One use every seven years makes automated external defibrillators a good buy
...rrests at the sites. Public schools are one of the markets that have been targeted very aggressively for defibrillator placement, Cram said....Northwestern Memorial remains Chicago's 'most preferred' hospital
...rthwestern Memorial is one of 176 hospitals in 130 markets nationwide to receive this award. NRC President and CEO Michael Hays said winners are determined by consumer perceptions on multiple quality and image ratings collected in the company's annual HealthCare Market Guide Study (HCMG), the nation's large...Fashionable, nonprescription contact lenses may pose a danger to your eyesight
... on the Internet and in mall specialty shops, flea markets and gas stations without a doctor's prescription may harm your eyes, Dr. Cavanagh said. Buying contacts in this "one size fits all" manner without a prescription is dangerous and can be detrimental to eyesight, he added. Ill-fitting over-the-counte...Astrazeneca receives European approval for Seroquel; in bipolar mania
...ial to change patients' lives. The company already markets several products including SEROQUEL, one of the fastest growing global antipsychotics with proven efficacy and a very favourable side effect profile; and ZOMIG, a reliable migraine therapy and a leader within the triptan market. The Neuroscience pipe...US DoE awards $4 million in funding to Stevens' Center for MicroChemical Systems
... projects, will undertake an analysis of potential markets for microchannel reactors. Other partnership possibilities emerging as an outgrowth of these projects include relationships with catalyst manufacturers, since development of a highly selective thin-film catalyst will be critical to microchannel react...Shire receives approvable letter for adult ADDERALL XR(R) from FDA
...led release technology. Shire already successfully markets ADDERALL XR for pediatric use in the US where it is recognized as the ADHD brand leader. The adult market is roughly twice the size of the pediatric market 1 . Approximately 66 pecent 2 of children with ADHD will continue to suffer from the disea...FDA approves new HIV protease inhibitor, Lexiva (TM)
...ex will co-promote it in the United States and key markets in Europe....New program establishes distinguished scholar in thrombosis
...Inc. - headquartered in Roseland, NJ - creates and markets prescription medicines that improve the health and quality of human life. Organon strives to be one of the top global pharmaceutical companies in each of its core therapeutic fields: gynecology, central nervous system, cardiovascular disease and anes...Fosrenol shows significant reduction in serum phosphate in Chinese end-stage kidney disease patients
...e has operations in the world's key pharmaceutical markets (US, Canada, UK, France, Italy, Spain and Germany) as well as a specialist drug delivery unit in the US. For further information on Shire, please visit the Company's website: www.shire.com http://www.shire.com/...U.S. is poorly prepared for influenza pandemic, St. Jude experts warn
...infected birds and swine kept in close quarters in markets or farms. The animals serve as "mixing bowls" in which influenza viruses swap genes, increasing the chance that some viruses will obtain the ability to spread rapidly among infected humans, according to Webster. "A major challenge in the control of i...World Summit on the Information Society
...ng ways of conducting business, and opening up new markets and opportunities. As a result, the global information society is evolving so fast that it is difficult to keep track of all the new developments. At the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, reminded delega...Trials on hormone therapy and hypertension treatment change practice, medication usage of patients
...ted," he writes. "The pharmaceutical industry markets its wares relentlessly to physicians and consumers alike and exerts its own steering effects on basic and clinical research. Third-party payers are pressing for drug cost containment, patients' expectations have increased rapidly, and medicolegal pit...Nutrition 21 seeks FDA approval of diabetes-related health claims
...lar disease, obesity and depression. Nutrition 21 markets Chromax chromium picolinate, the leading chromium ingredient used in supplements. The Company is developing its first branded product, Diachrome, for people with type 2 diabetes intended to be marketed through healthcare channels. More information ...Urban areas organized in well developed partnering 'markets'
...and communities," Laumann said. The new sexual markets operate differently for men and women, and are def...tation populations," the authors wrote. The sexual markets are important means for people to organize their lives, the team found. "Sex is a powerful force in ...Avian influenza: The threat looms
...or the virus which infects humans via live poultry markets common in south-east Asia (see last week's rapid review on wet animal markets: Lancet, Jan 17, 2004, p 234-36). Commenting on the implications for a widespread human outbreak of avian influenza, the editorial concludes: 'The possibility of a human pa...Distance to hospital affects heart attack survival
...s of hospital access for rural residents. Hospital markets are already stretched thin in rural areas, however, and further capacity reductions would likely jeopardize patient safety in these days of managed care," O'Neill adds. Coronary heart disease takes more than 500,000 lives a year in the United States,...Climara Pro (TM) helps alleviate menopausal hot flashes and night sweats
... of Schering AG, Germany (NYSE: SHR), develops and markets diagnostic imaging agents, treatments in the areas of female healthcare and dermatology, as well as specialized therapeutics for life-threatening and disabling diseases in the fields of the central nervous and cardiovascular systems, oncology, and ga...The future of drug development
...t's to be done? Hubbard and Love propose that the markets for R&D and the markets for products should be separated. Researchers and drug developers would be compensated, but not thr...Study shows positive results for novel, patient-controlled transdermal system (PCTS)...
...Ortho-McNeil is based in Raritan, NJ. The company markets pharmaceutical products in several therapeutic categories including infectious diseases, women's health, central nervous system and urology....Study shows drug can heal, reduce recurrence of fistulas in Crohn's disease
...Centocor, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, which markets infliximab under the brand name Remicade. Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the digestive tract that affects about half a million people in the U.S. Patients with more severe symptoms may develop fistulas openings from affected ...