http://www.clpmag.com/reuters/en-usFri, 3 Jul 2009 12:00 ESTFri, 3 Jul 2009 12:00 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703inds012%2EhtmlTORONTO (Reuters) - Adaltis Inc said on Friday it plans to file for creditor protection as the cash-strapped medical devices company struggles for survival.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:00 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703inds012%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703inds011%2EhtmlBANGALORE (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said about 84.4 percent of the outstanding shares of Cougar Biotechnology Inc were tendered during the initial offering period that ended Thursday and the subsequent offering period for the remaining shares will expire on July 9.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:00 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703inds011%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin001%2EhtmlCHICAGO (Reuters) - Drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease show promise as a new way to stem the rise of drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:57 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin001%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703inds010%2EhtmlJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's No.2 drug maker, Adcock Ingram, expects to save about 128 million rand ($16.44 million) on tax over four years owing to a special tax allowance, it said on Friday.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:01 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703inds010%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703inds007%2EhtmlMUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian pharmaceutical firms are seeking more sops for research and development work in the country and extension of export-based tax exemptions in the federal budget on Monday, industry officials and analysts said.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:01 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703inds007%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703epid002%2EhtmlNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Serum resistin concentrations independently predict the risk of new-onset heart failure in the elderly, according to a report in the July issue of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:25 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703epid002%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703epid001%2EhtmlNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Disease-causing isolates of Neisseria meningitidis are more likely to possess the hemoglobin receptor gene (hmbR) than are carriage isolates of the microbe, according to a brief report appearing in The Journal of Infectious Diseases for July 1.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:20 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703epid001%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703econ001%2EhtmlNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Morbidity from sickle cell disease remains high, according to a new study showing that the annual cost of medical care in the US for patients with this disease exceeds $1.1 billion.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:15 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703econ001%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin017%2EhtmlNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A combined formulation of amlodipine, valsartan, and hydrochlorothiazide appears to be a convenient means of treating hypertensive patients who need therapy with multiple agents, researchers report in the July issue of Hypertension.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:10 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin017%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin016%2EhtmlNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even a small improvement in physical independence grade in severely impaired amputees results in improved 6-month survival, according to results of a study published in the June issue of the Archives of Surgery.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:05 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin016%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin015%2EhtmlNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Memantine, along with constraint-induced aphasia therapy (CIAT), an intensive form of language therapy, reduces chronic post-stroke aphasia more effectively than does either intervention alone, according to Spanish and UK researchers.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:00 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin015%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin014%2EhtmlNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight and monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (MNE) are both associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a study in the July issue of Pediatrics. However, overweight and MNE are not associated with each other.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:55 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin014%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin012%2EhtmlNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adjuvant percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of the feeding artery of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) before routine RFA of the tumor decreases the likelihood of recurrence, according to a report in the June 7th World Journal of Gastroenterology.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:50 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin012%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin011%2EhtmlNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Budesonide, a locally active anti-inflammatory drug, is effective in treating lymphocytic colitis, according to a report in the June issue of Gastroenterology.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:45 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin011%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin010%2EhtmlNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Copeptin -- the c-terminal part of the vasopressin prohormone -- appears to be an effective biomarker in helping rule out acute myocardial infarction, Swiss and German researchers report in the June 30th issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:40 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin010%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin009%2EhtmlNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Results of a small observational study suggest that pregabalin, a drug structurally related to gabapentin, can reduce pain and other symptoms in patients with trigeminal neuralgia, Spanish researchers report in the July issue of Cephalalgia.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:35 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin009%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin008%2EhtmlNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An intervention including drug and behavioral therapy has shown success in treating nocturia in a pilot study of elderly men, researchers report in the July issue of BJU International.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:30 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin008%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin007%2EhtmlNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For the treatment of women with heavy menstrual loss, microwave endometrial ablation (MEA) has "many advantages" over transcervical resection of the endometrium (TCRE), clinicians from the UK conclude based on results of a long-term follow-up study.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:25 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin007%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin006%2EhtmlNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A change in mental status, a change in the color or odor of urine, and dysuria are reliably associated with bacteriuria plus pyuria in noncatheterized nursing home residents with clinically suspected urinary tract infection (UTI), researchers from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut report.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:20 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin006%2Ehtmlhttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin004%2EhtmlNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The combination of letrozole and gonadotropins could be of benefit in infertile women of advanced reproductive age who are treated with intrauterine insemination, results of a study indicate.Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:10 ESThttp://www.clpmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090703clin004%2Ehtml