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Creeping privatisation of the NHS - with knock-on adverse effects for patients - is on the march in the Greater Manchester area, Unite, the country's largest union, has warned.

Lundbeck has entered the sleep disorder market in Eastern Europe with three consecutive launches of first in class insomnia medication, Circadin® in Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic. Circadin®, a sustained-release melatonin, is indicated as monotherapy for the short-term treatment of primary insomnia in patients who are aged 55 or over.

Aradigm Corporation (OTCBB: ARDM) it is presenting data from its Phase 2 study of inhaled liposomal ciprofloxacin (ARD-3100) in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients at the 22nd Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis (NACF) conference in Orlando, Florida.

Colon cancer ranks second of all gastrointestinal malignant tumors, it is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Until now, several molecules have been reported to play an important role in gastroenterological tumorigenesis and tumor metastasis, but the molecular mechanisms involved tumor development and progression still remain unclear in colon cancer.

If we want to fully understand the allure of pharmaceuticals, we need to look beyond both medical efficacy and profit motives. A new study in the Journal of Law, medicine & Ethics shows that when we use claims about drugs in arguments about racial identity, the meaning of both the pharmaceuticals and of race remain unsettled. Anne Pollock, Ph.D.

PLEASANTON, Calif. (AP) -- A medical device company has ordered the recall of certain batches of a small mechanical heart pump, saying five people have died while using the device....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A vaccine against rotavirus, the leading cause of diarrhea in infants, has led to a dramatic drop in hospitalization and emergency room visits since it came on the market two years ago, doctors reported Saturday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health officials said Friday they will soon address growing concerns about the lucrative commissions that some Medicare insurers plan to pay their agents and brokers this year....

A major Japanese meat processor said Sunday it was recalling millions of packages of sausages and pizzas after finding cyanide ...

Corrigendum to "Pnas4 is a novel regulator for convergence and extension during vertebrate gastrulation" [FEBS Lett. 582 (2008) 2325-2332]. FEBS Lett. 2008 Oct 29;582(25-26):3710 Authors: Yao S, Xie L, Qian M, Yang H, Zhou L, Zhou Q, Yan F, Gou L, Wei Y, Zhao X, Mo X PMID: 18947810 [PubMed - in process] (Source: FEBS Letters) MedWorm Sponsored Message: Find out how you can get your message across here by sponsoring this MedWorm news feed.