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Adding plant-derived steroids to red yeast rice doesn’t help lower LDL levels

Adding plant-derived steroids to red yeast rice doesn’t help lower LDL levels

May 16, 2013 1:44 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adding a plant-derived compound called a sterol to the cholesterol-lowering agent red yeast rice doesn't make it work any better, according to a new study."I ... Read more
Researchers map out “sepsis hotspots” to better understand hospital acquired infections

Researchers map out “sepsis hotspots” to better understand hospital acquired infections

May 16, 2013 11:39 am by | 1 Comments

There’s nothing quite like a map to give you a better sense of proportion and to help understand the scope of a disease. That’s the approach one group of researchers ... Read more
Is Angelina Jolie’s surgery a logical response to genetic test results?

Is Angelina Jolie’s surgery a logical response to genetic test results?

May 14, 2013 3:16 pm by | 0 Comments

After reading Angelina Jolie’s editorial in The New York Times today, I came away with a few questions. How common is it to choose to have a double mastectomy as ... Read more
Philly gets second health IT accelerator with Canadian program

Philly gets second health IT accelerator with Canadian program

May 13, 2013 1:45 pm by | 0 Comments

Six months after declaring its intention to open a health IT accelerator in Philadelphia, the Canadian Consulate General has set one up at the University City Science Center.The inaugural class ... Read more
Wow of the Week: Penn training dogs to detect ovarian cancer

Wow of the Week: Penn training dogs to detect ovarian cancer

May 11, 2013 8:52 am by | 2 Comments

Call it the furriest cancer diagnostic. University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine, Penn Medicine and Monell Chemical Senses Center are collaborating to train dogs to detect ovarian cancer using ... Read more
Glaxo, Merck in plan to send vaccine to Africa

Glaxo, Merck in plan to send vaccine to Africa

May 10, 2013 4:30 am by | 0 Comments

Multinational drug companies, like other businesses, see Africa as an emerging market with tremendous opportunities and challenges, and that was a backdrop to Thursday's announcements of two programs designed to ... Read more
Entrepreneur recuperating from heart surgery wins hackathon pitch for Teva project

Entrepreneur recuperating from heart surgery wins hackathon pitch for Teva project

May 9, 2013 2:23 pm by | 0 Comments

Entrepreneurs face plenty of stress pitching a new idea to a potential customer. But most don’t have to do it the day they’re discharged from the hospital after having laparoscopic ... Read more
Major medical group discourages PSA test

Major medical group discourages PSA test

May 4, 2013 4:23 am by | 0 Comments

In guidelines issued Friday, the American Urological Association recommends against routine PSA testing for men before age 40 or after age 70, men of any age with a life expectancy ... Read more
Insurance law tied to more breast reconstruction

Insurance law tied to more breast reconstruction

May 3, 2013 2:10 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many more breast cancer patients had breast reconstruction following a 1998 federal law mandating insurance coverage for the procedure, according to a new study."I think ... Read more
Home healthcare transparency and bone healing tech among angel venture fair offerings

Home healthcare transparency and bone healing tech among angel venture fair offerings

April 30, 2013 9:02 am by | 1 Comments

Philadelphia’s annual Angel Venture Fair will include 36 groups of entrepreneurs presenting their products to angel and venture investors at University of Pennsylvania’s campus today. For those who can’t make ... Read more
Auxilium cuts sales view on drugs, expands urology business

Auxilium cuts sales view on drugs, expands urology business

April 29, 2013 12:21 pm by | 0 Comments

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc reported a big fall in quarterly sales in the United States for both its drugs, and said it acquired Actient Holdings LLC to bolster its urology business. ... Read more
Becton Dickinson forms alliance with Penn incubator company CytoVas

Becton Dickinson forms alliance with Penn incubator company CytoVas

April 26, 2013 7:45 am by | 0 Comments

CytoVas, a diagnostics company in University of Pennsylvania’s UPStart incubator program in its Center for Technology Transfer has forged an alliance with a division of diagnostic company Becton Dickinson (NYSE: ... Read more
Urgent-care centers drawing investor attention

Urgent-care centers drawing investor attention

April 26, 2013 4:38 am by | 0 Comments

Three private equity firms have contacted Children's Hospital of Philadelphia during the last six months about partnering to open urgent-care centers, Steven Altschuler, the hospital's chief executive, said Thursday.Urgent-care centers ... Read more
Shire settles with Actavis, Watson Pharma on ADHD drug

Shire settles with Actavis, Watson Pharma on ADHD drug

April 25, 2013 9:53 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Drugmaker Shire Plc said it settled all litigation with Actavis Inc and Watson Pharma, allowing the two companies to sell a generic version of Shire's drug, Intuniv, to ... Read more
Hormone research designed to help seniors gain weight to combat frailty

Hormone research designed to help seniors gain weight to combat frailty

April 23, 2013 4:28 am by | 0 Comments

It was 8 a.m., and 86-year-old Allan Ford had delayed his breakfast to help researchers at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania figure out whether a hormone called ghrelin ... Read more