February 6, 2009 (Computerworld)
and the Continua Health Alliance this week unveiled jointly developed software designed to stream patient information from a doctor’s mobile device to online data stores.
The two tech giants worked with the Beaverton, Ore.-based health care provider to extend the value of
offerings, and to ensure that stored patient health records are up to date, according to an
press release.
“Our partnership with IBM will Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Bernardo was a third-year student at Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine when he died in an automobile accident in the Dominican Republic last month. He was 26.
An alumnus of Durham’s Riverside High School, Bernardo graduated magna cum laude from N.C. State University with a degree in biology.
Going to a local school allowed him to visit his family in Durham often. His father died four years ago after battling a brain tumor for more Read the rest of this entry »
If a weight-loss supplement does contain an undeclared active
pharmaceutical, the F.D.A. considers the product to be an illegal,
unapproved drug. Doctors said undeclared drugs could cause problems on
their own, like elevated blood pressure or seizures, could have toxic interactions with other medications people take and
could make it difficult for physicians to diagnose patients.
As the F.D.A. continues to investigate, many questions remain Read the rest of this entry »
for $130 million, the company announced Thursday.
The transaction, once it’s completed, will transfer Richmond, Va.-based Insmed’s research and production facility in Boulder to Merck. The Boulder plant’s 80 employees will be offered jobs to continue their work under Merck’s ownership, Insmed said.
Insmed geared its Boulder plant over the past 18 months to produce alternate versions of established biotech drugs.
The first Read the rest of this entry »
SUNDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) — A new scientific discovery could someday lead to medications to fight the flu as well as a vaccine that would not have to be changed every year because it could target a broad range of flu strains.
“We identified new human antibodies that inactivate influenza, not just bird flu, but any of the seasonal influenza viruses that affect us in the winter,” said researcher Dr. Wayne A. Marasco, an associate professor Read the rest of this entry »
Revenue in the men’s health division barely budged, growing 0.8 percent to $89 million, partly because of slowing growth of erectile restoration (penile prosthesis) products. The company “was seeing some economic impact on [these] procedures, as men who have in some cases lived with the problem for years elected to delay treatment due to either copays or the lengthy recovery period,” wrote Brooks West, an analyst with Craig-Hallum in Minneapolis. Read the rest of this entry »