http://www.redorbit.com Health http://www.redorbit.com/modules/news/images/tools/rss_logo.gif http://www.redorbit.com The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it obtained a permanent injunction preventing the production of drugs by Scientific Laboratories Inc. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389132/fda_closes_contract_drug_manufacturer/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:36 -0500 Health NATICK, Mass., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation today announced that results from an international, multi-center patient registry documenting the safety and clinical utility of the SpyGlass(R) Direct Visualization System will be presented at Digestive Disease Week(R) (DDW), which runs from May 17-22 in San Diego, CA. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389142/boston_scientifics_spyglassr_direct_visualization_system_to_be_prominently_featured/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:36 -0500 Health DULUTH, Ga., May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Metametrix Institute ( http://www.metametrixinstitute.org/ ) announced today the publication of Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine, 2nd Edition, written and edited by Richard S. Lord and J. Alexander Bralley. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389141/introducing_laboratory_evaluations_for_integrative_and_functional_medicine/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:36 -0500 Health The National Kidney Foundation of Southern California will be honoring Kaiser Permanente physician Phillip J. Tuso, MD, FACP at its 29th Annual Gift of Life Tribute Celebration Dinner on Sunday, May 18th at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Dr. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389140/kaiser_permanente_physician_to_be_honored_by_national_kidney_foundation/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:36 -0500 Health NATICK, Mass., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation today announced U.S. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389139/boston_scientific_announces_fda_approval_of_new_heart_failure_lead/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:36 -0500 Health Alliance Imaging, Inc. (NYSE:AIQ), a leading health care services provider of diagnostic imaging services, announced that Paul S. Viviano, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and Howard K. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389137/alliance_imaging_to_present_at_the_citi_global_health_care/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:36 -0500 Health Consumers concerned about an influenza outbreak can breathe a little easier: 3M has just released two new NIOSH N95 respirators for use by the general public in public health medical emergencies. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389136/first_fdacleared_respirators_for_general_public_use_in_public_health/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:36 -0500 Health LAS VEGAS, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vital Images, Inc. , a leading provider of enterprise-wide advanced visualization and analysis solutions featured ViTAL's solution at the 10th Annual International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT in Las Vegas. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389134/vital_images_showcases_the_vital_enterprise_solution_at_stanford_universitys/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:36 -0500 Health WASHINGTON, May 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Behavioral healthcare systems are playing a major role in responding to the needs of the millions of Americans of all ages who experience psychiatric and substance use conditions each year, according to the latest annual survey from the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) released today. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389130/new_naphs_annual_survey_tracks_behavioral_treatment_trends/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:36 -0500 Health FORT WORTH, Texas, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- George Abercrombie, president and chief executive officer, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., told more than 200 Fort Worth business leaders today at a Rotary Club of Fort Worth luncheon that the threat of a pandemic flu presents businesses with challenges unlike those anticipated with traditional emergency preparedness plans. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389124/ceo_addresses_fort_worth_business_leaders_about_developing_pandemic_and/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:35 -0500 Health SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monogram Biosciences, Inc. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389128/monogram_announces_hermarktm_oral_presentation_at_the_44th_asco_annual/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:35 -0500 Health PRAISE CONCERT There will be a Special Praise Concert at the First Baptist Church, Virginia Avenue and Jarrett Street, Clendenin, on Sunday evening, May 18, at 7 p.m. featuring the trio Justified from the Mountain Mission Church in Charleston. The public is invited. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389120/church__religious_group_activities/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:35 -0500 Health By MARIE LEVY DARRYL and Tyler Mather are used to hospital visits. The Middlesbrough brothers spend so much time on the children's wards at James Cook University Hospital that Tyler, four, calls it "home". http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389116/these_little_brothers_are_real_team_players_when_it_comes/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:35 -0500 Health Glenn Dewberry, a family medicine physician, is the newest member to join the team at Mercy Health Bethany, 2701 N. Rockwell Ave. Dewberry previously practiced at Mercy Health Northwest Family clinic. Originally published by Journal Record Staff. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389117/glenn_dewberry_joins_medical_team_at_mercy_health_bethany/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:35 -0500 Health By Patricia Anstett, Detroit Free Press May 16--Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit announced plans Thursday to build a $34-million outpatient pediatric center across from the hospital, on land occupied by an abandoned nursing home and a small city park. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389112/kids_hospital_to_grow_in_detroit_outpatient_center_planned_near/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:34 -0500 Health By Bradley J. Fikes, North County Times, Escondido, Calif. May 15--As some other companies trim their payrolls, Scripps Health is hiring, big time. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389111/health_care_scripps_steps_up_hiring/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:34 -0500 Health To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Chuck Ardo of Pennsylvania Office of the Governor, +1- 717-783-1116; or Amy Kelchner, GOHCR, +1-717-346-8379 HARRISBURG, Pa.,May 16/PRNewswire-USNewswire/--Governor Edward G. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389113/governor_rendell_says_patients_will_be_real_winners_with_states/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:34 -0500 Health By Terrier, Benjamin Tamby, Mathieu C; Camoin, Luc; Guilpain, Philippe; Broussard, Cedric; Bussone, Guillaume; Yaici, Azzedine; Hotellier, Francoise; Simonneau, Gerald; Guillevin, Loic; Humbert, Marc; Mouthon, Luc Rtionale: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) may be classified as idiopathic (IPAH) or familial (FPAH) or associated with various conditions and exposures such as dexfenfluramine intake (Dex-PAH) or systemic sclerosis (SSc-PAH). http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1388962/identification_of_target_antigens_of_antifibroblast_antibodies_in_pulmonary_arterial/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:07 -0500 Health Pfizer announced today that study results across several difficult-to-treat cancers will be presented at the 44th American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago from May 30 to June 3, 2008. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1388961/new_pfizer_data_in_lung_cancer_ewings_sarcoma_prostate_cancer/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:07 -0500 Health Studies of drugs that may stop the spread of many cancers -- vaccines for brain tumors, treatments that prevent bone metastases, vitamins that may improve the chances of breast cancer patients -- will be examined by some 30,000 oncologists and scientists at the world's biggest cancer-research meeting in Chicago, slated for May 30 to June 3. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1388960/cancer_research_group_releases_data/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:07 -0500 Health NEW YORK, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pulmo BioTech Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: PLMO.OB) has announced details of the methodology and purpose of its Phase I Human Trials with its PulmoBind Molecular Imaging technology for the diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism and Pulmonary Hypertension. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1388959/pulmo_biotech_announces_details_of_the_methodology_for_its_phase/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:07 -0500 Health Rationale: The management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) has changed over recent years with the growth of pulmonary endarterectomy surgery and the availability of disease- modifying therapies. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1388958/improved_outcomes_in_medically_and_surgically_treated_chronic_thromboembolic_pulmonary/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:07 -0500 Health By Tracy Correa, The Fresno Bee, Calif. May 16--A state investigation found that Saint Agnes Medical Center improperly restrained at least eight patients last year, including a man fatally burned in his hospital bed after trying to light a cigarette. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389125/report_details_patients_death/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:00 -0500 Health By Lynn Anderson, The Baltimore Sun May 16--It wasn't the fluoride varnish --dabbed on her baby teeth by a medical assistant -- that made little Denisha Myrick cry yesterday. It was the jab of immunization needles, part of a medical checkup that brought the tears. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389114/early_dental_health_is_aim/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:00 -0500 Health OMAHA, Neb., May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The last decade can be defined by the ups and downs of different fad diets -- which seem to go in and out of fashion like shoulder pads and hemlines. Yet, long-term success has been slim. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1389119/message_to_nebraska_residents/index.html?source=r_health Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:00 -0500 Health