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Addition Of Anaesthetic To Radioisotope Injection Reduces Pain In Patients Undergoing Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping For Breast Cancer
The addition of the anaesthetic lidocaine to radiocolloid injection for sentinel- lymph-node (SLN) mapping in patients with early breast cancer reduces injection pain and improves patient comfort without compromising SLN identification, and should be introduced as standard practice, concludes an Article published Online First and in the September edition of The Lancet Oncology.
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Lexicon Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial Of LX1032 In Patients With Carcinoid Syndrome
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing breakthrough treatments for human disease, announced today that it has initiated a Phase 2 clinical trial of LX1032, the company"s oral drug candidate for managing gastrointestinal symptoms associated with carcinoid syndrome. LX1032 is designed to reduce serotonin production in patients with metastatic carcinoid tumors. Elevated levels of serotonin contribute to the gastrointestinal and possibly other symptoms experienced by these patients.
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NanoKTN Promotes UK Nanotechnology Innovation And MNT Facilities In Europe
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK"s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, announced it will be promoting its work at two of Europe"s key events in nanotechnology this June. The NanoKTN is calling for all UK MNT companies to get involved and promote their pioneering nanotechnology capabilities to a European audience. The NanoKTN will be present at the EuroNanoForum in Prague 2nd - 5th June and NanoCentral"s Annual NanoMaterials Conference in Bonn 16th - 18th June 2009.
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Small Businesses Wary Of Health Care Legislation

"Rising costs and a weak economy" are leaving small business employees "with higher out-of-pocket health costs," USA Today reports. Those small companies are "exactly what the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) had in mind this month when it estimated as many as 15 million people could lose the benefits they currently receive through their jobs under a Democratic proposal to overhaul health care. The estimates were based on an incomplete draft of a bill in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, but they touched off a broader debate about who might lose health benefits received through their company. Workers at small firms could be more vulnerable, especially if they pay high premiums." The CBO estimated that "as many as 10 million lower-wage workers would choose to drop their employer-provided insurance because, with proposed government subsidies, it could be cheaper to buy insurance on the open market, especially if they are paying high premiums now." In addition, "Partly because of that exodus, some companies could find it no longer cost effective to offer insurance to the remaining employees, dragging another 10 million people into the open market." A survey by the National Small Business Association found that "nearly 10 percent of small business owners say they are considering dropping health coverage next year, regardless of what happens in Congress." But "Experts say it"s difficult to predict how people will react to changes in the health care system. Employees make decisions based on more than cost. Douglas Elmendorf, CBO"s director, said his office assumes in its estimates that not everyone will take the cheapest option" (Fritze, 6/29). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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