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LHC reaches highest power levels - so far
The Large Hadron Collider has reached its highest power so far, taking Cern closer to its goal of using the particle accelerator to conduct experiments that will discover new physics. by Tom Espiner ZDNet UK

Beware the new Facebook password reset scam
If you get an e-mail that appears to be from Facebook saying the company reset your password and urging you to open an attachment, it is a scam. Repeat, it is a scam. by Elinor Mills CNET News

Social media better than sex?
It's not surprising that so many people rely on social media, for both work and play, every day - a statistic highlighted in the latest Retrevo Gadgetology Report on social-media usage. by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore CNET News

3D glasses: One for each set
With the coming of 3D television comes the invasion of 3D glasses. The problem is that there are no standards so they will work only with the brand of TV with which they're shipped. by Erica Ogg CNET News

Study: Businesses start to embrace Windows 7
A new survey shows that businesses are increasingly planning their move to Windows 7, with more than half of those questioned planning to have some machines running the operating system in their corporations by the end of the year. by Ina Fried CNET News

How the butterfly botnet was broken
A joint operation by researchers from Canadian security firm Defense Intelligence and Spain's PandaLabs led to the arrest of three men in Spain earlier this month in connection with the Mariposa botnet. by Tom Espiner ZDNet UK

Wikileaks poses 'security threat' to US Army
A leaked US Army intelligence report, classified as secret, says the Wikileaks website poses a significant "operational security and information security" threat to military operations. by Declan McCullagh CNET News

Companies' outsourcing spend to increase
A recent Gartner survey found that 85 percent of organizations anticipate their spending with external service providers ESP to increase or stay the same when the economy returns, pointing to a return to growth in the IT services market in 2010. by Liau Yun Qing ZDNet Asia

Drudge Report, TechCrunch hit by ad malware
Matt Drudge and Michael Arrington found themselves in an unpleasant position last week when visitors to their sites were targeted by malware that appeared to have come from ads. by Elinor Mills CNET News

Obama lines up with copyright owners
As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama was a young technology fan who appeared to be an establishment outsider. But he now appears to have lined up on the side of copyright owners. by Greg Sandoval CNET News

Why no one cares about privacy anymore
Google co-founder Sergey Brin adores the company's social network called Google Buzz. We know this because an engineer working five feet from Brin used Google Buzz to say so. by Declan McCullagh CNET News

Judges uphold Word patent-infringement ruling
A US Court of Appeals panel has upheld a judgement that Microsoft infringed on another company's patent with its custom XML tags in Word 2003 and Word 2007. by David Meyer ZDNet UK

Target offers mobile coupons
Mobile coupons are coming to mega-retailer Target, which will allow shoppers all over the U.S. to use their mobile handset to get discounts on all kinds of products. by Marguerite Reardon CNET News

Browser choice not coming to Asia
Microsoft rivals have indicated that they will not be pushing for a similar action in the Asia-Pacific region. by Liau Yun Qing ZDNet Asia

Twitter aims to filter out malicious links
Twitter is launching a new service designed to stop users of the social-media site from getting duped by phishing links that steal their login credentials and other attacks. by Elinor Mills CNET News

Potential console killer OnLive to go live June 17
OnLive, a streaming video game service that, if properly implemented, could threaten traditional console makers. by Daniel Terdiman CNET News

Drudge Report accused of serving malware
For the second time in less than six months, visitors to the Drudge Report say they got malware in addition to the Web site's usual sensational headlines. by Elinor Mills CNET News

Curt Schilling's 38 Studios, EA in Big Huge game deal
Ex-baseballer Curt Schilling's developer 38 Studios has struck a deal with EA to publish an upcoming single-player role-playing game. by Tor Thorsen GameSpot

HP sues Asian firms over patents
Hewlett-Packard has filed a suit against four companies based in Hong Kong and Taiwan, accusing the defendants of patent infringement, according to various reports. by Vivian Yeo ZDNet Asia

Apache bug prompts update advice
IT security company Sense of Security has discovered a serious bug in Apache's HTTP web server, which could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of a database. by Colin Ho,ZDNet.com.au

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Top Science, Technology, and Health News

Improving Public Health Through Early Warning Systems And Marine Drug Discovery
On Monday, March 22, NOAA's Oceans and Human Health Initiative will host two briefings to key House and Senate staffers on NOAA's efforts to improve understanding and management of the ocean, coasts, and Great Lakes to enhance benefits to human health and reduce public health risks. Panelists from NOAA and academia will highlight partnerships and success stories from across the U.S. on beach, seafood, and drinking water safety; sentinel species and habitats health and insights for human health; and drug discoveries from the sea... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eKbqTNOPLssGflPKnUb444G-XWw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eKbqTNOPLssGflPKnUb444G-XWw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eKbqTNOPLssGflPKnUb444G-XWw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eKbqTNOPLssGflPKnUb444G-XWw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/LTidGZ25_iM" height="1" width="1"/>

Emisphere Technologies And Alchemia To Research An Oral Formulation Of Fondaparinux With Eligen(R) Technology
Emisphere Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:EMIS) and Alchemia Ltd. (ASX:ACL) announced that they are joining efforts to develop an oral formulation of the anti-coagulant drug fondaparinux with Emisphere's Eligen® Technology. Emisphere's broad-based drug delivery platform, known as the Eligen® Technology, uses proprietary, synthetic carriers to enhance the oral bioavailability of a drug without altering its chemical form or biological activity. Fondaparinux, an anti-coagulant used for the prevention of deep vein thrombosis, is marketed in injectable form as Arixtra® by GlaxoSmithKline... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BpK5cCpFPsJKwFsQmsKGYTwYJMo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BpK5cCpFPsJKwFsQmsKGYTwYJMo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BpK5cCpFPsJKwFsQmsKGYTwYJMo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BpK5cCpFPsJKwFsQmsKGYTwYJMo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Mcrsx-znS0o" height="1" width="1"/>

Novelos Therapeutics Discontinues Current Development Program For NOV-002 In NSCLC
Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: NVLT), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapeutics to treat cancer and hepatitis, announced that primary and secondary endpoints were not met in Novelos' pivotal Phase 3 trial in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with its lead product, NOV-002, in combination with first-line chemotherapy. Adding NOV-002 to paclitaxel and carboplatin chemotherapy was not statistically or meaningfully different in terms of efficacy-related endpoints or recovery from chemotherapy toxicity versus chemotherapy alone... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ce5Z3h1Dakb5L56bI0c1Mpzz98s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ce5Z3h1Dakb5L56bI0c1Mpzz98s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ce5Z3h1Dakb5L56bI0c1Mpzz98s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ce5Z3h1Dakb5L56bI0c1Mpzz98s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/bF1gGDMirjo" height="1" width="1"/>

Phase 2 Data On Provectus's PV-10 To Be Presented At The 2010 ASCO Scientific Program On June 4 - 8 In Chicago
Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC BB: PVCT), a development-stage oncology and dermatology biopharmaceutical company, announced that data from its Phase 2 study of PV-10 for metastatic melanoma has been accepted for presentation at the 2010 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Scientific Program to be held on June 4 - 8, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Sanjiv Agarwala, Chief, Medical Oncology and Hematology at St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network in Bethlehem, PA, and Principal Investigator for Provectus's Phase 2 PV-10 trial site at St... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C5U_ErjbphZOTkbyKhuRNf1yTGw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C5U_ErjbphZOTkbyKhuRNf1yTGw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C5U_ErjbphZOTkbyKhuRNf1yTGw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C5U_ErjbphZOTkbyKhuRNf1yTGw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/ngcPYSbQ13M" height="1" width="1"/>

Baxter And Its Foundation Expand Access To Healthcare And Education Through 2009 Contributions
Baxter International Inc., its employees and The Baxter International Foundation are committed to supporting global and local communities through financial contributions; product donations; employee volunteerism, including support of education; and other initiatives. In 2009, charitable giving exceeded $52 million to address critical needs locally and globally. Recent initiatives include supporting relief efforts in Haiti due to the devastating earthquake, and building Baxter's talent pipeline through a partnership with Howard University... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pUQTu2cwrJCoOVKn_O5y2px_4p4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pUQTu2cwrJCoOVKn_O5y2px_4p4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pUQTu2cwrJCoOVKn_O5y2px_4p4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pUQTu2cwrJCoOVKn_O5y2px_4p4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Bkg0h57nah0" height="1" width="1"/>

Philips To Unveil Breakthrough In Digital Pathology
At the United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology 2010 annual meeting (March 20-26, Washington DC, USA), Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) will unveil a work-in-progress pathology slide scanner and associated image management system. These prototype systems will form the basis of the company's future integrated digital pathology solutions. The prototype slide scanner will be designed to overcome one of the major hurdles for mainstream introduction of digital pathology - the availability of a scanning technology that combines ease of use, speed and high image quality... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5ikVlHNj-VUrFT5UB72fth5oIUk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5ikVlHNj-VUrFT5UB72fth5oIUk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5ikVlHNj-VUrFT5UB72fth5oIUk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5ikVlHNj-VUrFT5UB72fth5oIUk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/PncVdpst9nI" height="1" width="1"/>

FDA Advisory Panel Unanimously Recommends Expanded Indication For Boston Scientific's Heart Failure Devices Based On Landmark MADIT-CRT Trial
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced that the Circulatory System Devices Panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has unanimously recommended approval of an expanded indication for its cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds), including the COGNIS® CRT-D. The panel recommended the expansion include the majority of the studied population of the landmark MADIT-CRT clinical trial, which evaluated the ability of these devices to slow the progression of heart failure in patients with asymptomatic or mild heart failure... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-1xDJZhLFA63XqlEn1vc6A69O44/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-1xDJZhLFA63XqlEn1vc6A69O44/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-1xDJZhLFA63XqlEn1vc6A69O44/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-1xDJZhLFA63XqlEn1vc6A69O44/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/PiJTaKAbNoc" height="1" width="1"/>

Boston Scientific Completes Enrollment In PLATINUM Trials For Small Vessels And Long Lesions
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced the completion of patient enrollment in the Small Vessel and Long Lesion trials of its PLATINUM clinical program. The trials are designed to compare the platinum chromium PROMUS® Element™ Everolimus-Eluting Stent System to matched historical control groups of patients treated with the TAXUS® Express2™ Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent System. The Small Vessel trial enrolled 94 patients with de novo lesions greater than or equal to 2.25 to less than 2.50 mm in diameter and less than or equal to 28 mm in length... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pr3sHM-MWljJHY-Zrfp6CcaQKBA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pr3sHM-MWljJHY-Zrfp6CcaQKBA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pr3sHM-MWljJHY-Zrfp6CcaQKBA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pr3sHM-MWljJHY-Zrfp6CcaQKBA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/eLsEYy86Dbk" height="1" width="1"/>

Avandia Debate "Skewed" By Pharmaceutical Company
Researchers claim that pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithkline has tried to influence the debate on the safety of diabetes treatment drug Avandia, also known as rosiglitazone, which the company manufactures. A new study claims that more than nine out of ten scientists who backed the drug had financial links to the pharmaceutical industry. Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota analysed more than 200 articles published in scientific journals, including original papers, editorials and letters, which commented on the heart attack risk associated with Avandia after 2007... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CvukGlwgTzDZzWBTSqFkN1NfqL8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CvukGlwgTzDZzWBTSqFkN1NfqL8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CvukGlwgTzDZzWBTSqFkN1NfqL8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CvukGlwgTzDZzWBTSqFkN1NfqL8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/cBtyqGNfpnE" height="1" width="1"/>

Varian Medical Systems To Showcase Image-Guided Radiotherapy, Radiosurgery, And X-ray Imaging Technologies At Major Medical Meetings In Asia
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New Analysis Of Senate Health Reform Bill And President's Proposal Signal Significant Legal Changes Ahead
A new analysis of H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed on December 24, 2009 by the United States Senate, was released today by The GW School of Public Health and Health Services, Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program. This new analysis focuses on key legal changes in the Senate-passed legislation and highlights relevant provisions addressed in the President's health reform proposal (released by the White House on February 22, 2010)... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QfRYm1HFQ7saY_A63nxpSlGxp_g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QfRYm1HFQ7saY_A63nxpSlGxp_g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QfRYm1HFQ7saY_A63nxpSlGxp_g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QfRYm1HFQ7saY_A63nxpSlGxp_g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/gSQiGPY7db8" height="1" width="1"/>

APA: Electronic Health Care Rule Could Impact Small Practice Specialists
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) submitted comments this week to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the proposed rule on the electronic health record incentive program. The APA supports a national push towards wide-scale electronic health record (EHR) adoption, but has a number of concerns that the rule defining "meaningful use" is overly prescriptive and could negatively impact participation of physicians in the incentive program, particularly psychiatrists... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iaqPuHDu4Vt7rqu5_8tGLJzeWNY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iaqPuHDu4Vt7rqu5_8tGLJzeWNY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iaqPuHDu4Vt7rqu5_8tGLJzeWNY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iaqPuHDu4Vt7rqu5_8tGLJzeWNY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/aANB_aSzGNA" height="1" width="1"/>

NHS Needs To Invest In Increasing Specialists' Nurses, Wales
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has joined forces with almost 40 of the UK's leading health organisations to warn that cutting specialist nurse services for people with long term conditions would be a "false economy", as they began a campaign for guaranteed access to specialist nursing care for all patients with long term conditions. Specialist nurse posts save millions of pounds from health budgets through reduced complications, fewer hospital re-admissions and the expert long term management of conditions... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qzIMXeKOyiHF8_-zjSDFB0HAB94/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qzIMXeKOyiHF8_-zjSDFB0HAB94/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qzIMXeKOyiHF8_-zjSDFB0HAB94/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qzIMXeKOyiHF8_-zjSDFB0HAB94/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Mv7BTmK_ou4" height="1" width="1"/>

FDA Warns About Increased Risk Of Muscle Injury With Zocor
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned patients and healthcare providers about the potential for increased risk of muscle injury from the cholesterol-lowering medication Zocor (simvastatin) 80 mg. Although muscle injury (called myopathy) is a known side effect with all statins, today's warning highlights the greater risk of developing muscle injury, including rhabdomyolysis, for patients when they are prescribed and use higher doses of this drug. Rhabdomyolysis is the most serious form of myopathy and can lead to severe kidney damage, kidney failure, and sometimes death... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VcUGIcKiuEF23hE6FDmcqwmoJLE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VcUGIcKiuEF23hE6FDmcqwmoJLE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VcUGIcKiuEF23hE6FDmcqwmoJLE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VcUGIcKiuEF23hE6FDmcqwmoJLE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/eQyraP3R-hA" height="1" width="1"/>

Terrence Higgins Trust Launches Free Sex And Relationships Guide Book For Young People, Schools And Colleges, UK
Young Leaders from HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) have produced a new guide for young people about relationships and sex today. 'Everything you need to know about...Relationships' will be available to order from THT's web site and the first 10,000 copies are free. The guide talks about different kinds of relationships, gives information around sex and sexual health as well as suggestions on where young people can go to get advice and support... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m9-o5RVVpfmr58TumLMOpNEFsDQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m9-o5RVVpfmr58TumLMOpNEFsDQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m9-o5RVVpfmr58TumLMOpNEFsDQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m9-o5RVVpfmr58TumLMOpNEFsDQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/OICQIkb0nJE" height="1" width="1"/>

No Need To Panic Over Rabies Threat, Say Vets
Vets are warning against widespread concern and panic after press reports that there will be a significant threat of rabies to the UK when rules for pet travel are harmonised across Europe. In a letter to the Veterinary Record Dr Paul Burr and his colleagues at the Biobest Laboratories, which carries out serology tests for rabies, warn against any relaxation of the current rules for animals entering the UK under the Pet Travel Scheme (PETS)... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HiggLhFDbUUkb8xYWNDTe7D-Gk8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HiggLhFDbUUkb8xYWNDTe7D-Gk8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HiggLhFDbUUkb8xYWNDTe7D-Gk8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HiggLhFDbUUkb8xYWNDTe7D-Gk8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/M-s073e2Iug" height="1" width="1"/>

MRSA And C. Difficile Quarterly Update, UK
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has published a quarterly epidemiological commentary on trends of MRSA (meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) bloodstream infections and C. difficile (Clostridium difficile) infections from October 2007 to December 2009. MRSA bloodstream infections Overall there has been a 59% decrease in the number of MRSA episodes reported during the surveillance period in England, from 1092 cases in Q4/2007 (October to December) to 444 cases during the same time period in 2009... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sTipCCU3fzGZcRFCOvicoQSXkJs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sTipCCU3fzGZcRFCOvicoQSXkJs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sTipCCU3fzGZcRFCOvicoQSXkJs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sTipCCU3fzGZcRFCOvicoQSXkJs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/wiV8AH6sKdw" height="1" width="1"/>

Cytokinetics Announces Opening Of A Phase IIa "Evidence Of Effect" Clinical Trial Of CK-2017357 For Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Cytokinetics, Incorporated (NASDAQ: CYTK) announced that the company has opened a Phase IIa "Evidence of Effect" (EoE) clinical trial of CK-2017357 for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. CK-2017357 is a fast skeletal muscle troponin activator and is the lead drug candidate that has emerged from the company's skeletal muscle contractility program. CK-2017357 selectively activates the fast skeletal muscle troponin complex and increases its sensitivity to calcium, resulting in increased skeletal muscle force... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_to5wwqpdCKusi-CEbf0B2zULYA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_to5wwqpdCKusi-CEbf0B2zULYA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_to5wwqpdCKusi-CEbf0B2zULYA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_to5wwqpdCKusi-CEbf0B2zULYA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/lRuOWAE4PiE" height="1" width="1"/>

Joint Advocacy Conference Brings Urology's Voice To Capitol Hill
The American Urological Association (AUA) and the American Association of Clinical Urologists (AACU) are pleased to once again co-sponsor the only advocacy meeting specifically devoted to urology. The Fifth Annual Urology Joint Advocacy Conference will be held March 21 through March 23 at the Ritz-Carlton, Washington, DC. One of the highlights of this year's conference will be the unveiling of two pieces of AUA-authored legislation focusing on prostate cancer and urotrauma... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tpJm5UO04QzA0yT__xjgt6lfNIQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tpJm5UO04QzA0yT__xjgt6lfNIQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tpJm5UO04QzA0yT__xjgt6lfNIQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tpJm5UO04QzA0yT__xjgt6lfNIQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/LDXnHKJ5d2M" height="1" width="1"/>

Christopher Kennedy Lawford Visits Ukraine To Advocate For Hep C Prevention And Treatment
Christopher Kennedy Lawford paid a visit to Ukraine on 14-17 March 2010 to discuss with senior health officials, civil society activists, donor community issues related to hepatitis C (Hep C) prevention in Ukraine and share experience in its healing. US national spokesperson on Hep C Lawford together with UNICEF Chief of HIV/AIDS Section Jimmy Kolker visited Kyiv to raise public awareness on Hep C and HIV co-infection and to advocate for the aversion of risky behavior among young Ukrainians. Christopher Kennedy Lawford, nephew of John F... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dpSMMpHOBc9RkoBtb1m6JHCqkxY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dpSMMpHOBc9RkoBtb1m6JHCqkxY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dpSMMpHOBc9RkoBtb1m6JHCqkxY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dpSMMpHOBc9RkoBtb1m6JHCqkxY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Nq-RhrE6tAA" height="1" width="1"/>

Timothy Hla Appointed To Lead Center For Vascular Biology At Weill Cornell Medical College
One of the nation's foremost vascular biologists, Dr. Timothy T. Hla, has been appointed as the new director of the Center for Vascular Biology and professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Founded in 1995, Weill Cornell's Center for Vascular Biology is dedicated to biomedical research into vascular disease -- specifically atherosclerosis and thrombosis -- and the contributing role of the vascular system in a wide range of diseases. Previously leading the Center was its founding director, Dr. David P... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lkrArvGoUQKy3NyRcsY87G0NnJI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lkrArvGoUQKy3NyRcsY87G0NnJI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lkrArvGoUQKy3NyRcsY87G0NnJI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lkrArvGoUQKy3NyRcsY87G0NnJI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/C0OzeJb6OGE" height="1" width="1"/>

BD Diagnostics Launches The BD Protect(TM) Infection Surveillance And Prevention Software Portfolio
BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced the launch of the BD Protect™ Infection Surveillance and Data Management System, a portfolio of healthcare management software solutions that tracks infections and helps prevent their transmission at three levels -- from patient to patient, between patients and healthcare workers, and from community sources to healthcare settings... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y7bHdNRNt6N15Cp0ExM5U79ecTI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y7bHdNRNt6N15Cp0ExM5U79ecTI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y7bHdNRNt6N15Cp0ExM5U79ecTI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y7bHdNRNt6N15Cp0ExM5U79ecTI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/m7OOxFTb1_I" height="1" width="1"/>

Physicians Practice And All Children's Hospital To Improve Patient Care In St. Petersburg, FL
Physicians Practice and All Children's Hospital have joined forces to help provide area physicians and their staff more time to devote to patient care. This new partnership is a unique program designed to help doctors in the St. Petersburg area better handle the cumbersome and time-consuming issues of managing a busy practice. Through this new alliance, All Children's Hospital will use Physicians Practice's extensive resources to deliver essential practice management tools to help local physicians manage the business aspects of medicine more efficiently and effectively... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T59jVpBKiY1VZrK7ug7BGV85ALg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T59jVpBKiY1VZrK7ug7BGV85ALg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T59jVpBKiY1VZrK7ug7BGV85ALg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T59jVpBKiY1VZrK7ug7BGV85ALg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/vwlCzUoEnFc" height="1" width="1"/>

Slo-Niacin(R), A Non-Prescription Dietary Supplement, Features Nicotinic Acid - The Most Effective Agent For Increasing HDL, 'Good Cholesterol'
Niacin, or nicotinic acid, when used under the care and monitoring of a healthcare provider, is the most effective agent available for increasing high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or "good cholesterol (1)." HDL is known as "good cholesterol" because it has protective effects on the heart and blood vessels. It not only removes excess cholesterol in the blood and brings it to the liver for disposal, it may also have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-clotting effects (2). Some experts also believe that HDL removes excess cholesterol from arterial plaque, slowing its buildup (3)... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Mgmreh182ZoorIh8Tg91NNEX3Ak/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Mgmreh182ZoorIh8Tg91NNEX3Ak/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Mgmreh182ZoorIh8Tg91NNEX3Ak/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Mgmreh182ZoorIh8Tg91NNEX3Ak/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/i7f_zrajyXw" height="1" width="1"/>

Prometheus And Bayer Schering Pharma To Apply Novel Diagnostic Platform To Oncology Therapeutic Candidates
Prometheus Laboratories Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical and diagnostic company, announced the execution of a research collaboration and license agreement with Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany, a worldwide leading specialty pharmaceutical company. The collaboration partners Prometheus' proprietary oncology diagnostic platform with Bayer's broad oncology pipeline in an effort to stratify patients to appropriate drug candidates and potentially accelerate the development of novel oncology therapeutic products... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yEeklKwYMf1MObqh0SXxJYBJQ_o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yEeklKwYMf1MObqh0SXxJYBJQ_o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yEeklKwYMf1MObqh0SXxJYBJQ_o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yEeklKwYMf1MObqh0SXxJYBJQ_o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/dWTI-4Tx3Qc" height="1" width="1"/>

Evidence-Based Protocols In Cancer Treatment Reduce Variation, Improve Efficacy And Safety Of Care
MedSolutions, a leading provider of medical cost management services, announced the launch of its oncology management program, which uses evidence-based guidelines to ensure appropriate use of diagnostic imaging, radiation therapy and drugs for cancer patients. "There is a vast and expanding body of research on cancer care, and doctors are understandably challenged to keep up with innovations in technology and best practices in treatment," said Gregg Allen, M.D., MedSolutions' chief medical officer. "This is further complicated by the number of new cancer cases in the U.S... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/R5BWQ1rqcRdEQGRCa-cj0adH29w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/R5BWQ1rqcRdEQGRCa-cj0adH29w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/R5BWQ1rqcRdEQGRCa-cj0adH29w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/R5BWQ1rqcRdEQGRCa-cj0adH29w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/9BgHveNrPuA" height="1" width="1"/>

Early Identification Of Alzheimer's Disease With PET Scan
Westside Medical Associates of Los Angeles and Westside Medical Imaging (WMI) of Beverly Hills announce the benefit of early positron emission tomography (PET) scanning to identify Alzheimer's in its early more treatable phase. According to Dr... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T2f1HQTQ5gQ0Ow8E1qDfaNcXTcQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T2f1HQTQ5gQ0Ow8E1qDfaNcXTcQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T2f1HQTQ5gQ0Ow8E1qDfaNcXTcQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T2f1HQTQ5gQ0Ow8E1qDfaNcXTcQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/tKp8jv3BsC0" height="1" width="1"/>

Cystodistension: No Standards And No Benefits-Survey Of UK Practice - When Data Is Limited, The Place Of Hydrodistention And Hunner's Lesion Ablation
UroToday.com - Cystoscopy with hydrodistention is not practiced in any standardized fashion despite proposals by the National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK) 2 decades ago and more recently the European Society for the Study of Interstitial Cystitis (ESSIC) to establish such standards. Mahendru and Al-Taher from Colchester and Kings Lynn UK posted questionnaires to 486 Consultant gynecologists, and urologists in the UK to assess current practices... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WMGhsNzaX4Xyj9i8dpucxnvJJAw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WMGhsNzaX4Xyj9i8dpucxnvJJAw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WMGhsNzaX4Xyj9i8dpucxnvJJAw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WMGhsNzaX4Xyj9i8dpucxnvJJAw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/KIl7uYLnLPw" height="1" width="1"/>

Accelerating The Pace Of Discovery In Cancer Research
Moffitt Cancer Center and Proteacel LLC have announced that they have entered a licensing agreement under which Proteacel has acquired the exclusive rights to the PORE™ technology for delivery of genes into cells. Genes are the instructions that build cells. Defects in these genes cause disease, such as cancer. In order to understand how these genes work and their involvement in a disease process, researchers must study and modify them. The most common way to study gene function is to transfer the gene into cells... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hk4lnpkKpXLR-HI4S8alh2qigzk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hk4lnpkKpXLR-HI4S8alh2qigzk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hk4lnpkKpXLR-HI4S8alh2qigzk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hk4lnpkKpXLR-HI4S8alh2qigzk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/4c-iarsbbQs" height="1" width="1"/>

Duke Cell Therapy Center Benefit From Robertson Foundation Donation
A $10.2 million commitment from the Robertson Foundation to create a state-of-the-art Translational Cell Therapy Center (TCTC) will advance Duke Medicine's pioneering cell therapy research and treatment programs for children and adults with cancer, cerebral palsy, stroke and brain injuries suffered at birth. In making the announcement, Victor J... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7i4PKXoBfliz_44SzDS-YZ6wAyw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7i4PKXoBfliz_44SzDS-YZ6wAyw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7i4PKXoBfliz_44SzDS-YZ6wAyw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7i4PKXoBfliz_44SzDS-YZ6wAyw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/ep9VOsAlqlc" height="1" width="1"/>

$1.2 Million Award from NIST Facilitates Groundbreaking Study Of Wireless Body Area Networks
WPI's Center for Wireless Information Network Studies (CWINS) has received a three-year, $1.2 million award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to conduct a groundbreaking study of the propagation of radio waves around and through the human body... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hmCcrG3X7B5lZxGlP5ZK8PXWWCE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hmCcrG3X7B5lZxGlP5ZK8PXWWCE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hmCcrG3X7B5lZxGlP5ZK8PXWWCE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hmCcrG3X7B5lZxGlP5ZK8PXWWCE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/gAa9x_d1Mgw" height="1" width="1"/>

Research!America Advocacy Award Honours March Of Dimes
March of Dimes was honored March 16, 2010, at the 14th Annual Research!America Advocacy Awards event at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC. Jennifer L. Howse, PhD, March of Dimes president, and Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, granddaughter of March of Dimes founder President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, accepted the award. Established by President Roosevelt in 1938 to conquer polio, for more than 72 years March of Dimes has been a leader in improving the health of women and children... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hw3WZEZ43-KMmAWz3-QnWaxeJac/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hw3WZEZ43-KMmAWz3-QnWaxeJac/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hw3WZEZ43-KMmAWz3-QnWaxeJac/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hw3WZEZ43-KMmAWz3-QnWaxeJac/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Ir-DKbgVeuY" height="1" width="1"/>

Researcher Receives Prestigious Young Investigator Award For Article 'Warfarin Dose Management Affects INR Control'
Adam Rose MD, MSc, FACP, an assistant professor of medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and a core investigator at the Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research at the Bedford VA Medical Center, has been named a 2009 Pier M. Mannucci Young Investigator prizewinner. Rose received this award for his article titled "Warfarin dose management affects INR Control" (Volume 7 Issue 1) which appeared in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. The Mannucci Prizes are awarded in honor of Pier M... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4ngJ1Rb6A4NxPrlm9l_OE3t6xmI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4ngJ1Rb6A4NxPrlm9l_OE3t6xmI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4ngJ1Rb6A4NxPrlm9l_OE3t6xmI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4ngJ1Rb6A4NxPrlm9l_OE3t6xmI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/-fXFFr_2Bd0" height="1" width="1"/>

How Strong Is Your Booze? True Strength Of Alcohol Revealed By New Portable Device
Both legitimate brewers and distillers and authorities on the track of illicit alcohol from home stills will soon have a helping hand. Measurement experts have unveiled a portable device to determine the strength of alcoholic drinks quickly and easily, almost anywhere. Published in the open access Chemistry Central Journal, the researchers show that their technique is just as accurate, and more sophisticated, than widely used lab-based methods... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D01XfR0BBpeVD4_Eho4i4u25-OM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D01XfR0BBpeVD4_Eho4i4u25-OM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D01XfR0BBpeVD4_Eho4i4u25-OM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D01XfR0BBpeVD4_Eho4i4u25-OM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/ZqpB1SH113I" height="1" width="1"/>

Microbe Detective Seeks Out Germs
Microorganisms are everywhere and most of them are harmless, but they can do a lot of damage in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals or in tissue transplants. With the aid of a new device, germs can be detected in artificial cartilage within a few hours. We are surrounded by microorganisms. They inhabit our skin, the air we breathe, the surfaces we touch. In most cases this is not a problem, but there are situations in which these constant companions can be dangerous or even life-threatening... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8IHJIJDC8AW4AaaUgJ704oralV8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8IHJIJDC8AW4AaaUgJ704oralV8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8IHJIJDC8AW4AaaUgJ704oralV8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8IHJIJDC8AW4AaaUgJ704oralV8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/trkWX5EeqXM" height="1" width="1"/>

Hearing Is Not All Down To Your Ears
A fascinating event looking at sign language research is to be held at University College London on 20 March as part of the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Festival of Social Science (21-21 March). The vast majority of research studies on language and thought are based on languages which are spoken and heard, so this event will provide an innovative and fresh approach. The DCAL open day will include lectures, hands on activities and sign language poetry and film performances. It has been organised by the Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL)... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cd3Ag1NYg2O9OLl75vQcDCLjX3s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cd3Ag1NYg2O9OLl75vQcDCLjX3s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cd3Ag1NYg2O9OLl75vQcDCLjX3s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cd3Ag1NYg2O9OLl75vQcDCLjX3s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/26IC84WIYv4" height="1" width="1"/>

Sleep Deprivation Influences Drug Use In Teens' Social Networks
More than one behavior can spread simultaneously across a social network. Recent studies have shown that behaviors such as happiness, obesity, smoking and altruism are "contagious" within adult social networks. In other words, your behavior not only influences your friends, but also their friends and so on. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Harvard University have taken this a step farther and found that the spread of one behavior in social networks in this case, poor sleep patterns influences the spread of another behavior, adolescent drug use... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/viQ3VcPHTGKy9U9AvBpwVYlO8Ds/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/viQ3VcPHTGKy9U9AvBpwVYlO8Ds/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/viQ3VcPHTGKy9U9AvBpwVYlO8Ds/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/viQ3VcPHTGKy9U9AvBpwVYlO8Ds/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Tyy5M57-jyc" height="1" width="1"/>

Treating Blood Infections Tops Annual Hospital Cost Increases
The hospital costs for treating septicemia increased by an average of nearly 12 percent each year from 1997 to 2007, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Treating this potentially deadly blood infection increased from $4.1 billion in 1997 to $12.3 billion in 2007. After adjusting for inflation, the federal agency also found other conditions that saw high annual increases in hospital costs in each of the 11 years between 1997 and 2007: -- Osteoarthritis, up 9.5 percent each year ($4.8 billion to $11... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n6rZttC1QPNU_ccU3T1vM2XM8rs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n6rZttC1QPNU_ccU3T1vM2XM8rs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n6rZttC1QPNU_ccU3T1vM2XM8rs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n6rZttC1QPNU_ccU3T1vM2XM8rs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/RQMeqxvBsPg" height="1" width="1"/>

Prepared Patient: On Your Own With Multiple Meds
People with chronic illness often struggle to manage several prescribed drugs at a time. It's overwhelming when the vials, bottles and inhalers bulge from your medicine cabinet and you're confused about which drug is which, or when to take what. More medications seem to come with the territory as people get older. "Prescription drug use is heavily concentrated in people over 55 to 65," says Steven Findlay, senior health policy analyst at Consumers Union... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D7UrkXJU7f3LMLhRq0jXcWmQynE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D7UrkXJU7f3LMLhRq0jXcWmQynE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D7UrkXJU7f3LMLhRq0jXcWmQynE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D7UrkXJU7f3LMLhRq0jXcWmQynE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/3UfVpSe1Syc" height="1" width="1"/>

Re-Accreditation Confirms High Quality, Ethical Research At Baylor Research Institute
Officials announced that Baylor Research Institute (BRI), part of the Baylor Health Care System, was recently re-accredited by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP). The re-accreditation certifies that BRI maintains efficient systems for monitoring research participant safety and embraces ethical standards higher than required by law in order to protect human participants participating in BRI research programs. Only 200 out of the thousands of human research protection programs in the U.S... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zAgjdjo5wNmLjsxLxm29PELf6NA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zAgjdjo5wNmLjsxLxm29PELf6NA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zAgjdjo5wNmLjsxLxm29PELf6NA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zAgjdjo5wNmLjsxLxm29PELf6NA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/dmO0jEwOsa0" height="1" width="1"/>

Timothy Hla Appointed To Lead Center For Vascular Biology At Weill Cornell Medical College
One of the nation's foremost vascular biologists, Dr. Timothy T. Hla, has been appointed as the new director of the Center for Vascular Biology and professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Founded in 1995, Weill Cornell's Center for Vascular Biology is dedicated to biomedical research into vascular disease -- specifically atherosclerosis and thrombosis -- and the contributing role of the vascular system in a wide range of diseases. Previously leading the Center was its founding director, Dr. David P... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xgIYlVkNAbDL1DbhdCe4aCPJSd4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xgIYlVkNAbDL1DbhdCe4aCPJSd4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xgIYlVkNAbDL1DbhdCe4aCPJSd4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xgIYlVkNAbDL1DbhdCe4aCPJSd4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/jE4aWHATLko" height="1" width="1"/>

Patients Recently Suffering Non-Severe Strokes May Be Eligible For Clinical Trial Of Minimally Invasive Stenting Procedure To Open Brain Arteries
Individuals between 30 and 80 years of age, who have had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or non-severe stroke within the past 30 days, and who cannot be treated surgically, may be eligible to participate in a Phase III clinical trial of a minimally invasive stenting procedure at the Cedars-Sinai Neurovascular Center. The study will focus specifically on patients who have had an intracranial artery narrowed by at least 70 percent and who are experiencing recurrent strokes or TIAs despite being on anti-clotting medication... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LHD-0E_IIDhG6sMFtCqv4STEWoM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LHD-0E_IIDhG6sMFtCqv4STEWoM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LHD-0E_IIDhG6sMFtCqv4STEWoM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LHD-0E_IIDhG6sMFtCqv4STEWoM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/2iPf9IMyIkA" height="1" width="1"/>

'Reform Your Own Health' During National Kidney Month
No matter what Washington does on health reform, there's a lot you can do to reform your own health -- and two of the best places to start are your kidneys. So says Dr. Ronald Weiss, chairman of Results for Life, an educational campaign of the American Clinical Laboratory Association. "March is more than just basketball and the start of spring. It is also National Kidney Month... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1MtK2aqVl0CWdeaL2tz0r8zmLp0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1MtK2aqVl0CWdeaL2tz0r8zmLp0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1MtK2aqVl0CWdeaL2tz0r8zmLp0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1MtK2aqVl0CWdeaL2tz0r8zmLp0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/6zdiuFS_BdU" height="1" width="1"/>

Scientific Data Relating To Cinryze(TM) (C1 Esterase Inhibitor [Human]) Presented At International Congress Of The Southern European Allergy Society
ViroPharma Incorporated (Nasdaq: VPHM) announced the presentation of two abstracts relating to Cinryze™ (C1 esterase inhibitor [human]) therapy at the First International Congress of the Southern European Allergy Society in Florence, Italy. Cinryze was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in October 2008 for routine prophylaxis against hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks in adults and adolescents. Cinryze is not approved in the European Union or any of its member states... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AB5Ey7ysbiUKmpqkLmILkVP-1s8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AB5Ey7ysbiUKmpqkLmILkVP-1s8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AB5Ey7ysbiUKmpqkLmILkVP-1s8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AB5Ey7ysbiUKmpqkLmILkVP-1s8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/pnQ59FrNj9M" height="1" width="1"/>

ViroPharma Launches 'Ryze Above(TM)', A Personalized Patient Resources Program For Patients With Hereditary Angioedema (HAE)
ViroPharma Incorporated (Nasdaq: VPHM) announced the launch of 'Ryze Above', an exclusive patient resources program within the company's patient support program, CINRYZESolutions®. The Ryze Above program was created for HAE patients prescribed Cinryze, the first and only drug specifically approved to help prevent swelling and/or painful attacks in teenagers and adults with HAE... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/18X6gFcZTuvas1wdhHBUl-gNcgA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/18X6gFcZTuvas1wdhHBUl-gNcgA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/18X6gFcZTuvas1wdhHBUl-gNcgA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/18X6gFcZTuvas1wdhHBUl-gNcgA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/VuH4BXewRJA" height="1" width="1"/>

Stemedica Files IND Application With FDA For Treatment Of Stroke With Adult Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc. (Stemedica), a world leader in stem cell research and manufacturing, announced that it has filed an Investigative New Drug (IND) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a clinical trial. The trial will assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of Stemedica's high potency proprietary allogeneic mesenchymal bone marrow-derived stem cells (adult human) as a treatment for ischemic stroke... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ytYLqLfVtApuu7Kw0A7_ytqYnXc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ytYLqLfVtApuu7Kw0A7_ytqYnXc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ytYLqLfVtApuu7Kw0A7_ytqYnXc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ytYLqLfVtApuu7Kw0A7_ytqYnXc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/km1vwi-snzw" height="1" width="1"/>

Atritech Announces FDA Regulatory Update
Atritech, Inc., an emerging medical device company, announced that it has obtained clarity from the U.S. Food and Drug Agency (FDA) on the regulatory path towards full approval of its WATCHMAN® Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Closure Technology in the United States. In a recent letter received from the FDA, the agency requested that a confirmatory study be conducted to further substantiate the safety and effectiveness of the WATCHMAN® LAA Closure Technology in patients with atrial fibrillation at risk of stroke and eligible for anticoagulation therapy... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uEzE9kWV4Jh9WCj0DgBp08nSSpU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uEzE9kWV4Jh9WCj0DgBp08nSSpU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uEzE9kWV4Jh9WCj0DgBp08nSSpU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uEzE9kWV4Jh9WCj0DgBp08nSSpU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/nlS8cQ52HxM" height="1" width="1"/>

The Impact Of Positive Surgical Margins On Mortality Following Radical Prostatectomy During The Prostate Specific Antigen Era
UroToday.com - A positive surgical margin (PSM) after radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer (CaP) is a known risk factor for disease progression. A PSM is reported to occur in 19%-50% of patients undergoing RP. In most studies, biochemical recurrence (BCR) is the primary endpoint used to assess the impact of margin status. A report from the Mayo Clinic that appears in the online edition of the Journal of Urology evaluates the incidence and clinicopathologic features associated with a PSM during the PSA era... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cW-AJSTenC7oa86ddZUw3aMtGSo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cW-AJSTenC7oa86ddZUw3aMtGSo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cW-AJSTenC7oa86ddZUw3aMtGSo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cW-AJSTenC7oa86ddZUw3aMtGSo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/3unbSRDhP-U" height="1" width="1"/>

Global Database Needed To Guarantee Identification Of Victims In Mass Disasters
An expert in forensic anthropology argues that the database should include computer records of citizens such as anthropological data, physiognomic characteristics, medical information, radiographic files, dental records and numbers of different identity documents. Tzipi Kahana believes that radiographic techniques, together with information from this database, are a reliable mechanism for identifying bodies after natural disasters or attacks... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W5yyJXGvi6jFQrYvC1r38PjnM1c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W5yyJXGvi6jFQrYvC1r38PjnM1c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W5yyJXGvi6jFQrYvC1r38PjnM1c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W5yyJXGvi6jFQrYvC1r38PjnM1c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/4NBab6WN3qE" height="1" width="1"/>

Discovery Of Cultural Divide In Ability To Recognize Sensual Sounds
An F1000 evaluation looks at a British study of how the six basic human emotions are universally recognized but other positive emotions are culturally specific Humans use a wide range of different cues, both verbal and non-verbal, to share important information and particularly to warn others of danger. A team from University College London's psychology department studied a range of non-verbal emotional vocalizations, such as screams and laughs, in two very different cultural groups... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vAN0vobgpCsHpqaCHa3QZEf1nKI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vAN0vobgpCsHpqaCHa3QZEf1nKI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vAN0vobgpCsHpqaCHa3QZEf1nKI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vAN0vobgpCsHpqaCHa3QZEf1nKI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/PE4ItsF58PM" height="1" width="1"/>

Women Who Witness Sexism May View All Men More Negatively
For every woman who is a direct target of sexism, there are others who witness the event and are also affected. The actions of one sexist man affect how female bystanders feel and behave towards men in general. Stephenie Chaudoir and Diane Quinn, from the University of Connecticut in the US, publish their work1 on the effects of bystander sexism and group-level reactions to sexism in Springer's journal Sex Roles. Women are often bystanders to sexist remarks directed at other women... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KzFfH1YJom_6ydw-4kZ1wGYUO5s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KzFfH1YJom_6ydw-4kZ1wGYUO5s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KzFfH1YJom_6ydw-4kZ1wGYUO5s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KzFfH1YJom_6ydw-4kZ1wGYUO5s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/AA-tAxb1U7Y" height="1" width="1"/>

Inflammatory Effect On Intestinal Lining Explained By Feedback Loop
Signals released by immune cells during a bout of inflammatory bowel disease interfere with intestinal cells' ability to regenerate. Yet people with inflammatory bowel diseases have a significantly higher risk of developing colon cancer: a hyper-activation of growth in those same intestinal cells. Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have identified a feedback loop involving a growth-regulating circuit in intestinal cells, which helps explain these apparently contradictory observations... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/53JJH-ElM48yQ0-i-KiPqIvpc3A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/53JJH-ElM48yQ0-i-KiPqIvpc3A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/53JJH-ElM48yQ0-i-KiPqIvpc3A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/53JJH-ElM48yQ0-i-KiPqIvpc3A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/uoP5GEUS62g" height="1" width="1"/>

The Evolution Of Fairness And Punishment Probed By Study
Researchers have long been puzzled by large societies in which strangers routinely engage in voluntary acts of kindness, respect and mutual benefit even though there is often an individual cost involved. While evolutionary forces associated with kinship and reciprocity can explain such cooperative behavior among other primates, these forces do not easily explain similar behavior in large, unrelated groups, like those that most humans live in... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HQQlGJHa7tGQfAMr1Jj_eiXMacQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HQQlGJHa7tGQfAMr1Jj_eiXMacQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HQQlGJHa7tGQfAMr1Jj_eiXMacQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HQQlGJHa7tGQfAMr1Jj_eiXMacQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/c4wzW40kt1k" height="1" width="1"/>

'Glow-In-The-Dark' Sperm Sheds Light On Sexual Selection
Previously unobservable events occurring between insemination and fertilization are the subject of a groundbreaking new article in Science magazine (March 18) by Mollie Manier, John Belote and Scott Pitnick, professors of biology in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences. By genetically altering fruit flies so that the heads of their sperm were fluorescent green or red, Belote and his colleagues were able to observe in striking detail what happens to live sperm inside the female... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vfUYtkVwgSrFSLT44ZD0PR3j4BY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vfUYtkVwgSrFSLT44ZD0PR3j4BY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vfUYtkVwgSrFSLT44ZD0PR3j4BY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vfUYtkVwgSrFSLT44ZD0PR3j4BY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/WTYX2LE6AX4" height="1" width="1"/>

The Same Kind Of Circadian Rhythms That Govern Human Sleep Control Cell Division In Cyanobacteria
A team of researchers at MIT and the University of California at San Diego has shown how cell division in a type of bacteria known as cyanobacteria is controlled by the same kind of circadian rhythms that govern human sleep patterns. Previous studies have shown that even though cyanobacteria do not "sleep" in the same way that humans do, they cycle through active and resting periods on a 24-hour schedule. Cyanobacteria depend on sunlight for photosynthesis, so they are most active during the day... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bbaqFpjD1BRUbtSap9bqKimX-nM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bbaqFpjD1BRUbtSap9bqKimX-nM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bbaqFpjD1BRUbtSap9bqKimX-nM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bbaqFpjD1BRUbtSap9bqKimX-nM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/XQeZKrKgM0A" height="1" width="1"/>

Study Of Songbirds Could Lead To Treatment For Speech And Language Disorders
With the help of a little singing bird, Penn State physicists are gaining insight into how the human brain functions, which may lead to a better understanding of complex vocal behavior, human speech production and ultimately, speech disorders and related diseases. Dezhe Jin, assistant professor of physics, is looking at how songbirds transmit impulses through nerve cells in the brain to produce a complex behavior, such as singing... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rfgBB2V7fBCDjp-wf26nT2JYlBM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rfgBB2V7fBCDjp-wf26nT2JYlBM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rfgBB2V7fBCDjp-wf26nT2JYlBM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rfgBB2V7fBCDjp-wf26nT2JYlBM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/CpvLi5Ebed0" height="1" width="1"/>

Link Between Learning Deficits In Adolescence And Novel Brain Receptor
It is well known that the onset of puberty marks the end of the optimal period for learning language and certain spatial skills, such as computer/video game operation. Recent work published in the journal Science by Sheryl Smith, PhD, professor of physiology and pharmacology, and colleagues at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn shows that a novel brain receptor, alpha4-beta-delta, emerges at puberty in the hippocampus, part of the brain that controls learning and memory. Before puberty, expression of this receptor is low and learning is optimal... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/trJATytNot4lBuNjXhhcPwx30IE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/trJATytNot4lBuNjXhhcPwx30IE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/trJATytNot4lBuNjXhhcPwx30IE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/trJATytNot4lBuNjXhhcPwx30IE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/z5czqWYmuaU" height="1" width="1"/>

Further Benefits Of Noscapine For Prostate Cancer Revealed By Study
New research has revealed a major breakthrough in the use of cough medicine ingredient noscapine as a prophylactic treatment for prostate cancer. The study shows that noscapine inhibited tumor growth in mice and also limited the spread of tumors without causing any side effects. The collaborative pre-clinical laboratory research was conducted by Dr. Israel Barken, of the Prostate Cancer Research and Education Foundation (PCREF), Moshe Rogosnitzky, of the MedInsight Research Institute and Dr. Jack Geller, of the University of California San Diego... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XOtZVt_aA52QyjyQRkqZNp05kHk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XOtZVt_aA52QyjyQRkqZNp05kHk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XOtZVt_aA52QyjyQRkqZNp05kHk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XOtZVt_aA52QyjyQRkqZNp05kHk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Jn94-YlGem4" height="1" width="1"/>

MRSA Rates Effectively Reduced By Conventional Infection Control Measures
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Serious Disturbances In Children's Moods And Behaviors: Broad Application Of Bipolar Diagnosis May Do More Harm Than Good
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Internet 'threatens' rare species
The internet has emerged as one of the biggest threats to endangered species, conservationists meeting in Doha say.

Consortium wins big weather prize
A Franco-German consortium will enter into negotiations for a 1.3bn-euro contract to build Europe's next weather satellites.

Ice mission given lift-off date
Europe's Cryosat spacecraft is set to launch on 8 April on a mission to map the world's ice fields.

LHC smashes energy record again
The Large Hadron Collider has smashed the record for highest-energy particle beams again in its quest to uncover new physics.

Velociraptor's cousin discovered
Researchers discover a new species of dinosaur that was very closely related to the Velociraptor.

Glowing fly sperm yields results
US researchers using genetically engineered fruit flies with glowing sperm track the seed's progress inside the female in real time.

Brain probe hope for epileptics
A US study says electrical deep brain stimulation is a promising therapy for epileptics who do not respond to drug treatment.

Fears winter harmed UK wildlife
The harsh winter may have had a devastating impact on UK wildlife, British Waterways warns as it launches its annual survey.

Bid in for 132-turbine wind farm
Plans for a major wind farm development in Dumfries and Galloway are submitted to the Scottish government.

Now you see it: scientists create invisibility cloak in 3-D
Scientists create the first cloaking device to render an object invisible in three dimensions.

Guess who's a sucker for high-definition television? The octopus
Octopuses respond to high-definition television (HDTV), but seem to ignore normal standard television, scientists discover.

Richard Black on what's happening to our shared environment

Spaceman
When Britain had a small astronaut corps

Amazing thin line
How atmospheres create wonders of the Solar System.

Gold rush
The oceanic fight over the future of prized bluefin tuna

Weed invasion
The creeper that is smothering an ecosystem

In pictures
Behind the scenes at London's Natural History Museum

Earth Watch
Tuna defeat carries whiff of cordite and hypocrisy

It's still real and it's still a problem
More reason than ever to deal with the climate debacle

On the arrival of alien predators
Europe is set to release its first non-native "biological control" species to curb the spread of Japanese knotweed.

Flat-headed cat is now endangered
Habitat loss and deforestation are now endangering the survival of Asia's flat-headed cat, a diminutive and little studied feline species.

In pictures: Arctic peril
Populations of many species living in the high Arctic have declined by one quarter, according to a new assessment.

'Hobbit' island's deeper history
New tool discoveries push back the date for the earliest human occupation of Flores Island, home of the famous hobbit species.

Planck spies massive dust clouds
Europe's Planck space telescope pictures the colossal swathes of cold dust that spread through the Milky Way galaxy.

New exoplanet like 'one of ours'
A new temperate planet, found 1,500 light-years away from Earth, has similarities to planets within our own Solar System.

Limits of quantum world stretched
Scientists have created the largest-ever "quantum state", a result that has implications for quantum physics and computing.

UN body rejects bluefin tuna ban
A US- and EU-backed bid to ban trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna fails, raising fears for the species' future.

Monkeys learn more from females
Groups of monkeys pay more attention to females than to males when learning a task, say scientists.

Ads 'exaggerated climate change'
Two government press adverts aimed at raising awareness of climate change are banned for overstating the risks.

Africans 'take blame for climate'
Many Africans blame themselves for climate change despite relatively low emissions from the continent, a survey of 1,000 people suggests.

'Milestone' for wave energy plans
Seven companies are to push forward plans to generate 1.2 gigawatts of electricity from wave and tidal power.