Towards in Medical News

National League of Cities Commends President and Congress on Work Towards Health Care Reform

WASHINGTON, July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On behalf of America's cities and towns, National League of Cities President Kathleen Novak, mayor, Northglenn, Colo., commends President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives, and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Commi...

KePRO Employees Make "Great Strides" Towards Cure for Cystic Fibrosis

The Keystone Peer Review Organization, Inc. (KePRO), a leading quality improvement and care management organization, is pleased to announce the donation of $12,260 to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Harrisburg, PA (Vocus) June 23, 2009 -- The Keystone Peer Review Organi...

Transcend Medical Raises $35 Million Series B Round Towards Development of Novel Glaucoma Treatment

MENLO PARK, Calif., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcend Medical, Inc., an ophthalmic device company dedicated to delivering breakthrough advances in the treatment of glaucoma, announced today that it has closed a $35 million Series B round and is continuing the rapid development of its Transcend CyP...

Working Towards 'Counting Malaria Out' Through Scale-Up of PermaNet(R) Bed Nets, Vestergaard Frandsen Produces 175 Millionth Net; Introduces New Net To Combat Insecticide Resistance

World Malaria Day Events Held in Nairobi , London , Washington LAUSANNE, Switzerland, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- To honor the theme for World Malaria Day on 4/25, 'Counting Malaria Out,' Vestergaard Frandsen is stepping up production of its best selling bed net, called Per...

Frost & Sullivan: Novel Diagnostics Methods Driving the European Cancer IVD Market Towards Early Detection and Prevention

LONDON, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Early detection is the key focus of cancer diagnostics. Traditional testing methods such as immunoassay testing are facing fierce competition from evolving segments such as nucleic acid amplification technology (NAT) and immunohistochemistry testing. The abili...

New Health Retreat Gives a Fresh Attitude Towards Disease Prevention

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, November 11 /PRNewswire/ -- - Guests Will Bounce Back to Health Using Mini-Trampolines as Part of Unique Therapy Staying healthy in these stressful times is a challenge in itself but the launch of Fresh Attitude Health Retreats early in 2009 may provide participant...

First steps towards a new approach to epilepsy treatment

The most prestigious funding body in the world for epilepsy has financially backed Australian research into new approaches to treat the condition. The Epilepsy Therapy Project will provide almost US$300,000 over the next two years to a group of researchers from leading Australian institutions...

Advance towards early Alzheimer's diagnosis

The leader of the team that made the discovery, Professor Christopher Rowe of the Austin Hospital in Melbourne, says early diagnosis and treatment presents medical practitioners with the best opportunity to delay the onset of Alzheimer's. "While the discovery is at an experimental stage, this wor...

Tyco Electronics Contributes $25,000 Towards Construction of New Fisher House(TM) at Ft. Bragg

BERWYN, Pa., March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tyco Electronics Ltd. (NYSE: TEL ; BSX: TEL) today presented a donation of $25,000 to the Fisher House Foundation to support the construction of a new Fisher House(TM) at Womack Army Medical Center, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Joe Donahue, senior...

Burroughs Wellcome Fund grants $9.75 million towards translational researchers

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. BWF has named 13 translational researchers as the 2008 recipients of its Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research. The awards, which provide $150,000 per year over five years ($750,000), are intended to support established, independent physician-scientists...

Scientists move towards stem cell therapy trials to mend shattered bones

The UK Stem Cell Foundation, the Medical Research Council and Scottish Enterprise, in partnership with the Chief Scientists Office, are funding a 1.4 million project to further the research at the University of Edinburgh with a view to setting up a clinical trial within two years. The initiativ...

The Health Trust Announces $30 Million Investment Towards Making Silicon Valley Healthiest Region in America

Strategic initiatives focus on healthy living, healthy aging, healthy communities CAMPBELL, Calif., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Health Trust today announced a $30 million investment in three initiatives that will help Silicon Valley become the healthiest region in...

Holiday Visits Nudge Many Towards Senior Housing Decision

Online navigational tool available to help simplify and refine search SEATTLE, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The holidays are over, but after a visit with an aging parent some adult children may be asking themselves whether it's time to explore senior housing options with their loved ones. "That q...

MRI techniques evolving towards better assessment of liver fibrosis

MRI imagery is emerging as a non-invasive way to determine the existence and extent of hepatic fibrosis. It could eventually help the development of pharmacologic strategies to combat the condition. These findings are in the January issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on ...

Hooters of Gulfport Makes the Largest Contribution towards the $250,000 Donation to the V Foundation for Cancer Research

ATLANTA, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Hooters of Gulfport made the largest contribution of any other Hooters location towards a national fundraising effort to support breast cancer research. The Gulfport location donated $14,972 to the cause -- close to $10,000 more than any other single restaurant...

Statement From Men's Health Network: U.S. Presidential Candidates Overlook Real Problem in U.K. & U.S. Health Policies Towards Men

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from Men's Health Network: Men's Health Network is encouraged that U.S. presidential candidates are finally discussing the issue of prostate cancer not just in the United States but abroad in the United Kingdom as wel...

World Bank Group Report on Malaria in Africa Highlights Progress Towards Goal of Significantly Reducing Malaria Deaths

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new World Bank report says in just two years nearly 20 million long lasting insecticidal nets and more than 15 million doses of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) are on course to be distributed under the World Bank Booster Program for ...

'Triumph' -- Traveling Towards Death: Preparing for a New Life

LOS GATOS, Calif., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Death may be the last taboo in our society, a subject that is rarely talked about. It is usually looked upon as something to fear -- to be avoided no matter what the cost, but Philip and Darlyne intend to tear down the walls. "Triumph" is the result...

Single Americans Vote Less, but Lean Towards Democrats: Study

Unmarried Americans are a growing segment of the population but vote less than their wedded counterparts in elections, tending to favor Democrats over Republicans, said a study published Friday. Single Americans 15 years of age and older now account for 45.2 percent of the US population, a...

Statisticians Alarmed As Canada Zooms Towards Labour Shortage

Figures from Canadian experts show that the country will soon become victim to serious labour shortage unless drastic measures are taken. Statistics Canada warned// Tuesday that Canada would have to rely heavily on immigration to plug the gaps left in, as Canada’s aging workforce puts up their legs...

Under-Elevens Hurtle Towards Obesity, British MPs Call for Action

A group of powerful British MPs, members of the Committee of Public Accounts, has come out strongly against officials given the charge of tackling child obesity//. Levels of obesity in children aged two to 10 years have risen from 9.9 percent to 13.4 percent between 1995 and 2004, according to ...

China Takes a Progressive Step Towards AIDS Prevention

With a view to promoting enhanced AIDS/HIV prevention in the work place, China has kick-started a national// initiative- HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Program, funded by the United States and monitored by the International Labor Organization. The program is slated to cost $3.5 million. Hu Xia...

Sexual Behavior is inclined towards monogamy, reveals survey

A world-wide survey which has sought to understand sexual behaviors has revealed, the abiding worries about the rise in pre-marital sex //in the present day are baseless and monogamy is still very popular and sacrosanct. The results of this survey are published in The Lancet. The research has...

Attitude Towards Ethnic Identity Impacts Stress Levels

A positive attitude towards one's ethnic identity can help teenagers manage stress better than those who have a negative attitude, according to a new study.// Lisa Kiang and colleagues at the department of psychology at Wake Forest University studied 415 ninth-graders from Chinese and Mexican...

Project Aims at Mapping Genetic Changes Towards Cancer

The National Institute of Health has said that it will undertake the subjects of brain tumors, ovarian cancer and lung cancer to sequence all the genetic changes that lead to cancer.// The agency has said that it hoped the Cancer Genome Atlas project will pinpoint hundreds or thousands of new ge...

Major Hurdle towards Development of Bird Flu Vaccine in India.

Scientists at the High-Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal have finally helped to materialize India's dream of developing an effective poultry vaccine against// the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus last month. However, several obstacles lay in the path of finding a company to manufacture the vac...

March towards Free Pneumococcal Vaccine

Around 50 parents of children affected by the dangerous pneumococcal disease as well as their supporters marched in silent protest on Wednesday on parliament to push// politicians towards funding a vaccine for the deadly disease. Pneumococcal disease causes meningitis. While the vaccine, Preven...

A New Approach towards Anti-Cancer Drugs

According to the researchers at the Edinburgh University anti cancer drugs should be aimed at preventing MDM2 from destroying p53 molecule. //MDM2 is a protein which destroys p53 due to a biochemical imbalance inside the cell. p53 is the guardian protein and is the tumor suppressor protein. He...

Gates Foundation Announces $287 Million In Grants Towards AIDS Vaccine

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation had announced $287 million in grants on Wednesday towards the creation of an international network of 16 labs that would work// in on new approaches for creating a vaccine against AIDS. It was explained by the foundation that they wish the program would tra...

BreastScreen Australia Is Being Sued Towards Medical Negligence

Two women with breast cancer have warned others to be wary of the mammogram service of the government, as they had been given a clean diagnosis in spite of having cancer.// The women, both residents of the Gold Coast, Phillipa Naismith, 52, and Sandra Harley, 48, explained that they were diag...

Mother’s Attitude Towards Immunisation Makes it Inaccessible to Childre

A recent study stated that mothers of unimmunised children differ in their attitude with those of partially immunised in a number of ways//. This is the first large scale study of its kind in the UK, and suggests that different approaches are needed to maximise uptake of immunisation in these ...

Madhya Pradesh Shows Indifferent Attitude Towards Infant Mortality

Despite alarming infant and maternal mortality rates in the state, Madhya Pradesh legislators seems to be totally unconcerned about it, according to a study conducted by a voluntary group//. The state, one of the largest in the country, has an infant mortality rate of 83 per 1,000 childbirths wh...

Bird Flu Spreading Towards Madhya Pradesh

The bird flu virus has affected poultry in Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh, which is close to Jalgaon district of Maharashtra// . Poultry samples in 14 villages of Jalgaon have already been tested positive for the H5 avian influenza virus and it would only be a matter of time that these st...

ViroPharma Shares Fall As FDA Moves Towards Generic Vancocin

Speculation that the Food and Drug Administration will give a nod for the generic version of Vancocin caused shares in ViroPharma to dip by about 33 percent. The rumors of the FDA's changed perspective // strengthened after Laura Alvey, a spokeswoman for the F.D.A said in an e-mail message that the...

Inclination of North Carolina’s Elderly Population towards Home Remedie

A study conducted by Thomas Arcury, Ph.D., lead researcher, from Wake Forest University School of Medicine said that older adults in rural North Carolina// widely use folk or home remedies, such as taking a daily tonic of vinegar or using Epsom salts. Their use is largely limited to home remedies, ...

Blood Transfusion May Have Contributed Towards Hepatitis C

Officials belonging to the Scottish health department have admitted that blood transfusions may have resulted in fresh cases of hepatitis C among NHS patients. // As many as 3,000 people may have been affected by this, and it is not possible to trace all of them through the available records. ...

RPB grants $7.9 Million Towards Research

The Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB), a New York-based foundation and the world's leading voluntary health organization supporting eye research, awarded 81 grants, totaling more than $7.9 million in 2005.// The RPB seeks to contribute towards more effective clues with regard to ailments that aff...

Australia to Show Leniency towards U.S. Pharmaceutical Companies

Australian would remove the amendment which states to reduce the price of the drug obtained from US. The Trade Minister and the // acting Prime Minister Mark Vaile reported that this amendment was accepted because it was supported by the major opposition party in Australia (Labor Party). ...

Are Women Not Hearty Enough Towards Seeking Heart Care?

It has been found from recent study that women tend to take their heart disease in a more casual way when compared to their male counterparts. This finding could account for less number of women // who turn up for cardiac treatment despite the fact that cardiac disease remains the single most kill...

A Step Towards Unraveling The Schizophrenia And Depression Mystery

In what can be considered as an important breakthrough in our still limited understanding of major mental illness, researchers have identified a new gene linked to major mental illness // that links back to a previously discovered gene known to increase the risk of schizophrenia and depression. ...