http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/disease Blog Articles Tagged with 'disease' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/health-business-blog/1131611?rsstype=tag&tag=disease Like many of you, I was surprised to hear the news that Revolution Health would merge with Waterfront Media, the operator of Everyday Health Network. In this email interview, Mark Bard, president of Manhattan Research, shares his thoughts on the deal... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:55:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/health-business-blog/1131611?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131514?rsstype=tag&tag=disease Prices of Treasury coupon securities rocketed today as fear gripped every corner of the world. Money markets are frozen, stocks have returned to levels last seen in the glory days of the 1990s, corporate finance mechanisms are locked, commodities are... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:05:58 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131514?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131216?rsstype=tag&tag=disease As virtually all stock market participants know by now, Congress has passed the $700 billion bailout plan (Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008). Let us quickly assess the implications for investors and traders. First, those familiar with Au... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:46:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131216?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/health-business-blog/1129565?rsstype=tag&tag=disease As controversial as it was for the CDC to add Gardasil as a recommended vaccine, there was an unintended consequence. In today s Wall Street Journal article Gardasil Requirement for Immigrants Stirs Backlash, Even as the medical community deba... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:16:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/health-business-blog/1129565?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1129306?rsstype=tag&tag=disease Today brings the news of which areas Pfizer (PFE) has decided to bail out of: obesity, most cardiovascular (it seems), anemia, osteoporosis and some osteoarthritis, liver disease, and muscle. They're concentrating on oncology, pain, Alzheimer's, and ... Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:28:54 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1129306?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biotech-weblog/1129233?rsstype=tag&tag=disease Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Aaliya LandholtDuring the recently held Southern California BioMedical Council (SoCalBio or SCBC) 10th Investor Conference, biotech firm Capricor Inc presented their Cardiosphere-derived Stem Cells or CDC technology, an... Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:13:26 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biotech-weblog/1129233?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/1129165?rsstype=tag&tag=disease Today brings the news of which areas Pfizer has decided to bail out of: obesity, most cardiovascular (it seems), anemia, osteoporosis and some osteoarthritis, liver disease, and muscle. They're concentrating on oncology, pain, Alzheimer's, and diabet... Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:55:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/1129165?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/1129278?rsstype=tag&tag=disease Today brings the news of which areas Pfizer has decided to bail out of: obesity, most cardiovascular (it seems), anemia, osteoporosis and some osteoarthritis, liver disease, and muscle. They're concentrating on oncology, pain, Alzheimer's, and diabet... Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:55:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/1129278?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biotech-weblog/1130646?rsstype=tag&tag=disease Marrone Organic Innovations, Inc. has launched Regalia SC, a new biopesticide for controlling both fungal and bacterial disease in a wide range of fruit, ornamental and vegetable crops.The EPA-registered product is an extract of giant knotweed, Rey... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:40:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biotech-weblog/1130646?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/health-business-blog/1127583?rsstype=tag&tag=disease I got an email a few days ago from a publicist for diagnostics company Ikonisys, asking me to mention the launch of a new test to determine the early progression of low grade dysplasia to cancer of the cervix.Ikonisys, a leading provider of next-gene... Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:58:11 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/health-business-blog/1127583?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1126661?rsstype=tag&tag=disease Osiris Therapeutics Inc.Osiris Therapeutics (OSIR) is a biotech based in Maryland which specializes in bone marrow stem cell products that treat inflammatory, orthopedic, and cardiovascular areas of medicine.On Tuesday, September 23, OSIR announced t... Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:28:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1126661?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1126683?rsstype=tag&tag=disease Osiris Therapeutics Inc.Osiris Therapeutics (OSIR) is a biotech based in Maryland which specializes in bone marrow stem cell products that treat inflammatory, orthopedic, and cardiovascular areas of medicine.On Tuesday, September 23, OSIR announced t... Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:28:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1126683?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1126684?rsstype=tag&tag=disease Personalized medicine diagnosis and treatment based on sequencing DNA -- burst into the headlines on September 18, 2008 with the revelation by Google (GOOG) co-founder Sergey Brin that he carries the rare Parkinson s disease marker LLRK2: ... Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:05:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1126684?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1126541?rsstype=tag&tag=disease Sinovac Biotech (SVA) announced its intention to develop a vaccine against hand, foot and mouth disease, a childhood disease that is caused by human enterovirus 71 (EV71). To develop the vaccine, Sinovac will collaborate with the CDC of China, which ... Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:24:11 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1126541?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/health-business-blog/1126463?rsstype=tag&tag=disease The terms Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) are usually used interchangeably these days and I ve basically decided to stop worrying about it. I used to use EMR but now mainly say EHR. I ve figured it s kind of a... Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:53:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/health-business-blog/1126463?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biotech-weblog/1129235?rsstype=tag&tag=disease Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Silvia JansenYale researchers have found new supporting evidence to the so-called hygiene hypothesis - the theory that a lack of exposure to parasites, bacteria and viruses in the developed world may lead to increased... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:25:20 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biotech-weblog/1129235?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1124854?rsstype=tag&tag=disease Biovail Corp.'s (BVF) acquisition of Prestwick Pharmaceuticals on Wednesday may not have been well received by investors, but according to RBC Capital analyst Douglas Miehm, it is a move in the right direction for the pharmaceutical company in transi... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:51:30 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/seeking-alpha-biotech-stocks/1124854?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/health-business-blog/1124330?rsstype=tag&tag=disease Check out the latest edition of the Health Wonk Review at the Disease Management Care Blog.... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:37:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/health-business-blog/1124330?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biotech-weblog/1123468?rsstype=tag&tag=disease Scientists from the University of Michigan will begin a phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of cancer-related painusing gene therapy: a novel gene transfer vector injected into the skin to deliver a pain-relieving gene to the nervous system.In t... Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:53:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biotech-weblog/1123468?rsstype=tag&tag=disease http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biotech-weblog/1121499?rsstype=tag&tag=disease 6961047Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Rob BroekResearchers have identified proteins in urine samples which may be used as an indicator of the presence and progress of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) disease in cattle.The scientists analysed th... Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:36:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/biotech-weblog/1121499?rsstype=tag&tag=disease