Health & Medicine Week articles from August 2004

Health & Medicine Week archives from August 2004

Access to substance abuse, mental health services key to welfare reform.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Improving access by low-income women to substance abuse and mental health services is key to successful welfare reform in the United States, argue social workers at the University of Pittsburgh. D....

Researchers discover gene responsible for onset of infertility, cataracts.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered a gene responsible for the onset of aging, including age-related disorders such as infertility, reproductive problems, and cataracts. This research,...

Preabortion counseling does not improve postabortion contraceptive use.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Preabortion counseling did not improve postabortion contraceptive use in a study group of 420 women in Iceland. "In a randomized trial, the effect of preabortion counseling was evaluated and...

Study: Unnecessary to leave indwelling catheter in place for days after surgery.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It's not necessary to leave a transurethral indwelling catheter for several days to prevent voiding difficulties after surgery for urinary incontinence, physicians report. "Catheterization is...

Human adenovirus genomes display resistance to chemical disinfectants.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human adenovirus genomes display resistance to chemical disinfectants. According to recent research published in the Journal of Hospital Infection, "human adenoviruses are model viruses for testing...

Up-front cost for treating HIV-infected patient in Africa is US$30 per visit.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins and the Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, have determined that the actual average cost for providing primary care to an HIV-infected...

Xcelerant for use with Talent AAA Stent Graft System receives CE Mark approval.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medtronic, Inc., (MDT) announced CE Mark approval and market availability for the Xcelerant Delivery System for use with the Talent Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Stent Graft System. The Talent...

Study finds women generally ambivalent about induced abortion.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study from Sweden that analyzed "women's experiences of induced abortion from a feminist perspective" found that women in that country generally are ambivalent about the subject. "Although...

Alere Medical receives full NCQA disease management accreditation.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alere Medical, Inc., announced that it has received the Patient Oriented Full Accreditation for its Heart Failure Disease Management program from National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). ...

Novel FLT3 inhibitors may be considered to treat hyperdiploid or relapsed ALL.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novel FLT3 inhibitors may be considered for the treatment of hyperdiploid or relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia. "Activating mutations of the FLT3 receptor tyrosine kinase are common in acute...

FLT3 mutations in AML adversely associate with CR with intensive chemotherapy.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- FLT3 mutations are adversely associated with complete remission in AML patients given intensive chemotherapy. "The prognostic impact of FLT3 mutations on the outcome of patients with diploid AML,...

Factors affecting good and poor CD34+ cell mobilization in AML determined.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The factors affecting good and poor CD34+ cell mobilization in AML have been determined. According to a study from Italy, "The factors possibly affecting the collection of peripheral blood stem...

Timed sequential therapy for AML patients over 60 tolerated but unsatisfactory.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Timed sequential therapy for acute myeloid leukemia patients over 60 was well tolerated but unsatisfactory. "Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in the elderly is a serious problem characterized by poor...

G protein regulators play key role in cocaine seeking.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- G protein regulators play key roles in cocaine seeking and neuroplasticity. "Chronic cocaine administration reduces G protein signaling efficacy. Here, we report that the expression of AGS3, which...

Researchers report link between overeating, obesity and addiction.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Junk Food Junkie," that novelty song from the 1970s, may contain more medical truth than anyone imagined. University of Florida (UF) addiction researchers say mounting evidence suggests chronic...

Flow cytometric method used to assess lipid accumulation in fat cells.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have used a simple flow cytometric method to assess lipid accumulation in fat cells. "Adipogenesis of preadipocytes in culture has been frequently used to study the molecular basis and...

Malignant adipose tissue tumors reviewed.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review malignant adipose tissue tumors in a recent issue of the Bulletin du Cancer. "Malignant adipose tissue tumors, also called liposarcomas, are the most common Sarcoma of adult...

Living at home helps teen mothers stay in school.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Federal law requires that unmarried, minor-aged mothers who receive public assistance live at home (or in an approved adult-supervised setting). One rationale for this policy is that a young mother's...

University of Florida teams with Tufts on food and drug interactions.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new University of Florida (UF) research center is investigating how foods and drugs interact to prevent potentially harmful side effects and improve patient outcomes. The Center for Food-Drug...

Company approves prototype design of liposuction handle.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Bio-Systems, Inc., (CBSI), a biotechnology company positioned to manufacture and distribute patented, disposable technologies for cosmetic surgery and other living tissue procedures, has approved...

Melatonin supplements might help age-related decline in mental sharpness.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nightly use of melatonin, a nonprescription supplement that has attracted interest as a sleep aid, may also have another effect: staving off some of the decline in memory and other mental functions that...

Europe court says French ban on TV advertising for alcohol justified.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The European Union's high court ruled July 13, 2004, that a French law prohibiting advertising of alcoholic beverages on television was legal, even if it affects organizers of sporting events. The...

Microarray analysis identifies changes in liver gene expression.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Microarray analysis has been used to identify alcohol-induced changes in hepatic gene expression. "The mechanisms underlying alcoholic liver disease are not fully understood. It has been...

Academy reacts to FDA alert on allergic reactions to pigment in permanent makeup.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In response to the FDA's consumer alert regarding permanent makeup pigments that have been reported to cause severe allergic reactions, the American Academy of Micropigmentation wants consumers to...

Report: Dog and cat allergen present in 100% of U.S. homes.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dog and cat allergen is found in all homes in the United States, according to a study featured in the July 2004 Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology (JACI). JACI is the peer-reviewed scientific...

Skin prick test for cat allergies now more accurate.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Kaiser Permanente study published in the Annals of Allergy and Immunology shows that skin prick testing using a 6-millimeter wheal (a small swelling on the skin that may burn and/or itch indicating an...

Seafood allergies are the most commonly reported severe allergy in adults.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers shows that seafood allergies are much more prevalent than once thought, with more than 6.5 million Americans believed to be affected. The...

FDA approves phase III study design for PreHistin.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioGentech Corp. (BGTH) has received a letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in which the FDA confirmed that two phase III study designs submitted by BioGentech for review effectively...

Heat-sensitive method tests effectiveness of allergy meds.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Summer can bring with it severe sneezing attacks and itching eyes. People who suffer from hay fever can tell you all about how sometimes a pack of tissues does not even last long enough for a short...

Novel approach to specific allergy treatment developed.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The recombinant fusion protein of a bacterial cell surface (S-layer) protein and the major birch pollen allergen Bet v 1 (RSbsC-Bet v 1) combines reduced allergenicity with immunomodulating capacity....

Tentative approval granted for Allegra-D extended-release tablets.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BRL) announced that Barr Laboratories, Inc., has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its generic version of Aventis...

Thousands pay Montana mine owners for chance to breathe radon.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Is health, like beauty, in the eye of the beholder? If that's the case, thousands of people every year find healing relief from a variety of ailments, from cataracts and emphysema to arthritis and...

Effect of citalopram on lymphocyte gene expression characterized.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The effects of citalopram on lymphocyte gene expression have been characterized in cells from Alzheimer disease patients. "Antidepressants are widely used in the treatment of mood disorders...

Enoxaparin shows promise as therapy.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Enoxaparin shows promise as a treatment for Alzheimer disease. In a recent study, neurologists in Italy "investigated the effect of long-term, peripheral treatment with enoxaparin, a low molecular...

Enrollment closes in phase III trial with Phenserine.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Axonyx, Inc., (AXYX) announced that it has completed enrollment in the first of its two on-going phase III clinical studies evaluating Phenserine in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer disease. ...

Group supports Medicare reimbursement for brain scans.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the hope that it will drive early intervention for the increasing number of Americans with Alzheimer disease, the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) announced its support of the federal...

MRI analysis shows brain connections that develop last decline first.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) neuroscientists using a new MRI analysis technique to examine myelin sheaths that insulate the brain's wiring report that as people age, neural connections...

Alsin is a Rab5 and Rac1 guanine nucleotide exchange factor.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have found that a large protein, alsin, is a Rab5 and Rac1 guanine nucleotide exchange factor, and may play a role in a juvenile form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. "ALS2 is the gene...

Nerve cells' powerhouse "clogged" in Lou Gehrig disease.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- By studying rodent models of the relatively rare inherited form of Lou Gehrig disease and tissue samples from a patient with the condition, scientists have discovered the first evidence that damage to...

Sexual behavior changes may explain rising incidence of anal cancer.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Anal cancer is on the rise in both sexes, particularly among American men, and changing trends in sexual behavior - combined with current tobacco use and infection by a specific strain of the human...

U.K. gives Cellegesic nod to treat chronic anal fissure pain.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (CLGY) announced that the United Kingdom's Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM) will recommend marketing authorization be granted by the Medicines and Healthcare...

Agreement with FDA reached on clinical development program for diltiazem.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- DOV Pharmaceutical, Inc., (DOVP) has reached agreement with the FDA's (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) Cardio-Renal Division on the scope and design of the clinical trials required for submission of...

Pathway of platelet procoagulant activity is regulated by IQGAP1.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A shear-restricted pathway of platelet procoagulant activity is regulated by IQGAP1. According to a study from the United States, "Circulating blood platelets regulate the initial phase of the...

STI571 and taxol target skeletal compartment tumor-associated cells.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- STI571 and taxol target skeletal compartment tumor-associated cells. According to recent research from the United States, "the activation of the microvascular endothelial cell platelet-derived...

U.S. mayors support anthrax vaccine for police, firefighters.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As the United States military announced plans to expand its soldiers' anthrax and smallpox immunization program, the growing debate about how best to protect America's police and firefighters has also...

Meropenem lung penetration measured by microdialysis.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Microdialysis enables accurate and detailed measurements of antibiotic lung penetration. "Until recently, information on antibiotic pharmacokinetic properties in infected human lung tissue was...

Pharmacists highlight antibiotic misunderstanding and overuse in public survey.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) highlighted the need for better understanding of how antibiotics work as part of the campaign to prevent antibiotic resistance. But a...

Role of mhc polymorphism in anti-microbial resistance reviewed.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review the role of mhc polymorphism in anti-microbial resistance in a recent issue of Microbes and Infection. According to published research from the United States, "The major...

Antioxidants prevent exercise-induced lipid peroxidation.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antioxidant supplementation prevents exercise-induced lipid peroxidation, but not inflammation, in ultramarathon runners. According to recent research from the United States, "To determine if 6...

Antipsychotics upregulate bcl-2 mRNA/protein in frontal cortex and hippocampus.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antipsychotics upregulate bcl-2 mRNA and protein in the frontal cortex and hippocampus. "To investigate whether atypical antipsychotic drugs exert an effect on the neuroprotective protein Bcl-2,...

Styrylquinolines do not interfere with HIV entry but act before integration.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SQLs do not interfere with HIV entry but act before integration. According to a study from France, "We have previously shown that styrylquinolines (SQLs) are integrase inhibitors in vitro. They...

New methods ease the separation of antisense oligonucleotide in plasma.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New methods ease the separation of antisense oligonucleotide in plasma. "A novel approach is presented for the direct injection, and subsequent separation, of antisense phosphorothioate...

Kleenex to sell tissue that kills viruses.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- First it was everything from dish soap to toothbrushes that promised protection against bacteria. Now the maker of Kleenex plans a tissue that kills viruses. Kimberly-Clark Corp. said its newest...

Serotonin transporter gene variation correlates with social phobia severity.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serotonin transporter gene variation correlates with social phobia severity. "A functional polymorphism in the promoter region of the human serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene has been related to...

Iatrogenic VSD closure with Amplatzer occluder reported.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Amplatzer occluder can be used to close iatrogenic VSDs in patients who have undergone aortic valve replacement. "Iatrogenic hemodynamically significant ventricular septal defects (VSDs) after...

Akt kinase activation blocks apoptosis in intestinal epithelial cells.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Akt kinase activation blocks apoptosis in intestinal epithelial cells by inhibiting caspase-3 after polyamine depletion. "Apoptosis plays a critical role in the maintenance of gut mucosal...

P300 regulates p53-dependent apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- P300 nucleoprotein regulates p53-dependent apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells. "Activation of the tumor suppressor p53 by DNA damage induces either cell cycle arrest or apoptosis, but what...

Effectiveness of ablation for atrial fibrillation has not been established.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Randomized controlled trials are necessary to determine the long-term effectiveness of ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). "During the past 10 years numerous studies on the treatment of...

Patients given intensive outpatient treatment have better outcomes.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a U.K. study suggest that intensive monthly outpatient treatment with antirheumatic drugs and steroid injections can substantially improve patients' symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis compared...

Roles of IL-18 in collagen-induced arthritis investigated.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review the roles of interleukin-18 in collagen-induced arthritis in the BB rat in a recent issue of Clinical and Experimental Immunology. "Interleukin (IL)-18 is a member of the IL-1...

Vioxx in high doses causes hypertension.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The evidence is growing: Chronic, high-dose consumption of the arthritis pain reliever Vioxx can raise blood pressure and the risk of serious heart problems. Yet a "substantial number" of patients...

Bovine collagen peptide vaccine modulates severity of arthritis.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vaccination with an immunodominant peptide of bovine type II collagen induces an anti-TCR response, and modulates the onset and severity of collagen-induced arthritis. According to a study from...

Thymosin alpha 1 activates dendritic cells for antifungal resistance.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thymosin alpha 1 activates dendritic cells for antifungal Th1 resistance through Toll-like receptor signaling. "Dendritic cells (DCs) show a remarkable functional plasticity in the recognition of...

European approval sought for Xolair as treatment for severe allergic asthma.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novartis Pharma AG has submitted its application for the European approval of Xolair. Xolair (omalizumab) is a novel therapy, which targets a root cause of allergic disease and offers an entirely...

Hundreds of athletes with asthma compete in Athens.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A diagnosis of asthma used to mean a seat on the bench for amateur and professional athletes. But with advances in asthma treatment and management, asthma - not the athlete - is sent to the...

New 20-year study links COPD and asthma.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research shows that adults with asthma may have an increased risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). According to a 20-year study published in Chest, patients with...

Physicians fail to prescribe proper medication for asthma patients.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A U.S. study of treatment for asthma patients who visited the emergency department (ED) suggests that physicians are not following the recommended asthma guidelines and are underprescribing controller...

Report: Singapore researchers develop gene-based asthma vaccine.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Singapore researchers have developed an asthma vaccine using a dust mite gene, a newspaper reported. Most asthma sufferers in tropical and subtropical countries are allergic to dust mites, the...

Study finds majority of children playing sports unprepared for asthma attacks.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than three-fourths of children with asthma were unprepared for an exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) event, or asthma attack, according to a recent study. Since exercise can be a trigger for...

Link studied between psychological factors, women's HIV sexual risk behaviors.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rutgers State University, New Jersey, researchers examined how the psychological factors of sexual imposition, dyadic trust and sensation seeking are associated with HIV sexual risk behaviors in a group...

Oxidized lipids, antibodies may be markers for atherogenesis.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The oxidation hypothesis of atherogenesis has been studied and researchers report new evidence that oxidized lipids and antibodies in those lipids may play a role as markers for atherogenesis. "The...

CLAs may modify hepatic gene expression patterns.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs) may have the potential to modify hepatic gene expression patterns, researchers report. "CLAs are isomeric forms of the 18:2 fatty acid that contain conjugated sites...

Low-density lipoprotein should be between 50 and 70 mg/dl.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Current guidelines for low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol should be between 50 and 70 mg/dl. "The normal LDL cholesterol range is 50 to 70 mg/dl for native hunter-gatherers, healthy human...

MDCT and MRI detect atherosclerotic lesions.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study shows that both multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can identify and differentiate atherosclerotic lesions in human ex vivo coronary arteries. ...

Methods of measuring cholesterol absorption in humans are clarified.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study attempts to clarify the benefits of approaches to measure cholesterol absorption in humans. According to recent research from the United States, "Under optimal conditions, plasma cholesterol...

Some lipid-lowering drugs can stabilize atherosclerotic plaque.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The fibrinolytic system and lipoproteins are related in the pathogenesis of coronary atherosclerosis. "The fibrinolytic system is comprised of a series of serine proteases and serine protease...

Statins promote collateral neovascularization without causing cancer growth.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Statins promote collateral neovascularization without causing cancer growth. According to a study from Japan, "3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors, or statins, are widely...

Irregular heart rhythm linked with sleep disorder.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People with an irregular heart rhythm are more likely to have sleep apnea than other cardiology patients, according to a new report. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a heart rhythm abnormality in which...

Serum pepsinogens predict topography of intestinal metaplasia.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serum pepsinogen levels can be used to predict intestinal metaplasia topography in atrophic gastritis patients. "The importance of atrophic gastritis with intestinal metaplasia is related to the...

U.S. pharmacy group to distribute nutritional supplement.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Australian Cancer Technology Limited (ACU) announced that its U.S. subsidiary, ACT (USA), has signed a distribution deal with Rochester Drug Cooperative, which will see the revisys range of nutritional...

Blue Cross of California pays out $56.9M in physician bonus incentives.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blue Cross of California (Blue Cross) announced its HMO Quality Scorecard award recipients for calendar year 2003. Throughout the state this week, 134 participating physician groups were paid an...

Ernst & Young names biotech president, CEO Eastwood entrepreneur of the year.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Jackie Eastwood, president and CEO, TissueLink Medical, Inc., was named the 2004 Ernst & Young New England Entrepreneur Of The Year in the Medical Devices category. This is the 18th year Ernst &...

Pharmaceutical innovation award program announced.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) announced the first Microsoft Pharmaceutical Innovation Award program, sponsored by Proscape Technologies Inc. Through this annual award, Microsoft will recognize the...

CGH microarrays useful for analysis of E. coli genome.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) microarrays are valuable tools for genomic and phylogenic E. coli analysis. "Escherichia coli, including the closely related genus Shigella, is a highly...