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Orexo AB (OMX: ORX), the Swedish pharmaceutical company, announces that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of Rapinyl, for breakthrough cancer pain. ProStrakan Group plc, the international speciality pharmaceutical is Orexo´s exclusive partner for sales and marketing of Abstral/Rapinyl in Europe.

People who were heavier than average when they were born appear to be twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis as their normal birth-weight counterparts, researchers report.

California hospitals are found to have many adverse events that in the past have not been reported or required to be made public. Now a new law requires all hospitals to post these adverse events and hospital errors on the internet.A new report by California Department of Public health examined the situation in California hospitals during the past 10 months and found that there have been about 1002 adverse events and hospital errors during this period.read more

BARCELONA, Spain, June 25, 2008 europacolon has called on all governments to implement existing EU recommendations on colorectal cancer screening following a new report published today that shows the disease to ...

HealthDay - MONDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- A newly discovered molecularmalfunction may explain the development of high blood pressure, diabetesand immune problems, researchers report.

A bipartisan group of five senators has written a letter asking Senate leaders to oppose a House-approved bill (HR 6331) to delay implementation of the Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, CQ HealthBeat reports. The letter -- addressed to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and signed by Sens.

The Michigan Department of Community health (MDCH) is issuing a public health alert due to illnesses from E. coli associated with ground beef. More than half of the Michigan patients report purchasing and consuming ground beef from Kroger Food Stores. Product traceback is in progress and additional retailers and outlets may be identified. MDCH has confirmed 15 E. coli cases that are genetically linked and 10 of those cases are hospitalized.read more

Four New Jersey residents have tested positive for the strain of Salmonella Saintpaul that has been linked to tainted tomatoes and caused an outbreak that has sickened more than 600 people in 34 states and the District of Columbia, state health and Senior Services Commissioner Heather Howard announced today.read more

Communities nationwide on Friday will promote and offer no-cost HIV screenings to mark National HIV Testing Day, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports (Torbati, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 6/26). According to HHS, an estimated 250,000 people in the U.S.

Inadequate funding to the annual budget for the Indian health Service's Contract Health Service program is restricting access to essential health care services for American Indian patients, lawmakers and witnesses said on Thursday at a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing, CQ HealthBeat reports.