Judge Holds Maryland Damages Cap Not Applicable to Malpractice Cases
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- In a decision of broad impact to medical malpractice lawsuits across Maryland, a circuit judge in Rockville has refused to apply the state's "cap" on non-economic damages in a malpractice case. Judge John Debelius ruled that when the Maryland General ...Baron & Budd Wins Damages for Six Families of Pennsylvania Asbestos Victims
PHILADELPHIA, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Lawsuits brought by the families of six Pennsylvania men who died of malignant mesothelioma were successfully resolved this past week, announced Baron & Budd, P.C. The deceased men -- an electrician, a carpenter, a pipefitter, a maintenance worker, a wee...SEIU Seeks Damages for CNA's Effort to Silence Workers, Suppress Criticism of Anti-Union Tactics
Service Employees International Union files anti-SLAPP motion against the California Nurses Association, submits application to vacate TRO publicity stunt OAKLAND, Calif., April 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) today filed an anti-Strategic Law...EPA Decision on Ozone Standards Further Damages Public Health
Rejected standards recommended by health advocates would have saved 5,650 lives Hispanic Leaders Call on Congress to Hold Agency Responsible for Deaths WASHINGTON, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "A failure in EPA leadership has again demonstrated that protecting the public's health ...Anti-cancer drug damages brain vessels
The cancer drug Avastin (bevacizumab) is used to treat advanced bowel cancer in combination with chemotherapy. This drug targets a protein called VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) that stimulates blood vessel growth. Avastin inhibits the growth of tumors by cutting off their blood supply, ...Novel MRI Technique Shows Secondhand Smoke Damages Lungs
CHICAGO, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, researchers have identified structural damage to the lungs caused by secondhand cigarette smoke. The results of the study, conducted by researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville and The Children's Hosp...Special MRI Shows Secondhand Smoke Damages Lungs
Researchers say their study is the first to prove a connection,, MONDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Using a special type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), U.S. researchers have identified structural damage to the lungs caused by secondhand smoke. This is the first study to produce evidenc...Secondhand smoke damages lungs, MRIs show
Its not a smoking gun, but its smoking-related, and its there in bright medical images: evidence of microscopic structural damage deep in the lungs, caused by secondhand cigarette smoke. For the first time, researchers have identified lung injury to nonsmokers that was long suspected, but not prev...Novel MRI technique shows secondhand smoke damages lungs
CHICAGO For the first time, researchers have identified structural damage to the lungs caused by secondhand cigarette smoke. The results of the study, conducted by researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville and The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia in Pen...Prometheus Announces New Findings Regarding Patients at Risk for Celiac Disease at DDW
...sensitivity values. About Celiac Celiac disease is an immune-mediated digestive disease that is triggered by the consumption of gluten and damages the small intestine, interfering with the absorption of nutrients from food. Gluten is a protein found in grains such as wheat, barley and rye. Sympto...Novagali Pharma Presents Results of its Innovative Latanoprost Formulation for Glaucoma
...ining benzalkonimum chloride (BAK) while Novagali's BAK-free cationic emulsion of latanoprost was well tolerated and did not induce any ocular surface damages upon stress conditions. Nova21027 is a topical ocular BAK-free emulsion of latanoprost relying on Novasorb(R) patented cationic emulsions techn...DNA Therapeutics Closes 2.2 Million EUR Series A Financing Round
...rapies. In current cancer treatment, the effectiveness of radiotherapy and chemotherapy are often limited by the action of DNA repair processes on the damages caused by these therapies. The innovative aspect of siDNA (signal interfering DNA) technology developed in DNA Therapeutics is to use a short fragment...Photos: Peptides Discovered to Alleviate Chemotherapy Side Effects
...utrition(TM), chemotherapy patients have access to a functional nutritional supplement that boosts their antioxidant levels and aids recovery from the damages of chemotherapy. Cancer Treatment Review recently published a clinical review of 19 different studies indicating that antioxidant supplements ...Prostate Cancer Treatment Offers Results Without Side Effects
...ough it has been used in other countries since the 1800's. In addition, he received radio-wave hyperthermia, a treatment that heats cancer cells and damages them so they cannot reproduce, without harming normal cells. Other treatments included natural medicines and therapies to kill cancer cells, detoxify ...GeoVax Secures $10 Million Financing Commitment
...iming and amount of any sales of shares to Fusion Capital. There are no negative covenants, restrictions on future financings, penalties or liquidated damages in the agreement. A more detailed description of the agreement is set forth in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed today with the SEC, whic...New evidence of how high glucose damages blood vessels could lead to new treatments
AUGUSTA, Ga. New evidence of how the elevated glucose levels that occur in diabetes damage blood vessels may lead to novel strategies for blocking the destruction, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. They found a decreased ability of blood vessels to relax resulted from increased acti...More accurate FEMA flood maps could help avoid significant damages and losses
WASHINGTON -- Significant loss of life, destroyed property and businesses, and repairs to infrastructure could be avoided by replacing Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps with ones that contain high-accuracy and high-resolution land surface elevation data, says a new report from the Nat...Smoking damages key regulatory enzyme in the lung
Study in Journal of Nuclear Medicine uses PET, radiotracer to track enzyme in smokers, nonsmokersRESTON, Va.-- Smoking appears to reduce a key enzyme in the lungs, possibly contributing to some of smoking's deleterious health effects, according to a study published in the September issue of the Jou...South African Tribunal Asks For Damages Estimates in GSK AIDS Drug Case
A landmark South African legal complaint against British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) over its AIDS drug pricing and policies in that country will proceed following an order late last week by South Africa's Competition Tribunal that will allow the complaint to go forward. GSK has sought outrigh...Poor prenatal nutrition permanently damages function of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas
Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have discovered one reason why infants with low birth weight have a high potential of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. In studies of mice, the researchers found that poor prenatal nutrition impairs the pancreas's ability to later secrete enough insulin ...Experimental treatment halts hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in newborns
...eek-old rats in which brain hypoxia-ischemia was induced. The researchers found that hypoxia-ischemia leads to increased tPA activity. The enzyme then damages the brain blood vessels and the blood-brain barrier. The blood-brain barrier is a protective system designed to prevent invasions of blood-borne mater...Scientists link immune system's natural killer cells to infant liver disease
...d bile ducts with sections of the child's intestine. Without surgery, bile cannot enter the intestines to aid digestion, and instead backs up into and damages the liver. Corrective surgery is successful 65 to 85 percent of the time and is not considered a cure, although it can allow babies to have several ye...Promising new treatment for Alzheimer's suggested based on Hebrew University research
...apeutic solution. At the Wolfson Center for Structural Biology at the Hebrew University, the researchers found that the mutation in the BChE-K gene damages the very end, or tail, of the resultant mutant enzyme protein. This tail is the part of BChE which is important for protection from the Alzheimer's di...Work in mice will contribute to the study of hereditary diseases that lead to blindness
...hat develop a phagocytic or purifying role against damages or infections in such system. Her work has analyse...s are practically involved in all the diseases and damages of the nervous system, including Parkinson and Alz... development of the healthy CNS and in response to damages or injuries using as a model of study the retina o...Wyeth's Motion to Overturn Punitive Damages Award Granted by Arkansas Court
- Appeal of Compensatory Award Will Now Proceed - MADISON, N.J., July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyeth (NYSE: WYE ) confirmed today that its motion for judgment as a matter of law on the punitive damages award in the hormone therapy case of Donna Scroggin v. Wyeth, in the U.S. Dis...Double your productivity! Hype that damages technologists' reputations
My Mom, like moms everywhere, once told me that if you couldn't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. But where's the fun in that? Occasionally something so egregious happens that it must be addressed. I'm talking, of course, about the latest advertisement for Sharp products. What's...Third Wave wins triple damages in patent case
A federal judge has tripled Third Wave Technologies ' compensation in a patent lawsuit with rival Stratagene to $15.9 million plus legal fees. Stratagene is proceeding with its appeal. The lawsuit was decided in September after the judge found that Stratagene willfully infringed on two patent...Wisconsin court affirms damages in Innogenetics, Abbott patent case
Madison, Wis. - The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin has upheld a $7 million damage verdict against Abbott Laboratories . The Madison-based court affirmed the damage award to Innogenetics , a biopharmaceutical company based in Gent, Belgium, and rejected Abb...Haemonetics Receives Favorable Ruling in Patent Lawsuit against Competitive Technology
...nt. The jury awarded Haemonetics $15.7 million in damages for past infringement. On June 2, 2009, the Court further ruled that, in addition to paying the damages awarded by the jury, Fenwal must stop selling the ... awarded pre-judgment interest at 5% on the unpaid damages awarded. These rulings may be appealed by Fenwal a...BASF Sues DuPont for Patent Infringement
...nent that enables successful tolerance toward an herbicide class known as AHAS or ALS inhibitors. BASF Plant Science GmbH seeks an injunction and damages against DuPont and its subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred International for this unlawful use of BASF's patented technology. In the same action, BASF Plant Sc...Cord Blood America Says Debt Reduced $4.194 Million in 2009
...sler, Cord Blood America Founder and CEO. "Since that time, we have further reduced our secured debt by $1.627 million and have eliminated liquidated damages totaling $817,000." "We have been very forthright with our investors. We have said there are three strong pillars needed to take CBAI to the nex...Inexpensive plastic used in CDs could improve aircraft, computer electronics
... nanotubes. Traditionally, the tubes are sonicated, or treated with acid, to clean them and remove soot to get a higher conductivity. This, however, damages the tubes and exposes them to defects. Instead, Curran and his group were able to centrifuge, or swirl, them. This takes a little longer, but increa...DNA Visualizer Extraction Kit from Abnova Corporation
Description:... DNA from an agarose gel is often used for DNA-cloning work. The conventional method of visualizing DNA with ethidium bromide and exposure of UV light damages DNA and significantly decreases cloning efficiency. Using DNA Visualizer Extraction Kit, UV light exposure is not required, and DNA can be excised und...