FDA grants accelerated approval of TYSABRI, formerly antegren, for the treatment of MS
...eople living with MS," said James C. Mullen, chief executive officer, Biogen Idec. "We believe TYSABRI will r...s with MS," said Kelly Martin, president and chief executive officer, Elan. "The approval of TYSABRI, with its unique mechanism of action and new level of effic...Prialt receives positive CHMP recommendation for intrathecal treatment of severe chronic pain
...approval in the near future," said Lars Ekman, MD, executive vice president, and president Research and Development, Elan. "Elan remains committed to making this unique orphan therapy available to those patients in Europe who are burdened by severe chronic pain, many of whom are currently without adequate reli...Alcoholics can have deficits in visuoperception and frontal executive function despite sobriety
...olics show deficits in visuoperception and frontal executive functions. Alcoholics also appear to use high-level, frontal executive functions to perform tasks that individuals without a history of alcoholism do not need to use to ...Initiative yields effective methods for anthrax detection; RAMP and MIDI, Inc., methods approved
...ical threat agents," said James Bradford, PhD, the executive director of AOAC INTERNATIONAL. This DHS-sponsored project has established an infrastructure to support the development of standards and evaluation of biological and/or chemical threat agent detectors. AOAC INTERNATIONAL and DHS are working joint...Looking for the secret to a healthier diet? Part of the answer might be at church, study finds
...ociation conference this week. Jennifer Strayhorn, executive director of Hope Build, a faith-based community organization that focuses on healthy lifestyle, is Saint Louis University's collaborative partner on the project, and will join Griffith for the presentation. The researchers found that those who freque...UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Center is first in Texas to treat patients with TomoTherapy
...adiation treatment available," said William Craig, executive director of Moncrief. "Just as we pioneered the concept of the community radiation center and were the first to introduce intensity modulated radiation therapy seven years ago in North Texas, we now offer another first. "Th...Columbia Univ. Medical Center wins highly competitive stroke grant from NIH
...rokes every year," says Gerald D. Fischbach, M.D., executive vice president and dean, Columbia University Medical Center. "Translational studies, which the award supports, are critical to academic medical centers such as our own, allowing research advances in the laboratory to bear fruit at the bedside," says...Mentally ill offender treatment and crime reduction act becomes law
...ront lines," says Russ Newman, Ph.D., J.D., APAs executive director for professional practice. "It will improve collaboration among the criminal justice, juvenile justice, mental health and substance abuse treatment systems. It will ensure that both adult and juvenile non-violent offenders with mental health...Journal of Alzheimer's disease to publish ISOA Catalyst Conference
...ific director of ISOA, and Howard M. Fillit, M.D., executive director of ISOA, state, "The development of therapies for the neurodegenerative disease represents a major challenge to academic, biotechnology and pharmaceutical scientists. Current therapies for the neurodegenerative diseases provide effective sy...IU Medical School poised to host global HIV/AIDS conference
...s, U.S. Global HIV/AIDS coordinator; James Morris, executive director of the U.N. World Food Programme; and Debrework Zewdie, Ph.D., director of the Global HIV/AIDS Program, The World Bank; Greg Behrman, author of The Invisible People; Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., chairman of the Department of Clinical Bioeth...One-third of all physician assistants work in hospitals
...their focus on team practice," said Stephen Crane, executive vice president and CEO of AAPA. While PAs practice in all medical specialties, 42 percent of this year's respondents reported that their primary specialty was one of the primary care fields: family/general practice medicine (30%), general internal ...Indiana a national leader in new federal funding for health information technology
...rch scientist. Dr. Overhage is president and chief executive officer of the Indiana Health Information Exchange ( www.ihie.org ), a not-for-profit corporation created to improve healthcare in central Indiana by allowing physicians quick access to complete and accurate patient information through an innovative ...Physically fit children appear to do better in classroom, researchers say
...thoroughly. Hillman's primary research focus is on executive control and cognitive function in elderly adults, which involves studying the effects of exercise on older individuals' abilities to process complex mental tasks. Together, with assistance from graduate student Sarah Buck, Castelli and Hillman conduc...Experts debate benefits, dangers of chlorine in C&EN point-counterpoint
...gie Mellon University, and C.T. (Kip) Howlett Jr., executive director of the Chlorine Chemistry Council and vice president of the American Chemistry Council - each representing opposing viewpoints, to participate in a special "point-counterpoint" exchange, which appears in the magazine's Oct. 18 issue. Collin...Biotech breakthrough in islet cell replacement for type 1 diabetes
... fate and function," Kaufman said. Richard Insel, executive vice president of research for JDRF, said: "We are delighted to be supporting the interdisciplinary research program at Northwestern University. Although imperfect, islet transplantation has proven itself as a remarkable pathway for curing type 1 dia...International MRC trial finds a routine treatment for head injury may do more harm than good
...corticosteroids." Professor Colin Blakemore, chief executive of the MRC, said,"This is an excellent example of how research evidence contributes to changing clinical practice with the potential to improve patient care. The trial involved the international collaboration of doctors from around 400 hospitals sho...Breathing problems during sleep may affect mental development in infants and young children
... symptoms scored lower on standard tests measuring executive function (attention and planning), memory, and gen...eas, such as the prefrontal cortex, which regulate executive function, might be particularly susceptible to damage from SDB, writes Hunt. In addition, other res...Technologies companies at NJIT receive $500,000 in funding from state
...e do," said Larry Gardner, of Ridgewood, the chief executive officer. "This grant will make a significant contribution to the development of our next generation of software for the security industry." "We feel very fortunate that New Jersey leaders value high technology businesses like us, and have develo...NIH convenes state-of-the-science conference on preventing youth violence
...wing this public comment session, and a subsequent executive session to weigh the input provided, the panel will hold a news conference at 2:00 p.m. to take questions from the media.......g innovators around the world," said David Rotman, executive editor of Technology Review. "This year's winners are all pioneering fascinating innovations in the fields of biomedicine, computing and nanotechnology, and were chosen after a rigorous selection and judging process. The result is an elite group whos...