs at www.sirius.com/doctorradio NEW YORK, April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS XM Ra...

PRN Funding Introduces the PRN Funding YouTube Channel

CLEVELAND, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- After Phil Cohen, president of Cleveland-based PRN Funding, LLC, participated in a YouTube interview last year, he signed on to do three more educational factoring videos. PRN Funding formally introduced those videos this week via PRN Funding's unique factoring Y...

Justin Timberlake Promos Air on GOLF CHANNEL

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- It's not music or movies that the multi-talented Justin Timberlake will promote as part of his latest project. A new spot on GOLF CHANNEL demonstrates his passion for golf and promotes the PGA TOUR event bearing his name and airing on the cable network n...

Nutrition 21 Launches Iceland Health(R) Advanced Memory Formula via Direct Response Channel

Company confirms financial outlook for current quarter and beyond PURCHASE, N.Y., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nutrition 21, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXXI ), a developer and marketer of nutritional supplements that help consumers manage blood sugar levels, improve cardiovascular health, enhance ...

SIRIUS Satellite Radio & NYU Langone Medical Center Launch 'Doctor Radio' Channel

Broadcasting live from leading New York City academic medical center, new channel hosted exclusively by doctors, available 24/7 to listeners nationwide Call-in format provides everyday Americans with unprecedented access to world-class phy...

emebaVet Adds 'Pet Friendly' Forecast From the Weather Channel

MODESTO, Calif., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- emebaVet, LLC, a leader in veterinary hospital captive audience digital signage solutions and systems integration, is teaming with The Weather Channel Interactive, providing real-time weather and pet forecasts from weather.com for their emebaVet Client...

New Company Enters Companion Animal Veterinary Medicine Channel

Meridian Animal Health, LLC, Launches Innovative New Companion Animal Products Available Exclusively Through Veterinarians OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Meridian Animal Health, LLC, a new Omaha-based company, enters the companion animal veterinary medicine channel in 2008 with...

Revolutionary HD Surgical Footage from North Shore-LIJ Surgeon to be Broadcast for the First Time on ABC's 20/20, National Geographic Channel

SYOSSET, N.Y., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the first time, high definition (HD) video footage of the human body taken by Steven Palter, MD, a surgeon and fertility specialist at Syosset and North Shore University hospitals, will be featured tonight on ABC-TV News' 20/20 and Septembe...

Australian TV Channel to Study Breast Cancer Incidence in Its Women Staff

THE ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) has decided to investigate the frequency of breast cancer among women in all of its studio complexes across Australia . The move followed the release today of a final report by an independent panel of experts into the high rate of breast cancer ...

Altered Sodium Channel Function Linked to Heart Failure

The results of a study, using mice and heart muscle cells from rabbits, by researchers from Georg-August-University G?ttingen, Germany, have provided// a potential molecular explanation for the abnormally rapid heartbeats known as ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VTs) that can cause the sudden death a...

PharmaVentures Exploits Fastest Growing Media Channel to Launch First Pharmaceutical Business Television Show

PharmaVentures today announces the launch of a brand new internet-based television show//: PharmaVentures Business Review. Dr Fintan Walton, CEO, PharmaVentures, says, ‘This show, the first in a monthly series, provides viewers across the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors with insi...

A Call To Open Up The Channel Of Goodwill To Rescue The Dying Hearts

The plight of poor children with congenital heart diseases (CHD) here moved NRIs into donating// $200,000 at a fund-raiser dinner held in the US by a non-profit organization. About 40-50 NRIs have offered to sponsor a child each. Some of them are keen to sponsor a child or two every year Accor...

Feeding channel created by malaria parasite - a new target for malaria treatments

Researchers have found pore-like holes in the membranes of red blood cells infected by the deadliest form of the malaria parasite. The parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, apparently uses these holes to supply itself with the nutrients it needs to grow and reproduce. The discovery may lead to...

The Dannon Company Awards The I.J. & Jeanne Wagner Jewish Community Center the Fourth Annual Dannon Next Generation Nutrition Grant

... parents about menu planning, portion control, and reading nutrition labels. In addition, the JCC is partnering with the Public Utah Education Network channel to present a series of films on fitness and obesity throughout the upcoming year. The JCC will also host a family fitness fair in September. "A...