Monthly Archives: August 2010

Health Highlights: Aug. 17, 2010

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

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D. Medical Enters Into Definitive Manufacturing and Supply Agreement with UPG

TIRAT CARMEL, ISRAEL–(Marketwire – 08/17/10) – D. Medical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: DMED – News )(TASE: DMDC) (“D. Medical”), a medical device company engaged through its subsidiaries in the research, development, manufacture and sale of innovative products for diabetes treatment and … Continue reading →

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Cigna lobbies to define medical loss ratio on insurers’ terms

Cigna has become a player in the insurance industry’s lobbying on what should count as medical care under new rules governing health care spending, Kaiser Health News and McClatchy report. “The insurer has stayed in step with larger rivals such … Continue reading →

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MedCity News cornhole tournament is Thursday

Fifty teams from Ohio’s medical industry — with more possibly on the way — will take their talents to Gateway Plaza for this year’s MedCity News Medical Cornhole Tournament at 4 p.m. Thursday. Downtown Cleveland Alliance, Cleveland Medical Mart and … Continue reading →

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Medical Connections, Inc. Appoints New Member to Board of Directors

BOCA RATON, Fla.—-Medical Connections Holdings, Inc. , a national provider of medical recruitment and staffing services, announced today the appointment of Mr. James E. Wallace to its Board of Directors.

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News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: August 17, 2010

1. Disclosing Medical Errors Does Not Increase Malpractice Claims While experts acknowledge that patients should be informed of medical errors, some fear that proactive disclosure will increase litigation and costs to health care systems. In 2001, the University of Michigan … Continue reading →

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Prospect Medical turns fiscal 3Q profit of $2.8 M

(AP:LOS ANGELES) Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., which has agreed to be acquired by a private equity firm, said Tuesday it turned a profit in its fiscal third quarter as revenue edged up 2 percent.

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Karl Grossman: Cancer — The Number One Killer — And Its Environmental Causes

The World Health Organization projects that this year cancer will become the world’s leading cause of death. Why has it skyrocketed to now surpass heart disease as number one?

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Exams, scans weed out potential problems for NBA teams

Q: How does the Miami Heat know when it drafts a player or signs a free agent that he is healthy and that no problems exist that would prevent him from physically fulfilling his contract?

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A century of memories

BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK Anna Bowman has seen it all: Two world wars. The Great Depression. The landing on the moon. The assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. The turn of the … Continue reading →

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Twins 9 years on for IVF hell parents

A couple are celebrating the birth of twins after a nine-year fertility treatment nightmare. Theresa Mechan, 36, suffered three miscarriages trying to have a child with husband Dave, 56.

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Project will sequence all human bacteria

ST. LOUIS, Miss., Aug. 17 (UPI) — U.S. scientists say they will undertake a project to sequence the genetic content of all the bacteria that live in the human body — about 900 types. Bacteria – United States – Human … Continue reading →

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Interleukin Genetics exits NYSE for Pink OTC Markets

Interleukin Genetics Inc. (OTC: ILIU) is no longer traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company transferred its common stock to the OTCQB marketplace because it could no longer meet NYSE listing requirements, though the recent quarter’s results improved.

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Pill nips homosexuality in the bud

A prenatal pill prescribed to women expecting daughters with a rare genetic disorder, could reduce the chance of their children becoming lesbians, according to research.

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Researchers: Microalgal Biofuels Sustainable in 10 Years

A process to produce fuel from microalgae could be sustainable and economical in the next 10 to 15 years, Favstocks reported. Two researchers from the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands recently published a paper in the journal “Science” predicting … Continue reading →

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Cibus Global Finds $1.1M

San Diego-based Cibus Global, a developer of technology for engineering agricultural crops, has raised $1.16M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Tuesday. The funding appears to be part of an ongoing, $2.6M fundraising by the firm. … Continue reading →

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Breakthrough gene therapy could preserve vision

Washington, Aug 17 : Non-viral gene therapy can delay the onset of some forms of eye disease and preserve vision, found one of only two studies of its kind.

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Medicine may be key to cloning’s future

The cloning of animals may have come from agriculture, but its real promise may be in the lucrative field of medicine rather than as food.

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California Telehealth Network to link centers

Last week at the future Grand Central Station of the West (San Francisco’s closed Transbay Terminal), we witnessed, with ceremonial shovels and earth, the groundbreaking for high-speed rail, touted by the nation’s transportation secretary as a “really big… San Francisco … Continue reading →

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Broadband: our future in a ditch

The recent Background Briefing program on broadband started with this image: Di Martin: But as Phil Dobbie discovered for himself the other day, the poor old copper wires, laid more than a century ago, are on their last legs. Phil … Continue reading →

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