Health & Medicine Week articles from August 2002

Health & Medicine Week archives from August 2002

Communication critical to management of chronic conditions in the elderly.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Roxanna Guilford-Blake, senior medical writer - In managing patients with chronic disease, effective communication between the healthcare provider and patients is crucial to compliance, both in terms...

From ecstasy to crank: An overview of selected club drugs.
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Roxanna Guilford-Blake, senior medical writer - In his presentation at the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Alan P. Agins, PhD, president, PRN Associates, Ltd., and adjunct associate...

Clip a ribbon from a Dreyer's carton.(breast cancer awareness)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream (DRYR) is expanding its efforts to support breast cancer awareness, for a second year, by adorning more ice cream cartons with pink ribbons, the universally recognized symbol of...

Consumers need to be aware of threat of sepsis.
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Every minute more than two people die from severe sepsis in the United States. It's the leading cause of death in the ICU and takes more lives than breast, colon/rectal, pancreatic, and prostate cancer...

Changes in nails may signal more serious health problems.
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The appearance of discolored, brittle or otherwise abnormal nails may only scratch the surface of what lies beneath. "People do not realize that we can tell a lot from examining a patient's nails....

Testosterone gel study demonstrates safety and efficacy up to 42 months in men with low testosterone.(AndroGel)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A phase III study conducted at multiple research centers in the U.S. under the direction of Ronald Swerdloff, MD, principal investigator at the research and education Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical...

JAMA: All adults should take vitamins.
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An article in the Journal of The American Medical Association (JAMA) announced that all adults should take vitamin supplements to help prevent chronic diseases. "Suboptimal folic acid levels, along...

More money, determination needed to halt the march of AIDS, campaigners say.
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More determination and more money must be devoted to the worldwide war against AIDS if the heartless march of HIV across the globe is to be thwarted, experts said as the largest ever gathering of...

Consumers find food allergen labeling confusing, inconsistent.
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ninety-three percent of parents of children with milk allergy cannot correctly identify labels indicating milk on an ingredient statement, and 38 out of 82 parents of children with peanut allergy failed...

Prana's platform theory presented at conference on antiaging medicine.(Prana Biotechnology Ltd.)(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prana Biotechnology, Ltd., the Australian biotechnology company, announced that Ashley Bush, MD PhD, founding scientist, presented Prana's metal theory at the Asia Pacific Conference and Exhibition on...

Gary Oppedahl hired as president, CEO; Ronald Lohrding remains chairman.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Robotics International, Inc., (CRII) appointed Gary Oppedahl as president and CEO effective July 15, 2002. Ronald K. Lohrding will remain in his current position as chairman of Cell Robotics' board...

Medix Resources names Mark W. Lerner executive VP and CFO.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medix Resources, Inc. (MXR), a provider of Internet-based healthcare connectivity and data integration tools, announced that on July 1, 2002, Mark W. Lerner replaced Gary L. Smith as the company's chief...

New president, CEO, chairman named.(Thomas A. Moore elected by Biopure Corp.)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biopure Corporation (BPUR) announced the election by the Biopure board of directors of a new president and CEO and a new chairman of the board. Thomas A. Moore joins Biopure as president, CEO, and a...

Breakfast choice may affect reliability of ADHD medication.(attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For individuals taking medication to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), what they eat for breakfast may affect the day-to-day reliability of the medication itself, a new study...

CDC: Heat leading cause of child deaths in parked cars in 2000-2001.
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dozens of children are killed each year when they are left unsupervised in or near family vehicles, whether they're left in a parked car on a hot day or backed over in the driveway, the U.S. government...

Colorado chiropractors help firefighters.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an overwhelming demonstration of goodwill, over 100 Colorado doctors of chiropractic have volunteered their time, talent, and equipment to provide chiropractic care to firefighters and the support...

Medical Technology year end revenue up 15% to $24.8 million.(Medical Technology Systems Inc.)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical Technology Systems, Inc., (MDTY) announced results for the fourth quarter and the year-ended March 31, 2002. Revenue for the fourth quarter increased 13.6% to $6.7 million from $5.9 million...

Medical Scientists announces $2.3 million in Series B funding.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical Scientists, a predictive modeling software company, has secured $2.3 million in private financing to fund its business growth, product enhancements, and corporate expansion. As the demand...

Drug companies are testing more than 800 new medicines for older Americans.(Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As momentum for enacting a Medicare prescription drug benefit grows in Congress, a new survey released by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) shows what the promise of drug...

Dialysis patient leaves U.K. for Mont Blanc expedition.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A 38-year-old man on kidney dialysis left the U.K. recently to climb Europe's highest mountain, Mont Blanc, to raise money for research into kidney disease. Tony Ward, from Cumbria, attempted the...

MDS, ARUP Laboratories form new collaborative alliance.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MDS, Inc., (MDZ), an international health and life sciences company, and ARUP Laboratories of Salt Lake City, Utah, announced a new collaborative alliance. Under this agreement, ARUP will serve as...

Darryl Kile's death highlights need for early detection, prevention of heart disease.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An estimated 60.8 million Americans have one or more forms of heart disease. It is America's number one killer with one in six deaths occurring in people under age 65. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher...

Communicating risks during wartime, terrorist situations.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The aftermath of September 11 forced many physicians and healthcare providers to prepare and respond to crisis situations that were unprecedented - anthrax exposure, potential nuclear threats, and acts...

Study shows asthma training programs improve outcomes.
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Roxanna Guilford-Blake, senior medical writer - Professional asthma training programs for clinicians can significantly improve patient outcomes, according Margaret H. Lester, RN, MSN, FNP, director...

Foundation creates international fellowships to honor William Foege.(Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)
August 5, 2002... 2002 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced the establishment of the William H. Foege Fellowships in Global Health to honor the career and achievements of one of the world's leading figures in public...

Novel surgery helps patients.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Radiofrequency ablation treatments provide significant reduction in pain and discomfort for head and neck cancer patients with advanced tumors in the mouth and throat, according to a recent study of...

Effects of stress on work-related upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders examined.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Selected papers from the recently held Georgetown Symposium on Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Work-Related Upper Extremity Disorders have been published in a special edition of the American Journal of...

Americans don't consume enough vitamin E.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Americans don't meet their requirements for vitamin E, a leading nutritionist says, following new reports that antioxidants vitamin E and vitamin C may reduce the risk of Alzheimer disease. The...

Need for increased research, supportive services reaches critical levels.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- This year, over 185,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor. Brain tumors are now the leading cause of cancer death in children under the age of 20....

Long distance air travelers advised to know risk factors and how to prevent DVT.(deep-vein thrombosis)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As millions of travelers take to the skies this summer, some may not realize that they may be at risk for developing a serious medical complication - deep-vein thrombosis (DVT), most often blood clots...

Combination therapy reduces acne-causing bacteria by 90%.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two topical medications combined, an antibiotic and an antimicrobial, resulted in an unprecedented reduction of Propionibacterium acnes bacteria levels by 90% after only 24 hours according to a study...

Cardinal Health addresses market activity in stock.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In light of the unusual trading activity in Cardinal Health's stock recently and in response to inquiries from shareholders, the company issued a statement from Robert D. Walter, chairman and CEO of...

A.D. Frazier, Jr. named president, chief operating officer.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Caremark Rx, Inc., (CMX) announced the appointment of A.D. Frazier, Jr. to the position of president and chief operating officer, effective August 1, 2002. Frazier will be replacing James H. Dickerson,...

Dennis Mihale joins PatientKeeper as medical director.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PatientKeeper, Inc., dedicated to applying innovative handheld computing and Internet technologies to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery, announced the appointment of Dennis...

Council reports on human cloning.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Family Research Council president Ken Connor issued the following statement in conjunction with the president's Council on Bioethics' report, which recommended a temporary moratorium on all human...

Pharmaceutical speaker training and development: Creating strong brand advocates.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- To stay ahead of the competition, top pharmaceutical and biotech companies focus on recruiting, developing, and managing influential physicians to become strong disease and brand advocates, according...

New partnership means better care for patients.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.K. Health Secretary Alan Milburn launched a major project to improve the care of people with dementia across the North East, Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Under a new Dementia Services...

Elidel relieves eczema flares.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Physicians will soon be able to help babies as young as 3 months of age reduce the misery of flares of atopic eczema with the newly approved nonsteroid cream, Elidel (pimecrolimus). Elidel is...

P&G scientists pinpoint cause of dandruff.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data presented today by the Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) research scientists at the 20th World Congress of Dermatology (WCD) suggests that dandruff does not result from an overabundance of Malassezia...

Nu Skin say second quarter results will exceed the company's prior guidance.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., (NUS) reported that it expects results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2002, to be ahead of the company's previous guidance. Revenue on a reported basis will...

ePocrates secures Series C round of funding.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ePocrates has secured a round of funding from several prominent healthcare and technology focused venture capital firms. Participants in the round of funding include Sprout Group, Interwest...

Newton Interactive, Inc., announces alliance with Interwoven.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Newton Interactive, Inc., a provider of digital solutions for the healthcare industry, has entered into a strategic alliance with Interwoven, an enterprise content management company. Newton...

Merck KGaA not association with Merck & Co or Merck-Medco.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Merck KGaA, in response to numerous media inquiries, has clarified that it has no connection with Merck & Co. of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, or its subsidiary Medco Health Solutions Inc. The...

European Patent Office rules in favor of Martek patent.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Martek Biosciences Corporation (MATK) announced that an Appeal Board of the European Patent Office has set aside an October 2000 Opposition Division decision which had revoked one of Martek's European...

Roche and Premier expand partnership with four new contracts.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2002... 2002 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche Diagnostics announced that it has executed four new contracts with Premier's group purchasing program to provide the healthcare alliance's members with products and services for blood glucose...

Novel surgery helps patients.(radiofrequency ablation treatment for head and neck cancer)
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Radiofrequency ablation treatments provide significant reduction in pain and discomfort for head and neck cancer patients with advanced tumors in the mouth and throat, according to a recent study of...

Effects of stress on work-related upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders examined.
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Selected papers from the recently held Georgetown Symposium on Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Work-Related Upper Extremity Disorders have been published in a special edition of the American Journal of...

Americans don't consume enough vitamin E.
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Americans don't meet their requirements for vitamin E, a leading nutritionist says, following new reports that antioxidants vitamin E and vitamin C may reduce the risk of Alzheimer disease. The...

Need for increased research, supportive services reaches critical levels.(brain tumors)
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- This year, over 185,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor. Brain tumors are now the leading cause of cancer death in children under the age of 20....

Long distance air travelers advised to know risk factors and how to prevent DVT.(deep vein thrombosis)
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As millions of travelers take to the skies this summer, some may not realize that they may be at risk for developing a serious medical complication - deep-vein thrombosis (DVT), most often blood clots...

Combination therapy reduces acne-causing bacteria by 90%.
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two topical medications combined, an antibiotic and an antimicrobial, resulted in an unprecedented reduction of Propionibacterium acnes bacteria levels by 90% after only 24 hours according to a study...

Cardinal Health addresses market activity in stock.
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In light of the unusual trading activity in Cardinal Health's stock recently and in response to inquiries from shareholders, the company issued a statement from Robert D. Walter, chairman and CEO of...

A.D. Frazier, Jr. named president, chief operating officer.(Caremark Rx, Inc.)
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Caremark Rx, Inc., (CMX) announced the appointment of A.D. Frazier, Jr. to the position of president and chief operating officer, effective August 1, 2002. Frazier will be replacing James H. Dickerson,...

Dennis Mihale joins PatientKeeper as medical director.
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PatientKeeper, Inc., dedicated to applying innovative handheld computing and Internet technologies to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery, announced the appointment of Dennis...

Council reports on human cloning.(Family Research Council)
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Family Research Council president Ken Connor issued the following statement in conjunction with the president's Council on Bioethics' report, which recommended a temporary moratorium on all human...

Pharmaceutical speaker training and development: Creating strong brand advocates.
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- To stay ahead of the competition, top pharmaceutical and biotech companies focus on recruiting, developing, and managing influential physicians to become strong disease and brand advocates, according...

New partnership means better care for patients.
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.K. Health Secretary Alan Milburn launched a major project to improve the care of people with dementia across the North East, Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Under a new Dementia Services...

Elidel relieves eczema flares.
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Physicians will soon be able to help babies as young as 3 months of age reduce the misery of flares of atopic eczema with the newly approved nonsteroid cream, Elidel (pimecrolimus). Elidel is...

P&G scientists pinpoint cause of dandruff.(Procter and Gamble)
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data presented today by the Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) research scientists at the 20th World Congress of Dermatology (WCD) suggests that dandruff does not result from an overabundance of Malassezia...

Nu Skin say second quarter results will exceed the company's prior guidance.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., (NUS) reported that it expects results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2002, to be ahead of the company's previous guidance. Revenue on a reported basis will...

ePocrates secures Series C round of funding.
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ePocrates has secured a round of funding from several prominent healthcare and technology focused venture capital firms. Participants in the round of funding include Sprout Group, Interwest...

Newton Interactive, Inc., announces alliance with Interwoven.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Newton Interactive, Inc., a provider of digital solutions for the healthcare industry, has entered into a strategic alliance with Interwoven, an enterprise content management company. Newton...

Merck KGaA not association with Merck & Co or Merck-Medco.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Merck KGaA, in response to numerous media inquiries, has clarified that it has no connection with Merck & Co. of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, or its subsidiary Medco Health Solutions Inc. The...

European Patent Office rules in favor of Martek patent.
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Martek Biosciences Corporation (MATK) announced that an Appeal Board of the European Patent Office has set aside an October 2000 Opposition Division decision which had revoked one of Martek's European...

Roche and Premier expand partnership with four new contracts.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2002... 2002 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche Diagnostics announced that it has executed four new contracts with Premier's group purchasing program to provide the healthcare alliance's members with products and services for blood glucose...