Bentley Board Approves Spin-off Of Drug Delivery Business The board of directors of Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: BNT) approved the spin-off of its drug delivery business into a new publicly traded company to be called CPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CPEX is a drug delivery company involved in the business of development, licensing and commercialization of pharmaceutical products utilizing validated drug delivery technology.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDeath Of Tim Russert - Statement Of The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Assocation The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association joins with the many others mourning the death of Tim Russert of NBC News. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family of which he was so proud. Given Mr. Russert's drive for the truth and factual journalism, we encourage the news media to carefully report the facts of his death.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPediatrics: Surgery, Reconstruction, Diversion, Endourology, Transplantation ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Selected Abstracts Moderated Podium Session 22: May 19, 2008 1:00 PMAbstract 1030: This was a large population based study that confirmed associations of pre-existing maternal diabetes mellitus with congenital urinary tract abnormalities.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSmoking And Body Mass Index Linked To Hearing Loss - Moderate Alcohol Consumption Has A Protective Effect Smoking and body mass index (BMI) are risk factors in the development of age-related hearing loss, says one of the largest-ever studies into risk factors for hearing loss - but alcohol has a protective effect. The study¹ has just been published online in Springer's Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (JARO).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGovernor Signs Landmark Law For California Dental Hygienists - CDHA-Sponsored SB 853 Provides Greater Autonomy And Recognition Of Profession Ending several decades of struggle by California dental hygienists to achieve independence as a distinct public
health profession, Governor Schwarzenegger today signed Senate Bill 853 (Perata). The measure creates the Dental Hygiene Committee a new regulatory body housed under the California Dental Board dedicated solely to overseeing the state's dental hygiene profession.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comTreating Stress Urinary Incontinence With Stem Cells Reported From The Annual Meeting Of The American Urological Association ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Rodriguez discussed use of stem cells for treating SUI (Stress Urinary Incontinence). A stem cell is embryonic, adult, or engineered. Embryonic stem cells come from the blastocyst which is totipotent or pluripotent. These cells are immortal, identical clonal cells with long-term self renewal.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comJaw Protrusion Enhances Forces Exerted On Prey By Suction Feeding Fishes Many bony fishes have the spectacular ability to protrude their jaws forward during prey capture. This innovative behavior is thought to increase the ability of fishes to capture their prey, but exactly how feeding performance is improved is not clear. We adopted a hydrodynamic perspective, and examined the forces exerted on the prey during feeding.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBoehringer Ingelheim Announces First Positive Health Technology Assessments For Novel Oral Anticoagulant Pradaxa� (dabigatran Etexilate) The Scottish
Medicines Consortium (SMC) has accepted Pradaxa� (dabigatran etexilate) for routine use within the National
Health Service (NHS) of Scotland for its currently licensed indication: the prevention of venous thromboembolic events in adults who have undergone total hip or knee replacement surgery.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comA Simple Modification Of The Hodgkin & Huxley Equations Explains Type 3 Excitability In Squid Giant Axons This paper describes an unusual finding from a well known preparation in neuroscience - squid giant axons. Specifically, the cell fires once and only once in response to a sustained depolarizing current pulse, a result Alan Hodgkin referred to as Type 3 in a classic paper on crustacean axons published in 1948.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSleep Restriction Results In Increased Consumption Of Energy From Snacks Bedtime restriction in an environment that promotes overeating and inactivity is accompanied by increased intake of calories from snacks. This behavior may contribute to the increased risk of weight gain and obesity associated with short sleep hours, according to a research abstrac presented at SLEEP 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS).
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