VIA Pharmaceuticals Completes Patient Visits In Phase 2 Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) Trial
VIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIAP), a biotechnology company focused on the development of compounds for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, announced that it has completed the last patient visit in its carotid endarterectomy (CEA) study.

New Hearing Aid Technology Passes The Restaurant Noise Test
The sound of a noisy Chicago restaurant during the breakfast rush the clang of plates and silverware and the clamor of many voices was the crucial test of new hearing aid technology in a study conducted by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The study showed that the hearing aids worked well in a noisy environment the most challenging test for a hearing aid.

Nanostructures Improve Bone Response To Titanium Implants
Titanium implants were successfully introduced by P.-I. Branemark and co-workers in 1969 for the rehabilitation of edentulous jaws. After 40 years of research and development, titanium is currently the most frequently used biomaterial in oral implantology, and titanium-based materials are often used to replace lost tissue in several parts of the body. There are some alternatives to modulating the body's response after implant placement.

Control Switches Found For Immune Cells That Fight Cancer, Viral Infection
Medical science may be a significant step closer to climbing into the driver's seat of an important class of immune cells, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report in Nature Immunology. The researchers showed that a single protein, HS1, enables key functions of natural killer (NK) cells, which kill early cancers and fight off viral infections.

Middle Eastern Families Yield Intriguing Clues To Autism
Research involving large Middle Eastern families, sophisticated genetic analysis and groundbreaking neuroscience has implicated a half-dozen new genes in autism.

Emerging Companion Animal Disease, Vets & Veterinary Services, Veterinary Surgeons Act - British Veterinary Association Council Meeting
The agenda for the BVA's July Council meeting covered a range of matters of interest, not only to BVA members but to the profession as a whole, not least the presentations by BSAVA President Professor Ed Hall on a number of key companion animal issues and that by the new Defra Chief Veterinary Officer, Mr Nigel Gibbens.

New Study Demonstrates Masimo's Noninvasive PVI(TM) Measurement Can Predict Fluid Responsiveness During Surgery
Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI), the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry and Measure-Through-Motion-and-Low-Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced that a new clinical study, published in the June 2008 issue of the British Journal of Anaesthesia, concluded that under the study protocol Masimo's PVI measurement "can predict fluid responsiveness in mechanically-ventilated patients under general anesthesia.

Antibiotics Are Not The Answer! Journal Of Bone And Joint Surgery
Research published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume (JBJS-Br), shows that there is 'no evidence to link prosthetic joint infections to dental procedures' and that the money currently being spent on preventative antibiotics would be better spent on 'high-quality dental care'. As the NHS celebrates its 60th anniversary questions are being raised regarding its capacity to continue in the future with ever increasing costs.

GPhA Praises Senate Passage Of The Medicare Improvements For Patients And Providers Act, USA
Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) President and CEO Kathleen Jaeger released the following statement on U.S. Senate passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (H.R.6331).

Mental Health America Applauds Senate Action On Medicare
Mental Health America applauds approval by the U.S. Senate today of a Medicare bill that would significantly reduce a major barrier to outpatient mental health services for beneficiaries. The legislation would phase out the current 50 percent coinsurance rate for those services to the 20 percent rate beneficiaries now pay for other medical outpatient services.

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