Opinions: G20 Development Approach; Defense Of DDT For Malaria Control; U.S. Foreign Aid; Human Trafficking

G20 Development Plans Must Expand Economic Growth Of World’s Poorest Countries Leaders have been “debating how to ‘rebalance’ the global economy and reform financial institutions - all challenging subjects…

Hologic Encourages Health Professionals To Get The Facts About Women’s Imaging At RSNA 2010

Hologic, Inc…

EBV Program Adds LSU; SBA Awards $2.6 Million To Whitman School For New Entrepreneurship Programs For Women Veterans, Guard And Reserve Families

The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, the national headquarters for the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program, has announced the expansion of the EBV to E.J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University (LSU)…

FDA Approves Bionovo’s Clinical Development Plan For Menerba

Bionovo, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNVI), a pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of safe and effective treatments for women’s health and cancer, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company’s total clinical development plan for Menerba, the company’s drug candidate for menopausal hot flashes…

Unconventional Idea For Antiviral Contraceptive Gel Wins Gates Foundation Grant

A vaginal gel that affords both contraception and HIV protection using nanoparticles that carry bee venom is one of the bold, unconventional ideas that won a 2010 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Grand Challenges Explorations is a Gates Foundation initiative to foster innovative projects in areas where unorthodox thinking [...]

Debt Commission: Scrap SGR, Pay Doctors Less

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — A bipartisan debt commission appointed by President Obama has released its proposed plan to cut the nation’s debt by nearly $4 trillion through 2020. Part of the plan: Get rid of Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) and replace it with a small reduction in pay to doctors.

ACR: DMARDs Often Omitted in Medicare RA Patients (CME/CE)

ATLANTA (MedPage Today) — About one-third of rheumatoid arthritis patients on Medicare do not receive any disease-modifying drugs, a researcher said here.

ProPublica Report Slams Dialysis Centers

(MedPage Today) — Lapses in cleanliness and safety are common in U.S. dialysis centers, according to a joint investigation by ProPublica, a news organization specializing in investigative journalism, and The Atlantic magazine.

Cheap Generics Threaten QA Efforts (with audio)

(MedPage Today) — Four-dollar generic drug programs may boost access to medications but make it tougher to monitor quality of care, researchers warned.

Rare Syndrome Aided by Stem-Cell Gene Therapy (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) — Stem-cell gene therapy resulted in marked clinical improvement for two patients with the rare Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, researchers reported.