),
the Technology Transfer Company of Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO)
in Jerusalem, Israel, which promotes and commercializes HMO’s
continuously generated intellectual property (IP) and R&D capabilities.
IP generated by HMO has already gained global recognition due to Hadasit’s
successful enterprising of Hadassah’s
biomedical technology, including novel therapeutics, diagnostics and
devices. Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK — Martha Zamirski had tried almost every fitness fad: pole dancing, spinning, step aerobics.
“I never saw results,” said the 26-year-old who lives in New York City. “I thought something was wrong with me.”
But earlier this year, Zamirski, managing director of a non-profit theatre company, gave up the pole, the bike and the step for a basic boot camp workout. So far, she has lost 20 pounds and dropped two dress sizes.
“I can see Read the rest of this entry »

FRESNO, Calif.—The state medical board cleared a Fresno perinatologist of negligence in the deaths of two infants.
The ruling by the Medical Board of California means Dr. Hamid Safari, who handled high-risk births, can keep his license.
He remains suspended with pay from his job at Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center. A hearing is scheduled for April.
In 2007, the medical board accused Safari of gross negligence while delivering two Read the rest of this entry »

Police in Zimbabwe have stopped almost 1,000 medical staff from marching to protest about the country’s deteriorating health system.
The workers want the government to address staff and equipment shortages, and are calling for more pay.
Most hospitals in Zimbabwe have shut down, and fears are mounting over deaths due to lack of treatment.
Health staff say dozens of people have died from an outbreak of cholera in townships around the capital.
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Already, public health professionals have been enlisted to work with the PHAiRS team to assess the model’s real-world utility. The team is collaborating with physicians, public health experts and community leaders in Lubbock, Texas, to integrate the NASA dust storm predictions into a computer-based decision-support system called the Syndrome Reporting Information System, which maps reported cases of respiratory distress. The satellite-enhanced system Read the rest of this entry »

January 16, 2009 05:35 am
HAWC (Help for Abused Women and their Children) drop-in group meets every Wednesday from 9:30 to 11 a.m., with child care provided. Free, confidential group for women who have experienced emotionally or physically abusive relationships. Join other women for nonjudgmental support and education about domestic violence. Call 978-281-1135 for Gloucester location. Visit www.helpabusedwomen.org.
Support group for older women Read the rest of this entry »

HAWTHORNE, N.Y., Feb 05, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
— Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (“Taro,” the “Company,” Pink Sheets:
) reported today that it has received final approval from the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for its Abbreviated New Drug
Application (“ANDA”) for Lamotrigine Tablets (Chewable Dispersible), 5
mg and 25 mg (“lamotrigine chewable tablets”).
Lamotrigine chewable tablets, marketed by GlaxoSmithKline Read the rest of this entry »

Ever seen a cat toy with its prey? That’s how the Food and Drug Administration is treating
, which doesn’t know when the agency will pounce. Last week, the agency said that Lilly would
until at least February for a decision on its potential blockbuster drug prasugrel. Now the agency is also delaying any decision on Lilly’s long-acting injectable version of antipsychotic Zyprexa.
because of “excessive sedation events” seen in patients taking Read the rest of this entry »

The timing of the session illustrates how badly Heineman and others want to stop what has turned into an embarrassment for Nebraska: The special session will begin Nov. 14, less than two months before they begin the regular, annual legislative session.
“This law needs to be changed to reflect its original intent” to protect infants, Heineman said during a news conference Wednesday. The proposal most lawmakers have agreed upon would put an age limit Read the rest of this entry »

GALVESTON — Legislators and other officials today condemned a consultant’s proposal  that  the University of Texas Medical Branch move its hospital off Galveston Island to compensate for the $710 million in losses caused by Hurricane Ike.
Four University of Texas regents heard the recommendation by Atlanta-based consultant Kurt Salmon Associates assailed by speaker after speaker during a public hearing at the Moody Garden’s Convention Read the rest of this entry »